February, 2018

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More Thoughts from a Seasoned IT Professional and Security Rookie

CTOvision

Note: I've been asked to post this from a reader that asked to remain anonymous but would like to inject some thoughts into our dialog here. This is the second in this series (the first was here). If you have thoughts you would like to insert into the discussion feel free to contact us. -mj […].

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2018 Mobile And New Technology Priorities For Marketers

Forrester IT

Forrester just released a new report on mobile and new technology priorities for marketers, based on our latest global mobile executive survey. We found out that marketers: Fail to deliver on foundational mobile experiences. Consumers’ expectations of a brand’s mobile experience have never been higher. And yet, 58% of marketers agree that their mobile services […].

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Big Data Roadmap – A roadmap for success with big data

Eric D. Brown

I’m regularly asked about how to get started with big data. My response is always the same: I give them my big data roadmap for success. Most organizations want to jump in a do something ‘cool’ with big data. They want to do a project that brings in new revenue or adds some new / cool service or product, but I always point them to this roadmap and say ‘start here’ The big data roadmap for success looks starts with the following initiatives: Data Quality / Data Mana

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Don't write another line of code without reading this

Social, Agile and Transformation

Every once and awhile I get to review other people's code. One year it was 1.4 million lines of PERL code running a SaaS website developed in the late 1990s. There was another time that I ended the relationship with a BI vendor because the platform required several hundred lines of code to produce a very basic bar chart. I once reviewed a homegrown ERP developed with tens of thousands (and.

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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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What’s The Best Way For A CIO To Communicate?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Communication is key to the CIO job Image Credit: Harald Link. When you hold the CIO position, because of the importance of information technology you have a great deal of responsibility. This means that you have to come up with ways to let everyone who works for you know what you want them to accomplish. In a word, you have to communicate. As easy as this may sound to do, it turns out that it’s actually quite difficult to do well.

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SCCM 2007 is Almost Dead – Get Ready for Upgrade

Anoop

I know the environments with SCCM 2007 servers managing more than 10k clients. SCCM 2007 will reach its end of EXTENDED support on July 9th, 2019. There is no option to have a custom, or extended support options will be provided to any of the existing SCCM 2007 customers. By 9th July 2017, SCCM 2007 […]. The post SCCM 2007 is Almost Dead – Get Ready for Upgrade appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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The CIO as a Cloud Supply Chain Manager

Fountainhead

Transforming IT from engineers and builders. to assemblers and integrators Preface About 5 years ago, I wrote a GigaOm article, The CIO as the IT Supply Chain Manager. The focus was how cloud services would transform how CIOs shifted from Technology Builders to become Service Assemblers. This concept is now more relevant than ever – with 30+ vendors offering API management products, Integration Platforms as a Service (iPaaS), Serverless functions and containerized microservices.

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Researchers find malware samples that exploit Meltdown and Spectre

Network World

It was inevitable. Once Google published its findings for the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities in CPUs, the bad guys used that as a roadmap to create their malware. And so far, researchers have found more than 130 malware samples designed to exploit Spectre and Meltdown. If there is any good news, it’s that the majority of the samples appear to be in the testing phase, according to antivirus testing firm AV-TEST, or are based on proof-of-concept software created by security researchers.

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10 Reasons to Attend Technology Conferences

Social, Agile and Transformation

Last year I attended and spoke at over twenty (20) conferences that covered a wide range of topics from Artificial Intelligence to Agile & DevOps to Data Science. I spoke on a wide range of digital transformation topics and had the opportunity to meet many interesting IT leaders and event sponsors. There are lots of reasons to attend technology events so let me suggest some and how to.

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Are CIOs Ready For The Arrival Of Chatbots?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Chatbots may change how we communicate, are you ready? Image Credit: John Pasden. One of the biggest challenges that any CIO has is trying to stay on top of all of the different buzzwords that seem to spring up daily in the world of IT in order to remain tapped into the importance of information technology. Well guess what, yet another one has just shown up on the scene: chatbot.

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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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Configure SCCM Task sequence Pre-Cache Content – Part 1

Anoop

For Bulk application change or Operating system upgrade we use task sequence. User start the Task sequence from SCCM Software center and waits for content download. This delay always impacts end user self-service experience with SCCM software center. Microsoft solution to this is “SCCM Task sequence Pre-Cache Content”. This feature is available starting with SCCM […].

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DataTribe Launches Inaugural Cyber Funding Competition: The DataTribe Cyber Crucible (putting up $Millions in funding)

CTOvision

One of the most virtuous activities in the American economy is the smart deployment of investment money on disruptive technologies. When done right, this can be a win for so many stakeholders, including businesses, governments and the general public. The team at DataTribe has already been taking virtuous, company building action that is creating value […].

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Experience “The Big Pivot”

Cloud Musings

Graeme Thompson, SVP/CIO Informatica The Big Pivot Podcast explores Digital transformation and its effect on every business in every industry. In exploring the business benefits of data-driven transformation, it is for CIOs who want to have a real impact on serving customers, empowering employees, and growing revenues. Hosted by Rob O’Regan of IDG, the series features Graeme Thompson, SVP/CIO Informatica , a CIO that exemplifies a strategic executive who is leveraging data to drive change throug

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Is the IoT backlash finally here?

Network World

As pretty much everyone knows, the Internet of Things (IoT) hype has been going strong for a few years now. I’ve done my part, no doubt, covering the technology extensively for the past 9 months. As vendors and users all scramble to cash in, it often seems like nothing can stop the rise IoT. Maybe not, but there have been rumblings of a backlash to the rise of IoT for several years.

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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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10 Critical Mistakes Products Owners Make When Developing MVPs

Social, Agile and Transformation

Google was a search box. Yahoo was a directory. YouTube let you search and play videos. Many of the best applications started with humble beginnings, simple user experiences, and demonstrable value to end users. So why is it that many product owners over engineer their minimally viable product with too many "must have' features, data integrations, user interfaces with an oversupply of bells.

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How A CIO Can Become Very Persuasive

The Accidental Successful CIO

Successful CIOs are also very persuasive Image Credit: Eric Malette. What does it take to be a successful CIO? The answer, of course, is that it takes a lot of different things. Most importantly you need to become good at selling both yourself and the importance of information technology to others. Another way of saying this is that you need to be good at persuading people.

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SCCM In-Place OS Upgrade on McAfee Encrypted Machines

Anoop

SCCM manage Bitlocker encryption natively during OS upgrade. But when comes to disks with third party encryption drivers then it’s always a challenge to upgrade OS. I have seen IT Admin decrypt the disk before OS Upgrade. Then after inplace OS upgrade, re-enable encryption. This need huge effort, time and impacts end user experience. This […].

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The Most Demanded Data Science and Machine Learning Jobs in 2018

CTOvision

While Information Technology fields in general have healthily grown in the past decade, there's an emerging sector in the market that's taking off in ways unrivaled by traditional computer science. Machine learning and data science are two exciting sections of tech where job growth is phenomenal as new and more advanced techniques to collect, store, […].

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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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Foto Friday – Sunrise colors over Sedona

Eric D. Brown

A few weeks ago, I traveled to Sedona Arizona for a few days. While there, I was able to sneak out and get a few sunrise photos. Here’s the first of a few that i’ll be sharing over the next few weeks. Captured with Sony a7R III and Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM. Purchase a print of Sunrise colors over Sedona here.

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Tips for securing IoT on your network

Network World

Judging by all the media attention that The Internet of Things (or IoT) gets these days, you would think that the world was firmly in the grip of a physical and digital transformation. The truth, though, is that we all are still in the early days of the IoT. The analyst firm Gartner, for example, puts the number of Internet connected “things” at just 8.4 billion in 2017 – counting both consumer and business applications.

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5 more lessons that CIOs learned in 2017 (Part 2)

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

Summary: As we start a new year, it helps to reflect on (and learn from) the past year. In this two-part article, we take a look at the past year from an IT leader perspective. What are the most important lessons that IT leaders and CIOs learned (or should have learned) in 2017? What important takeaways from the last 12 months will help you succeed in the coming year?

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CIOs Seek GE’s Help In Maximizing How Factory Equipment Is Used

The Accidental Successful CIO

GE is looking into networking gear in order to capture information from machines. Image Credit: Martin Abegglen. CIOs have discovered that they have a bit of a problem on their hands. The equipment that General Electric (GE) sells, power plant electrical gear, etc. to run factories is so big and so complex that nobody really understands how to use it correctly.

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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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Azure AWS Beginners Guide for IT Professionals

Anoop

AWS and Azure are most comprehensive cloud platform. Amazon and Azure own Microsoft owns AWS. Recently, I have gone through a video which explains fundamentals of Azure and AWS cloud platform. If you are AWS professional, then your knowledge of AWS platform makes it easier for you to start your journey with Azure. The learning […]. The post Azure AWS Beginners Guide for IT Professionals appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog.

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Boston Dynamics RoboDog Has A New Skill: Terrifying, But Potentially Lifesaving

CTOvision

The evolution of Boston Dynamic's robots continues at a brisk pace. The latest example to hit YouTube features a pack of their robot dogs that work together to assess a situation and take action. The action? Escape from the lab! Check them out here at: Jokes are easy with this one. Like "I for one […].

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Innovation At The Seams

Cloud Musings

by Kevin L. Jackson & Dez Blanchfield Today’s real business innovation is happening at the seams of industries. Moreover, after listening to this podcast between Sanjay Rishi, GM Global Cloud Consulting Services at IBM Global Business Services, and Dez Blanchfield, you will understand why Mr. Rishi describes his primary role as delivering cloud enable innovation and transformation In this fascinating discussion, Sanjay and Dez talk about how organizations embark on cloud journeys through dif

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Mozilla Firefox Installer and Uninstaller

Mick's IT Blog

As we all know, Mozilla Firefox is not the easiest application to deal with when it comes to deploying it in an enterprise environment. I have finally taken the time to write a PowerShell script that will install it using the executable provided by Mozilla. This installer will kill all instances of firefox, execute the uninstaller helper file, and then delete the programdata folder.

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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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Gr8 People – Our Newest Investment

The Investing Edge

By: Baiyin Zhou and Luke Burns — As software continues eating the world, it has certainly changed the recruiting department in a big way. We aren’t the only investors excited about investing in and supporting this space – more than $1 billion was poured into HR technology in 2017. HR Tech: A Brief History. Modern HR technology started in the form of online job postings in the early 1990s, which allowed recruiters to more easily source candidates, and provide more options for candidat

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Tips to improve IoT security on your network

Network World

Judging by all the media attention that The Internet of Things (or IoT) gets these days, you would think that the world was firmly in the grip of a physical and digital transformation. The truth, though, is that we all are still in the early days of the IoT. The analyst firm Gartner, for example, puts the number of Internet connected “things” at just 8.4 billion in 2017 – counting both consumer and business applications.

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Windows 10 Deployment Process Flow for SCCM Admins

Anoop

I have done several Windows 10 upgrades without any issues. But in the real world scenario, we are expected to have several Windows 10 deployment issues. Windows 10 deployment troubleshooting flow will help you to complete Windows 10 migrations. In this post, we will cover the Windows 10 logs related to upgrading process. All these […]. The post Windows 10 Deployment Process Flow for SCCM Admins appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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Thiel, Hoffman, and Spiderman Ethics

CTOvision

The tech world is great for those that love to learn. Things are changing fast so learning is critical. One of the great ways to learn is to track the words of the creators of tech. Two of the great tech investor/creators, Peter Thiel and Reid Hoffman, recently sat down for a discussion moderated by […].

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.