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Skillsoft Expands Technology Skilling Solution as 80% of C-Suite IT Leaders Report Workforce Skills Gaps

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced significant enhancements to its technology skilling solution, now branded as Codecademy .

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  • Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today announced significant enhancements to its technology skilling solution, now branded as Codecademy .
  • These enhancements come at a time when IT leaders struggle most with talent recruitment, talent retention, and skills gaps, according to Skillsoft’s C-Suite Perspective report , released concurrently today.
  • Eighty percent of C-level IT leaders surveyed report workforce skills gaps and nearly 70% experience difficulties with hiring qualified talent.
  • Within cybersecurity and AI – the highest-priority areas of investment for IT executives, respectively – these technology skills and talent shortages are even more pronounced.

Cybersecurity Legend Roland Cloutier Partners with The Cybersecurity Studio to Lead Next Generation Learning & Development for Executives

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Chi Studios, the parent company of the Cybersecurity Studio, today announced a partnership with Roland Cloutier, longtime cybersecurity executive, to bolster its innovative new executive learning and development services.

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  • Chi Studios, the parent company of the Cybersecurity Studio, today announced a partnership with Roland Cloutier, longtime cybersecurity executive, to bolster its innovative new executive learning and development services.
  • Betsy Wille, director of the Cybersecurity Studio and former Abbott CISO said, “Roland is a real groundbreaker in the cybersecurity discipline.
  • The Cybersecurity Studio launched in January 2023 as a platform that facilitates executive-level learning and development using a collaborative problem-solving approach.
  • Wille describes the company’s services as “building the next generation of cybersecurity leaders and executives by collaborating to solve real challenges.

Aite-Novarica Group and RBR are now Datos Insights

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Boston, June 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Aite-Novarica Group and RBR announce their rebranding as Datos Insights.

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  • Boston, June 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Aite-Novarica Group and RBR announce their rebranding as Datos Insights.
  • Together under the Datos Insights name, they will continue their journey with a new web presence and product enhancements to help clients achieve the greatest possible business impact.
  • “Our three heritage brands (Aite Group, Novarica, and RBR) each had a mission to help clients anticipate and respond to technology, market, and strategic changes.
  • Combined as Datos Insights, we are even closer to our goal of becoming the leading global provider of insights, data, and advisory services to the financial services, insurance, and retail technology industries.

CSC Launches Groundbreaking Domaincasting Digital Blocking Network

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

CSC , an enterprise-class domain registrar and world leader in mitigating domain and domain name system (DNS) threats, today launched its new DomaincastingSM digital blocking network—a complement to its current Enforcement services.

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  • CSC , an enterprise-class domain registrar and world leader in mitigating domain and domain name system (DNS) threats, today launched its new DomaincastingSM digital blocking network—a complement to its current Enforcement services.
  • Using global intelligence from our network of partners, CSC helps organizations block and take down domains that are taking advantage of their trusted brands to commit fraud.
  • Powered by CSC’s proprietary DomainSecSM platform, Domaincasting is the largest global blocking network that includes domain-related malicious data and can be used while enforcing against bad actors with takedowns.
  • “CSC’s Domaincasting blocking network is an integral part of an organization’s domain security posture and zero trust model.

Vectara now available with LangChain

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

“One of the trickiest things in building retrieval augmented generation applications is getting the retrieval part right,” said Amin Ahmad, Co-founder and CTO of Vectara.

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  • “One of the trickiest things in building retrieval augmented generation applications is getting the retrieval part right,” said Amin Ahmad, Co-founder and CTO of Vectara.
  • Vectara is more than just a vector database - it takes care of many details like performance, privacy and security behind the scenes, so that LangChain developers can focus on the functionality of their application,” said Harrison Chase, CEO and co-founder of LangChain.
  • “I am very excited about this integration with LangChain, as it allows applications developed with LangChain to quickly mature into large-scale enterprise applications,” said head of developer relations at Vectara Ofer Mendelevitch.
  • “Together with LangChain, Vectara is making advanced AI accessible to developers across all industries and helping drive the next wave of innovation.

FIDO Alliance Opens Registration for Authenticate 2023

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

CARLSBAD, Calif., June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The FIDO Alliance is pleased to announce registration is now open for Authenticate, the only industry conference dedicated to all aspects of user authentication – including a focus on passkeys and related FIDO-based solutions. Authenticate will be held October 16-18, 2023 at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, CA, just north of San Diego – with virtual attendance options also available.

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  • Conference to feature expert-driven content on replacing passwords with passkeys; early bird discounts available through August 18
    CARLSBAD, Calif., June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The FIDO Alliance is pleased to announce registration is now open for Authenticate , the only industry conference dedicated to all aspects of user authentication – including a focus on passkeys and related FIDO-based solutions.
  • Authenticate will be held October 16-18, 2023 at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, CA, just north of San Diego – with virtual attendance options also available.
  • Aimed at CISOs, security strategists, enterprise architects, and product and business leaders, this is the fourth consecutive year that the FIDO Alliance is hosting the public conference.
  • "Passkeys are the hottest topic in digital identity and authentication as the world accelerates its efforts to put passwords in the rear-view mirror," said Andrew Shikiar, executive director and CMO of FIDO Alliance.

CIO Leadership: HMG Strategy Sets the Industry Standard with its Peer-Driven, Future-Focused Executive Advisory Services

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

These services are designed to enable business technology executives to help reimagine the business and create new business models and go-to-market strategies through a mix of peer-led insights and executive coaching sessions.

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  • These services are designed to enable business technology executives to help reimagine the business and create new business models and go-to-market strategies through a mix of peer-led insights and executive coaching sessions.
  • “CIOs, CISOs and other business technology executives in the 500,000+ strong HMG community are telling us that the analyst model is stale and isn’t responsive to the ever-changing business climate,” said Hunter Muller, President and CEO of HMG Strategy.
  • HMG Strategy has fielded multiple inquiries from service members who have successfully resolved a variety of organizational issues.
  • To learn more about HMG Strategy’s Global Advisory Services, contact HMG Strategy Founder and CEO Hunter Muller at [email protected] or Vice President of Research Tom Hoffman at [email protected] .

CIO Summits: HMG Strategy Identifies the Top 10 Business Technology Leadership Events to Attend in 2023

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

HMG Strategy’s next two CIO summits are the 2023 Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit on May 11 and the 2023 New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit on May 18.

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  • HMG Strategy’s next two CIO summits are the 2023 Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit on May 11 and the 2023 New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit on May 18.
  • To learn more about HMG Strategy’s 2023 CIO Executive Summit Series, click here .
  • To learn more about HMG Strategy’s 2023 New York Global Innovation Summit and to register for the event, click here .
  • To learn more about HMG Strategy’s upcoming CISO Executive Leadership Summits and to register for these events, click here .

Recovery Point Systems Announces Jack Dziak as Chief Executive Officer

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

Recovery Point Systems, an Abry Partners company and a leader in cloud-based business resilience services based in Germantown, Md., is pleased to announce that Jack Dziak, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, has been named Chief Executive Officer effective immediately.

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  • Recovery Point Systems, an Abry Partners company and a leader in cloud-based business resilience services based in Germantown, Md., is pleased to announce that Jack Dziak, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, has been named Chief Executive Officer effective immediately.
  • Dziak is a long-time senior technology executive with over 35 years of experience in the enterprise IT, infrastructure, and communications services industries.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230413005146/en/
    Jack Dziak, CEO of Recovery Point Systems (Photo: Business Wire)
    Dziak has served on Recovery Point’s Board of Directors since May and as Executive Chairman since August 2022.
  • “We’re pleased to have Jack leading Recovery Point Systems,” said Brian St. Jean, Partner at Abry Partners and member of the RPS Board of Directors.

CIO Leadership: HMG Strategy’s Hunter Muller Opines on What Went Wrong at Silicon Valley Bank – and How to Avoid Similar Scenarios in the Future

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Muller also touches on the support of Silicon Valley Bank offered by 300+ venture capital firms, including HMG partners GTM Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Menlo Ventures.

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  • Muller also touches on the support of Silicon Valley Bank offered by 300+ venture capital firms, including HMG partners GTM Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Menlo Ventures.
  • ; negotiating a global ERP licensing agreement) and be matched with an expert in the HMG network who can offer qualified advice.
  • To learn more about HMG Strategy’s Global Advisory Services, contact Tom Hoffman, HMG Strategy’s Vice President of Research, at [email protected] .
  • To learn more about HMG Strategy’s upcoming schedule of regional CIO & CISO summits, click here .