At a June Business Software Alliance meeting in Washington, D.C., Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the efficiency of the Patent Office is crucial to helping software companies combat piracy. The goal, Ballmer said, should be to balance the ability to review and approve patent applications with the volume of requests.
The goal of the Patent Office's next CIO will be to help patent examiners, and the agency's 500 IT professionals, find a way to strike that balance.
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To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
