Sat.Feb 03, 2018 - Fri.Feb 09, 2018

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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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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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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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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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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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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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4 Surprising Industries Capitalizing on the Smart Tech Boom

CTOvision

Smart technologies exist in almost every sector imaginable, and in many cases, they assist industries that haven’t historically embraced innovations. As a result, employees and company leaders are getting acquainted with new ways to work and achieve goals. 1. Accounting Although the professionals within it are undeniably useful — especially near tax time — the […].

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Run PowerShell as Administrator One-Liner

Mick's IT Blog

As you have probably seen recently in my latest blog entries, I am working on a bunch of PowerShell one-liners to do away with the actual scripts and be able to implement the PowerShell process as a command line task sequence. This one-liner will add the necessary registry entry to allow for a user to run a PowerShell script as administrator. This has been tested in a task sequence.

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System Center Products Moved to Semi-Annual Channel But NOT SCCM

Anoop

Microsoft moved another suite of products also into the Semi-Annual channel of releases. A few months back Windows 10 also moved to Semi-Annual channel releases. So it seems Microsoft is trying to streamline the release management channel for all their products. I don’t think SCCM is included in this Semi-Annual channel updates. But it’s interesting […].

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CTOvision Tech News 6 Feb 2018

CTOvision

News this week reaffirmed the disruptive power of cloud computing, in many ways. One way was in the announcement by Google that their Google Cloud, which includes G Suite and Google Cloud Platform, is now a $1B per quarter business. Huge of course, but that is not nearly as large as the powerhouse at Amazon […].

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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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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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CloudBees acquires Codeship to Form the Leader in CI/CD

The Investing Edge

Today is an exciting day for us as CloudBees announced their acquisition of our portfolio company Codeship. We are thrilled for Mo, Manny, and the rest of the team as they join forces with one of the leading companies in DevOps. Codeship and CloudBees are extremely complementary, and together they form a complete product offering for CI/CD (continuous integration, continuous deployment).

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Reporting SCCM Task sequence Pre-cache Content – Part 2

Anoop

In post 1, we discussed about SCCM Task sequence Pre-cache content Feature. The major challenge with this feature is reporting. In Enterprise, SCCM admins should know which computers have contents Pre-cached. Currently, there is no SCCM native feature to find the pre-cache status. We will go through the custom inventory configurations required to get Pre-Cached […].

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Technology Short Take 94

Scott Lowe

Welcome to Technology Short Take 94! Ready for another round of links, articles, and thoughts on data center technologies? (Who knows, maybe I’ll throw a rant or two in there.) OK, enough rambling…here’s the good stuff! Networking. Amit Aneja has a two-part series (so far) explaining the routing architecture in NSX-T (which brings multi-hypervisor and multi-cloud support to the NSX platform).

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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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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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Prepping for a Data Science Interview? Ask Yourself These Questions To Stand Out

Dataconomy

It seems everyone and their grandmother wants to work in data science these days, and there are plenty of good reasons why that’s the case. First, the salaries are attractive: recent data from O’Reilly indicates the average compensation of a data scientist in the United States is $112,000 per year. The post Prepping for a Data Science Interview?

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Software Licensing Troubles But Don’t Trouble SCCM Admins

Anoop

I’m not a licensing expert, and the license documents are successfully able to confuse me more whenever I try to understand it. I have seen people are trying to resolve Software licensing troubles with SCCM inventory. I don’t believe that SCCM can provide a software licensing insights. Instead, we should have a dedicated solution for […].

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Webinar Replay: Create a Customer Portal in 10 Minutes

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

Summary: Would you like to add a customer portal to your current systems? Would you like to learn how to create customer portals that integrate with your existing ERP system, and work across any device (PC/tablet/smartphone)? If so, check out this webinar replay, and see how easily you can create customer portals. A customer portal provides a secure, customer-only area on your site where customers can purchase products, submit support requests, update account information, and more.

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Spectre and Meltdown | Salted Hash Ep 17

Network World

What is it about the Spectre and Meltdown attacks that scared everyone so much? Host Steve Ragan and J.M. Porup talk through the impact of these hardware flaws.

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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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A Whole New World for Data Teams

Dataconomy

Among the many things I loved about the latest Star Wars movie was our introduction to the unexpected rise of Rose Tico – a humble mechanic who gets thrust into the heart of the action following a chance encounter with Finn. By the end of the movie, she’s flying ski-speeders. The post A Whole New World for Data Teams appeared first on Dataconomy.

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Intune App Assignment Include Exclude Azure AD Groups

Anoop

Microsoft Intune team depreciated application assignment type “Not Applicable” for good reasons. So no need to get worried when you don’t see “Not Applicable” assignment type for your Intune tenant. “Not Applicable” will not be an option in the console but will be replaced by “Excluded Groups“ Exclude Group option was already available for Configuration policies, […].

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Delivering bad news: 10 tips for doing it right

Tech Republic

Giving someone bad news is never easy, but there are right ways and wrong ways of going about it. Here are some pointers on the best methods for sharing unpleasant information.

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The “FOCUS” of Digitization

Future of CIO

Digitalization is the long journey with many bumps and curves on the way, to reach the next stage of business maturity and will improve how the enterprise works and interacts with its digital ecosystem. Digital leaders need to define the vision, discover the blind spots, identify unknowns, bridge gaps, and ensure the organization will stay FOCUS on the journey of digitalization, to achieve high performance and maximize the full potential.

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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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Is P2P the Future of Travel?

Dataconomy

When planning a trip, today’s travelers are brought into contact with a multitude of services designed to meet their transportation, accommodation and entertainment needs. However, the modern travel industry is one of the most stratified around, meaning that websites are just customer-facing points of contact at the end of a. The post Is P2P the Future of Travel?

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7 IT salary and hiring trends for 2018

ComputerWorld IT Management

Demand for tech talent will continue to outpace supply in the year ahead, while the mix of skills necessary to remain relevant in IT will undergo a significant shift.

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Set PowerShell Executionpolicy with verification One-Liner

Mick's IT Blog

Recently, I have been revisiting our task sequence for our base build. One of the tasks it does it to set the PowerShell executionpolicy. Yes, we do have a GPO that does this, but this being the base build that generates the golden image, GPOs are not applied during the build process. Originally, I had the simple command line task that implemented the following command line: powershell.exe set-executionpolicy RemoteSigned.

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The Monthly “Unpuzzling Innovation” Book Tuning: Digital Innovation Principles & Practices Feb. 2018

Future of CIO

Digital is the age of innovation. And innovation is what leads to differentiation. There are many ways to differentiate and, therefore, there are many ways to pursue innovation. Talking about innovation is not new nowadays, everybody, every organization now is talking about innovation. It's been at or near the top of the business or economics agenda for a long time.

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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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5 lessons that CIOs learned in 2017

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 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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Decentralized Governance

Phil Windley

Summary: Decentralized systems require governance to function well. Ideally this governance should be clear, open, and effective without impacting the decentralized nature of the system. This post describes the governance of the Sovrin network. Our approach is a constitutional model based on an agreement we call the Sovrin Turst Framework that informs and guides everything from code development to the responsibilities of the various actors in the system.

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Service Providers and the Meaning of “One OS. One Click. Any Cloud.”: Part 1

Nutanix

At Nutanix, we describe our Enterprise Cloud as One OS. One Click. Any Cloud. Because Nutanix software provides a single operating system across multiple cloud environments, it can provide your organization a true ‘public cloud–like’ experience across your entire IT fabric.

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The Intellectual VOICE of Digital CIOs

Future of CIO

The digital organizations a is a living business in the relationship with its environments, customers, suppliers, and above all enhances and supports the creative human spirit via connecting, discovery, and experimentation. IT continues to grow in importance to organizations, both operationally and as a competitive advantage. Thus, digital CIOs must raise the intellectual VOICE, not via speaking louder, but via thinking profoundly and lead innovatively.

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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.