September, 2018

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What Is A CIO To Do With Artificial Intelligence?

The Accidental Successful CIO

The arrival of artificial intelligence will change everything, will you be ready? Image Credit: Peter Durand. In just about any science fiction movie that you’ve seen, there always seems to be some form of artificial intelligence involved. No matter if it’s helping out the good guys in the form of R2-D2 or it’s the bad guy in the form of HAL, this has been a staple of what we see in the future for a long time.

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Word Of Mouth Is Less Important For Top-Line Growth Than You Think

Forrester IT

Many companies ask their customers “How likely are you to recommend us to a friend?” However, for most brands, advocacy — positive word of mouth — isn’t the key to revenue growth. Retention and enrichment matter much more. Retention is when current customers continue to buy your products and services.

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Artificial Intelligence Sells, But Machine Learning Delivers

CTOvision

There is an old adage in the world of computing. If you want money for your project say it is Artificial Intelligence. But if you want talent to deliver on your capabilities remember to hire Machine Learning experts. Seems Artificial Intelligence sells. But Machine Learning Delivers. Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning are all […].

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Laggards Beware! Why Transforming with Data, Analytics, and AI is Needed Today

Social, Agile and Transformation

Several posts ago, I committed to sharing thoughts on changing the culture, applying self organizing principles, getting more people in the organization to collaborate, and gaining adoption of new technologies.

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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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[Fix] List of SCCM 1806 Known Issues – Documented

Anoop

Microsoft released a couple of update rollups (hotfixes) for the latest production version of SCCM 1806. In this post, we will see the SCCM 1806 known issues and how to fix those known issues. The Video tutorial will help you to understand how to install SCCM 1806 hotfix. SCCM 1806 known issues are already fixed by Microsoft […]. The post [Fix] List of SCCM 1806 Known Issues – Documented appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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Who Is Winning the Race for Tech Talent?

Information Week

Ever wonder how Google, Microsoft, and IBM are winning the race for tech talent? It just might boil down to the ability to weave relevant learning and development opportunities into every stage of employee life cycles.

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Customer Experience Index Reveals Brands Lack Human Connection

Forrester IT

Forrester’s 2018 Customer Experience Index (CX Index™) results continue to show that companies are struggling to create and sustain a human connection with their customers. This is not a question of delighting customers as an endgame or some fluffy sense of emotional attachment; this is a crass and clear story of financial risk. Taking a step […].

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Explaining The ‘New Normal’ In Cybersecurity To The C-Suite

CTOvision

Read Travis Greene’s article explaining the new normal in cybersecurity on Forbes : Even the most insulated CXOs are certainly cognizant of the constant stream of news related to cyber attacks. News feeds are full of reports of IT security breaches, to the point where awareness is no longer an issue. My own mother mails […].

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Strata Data Keynotes Day 2 on Dimming the Noise, Faster Data, and Becoming Boring

Social, Agile and Transformation

Here's my synopsis on a great start to day 2 of Strata Data day two. It began with a series of thought provoking topics; eliminating noise; driving faster data; successful data science by becoming boring; and Eliminating Noise and AI for Compliance Amber Case of the MIT Media Lab talked about the noise, and the abundance of alerts that surround all of us.

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Define Process – SCCM Deployment Rings for Infra Upgrade

Anoop

SCCM updates and Servicing got changed drastically in the last few years. I hear feedback from many SCCM admins that they don’t like four(4) months upgrade cycle of SCCM. It’s time to define a new process or revamp your existing process within your organization to remove the frustration about the SCCM upgrade. I will share […]. The post Define Process – SCCM Deployment Rings for Infra Upgrade appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog by Anoop C N

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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ICANN sets plan to reinforce internet DNS security

Network World

In a few months, the internet will be a more secure place. That’s because the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has voted to go ahead with the first-ever changing of the cryptographic key that helps protect the internet’s address book – the Domain Name System (DNS). [ Now see: The hidden cause of slow internet and how to fix it. ].

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Robocopy User Profile Contents to UNC Path

Mick's IT Blog

The Windows 10 upgrades required us to move profile contents off of the machines to a file share and then move them back. This was because USMT could not be used due to the architecture changing from 32-bit to 64-bit. This script I wrote will copy all of the pertinent data from a user profile to a specified UNC path. I made two text files to include all exclusions for directories and files.

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Join Us To Learn How To Embrace Privacy And Set Your Firm Apart In Your Customers’ Eyes

Forrester IT

We know it: customers are increasingly demanding protection for and control over their data. Firms that meet and exceed these expectations, recognise and treat privacy as a value. They successfully created a business reputation for privacy and security and inspire customer trust. As a result, their customers are more likely to choose and stay loyal […].

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What is the cost of a data breach?

CTOvision

The average cost of a data breach has risen to $3.86 million, according to a new report from IBM. The latest version of its annual report shows a 6.6 percent increase in costs; including direct losses, indirect costs related to time and effort in dealing with a breach, and lost opportunities such as customer churn […].

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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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It's No Longer 'If,' but 'When and How' to Move to Cloud

Information Week

Accept that your organization will migrate to the cloud, but also understand that such a migration requires planning and a staged approach.

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Windows 7 EOL Preparation Tips for IT Professional

Anoop

Microsoft released Windows 7 Professional version back in 2009 22nd October. Windows 7 is already out of mainstream support. January 14, 2020, is the date when Windows 7 will go out of extended support (already out of mainstream support). You will learn tips about Windows 7 EOL Preparation from this post. Windows 7 End of Life […]. The post Windows 7 EOL Preparation Tips for IT Professional appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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Cisco unearths 13 “High Impact” IOS vulnerabilities you need to patch now

Network World

Cisco today exposed 13 vulnerabilities in its IOS and IOS XE switch and router operating software that the company said should be patched as soon as possible. The vulnerabilities were detailed in Cisco’s twice-yearly dump of IOS exposures. All have a High Impact security rating and fixes should be evaluated by users quickly. [ Also see Invaluable tips and tricks for troubleshooting Linux. ].

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Video: What is CI/CD?

Social, Agile and Transformation

Watch this video I scripted for InfoWorld on what is continuous integration and delivery (ci/cd) Further reading on CI/CD and DevOps require(["mojo/signup-forms/Loader"], function(L) { L.start({"baseUrl":"mc.us14.list-manage.com","uuid":"786c41758ef1858a45a739f3e","lid":"8918f17d05"}) }) ul li { padding-bottom: 15px !

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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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14 Hacks For Your CX Business Case

Forrester IT

Eighty-six percent of CX professionals we recently surveyed say that the ROI of CX isn’t well established in their firm. Yikes! To be fair, building a CX business case can be hard. And even when you’ve built one, you may discover that it’s not compelling enough and therefore you miss out on the funding you […].

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M&A’s Are the Perfect Time to Assess Your IT Environment

CTOvision

The business landscape is shifting rapidly, and the pace of this year’s M&A activity will surpass 2016 and 2017 full-year levels, according to 451 Research. This presents some serious challenges for IT, but M&A also provides an ideal opportunity to take a hard look across the two organizations, and assess the applications, infrastructure and plan […].

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What Boards and CEOs Should Be Asking CIOs

Information Week

Boards and CEOs are more tech-savvy than they once were, but they still don't always know the best questions to ask CIOs. With the push for digital transformation they need to be armed with the right questions at the right time.

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List of SCCM 1806 Hotfixes – Fast and Slow Ring

Anoop

Microsoft released hotfixes for SCCM 1806 fast and slow rings. SCCM slow ring is an opt-in option to upgrade your SCCM CB infra and client. SCCM 1806 is an in-console update for SCCM 1706, 1710, or 1802 production versions of SCCM. You will see more details about SCCM 1806 Hotfixes in this post. [Related Post – SCCM 1806 Production Version […].

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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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What to expect when the Internet gets a big security upgrade

Network World

Ready or not, the upgrade to an important Internet security operation may soon be launched. Then again, it might not. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will meet the week of September 17 and will likely decide whether or not to give the go ahead on its multi-year project to upgrade the top pair of cryptographic keys used in the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) protocol – commonly known as the root zone key signing key (KSK) – which secures the Inter

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Data, analytics, and AI solutions showcased at the Strata Data Conference

Social, Agile and Transformation

Two years ago when I reported from Strata NYC I shared how new data prep technologies were bringing data integration and data quality capabilities to business users. Instead of waiting for IT to ETL experimental data into the data warehouse or data lake, business users apply tools like Tableau Prep, Trifacta Wrangler, or Talend Data Preparation, to perform profiling, cleansing, and.

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Forrester 2018 Mobile Banking Industry Wave™: BBVA Offers World-Class Mobile Banking Services

Forrester IT

Digital banks are not eating the incumbent banks’ lunch (yet!) but they’re certainly demonstrating voracious appetite. In the UK, Monzo recently hit the one million customer mark, whilst Revolut has almost tripled its customers to 2.8 million in a year. Lifestyle-app Alipay, the digital wallet and payments solution operated by Ant Financial, now has 700 […].

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Will blockchain revolutionize the Internet of Things?

CTOvision

Read why Megan Ray Nichols says that blockchain technology can be used to revolutionize the Internet of Things on Euro Scientist : Here is an interesting convergence no one is talking about – blockchain technology and Internet of Things. Blockchain technology is essentially a secure, distributed ledger that can serve as the foundation for many systems. […].

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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.

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AI & Machine Learning: An Enterprise Guide

Information Week

A collection of information resources designed to help enterprise IT professionals launch and advance their artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation initiatives.

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Clean-up SCCM CMG and Cloud Services from SCCM

Anoop

Most of the SCCM admins have isolated lab environment to test the new features of SCCM. Setting up Azure cloud services for testing new SCCM CMG (Cloud Management Gateway), Azure AD User Discovery, and Cloud DP is costly. My recommendation is to create Azure trial subscription and try to test the SCCM features. You will learn […]. The post Clean-up SCCM CMG and Cloud Services from SCCM appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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How CIOs Can Manage Their Millennial Managers

The Accidental Successful CIO

Millennial managers require special attention from the CIO Image Credit: CommScope. I really hate to share this with you – but, you’re getting old. How can we tell this? Simple, millennials are starting to become managers in your IT department. Wasn’t it just a few years ago that we were talking about how to deal with the millennials who were just then entering the IT department?

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IDG Contributor Network: Visibility is key for devops and the hybrid cloud

Network World

Cloud has undoubtedly become a key component of successful business in recent years, especially when you consider the race to digitally transform. Across the globe, companies are moving their applications and services to the cloud and are consequently reaping the benefits of lower capex and opex as a result. However, with this process, cloud migration is only a beginning for any organization’s digital transformation (DX) journey.

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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.