Mon.Aug 28, 2017

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 FBI vs Apple: History, Policy, Sovereignty and Individual Rights

CTOvision

Editor’s note: This is the third in a five-part series on this topic. This examination by Arnold Abraham provides insights and nuanced lessons from history, the law and the tech world that can inform all of us interested in both privacy and security. For a detailed legal analysis accompanying the article, please visit TheCyberLawTeam.com/publications-1 […].

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Driving Digital in the News!

Social, Agile and Transformation

Long time readers of Social, Agile, and Transformation know that I've recommended going on vacations to help clear the mind and having fun as a key tenet of your organization's culture. So before I sign off for some end-of-summer time off, I'd like to update you on the latest news around my book, Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology.

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Four Providers’ Houston Data Centers Online, but Access Roads Flooded

Data Center Knowledge

Companies report their staff are safe and accounted for; customers cannot access most facilities Read More.

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Vintage Networking Acronyms for your Reference

IT Toolbox

Hopefully this set of acronyms and terminology will match in and remind readers on a number of different terms and references that we used mostly in the olden days of networking but in some cases are still being used today.

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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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Oracle Hiring 5,000 for Cloud Business in Race With Salesforce

Data Center Knowledge

Oracle joins other tech giants in promising U.S. hiring; Salesforce and Oracle are racing for enterprise cloud crown Read More.

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3 Fun Team Outing Activities in NYC: Motivate Your Employees like a Pro

IT Toolbox

Take a look at some of the most fun team outing activities in New York that you should consider for turning your team into a highly-successful one.

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Deciding What Technology Your Business Should Have

IT Toolbox

As a business owner, you have to make a lot of decisions. From hiring personnel to implementing business strategies to creating organizational culture—there’s a lot on your plate.

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You Can Now Spin Up VMware Servers in Amazon Data Centers

Data Center Knowledge

Battle for enterprise data center dollars heats up as two giants launch hybrid cloud capability Read More.

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The LAN: A History of Network Operating Systems Part 5

IT Toolbox

In general, pipes are software developers' tools for easily creating communications routines in software without having to explicitly control and issue commands to the communications hardware.

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VMware Wants to Be ‘Cloud Switzerland’

Data Center Knowledge

Touts multi-cloud strategy, but AWS partnership appears to take precedence Read More.

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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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Invoca's new Signal AI uses machine learning to expand call analytics

IT Toolbox

Adobe, Oracle, Salesforce and many companies of their ilk are using machine learning to revolutionize their digital analytics for customer relationship management through multiple online channels including social media, email and the web.

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VMware Pitches Hyper-Converged Infrastructure for Edge Computing

Data Center Knowledge

Three-node cluster comes pre-loaded with vSAN and vSphere Read More.

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Big Data Modelling in the Education World

IT Toolbox

Through big data collection and analysis, schools can find the right patterns for students to maximize their success. Perhaps students do better on math tests right after recess, for example, while they test better on English after they?ve eaten. As schools learn these details and have real data to back them up, they can better make their case to parents and school boards that changes need to be made.

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Automation and the Future of Work

The Investing Edge

The topic of artificial intelligence (AI) is red hot and dominates the headlines for much of the daily tech news cycle. There’s been some intriguing (and attention grabbing) themes running between these headlines including the potential for AI to end humanity (which included a public feud between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg). Another key theme has revolved around the potential for AI and automation technologies to eliminate jobs with frightening efficiency.

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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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The Whack-A-Mole Gamble

IT Toolbox

I know I wrote yesterday about being excited for Monday. Unfortunately the reality of Monday was that it was too much. Not nearly as fun as I had been hoping for. I've got my hand in a number of really big things. At lunch with a co-worker I was able to list off 4 things. These are big things that demand real effort and energy and horsepower.

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Trends Shaping Machine Learning in 2017

Dataconomy

Technologies in the field of data science are progressing at an exponential rate. The introduction of Machine Learning has revolutionized the world of data science by enabling computers to classify and comprehend large data sets. Another important innovation which has changed the paradigm of the world of the tech world. The post Trends Shaping Machine Learning in 2017 appeared first on Dataconomy.

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Ways in Which Artificial Intelligence is Set to Influence Plastic Surgery

IT Toolbox

Although the approximate value of the contemporary beauty industry is $ 20 billion, cosmetic surgery is not doing as well as other industries which are experiencing rapid growth and expansion. Its annual 3 percent rise is insignificant when compared to others.

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Three “F” Factors in Digital Innovation

Future of CIO

Innovation has many success factors. Innovation has to result in something which leads us to a better state than where we are today. Digital transformation represents a break from the past, with a high level of impact and complexity. There is no doubt innovation is becoming more important whereas technology becomes more advanced in the digital era. In fact, the speed of change is expedited, so does the speed of innovation.

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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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SMB market targeted with new CRM release

IT Toolbox

Cloud-based customer relationship management just got simpler – and yet at the same time more sophisticated – with the introduction of a palette of new features from Really Simple Systems.

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Three Aspects to Shape the World-Class CIOs

Future of CIO

The digital CIO will create a blue ocean for his/her organization which will provide a competitive advantage. With overwhelming growth of information and continuous digital disruptions led by technologies, there is now a greater need for a CIO to understand business drivers and equip with digital mindsets, leverage information to make effective decisions and apply digital technologies to speed up IT and build business competitive capabilities, make digital influences which touch every aspect of

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CenturyLink aims to bring VoIP to more SMBs

IT Toolbox

Large enterprises figured out years ago that VoIP services, once put in place of traditional landlines, could save a bundle and allow for software integration and customization far beyond the capabilities of any old-fashioned, twisted-pair phone.

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Innovation and Disruption - Know the Difference

IT Toolbox

My last series briefly touched on the disruption theme, and it’s something every business decision-maker needs to pay attention to. The main message is to understand how disruption can go both ways, and should not be feared simply because it upsets the status quo.

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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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SQL Challenge 19: Parse Tree, By the Knight-Errant

IT Toolbox

Catalog of Errors? Comedy of Errors?

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