Forrester IT

APRIL 14, 2017

Three very different brands with an unfortunate commonality: Each has recently incurred the wrath of a growing segment that Forrester calls the values-based consumer. Last week at Forrester's Consumer Marketing Forum, my colleague J im Nail and I launched a new line of research. It helps marketers manage the trend of consumers looking beyond the direct, personal benefits they receive from a brand to also value the brand's impact on society and the world.

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Computer Weekly

APRIL 12, 2017

Businesses are using Fitbits, artificial intelligence and chatbots to improve working life as competition increases to recruit talented ‘millennials’

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Data Center Knowledge

APRIL 11, 2017

Both the tools and the techniques needed to keep a lid on public cloud costs are dramatically different when you rent infrastructure instead of owning it outright. Read More.

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IT Toolbox

APRIL 12, 2017

Buckle in- these first few sentences are a bumpy ride. But I promise, I’ll get you to nice smooth road pretty quickly. Deep breath… ready? Let’s go. First there was Ruckus, the maker of cost-effective, really good Wi-Fi technology. The company came onto the WLAN scene when 802.

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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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CTOvision

APRIL 12, 2017

Carol M. Evenson. The chief technology officer (CTO) and chief executive officer must work together for the good of the company. The CTO is responsible for focusing on technological matters, such as computers, websites and social networking. The CEO leads the board of directors to make good decisions about company policy and finances. Even if you are a CTO working in a small or midsized business, you are another executive who could run into conflicts with the other one.

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Computer Weekly

APRIL 13, 2017

Organisations should mitigate six key vulnerabilities in industrial control systems to reduce the risk of cyber attack, warns security firm FireEye

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IT Toolbox

APRIL 13, 2017

As businesses are always looking to cut down costs, training employees has become their primary goal, especially for large corporations that count thousands of employees.

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CTOvision

APRIL 9, 2017

Bob Gourley. Operating, securing and defending the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) network and the data traversing through it is inherently a governmental function for the Armed Forces. To accomplish this, DoD has a skilled workforce, empowered with advanced cyber capabilities, which seeks to detect, mitigate and attribute hostile cyber activity within their networks.

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Computer Weekly

APRIL 12, 2017

Tom Clark, head of Common Platform at ITV, explains how embracing agile thinking and shared infrastructure is helping the broadcaster stay one step ahead of its commercial competitors

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Data Center Knowledge

APRIL 12, 2017

“We bit the bullet,” said HPE’s vice president for product marketing, Roy Ritthaler. He was speaking candidly with Data Center Knowledge about his company’s release Wednesday of containerized versions of its IT Operations Management (ITOM) suite, and an architectural choice HPE made to adopt a.

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IT Toolbox

APRIL 11, 2017

If you’re on the fence about what to do with your phone system, this series should help clarify your options. Many businesses choose to keep using their aging phones for as long as possible, mainly to avoid the expense and hassle of replacing them. Economically, that makes sense, but it also holds employees back in terms of using currently technology to stay productive.

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Tech Republic Data Center

APRIL 11, 2017

Linux is a reliable, secure choice for your data center. Even so, doing regular checks for rootkits and malware is always an advised best practice. Jack Wallen shows you how.

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Computer Weekly

APRIL 11, 2017

Brazil, which has a significant and growing cyber crime problem both as the target of international attacks and the source of regional attacks, is set to work more closely with Europol to fight cross-border crime

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Data Center Knowledge

APRIL 13, 2017

There seems to be two schools of thought on the value of IT certifications. Some technology professionals say they can absolutely turbo-charge your salary and earning potential. Others claim that certifications may not be worth the paper on which they’re printed. Obviously, the companies that.

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IT Toolbox

APRIL 10, 2017

Over the past two posts , I’ve addressed how desk phones are evolving to meet the needs of today’s workers, and if you haven’t stayed current, you might think that a phone is still a phone.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 11, 2017

Robotic devices flooding the IoT market are insecure, according to IOActive researchers. Authentication and privacy issues are some of the cybersecurity risks the researchers found.

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Computer Weekly

APRIL 11, 2017

Thurrock Council will fit out thousands of publicly owned properties with gigabit fibre-to-the-premises broadband

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Data Center Knowledge

APRIL 11, 2017

Worldwide IT spending will increase by 1.4 percent from last year, reaching $3.5 billion in 2017, according to projections released Monday by Gartner. The growth rate was projected to be 2.7 percent in the previous quarterly forecast, but was hit by the rising U.S. dollar. “The strong U.S. dollar.

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IT Toolbox

APRIL 12, 2017

Pyotr Levashov, the infamous Kelihos botnet operator and spam maestro, finally got himself arrested on holiday in Spain

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 11, 2017

At the 2017 Midmarket CIO Forum, Brian Hill of Computer Forensic Services explained how to protect your company from threats such as ransomware, phishing, and IoT vulnerabilities.

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Computer Weekly

APRIL 12, 2017

By providing programmers with instantaneous feedback, they are more likely to improve and develop the skills they’ll need for the corporate environment, says Codecon creator

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Data Center Knowledge

APRIL 14, 2017

Cyberattacks have pretty much become a part of every day life. Security firm ForeScout’s State of Cyber Defense Maturity Report found that more than 96 percent of organizations experienced a major IT security breach in the past year. One in six organizations had five or more significant.

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IT Toolbox

APRIL 12, 2017

Businesses often confuse enterprise resource planning (ERP) with accounting software. While these two applications have functions that overlap, they serve very different purposes. Here are the benefits of each program, so you can decide which one is best for you. What is Accounting Software?

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Tech Republic Data Center

APRIL 12, 2017

If you're looking to get your Linux kernels up to the latest releases, here's how to use a GUI tool available that makes this process very easy.

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Computer Weekly

APRIL 10, 2017

Identity and access management is key to enabling organisations to become compliant with the GDPR, increase security and improve customer relationships, according to a senior analyst at KuppingerCole

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Data Center Knowledge

APRIL 13, 2017

Dallas Infomart has the luxury to master plan its growth, but executing comes with a price tag -- as much as $500 million over the next five to ten years. Read More.

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IT Toolbox

APRIL 12, 2017

As a coda to this series , it’s hard to ignore the potential impact of these new IP phones on Microsoft. This is the one company that almost all businesses rely on, and with Lync being re-branded as Skype for Business, they have had renewed designs on bringing voice into their fold.

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Tech Republic Security

APRIL 14, 2017

A Swedish company offers employees the chance to implant microchips in their hands to simplify access to buildings and carry data. But the implants raise concerns about privacy.

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Computer Weekly

APRIL 11, 2017

The US has led the takedown of the international botnet Kelihos after the arrest in Spain of the Russian believed to have operated the botnet since 2010

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Data Center Knowledge

APRIL 10, 2017

We’re still in the early phases of HCI adoption, but we can expect the compelling management and TCO benefits to push HCI into mainstream market adoption. Read More.

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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.