Mon.Jul 10, 2017

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Business needs to get real about cyber security, warn BT and KPMG

Computer Weekly

Businesses need to change the way they think about cyber security from the board down to avoid getting caught in common traps and becoming vulnerable to attack, a report warns

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Why YOU Should be Driving Digital!

Social, Agile and Transformation

On August 24th, my book Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology will be available! You probably guessed that I would eventually author a book. The book covers some of the themes that I've covered here on Social, Agile, and Transformation including agile management, DevOps, architecture, portfolio management, data science, product management, and.

Agile 203
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Industry standards: Paving the way for autonomous vehicles

Computer Weekly

The car industry needs to agree open standards to allow connected cars and autonomous vehicles to communicate. The bIoTope project is one initiative that could lead the way to agreement.

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Be Proactive in Data Center Earthquake Mitigation

Data Center Knowledge

While we have yet to develop the technology to accurately predict where and when an earthquake will take place, there are precautions that owners and operators can take to help protect data centers from substantial earthquake damage. Read More.

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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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Mobile operators must act soon as 5G business models emerge

Computer Weekly

Full deployment of a commercial 5G mobile network is still at least two years away, but new business models are already beginning to crystallise around the technology, and operators would be wise to start preparations soon, a new report claims

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Azure Stack to Ship in September; Hardware on Sale Starting Today

Data Center Knowledge

Microsoft announced that its partners Dell EMC, HPE and Lenovo are taking orders as of Monday. Read More.

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Loyalty and Behavior - How Gamification Has Matured with Millennials

IT Toolbox

Putting aside all clichés about millennials, there is one truth that businesses are discovering: a younger workforce fosters innovation. Indeed, now that millennials are growing into management levels of businesses, that innovation is gaining ground.

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Medical college retires HP for Scale Computing hyper-converged

Computer Weekly

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine replaces ageing HP servers and MSA SAN with Scale Computing HC3 hyper-converged infrastructure, and saves £80,000 in replacement costs

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Who are the few happy beneficiaries of EA though (i)

IT Toolbox

continuing from. Why are neither the customers of EA nor the architects happy. In the absence of a clear EA deliverable, no stakeholder in the enterprise really understands what the architects are doing.

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Apple to build second European datacentre in Denmark later this year

Computer Weekly

Consumer electronics giant confirms plans to start building a second, renewably-powered datacentre in Denmark during the fourth quarter of 2017

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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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China Is Said to Close Major Hole in its Great Internet Firewall

Data Center Knowledge

(Bloomberg) — China’s government has told telecommunications carriers to block individuals’ access to virtual private networks by Feb. 1, people familiar with the matter said, thereby shutting a major window to the global internet. Beijing has ordered state-run telecommunications firms, which.

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GDPR brings serious implications for data storage

Computer Weekly

New European Union data protection regulations put tough requirements on organisations that store “personally identifiable data”.

Storage 174
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DCK Investor Edge: QTS’s Hybrid IT Strategy — Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain?

Data Center Knowledge

Selling a hybrid IT platform can be challenging in the short term for a REIT under pressure to perform, but long-term investors may gain in the end. Read More.

Strategy 122
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Experian admits mobile and online issues after system upgrade

Computer Weekly

Some customers of credit referencing company are having problems accessing a service they pay for following an IT upgrade and large customer migration to a new system

System 134
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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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UC Value Drivers in 2017 - AI-Driven

IT Toolbox

If you’ve been following this series , you may be wondering why there has been no mention yet of Artificial Intelligence. That’s a fair question given that AI is the hottest trend in tech, and now that you’re here, you won’t be disappointed.

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Dutch database design drives practical innovation

Computer Weekly

IT often seems a mostly US industry, but other nations contribute a lot too, says Dutch database design scientist Martin Kersten, who has received the Association for Computing Machinery’s Fellow Award

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Technology can be a band-aid rather than a solution

Eric D. Brown

At least once per day, I’m reminded of the “I love technology” song from the wedding scene at the end of Napoleon Dynamite. You know the one. Napoleon’s brother is getting married and sings a song to his bride. I’d link you to a video of that awesome song but none that I found seem to have audio, so I’ll just link you to the lyrics.

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VMware NSX: The smart person's guide

Tech Republic Data Center

VMware's NSX hypervisor provides a platform to manage virtualized network deployments. Learn more about the network virtualization platform in this resource guide.

Vmware 136
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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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GDPR compliance not relevant, believe most UK decision makers

Computer Weekly

Most UK decision makers believe GDPR is not relevant to them, but a fifth admit they do not know, a survey reveals

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Cyber-security and the corn patch

IT Toolbox

The more I read in the technical media about cyber-attacks, the more hysterical everyone seems to be getting

Security 145
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WLAN casts net wider as demand grows

Computer Weekly

Wireless local area networking has become a vital part of the IT infrastructure.

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Why IoT education is necessary to protect yourself from cyber attacks

Tech Republic Security

An expert panel at the Global Cybersecurity Summit in Kiev, Ukraine, discussed various devices that could be connected in the future, and how they might impact consumers, governments, and industries.

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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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Microsoft 365: New all-in-one cloud software packages for the enterprise debut at Inspire

Tech Republic Cloud

At the 2017 Microsoft Inspire event, the firm debuted new software packages for business customers, while also touting updates to its Azure cloud platform.

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Almost half of IT security incidents are caused by company employees, report says

Tech Republic Security

Uninformed or careless employees are one of the top causes of a cybersecurity incident, according to a Kaspersky Lab report.

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US Ban on Its Data Center Switches a Setback for Arista – at Least a Temporary One

Data Center Knowledge

Federal regulators bar Arista from importing and selling its networking equipment in the US. Read More.

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How AI and machine learning can help solve IT's data management problem

Tech Republic Big Data

Getting a handle on huge amounts of data is a challenge for IT departments. Here's how AI and machine learning can help sort, organize, and aggregate huge stores of information.

Data 108
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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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VMware, Trend Micro offer unified approach to enterprise mobile security with new partnership

Tech Republic Security

Trend Micro's cybersecurity solutions are coming to VMware Workspace ONE and VMware AirWatch to help IT leaders protect devices from a growing number of mobile attacks.

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4 Tips for Buying Gaming Equipment

IT Toolbox

Here are some tips to help you when you are thinking about purchasing new gaming equipment.

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Can't kick the relational database habit? Serverless computing may help

Tech Republic Data Center

Serverless computing may finally up-end the RDBMS market in a way that vanilla big data has not.

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SQL: Table Differences II -- Inserts, Updates or Deletes?

IT Toolbox

Naturally there has to be a baseline query for comparisons

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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.