Mon.Feb 04, 2019

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Join our 2019 Search Marketing Survey

Forrester IT

I am pleased to announce that Forrester and SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) are partnering for the second year in a row to field a Search Marketing Survey. From last year’s survey, we highlighted five key trends from the survey that we saw in the search marketing industry.

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Booz Allen’s Cyber threat analysis provides actionable recommendations for business and governments

CTOvision

Booz Allen has just released a report we would like to endorse and most highly recommend you review. Their 2019 Cyber Threat outlook is particularly relevant because it is informed by real practitoners. This is our favorite kind of asesssment since practitoners have skin in the game. Booz Allen is also in a good position […].

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New Tech Spotlight: Let’s Get Real About Extended Reality

Forrester IT

This morning I came across a story about Warby Parker’s new “virtual try-on” capability. It seems the 8-year old eCommerce company is dipping it’s toes back into augmented reality (AR). The rub is that the automagical feature is only available to people on Warby Parker’s iOS app for iPhone X or later. I guess Android […].

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IoT Revolution: 5 Ways the Internet of Things Will Change Transportation

CTOvision

Read Taylor Donovan Barnett explain how the Internet of Things will change transportation on Interesting Engineering : Data influences every aspect of your life. If not completely already, the technological landscape will be completely data-centric in the near future. The device you are reading this article on probably collects your data to optimize your user experience.

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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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Super Bowl LIII Ad Themes: Dystopian Robotics and Uplifting Values

Forrester IT

Pity the Poor Robots Q2 was all about robots and AI: Pringles, Google Translation, Mercedes A-Class, TurboTax Live and Sprint, while Michelob slipped a robot ad into early Q3 and Alexa appeared in Q4. While the Google and Mercedes ads showed the positive side of robots, Pringles, TurboTax and Michelob all showed robots longing for the […].

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How to Unleash Blockchain into Your Supply Chain

CTOvision

Today’s supply chains are poised for a major disruption because of the evolving potential of blockchain technology in increasing efficiency, reducing liabilities, fighting counterfeiting, improving compliance and providing the ability to do precise targeted recalls. Thanks to a variety of use-cases in every stage of the supply chain, the industry is looking to unleash a […].

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The 2 fundamental approaches to hybrid cloud integration

CTOvision

Read Tom Nolle’s article about how organizations that want to create a hybrid cloud environment need to consider two approaches on Tech Target : A hybrid cloud is the union of data center hosting and public cloud services. Unfortunately, many enterprises struggle to find an approach that harmonizes the relationship between the two. There are a […].

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Join our 2019 Search Marketing Survey

Forrester IT

I am pleased to announce that Forrester and SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) are partnering for the second year in a row to field a Search Marketing Survey. From last year’s survey, we highlighted five key trends from the survey that we saw in the search marketing industry.

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Why You Should Think Twice Before Getting a 5G Connection

CTOvision

Read why Pooja Singh says that you should think twice before joining the upcoming 5G bandwagon on Entrepreneur : The world is waiting eagerly for the rollout of 5G technology at the end of this year. The fifth-generation of wireless network connectivity is supposed to revolutionize data transmission and the Internet of Things (IoT); open doors […].

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Latest Version MDT 8456 – SCCM 1810 – Server 2019 Support – UDI Wizard

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Microsoft recently released the latest version of MDT 8456. You would be able to build Server 2019 with the latest version MDT 8456. This version comes with Windows 10 1809, Server 2019, and SCCM 1810 support. You can download the latest version of MDT 8456 from here.

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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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Apple Exploring New Glass Panel MacBook Keyboards That Could End Sticky Key Problems

CTOvision

Apple is exploring a new keyboard design that could eventually replace its butterfly switch MacBook keyboards and finally solve the problem of “sticky” or inconsistently functioning keys. Issues that Apple has acknowledged can occur with some current MacBook keyboards are widely believed to be caused by dust or other particulates getting lodged in the butterfly mechanism […].

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Critical questions to help define winning AI experiments

Social, Agile and Transformation

Remember the days when big data was the super buzzword and IT invested a ton of money and effort building up Hadoop clusters? Many of them learned the hard way that if you build it, the business may not come. In addition, when you have the infrastructure, you might not have the talent, cleansed data, or practices to demonstrate results. require(["mojo/signup-forms/Loader"], function(L) {.

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Bob Gourley and Matt Devost of OODA Featured On “What’s Working In Washington”

CTOvision

Co-founders of OODA LLC Matt Devost and Bob Gourley were interviewed by the highly respected innovation expert and entrepreneur Jonathan Aberman for an episode of “What’s Working in Washington.” An excerpt: ABERMAN: What the heck is OODA? DEVOST: OODA really is a tribute to a concept that was put out first by a guy named Colonel John […].

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Enterprises are White Knights in Battle to Avoid AI Winter

Information Week

It is up to enterprise organizations, not just academia, to maintain artificial intelligence's momentum when it comes to innovation and adoption.

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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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Default Printer Report

Mick's IT Blog

When our build team builds new machines for users, we provide a convenience to the user of letting them know what their default printer is. I wrote this script that will parse through all user profiles in HKU to find the default printer of each profile. It will then write the results to the screen if the script is manually executed, while also writing to the DefaultPrinter.CSV file located at the default directory of each user profile.

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Smart Home Gadgets for 2019

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Smart Home Gadgets for 2019 - Information Technology Blog. The term “smart home” is used to describe a house, apartment or room, which contains a communication network that connects different devices and allows them to be controlled, monitored and accessed remotely through smartphones, voice aids and others.

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Editor's Note: Have Your Say on the State of IT

Information Week

InformationWeek and Interop are developing a survey-based report on the State of IT in 2019.

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5 Best Places to Find Accurate Salary Information When Looking for Your Next Job

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - 5 Best Places to Find Accurate Salary Information When Looking for Your Next Job - Information Technology Blog. How much does your dream job pay? More importantly, how much do the available jobs in your area pay? Knowing how much you can expect to be paid can influence many of your major life decisions, from relocation to choosing a major in college.

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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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Crawford Takes Insurance Data into the Digital Age

Information Week

How an service provider to insurance companies modernized its data infrastructure to create products for the modern age.

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Taking Your Azure Certification Exam – Tips and Tricks

Linux Academy

The day has finally come to take your Azure exam! You’ve spent months going over the course material, the interactive diagram, the flash cards, and taken the learning activities and practice test multiple times! You are as prepared as you’ll ever be. If you’ve never taken a certification exam before, this can be a scary event. I’m here to tell you that it shouldn’t be scary.

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Super Bowl Ads Indicate Big Businesses Think You Are Afraid of AI

CTOvision

Tom Loftus provided an insightful review of some of Super Bowl ads in the 4 Feb 2019 Wall Street Journal. Like AI parody in SNL, these ads really poked fun at computers: Seriously, did anyone catch the commercials? If the Super Bowl is the zeitgeist, then it is safe to say that America is not […].

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Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

If you look around, you’ll see we’re not fighting off human replicas as Harrison Ford did in the 1982 film Blade Runner , which was set in the futuristic time period of 2019. However, we are continuously fighting off “cyber” attacks. I know, I know — I used the “C” word, but it fits. “Cyber” encompasses all things computer-based, including the internet, phones, and even our refrigerators and coffee pots.

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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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Memory-Lane Monday: Do as I say, not as I.

ComputerWorld IT Management

Vendor sends this IT pilot fish a cheap digital camera as a thank-you gift for sending business his way. And fish, who has never received any vendor gifts before, shows it to his boss to make sure everything is OK. “My boss was not happy,” says fish. “He began telling me the company policy about accepting gifts from vendors and told me to send it back — which I did.

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The Wishes and Blessings to Celebrate the Lunar New Year

Future of CIO

The lunar new year is just around the corner. It is special because it’s both the new year celebration and also the spring festival, it’s cold and warm because it usually happens at the bridge time of winter and spring. There are both lanterns and flowers as the decoration, it could also be the holiday to bridge East and West. Here is a set of great New Year wish and blessing collection to celebrate the Year of Pig.

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Join Nutanix at the IBM Think Conference in San Francisco: February 12-15, 2019

Nutanix

IBM Think, the flagship conference for IBM is a huge opportunity for customers and partners to learn about emerging technologies where IBM is involved, get one-on-one advice from IBM experts, and hear about the successes and challenges faced by global business leaders and industry disruptors.

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The Digital CIO as “Choice Generator”

Future of CIO

Digital is the age of choice, it provides the opportunity to think the new way to do things, it forces IT leaders to get really creative on how they orchestrate and implement changes. The unprecedented digital convenience brought by powerful technologies changes the way we think, live, and work. Embracing digital is inevitable as that is now part of the business venture.

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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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7 Recruiting Trends That Will Continue Into 2019

Hacker Earth

Time flies by in the blink of an eye. Not long ago, we were analyzing the trends unfolding in 2018 and in no time, we are talking about projections for the next year. What amazes us the most is the magnitude of change the industry has gone through in such a short time span. With cloud adoption becoming the norm and machine learning taking the top spot in every organizational agenda, talent leaders are facing challenges like never before.

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The Monthly Foresight: Look Back, Current, and Future in Shaping Digital Business Feb. 2019

Future of CIO

Vision is the ability to see beyond what is to what could be. It is the synthetic view of ‘looking forward,” and “looking behind,” “looking beyond,” and “looking around.” The effects of an increasingly digitalized world are now reaching into every corner of businesses and every aspect of organizations. Digital is the age of creativity and innovation, creativity is the most wanted trait for digital leaders and professionals today, and innovation is the light every organization is pursuing.

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7 Recruiting Trends That Will Continue Into 2019

Hacker Earth

Time flies by in the blink of an eye. Not long ago, we were analyzing the trends unfolding in 2018 and in no time, we are talking about projections for the next year. What amazes us the most is the magnitude of change the industry has gone through in such a short time span. With cloud adoption becoming the norm and machine learning taking the top spot in every organizational agenda, talent leaders are facing challenges like never before.

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Forrester’s Latest Infographic: Consumers Don’t Believe the Chatbot Hype

Forrester IT

Consumers really don’t like your chatbot. It’s not exactly a relationship built to last – a few clicks here, a few sentences there – but Forrester Analytics shows us very clearly that, to consumers, your chatbot isn’t exactly “swipe right” material. That’s unfortunate, because using a chatbot for customer service can be incredibly effective when […].

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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.