Mon.Nov 19, 2018

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Is Your Data Strategy Ready To Keep Up?

Forrester IT

I remember a few years ago when, as enterprise architects, we sat around in the office of the VP of architecture and planned our data strategy on the whiteboard. Replace that clunky warehouse with a modern appliance? Check. Enterprise data model? Of course! The dreaded data governance plan? Yup, but our discussion was about IBM’s […].

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5 ways cloud computing will change in the next year

CTOvision

No longer a brand new technology, cloud computing is entering its “young adult years,” according to a Forrester report. The cloud does not function simply as a temporary server anymore, with innovative analytics, machine learning, messaging, Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities, and database services all integrated today, said the report.

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LIFT Your Emerging Tech Efforts To The Next Level

Forrester IT

Too many firms are heavily focused only on what their customers are looking for today. This makes sense if you are struggling to address these current, tactical needs. But if you are meeting these needs, your focus needs to shift to: Your customers’ needs evolution. Your customers’ ultimate objectives — beyond what they use you for. […].

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The Bill Codifying The New Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Is Short and Sweet

CTOvision

The nation has a new federal agency. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) was created out of several existing organizations within the DHS. The CISA was codified by a law signed by the President on 16 November 2018. I read what DHS said about CISA (see more here). Then thought I should spend a […].

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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The Forrester Wave™: Managed Security Services Providers (MSSPs), Europe, Q4 2018

Forrester IT

I published my first Forrester Wave™ today, covering the managed security services provider (MSSP) market in Europe. The culmination of four months of hard work by not just us but all the vendors involved, this is to my knowledge our first analysis focused on the needs of the European market for MSSPs. Here are some […].

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The Advantages of a Faster Blockchain for Global and Financial Institutions

CTOvision

Read Zac Johnson’s article about why blockchain can provide speed and transparency for global and financial institutions on Influencive : Blockchain technology is becoming increasingly integrated into the mainstream, beyond the popular cryptocurrency market. Even traditional financial institutions, banks, investment companies, etc., which were originally intended to be bypassed by blockchain technology, are getting on board […].

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What network pros need to know about IoT

CTOvision

Read why Dan Tynan says that network professionals should be prepared for prepared for management complexity, immature standards, IoT security challenges on Network World : Architecting for the Internet of Things creates a whole new ballgame for network pros. Gartner predicts there will be more than 20 billion IoT devices in the world by 2020. About 40% of […].

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CIO Strategy: Kimberly-Clark's Digital Transformation

Information Week

Consumer products icon Kimberly-Clark's CIO launched a digital transformation at the highest strategic levels. Here's her game plan.

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Tim Cook defends multibillion-dollar Google search deal despite Apple’s privacy focus

CTOvision

Tim Cook believes that some form of government regulation is necessary. In a broadcast, as part of an interview on Axios on HBO, he said some level of government regulation over Silicon Valley is inevitable. In the broadcast, Cook also defended Apple’s deal with Google’s search engine despite privacy concerns from Safari users. In response to […].

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The Errors That Should Keep Alexa (and Your IT Team) Up at Night

Information Week

The key to innovating with conversational technologies is understanding what consumers will expect from voice technology.

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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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FlexDeploy Loves APEX – Source application from SCM (Git, SVN, etc.)

Flexagon

Oracle Application Express (APEX) is a popular application development tool and is also used to develop custom extensions for Oracle E-Business Suite. FlexDeploy is a DevOps platform for CI/CD and Release Automation which supports Oracle APEX out of box. FlexDeploy strives to eliminate scripting requirements and provide in-depth support for many open source and commercial.

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How to Navigate Continuing Education Opportunities

Information Week

With the rapid changes in technology it can be crucial for IT professionals to pursue continuing education opportunities.

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Running Digital IT Organization Through Associationism, Evolutionism, and Professionalism

Future of CIO

The overwhelming growth of information brings both opportunities and risks to the organization; continuous disruptions force businesses to improve their responsiveness, adaptability, flexibility, and resilience. IT provides competitive leverage to the business’ long-term growth. To keep IT relevant, IT leaders need to get really creative on driving changes and running digital IT organization through associationism, evolutionism, and professionalism.

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New Framework: Critical Uncertainties in the Future of Work

Trends in the Living Networks

This morning I gave a keynote at the Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools Annual Conference, which brings together the Deans and leaders of the top business schools in the region. The other sessions in the morning were presented by McKinsey & Co and PwC, so I wanted to present perspectives that would be complementary to their analysis. For any structured analysis of the future, we need to understand on the one hand trends and driving forces, and on the other critical uncertainties.

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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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The Monthly “IT Innovation” Book Tuning: IT Innovation & Change Agenda Nov. 2018

Future of CIO

Within abundant information and emergent digital technologies, IT is a key component of holistic business mindset to re-imagine “what is possible” - unleashing business potentials and improving business efficiency, effectiveness, agility, and maturity. The art of possible to reinvent IT in the digital age is to deliver the value of information in helping businesses grow, delight customers and doing more with innovation.

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How to Protect Your Identity & Investment Assets from Identity Fraud

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - How to Protect Your Identity & Investment Assets from Identity Fraud - Information Technology Blog. With increasing digital footprints, users are assigning for numerous digital services online. Here, they apply for online banking, make online shopping, transfer payments online, communicate with their dear ones via social media accounts and more.

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How to create a custom BI/Reporting suite (with write-back and data warehousing)

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

Summary: The m-Power Development Platform is a low-code development platform that lets you create enterprise-class web applications without coding. This video takes you on a deep dive into m-Power’s build process, walking you through a start-to-finish business intelligence and reporting project in under 2 hours. We’re in the middle of creating “The m-Power Demo Video Series” Each of these videos takes you on a deep dive into m-Power’s build process, walking you thro

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Guide To Boost Your Business With POS ( Point of Sale ) Systems

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Guide To Boost Your Business With POS ( Point of Sale ) Systems - Information Technology Blog. Thanks to technology, companies now have modern tools to register their business transactions; point-of-sale aka POS software is undoubtedly the best example. Discover below the advantages they bring to companies! POS is the acronym used to designate Point of Sale.

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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.