Tue.Jun 21, 2016

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An Update on the Megatrend of the Internet of Things

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. There are seven key megatrends driving the future of enterprise IT. You can remember them all with the helpful mnemonic acronym CAMBRIC, which stands for C loud Computing, A rtificial Intelligence, M obility, B ig Data, R obotics, I nternet of Things, C yberSecurity. In this post we dive deeper into the Internet of Things. Today's Internet connects people, governments, academia and business.

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Expert panel explores the new reality for cloud security and trusted mobile apps delivery

IT Toolbox

As enterprises and small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) alike weigh the balance of apps and convenience with security -- a new dynamic is emerging. Security concerns increasingly dwarf other architecture considerations.

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Enterprises urged not to view security as a barrier to internet of things adoption

Computer Weekly

The Lower Colorado River Authority’s chief administrative officer urges enterprises to balance the risks of using the internet of things with the benefits connected devices can bring

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How Community Drives Collaboration

IT Toolbox

This is the final post in my series exploring five different business objectives that could strengthen – or even create – the business case for your company to deploy Unified Communications. Initially, I referred to these as “forces”, which they are as well.

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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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Cyber security industry mostly welcomes report on TalkTalk breach

Computer Weekly

Most of the recommendations of a government committee inquiry into the TalkTalk breach have been welcomed, but pundits have expressed reservations about some, particularly proposed new fines

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Technology is confusing.

IT Toolbox

Even I, a self confessed technology aficionado, can be confused by technology. Something as simple as an air vent nozzle on an airplane ceiling. I just recently saw them on a particular model of plane while flitting on an intercity jaunt. These air vent nozzles looked exactly like the, for lack of proper wording, drinking nozzles on sports drink plastic bottles.

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3 Ways Your Marketing Team May Inadvertently Compromise Cybersecurity

IT Toolbox

Benign actions can slash, burn and compromise data, and we?ve sleuthed out three culprits that regularly wreak havoc with computer networks, allowing all sorts of uninvited visitors to camp out and/or pirate data. Once you?re aware of these three, you can get back to doing what your company does best: making money and building a brand.

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From SQL to NoSQL – and back again

Computer Weekly

We take a look at the suppliers behind the emergence of databases that organise web-scale datasets and the like – and the most recent set of upstarts dubbed NewSQL

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Creating a Public Cloud Experience In-House

Data Center Knowledge

Private clouds provide you with more control and sometimes better efficiency as well, if the right technology is selected and leveraged in the right ways. In other words, you can replicate the public cloud user experience by using private cloud solutions. Read More.

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Work in progress: How Jisc’s shared datacentre vision is shaking up the education sector

Computer Weekly

Computer Weekly gets a progress report from the Jisc shared services datacentre team in Slough about how the education sector is making use of the site

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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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Data Centers Offer HBO’s Silicon Valley Much to Laugh About

Data Center Knowledge

TV series manages to make the problem of infrastructure scalability hilarious Read More.

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Amazon cloud crash forced Australian enterprises to take heads out of sand

Computer Weekly

Enterprises in Australia need to rethink their cloud backup strategies following the recent AWS outage in Sydney

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ERP Systems: What to Look For, and Why You Need One in Your Business

IT Toolbox

No matter how large or small your business is, a good enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can increase your productivity without increasing your workload.

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Angus Council signs up to Scottish Wide Area Network

Computer Weekly

Angus Council has become the latest local authority in Scotland to sign up to the Scottish Wide Area Network, or Swan, for enhanced public services delivery

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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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Global Telia Outage Disrupts Popular Internet Services

Data Center Knowledge

Major customer says carrier reliability poor over last 60 days Read More.

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US takes on the critics of Prism in Irish court

Computer Weekly

The US says social media companies have to do mass surveillance in Europe, while the European Union says they can’t.

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The Importance of a User Friendly Site

IT Toolbox

When establishing a website, design it with visitors in mind. They are the ones who will be eventually buying your products and reading your blog posts. It is advisable to make the site mobile compatible. The site should be accessible by everyone including the blind, elderly, or physically challenged. Moreover, the site should be well organized.

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EU workers trust EU countries most with cloud data

Computer Weekly

Survey reveals European workers trust EU countries much more than the US with their work data in the cloud

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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.

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Focus on Value

IT Toolbox

Several times today I had conversations with coworkers where the gist of what we were saying worked back to the question "What's the value?". Early in the day I was discussing product roadmap with a peer and we realized that we were overloaded with opportunity(or challenges, depending on the status of your glass).

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How to free up iPhone data and iCloud storage

Tech Republic Cloud

Forgot you subscribed to a podcast that no longer interests you? Never deleted that audiobook you finished? It's time to free up that needed space on your iPhone or iPad.

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Exploding the Myths of Big Data - #3

IT Toolbox

Myth #3: Big Data Applications Require Little or no Performance Tuning. False. Yes, big data applications are advertised as having extremely fast access times. The promise of the technology is the ability to quickly and easily analyze large amounts of data and derive from that analysis changes to customer-facing systems.

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PowerShell: Automatically Populate the Microsoft Office Updates folder via SCCM

Mick's IT Blog

One of the things that has annoyed me in the past is having to keep the Microsoft Office Updates folder up-to-date with the latest.MSP files. The reason I bother with keeping the Updates folder up-to-date is because it speeds up the process of building a golden image, which in my environment, Office is installed during that phase. To automate this process, I created an automatic deployment rule in SCCM that keeps the Microsoft Office software update group up-to-date with the latest Office update

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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10 Wrike Pro Tips for the Master Multitasker

IT Toolbox

Take your Wrike project management to the next level with advanced search, automation, custom workflows, folders, mobile apps, tagging, and integrations.

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How to Get Paid for Your Data Center Efficiency Project

Data Center Knowledge

An introduction to utility incentive programs for data centers Read More.

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Zoho Projects vs. Wrike: Project Management Pound-for-Pound

IT Toolbox

Don't choose a project management (PM) software solution for your business until you've considered Wrike and Zoho Projects.

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Increase your Alexa Rankings

Galido

Alexa is a rank information site/toolbar owned by Amazon measured by the amount of users that have visited a site with the toolbar installed. (Google, Yahoo, and others use a similar concept with their toolbars). Traffic rank is based on data provided by users in Alexa’s global data panel (through unique visitors and page views) over a rolling 3 month period and ranks are updated daily.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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Intel Fights Record $1.2B Antitrust Fine at Top EU Court

Data Center Knowledge

Says European Commission failed to analyze "all relevant circumstances" Read More.

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Top US states and cities with unsecured security cameras

Network World

In 2014, Insecam listed over 73,000 unsecured security cameras worldwide, with 11,046 of those open security cameras in the U.S. That number is constantly fluctuating; Today, for example, there are 5,064 unsecured cameras in the U.S. In December 2015 over a span of two days, the unprotected cameras in the U.S. changed from 4,104 to 5,604. A fact that does not change is that the U.S. is still number one for unsecured security cameras – having more than any other nation in the world.

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What is Web 3.0?

Galido

Some Internet experts believe the next generation of the Web will make tasks like your search for movies and food faster and easier. Instead of multiple searches, you might type a complex sentence or two in your Web 3.0 browser, and the Web will do the rest. In our example, you could type “I want to see a funny movie and then eat at a good Mexican restaurant.

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Security of “high-impact” federal systems not exactly rock-solid

Network World

In the face of relentless attacks – via malware, DDOS and malicious email – the defenses that protect the nation’s most “high impact” systems are spotty at best and could leave important programs open to nefarious activities, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. +More on Network World: Not dead yet: 7 of the oldest federal IT systems still wheezing away + At issue here the GAO wrote is the weakness of “high impact” system protection because the government describe

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.