Tue.Apr 09, 2019

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The Forrester Wave: Loyalty Technology Platforms, Q2 2019 Is Now Live

Forrester IT

I’m excited to share that our evaluation of loyalty technology providers — The Forrester Wave™: Loyalty Technology Platforms, Q2 2019 — is now live. In our 28-criterion evaluation, we identified the top 13 loyalty technology vendors – Aimia, Annex Cloud, Brierley+Partners, Cheetah Digital, Clutch, Collinson, Comarch, CrowdTwist, Epsilon, ICF Next, Kobie, Merkle/HelloWorld, and SessionM – […].

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Insights for your enterprise approach to AI and ML ethics: Advice for the C-Suite

CTOvision

This post is the third in a series of three based on interviews of Courtney Bowman and Anthony Bak of Palantir. The first post laid a foundation which can help any organization seeking to establish an ethics policy and program around AI and ML. The second post picked up from there and dove into the […].

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What is a business intelligence analyst? A role for driving business value with data

CIO Business Intelligence

Business intelligence (BI) analysts transform data into insights that drive business value. Through use of data analytics, data visualization and data modeling techniques and technologies, BI analysts can identify trends that can help other departments, managers and executives make business decisions to modernize and improve processes in the organization.

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The problem with AI ethics

CTOvision

Many AI critics say big tech companies are formulating AI ethics boards and principles as a strategy for avoiding the possibility of government regulation. Read more on The Verge : Last week, Google announced that it is creating a new external ethics board to guide its “responsible development of AI.” On the face of it, […].

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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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SCCM Step by Step Guide to Update Windows ADK and WinPE Versions

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. I think, most of the SCCM admins missed this latest Windows 1809 ADK change. In this post, you will see what are the ADK and WinPE changes concerned for SCCM admins. I also share the best practices to update Windows ADK and WinPE to the latest version on SCCM server. Introduction Starting from Windows ADK […].

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The Google AI Ethics Board With Actual Power Is Still Around

CTOvision

Two weeks ago, Google established an external panel of experts to review thorny ethical issues related to artificial intelligence. It quickly imploded. After a staff revolt over the panel’s members, the company disbanded the panel on Thursday afternoon. Its members never even got the chance to meet. The episode illustrates the difficulty Google is having as […].

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AI technology: When to build, when to buy

CTOvision

Read Maria Korolov’s guide for businesses to shop for AI tech goods on CIO : Artificial intelligence is fast becoming a business imperative. Whether it’s to improve efficiency, find new business opportunities, or keep up with — or get ahead of — the competition, companies across all industries are exploring the business benefits of AI, […].

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Let's Make a Deal: Negotiating with IT Vendors

Information Week

The big enterprise IT vendors -- IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP -- all want you to buy more and pay more. Here are some tactics for you to protect your organization and get the best deal as you plan and engage in negotiations with them.

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AI systems should be accountable, explainable, and unbiased, says EU

CTOvision

The European Union today published a set of guidelines on how companies and governments should develop ethical applications of artificial intelligence. These rules aren’t like Isaac Asimov’s “Three Laws of Robotics.” They don’t offer a snappy, moral framework that will help us control murderous robots. Instead, they address the murky and diffuse problems that will […].

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Four Basic Steps to Prevent Your Data Lake from Becoming a Swamp

Information Week

Despite their great promise, data lakes have received a lot of negative buzz in recent years due to their lack of governability and general success.

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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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Facebook creates an AI-based map of Africa to help with crisis relief

CTOvision

Facebook has created AI-based population maps before, but it’s now generating them on a truly massive scale. The social site is releasing new, ultra-detailed population density maps that cover the “majority” of Africa, helping relief agencies know where to go when providing aid. The technique is similar to what Facebook has used before, but tweaks […].

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6 Digitization Trends Coming From AI and Blockchain

Information Week

By themselves and working together, AI and blockchain are shaping the future of business.

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Never receive a false notification with Spearline alerts

Spearline Testing

" Spearline notifies us of any potential issue before our customers do. " Arnold Chencinski, Senior Voice Network Engineer, Zoom Video Communications. Why Spearline alerts? Personally verified by us. Our dedicated 24/7 support team will personally verify any issues that may arise using our exhaustive stress tests, before sending you the alert.

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Choosing the Right AWS Certification For You

Linux Academy

There are currently 6 AWS certification exams, and 4 specialty AWS certification exams. These are the: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner. AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level (AWS CSA). AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional Level (AWS CSAP). AWS Certified Developer – Associate Level (AWS CDA). AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate Level.

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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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New! Introducing our enhanced reporting engine.equipping you with even more intelligence

Spearline Testing

We are pleased to announce that from April 2019, we will be giving our customers access to a new and enhanced reporting generator. We have been working hard on creating a flexible engine to allow us to create reports quickly so that you can get the important data you need to make crucial decisions in your business. We have designed powerful intelligent reports which will be available in email and PDF format.

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Learn Google Cloud by Doing with New Google Cloud Training!

Linux Academy

Ready to learn Google Cloud by doing? From new courses to new labs, we have a ton of exciting new Google Cloud updates at Linux Academy ( where you can get the most Google Cloud training on this planet! ). With engaging features like Cloud Playground, Interactive Diagrams, Hands-On Labs in live cloud environments, customizable flashcards, study groups, direct access to our expert Training Architects, downloadable Course videos, and more, Linux Academy has the highest quality and quantity of Goog

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Onward To The Next Chapter In ForAllSecure's Journey

ForAllSecure

Welcome back to the second installment of the ForAllSecure Journey series. In my previous post , we took a look back at ForAllSecure’s history. In today’s piece, I’d like to share not only my vision for the future, but also an exciting announcement. Where it all began. In 1998, I joined Stanford as a computer security officer, a role that is called CISO today.

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Running Faster IT

Future of CIO

In the industrial age, IT had a reputation as a controller and IT was not fast enough to respond to changes. Ironically, often technology is the disruptive force behind the business transformation. Today’s digital dynamic enables companies to leverage their various environments or ecosystems, to chase growth opportunities and accelerate business performance.

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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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Onward To The Next Chapter In ForAllSecure's Journey

ForAllSecure

Welcome back to the second installment of the ForAllSecure Journey series. In my previous post , we took a look back at ForAllSecure’s history. In today’s piece, I’d like to share not only my vision for the future, but also an exciting announcement. Where it all began. In 1998, I joined Stanford as a computer security officer, a role that is called CISO today.

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The BoD’s Strategic Oversight of Three Important Corporate Capitals

Future of CIO

The board of directors as the de facto guardian of modern organizations plays an important role in steering the organization towards the better future, helping business management identify and close blind spots in decision-making, pinpoint the root cause of critical business problems, set good policies to drive progressive changes, and monitor business performance closely.

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ONWARD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER IN FORALLSECURE’S JOURNEY

ForAllSecure

Welcome back to the second installment of the ForAllSecure Journey series. In my previous post , we took a look back at ForAllSecure’s history. In today’s piece, I’d like to share not only my vision for the future, but also an exciting announcement. Where it all began. In 1998, I joined Stanford as a computer security officer, a role that is called CISO today.

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The Monthly “100 Digital Pitfalls” Book Tuning: Leading Digital Transformation by Overcoming Obstacles Apr. 2019

Future of CIO

Digital makes a significant impact on how we think, live, and work. There is a mix of old and new, physical and virtual, order and chaos. We are in a time of tremendous change, the dawn of the digital age, the path to the next level of digital maturity, also in the era of confusion and information overload. Therefore, it’s critical to identify, understand, and avoid pitfalls, discover strategic and predictive pathways to change, increase confidence, position a brand and leverage resources to mak

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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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Onward to the Next Chapter in ForAllSecure’s Journey

ForAllSecure

Welcome back to the second installment of the ForAllSecure Journey series. In my previous post , we took a look back at ForAllSecure’s history. In today’s piece, I’d like to share not only my vision for the future, but also an exciting announcement.

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Tidying up Your Datacenter

Nutanix

Do you greet your datacenter when you walk in? Do you thank your nodes, racks, and cables for all the hard work they’ve done? Do you neatly arrange your hardware so it’s clearly visible and accessible?

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The Questions CIOs Need To Be Asking About Their Firm’s Cloud Application Exposure

Forrester IT

In my tech market forecasts, I am starting to see the intersection of two worrisome trends: software subscription fees for multi-tenant SaaS or for single-instance hosted software are rising rapidly, with a growing percentage related to existing software as opposed to new, and with a high percentage having fixed annual fees or fees tied to metrics […].

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All You Need to Know About WCAG 2.1 Compliance

Kitaboo

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 are the latest standards for digital accessibility of web content on desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile phones. These guidelines aim to make web content more accessible and user-friendly to people with various disabilities including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning, and neurological disabilities.

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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.