Thu.Mar 21, 2019

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Backstage Pass: Three Key Takeaways From The 2019 RSA Conference Without Hitting the Expo Floor

Forrester IT

Every year the RSA Conference provides an opportunity to attend a few keynotes and get together with friends, old and new, to discuss trends we’re seeing in the market. While a big theme on the expo floor this year was Zero Trust, there were three topics that I found unavoidable during the conference which weren’t […].

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100 Percent Of Small Businesses Go Out Of Business One Nanosecond After the Simplest of Cyberattacks

CTOvision

I just read another scary marketing email. This one from one of my favorite firms. I love Cisco. They have done more for America and our way of life that most others. They are creators and innovators and I am honored to have interacted with them through the years. But their marketing team has fallen […].

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Getting on the S/4 Bandwagon (or not)

Forrester IT

Historically SAP has not been as renowned for innovation as some of their pure-SaaS competitors like Salesforce. But between a steady stream of SaaS (and now data) acquisitions, a notable and ongoing effort to simplify the product portfolio, and clear messaging around marrying the X (experience) and O (operations)–SAP’s own digital revolution is well underway. […].

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Cisco directs high priority patches for IP phone security exposures

Network World

Cisco this week advised customers using its 7800 and 8800 series IP phones they should patch a variety of high-priority vulnerabilities that could lead to denial of service and other security problems. The company issued five security advisories, four for the 8800 and one for both the 8800 and 7800 series of IP phones. The 8800 is a high-end business desktop device that features high-definition video and mobile device integration.

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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 To Build A Better (Digital) Mousetrap

Forrester IT

“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.” While Ralph Waldo Emerson may not have said these exact words, the principles remain as true as ever today. Going Beyond Improving Today’s Customer Experience If you’ve been following my blog, you may remember a post from 2016, where I introduced […].

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AI's Purpose Should be to Build a More Human Experience

Information Week

Using new technologies and building products with a clear purpose in mind can help organizations connect with users in a way that is more human and more useful.

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FinOps Foundation Lays Out Cloud Spending Leadership Roadmap

Information Week

Education and information sharing among peers may help the market be more fiscally efficient about cloud migration.

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Close the Tech Skills Gap by Learning In-Demand Tech Skills | Infographic

Linux Academy

With in-demand tech skills being searched for every day across not only the tech industry but every industry, it’s the perfect time to develop your tech skills and fast-track your career! Employers can’t find new candidates with the tech skills that they need, and 70% of executives say current employees lack the IT skills required for certain business projects.

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Amazon’s Haven Is An Incubator, Not A Disruptor

Forrester IT

Haven, the recently named joint venture of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase, has officially emerged from the shadows with a public persona, giving industry pundits new details about the company’s ambitions and intended trajectory within healthcare. Haven has struck fear in the hearts of many healthcare organizations (HCOs), in part because of Amazon’s reputation […].

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Three “X” Factors of Running Digital IT Organization

Future of CIO

Digital means the increasing pace of changes, fierce competitions, and continuous disruptions. The IT ability to change and speed of changes can make or break the company’s digital transformation. Thus, IT should be integral to and knowledgeable of the business, aligned with enterprise objectives, as an enabler, a facilitator, and a digital conductor.

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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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The end-game of AI-based assistants is becoming everyone’s assistant for everything

Trends in the Living Networks

I was recently interviewed for an interesting article in CEO Magazine titled Virtual PAs: Are they the ideal helpers for today’s business elite? The article delves into the emerging range of AI-based virtual assistants such as x.ai and Evie as well as related offerings such as personalized chatbots. The title of the article is misleading, in that any AI-based service that provides sufficient value to users will almost certainly be offered to broader markets than just the ‘elite’ One

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Five Pillars of Strategic Board

Future of CIO

Businesses today are operated in a more volatile, uncertain, ambiguous and globally distributed world. You have to scan the external environment and make sure that you’re seeing patterns and trends that are going to have an impact on your company’s ability to continue to thrive and grow. Also, you need a directional guide such as the corporate board to inspire, guide, and motivate.

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The Weekly Insight of the “Future of CIO” 3/22/2019

Future of CIO

Blogging is not about writing, but about thinking, brainstorming, innovating and sharing. The “Future of CIO” Blog has reached 2.8 million page views with 5500+ blog posting in 59+ different categories of leadership, management, strategy, digitalization, change/talent, etc. The “ Digital Master ” book series includes 27 books to share insight from the multidimensional digital lens and perceive the multi-faceted impact the digital era upon us is making to the businesses and society.

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