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McDonald’s creative shift is a blow to the future of creativity

Forrester IT

Yes, W+K produces the industry’s most iconic work. Yes, McDonald’s appointing W+KNY lead creative agency is a major accolade. And, yes, its a blow to the future of creativity. The prevailing point of view is McDonalds USA’s selection of W+KNY as its lead creative agency is an affirmation of creativity and a referendum […].

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The History Making Quantum Computing News We Have Been Anticipating Was Just Announced

CTOvision

Months ago we began to formulate an assessment that a history-making announcement in quantum computing was about to be made. For years the big players in quantum research, including IBM, Microsoft and Google, have been pursuing different methods of using quantum effects to do new calculations. Google had even made announcements indicating they thought they […].

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Virtual banks in Hong Kong set to rekindle the retail banking experience

Forrester IT

(Co-authored with Nancy Lin, Senior Associate) The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) recently announced 8 new virtual banking licenses in the market and their operators will all launch new digital-only banks there before or in early 2020. Here is what we think is happening: The regulator’s objective is clear: disrupting traditional banking and improving digital […].

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Customer Service is made up of the small things

Eric D. Brown

I recently had a customer service interaction with a SaaS service provider that left me wanting. With this provider, we had an issue that was effecting our ability to use their programming API to provide services to our clients at SentimenTrader. The issue wasn’t one that caused us any real heartburn and wasn’t a mission critical application, but this API failing caused a little bit of embarrassment (at least to me personally) because we couldn’t deliver the best service we

Software 130
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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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Governments still struggling to contend with weaponized social media platforms

Tech Republic Security

A report from a former NSA operative says countries across the world are still adjusting to the new reality of sophisticated cyberwarfare.

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Customer Service is made up of the small things

Eric D. Brown

I recently had a customer service interaction with a SaaS service provider that left me wanting. With this provider, we had an issue that was effecting our ability to use their programming API to provide services to our clients at SentimenTrader. The issue wasn’t one that caused us any real heartburn and wasn’t a mission critical application, but this API failing caused a little bit of embarrassment (at least to me personally) because we couldn’t deliver the best service we cou

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How to install Jenkins on Ubuntu Server 18.04

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Looking for a tool to enable continuous integration and delivery of your application? Give Jenkins a try.

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How to avoid the dreaded Video4Linux flaw in Android

Tech Republic Security

With Google dragging its feet on the fix for Video4Linux, you might consider revoking camera permissions for certain apps.

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The Biggest Opportunities in Tech Careers Today

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - The Biggest Opportunities in Tech Careers Today - Information Technology Blog. There is no secret that the way we use information and technology has changed the way the world works. That means it needs to factor into the decisions you make concerning the way you work in it. Ignore it at your own peril. With good reasons, careers in technology have risen to unprecedented levels and they will only continue to grow.

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How a Digital Talent Strategy Ensures Tech Staffing Success

Information Week

Are you looking at the big picture? Today's enterprise organizations must align their digital talent strategy through a lens of recruitment and retention.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Last Minute Gift Ideas For The Lazy Buyer

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Information Technology Blog - - Last Minute Gift Ideas For The Lazy Buyer - Information Technology Blog. For some people, buying gifts is just not the least bit appealing. These people tend to leave it to the last minute and end up buying something either underwhelming or just completely wrong. If you’re the type of person that struggles for gift ideas but don’t like spending much time researching, this list is perfect for you.

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Q&A: Google Cloud's Lin Talks Next Phase of Anthos

Information Week

Google offers a look at some additional features being introduced to Anthos and where it fits in cloud transformation.

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How to add Github support to Jenkins

Tech Republic Cloud

Add your Github repository to the powerful Jenkins automation platform.

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How to create a new build job in Jenkins

Tech Republic Data Center

With Jenkins set as your CI/CD automation tool, you'll want to know how to create a new build job for a project.

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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 add Github support to Jenkins

Tech Republic Cloud

Add your Github repository to the powerful Jenkins automation platform.

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How to create a new build job in Jenkins

Tech Republic Data Center

With Jenkins set as your CI/CD automation tool, you'll want to know how to create a new build job for a project.

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The Organizational Fragility Caused by Imbalance

Future of CIO

The black and white boundaries continue to diminish in the 21st century due to the occurrence of increased economic integration, hyperconnectivity and interdependence of digital organization. Ad hoc business change is doomed to fail. The digital transformation is radical change, with all sorts of ups and downs, bumps and curves. It brings both opportunities for business growth and risks as pitfalls.

Energy 45
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The Best “Outlier” Quotes of “Digital Master” Sep. 2019

Future of CIO

" Digital Master ” is a series of guidebooks (28 + books) to perceive the multi-faceted impact digital is making to the businesses and society, help forward-thinking organizations navigate through the journey in a systematic way, and avoid “rogue digital.” It perceives the emergent trends of digital leadership, provides advice on how to run a digital organization to unleash its full potential and improve agility, maturity, and provide insight about Change Management.

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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 Monthly “Performance Master’ Book Tuning:The Performance Management Framework & Approach Sep. 2019

Future of CIO

Corporate Performance Management is a management control from strategy to the shop floor. "If you can't measure, you can't manage," legendary management guru Peter Drucker once asserted. Managing performance means understanding results, setting metrics, fixing plans, and making decisions to ensure it happens. It takes multifaceted approaches from multidimensional perspectives to unlock digital performance and catalyze change.