Forrester IT

JUNE 24, 2016

Yesterday's decision by UK citizens to leave the European Union ("Brexit") brings about short-term uncertainties and unintended consequences that will make it harder for UK businesses to keep customers and attract talent. While times of high-market volatility can tempt firms to panic and cut spending on customer-focused initiatives, now is the time to drive innovation in order to win, serve, and retain customers.

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CTOvision

JUNE 22, 2016

Len Padilla. With enterprises increasingly dependent on shadow IT, enterprise IT departments must stop being seen as the ‘Ministry of No’ and start engaging with users to help them get the business-critical applications they need to do their jobs. The increase in employees going rogue and purchasing shadow IT without the permission, control or knowledge of the IT department is a growing trend, and one that business departments are increasingly relying on.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

JUNE 19, 2016

Happy Father's Day! I find fellow tech dad's to have an interesting perspective on raising their children. So with that in mind, here's my advice for Techie Dads on this Father's Day. Drop the Technology - I'll get this post out, then turn the tech off for the day to spend time with the family and kids. . Teach your Kids to Code - Not today, but make a commitment to find a tool, an.

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Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 23, 2016

Flying generally under the radar, the private equity-backed data center roll-up has grown from a small local player to a service provider of national scale Read More.

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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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Forrester IT

JUNE 23, 2016

In a report , Forrester discussed arguments made by Microsoft regarding the potential benefits of the tie-up. There are some additional aspects that I also consider important when discussing the implications of the tie-up: Read more Categories: Enterprise Social Networking. Innovation. LinkedIn. Microsoft. management innovation.

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CTOvision

JUNE 21, 2016

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 Internet of Things. Today's Internet connects people, governments, academia and business.

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Computer Weekly

JUNE 23, 2016

Organisations need to think of cyber attackers as adversaries and competitors focused on stealing data, maximising their profit and minimising their risk, says HPE security strategist Tim Grieveson

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The Accidental Successful CIO

JUNE 22, 2016

When you work for a younger boss, you’ll have to make some adjustments Image Credit: Christopher Lance. What have you always pictured your boss looking like? If you are anything like me, you’ve always pictured them as a grumpy old man. Or a grumpy old woman if you want to get all modern. However, there is one thing that I’ve never really pictured my boss as being – younger than I am!

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CTOvision

JUNE 20, 2016

Bob Gourley. Thanks to Amazon.com we are able to provide our readers with a free copy of the Kindle version of our book on The Cyber Threat during a special three day promotion running 22, 23 and 24 June 2016. The book was written to provide actionable insights into the cyber threat specially aimed towards the leader who should know more about threats to protect business objectives.

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IT Toolbox

JUNE 24, 2016

Programmatic advertising automates a significant portion of the ad buying process, which frees up your staff's time for other high-skill tasks. You define your target audience for a campaign through a demand side platform (DSP), which connects you to ad inventory from relevant publishers.

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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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Computer Weekly

JUNE 21, 2016

The Lower Colorado River Authority’s chief administrative officer urges enterprises to balance the risks of using the internet of things with the benefits connected devices can bring

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Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 20, 2016

Machine shows China’s determination to build its domestic chip industry and replace its dependence on imports that cost as much as oil Read More.

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CTOvision

JUNE 18, 2016

Michael Johnson. The number of cyber threats targeting small to mid-sized enterprise has never been greater, and what’s troubling is that most mid-market organizations aren’t aware that they’re a prime target. These attacks are becoming more sophisticated and much harder to detect. Yet traditional cybersecurity technologies haven’t evolved at the same pace and as a result, fail to effectively protect these organizations from today's sophisticated attacks.

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IT Toolbox

JUNE 20, 2016

Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony services provide businesses with a host of benefits. From lowered costs to increased security, the advantages over legacy phone systems are numerous. Of course, these benefits don't simply materialize overnight. VoIP implementation can take a bit of work, but as long as a business utilizes the following tips, the transition can be seamless.

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Computer Weekly

JUNE 24, 2016

Micro-segmentation enables organisations to improve data security at reasonable cost without compromising agility, governance, risk and compliance, says Unisys

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Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 21, 2016

Private clouds provide you with more control and sometimes better efficiency as well, if the right technology is selected and leveraged in the right ways. In other words, you can replicate the public cloud user experience by using private cloud solutions. Read More.

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Tech Republic Security

JUNE 23, 2016

Is Intel's Management Engine a backdoor for security groups and hackers, or just a feature created to aid businesses? Jack Wallen dives in and draws his conclusions.

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IT Toolbox

JUNE 20, 2016

Voice over IP (VoIP) is a terrific communications tool on which businesses increasingly rely to move their work forward, but especially for IT teams new to handling telephony in-house, it can be challenging to manage well at the outset. VoIP makes stronger demands on network quality than most other applications, and users tend to notice (and complain) right away if call quality slips.

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Computer Weekly

JUNE 20, 2016

Although largely ignored in the Brexit debate, network effects will damage the UK's high-tech industry if Britain leaves Europe

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Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 21, 2016

TV series manages to make the problem of infrastructure scalability hilarious Read More.

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Tech Republic Cloud

JUNE 21, 2016

Forgot you subscribed to a podcast that no longer interests you? Never deleted that audiobook you finished? It's time to free up that needed space on your iPhone or iPad.

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IT Toolbox

JUNE 24, 2016

Any CEO will tell you that it's a hard climb to reach the heights of success, especially in an uncertain economy. This is why more companies are looking at investing in software solutions which help them to increase sales and reduce operational costs. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) technology is one of the most popular choices for enterprises because it is multi-functional and versatile.

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Computer Weekly

JUNE 21, 2016

Most of the recommendations of a government committee inquiry into the TalkTalk breach have been welcomed, but pundits have expressed reservations about some, particularly proposed new fines

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Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 24, 2016

Next time the hedge fund discloses a stake in a tech firm, it may have its own buyout in mind, rather than agitating for a sale to someone else Read More.

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Tech Republic Cloud

JUNE 22, 2016

Insert a chart from a Google Sheet in Google Slides and Google Docs, or create an interactive data story with Silk.co, to make sure your presentation always stays current.

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IT Toolbox

JUNE 20, 2016

Regardless of whether you’re an end user or a reseller, you may be affected by the continuous consolidation taking place in the voice over IP (VoIP) and unified communications (UC) market. Industry experts say that consolidation is growing at a rapid pace, from approximately $35 billion in 2015 to approximately $95 billion by 2023.

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Computer Weekly

JUNE 23, 2016

Computer Weekly announces its top 50 list of the most influential women in UK IT, including 2016 winner Maggie Philbin

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Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 24, 2016

Even in a cloud-dominated world, the parcel remains perhaps the simplest, most common-sense answer for moving bulk data between a client and an off-site data center. Read More.

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Cloud Musings

JUNE 19, 2016

Cloud Service Brokerage is changing from an industry footnote toward becoming a major system integration play. This role has now become a crucial component of a cloud computing transition because they help organizations aggregate multiple cloud services, integrate services with in-house applications, and customize these services to better meet customer needs.

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IT Toolbox

JUNE 20, 2016

The Internet of Things (IoT) and unified communications (UC) might, on first glance, appear to be an odd pairing. One is a bit of an upstart, disrupting some industries and applications while still not yet mature or fully developed in terms of viable use cases; the other is an established platform that is deepening its business value year by year.

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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.