Sat.Nov 11, 2017 - Fri.Nov 17, 2017

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Cloud, Agile and What Startups Can Teach the Enterprise

CTOvision

Software engineering is still a young discipline. Until the Agile Manifesto challenged the accepted waterfall-based development model, software creation borrowed most of its processes from that of hardware. But those older, hardware-like methodologies failed to take advantage of software’s biggest benefit: that it’s soft. What has emerged in the last 15 to 20 years is […].

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Budget 2017: TechUK demands datacentre energy reform to stop post-Brexit market slump

Computer Weekly

TechUK airs fears over long-term growth and prosperity of UK datacentre market post-Brexit, without urgent government help on rising energy costs

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8 Ways to Build a Better Business Bot

IT Toolbox

The increasing demand for these technological solutions is not a result of blind consumerism, nor is it a case of mindless obsession with AI.

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CM Update Reset Tool Fixes SCCM CB Update Download Issue

Anoop

Have you faced SCCM CB update getting stuck in the “Downloading” state? I have seen SCCM CB updates are getting stuck in downloading stage. But, in most of the scenarios, a service restart resolves this issue. In this post, we will see “CM Update Reset Tool Fixes SCCM CB Update Download Issue.” Video Tutorial to […]. The post CM Update Reset Tool Fixes SCCM CB Update Download Issue appeared first on Anoops.

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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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How CRM’s Are Creating Time For High Priority Tasks

CTOvision

How CRM's Are Creating Time For High Priority Tasks Customer Relationship Management (CRM) provides a business with centralized application software to carry out its daily activities. The software manages a business, tracks customers, identifies a target market, receives customer feedback, analyzes data, tracks sales, manages tasks and documents, ensures sales mobility and facilitates social media […].

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Europe not ready for imminent cyber strikes, say infosec professionals

Computer Weekly

Information security leaders in Europe believe a major breach of critical infrastructure is coming and that data breaches in their own organisations are imminent – yet most are not ready

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Forrester predicts what’s next for IoT

Network World

What’s in store for the Internet of Things (IoT) in 2018? That’s the question on many people’s minds in the fast-growing IoT industry. One set of answers can be found in a new report from Forrester, called Predictions 2018: IoT Moves From Experimentation To Business Scale. According to Forrester and published reports last week, that journey means many things, but apart from the usual superheated speculation about IoT’s incredible growth and increasing impact, here’s what I think is most intere

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Garrison: Secure Web Browsing

CTOvision

With this post, we are initializing our coverage of Garrison Technology, a revolutionary provider of ultra-secure web browsing. Internet access for government employees presents one of the gravest threats to enterprise cyber security today. Compromises on federal networks via spear phishing, watering hole attacks and drive-by-downloads permits cyber attackers ranging from criminals to nation states […].

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More than 80% of firms to move more workloads to public cloud in the next two years

Computer Weekly

Research from hybrid cloud company OpsRamp shows the majority of organisations are planning to commit more IT workloads to the cloud

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Guide Share Europe 2017 - my impressions part 1

IT Toolbox

The Guide Share Europe (#GSEconf) conference, which is held at Whittlebury Manor each year, is brilliant. Not only do you get to catch up with old friends and colleagues, you get given a host of goodies (of various quality) from vendors, and, most importantly, you get to hear the latest thinking in mainframe environments.

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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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Docs should help design medical IoT

Network World

Doctors — particularly the ones that work in emergency rooms — need to have strong stomachs and level heads, since they see illness and injury at their most serious. Violence, accidents and serious diseases are all a matter of routine in the ER. Dr. Christian Dameff is a faculty member at UC San Diego’s medical school, has seen all of that and more, since he’s also a white-hat hacker and expert in medical IoT security.

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What Should A CIO Do When You Feel Overwhelmed?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Sometimes life can get to be just too much for us Image Credit: Joselito Tagarao. Can we talk about THOSE days? You know the ones that I’m talking about – the ones that just show up and slap you in the face. They may start out just fine, but all too soon they turn into monster days where everyone wants a piece of us and there seems to be no time for us to get the things done that we know that we need to get done because of the importance of information technology.

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Business crucial to cyber crime fight, say UK cyber cops

Computer Weekly

Business has a crucial role in fighting cyber crime in terms of intelligence sharing and pursuing cyber criminals, according to the country’s top cyber cops

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Cloud-based Licensing Proving to be Unbelievably Cheaper Than On-Prem

IT Toolbox

The reality is that if you want to install and run your applications on-premise, software developers do not want your business because they can see the difference in the costs of support for on-premise customers vs cloud-based.

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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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Getting the CMO Onboard with Agile Marketing Practices

Social, Agile and Transformation

In my last post, I shared 5 Reasons Why Marketing Organizations Must be Driving Digital and in this post, I'm following up on agile marketing. Many of the marketing departments I've worked with are in fact practicing some form of ad hoc agile. In some cases, timelines are fixed, like when the marketing department is hosting an event or when there is a holiday driven promotion.

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Video Experience Windows 10 1709 Upgrade Using SCCM Task Sequence

Anoop

In the previous post, I explained about Creating Windows 10 1709 Upgrade Task Sequence in SCCM CB. I didn’t provide the details about distributing the Windows 10 1709 content to DPs, Deployment of Task Sequence and end user experience of this type of upgrade. In this post, we will have a video experience of windows […]. The post Video Experience Windows 10 1709 Upgrade Using SCCM Task Sequence appeared first on Anoops.

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Muslim hactivists hack “unhackable” IS news site

Computer Weekly

A Muslim hacktivist group has hacked into Islamic State’s news site and published thousands of subscribers’ details just hours after the site claimed it was impenetrable

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Mistakes to Avoid Before Starting ERP

IT Toolbox

Mistakes at the beginning of an endeavor are notoriously difficult to fix. This is especially true of complex processes like implementing an ERP system. Errors at the beginning of the implementation can doom the project no matter how well it is executed. Unfortunately such early mistakes are all too common in ERP implementations with often disastrous results for the project.

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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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The Endpoint Imperative: Global Security Compliance. Are you ready?

Cloud Musings

China has its Cybersecurity Law. Next May, the General Data Protection Regulation – or GDPR –goes into effect for the European Union. Research shows most organizations just aren’t ready for these and other measures. Tune into this episode of “ The End Point Imperative: A Podcast Series from Intel ,” to hear from Intel’s Yasser Rasheed , Director of Business Client Security on how a combination of protection at the hardware and software level can help organizations gain compliance and avoid breac

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25 Years ConfigMgr and Special Microsoft MVP Summit at Redmond

Anoop

It’s a great experience to work with Microsoft SCCM product group and fellow MVPs to brainstorm and enhance SCCM/ConfigMgr. Microsoft MVP summit 2017 is very special for SCCM MVPs because ConfigMgr reached it’s 25th year anniversary. The device management journey of SMS (previous version of SCCM) started back in 1992. In this post, we will see […].

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Why UK police are learning cyber forensics

Computer Weekly

The need for the UK police force to conduct forensic investigations on computers is nothing new, but a rapid escalation of cyber crime has demanded a different approach

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Implementing a Successful ERP Program

IT Toolbox

Time is one of the most important elements in implementing a successful ERP system. No matter how much you budget there never seems to be enough of it. In planning for an ERP installation how much time you allocate and how you split it up are critical factors in getting a successful implementation. A too optimistic schedule can doom a project before it starts.

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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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Ransomware marketplaces and the future of malware | Salted Hash Ep 6

Network World

Would you give up a customer's data or credentials if that was the demand in a ransomware attack? That's just one of the nightmare scenarios that Steve Ragan and Rick McElroy talk about on this week's episode.

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Making AWS re:Invent More Family-Friendly

Scott Lowe

AWS re:Invent is just around the corner, and Spousetivities will be there to help bring a new level of family friendliness to the event. If you’re thinking of bringing a spouse, partner, or significant other with you to Las Vegas, I’d encourage you to strongly consider getting him or her involved in Spousetivities. Want a sneak peek at what’s planned?

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Machine data for good: How Splunk is partnering with firms to make the world a better place

Computer Weekly

Machine data firm Splunk expands its Splunk4Good pledge to help military veterans and young people train for tech careers and end human trafficking

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Nyansa Takes Analytics Beyond the Controller

IT Toolbox

At a time on the IT timeline when “analytics” is coming to mean more and more, Nyansa’s Voyance platform has shown that a third party solution can pry deep into the performance goings on of big WLAN systems from Cisco and Aruba Networks to provide new insights.

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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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11% off August Smart Lock Pro With Connect Bundle - Deal Alert

Network World

With August Smart Lock Pro , you can lock and unlock your door, control keyless access, and keep track of who comes and goes, all from your phone. The 24/7 activity log means you’re always in the know. With your phone in your pocket, simply open the door and you’re in your home. Heading out? August Smart Lock Pro will also automatically lock the door behind you after you leave.

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Artificial Intelligence as a Service – AI off the shelf

Dataconomy

In recent years, tech giants such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and IBM (along with a slew of startups) have all begun to offer what’s known as Artificial Intelligence as a service (AIaaS). These services, in a nutshell, make a wide range of AI algorithms available to the public. Examples for. The post Artificial Intelligence as a Service – AI off the shelf appeared first on Dataconomy.

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IT in 2018 underpinned by bots, automation and software-defined

Computer Weekly

The need for speed in IT will drive many to deploy software-defined infrastructure and adopt continuous deployment practices next year

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Avoiding the ERP Death March

IT Toolbox

Software developers of all types are all too familiar with the death march. That is the phase of a project, usually toward the end, when the team goes into a 24-7 schedule in an effort to meet deadlines and get the project out the door. ERP projects are especially susceptible to death marches because of the burdens they labor under.

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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.