Tue.Jan 15, 2019

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How do you talk to your boards about cybersecurity? An old problem in a new world

Forrester IT

Talking to our firms’ Board of Directors about security isn’t a new responsibility for most security leaders, it’s been on our collective agenda’s for many years. And yet, many security leaders still second guess the content and messages they share with their Board.

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Artificial Intelligence Systems Can be Fooled

CTOvision

Read why Nidhi Singh says that artificial intelligence systems have their own severe limitations on Entrepreneur : Despite all its benefits and the ease that technology has brought in, the fear that new-age technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and robotics would displace human jobs still looms. However, some researchers don’t agree with the idea that […].

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Nineteen In ’19: New Year’s Resolutions For The Data-Driven Marketer

Forrester IT

Every New Year, I find myself making lofty goals: eat better, exercise more, spend less time on social media. By mid-February, those goals are a distant blip in my rearview mirror; the reality of life gets into the way and I just fail at tracking progress. But this year is different (I swear).

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The Weaponization Of Artificial Intelligence

CTOvision

Technological development has become a rat race. In the competition to lead the emerging technology race and the futuristic warfare battleground, artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming the center of the global power play. As seen across many nations, the development in autonomous weapons system (AWS) is progressing rapidly, and this increase in the weaponization […].

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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SCCM Management Pack – How to Fine Tune SCOM Alerts

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. SCOM alerts for SCCM components are always a pain point for the operation team. SCCM alerts are a bit noisy as per most of SCCM support teams. I heard from SCOM admins that they wouldn’t prefer to install and enable SCCM Management Pack in the SCOM environment mainly because of the number of alerts which […].

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Applied AI: Thinking realistically, not radically

CTOvision

Read Neil Kinson’s article about why organisations need to think realistically about artificial intelligence on IT Pro Portal : With conversations around AI starting more than 70 years ago, there has been plenty of time for us to adjust to the notion that machines will someday be able to think and behave just as we do. […].

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Intel details Nervana, a neural network chip for inference-based workloads

CTOvision

At a press event at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show, Intel announced the Nervana Neural Network Processor (NNP-I), an AI chip for inference-based workloads that fits into a GPU-like form factor. It wasn’t an unexpected reveal — Intel announced it was working on a new generation of inference chip way back in 2017 — but […].

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The Data Mining Trap

Eric D. Brown

In a post titled Data Mining – A Cautionary Tale , I share the idea that data mining can be dangerous by sharing the story of Cornell’s Brian Wansink, who has had multiple papers retracted due to various data mining methods that aren’t quite ethical (or even correct). Recently, Gary Smith over at Wired wrote an article called The Exaggerated Promise of so-called Unbiased Data Mining with another good example of the danger of data mining.

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Artificial Intelligence Is Powerful—And Misunderstood. Here’s How We Can Protect Workers

CTOvision

Read why Kai-Fu Lee says that artificial intelligence is grossly misunderstood on Fortune : In 2015, a man named Nigel Richards won the title of French-­language Scrabble World Champion. This was especially noteworthy because Richards does not speak French. What the New Zealander had done was memorize each of the 386,000 words in the entire French […].

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Voice Assistants Coming to the Enterprise

Information Week

Virtual employee assistants and voice interfaces to enterprise applications are relatively rare in enterprises today, but Gartner is predicting big growth in the next few years.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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FlexDeploy Loves APEX : Source Application from Development Environment

Flexagon

Oracle Application Express (APEX) is a popular application development tool and is also used to develop custom extensions for Oracle E-Business Suite. FlexDeploy is a DevOps platform for Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Release Automation which supports Oracle APEX out of box. FlexDeploy strives to eliminate scripting requirements and provide in-depth support for many open source.

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A Delicate Balancing Act: Business Needs vs IT Priorities

Information Week

IT can't be the "bureau of NO" but has to be a partner with the business units.

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Getting Started With Direct Store Delivery

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Getting Started With Direct Store Delivery - Information Technology Blog. If your company has not yet benefited from adopting Direct Store Delivery, this article outlines ways to improve profitability. DSD is a commercial process that manufacturers and wholesalers use to sell and deliver products using a fleet of proprietary or leased vehicles.

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Voyage Into “VUCA” Digital Dynamic

Future of CIO

With the increasing pace of changes and continuous digital disruptions, businesses today have no choice but ride change waves skillfully, catch rising tides timely, and voyage into “VUCA” digital dynamic courageously. A digital paradigm is an emerging ecosystem of principles, policies, and practices that set limits or boundaries; but also offer guidance for problem-solving or create something new from old.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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The State of Federal IT

Nutanix

There’s an old proverb (and possibly a curse), to wit: “May you live in interesting times.” Regarding Federal IT, we certainly do live in interesting times.

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The New Book “Quality Master” Chapter 3 Introduction: Digital Quality Champions

Future of CIO

In digital organizations, quality management is not the job of one department, but an overarching management approach. Quality masters are digital leaders and employees who can work independently and collaboratively, have excellent problem-solving skills, well disciplined, bring positivity, quality thoughts, attitude, behavior and quality management techniques to the workplace and build a high quality and high-performing business.

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5 Keys to Cloud Compliance in 2019

Nutanix

If you’ve been employed in a formal engagement of some kind, it’s likely that you’re familiar with the idea of regulatory compliance.

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The Monthly “100 Creativity Ingredients” Book Tuning: Interdisciplinary Creativity Jan 2019

Future of CIO

All humans are born with raw creativity ability. Creativity has many dimensions, with multi-faceted truth and myth, manifold knowledge and multidimensional insight. Creativity is wings of our mind and the tempo of our heartbeat. Creativity is a constructive disruption, not so bad addiction, and a sensational phenomenon. The purpose of “ 100 Creativity Ingredients - Everyone’s Playbook to Unlock Creativity “is to classify, scrutinize, articulate, and share insight about one hundred special creati

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.