Tue.Sep 05, 2017

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People with non-IT backgrounds could help fill cyber security skills gap

Computer Weekly

Organisations should look to fill cyber security roles with people who are curious and have work experience rather than focusing solely on graduates

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The 2020 Digital Landscape: Technology Reshapes Marketing

IT Toolbox

Making any type of predictions can be risky, especially in the business world. Making technological predictions are no less risky, but they are easier to make than other sorts.

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Middle East CIO interview: Rajiv Prasad, Xpandretail

Computer Weekly

IT head at customer analytics provider Xpandretail says the CIO role is increasingly important as businesses digitise, but warns that CIOs must be given the human resources they need

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5 Web Development Trends That We'll Continue Seeing in 2018

IT Toolbox

If you are into web development, then you are well aware of how quickly trends in this industry can change. Nevertheless, looking at some trends from this year, we can predict what will continue to be in fad as 2018 rolls around.

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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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UK universities increasingly targeted by cyber criminals

Computer Weekly

Cyber attacks are turning their attention to UK universities, with research being the main prize

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Tools and Methods Used to Monitor Consumer Satisfaction

IT Toolbox

The term "word of mouth" has taken on entirely new forms thanks to to the internet. Besides social media, you have blogs posting product review articles, YouTubers posting product review videos, and everything in between.

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IoT capabilities open new doors for Miami telecoms platform provider Identidad IoT

IT Toolbox

Learn how IoT platforms and services help to improve network services, operations, and business goals

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Security Think Tank: Four simple ways of blocking cyber attackers

Computer Weekly

What key things should organisations be doing in terms of cyber defences to ensure they are resilient?

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Watertown: Lottery, Luck, And Labor Strife

IT Toolbox

Not everyone was lucky in Watertown, Massachusetts

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Tegile set to compete with big six with cheaper arrays, says CEO

Computer Weekly

Tegile’s takeover by Western Digital will propel it to competition with the big six storage array makers, as well as bring economies of scale and see NVMf and 3D Xpoint products

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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 Benefits of Apache Cassandra When Working With Open Source Projects

IT Toolbox

This post looks at the benefits of Apache Cassandra and open source.

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Virgin Media owner Liberty Global rolls out Juniper NFV

Computer Weekly

Media delivery company Liberty Global is to use Juniper Networks vMX virtual routers to improve network performance and scale

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Big Data Comes of Age: What's Next? - Part 1

IT Toolbox

Part 1: The Big Data Story So Far

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Gigaclear extends narrow trenching FTTP broadband dig

Computer Weekly

Fibre broadband provider Gigaclear is extending its BDUK dig in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire

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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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Kaspersky Lab and the Russia connection | Salted Hash Ep 1, Pt 1

Network World

Reporters Fahmida Rashid and Steve Ragan talk about antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab, a Russian-based company that various U.S. agencies have flagged as untrustworthy. Should you use it?

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Met Police IT strategy: CCTV footage shared through Box

Computer Weekly

The Met Police digital policing strategy is taking shape under CIO Angus McCallum, and will use Box for sharing documents and CCTV footage

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Salted Hash: Kaspersky Lab, U.S. Cyber Command, Hollywood hacking and ransomware

Network World

Reporters Steve Ragan and Fahmida Rashid unpack the hottest topics in the security realm: Kaspersky Lab's Russia connection, the new status for the U.S. Cyber Command, Hollywood's hacking woes and ransomware.

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China cracks down on initial coin offerings

Computer Weekly

Financial services regulators in China have cracked down on the use of Initial Coin Offerings to raise funds

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

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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U.S. Cyber Command gains status | Salted Hash Ep 1, Pt 2

Network World

Reporters Steve Ragan and Fahmida Rashid discuss the implications of the U.S. Cyber Command's recent elevation in status, putting it on the same level as the military’s other functional combatant commands.

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Sovrin Self-Sustainability

Phil Windley

Summary: For Sovrin to become a global, public utility that helps everyone create and manage self-sovereign identities, it must be independent and self-sustaining. This post outlines four idependence milestopnes for Sovrin Foundation. The Sovrin Foundation began life about a year ago. We launched the Sovrin Network just last month. For Sovrin to achieve its goal of providing self-sovereign identity for all, the Foundation and the Network have to be independent and self-sustaining.

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Tech Talk: Pricey iPhones, intent-based networks, GPS spoofing and smartwatches

Network World

Our panel looks at whether smartwatch makers blew it by not focusing on the enterprise, why intent-based networking is the next big thing, whether GPS spoofing is real, and how high is too high when it comes to iPhone prices.

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3 ways legacy systems hurt your business

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

Summary: Is your company tied to legacy applications or systems? If so, they could be harming your business. Learn why, along with a simple way to bring modern features to your existing systems. Is your company tied to legacy applications or systems? If so, what keeps you from modernizing those systems? Have past customizations locked you in to those legacy applications?

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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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Hollywood's hacking woes | Salted Hash Ep 1, Pt 3

Network World

Reporters Fahmida Rashid and Steve Ragan talk about hacks of Sony and more recently, HBO, and what lessons enterprises can learn from the entertainment industry's mistakes.

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Running High-Performance IT with Multi-layer ROIs

Future of CIO

Outside-in IT performance perspectives and outcome-based measurement practices are important to improve IT maturity and focus on the performance of the entire organization. The commercial goal of all businesses is to generate revenue, expand the net-new business, enlarge their business footprint, and monetize their core competencies. The business paradigm is shifting from the industrial era with the scarcity of knowledge to an information-abundant digital era, technology plays a pivotal role in

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Ransomware: What you need to know now | Salted Hash Ep 1, Pt 4

Network World

Reporters Fahmida Rashid and Steve Ragan talk about the latest ransomware threats, the holes in IT security and the burdens on enterprises.

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Five “S” Traits in Innovators

Future of CIO

Create and nurture a creative working environment in your organization where humility is appreciated, curiosity is encouraged, and creative thinking is rewarded. Innovators are the rare breed, but creativity is within us and innovators are among us. There are many traits in innovators. Innovators whose work continues to move forward and, in turn, is profitable to self and others think differently than those who are traditional thinkers.

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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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Don't believe the hype, AGPL open source licensing is toxic and unpopular

Tech Republic

Despite Black Duck's attempts to hype the AGPL, there are very good reasons to believe it's not the ideal open source license.