Tue.May 24, 2016

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Is "Mobile Approval" An Oxymoron?

Forrester IT

I've recently been studying what a customer-obsessed operating model means for Purchasing functions and the software they use. I've concluded that Purchasing needs to transform its approach to visibility and control, due to the tradical impact that Mobility has on procure-to-pay (P2P) processes. I've been warning ePurchasing software companies for years about the potential impact of Mobility, but while a few visionaries have heard and acted on the message, most are lagging behind.

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New Zealand reaps fibre benefits as copper-choked UK risks digital exclusion

Computer Weekly

Telecoms and technology consultant, futurist and ex-BT CTO Peter Cochrane highlights the urgency for the UK to consider FTTP if it wants to maintain its place in the world economy

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An Update On The Megatrend of Artificial Intelligence

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 Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence is the discipline of thinking machines.

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Interview: Kate Johnson, chief commercial officer at GE Digital, on digitising manufacturing

Computer Weekly

GE Digital’s CCO is driving service revenue growth through the commercialisation of Predix, the company’s big data and analytics software platform, as it seeks to exploit the industrial internet of things

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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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How UC Supports the Needs of Remote Workers

IT Toolbox

Previous posts in this series have focused on the needs of various job functions inside the business, and that’s the natural starting point when considering UC. They will account for the majority of activity, both in terms of utilizing UC applications and bandwidth consumption on your network.

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What the EU’s new data protection laws mean for UK industry

Computer Weekly

The General Data Protection Regulation, which will come into force on 25 May 2018, could have a big impact on any company in the world that deals with the personal data of EU citizens

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UK government announces CyberFirst bursary scheme

Computer Weekly

GCHQ will partner with other government departments and private industry to offer students a comprehensive package of financial assistance and cyber skills

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The great Japanese ATM heist

IT Toolbox

The better our defences against cyber-theft become, the more sophisticated and organized the cyber thieves become.

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Unchecked social media use can damage career opportunities

Computer Weekly

Allegedly tech-savvy millennials are letting social media stand in the way of job prospects as potential employers turn to the internet for background information

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Metro Optical Networks at the Heart of Internet Exchanges

Data Center Knowledge

Several major trends are driving demand for Internet exchange services as well as the need for high-capacity metro optical data center interconnection into and between IX facilities. Read More.

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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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UK startups seek to lead the world in smart city technologies

Computer Weekly

Government trade mission to south-east Asia helps UK startups to target the region’s growing smart city projects

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How the Internet of Things is Transforming our Approach to Sustainability

IT Toolbox

The Internet of Things (IoT) isn’t a new concept. In fact the idea of smart connected devices dates back to 1982, when programmers at the University of Carnegie Melon University in Pennsylvania installed micro switches in a Coke machine that allowed it to send back information on how long each bottle of coke had been in the machine.

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Network Collapse: Why the internet is flirting with disaster

Computer Weekly

It’s surprising the internet works at all, given the age of its core software. The question is, can we catch it before it falls over?

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CSC to Merge With HPE’s Services Unit

Data Center Knowledge

Deal to create business with $26 billion in annual revenue, led by CSC's chief executive Mike Lawrie Read More.

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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 emergence of the Creative CIO

Computer Weekly

A new kind of transformational and strategic CIO has started to appear, willing to harness disruption techniques and add value to the organisation

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4 Useful Tips for Protecting Yourself When Shopping Online

IT Toolbox

People rarely shop in actual stores anymore; they even buy groceries over the internet.

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Benelux CIO interview: Stefaan Motte, Materialise

Computer Weekly

CIO of Belgian 3D printing company explains how selling software to competitors is good for a fledgling industry

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PeopleSot Fluid UI Training: What You Should Know

IT Toolbox

If you are planning on implementing the Fluid UI within your organization, there is specific training and learning that you must get, in order to roll it out, modify it, or create new Fluid pages.

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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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Australia’s government commits to fintech innovation and blockchain

Computer Weekly

Australia’s latest government budget included commitment to the financial technology revolution, but what developments are already afoot?

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Report: Data Center Outage Cripples Virginia DMV

Data Center Knowledge

Outage likely to corrode already sour relationship between state and contractor Northrop Grumman Read More.

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CIO interview: Cloud a necessity at News Corp

Computer Weekly

News Corp’s global CIO, Dominic Shine, discusses how the media giant’s five-year cloud strategy has driven the business

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Data Center Market Spotlight: Northern Virginia

Data Center Knowledge

Always an active market, Northern Virginia today is hotter than ever Read More.

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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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Datacentre operators look to Africa for new co-location growth opportunities

Computer Weekly

Data sovereignty concerns and a growing digital economy are fuelling demand for new datacentres in Africa, say analysts and operators

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Ahead of IPO, Nutanix Makes Hyperconverged Play for SMB Market

Data Center Knowledge

Rolls out bite-sized version of its cloud platform for customers looking for on-prem alternatives to AWS Read More.

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TVOne deploys NetSuite ERP to utilise data analytics

Computer Weekly

Audio visual hardware producer TVOne chooses NetSuite’s ERP application to help handle and interpret its new and historic data

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Contact Center Agents - the Original UC Users

IT Toolbox

Over the past few posts , I’ve looked at various job functions in terms of their specific needs for communications.

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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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Nutanix aims Xpress hyper-converged appliances at SMEs

Computer Weekly

Hyper-converged pioneer launches slimmed-down version of enterprise products with its own hypervisor, VMware or Hyper-V on board

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The Business Model expressed as a Value Chain

IT Toolbox

continuing. While a Business Model (BM) identifies the way a company (activities, resources, channels, partnerships.

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Philippines expands tax payments with mobile system

Computer Weekly

The Philippines tax office is enabling people to access more services via their mobile phones

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CompTIA report: Almost half of companies believe their security is 'good enough'

Tech Republic Security

A recent security report from CompTIA found that while threats are growing stronger, many enterprises still aren't ready to face them.

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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.