Thu.Jan 04, 2018

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Vulnerabilities In Almost Every Chip: “Could Something Like This Really happen?”

CTOvision

I've been tracking computer security issues, including vulnerabilities for decades, and have never seen anything quite like this. Newly announced vulnerabilities, which were publicly disclosed by the Register on Tuesday, are in almost every modern computer chip. The vulnerability cannot be changed in hardware of course (you would have to buy new hardware that is designed differently), […].

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Meltdown and Spectre: AWS, Google and Microsoft rush to patch cloud chip flaws

Computer Weekly

Amazon, Google and Microsoft rush to fix chip flaws that could leave cloud customers at risk of having their data accessed or stolen by other users

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5 Online Resources for Learning AngularJS

CTOvision

If you’re a confident front-end web developer, fluent in HTML, CSS, and Javascript, you may wish to expand what your web apps can do without writing custom code yourself. Learning AngularJS can help speed up the development of web apps dramatically, but before diving into Angular development, you’ll need a bit of background knowledge of […].

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Claire House Children’s Hospice opens up about its digital transformation triumphs

Computer Weekly

Claire House Children’s Hospice took home the Best of Show prize at the Best of VMworld 2017 Awards by sharing details of how technology is helping it achieve its aim of reaching every family who needs its help across the north-west of England

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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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Fix to SCCM CB Preview 1712 Redist Download Issue

Anoop

A new preview version of SCCM/ConfigMgr CB version 1712 has released. This release is the last SCCM CB release of the year 2017. SCCM CB 1712 release has some exciting new features which we (Microsoft MVPs) discussed in the previous MVP summit in November. In this post, we will see the Fix to SCCM CB Preview […]. The post Fix to SCCM CB Preview 1712 Redist Download Issue appeared first on Anoops.

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Nordic banks face digitisation decisions over PSD2

Computer Weekly

With the latest version of the EU payment services directive coming into force, traditional Nordic banks can’t afford to slow their digital transformations

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Scottish Ambulance Service tests satellite to improve critical care process

Computer Weekly

The Scottish Ambulance Service is testing satellite broadband to help paramedics gather vital information on their patients’ conditions whilst in transit

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32% off Kidde Carbon Monoxide Alarm with Display and 10 Year Battery - Deal Alert

Network World

Carbon Monoxide is odorless, tasteless and invisible, and it accounts for over 72,000 cases of poisoning each year. Kidde calls their C3010D model "worry free" because its sensor and sealed battery provide 10 years of uninterrupted CO detection, and a digital display that updates every 15 seconds. The unit will chirp when its reaching the ends of its life, so you don't have to wonder.

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Christine Ashton, SAP: Learning IT leadership skills from the supplier side

Computer Weekly

Christine Ashton is an experienced CIO, who has led IT teams and transformation programmes at Thomson Reuters, BG Group and Transport for London

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Looking Back: 2017 Project Report Card

Scott Lowe

As has become my custom for the past several years, I wanted to take a look at how well I fared on my 2017 project list. Normally I’d publish this before the end of 2017, but during this past holiday season I decided to more fully “unplug” and focus on the truly important things in life (like my family). So, here’s a look back at my 2017 projects and a report card on my progress (or lack thereof, in some cases).

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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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NHS Coventry connects GPs to CityFibre broadband

Computer Weekly

NHS Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group is upgrading to full-fibre broadband infrastructure for GP practices and community health centres

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CIOs as “Chief Intrapreneur Officer”: How to Sow IT Innovation Seeds via asking Open-Ended Questions

Future of CIO

Intrapreneurship is about creating new venture from within an established company to look for changes and explore new opportunities. Many IT organizations become the change department of the business. Intrapreneur CIOs need to be dynamic people with vision, openness, inquisitiveness, growth and complexity mindset. Intrapreneur leaders practice entrepreneurship in the large enterprise to rejuvenate culture, advocate digitalization, inspire innovation and accelerate the speed of changes.

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UKtech50 2017: Recruiting the right talent for your organisation

Computer Weekly

A panel of IT leaders discuss how they go about identifying the talent they need within their organisations

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The Weekly Insight of the “Future of CIO” 1/5/2018

Future of CIO

Blogging is not about writing, but about thinking, brainstorming, innovating and sharing. The “Future of CIO” Blog has reached 2 million page views with 4300+ blog posting in 59+ different categories of leadership, management, strategy, digitalization, change/talent, etc. The content richness is not for its own sake, but to convey the vision and share the wisdom.

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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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Zero in on your zero-day vulnerabilities

Computer Weekly

A zero-day attack comes, by definition, out of the blue.

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The New Book “12 CIO Personas” Chapter 2 Introduction: The CIO as “Chief Innovation Officer”

Future of CIO

Being an innovative CIO means learning fast, being inclusive, embracing multi-viewpoints and taking calculated risks. Digital is the age of innovation, one of the most appropriate tiles for the CIO is “Chief Innovation Officer,” because digitalization opens the new chapter of innovation. Digital CIOs need to present entrepreneurial spirit, learn to think and lead innovatively, have the right dose of risk appetite and take the calculated risk to accelerate IT performance and unleash its full pote

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