The Accidental Successful CIO

APRIL 10, 2019

Adobe has a satisfied workforce, how can CIOs have the same thing? Image Credit: a_bul16. Being the person with the CIO job is hard work. You try and you try and you try to do a good job but it always seems like you are somehow falling further and further behind. There is so much work to do in regards to the importance of information technology that you only dream of being able to do all of the things that you should be doing in order to make your IT department as good as it could be.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 11, 2019

In 2003, Fred Reichheld, who was by then a partner at Bain & Company, introduced a way of measuring how well an organization treats its customers. This metric also assessed how well a firm generates relationships worthy of loyalty. Sixteen years later, most business people recognize this metric as the Net Promoter Score™. Mr. Reichheld […].

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APRIL 8, 2019

Read why Aviva Leebow Wolmer says that adopting the Internet of Things is must for businesses on Entrepreneur : Ten years ago, it would have been strange to stand alone in a room and tell that someone named “Alexa” to order pizza — but today, most of us take in stride the virtual assistance that […].

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Social, Agile and Transformation

APRIL 8, 2019

37% of organizations have implemented artificial intelligence in some form according to Gartner. Since AI is a a broad category of algorithms covering cognitive, natural language, pattern recognition and other areas, I suspect the number of organizations experimenting with machine learning or deep learning is a lot smaller. Yet there are daily stories of different organizations benefiting.

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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 9, 2019

Business intelligence (BI) analysts transform data into insights that drive business value. Through use of data analytics, data visualization and data modeling techniques and technologies, BI analysts can identify trends that can help other departments, managers and executives make business decisions to modernize and improve processes in the organization.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 8, 2019

Amazon has announced that Alexa is now HIPAA-compliant. This is a long-awaited announcement and a big move for Amazon as it expands its footprint in the $3.65 trillion US healthcare industry. Voice presents an opportunity for healthcare organizations (HCOs) to gain access to new consumer data and for consumers to have a convenient way to […].

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Anoop

APRIL 10, 2019

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Hello All, My name is Vishal Goyel, and this is my first post on this blog. I worked for several years as a Microsoft support engineer specialized in SCCM Task Sequence and OSD. In this post, you will learn step by step description of the SCCM OSD Task Sequence. Introduction SCCM OSD Task Sequence The […].

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Network World

APRIL 12, 2019

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning that some VPN packages from Cisco, Palo Alto, F5 and Pusle may improperly secure tokens and cookies, allowing nefarious actors an opening to invade and take control over an end user’s system. The DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warning comes on the heels of a notice from Carnegie Mellon's CERT that multiple VPN applications store the authentication and/or session cookies insecurely in memory and/or log files.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 8, 2019

In late March, Marsh announced the launch of a program with a number of leading cyberinsurance firms including Allianz, AXA, Beazley, XL, and Zurich to evaluate cybersecurity products and services. Products that meet a minimum standard of criteria receive the designation of “Cyber Catalyst” for their effectiveness in reducing cyber risk. The intent is for […].

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CTOvision

APRIL 11, 2019

Yahoo has once again attempted to settle a class-action lawsuit involving millions of users following one of the largest data breaches in history with a revised settlement figure of $117.5 million. On Tuesday, the proposed resolution to the lawsuit was made public. The revised figure of $117.5 million has been made in response to criticism made […].

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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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Anoop

APRIL 9, 2019

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. I think, most of the SCCM admins missed this latest Windows 1809 ADK change. In this post, you will see what are the ADK and WinPE changes concerned for SCCM admins. I also share the best practices to update Windows ADK and WinPE to the latest version on SCCM server. Introduction Starting from Windows ADK […].

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Information Week

APRIL 8, 2019

Data is important, yet processing data sometimes can make teams feel like they're chasing their own tails to unlock its value.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 9, 2019

I’m excited to share that our evaluation of loyalty technology providers — The Forrester Wave™: Loyalty Technology Platforms, Q2 2019 — is now live. In our 28-criterion evaluation, we identified the top 13 loyalty technology vendors – Aimia, Annex Cloud, Brierley+Partners, Cheetah Digital, Clutch, Collinson, Comarch, CrowdTwist, Epsilon, ICF Next, Kobie, Merkle/HelloWorld, and SessionM – […].

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CTOvision

APRIL 9, 2019

This post is the third in a series of three based on interviews of Courtney Bowman and Anthony Bak of Palantir. The first post laid a foundation which can help any organization seeking to establish an ethics policy and program around AI and ML. The second post picked up from there and dove into the […].

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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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Anoop

APRIL 8, 2019

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. The application packaging team is a closed technical community. There are not many contributors in application packaging community. In this post, you will learn to get more Smart package studio training to make you as packagers life easier. [Related Post – Learn How to Make Application Packagers Life Easier – Part 1 & How to […].

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Mick's IT Blog

APRIL 11, 2019

In my list of recent security projects, I needed to ensure certain applications are present on systems by using SCCM application deployment. One of those applications was Dell Command | Configure. The issue with this application is the Dell Command | Update will update the application which in turn would register it as not installed to SCCM, thereby kicking off the installation again.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 8, 2019

As you have heard from me before, in today’s age of the customer that is driven by digital transformations, to position your company for future market leadership you must prioritize tech-driven innovations that delivery net-new values to your customers. To best achieve this aim you must start with company-wide mission and CX-driven ideation efforts that […].

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CTOvision

APRIL 11, 2019

How safe is my business online? This question goes through our minds quite a bit as we click around our emails, scroll various web pages, and consent to cookies that track our data. With a robust internet audience of over 4 billion active users, the web has turned into a playground full of data for cybercriminals. […].

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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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Network World

APRIL 12, 2019

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning that some VPN packages from Cisco, Palo Alto, F5 and Pulse may improperly secure tokens and cookies, allowing nefarious actors an opening to invade and take control over an end user’s system. The DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warning comes on the heels of a notice from Carnegie Mellon's CERT that multiple VPN applications store the authentication and/or session cookies insecurely in memory and/or log files.

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Kitaboo

APRIL 11, 2019

Why Is Workplace Safety Training Important? Safety training is an important part of the employee onboarding process. If there’s a mishap at your workplace and an employee gets hurt, s/he could file a lawsuit against you. In such a scenario, if your organization is found to be non-compliant with the safety norms, it will not only affect your company reputation, but will also cost you money.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 11, 2019

CMOs’ ability to impress and influence consumers becomes more difficult with each new technology and experience that enters the market. Despite a myriad of headlines about the awe-inspiring potential of AI or the wave of entrepreneurs dreaming up the next moonshot, consumers contend with more glitter than gold. The reality today is that: Businesses struggle […].

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CTOvision

APRIL 11, 2019

Mozilla is adding a new feature to protect you against web annoyances in future releases of Firefox. The new feature is currently available in the beta version of Firefox 67, and the nightly version of Firefox 68. They will be available in the stable release of Firefox in a few weeks. The cryptomining and fingerprinting blocks […].

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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.

Information Week

APRIL 10, 2019

With repetitive manual data entry proving a pain point for staff members, workplaces must act to ensure their teams stay motivated. Could automation be the answer?

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Galido

APRIL 9, 2019

Information Technology Blog - - 5 Ways to Use Digital Signage Solutions to Increase Customer Engagement - Information Technology Blog. While architects and design consultants understand the importance of digital signage solutions for promotional and wayfinding purposes, many businesses do not. New businesses, in particular, fail to realize the hidden potential of high-quality wayfinding and signage solutions.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 11, 2019

The last couple weeks have been an exciting time for the customer data platform (CDP) category. At long last, major marketing technology vendors formally declared their intentions to get serious about managing and activating data for marketing. For the CDP community, the entry of marketing clouds is a big deal, carrying equal parts excitement over […].

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CTOvision

APRIL 11, 2019

Connectivity is changing commercial truck fleet operations. While the development of autonomous heavy vehicles is still in early stages, fleet owners have been increasingly relying on “connected” trucks to improve their uptime, safety, fuel efficiency and tracking, among other things. But every connected technology — from telematics and remote diagnostics to in-cab software and on-board […].

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“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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Information Week

APRIL 12, 2019

Adding external data sources to your analytics and machine learning initiatives can provide new dimensions of insights. Here are some sources of data you can tap.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 10, 2019

With data increasingly vital to business success, business intelligence (BI) continues to grow in importance. With a strong BI strategy and team, organizations can perform the kinds of analysis of business information necessary to help users make data-driven business decisions. BI encompasses numerous roles. BI analysts, with an average salary of $66,791 per year according to PayScale, provide application analysis and data modeling design for centralized data warehouses and extract data from dat

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Forrester IT

APRIL 11, 2019

Looking for a new data source to deliver differentiating insights? Yeah, you and everyone else. It’s not easy to find that local knowledge or the heads up about something that will drive business. There is more and more information out there. We’re constantly bombarded with news. Headlines scream at us via email, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn […].

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CTOvision

APRIL 9, 2019

Many AI critics say big tech companies are formulating AI ethics boards and principles as a strategy for avoiding the possibility of government regulation. Read more on The Verge : Last week, Google announced that it is creating a new external ethics board to guide its “responsible development of AI.” On the face of it, […].

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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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