Mon.Jun 05, 2017

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Operating Models Must Evolve To Address RPA Gaps

Forrester IT

The search for "quick solutions" to fragmented business applications has pushed RPA investment. I've taken over 200 hundred inquiries on RPA in the last six months and also attended Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere, NICE, and other vendors conferences and spoken to thier customers. About half the enterprises I have talked with are just starting out either in vendor review or staging early POCs, with the other half in production and looking for the next process to robotize.

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Europe faces shortage of 350,000 cyber security professionals by 2022

Computer Weekly

European companies are expected to go on the world’s biggest cyber security hiring spree in the next 12 months, driving demand for cyber talent that will far outstrip supply, a report has revealed

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Most Data Center Outages aren’t Caused by Tech Failure

Data Center Knowledge

Many critical industries invest a lot of time and resources in developing processes; the data center industry. not so much. Read More.

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Mass collection of data on population ‘illegal’, UK court told

Computer Weekly

Investigatory Powers Tribunal hearing challenges GCHQ over legality of mass surveillance, as government plans moves to control encryption

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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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DCK Investor Edge: Why RagingWire is a Data Center Company to Watch

Data Center Knowledge

Its US operations are just the visible tip of the provider's massive parent NTT Global. Here's why investors can expect big things from RagingWire in Tier 1 markets going forward. Read More.

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What That ERP Upgrade Can Offer Your Business

IT Toolbox

If you're using an ERP system in your business, eventually, the time will come when you must make a crucial decision: do you upgrade your existing ERP system or ditch it for a totally new one? Why Make Changes to Your ERP System? Time marches onward, and with it come new innovations and methods for getting things done.

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Get to Know Your Social Media Followers- Presenting a NEW Wi-Fi, Networking Blogroll

IT Toolbox

If you are “professionally active” on social media, it’s easy to follow and to be followed while falling into the trap of not really getting to know those folks who just became a small part of your life. Social media brings people with like interests together, but it can’t make people slow down and take a look at the other person once the connection has been made.

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Pros and cons of CRM software

Computer Weekly

Computer Weekly reviews the latest research into the leading customer relationship management and customer experience software providers

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IBM Networking Strategies and APPC/APPN

IT Toolbox

As their names imply, APPC, Advanced Program-to-Program Communication, deals with programs, while APPN, Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking, deals with networks.

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Security Think Tank: Scan, educate and back up to block email threats

Computer Weekly

What strategies should organisations follow to block malware attachments which continue to account for two-thirds of malware infections that result in data breaches?

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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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How To ‘Refactor’ Monolithic Applications into Microservices

Data Center Knowledge

Monoliths put business logic into the core of the application, implemented by modules that define services, domain objects and events. Read More.

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Mixed reactions to PM's calls to regulate cyber space to prevent terrorism

Computer Weekly

Prime minister Theresa May’s call for regulation of the internet to prevent terrorism planning has drawn support from some quarters but criticism from others

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Leveraging Data to Improve Customer Experience

Social, Agile and Transformation

Let’s consider a very typical digital opportunity. A company has a website enabling customers to log in, view recent activity, execute new transactions, and learn about new opportunities. The CMO wants to upgrade the site to improve the mobile experience and to introduce new analytics that she believes will drive increased usage and larger transactions.

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New London restaurant orders up secure Wi-Fi service

Computer Weekly

Kiln, a new Thai restaurant in Soho, demonstrates the criticality of network services to support digital transformation in the SME sector

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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 ransomware debate: Should you pay to get your data back?

Tech Republic Security

As ransomware continues to grow exponentially, more and more users and corporations are being affected and finding themselves at a crossroad: To pay or not to pay?

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NetApp to launch SolidFire-based HCI hyper-converged appliances

Computer Weekly

NetApp HCI will comprise hyper-converged infrastructure appliances based on SolidFire flash storage with QoS and compute from an unnamed supplier later in 2017

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Report: Bank of America to Close Three Data Centers

Data Center Knowledge

Will write down $300 million to pay for closures but expects much greater operational savings as a result Read More.

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GE digital facility in Paris introduces its first set of startups to customers

Computer Weekly

The first five software developers to graduate in GE's Foundry are now in front of the company’s customers

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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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Here it comes again, a new definition for Business Architecture (ii)

IT Toolbox

continuing. Yet another definition for Business Architecture (i). Yet another definition for Business Architecture.

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Middle East CIO interview: Bob Mulumudi, RAK Ceramics

Computer Weekly

Bob Mulumudi faces the most complex task in his long career – bringing together 15,000 staff and globally disparate IT systems in the world’s biggest ceramics company

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3 simple steps that help you avoid ransomware on Android

Tech Republic Security

If you're concerned about ransomware or other malicious bits getting onto your Android device, Jack Wallen offers up three things you can do to help protect your mobile experience from attack.

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Oregon School Licenses Dome Data Center Design to Startup

Data Center Knowledge

By using natural convection, the university eliminated lots of cooling equipment and reduced energy use Read More.

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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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Speed Phreak #2: Oracle12c Contra-Performance

IT Toolbox

Like Chief Inspector Dreyfus, I may develop an eye-twitch. Where's the Pink Panther?

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Digital Realty SVP Schaap Named CEO of Aligned Energy

Data Center Knowledge

Founder Carnemark to focus on tech, strategy, as CTO and vice chairman Read More.

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Windows XP refuses to die, but Windows 10 adoption is slowly gathering pace

Tech Republic Security

The proportion of PCs used by healthcare bodies running Windows XP has increased, according to new report.

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HPE debuts 'world's most secure servers' and new compute experience at Discover

Tech Republic Data Center

At the HPE Discover conference in Las Vegas, HPE unveiled its new Gen 10 ProLiant servers and a new compute experience for enterprise IT.

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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.

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AI Revolution in Contrast with ML - The Major Difference

IT Toolbox

The post looks at bit at AI.

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Dealing with NIST's about-face on password complexity

Network World

In the last few years, we've been seeing some significant changes in the suggestions that security experts are making for password security. While previous guidance increasingly pushed complexity in terms of password length, the mix of characters used, controls over password reuse, and forced periodic changes, specialists have been questioning whether making passwords complex wasn't actually working against security concerns rather than promoting them.

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HPE updates OneView with new automation features and DevOps integrations

Tech Republic Data Center

At HPE Discover 2017 in Las Vegas, HPE announced updates to its OneView software-defined intelligence product that aim to improve its usefulness in DevOps environments and more.

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Dealing with NIST's about-face on password complexity

Network World

NIST's new guidelines for password complexity have reversed many of rules on what defines a good password

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.