Tue.May 21, 2019

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The Impact Of Digital Transformation On The Vulnerability Management Space

Forrester IT

As I’m kicking off the next iteration of the Forrester Wave™ for vulnerability risk management in the coming weeks, I’ve been fielding a lot of questions about what I’m going to be focusing on and why. Traditional vulnerability management solutions date back 30 years and are a critical element of an infrastructure hardening process, but […].

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Three Steps To Promoting Productivity In The Workplace With AI

CTOvision

Read James Freeze list three steps you can use to promote productivity in your organization with artificial intelligence on Forbes : Since artificial intelligence (AI) entered popular conversation, the narrative surrounding the technology has been dominated by excitement — and also apprehension. In the media and around dinner tables, among academics, politicians and everyday workers, […].

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Service Providers Begin To Get With The New Dynamic At Microsoft

Forrester IT

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made a statement last year at a media briefing that has stuck with me: “ Our business model fundamentally is about creating more surplus outside us. We will only be long-term successful if people are making more money around us.” This is quite a pivot for a company which, […].

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Artificial intelligence better than humans at spotting lung cancer

CTOvision

Lung cancer causes almost 160,000 deaths in the United States, according to the most recent estimates. The condition is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S., and early detection is crucial for both stopping the spread of tumors and improving patient outcomes. As an alternative to chest X-rays, healthcare professionals have recently been using […].

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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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Make Addressing Climate Change A Priority For Your Tech-Driven Innovation Efforts

Forrester IT

If your firm is customer-obsessed, then a key focus should be on addressing emerging customer needs — and, sadly, where and how customers can live is rising fast as a global concern. As noted in my new Forrester report on the importance and impact of moonshot innovations, part of your focus should be on emerging […].

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Research indicates the only defense against killer AI is not developing it

CTOvision

Read Tristan Greene’s article about why the only defense against killer AI is not developing it on The Next Web : A recent analysis on the future of warfare indicates that countries that continue to develop AI for military use risk losing control of the battlefield. Those that don’t risk eradication. Whether you’re for or […].

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Inside Facebook’s New Robotics Lab, Where AI and Machines Friend One Another

CTOvision

Read Matt Simon take a look inside Facebook’s new robotics lab, where the company is teaching robots to walk on their own on the Wired : At first glance, Facebook’s nascent robotic platform looks a bit … chaotic. In a new lab in its palatial Silicon Valley HQ, a red and black Sawyer robot arm […].

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8 Workplace Safety Mistakes You Must Avoid

Kitaboo

An accidental fall could cause a grievous injury. And if this fall occurs at the workplace, the employer has to take responsibility for the employee’s well-being and recovery. The outcome of the fall could be anything; the employee might fully recover while the organization bears the treatment expenses, or it could lead to something worse, in which case the company could face legal charges, along with a setback on its reputation.

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Intel’s Mobileye chief bemoans tweaking of AI, talks up MaaS, moving beyond LIDAR

CTOvision

Several years back, Amnon Shashua was merely a very eloquent voice for self-driving car technology popping up at trade shows, usually to packed crowds. Then came Intel’s roughly $15 billion purchase of the company, completed in April of last year. Now part of one of the biggest semiconductor companies in the world, Shashua leads a key […].

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ERP Giants SAP and Oracle Add AI to Platforms

Information Week

As CIOs and other IT leaders shift their AI programs to incorporate more buying than building from scratch, vendors are adding new artificial intelligence capabilities to their platforms to meet the demand.

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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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OODA Provides Technology Due Diligence At A Speed That Will Support Your Decision-Making Process

CTOvision

OODA’s leadership team and network of experts have extensive past performance in delivering due diligence support to private equity firms and holding companies. We are skilled at evaluating the cybersecurity posture of target companies. We also conduct technology assessment and are able to identify issues our clients need to know about at every stage of […].

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FlexDeploy vs Jenkins for Git Sparse Checkouts

Flexagon

While working with many FlexDeploy customers on DevOps for middleware and enterprise applications, I have noticed that organizations setup a multitude of Git repositories and each repository is used to store source code for many artifacts. For example, one Git repository may contain a few integration composites, service bus projects, application server configurations etc., and.

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Ready or Not, Big Data is Bringing Big Changes

Information Week

Companies looking to take advantage of the complex data game need to start by identifying general areas of their business that truly need help.

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5 Crucial Elements of Application Release Automation

Flexagon

Today’s IT departments are under increasing pressure to release new solutions and enhancements to existing capabilities. Many are expected to deliver updates and new applications in tight timeframes. In a recent survey, 90 percent of DevOps professionals report increasing pressure to accelerate application release, and 93 percent link challenges to manual processes.

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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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New visual framework: Creating the Future of PR in a rapidly changing world

Trends in the Living Networks

In 2006 I wrote a popular article Six Facets of the Future of PR , which concluded: We are entering a world in which the flow of information and perceptions will drive much of the value creation in a highly networked global economy. The PR industry should be looking forward to a time of massive prosperity, in which it extends itself to play in entirely new fields of media and communication.

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Emergent Risks in 2019 Facing Financial Services

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Emergent Risks in 2019 Facing Financial Services - Information Technology Blog. The security of financial information has always been a cause for concern. The data that the financial industry collects grows vastly every year. The financial sector has made significant advancements in terms of digital integrations. So much so that customers do not need to go to banks to transact physically.

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Blogging Break

Scott Lowe

I wanted to let readers know that there will be a break in my blogging over the next few weeks. Crystal and I are celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary and have decided to take a very long trip to someplace very far away from civilization so that we can relax, unplug, and simply enjoy each other’s company. I’ll be back in civilization on June 7, and you can expect a quick post summarizing our trip (maybe with some photos).

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How IT Support Companies Can Better Connect With Clients

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - How IT Support Companies Can Better Connect With Clients - Information Technology Blog. The reality is that there’s a massive gap between how you communicate and what your clients can understand (unless you’re speaking with a CTO of course). This article’s purpose is to bridge that gap so that you increase sales, improve your relationships, and set the right expectations with your clients.

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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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Why Should IT be Considered in the BoD’s Agenda?

Future of CIO

Many organizations are on the journey of digital transformation which represents the next stage of business maturity and will improve how the enterprise works and interacts with its digital ecosystem. An effective board plays a critical role in steering changes and ensuring the business is on the right track to reach well-defined business goals. Organizations rely more and more on information & technology, why should IT be considered in the BoD’s Agenda?

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The Monthly “CIO Master” Book Tuning:The Traits and Perspectives to Make CIOs Standing Out as Digital Leader May 2019

Future of CIO

Compare to the other executive positions, the CIO role continues to be shaken up, refined, reinvented and reenergized. The magic “I” of the CIO title sparks many imaginations and modern CIOs need to wear different hats and play multiple roles. Here are a set of blogs to brainstorm the multifaceted CIO leadership role and reinvent IT to get digital ready.

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Five Core Elements in Innovation Strategy

Future of CIO

Innovation is about gaining benefit by doing something different. Innovation is an exploration, production, adoption, assimilation, and exploitation of value-added novelty in business, economic and social spheres. Innovation should follow basic rules which are adapted depending on the company's situation and ambition. Innovation strategy as an integral component of the corporate strategy has a few core elements Diagnosis : What is the problem?