Thu.Jun 06, 2019

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Marketing Is All About Moments: Don’t Wait For Them; Create Them

Forrester IT

(Dave Novitzky contributed to this blog.) Marketers’ attempts to profile, segment, and model customers implies that consumers are static and can be fully defined, but they are anything but. Consumers are in constant motion, evolving their brand affinities, lifestyle choices, technology usage, and emotional responses to the world around them. Yet most firms rely heavily […].

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Could This Be The Real Reason to be Afraid of Artificial Intelligence?

CTOvision

A robotics researcher afraid of robots, Peter Haas, invites us into his world of understand where the threats of robots and artificial intelligence really are. In his view, we really need to worry about the bias and ethical issues around AI. And he worries even more that we humans don’t understand how these algorithms work. […].

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YouTube’s Algorithmic Pedo-Failure

Forrester IT

This week, YouTube turned to Facebook and said, “Hold my beer.” Yesterday after intense pressure the platform decided to demonetize channels that promote hate speech and discrimination. And in a terrifying story on Monday, the New York Times reported that YouTube’s recommendation engine surfaces videos of partially clothed children to viewers who’ve watched similar videos […].

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Preparing for a future with Artificial Intelligence: Great and funny video with Robin Winsor

CTOvision

This is a fun, and funny, and insightful video by Robin Winsor that captures some of the key dynamics around AI we should all be tracking. It’s often said that history repeats itself. Many times in the course of our history, new technologies have wiped out entire workforces. Will that happen again? Well, probably. For […].

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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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Call to Participate — How Is Your Firm Speeding Responses To Customers?

Forrester IT

James Staten and I would like your help. Companies in today’s digital era must act and react quickly and efficiently across all departments and teams. Weigh in: what is your firm’s strategy for tackling this complex and essential challenge? If you believe your company can offer insight into this stream of research, reach out to […].

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Top 8 Advantages of an Interactive STEM Curriculum

Kitaboo

What is STEM? The acronym STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. More recently, arts were added to this educational model, as educators believed that art and creativity play an important role in the understanding of the former subjects in the STEM Curriculum , thus changing the acronym from STEM to STEAM. Although they can be used interchangeably.

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Configuring Power Scheme with a PowerShell One-Liner

Mick's IT Blog

Recently, we decided to change the power scheme on machines during the build. This can be quickly done using the powercfg.exe, but I wanted to be sure it always set correctly. Plus, the GUID associated with a power scheme can be different, so I wanted to specify the power scheme by the name. This PowerShell one-liner will set the power scheme on a machine to the scheme defined in the variable $Setting.

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vSphere Automation Masterclass Free Webinar

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Automation is key to maximizing the potential of vSphere, especially if you’re managing multiple systems and want to achieve as much with your time as possible. In this post, you will get opportunity to learn more about vSphere Automation webinar. Introduction Did you know that most tasks in vSphere can be performed using automation?

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Interview with Dan Goerdt, President and Co-Founder of Flexagon

Flexagon

From operating system development to middleware product development and more, Dan Goerdt had no lack of experience heading into the formation of Flexagon five years ago. As we get ready for Kscope19 (where Dan will be presenting!) we wanted to pick the brains of the president and co-founder of Flexagon with a short interview. Can. Read more. The post Interview with Dan Goerdt, President and Co-Founder of Flexagon appeared first on Flexagon.

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Humans' Fascination with Artificial General Intelligence

Information Week

Is transhumanism our destiny? One thing that everyone seems to agree on is the inherent risk to humanity when (or if) it happens. And that we should be scared.

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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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What’s the Future of ERP software in a Fintech Niche?

Dataconomy

Today, customers globally want to buy bespoke goods, made within the time and delivered at the right place. The production of the future will be focused on the personalized market which will respond to the demand changes. How would this tendency affect the future of ERP software? Enterprise resource planning. The post What’s the Future of ERP software in a Fintech Niche?

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Cloud Hadoop Competition Hits MapR, Cloudera

Information Week

MapR has filed a notice that it could shut down in mid-June, and Cloudera said that customers are holding off on signing new deals.

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Three Causes of Getting Stuck at the State of Problem-Solving Impasse

Future of CIO

Generally speaking, a problem is a difference between an expectation (vision or intention) and the actual situation (current reality) coupled with a negative feeling. Problem-solving is about seeing a problem and actually finding a solution to that problem, not just the band-aid approach to fix the symptom. In today’s hyper-connected and ever-changing business environment, business problems become over-complex and interdependent.

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The Best “Abstract” Quotes of “Digital Master” June 2019

Future of CIO

" D igital Master ” is the series of guidebooks (27+ books) to perceive the multi-faceted impact digital is making to the businesses and society, help forward-thinking organizations navigate through the journey in a systematic way, and avoid “rogue digital.” It perceives the emergent trends of digital leadership, advises on how to run a digital organization to unleash its full potential and improve agility, maturity, and provide insight about Change Management.

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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 Weekly Insight of the “Future of CIO” 6/7/2019

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 5700+ 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.