Sat.May 14, 2016 - Fri.May 20, 2016

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Linux vs Unix Hot Patching – Have We Reached The Tipping Point?

Forrester IT

The Background - Linux as a Fast Follower and the Need for Hot Patching. No doubt about it, Linux has made impressive strides in the last 15 years, gaining many features previously associated with high-end proprietary Unix as it made the transition from small system plaything to core enterprise processing resource and the engine of the extended web as we know it.

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An Update On The Megatrend of Cloud Computing

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. There are seven key MegaTrends driving the future of enterprise IT. You can remember them all with the helpful mnemonic acronym CAMBRIC, which stands for C loud Computing, A rtificial Intelligence, M obility, B ig Data, R obotics, I nternet of Things, C yberSecurity. In this post we dive deeper into the first of these trends, Cloud Computing.

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5 CRM Statistics Every Entrepreneur Should Understand

IT Toolbox

Customer relationship management (CRM) has become a necessity for organizations of all sizes. The tools in these software suites make it easier to offer amazing customer service, implement targeted marketing strategies and provide a host of other benefits. For any budding entrepreneur who's still on the fence about CRM, these statistics should make the decision an easy one. 1.

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Cloud security concerns rise as investment grows, report shows

Computer Weekly

Cloud security concerns are evolving with the increasing adoption of cloud computing, but continue to top the list of barriers to adoption, a study reveals

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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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You Don’t Think You Need An Online Video Platform? Think again.

Forrester IT

If your idea of "doing video" means having a YouTube channel, then you need to up your game. While a freemium player like YouTube can be an important part of an overall video strategy, it shouldn't be the only part. We detail that and more in Forrester's Vendor Landscape: Online Video Platforms For Sales And Marketing. Last year marked the first time that digital video outpaced every other online activity in time spent.

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Is Virtual Reality the Next Revolution in Healthcare?

CTOvision

Rick Delgado. When we think of virtual reality, it usually relates to video games and general entertainment, but technology is doing more than just giving the masses a chance to live roleplay as a superhero -- it’s helping us with our health. VR has been in action for longer than you’d imagine, with its hands in healthcare even decades ago. New advances in VR and for flash storage array are making it more realistic and more applicable to those with social disorders, mental traumas, and even to d

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Theme park company rides with Simplivity hyper-converged

Computer Weekly

International theme park operator Merlin Entertainments dumps servers and storage and replaces them with Simplivity hyper-converged infrastructure at 124 sites worldwide

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Mobilize The Internet Of Things

Forrester IT

Businesses can obtain major benefits -- including better customer experiences and operational excellence -- from the internet of things (IoT) by extracting insights from connected objects and delivering feature-rich connected products. The mobile mind shift requires businesses to proactively support these IoT benefits for nonstationary connected objects that exist as part of IoT solutions.

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Announcing The New CTOvision Mobile App: Track tech topics anywhere anytime on iOS and Android devices

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. We have just updated the CTOvision Mobile application to take advantage of hot new design styles and more of the features today's enterprise technologists expect in a mobile app. The upgrade is available for for iPhone , iPad and Android users. The application focuses on content we create for technologists, so you will find our blog content and tech write-ups featured prominently in the app.

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Addressing the Top VoIP Implementation Challenges

IT Toolbox

VoIP adoption rates remain high in the enterprise, with Frost and Sullivan predicting a $9.35 billion market by 2019. Your communications tools play a critical role in the enterprise's business processes, but you have concerns about VoIP implementation challenges.

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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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Police set for better engagement with UK tech firms

Computer Weekly

The policing lead for digital investigation and intelligence says new structures will improve engagement and collaboration between the UK tech industry and police forces

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Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter: The New Cyberweapons Of Choice

Forrester IT

New social media scams and marketing #fails are common fodder for water cooler banter today - even a recent episode of HBO's Veep ran a joke where the President blames a Chinese cyberattack for sending an ill-advised tweet. But social media cybersecurity issues are far from a laughing matter, and it's time we all take notice. Our new report Four Ways Cybercriminals Exploit Social Media proves this.

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Viv, Your Personal Assistant

CTOvision

Katie Kennedy. The creators of iPhone's Siri have now created Viv , a personal assistant. Powered by artificial intelligence and an unprecedented amount of data, Viv could be the first step to connecting every service and business to the Internet. With Nuance Communications technology, the sounds a person makes are converted into on-screen words, which enables Viv to understand what the person is saying.

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How VoIP Can Streamline and Centralize Business Communications

IT Toolbox

VoIP is fast becoming the most popular communications solution for businesses looking to reduce costs, improve service and give their employees the tools required to run a modern, fast-paced business. Here's something you may not know -- approximately 50 percent of a voice call is silence. That's call-time you are paying for on a conventional, or legacy, telephone system.

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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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Theft of customer data is top Asean retailer worry

Computer Weekly

Southeast Asian retailers say securing customer payments is a major challenge as new payment technology is forced on them by market and consumer pressure

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Modern CRM Drives Engagement, Relationship And Revenue

Forrester IT

CRM technologies are more than two decades old. In the early days of CRM, companies leveraged these solutions to provide "inside-out" efficiencies - operational efficiencies for sales, marketing, and customer service organizations. CRM aggregated customer data, analyzed that data, and automated workflows for front line personnel. Companies could easily argue business benefits by measuring operational metrics that were important for the company - like reducing marketing costs, increasin

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Updating the CTOvision Assessments of the Megatrends of IT

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. We organize and report on the megatrends of enterprise IT in seven major categories. You can easily remember these categories by the simple mnemonic acronym Cambric. Cambric stands for: C loud Computing. A rtificial Intelligence. M obility. B ig Data. R obotics. I nternet of Things. C yberSecurity. Advances in these seven technologies are closely interrelated.

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How CRM Revolutionizes the Sales Process

IT Toolbox

A killer sales process -- a systematic series of steps that track interaction with your prospects from their first point of engagement through to the closing of a sale -- can generate bigger revenue for your brand. Outdated, inaccurate data and software prevent your sales teams from nurturing prospects and connecting with customers.

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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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Challenging Sacred Cows that Inhibit Successful Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

When newspapers saw their classified revenue erode when new competitors like EBay, Craigslist, and Monster.com challenged them. When the music industry was first confronted by Napster music downloads and tried to hold on to their CD revenue streams. When Garmin realized that revenue from their auto GPS devices would never return as mapping apps on smartphones became mainstream.

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Security and risk professionals: Team up with your marketing peers to design your customers' privacy experiences

Forrester IT

The battle over ad blockers has never been fiercer: Their popularity with consumers is skyrocketing across the globe. Ad blockers offer a better online experience and have become easier to use. But consumers like them as a way to protect their privacy and their data from being misused. Firms increasingly think that their best bet is to block the blockers.

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5 Factors Federal Agencies Should Consider When Moving To The Cloud Infographic

CTOvision

Katie Kennedy. Moving to the cloud is not a seamless transition for most organizations. There are ways to make it much easier, however. How do you do that? You learn lessons from those that have been engaged in this effort, paying the most attention to those that have successful execution of transitions under their belt. Carahsoft recently hosted a fantastic webinar featuring three who have fantastic insights and lessons to share on this topic.

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5 of the Hottest Trends in VoIP for Business

IT Toolbox

The way we connect is changing all the time, and the world is getting smaller with each technological development. While the changes are great for people with friends or relatives halfway around the world, businesses are really leading the revolution.

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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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ING Turkey uses digital technology to improve services and grow customer base

Computer Weekly

Turkish bank uses business process management technology to offer financial services through 1,500 grocery stores, technology outlets and post offices

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Navigate The Crowded Enterprise File Sync And Share Market By Asking These 3 Questions

Forrester IT

Forrester defines Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFSS) as the technologies that "allow organizations to share and replicate content across multiple devices, distributing files to employees and/or customers or partners outside the enterprise". Two Forrester Waves on the EFSS market were published recently, segmenting this crowded market into two categories: cloud solutions and hybrid solutions.

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Tech News Roundup May 20

CTOvision

Katie Kennedy. The following are some of the hot topics we are tracking in the technology ecosystem: Technology Ticker. Viv, Your Personal Assistant. Cooper Standard Adds Former General Dynamics Exec Sonya Sepahban to Board of Directors. 2016 FCW Rising Star Awards Call for Nominations Now Open - Press Release Rocket. General Michael Hayden to Deliver Keynote Address at Gigamon Federal Cybersecurity Summit - SYS-CON Media (press release). a16z Podcast: Innovation vs.

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Proper LAN testing Equipment Part 1

IT Toolbox

A variety of devices, including cabling system testers, power line monitors, and analog and digital interface diagnosis equipment will be discussed. This is by no means an exhaustive list. Each network, because of its uniqueness, will require additions and deletions to this smorgasbord. Use it only as a guide?a starting point for assembling your own tool kit.

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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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Most organisations unprepared for cyber attacks, says report

Computer Weekly

Only 23% of organisations are capable of responding effectively to critical security incidents, according to NTT Com Security's latest threat report

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Google Invites Us To "Daydream" In Virtual Reality

Forrester IT

At Google I/O today, the company announced a new mobile-centric VR offering called Daydream. The nicely-named Daydream VR offering builds off of a mobile device platform, much as the Samsung Gear VR add-on device does for Samsung S7 smartphones. Daydream combines three elements: Android N smartphones optimized for VR. As Samsung has shown, it takes a high-end smartphone with deep pixel density and great graphics performance to effectively drive VR experiences.

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Tech News Roundup May 18

CTOvision

Katie Kennedy. The following are some of the hot topics we are tracking in the technology ecosystem: Technology Ticker. CGI Federal's new tech center dedicated at UL-Lafayette - The Herald. State Treasurer John Chiang launches 'underdog' campaign for California governor - Los Angeles Times. BJP to form next government in Assam: Sonowal - The Statesman.

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Why Your Customer Service Department Needs Sales Metrics

IT Toolbox

Roadmaps are really handy. Roadmaps give a big picture overview of what is to come on a journey. Global positioning systems (GPSs) focus on giving people short-term directions. In today’s age of GPSs built-in to phones and vehicles, the ability to use a roadmap is a skill that is atrophying for most people.

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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.