Wed.Nov 29, 2017

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Councils continue to spend on Oracle despite budget constraints

Computer Weekly

Local authorities face a challenges balancing their meagre budgets with services they can afford to provide, but spending on Oracle seems to be increasing

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4 Common ERP User Complaints and How to Remedy Them

IT Toolbox

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are used by thousands of companies all over the world. They aid companies in various business process, helping them improve productivity, efficiency, and profits. No matter how good an ERP system is, though, or how flawless the implementation seems, nothing is perfect. There will be complaints, especially from those who spend the most time using the software.

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GDPR likely to affect internal processes heavily, warns lawyer

Computer Weekly

Businesses should not overlook the fact that the EU’s new data protection laws may require fundamental changes to internal business processes, warns a data protection lawyer

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Five Enterprise Security Threats to Watch Today

IT Toolbox

One of the keynotes at this year’s OracleWorld in San Francisco was about the automated security built into Oracle’s new self-driving database. CEO Larry Ellison made a big deal about the dangers of cyberattack in a world where every part of a business is driven by software, and how the threat is getting beyond what humans can effectively manage.

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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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AWS cloud security: Amazon CISO shares secrets to building secure cloud products

Computer Weekly

Ahead of Re:Invent 2017, AWS CISO Stephen Schmidt discusses how the cloud giant addresses user demand for new products and services, without compromising on cloud security

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Six Keys for Better Operational Intelligence

IT Toolbox

Last week I sat down with a product manager in Silicon Valley who was very excited. Her team was delivering ahead of schedule and the latest version of the product was looking good. What had her enthused, however, was the tweak she had just discovered that helped the product development team move about 15 percent faster.

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One Bitcoin Transaction Consumes One Week Worth of Electricity for Your Home

IT Toolbox

As the Bitcoin hype is increasingly rising so does its exorbitant energy consumption.

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Mobile operators face profitability squeeze in 2018

Computer Weekly

Mobile operators will struggle to balance the twin challenges of rapidly declining revenues and rapidly growing demand for mobile investment, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit

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Five Ways Real-Time Reporting is Changing ERP

IT Toolbox

Well, it is about time. Real-time reporting is valuable for everything from CRM to gaming and servers, but it is especially useful for the job that ERP is tasked with performing, namely helping to manage the various moving parts of a business. The problem is that ERP has been late in fully taking advantage of the technology.

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AWS CEO says enterprise appetites for proprietary database tech are waning

Computer Weekly

Speaking at the Re:Invent 2017 Partner Summit Keynote, AWS CEO Andy Jassy hits out at the firm's cloud competitors, and says the functionality gap between them all is widening

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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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Can AI Really Improve Collaboration?

IT Toolbox

This is a big question that everyone across the value chain is struggling with, and the market needs clarity. Last year, the cloud seemed to be in every conversation or article, and now it’s AI - Artificial Intelligence. Business decision-makers of all kinds – not just IT – are trying to understand where and how AI will have relevance for their company, and from there, the customers.

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IT problems cost UK companies £6.9bn in lost labour

Computer Weekly

IT issues and the time it takes to fix them is costing UK companies billions of pounds due to employees not being able to work

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Study Finds AI More Critical than Big Data

IT Toolbox

Data analytics has long been considered to be one of the keys to the productivity of the Internet of Things (IoT). However, a new report performed by GlobalData suggests that artificial intelligence is in fact more important to the productivity of the IoT than Big Data analysis.

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DCMS to spearhead review of UK telecoms sector

Computer Weekly

The government is to embark on a landmark review of the UK’s telecoms markets to investigate how it can better support investment in future connectivity

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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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Legacy ERP drags down aging businesses

IT Toolbox

Relying on e-mails to coordinate everything from order management and inventory, to invoicing and billing, was keeping Asia’s largest produce and food distributor from expanding globally.

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Norway merges payment systems to combat global competition

Computer Weekly

Norwegian banks are merging three payment and identification systems in the face of increased competition from companies in other countries

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Scrum Transition Journal: Part time is out of luck

IT Toolbox

As we round in to the end of our first sprint, I'm learning a really hard lesson. Part time is out of luck. I wish it was otherwise. But I'm finding myself in the vice of multiple number 1 priorities. Agile scrum teams are really designed to be full time commitments for all the parties involved.

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Should CIOs Be Working With “Engines”?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Perhaps you need an engine to power your IT shop Image Credit: Jorge Quinteros. As the person with the CIO job, you have a lot of challenges facing you. One of the biggest is how you are going to use your limited IT resources to meet the needs of the entire company. As the company’s awareness of the importance of information technology continues to grow more people will be coming to you with requests for the IT department to automate some process, monitor some inputs, or do a better job of

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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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Three Ways AI can Improve Collaboration

IT Toolbox

My previous post launched this series with an important question: “can AI really improve collaboration?” It’s an important question if all the AI marketing hype is getting your attention now, and you don’t know what to believe.

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Overview Windows 10 Co-Management with Intune and SCCM

Anoop

Co-Management is another buzz word in device management world. What is this co-management? Windows 10 co-management is a dual management capability available with Windows 10 1709 version (Fall Creators Update) and later. Co-management is the bridge between traditional management and modern management. In this post, we will see more details “Overview Windows 10 Co-Management with […].

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Programs are spies and they like us.

IT Toolbox

It seems that the bigger you are the more incentive you have to spy on people for fun and profit. I just recently read a news article on how HP sneakily slipped in a spyware program onto recent HP computers under the guise of an update. However, it wasn't an update at all but a new program altogether and it sent information back to HP on a daily basis.

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UAE-based Xpress Money pushes for digital currency and cashless payment solutions

Computer Weekly

Middle East money transfer firm Xpress Money talks up the benefits of cashless transactions in reducing fraud and improving user convenience

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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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What's Evolving in Big Data

IT Toolbox

How Artificial Intelligence and Thinking Machines Have Converged to Disrupt Big Data Analysis. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is bound to change how big data processes deliver on business value permanently.

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TechUK calls for swift action to safeguard data exchange after Brexit

Computer Weekly

TechUK and UK Finance raise fear of “cliff edge” if legal basis for data transfers between the EEA and the UK lapses overnight in March 2019

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Making Sense of the Technology Trends Before They Happen

IT Toolbox

Teachers need to see the connections between what they teach and a tool must, therefore, help them achieve their goals. Indeed, a judicious integration of technology has positive effects on academic success.

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Uber breach affected 2.7 million Britons

Computer Weekly

Last year’s data breach, which saw the details of 57 million accounts compromised, affected about 2.

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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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Five Keys for Choosing the Right ERP System

IT Toolbox

There are lots of ERP solutions on the market, from large, multipurpose systems offered by the likes of Oracle and SAP, to upstart cloud-only and industry-specific solutions such as Flexibake and GlobalBake ERP (who knew there were so many ERP solutions for the baking industry ?).

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Datrium’s hybrid Cloud DVX brings off-site mirror of NVMe storage

Computer Weekly

Cloud DVX operates in Amazon cloud to provide backup and recovery instance off-site, for use as a mirror site for customers of the NVMe-focused storage maker

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Blockchain News

IT Toolbox

"Blockchain holds the promise to fundamentally transform how business is done.” - Amit Zavery, Senior VP, Oracle Cloud Platform.

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Consumer identity management a growing trend

Computer Weekly

Consumer identity and access management is a growing trend, but system choice is still challenging, according to KuppingerCole

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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.