Fri.Jun 30, 2017

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It Is Impossible to Manage Infrastructure Manually

Forrester IT

On a near-daily basis, I get questions from infrastructure professionals about how best to rearchitect, optimize, and reorganize around infrastructure as code. No matter what stage they are on the journey, they quickly come to the same realization: It is impossible to do without significant automation. There are many products in this space, each with varying approaches on leading customer to the promise of continuous delivery.

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‘Wiper Malware’ in Global Attack Actually Destroys Data

Data Center Knowledge

Security experts now say the hacker campaign that struck infrastructure and businesses around the world this week was merely posing as a ransomware attack, and is actually designed to destroy target files. Read More.

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NCSC rolls out four measures to boost public sector cyber security

Computer Weekly

Active Cyber Defence measures will immediately help to improve basic cyber security across UK business and government departments, says NCSC

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Tech Mega-Buyouts Edge Toward Comeback as BMC, CA Plot Deal

Data Center Knowledge

Software firms said to weigh deal to combine, take CA private; private equity firms have about $600 billion of dry powder Read More.

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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 needs urgent response to online fraud, says NAO

Computer Weekly

Online fraud is the most commonly experienced crime in England and Wales and demands urgent response, a report by Parliament’s independent public spending watchdog has concluded

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Is it possible to eliminate bias in AI systems?

IT Toolbox

In an opinion piece in the New York Times, Kate Crawford , a principal researcher at Microsoft, says that the very real problems with artificial intelligence today stem from the bias being built into the machine-learning algorithms that underlie the many

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Social Media Integration: Twitter is for Tweeters

IT Toolbox

If you decide to use the resources of your IT department to integrate Twitter, you should keep in mind the current technical limits for your accounts.

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Why immutable buckets are a worthy risk management tool

Computer Weekly

Immutable buckets offer businesses benefits in terms of data compliance, backup, archiving and security

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Everything is limited - farewell unlimited gigabytes

IT Toolbox

We've become accustomed to the ritual of the cell phone plan. Balancing the monthly cost against the number of gigabytes of data we get each month. It's even one of the incentives that cell companies use to entice you to switch. If you have an unlimited plan, be prepared to pay for it.

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Liberty gets go-ahead to challenge Snoopers’ Charter

Computer Weekly

Civil rights organisation Liberty has been given the go-ahead to challenge in the High Court controversial surveillance legislation it believes breaches UK citizens’ rights

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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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4 Ways Startups of This Decade Are More Flexible

IT Toolbox

Startups unfortunately have a high rate of failure within the first few years. These young and struggling companies are seemingly at a disadvantage in comparison to larger companies that control a large percentage of the market share, have deep pockets, can recruit top talent more easily and enjoy other benefits.

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The second coming of private cloud: Righting the wrongs of previous deployments

Computer Weekly

The first generation of private cloud failed to hit the mark with enterprises, but things have improved

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America's Cup showcases the impact of Technology

IT Toolbox

Over the. last weekend I just happened to tune in to the Americas Cup sailing race on the telly. That was quite a spectacle! I mostly sat in awe and wonder while I watched a couple of the races. Back in my earlier days (when I lived in a coastal city and not the desert), I loved to sail.

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How to deter hackers: Follow these digital safety best practices

Tech Republic Security

Nothing guarantees perfect online security. But these checklists will help lock down and protect your digital life, keeping you one step ahead of the bad guys.

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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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Top 10 Data Center Stories of the Month: June 2017

Data Center Knowledge

Here are the 10 most popular stories that appeared on Data Center Knowledge this month. Read More.

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Cyber-attacks on the IoT

IT Toolbox

The internet of things offers a surprising range of possibilities for this kind of attack

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Improving Customer Service with Amazon Connect and Amazon Lex

All Things Distributed

Customer service is central to the overall customer experience that all consumers are familiar with when communicating with companies. That experience is often tested when we need to ask for help or have a question to be answered. Unfortunately, we've become accustomed to providing the same information multiple times, waiting on hold, and generally spending a lot more time than we expected to resolve our issue when we call customer service.

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How Artificial Intelligence Will Revolutionize The Patient Experience

IT Toolbox

Technology is transforming every industry, and health care may be seeing the fastest changes.

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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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Coming Microsoft Reorg to Support Cloud-First Strategy: Report

Data Center Knowledge

Microsoft is expected to announced a business reorganization plan on July 5 Read More.

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How Much of Your Business Should You Attempt to Automate?

IT Toolbox

Automation is a driving growth force for many businesses; because it’s cheap, replicable, and scalable, it can make a business much simpler and cost-efficient, while making employees’ jobs easier at the same time.

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Ransomware attacks: Here's what we need to learn from WannaCry and Petya

Tech Republic Security

Ransomware is here to stay, which means it's time to make a few changes to how we respond.

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India Smart Cities Mission shows IoT potential for improving quality of life at vast scale

IT Toolbox

Learn how such pervasively connected and data-driven IoT architectures are helping cities in India vastly improve the quality of life there.

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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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How to keep your big data lakes clear and navigable

Tech Republic Big Data

Without good cleaning and archiving practices, data lakes can become dense, murky places. Here are some tips on preventing that.

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Applications of Machine Learning In Healthcare Diagnosis

IT Toolbox

Machine learning has influenced different industries such as businesses, vehicle distributors and now the healthcare industry.

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Worried about attacks? Maybe you're not getting hacked enough, report finds

Tech Republic Security

A HackerOne report makes it clear that bounty programs work. So why aren't more companies using them?

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4 Essential Website Building Trends in 2017

IT Toolbox

Here's a list of the most surefire ways to create a unique and enticing website.

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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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Video: How STIX and TAXII give cyber defenders better weapons

Tech Republic Security

Learn what the STIX and TAXII standards are and how they enable the sharing of incident response data, which will power the future of cybersecurity automation.

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A Look at the Best Sustainable and Advanced Technologies in 2016

IT Toolbox

These are some of the notable technological innovations in 2016.

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The Digital Board’s Digital Inquiries

Future of CIO

The digital board’s digital strategy inquiries help the top management to identify blind spots, clarify priority, and avoid pitfalls on the way of strategy implementation. All forward-looking organizations across the industrial sectors are on the journey of digital transformations. An effective board provides the guidance on what core to preserve and what future to stimulate progress toward.

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The CIO vs the Chief Enterprise Architect (CEA) and Chief Digital Officer (CDO) (v)

IT Toolbox

continuing from. The CIO in the Cloud era. The IT issue and the Cloud solution (i).

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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.