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Enjoyed the insightful panel discussion on Democratizing Data-Driven Decision Making at Data Science Connect #Collide2024. Some of the points that were brought up during the discussion: 1.Importance of aligning strategy, execution, optimization with data-driven metrics. 2. Acces, technology and head count are some of the challenges in democratising data. 3. Emphasized importance of getting data into the hands of business owners who have context and understanding of data. 4. Leadership’s crucial role in driving organizational change and ensuring buy-in for new tools and processes. 5. Cumulative impact of incremental improvements in decision-making across the organization. 6. Data democratization gives everyone in the company the same chance to use important information. #ai #ml #data #analytics

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6 key takeaways by Anurag Aggarwal, on how #ConversationalAI is revolutionizing customer experiences and driving operational efficiency: 1- Conversational AI thrives when it continuously learns from interactions. Regular feedback and audits ensure it meets evolving customer needs. 2- Ensure AI systems comply with privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA, and prioritize data security to foster customer confidence. 3- To engage a global audience, businesses must offer AI support across multiple channels and languages, ensuring seamless, accessible experiences. 4- A hybrid approach—AI for simple queries, while human agents for complex issues, both combines efficiency with empathy. 5- Success metrics includes response times, customer satisfaction, and purchasing trends to track Conversational AI's impact. 6- AI systems can enhance both efficiency and customer trust when learning, privacy, and human collaboration go hand in hand. Via "One Expert, One Topic" series by TJ Thinakaran #AI #DataPrivacy #Security #Omnichannel #MultilingualAI #HumanAI #CustomerSupport #SuccessMetrics #BusinessStrategy #CustomerTrust

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Here are my key takeaways from the second panel at the ”Resilience in the Ever-Changing Environment" conference at Nasdaq in #NY moderated by Kris Pederson who is leading the EY Center for Board Matters, featured industry luminaries like Bhawna Singh, Okta CTO, Mike O'Rourke, Head of Nasdaq AI & Emerging Technology, and Usman Sheikh; Partner & Chair of the Blockchain & FinTech Practice At Baker McKenzie They discussed product differentiation and M&A strategy in relations with emerging technologies such as #GenAI, #QuantumComputing, #Blockchain, #EdgeComputing; shaping the future of business and society, highlighting the importance for boards to be well-versed in such areas and to ask timely questions to ensure management has been considering these topics and making informed decisions. Boards should consider how generative AI can enhance productivity, improve customer experiences, and drive innovation, while ensuring it is used ethically. Boards should help establish ethical guardrails for AI usage, promote transparency, and address potential biases. They should collaborate with stakeholders to ensure AI aligns with societal values and ethical standards. Additionally, risk management around AI should include the following: AI Laws: Boards need to stay informed and proactive about the evolving legal landscape surrounding AI. This includes understanding compliance requirements, anticipating regulatory changes, and engaging with policymakers. Active engagement can help shape policies that balance innovation with ethical considerations. Ethical and Secure AI Deployment: As AI becomes more integral to business operations, ensuring its ethical use and securing AI systems are paramount. Companies should extend security measures to their entire data platform and pipeline and adhere to high standards of ethical AI practices, possibly under the guidance of specially formed committees. AI Innovation in the Wrong Hands: There is a significant risk of AI technology being misused by malicious actors. Boards should implement robust ethical guidelines to ensure their AI innovations are not misappropriated or used unethically. This involves careful vetting of partners and clients, as well as ongoing monitoring of AI deployments to detect and prevent misuse. Attack Protection / AI Security: As AI systems become more integrated into business operations, they become increasingly attractive targets for cyberattacks. Boards must prioritize AI security by investing in advanced security measures and conducting regular audits. This includes safeguarding AI algorithms, ensuring data integrity, and protecting the underlying infrastructure to prevent unauthorized access and attacks. #NasdaqResilience #TechInnovation #BoardGovernance #GenerativeAI #QuantumComputing #Blockchain #EdgeComputing #AIEthics #AIRegulation #BoardLeadership #BoardOversight #BoardResponsibilities #BoardOfDirectors

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My favorite of these quotes is this one… Data and customer value drive AI partnerships AI is a game-changer, but not a magic bullet. Successful cloud #partnerships will be built on data, customer value, and integrations. "Right now, #data is the best value add you can provide... if you, a legacy company, have a large customer base and can provide certain kinds of data that is not available to any of these companies and you can #monetize that, that is kind of the Holy Grail," Neeti Gupta highlighted. Seems like the key reason #Salesforce and #Workday partnered recently.

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#Attention matters! It's nuanced, multi-faceted, and can be complicated. But to simplify things a bit, Moomal Shaikh breaks it down for you. And our friends at #OpenX can help optimize toward attention by leveraging Oracle Moat attention quality signals as part of their Cookieless Deal Library. Want to know more...hit us up! https://lnkd.in/enZBqfvP

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In today’s digital landscape, AI is no longer just a buzzword—it's the driving force behind the growth of Digital Natives & forward-thinking businesses. Get ready to hear from a visionary leader, as Amit Kumar, Director Sales of Google Cloud, India takes on the stage at ObserveNow's 3rd Edition of Niveus Solutions & Google Cloud presents Super40 Digital Native Summit & Awards, co-presented by IBM. 🗓 Date: 18th October 2024 📍 Location: Gurgaon Join us for this game-changing conversation to discover how AI can revolutionize the future of digital transformation for your business: https://lnkd.in/gPTN6_9T 📧 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: Surbhi Modi surbhi@observenow.com | Falguni Bisht falguni@observenow.com 📧 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: Sumit Rawat sumit@observenow.com | Shubham Rastogi shubham@observenow.com #Super40DigitalNative #3rdSuper40DigitalNative #ObserveNowDigitalNative #Super40DNS #Super40 #ObserveNow #AI #cloudcomputing #Gurugram #AIModels #GenAI #DigitalNative #Networking #ObserveNowDigitalNative #CloudTechnology #TechnologyLeaders #DigitalTransformation #ArtificialIntelligence #ObserveNowEvents #AIPowered #startups #networking #businessmodels #digitalinnovation #GenerativeAI #Cybersecurity #DataPrivacy #DigitalTransformation

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Great meeting with the AWS ISV team at the AWS Summit! Engaged in insightful discussions with Jasjeet Singh , Sugandh Chaturvedi , Ravish Giri Ann Roberts and Leelavathi. We discussed key topics during the keynote and Gen AI tracks, focusing on the numerous improvements in AWS Bedrock. Exciting times ahead! 🚀 #AWSSummit #AWSISV #TechTalks

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In this interview with Smart State India, Rohit Ramanand, GVP of Engineering, India at New Relic, shares the role observability plays in AI readiness, the obstacles Indian companies face in AI adoption, and practical steps for overcoming these hurdles. Check out the full interview below 👇

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Usage-based revenue models are on the rise. BoostUp's co-founder, Amit Sasturkar breaks down everything you need to know about how to set up an effective forecasting cadence.

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Steven Karachinsky “gets it”. His recap on how we all need to adapt to the #ITprocurement ecosystem is spot on. #ISV’s and customers alike need a solid multi-cloud #Marketplace strategy. Proud to partner with ZIRO for Microsoft Teams voice solutions. They understand UCaaS and CCaaS, and are relentless in the pursuit for a positive multi-cloud customer experience, regardless of how the customer prefers to buy.

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🎙️Tune in! Ankur Sinha, Domino's Head of Partner Solutions & GTM, was recently featured on the Ecosystem Aces podcast series. In this insightful conversation with Chip Rogers, Chief Partner Officer at Workspan, Ankur shared how Domino is leading the way in enterprise AI solutions by: 🔶 Seamlessly integrating with hyperscalers like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and tech pioneers such as NVIDIA to deliver state-of-the-art ML Ops. 🔶 Building powerful new alliances with data giants like Snowflake and Palantir Technologies, enhancing the data science capabilities available on the Domino platform. 🔶Focusing strategically on vertical solutions—ranging from clinical development to the public sector—to leverage industry expertise and drive product innovation and customer success. Catch the full conversation to learn more about Domino’s ecosystem-driven approach to transforming AI deployments and unlocking value through collaboration. #AI #MachineLearning #Partnerships #DominoDataLab #WorkSpan #EnterpriseAI #MLOps #EcosystemAces https://gag.gl/z4rgeY

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A video snippet of my keynote at Cyara #xchange in San Diego. What do you think about AI adoption? Pls share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Harnessing the Power of ALM: Innovating for the Future with Software-defined Products Join us on Tuesday July 16th to hear how Polaris is innovating for the future with software-defined products. Hear from Polaris Inc. about the challenges they faced, how they overcame them, and how partners like PTC and TCS are helping enable the change management required within their organization. Register for this exclusive event now by clicking the link here! #ptc #alm #polaris

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#Platform #Hubs will recommend which #Solution #Spokes for Customers to consider. Too many software choices means confusion and delayed decision making... This is why most #direct #GTM teams don't often understand why they keep losing. They are not a #trusted #advisor and may never be. How many #strategic #technology and #service #partners do you think a customer really needs and listens to?

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Challenges of AI Networking for hyperscalers and enterprises Sept 27, 2024 I had the opportunity to meet with Manohar Paluri, VP of AI at Meta, this evening at the AI Tech Leaders Club, just under 24 hours before the AI Infra Summit on September 27, 2024. It’s been confirmed that the large training cluster at 500K GPUs is the next frontier for the hyperscaler industry. Meanwhile, on the enterprise side, standalone cluster sizes typically range from 20K to much smaller setups for retraining and inference. From my experience, while the challenges in these two sectors are intertwined, they can still be stated separately. 1) Checkpointing Challenges: Large GPU clusters require numerous checkpoints to maintain system reliability. The industry has recently implemented networking and checkpointing solutions for clusters with around 20K GPUs. Imagine the challenges we’ll face at the scale of 500K GPUs! 2) GPU Utilization: Typical GPU utilization hovers around 20%. While hyperscalers may achieve better numbers, overall utilization remains low. For this, a startup came up a clever solution to power down the idle GPUs dynamically to save up to 60% of power consumption from a GPU cluster. This approach could either reduce power usage from idle GPUs or, in conjunction with increased GPU utilization through further resources sharing—like memory, network, and model partitioning/parallelization—enhance overall efficiency. 3) Deployment Flexibility: The deployment of data center networks (hyperscaler cloud) or private networks (on-premises) for enterprises often lacks the necessary flexibility. For more insight, I recommend reading the justification for Google’s Optical Circuit Switching (OCS) network. Following conventional practices without innovative solutions can lead to over-investment in AI and cloud infrastructure. 4) ROI Optimization: Classic cloud infrastructure is often not optimized for ROI in AI networking, which leads to operational challenges for enterprises. To understand this, a little involved discussion is needed. Once understood, it becomes part of your instinct. Consider the competitive disadvantage faced by businesses that optimize ROI in their AI networks. Free Takeaway from me: Conversations about the challenges of AI infrastructure and networking are very welcome at the AI Infra Summit, and participants will receive the latest AI networking problem slide! 😊

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We are seeing incremental improvements and quantum leaps in performance and productivity since Gen AI took us by surprise. The accessibility of AI tools has raised consumer expectations to higher standards. They now demand hyper-personalised experiences that also feel highly conversational. While this creates incredible opportunities for innovation, it also puts immense pressure on enterprises to deliver increasingly sophisticated experiences. But the human element in AI will always remain crucial. The most effective technologies will understand each person’s needs, context, and behaviours, then deliver personalised, accurate, and trusted experiences, while also optimising for business outcomes. This is the moment of achieving coherency. This is something that is not humanly possible without AI, or the other way around. #artificialintelligence #customerexperiences #generativeai

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Very helpful re:Invent 2024 Builders' Session that has a lot of practical takeaways using new Observability and data-driven mechanisms. 10/10 would recommend.

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Infinite Reality announced our strategic partnership with Google! This 5-year partnership will help accelerate iR's offerings through Google Cloud's world-class cloud infrastructure and AI offerings. This partnership has far-reaching benefits for all of Infinite Reality's business operations and it's significance is exemplified through iR Studio. iR Studio is a revolutionary product where immersive content is authored and published for direct delivery through a web browser. It is the single place where the most amazing technologies converge to provide experiences unachievable with the web technologies of the past. Powered by Google Cloud, we are building out product offerings to transform the way people interact with such as how SMBs approach #eCommerce through immersive shopping using #iREngine and generative #AI agents to increase the efficiency and personalization of their customers' shopping experiences. This is just the beginning and the possibilities for our general purpose platform extend beyond shopping into #DigitalTwins, #CustomerService, #Education through our unique ability to recreate and augment digital media in a way reserved only for the most well-funded businesses in the past. Our #Sports and #Entertainment use cases allow every event to turn into a global experience with limitless attendance, audience engagement, and exclusive content. Stay tuned and get ready to see how we harness the power of these technologies to empower our customers to build experiences they never thought possible. Infinite Reality's leadership team has been working tirelessly to make this deal happen to enable this future. Thank you in particular to Rachel Jacobson (Rosen), Melanie Wallner, our new partners at Google Cloud, and our CEO, John A. for the leadership to make this happen. Full release: https://lnkd.in/gUyeEYcP

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