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9 examples of performance review goals

Performance reviews are crucial for employee development and organizational success, offering benefits for both parties. Learn about performance review goals and how to implement them.

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Explore the long list of undergraduate and graduate programs for students and professionals interested in studying the emerging field of artificial intelligence.

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Who uses AI, and how are they using it?

Generative AI has business potential, but many companies are figuring out how to use it or waiting for new tools. Here are some companies that already use the technology.

Board preparedness: 7 steps to combat cybersecurity threats

In the face of security breaches, organization board members must urgently tackle real-world cyber threats. These seven steps offer crucial preparedness for companies.

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Agencies support regulating commercial space industry

The White House wants to divide regulatory authority for new commercial space industry activities between the DOC and DOT, a move that has federal ...

UltiHash compresses, deduplicates data on a binary level

In this Q&A, the CEO of UltiHash talks about the continuous compression and deduplication it aims to provide primary storage while reducing storage ...

Networking
  • top-of-rack switching

    Top-of-rack switching is a data center architecture design in which computing equipment like servers, appliances and other ...

  • edge device

    An edge device is any piece of hardware that controls data flow at the boundary between two networks.

  • Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

    Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a standard that defines how to establish and maintain a network conversation by which ...

Security
  • Zoombombing

    Zoombombing is a type of cyber-harassment in which an unwanted and uninvited user or group of such users interrupts online ...

  • CISO (chief information security officer)

    The CISO (chief information security officer) is a senior-level executive responsible for developing and implementing an ...

  • cyber attack

    A cyber attack is any malicious attempt to gain unauthorized access to a computer, computing system or computer network with the ...

CIO
  • globalization

    Globalization is the process by which ideas, knowledge, information, goods and services spread around the world.

  • business process outsourcing (BPO)

    Business process outsourcing (BPO) is a business practice in which an organization contracts with an external service provider to...

  • localization

    Localization is the process of adapting and customizing a product to meet the needs of a specific market, as identified by its ...

HRSoftware
  • employee resource group (ERG)

    An employee resource group is a workplace club or more formally realized affinity group organized around a shared interest or ...

  • employee training and development

    Employee training and development is a set of activities and programs designed to enhance the knowledge, skills and abilities of ...

  • employee sentiment analysis

    Employee sentiment analysis is the use of natural language processing and other AI techniques to automatically analyze employee ...

Customer Experience
  • customer profiling

    Customer profiling is the detailed and systematic process of constructing a clear portrait of a company's ideal customer by ...

  • customer insight (consumer insight)

    Customer insight, also known as consumer insight, is the understanding and interpretation of customer data, behaviors and ...

  • buyer persona

    A buyer persona is a composite representation of a specific type of customer in a market segment.

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