Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
At TechEd Barcelona last month, SAP announced that its was adding Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to its software suite, starting early 2019. Two aspects of this announcement are particularly interesting. The first is that SAP has chosen to build its own RPA capability instead of partnering with any of the existing product vendors.
The Accidental Successful CIO
OCTOBER 31, 2018
CIOs know that a more diverse IT department operates better Image Credit: Oregon Department of Transportation. Would it be ok if we took a moment and talked about diversity? Let’s face it, the world of IT and most of our IT departments are not really models of diversity. For some reason, it sure seems like white males (and a lot of Asians) are the ones who seem to populate most of an IT department and get to work on the importance of information technology.
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Eric D. Brown
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Big data has moved from buzzword to being a part of everyday life within enterprise organizations. An IDG survey reports that 75% of enterprise organizations have deployed or plan to deploy big data projects. The challenge now is capturing strategic value from that data and delivering high-impact business outcomes. That’s where a Chief Data Officer (CDO) enters the picture.
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
When people hear about the race for Artificial Intelligence (AI) dominance, they often think that the main competition is between the US and China. After all, the US and China have most of the largest and most well funded AI companies on the planet, and the pace of funding, company growth, and adoption doesn’t seem […].
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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.
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Maturing Into A Horizontal Channel Management Platform Aligned With CRM and Marketing Automation. Channel and alliance leaders are known to be good jugglers. With the average partner program containing over 90 distinct components, encouraging channel growth while mediating conflict is a complex undertaking. Partner relationship management (PRM) connects the dots between partner planning, recruitment, […].
Anoop
OCTOBER 30, 2018
I’m sharing my Intune design and architecture experience in this post. Intune configuration spreadsheet will help you in your Intune design work. For Intune Configuration projects, below are the challenges faced by consultants. Intune have many settings for different OS platforms. How to document these settings. After implementation, How to hand over Intune configurations to […].
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CTOvision
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Read why Paul Fermor says that machine learning has more to it than just being a buzzword on Tech Radar : While artificial intelligence has long been heralded as the nextgen technology, many businesses are still afraid to dabble into it considering its very complicated nature. The IT industry has a severe case of Buzzword […].
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Very quietly last month, Path, the social media network founded by Shawn Fanning (Napster) and former Facebook executive Dave Morin, closed its doors after 18 years. What differentiated Path in the early days was that it limited the number of users’ connections to the seemingly arbitrary number of 150. Adding any additional contacts required that […].
Anoop
OCTOBER 31, 2018
Human vulnerabilities are more dangerous than Windows 10 Endpoint security vulnerabilities. However, we need to make sure endpoints are adequately protected to avoid any security violations. In this post, you will Windows 10 Security considerations and a security checklist. Did you get chance to read about Microsoft Numbers article and the 1.5 billion Windows powered devices […].
Network World
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
The Wi-Fi Alliance has introduced the first major security improvement to Wi-Fi in about 14 years: WPA3. The most significant additions to the new security protocol are greater protection for simple passwords, individualized encryption for personal and open networks, and even more secure encryption for enterprise networks. The original Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) standard was released back in 2003 to replace WEP, and the second edition of WPA came the year after.
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.
CTOvision
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Read why Joe McKendrick says that AI has a big trust issue on Forbes : We’re reaching the point in which an AI-driven purchasing system can collect sales and shipping orders, looks at historical trends, and pre-orders and prepays for batches of materials for production before the demand is even apparent — without active human oversight. […].
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Forrester’s customer experience Forums are in their tenth year — from our first one in 2009 in New York, they’ve grown and spread to San Francisco, London, Singapore, and other cities around the world and become yearly destinations for CX pros far and wide. CX Europe 2018 is just 10 days from now — Tuesday […].
Anoop
OCTOBER 29, 2018
It wasn’t that long ago when Microsoft applications were the only ones facing cyber attacks, but that’s no longer the case. Failing to patch third-party (3rd party) applications can leave IT infrastructure exposed to cyber attacks as well. In fact, the latest reports suggest that the most expensive data breaches start with third-party applications.
Information Week
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Agile, DevOps, Continuous Delivery and Continuous Development all help improve software delivery speed. However, as more applications and software development tools include AI, might software developers be trading trust and safety for speed?
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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.
CTOvision
OCTOBER 31, 2018
I am excited to announce a new book by Michael Tanji titled “Working in Cybersecurity” (and very happy to be among those profiled in the book). Michael has been a pioneer in modern cyber security and digital risk mitigation. He is a former soldier and intelligence officer who at one point managed the how the […].
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Forrester’s CX Index research shows that, year on year, retail performance is still not reaching levels of “excellence.” Instead retailer performance clusters around the “okay” level. There are of course bright sparks, with retailers like John Lewis out performing peers but even they are only reaching “good.” So what is holding retailers back from reaching […].
Network World
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Last week, the tech press made a big deal out of a ruling by the Librarian of Congress and the U.S. Copyright Office to allow consumers to break vendors’ digital rights management (DRM) schemes in order to fix their own smartphones and digital voice assistants. According to The Washington Post , for example, the ruling — which goes into effect Oct. 28 — was a big win for consumer right-to-repair advocates.
Information Week
OCTOBER 31, 2018
This ranking considers factors like mobile and broadband speed, quality of life and property affordability, as well as tech salaries, and you'll probably be surprised by which city was number one.
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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.
CTOvision
OCTOBER 31, 2018
An opinion on Artificial Intelligence. Everything I have observed for decades leads me to believe that with hard work anyone can succeed in a career in AI. Of course this is a technical field, but it is actually not the most technical field. Everything a person needs to know about the tech of AI can […].
Forrester IT
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Yesterday, IBM announced its intention to purchase Red Hat for $34B. Assuming a successful transaction, this acquisition blends hybrid cloud and open source synergies: Both companies target hybrid cloud from different angles; Red Hat provides a compelling middleware environment with OpenStack, while IBM supports enterprise customers with monolithic and even mainframe support in its cloud […].
ComputerWorld Consumerization IT
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
With nine of the top 10 global retailers using iOS devices in their business, it’s clear Apple’s mobile devices are what we expect to find when we go shopping. ‘We’re making great strides’. Apple Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri alluded to the the company's rapid progress across retail during the company’s Q4 2018 financial call on Thursday. The company was confirming record revenues and continued strength in iPhone sales, despite what some analysts call a “recession” in the sector.
Information Week
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Time spent working on DevOps projects has opened a window into some common mistakes that organizations make when trying to deliver a true DevOps initiative.
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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.
CTOvision
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Read why Anoop Nannra says that blockchain technology and Internet of Things can be a perfect mix for businesses on IOT Evolution World: It’s not surprising that emerging technologies like blockchain and the Internet of Things draw a great amount of interest among enterprises. These technologies separately come with the significant potential to improve challenges that organizations […].
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
This week India’s key eCommerce firms — Flipkart, Paytm Mall, PhonePe, ShopClues, and Swiggy — posted combined losses of ?6,445 crore (US$970 million) for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. We expect this to worsen in the coming years as companies scale up rapidly to capture market share. Forrester sees the following trends the Indian eCommerce landscape […].
Flexagon
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Continuous integration or continuous delivery? Or both? It’s a question many IT teams are asking themselves. What are the key differences between each method and which will improve your processes so you deliver higher quality software to your end users in less time? Both continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) embody the culture and.
Information Week
OCTOBER 29, 2018
A cloud strategy isn't just about committing to cloud resources, it can mean rethinking lots of IT management basics.
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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.
CTOvision
OCTOBER 28, 2018
The world of analytics is changing. Self-Service Analytical tools like Tableau, Qlik, and Power BI are enabling business users to perform reporting and analytics on their own with little to no support from the IT organization. This trend has evolved due to several factors including: Organizations are flooded with data and IT organizations are not […].
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Automation, AI, and robotics have risen to the top of the CIO agenda, but the road to realizing business value with these technologies is long and winding. Organizations that succeed with these technologies make numerous investments in prerequisites, which Forrester encapsulates in a model called RQ, the robotics quotient. We’ve just released a new report […].
Mick's IT Blog
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
It was time for us to upgrade the Microsoft Orchestrator to the newest 1801 version. We were three versions behind as we have been using 2012. Luckily starting with 1801, upgrades are performed via windows updates. Microsoft provides a well-documented page on setting up Orchestrator located here. The problem with upgrading from Orchestrator 2012 and 2016 is the fact that you must uninstall the old version and reinstall the new version.
Information Week
OCTOBER 31, 2018
With so many organizations competing for AI and machine learning talent, an OpsRamp executive shares his thoughts on the questions to ask candidates.
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