Mon.Jul 25, 2016

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Look Who's Running IT Now!

Forrester IT

As CIO Executive Partners at Forrester, we meet technology leaders in almost every industry sector. One theme is clear: The typical career path, leading to CIO has changed. No patience for CIOs to learn new tricks. Companies are now looking to leadership from non-traditional CIO career path sources. Over the past few years, we've noticed an increase in line-of-business leaders being appointed CIO.

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Estonia seeks UK datacentre to protect citizens' personal data from hackers - report

Computer Weekly

The Baltic state is reportedly in early stage talks with the UK and Luxembourg governments about setting up a backup site in either country to protect citizens’ data from risk of hackers

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5 Ways to Address VoIP Call Quality Issues

IT Toolbox

How many times do you walk to someone's office because you can't understand what they're saying on the phone? Do your customers get frustrated and hang up when they call for assistance? You have a VoIP call quality problem. Companies switching from legacy PBX systems to modern VoIP technology sometimes overlook the changes needed to optimize voice and video quality.

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Verizon Acquires Yahoo for $4.83 Billion

Data Center Knowledge

Verizon Communications Inc. agreed to buy Yahoo! Inc.’s web assets for $4.83 billion, ending the company’s two-decade run as an independent business that took it from Stanford University startup at the dawn of the internet age to also-ran behind nimbler online rivals such as Google and Facebook.

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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 to Handle Cloud-Based VoIP Vendor Disappearances

IT Toolbox

Many companies want to make their mark in the $204 billion cloud-computing industry. Startups bring innovative ideas to the market, while well-established businesses expand their product selection with cloud-based services. The vendor volume has a major downside, however, since organizations can fail and take your VoIP service with them.

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What’s Behind CoreSite’s Fortune 100 Channel Partner Deals

Data Center Knowledge

Its property portfolio nearing capacity, the REIT hopes partners Avnet and Ingram Micro can help grow value inside existing footprint Read More.

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Lance Crosby Comes Out of Stealth with New Developer-Centric Cloud Security Venture

Data Center Knowledge

SoftLayer founder Lance Crosby has launched StackPath, a Security-as-a-Service company with a significant investment from Abry Partners. Read More.

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Three Ways IoT Impacts your Customers for Unified Communications

IT Toolbox

After writing about the impact of IoT on UC over the past few posts, I’ve decided to add a coda to make the analysis more complete. Over the course of this series, I’ve looked at IoT’s impact on IT, your employees and your contact center. Each is different, and IoT’s impact on UC will be different, hence the need to review them separately.

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Cisco Advances CliQr’s Tech for Automation

Data Center Knowledge

Four months after its acquisition of data center automation platform maker CliQr, Cisco is making the strongest case yet for a hyperscale automation system that blurs the boundaries between clouds and customer premises, and renders opaque the containment mechanisms for workloads. “The old world for.

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CRM Buzzwords Demystified: A CRM Glossary of Terms

IT Toolbox

CRM buzzwords don't have to bamboozle you. Knowing the common terms and acronyms that apply to CRM software discussions can get you in on the CRM conversation and help you ask the right questions to optimize your CRM strategies. This glossary includes the more frequently used CRM terms that help to define the way we speak and think about customer relationship management strategies.

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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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No barrier to trial in UK Lauri Love extradition hearing told

Computer Weekly

British hackers, including members of Anonymous, have been tried in the UK, despite causing serious damage to US computer systems a court hears.

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Be a Smooth Operator with VoIP Technology

IT Toolbox

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a useful tool that helps companies manage voice information across the internet. This innovative software solution solves many of the problems that hinder productive telecommunication. In fact, the following benefits of this technology could help your business take its growth to the next level. Great Communication.

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BT says it's "absolutely willing" to create independent board to run Openreach

Computer Weekly

BT Group chairman Michael Rake says the organisation is willing to let an independent board oversee Openreach’s spending and strategy decisions

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Equinix + Arrow Deal Boosts Azure

Data Center Knowledge

As Windows Server is allowed to fade into the background, Azure steps up to the podium as Microsoft’s principal data center brand, extending its cloud services directly into hybrid installations with Azure Stack. 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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Skills shortage and poor IT infrastructure hinder tech adoption by Asean governments

Computer Weekly

EIU report highlights governments’ desire for better use of data, including cloud access

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The Top 4 Emerging Trends on the ERP Market

IT Toolbox

With Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software continuing to soar in global popularity, vendors are always looking for that competitive edge in the market. In fact, the growing demand has resulted in several software and application advancements across the board. Here are the top four emerging ERP trends that will continue to meet vendor needs for years to come.

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Yahoo confirms nearly $5bn sale deal with Verizon

Computer Weekly

Verizon Communications to boost its advertising business by acquiring Yahoo's client database in a $4.

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3 Benefits of Integrating ERP and Manufacturing Execution Systems

IT Toolbox

A manufacturing execution system (MES) is an application designed to help track and manage manufacturing information in real time. It gives shop floor managers greater visibility into the shop floor and helps improve quality, productivity, and production time.

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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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Zero Days: Why the disturbing Stuxnet documentary is a must-see

Tech Republic Security

Zero Days is a documentary by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney about the cyberwarfare Pandora's Box that was opened with the Stuxnet malware. Find out why Jack Wallen highly recommends the film.

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4 Must-Have ERP Features for Process Industries

IT Toolbox

Process manufacturers—those in industries such as food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and chemicals—have differing enterprise resource planning (ERP) needs than most other industries. From increased regulatory requirements to more detailed traceability, these manufacturers face all the same challenges that other manufacturers do but with an emphasis on different areas.

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Australia’s security software spending sees growth spurt

Computer Weekly

Australian enterprises are increasingly investing in security software as the threats to data continue to multiply

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Which is the smallest transistor?

IT Toolbox

In my days as a young whippersnapper I did an apprenticeship as an electric / electronic technician. This means that I learned electronic theory and how semiconductors worked. It was both an electrifying and holey experience. In short, a transistor worked by two dissimilar materials configured with a bridge of one of the materials.

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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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Ransomware 2.0 is around the corner and it's a massive threat to the enterprise

Tech Republic Security

The profits from ransomware are making it one of the fastest growing types of malware and new versions could negatively impact entire industries, according to a Cisco report.

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Audit Failure while using LSMW

IT Toolbox

In recent years SAP systems have been the focus of a lot of attention around vulnerabilities. In May this year the DHS's US-CERT branch issued a security alert after the security vendor Onapsis discovered evidence of a SAP systems vulnerability that it felt could be damaging to companies that run SAP systems.

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Luxury golf shoe maker Royal Albartross extends online reach with SAP

Computer Weekly

Golf shoe maker looks to up its game by using e-commerce software as a service from SAP Anywhere

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CPO expert Joanna Martinez extolls the virtues of redesigning procurement for strategic business agility

IT Toolbox

Learn from a procurement expert how companies can better manage their finances and have tighter control over procurement processes and their supply chain networks.

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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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Industrial digitalisation

Computer Weekly

We explore how back-office IT is being applied to industrial machines

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8 Tips for Creating a Killer PinnacleCart E-Commerce Website

IT Toolbox

Want to improve the shopping experience on your website? Add these eight PinnacleCart features to your online store.

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Future of IPTV

Galido

According to the Digital TV Western Europe Forecasts report, 2015 is a landmark year for IPTV in Western Europe. The number of IPTV subscribers has finally overtaken the number of pay satellite TV users and is forecasted to grow by 27% between 2015 and 2021. So by 2021 the IPTV audience will count 32,5 million houses and IPTV revenues will reach $5.77 billion.

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Cyber value-at-risk tools

IT Toolbox

There are beginning to be a few CVaR resources and tools available

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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.