Tue.Jul 24, 2018

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Blockchain in Plain English

CTOvision

We hear a lot about Blockchain these days, but how many people know what it's really about? In an attempt to make this definition as simple as possible, blockchain automates trust. It’s a software architecture that allows non-trusting parties to record transactions without requiring a trusted governing authority. In other words, it does away with [.].

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BI Buyers Look For End-To-End Platforms — Qlik Acquires Podium Data

Forrester IT

Qlik, a Leader in our recent Forrester Wave™ evaluation on business intelligence (BI), has acquired Podium Data, a Contender in our big data fabric Wave. In a humble opinion of yours truly, this is further proof of a trend showing that BI buyers are increasingly seeking end-to-end platforms and solutions, rather than separate BI/ETL components that need […].

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Smart Speakers? Meh. Intelligent Assistants? Yeah!

CTOvision

Ever since the launch of Amazon’s Echo device in 2014, its seems that every month brings a new development in dedicated devices that process voice commands and perform actions. However, what exactly are these devices? The popular media calls them “smart speakers” or “voice assistants” or “intelligent personal assistants”, but these words describe very different [.].

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Reshape logistics with a B2Me digital supply chain

Forrester IT

Each order is special to an empowered customer You’ve heard a lot of buzz about “AI” and “blockchain” reshaping logistics. Age of the Customer empowerment means must companies must use every means to close the gap between customer facing and back office applications. Today’s hub-and-spoke supply chains deliver low-cost bulk distribution. But to an empowered […].

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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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Google Translate giving out garbled prophecies, Facebook’s new Pittsburgh AI facility, Huawei’s Project Da Vinci, Elon Musk and other sign pledge not to use AI for lethal weapons

CTOvision

Why Is Google Translate Spitting Out Sinister Prophecies? Here's something for the Artificial Intelligence naysayers. Google Translate tool which is used to translate from one language to another using AI, has been translating nonsensical messages into garbled religious prophecies. Many experts say that it is because of the spooky nature of neural networks while others blame [.].

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Intune Beginners Guide to Deploy MSI Application

Anoop

I guess is that application deployment is a most used feature in SCCM. Microsoft states that MSI is old technology and it can’t have modern world innovations. MSI is a decade old installer package file format used by Windows. In this post, you will see how to deploy MSI application from Intune. The fact is most […]. The post Intune Beginners Guide to Deploy MSI Application appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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Broadcom buying CA, Brilliant or a Brainbuster?

Storage IO Blog

Broadcom buying CA, Brilliant or a Brainbuster? Broadcom buying CA, Brilliant or a Brain buster? For some in the IT industry as well as financial markets, there is skepticism about Broadcom (formerly known as Avago) making an announcing that they are buying CA Technologies (CA) for USD 18.9 Billion (cash). For example, the Broadcom stock […] The post Broadcom buying CA, Brilliant or a Brainbuster?

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The Future Is Here: IT Education Is Important in the Digital Era and Here Are 5 Things You Should Know

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - The Future Is Here: IT Education Is Important in the Digital Era and Here Are 5 Things You Should Know - Information Technology Blog. Technology has done so much to benefit our lives and make them easier that gratitude is in order. Essentially, it allows us to automate dull and boring tasks all while giving us the tools to make our jobs easier and more comfortable.

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AWS Snowball Edge SBE Converged Cloud Storage Appliance

Storage IO Blog

AWS Snowball Edge SBE Converged Cloud Storage Appliance AWS Snowball Edge SBE Converged Cloud Storage Appliance As part of extending their cloud platform reach, recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) announcements include AWS Snowball Edge SBE Converged Cloud Storage Appliance. Snowball Edge (SBE) has evolved from its previous focus as a data transfer, migration platform appliance […] The post AWS Snowball Edge SBE Converged Cloud Storage Appliance appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Webinar Replay: Tailor build a CRM over your existing databases

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

Summary: Could your business use a CRM system that’s customized to your precise needs? While it sounds like a daunting project, it’s not as tough as you think. Check out this webinar replay, and learn how easily you can deliver custom CRM systems over your databases. In this webinar replay, you’ll learn how quickly you can create a custom CRM system over your existing databases using the m-Power Development Platform.

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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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The Monthly “Lesson Learned”: How to Close Blind Spots July 2018

Future of CIO

Digital makes a significant impact on every aspect of the business from people, process to technology, both horizontally and vertically. Digital becomes the very fabric of high performing business, being outside-in and customer-centric is the new mantra for forward-looking and high mature digital organizations today. Digitalization is the thorny journey and innovation management is both art and science.

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Google Cloud Platform GCP announced new Los Angeles Region

Storage IO Blog

Google Cloud Platform GCP announced new Los Angeles Region Google Cloud Platform GCP announced new Los Angeles Region Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has announced a new Los Angeles Region (e.g., uswest-2) with three initial Availability Zones (AZ) also known as data centers. Keep in mind that a region is a geographic area that is made […] The post Google Cloud Platform GCP announced new Los Angeles Region appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Learning the Basics of Digital Marketing

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Learning the Basics of Digital Marketing - Information Technology Blog. Every day something in life changes, every minute of every day is a new breath and a new idea. This is also true of new technologies to some extent. People are constantly coming up with new and innovative ideas for new and upgraded technologies. Included in these innovative ideas is a whole array of digital marketing methods and strategies.

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The Digital CIO’s Three Distinctive Roles

Future of CIO

The digital organizations are so technology-driven and information-intensive, as the matter of fact, the success of the business relies more and more on information and technology nowadays. IT organization is like the spinal cord of the digital business which can integrate various functional abilities to bring out technology-driven business solutions.

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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.