Tue.Apr 16, 2019

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Innovate Your Business Model To Drive An Experience Advantage

Forrester IT

Leading companies recognize that complacency is the enemy of success. They also recognize that, to maintain a differentiated advantage over their competitors, they must do more than incrementally fix and improve existing experiences. Companies gunning to capture more market share or create new markets must innovate just like a startup — and this begins with […].

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Guidelines are a welcome step towards ethical AI

CTOvision

Read the editorial on Financial Times explain why the EU guidelines for use of ethical artificial intelligence are a good step : The EU’s guidelines on artificial intelligence have been praised for setting a global standard. They are also timely, given the revelation this week that Microsoft had worked with a Chinese military-affiliated university on […].

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Let’s Unpack The Latest Agency Acquisition. Epsilon + Publicis = ?

Forrester IT

On Monday, Publicis Groupe officially announced its plans to acquire marketing services agency and loyalty provider Epsilon-Conversant from Alliance Data Systems for USD $4.4 billion. We predicted this acquisition months ago, since IPG’s purchase of Acxiom and Dentsu Aegis Network’s (DAN) purchase of Merkle left Publicis as the only holding company without a significant data […].

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One Month, 500,000 Face Scans: How China Is Using A.I. to Profile a Minority

CTOvision

Read Paul Mozur’s article about how China is using AI to specifically track an ethnic minority, in the first known racist application of facial recognition on the New York Times : The Chinese government has drawn wide international condemnation for its harsh crackdown on ethnic Muslims in its western region, including holding as many as […].

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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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IBM Sells Out – Another Marketing Cloud Bites The Dust

Forrester IT

On April 4, IBM announced plans to sell its marketing technology (martech) assets to investment management firm Centerbridge Partners. Upon completion of the deal, likely mid-year following the customary regulatory and closing requirements, Centerbridge will form a new, standalone company based around the former IBM tech. Current IBM Watson Marketing leadership and staff will continue […].

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Apple quietly absorbed a company that makes AI cameras for people’s homes

CTOvision

Earlier this month, Apple reportedly bought the patents of Lighthouse AI, a maker of AI-powered home security cameras. Now, The Information reports that Lighthouse’s co-founders have joined Apple, along with around 20 staff. According to The Information, Lighthouse cofounders Alex Teichman and Hendrik Dahlkamp sent an email to the company’s former camera testers asking for […].

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Google Quietly Disbanded Another AI Review Board Following Disagreements

CTOvision

Google is disbanding a panel here to review its artificial-intelligence work in health care, people familiar with the matter say, as disagreements about its effectiveness dogged one of the tech industry’s highest-profile efforts to govern itself. The Alphabet Inc. unit is struggling with how best to set guidelines for its sometimes-sensitive work in AI—the ability […].

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BYOD and its Impact on Enterprise Content Delivery

Kitaboo

Over the last two decades, the way enterprises consume content has changed drastically. The changing business scenario and the emergence of new technologies have compelled organizations to adopt new methods to equip their staff with the necessary knowledge and skills, efficiently. Enterprise training is slowly coming out of the traditional classroom model into being a web-based and a mobile-driven training model, where employees can now be trained on any device at any time.

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What the CIO's Role Says About Your Company

Information Week

The roles of chief information officers (CIOs) can vary significantly. Some are strategic business leaders, others are tactical implementers, some fall somewhere in between. What they do says a lot about your company.

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Internet Audit Effectiveness – Data Analytics Strategy

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Internet Audit Effectiveness – Data Analytics Strategy - Information Technology Blog. Price-Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC) releases its State of the Internal Audit Profession Study report annually. The most recent report focused on the differences that exist between “Observers,” “Followers,” and “Evolvers.”. It similarly sought to tie the three to organizational approaches for adopting data analytics strategies for internal effectiveness.

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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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T-Mobile Modernizes its Data Analytics Platform

Information Week

T-Mobile was using the same analytics platform it had in 2005 when the iPhone was new and George W. Bush was president. Now, the mobile carrier has modernized.

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How to Manage a Distributed Team with Both Office and Remote Workers

Hacker Earth

Every distributed team looks different, but they all have one thing in common: they’re the future of work. Since distributed teams are set to become the norm – according to numerous recent studies and reports – it’s key that you adapt and update your management skills for this new mode of work. A new study by IWG reveals that 70% of employees globally work remotely at least once a week – and 50% of employees work remotely half the week.

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AWS Summit Sydney & The After Party!

Linux Academy

The Linux Academy team is headed down under to attend the AWS Summit in Sydney, Australia. Swing by our booth in the expo hall to meet some of our Training Architects and team members. We will be showcasing our newest AWS content, and the latest & greatest features of Linux Academy for Business. We may even be gifting some gems for some students to purchase swag in our swag store (hint hint), so come see us!

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Using Kubeadm to Add New Control Plane Nodes with AWS Integration

Scott Lowe

In my recent post on using kubeadm to set up a Kubernetes 1.13 cluster with AWS integration, I mentioned that I was still working out the details on enabling AWS integration (via the AWS cloud provider) while also using new functionality in kubeadm (specifically, the --experimental-control-plane flag) to make it easier to join new control plane nodes to the cluster.

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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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Winning at IT Salary Negotiations

Information Week

Here are five tactful but effective ways to boost your paycheck, whether as a new hire or existing IT employee.

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Five Industries Being Transformed By Artificial Intelligence

CTOvision

Read Jeremy Fain list five industrial sectors which are being transformed due to the adoption of artificial intelligence on Forbes : Technology is a transformative force, and there is currently no technology more transformative than AI. Because AI encompasses so many different fields — from robotics to deep learning to self-driving cars — it can […].

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The Monthly Foresight: The Foresight and Insight of Digital Business Apr. 2019

Future of CIO

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. Which themes shall you set to advocate digital transformation?

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Enterprise Kubernetes Done Right with Nutanix Cloud Native

Nutanix

As an increasing number of organizations turn to DevOps methodologies, it’s becoming clear those that are successful are gaining a competitive advantage over their peers.

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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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The Corporate Board Director’s Digital Profiles

Future of CIO

Board directors with digital fit profiles can think independently, advise confidently, oversee the strategy effectively, and lead transformative changes internally, culturally, and holistically. With the fast speed of changes, the exponential growth of information, blurred business borders and hyper diversified digital workforce, the composition of Boards should reflect approximately the profile of the company' stakeholders, shareholders, employees, customers, and suppliers, etc.

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Google launches an end-to-end AI platform

CTOvision

As expected, Google used the second day of its annual Cloud Next conference to shine a spotlight on its AI tools. The company made a dizzying number of announcements today, but at the core of all of these new tools and services is the company’s plan to democratize AI and machine learning with pre-built models […].

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Three Aspects of Running Highly innovative Organization

Future of CIO

Innovation is not serendipity, it’s a mindset, a process, and a business competency. Innovation is a managed process of transforming the novel idea to achieve its business value. It’s the business’s unique capability to gain a competitive advantage in the face of fierce competitions and business dynamic. With the exponential growth of information and knowledge only clicks away, digital organizations depend more heavily on their technological knowledge and market capabilities to develop and comme