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Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 brings file, iSCSI and container storage

Computer Weekly

Latest version of open source OpenStack-targeted software-defined storage adds CephFS, ISCSI and storage that can be deployed in containers to save hardware

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Truth or Hype? Is Blockchain Really the End of ERP as We Know It?

IT Toolbox

While enterprise resources planning (ERP) software isn't dead, there may be a revolution underway. With excitement about the potential of blockchain technology growing, there's hope that we'll soon be looking at a new era of ERP, one possibly known as Ecosystem Resources Planning, or EcoRP.

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Everyone has cyber security responsibility, says Euro commissioner

Computer Weekly

Everyone has a role to play in cyber security, including big market players – but if this is not done voluntarily, legislation may be required, says the European commissioner for security union

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5 Reasons Why You Should Put Your Business Head in the ERP Cloud

IT Toolbox

Forrester's 2016 Global Business Technographics Survey reports that more than 70 percent of decision-makers in organizations cite improved business agility and faster deployment as their primary reasons for moving to cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).

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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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GDPR fines may affect almost 80% of US firms, poll shows

Computer Weekly

Most US companies risk fines for non-compliance with new European data protection laws that apply to all organisations processing any personal data of EU citizens

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What To Do When You Are The Interim CIO

The Accidental Successful CIO

What you do when you are in between positions matters a lot Image Credit: Istvan. Congratulations, you’re now the CIO. Well, maybe not quite. You’re actually the interim CIO. What does this actually mean? What it means is that the company understands the importance of information technology and needs somebody to fill the role of CIO while they go looking for the person that they want to fill it permanently.

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What to consider when deploying a next-generation firewall

Network World

Firewalls have become ubiquitous across enterprises over the past decade, but the combination of new and varied access methods combined with increasingly sophisticated attacks has forced network operators and security professionals to constantly evaluate their defenses. Typically, firewalls are on a five-year refresh cycle, according to Gartner researcher Adam Hils, and that gives organizations the opportunity to evaluate fairly regularly what type of firewall and what features best suit their

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A guide for businesses to China’s first cyber security law

Computer Weekly

Companies that break China’s new cyber security law may be fined or even have their licence to trade in the country removed

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How modern architects transform the messy mix of hybrid cloud into a force multiplier

IT Toolbox

Learn what's needed to reach the potential of multiple -- and often overlapping -- cloud models

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The digital transformation journey – four IT leaders share the lessons learned

Computer Weekly

CIOs discussed the best practices in driving digital change at the recent Gartner Symposium event in Barcelona

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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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Various Options to Download Windows 10 1709 RS3

Anoop

Windows 10 Fall Creators Updates (RS3) released a couple of weeks back. There are different ways to upgrade to Windows 10 1709. Some of options to upgrade Windows 10 1709 are explained in my previous blogs Windows Update for Business and SCCM Task Sequence. Windows update (Settings – Update & Security – Windows Update) is […]. The post Various Options to Download Windows 10 1709 RS3 appeared first on Anoops.

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Security Think Tank: Web security down to good risk management

Computer Weekly

What are the main web security challenges for organisations and how are they best addressed?

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Things Your Business is Better Off Outsourcing

IT Toolbox

This post looks at a few of the top things you should think about outsourcing.

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Estonian e-resident population growth exceeds birth rate

Computer Weekly

The number of non-Estonian people who applied for e-residency of the Baltic state exceeds the birth rate so far for this year

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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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C'mon Wireless Market Leaders- Your Messaging Is Just Nuts at Times

IT Toolbox

The WLAN industry is always interesting, for sure.

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Swisscom picks Ericsson to build its 5G network

Computer Weekly

Swiss incumbent operator Swisscom commits to nationwide gigabit 4G from 2018, and 5G from 2020

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Faking Dynamic Data For Testing

IT Toolbox

If you fake it, you might make it.

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How to Tag Docker Images with Git Commit Information

Scott Lowe

I’ve recently been working on a very simple Flask application that can be used as a demo application in containerized environments (here’s the GitHub repo ). It’s nothing special, but it’s been useful for me as a learning exercise—both from a Docker image creation perspective as well as getting some additional Python knowledge.

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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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IT4IT in no time at all

IT Toolbox

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Making Better Economic Forecasts with Machine Learning

Dataconomy

GDP forecasting for the world’s major economies is no easy task, but new tools and ideas are always offering us ever more pragmatic insights. For that reason, I am very optimistic about the possibilities that machine learning opens up for us in macroeconomic forecasting. In my work, I try to. The post Making Better Economic Forecasts with Machine Learning appeared first on Dataconomy.

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The Monthly Foresight: Tuning Organizational Structure in Digital Way Nov. 2017

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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How Nutanix Marketplace Brings Developers and IT Together

Nutanix

At.NEXT Nice we unveiled new developer-centric services to advance public cloud-like consumption models for enterprises. In this post, we’d like to share our perspective on bringing developers and IT closer – fostering better collaboration and increasing application agility – to produce dramatically better outcomes for the organization.

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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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Road-Mapping IT Digital Transformation via Horizontal Approach

Future of CIO

IT provides competitive leverage to the business’ long-term growth. To keep IT relevant, IT should focus on solving business problems, not just technical challenges. IT leaders have to take time to build a comprehensive IT roadmap which shows the stepwise transition plan and defines more than one way of achieving strategic goals and getting IT digital ready.