An overview of cloud customer relationship management
Computer Weekly
MAY 25, 2016
Businesses are confident about buying customer relationship management (CRM) software as a cloud-based service.
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Why the Modern-Day Marketer Shouldn't Ignore CRM
IT Toolbox
MAY 25, 2016
Marketing and CRM software are two unlikely friends; never destined to work together but somehow click perfectly in place. However, much like children fighting over a new toy, Sales Reps and Marketers are in a constant tug of war over their organization’s CRM. Why?
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How Colocation and the Cloud Killed the Data Center
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 25, 2016
As Gartner recommends, don’t relegate your colocation plans to one-off or siloed projects; instead, make them a focus of your broader hybrid cloud and digital business plans. Read More.
How UC Supports the Needs of Mobile Workers
IT Toolbox
MAY 25, 2016
To close out this series , I’m going to focus on the largest and perhaps most important group of end users when it comes to UC. Up to this point, my posts have focused on specific job functions and roles that are found to varying degrees within an SMB.
Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
Salesforce Names Amazon Its Preferred Cloud Provider
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 25, 2016
Salesforce has officially named Amazon Web Services its preferred public cloud infrastructure provider, Amazon announced Wednesday. The announcement follows a report by the Wall Street Journal earlier this month that Salesforce was using AWS for infrastructure that underpins its new Internet of.
How The Hague solved its bike parking problem with a mobile app
Computer Weekly
MAY 25, 2016
City authorities in The Hague are cleaning the streets of wrecked and abandoned bicycles with the help of Kony’s mobile app platform
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Theresa May agrees to review proposed bulk data collection powers
Computer Weekly
MAY 25, 2016
Labour welcomes the government’s commitment to review bulk data collection powers in the draft Investigatory Powers Bill, but says more change is needed to win the party’s backing
Australian CRM overhaul suggests one path for American projects
IT Toolbox
MAY 25, 2016
An Australian government program has successfully transformed its approach to CRM in a way that could offer a template for American firms and projects with similar demands. Called Sustainability Victoria, the program encourages more sustainable use of materials and waste, running programs for local governments to improve waste avoidance, energy efficiency and sustainability.
A new wave of cyber attacks targets the Middle East’s banks
Computer Weekly
MAY 25, 2016
Hot on the heels of the Qatar National Bank breach comes a campaign employing advanced social engineering techniques
CenturyLink Data Center VP Joins RagingWire as COO
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 25, 2016
Joel Stone to oversee data center engineering, construction, operations Read More.
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.
Atos hits Rio 2016 Olympics IT milestone
Computer Weekly
MAY 25, 2016
The IT underpinning the 2016 Olympics in Rio enters a critical phase as one of its essential event management systems starts to work
Make communication work for you
IT Toolbox
MAY 25, 2016
Communication is a challenge. There are no two ways about it. At the same time, many of the most valuable things we do are done in teams. So communication is required. And what's worse, often the most important communication happens between people of different disciplines with different training, backgrounds and objectives.
IoT increases cyber and legal risk, say experts
Computer Weekly
MAY 25, 2016
Organisations embracing the internet of things must be aware of the information security and legal liability risks, experts warn
Streamlining Your Work Processes Across Multiple Devices
IT Toolbox
MAY 25, 2016
"Utilizing smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices that provide a level of convenience and flexibility unrivaled by laptop systems can further reduce delays and eliminate obstacles that may be keeping staff and team members from achieving their full potential.
7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production
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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.
MasterCard, TfL and British Airways join for travel tech hackathon
Computer Weekly
MAY 25, 2016
The payments provider is running the event alongside BA and the UK local government body responsible for London’s transport system to create new travel services
Zebra Technologies Expands the Cloud-Managed WLAN Market With Azara
IT Toolbox
MAY 25, 2016
All the cool kids are doing it. In a space that not so long ago was the exclusive domain of Meraki and Aerohive at the enterprise tier, an increasing number of WLAN vendors are bringing cloud management options to current and future customers. Zebra Technologies (formerly Motorola on the Wi-Fi side) joins the club with LAN 
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French authorities raid Google’s Paris office in tax fraud probe
Computer Weekly
MAY 25, 2016
French investigators raid Google’s Paris office to follow up complaints by tax authorities of acts of aggravated financial fraud
Vantage to Add 21MW in Supply-Starved Silicon Valley Data Center Market
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 25, 2016
CEO Choksi feels confident expanding existing campus by 40 percent, given current deal pipeline and lack of supply in Santa Clara Read More.
20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers
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Huawei sues Samsung alleging patent violations
Computer Weekly
MAY 25, 2016
Huawei has filed lawsuits in China and the US, accusing Samsung of infringing a number of its patents relating to mobile technologies
Whitman Slims Down HPE, Unwinding ‘IT Supermarket’
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 25, 2016
Enterprise Services spinoff to merge with CSC latest in series of moves to create a more nimble company Read More.
HPE second quarter results reveal risks in CSC services deal
Computer Weekly
MAY 25, 2016
HPE’s CEO Meg Whitman admits the company’s flagship private cloud will need to run in CSC/ES datacentres
FedRAMP’s Lack of Transparency Irks Government IT Decision Makers
Data Center Knowledge
MAY 25, 2016
Survey finds four out of five federal IT decision makers frustrated with FedRAMP Read More.
How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra
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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.
Bet365 gets SwiftStack object storage as NAS pulls up short
Computer Weekly
MAY 25, 2016
Online gaming firm Bet365 is set to replace NAS for data with 0.
Getting Your Network in the Cloud
Cloud Musings
MAY 25, 2016
Join us with Virtual Newsmakers on Saturday, May 28th at 11:00am for a YouTube Livestream on cloud computing. Virtual Newsmakers is a webcast show featuring virtual newsmakers, who are bridging traditional and digital communications and empowering human communications through technology. The show highlights people who are using technology as a conversation to bring communications to a human level and who are making things happen between traditional and digital communications.
CSC and HP’s services division merging, joint sales could hit $26bn a year
Computer Weekly
MAY 25, 2016
Both entities will take an equal stake in the new business
5 active mobile threats spoofing enterprise apps
Network World
MAY 25, 2016
Impersonating apps Enterprise employees use mobile apps every day to get their jobs done, but when malicious actors start impersonating those apps, it spells trouble for IT departments. David Richardson, director of product at Lookout , and his team recently researched five families of malware doing just that: spoofing real enterprise apps to lure people to download their malware.
Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI
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Microsoft confirms job cuts at Nokia smartphone business
Computer Weekly
MAY 25, 2016
Big job losses in Finland as Nadella has a rethink on Windows phones
Google’s Trust API: Bye-bye passwords, hello biometrics?
Network World
MAY 25, 2016
Bye-bye passwords; we’ve heard that a lot over the years, but Google has a plan to kill off passwords by the end of this year by replacing passwords with biometrics. “We have a phone, and these phones have all these sensors in them,” Daniel Kaufman, said at Google I/O on Friday. “Why couldn’t it just know who I was, so I don’t need a password? It should just be able to work.
Free Stock Images
Galido
MAY 25, 2016
Free is always good isn’t it? Here are some great free stock photo websites. Pixabay. Water Lily via pixabay.com. Free high quality images. All images are available under CC0 license from this source. This means you could download, use, modify and distribute images with no license fees also for commercial purposes. Images from pixabay does not require to state author, but it is kind to credit the author.
Five arrested for impersonating the IRS, listen to a recorded scam in progress
Network World
MAY 25, 2016
Five people have been arrested in Miami who are said to be responsible for scamming 1,500 people out of more than $2 million by impersonating IRS agents. Their scams centered on contacting individual taxpayers out of the blue and demanding payments under the threat of jail time. News of the arrests circulated Tuesday after the Associated Press reported on them.
Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options
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