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Top 8 Habits of Successful IT Investors and Business Managers

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Top 8 Habits of Successful IT Investors and Business Managers - Information Technology Blog. When you look at the behavior of top-performing investors and IT moguls, there’s one trait that they all seem to have in common – the propensity to sustain herculean corporate efforts even in the face of adversity. At the root of this attribute is the impressive ability to continue chasing a vision through 80-hour work weeks even though they could easily afford to retreat

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Are you ready for your next brand crisis?

Forrester IT

You and your PR team have a detailed crisis communications plan. The problem is, it’s wrong. Crisis communication principles have lagged changing expectations of transparency and responsiveness from today’s consumer. Today’s empowered consumers as Forrester calls them have the devices and ability to uncover and share facts – and rumors – even as the crisis […].

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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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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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4 Ways to Maximize IT Productivity in a Transition to Cloud

Information Week

Cloud migration often leads to the outsourcing of critical activities. So how can your IT staff continue to contribute during this transition?

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Video Tutorial – Troubleshooting Tips SCCM CMG Connection Analyzer

Anoop

SCCM CMG is a critical component for your SCCM infrastructure. SCCM Cloud Management Gateway(CMG) connectivity is vital for co-managed or internet client managed devices. You will learn tips about SCCM CMG connection analyzer through this post. [Related Post – Fix to CMG Client Communication Failure Error 0x87d0027e] What is SCCM CMG Connection Analyzer?

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The Algorithm Of You

Forrester IT

Algorithm. It’s a buzzword you hear frequently these days. But does the average consumer understand the impact algorithms have on her life? Absolutely not. Consumers enjoy the illusion of unlimited choice in products, services, and content, but there’s almost always an algorithm behind the curtain, constantly refining and defining what’s presented to her.

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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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BroCon is coming: 10-12 Oct 2018 Arlington VA

CTOvision

Do you know Bro? If you work in the network security world you most likely do. Bro is an open-source network security monitor. While focusing on network security monitoring, Bro provides a comprehensive platform for more general network traffic analysis as well. Bro has successfully bridged the traditional gap between academia and operations since its inception. […].

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Eight Steps to an Effective Business Transition

The Accidental Successful CIO

Eight Steps to an Effective Business Transition Image Credit: Thomas Hawk. After working hard and being committed to building your business, and getting it to the level it is currently at, the greatest gift you can give yourself, if you intend to exit, is to plan well for your transition. You stand to gain by laying out all the necessary strategies several years before you even meet potential buyers.

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Health Data Sharing Will Follow the Open Banking Model

Information Week

The trend toward API-based banking offers a model for health records, giving patients access to and control over their personal health data.

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Read Two Forrester Waves™ On Machine Learning Solutions For Data Science Teams

Forrester IT

Machine learning is an elemental core competency. It is a fundamental building block to AI. It gives enterprises the power to predict. Most importantly, it can make enterprises gain the agility of disruptive upstarts by injecting scalable intelligence into customer experiences, business process applications, and employee decisions. That’s where predictive analytics and machine learning (PAML) solutions […].

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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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Using artificial intelligence to fight fraud

CTOvision

Read Oliver Pickup explain how companies can fight cyber fraud with the help of artificial intelligence on Raconteur : Fraud has existed ever since humans began trading while cyber fraud has been in existence since the Internet came into being. Cyber fraud is endemic in the digital age. Companies and governments end up losing more […].

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The Factors To Keep In Mind Before Investing In A Nas

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - The Factors To Keep In Mind Before Investing In A Nas - Information Technology Blog. NAS stands for Network-Attached Storage, it is a semi-computer device that has the ability to carry many HDDs loaded with data which you can access and interact across any specific network via shared network data or apps. Have you ever noticed a small PC tower in anyone’s office or home that has multiple HDD bays in it?

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AIOps to Drive Big IT Pivot

Information Week

AIOps takes the vast amounts of machine data generated by IT infrastructure and ingests, monitors, and analyzes it to ultimately predict issues before they occur.

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Wanted: Fintech Expert

Forrester IT

Financial services firms are on the hunt. They’re hunting unicorns. As firms like Revolut and TransferWise attain valuations of $1 billion or more, the pressure to find the Stripes of this world before their value skyrockets has never been stronger. But it’s not just the unicorns that firms are hunting. They’re also chasing the wolpertinger. […].

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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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Don’t Let The Devilishly Quiet Age of AI Lull You Into Complacency

CTOvision

Read Steve LeVine’s article about why everything seems calm and quiet on the surface in the field of artificial intelligence on Axios Blog (citing and summarizing a McKinsey Global Institute report) : The world is in a deceptively quiet period in which some companies and countries are aggressively developing and applying early, rudimentary models of artificial […].

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6 key elements of strategy for emerging technologies

Trends in the Living Networks

Over the last 7 days I have done the keynote at the Oracle Impact conferences in Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland on the topic of Technology Leadership in an Accelerating World. The events were centered around emerging technologies, particularly AI, IoT and Blockchain, and how these can be applied in a business environment. The central theme of my keynote was the role of the senior technology executives in working with the business leaders to understand and seize the emerging opportunities from

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AI Is a Powerful Ally in Public Safety - Responsible Use Is Paramount

Information Week

As governments employ AI in public safety applications they have to stay laser-focused on building public trust in the outcomes.

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The Research You Need To Overcome Seams In Experiences

Forrester IT

Seamlessness is quite the buzzword these days. It seems that brands of all shapes and sizes are vying to achieve it — from cars, to shopping, to payments, to even “co-living” communities, the storied “seamless” experience seems to be everywhere. But are the experiences that we think are seamless in fact delivering superior experiences?

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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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Why Google Fiber Is High-Speed Internet’s Most Successful Failure

CTOvision

Blair Levin and Larry Downes provide an article explaining why even in failing, Google Fiber changed the nature of competition in internet infrastructure and accelerated incumbent broadband investments by years on Harvard Business Review : In 2010, Google rocked the $60 billion broadband industry by announcing plans to deploy fiber-based home internet service, offering connections up […].

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Why Shenzhen is a hotbed for startups

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Why Shenzhen is a hotbed for startups - Information Technology Blog. Shenzhen which used to comprise of a small fishing community in the outskirts of Hong Kong has now developed into the foremost electronic manufacturer of the country and earned the moniker of ‘China’s Silicon Valley’. This drastic transformation was largely due to the efforts of Deng Xiaoping, Party Leader from 1978 to 1989.

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Enterprises to Bump Up IT Spending in 2019

Information Week

A Spiceworks survey reveals an air of confidence among IT buyers who see IT budgets going up to improve infrastructure and security.

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Forget Everything You Think You Know About Marketing Planning

Forrester IT

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about marketing planning? An annual rite of corporate governance? A forced march of endless meetings and spreadsheets? Guessing what your customers will want and where they will want it in 18 months? Existential dread? The exact opposite of why you became a marketer in […].

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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.