Mon.Jan 23, 2017

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NRF 2017 highlights the need for operations to support customer experience

Forrester IT

This is the first National Retail Federation Expo I've attended, and I must say it exceeded all of my expectations and reshaped my view of retail. Over three days in New York, I met with more than 30 vendors and had many wonderful discussions about the changes revolutionizing store operations, hardware and software developments, front-end and back-end integration, and retail analytics.

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Lululemon turns to digital transformation to support consumer community

Computer Weekly

Athletic apparel retailer’s executive vice-president of digital explains how the brand has used digital transformation to support its core value of a community ecosystem

Apparel 169
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HPE Acquires Simplivity – Strong Tactical Move with Strategic Ramifications for the HCI Landscape

Forrester IT

Rumors had been flying for some time about SimpliVity needing additional funding, and that HPE had made an offer that was unacceptably low at $650 Million. Clearly, these were more than casually well-informed rumors, since HPE announced on January 17 that it would be acquiring SimpliVity for $650 Million in cash. Was this a fair price? That is hard to say.

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No silver bullet for business IoT security

Computer Weekly

Good application design, adapting existing IT security and adopting some new ideas can protect firms from IoT threats

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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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Cloud Integration: Oracle Eloqua Marketing Cloud Service REST API 1.0 Data Integration

IT Toolbox

In this article, we will identify how Magic xpi Integration Platform can access the Data Integration related REST APIs from the Oracle Cloud Marketing Service to extend the functionality of the product and perform high volume data transfers.

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Lloyds Bank hit by massive DDoS attack

Computer Weekly

It has emerged that UK banks have been targeted by a DDoS campaign that affected services intermittently only at the Lloyds Banking Group

Banking 158

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Government industrial strategy proposes £170m investment in tech institutes to boost Stem skills

Computer Weekly

The Prime Minister has claimed technology training and skills will be one of the key areas the government will focus on in its bid to boost the economy post-Brexit

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Cooling Systems for High Power Density Data Centers

Data Center Knowledge

Density can also be measured by the amount of energy consumed per square foot, which is why many high power density data centers are built up rather than out. Read More.

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Government reaffirms broadband funding in Industrial Strategy plan

Computer Weekly

The government reaffirms previous commitments to further funding of rural broadband roll-out and 5G mobile networking in its post-Brexit industrial strategy plan

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SQL -- To Tune or Not To Tune

IT Toolbox

Database administrators tend to think of SQL tuning as necessary, important, even critical. The reality is that the savings realized by tuning SQL, usually manifested in saved CPU time and decreases in elapsed times, may offset the costs incurred in time and resources. Ask yourself this question: How long have DBAs been doing SQL tuning?

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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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Singapore and Indonesia stand out for IT spend in Apac banking sector

Computer Weekly

Singapore is the top spender on IT for banking of all developed economies in the Apac region, while Indonesia has the fastest growth rate in IT spending

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JLL: Expect the Dallas Data Center Market to Have a “Chicago Year” in 2017

Data Center Knowledge

DFW wholesale data center market should regain momentum in 2017 because of pent-up cloud and Fortune 1000 enterprise demand Read More.

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Schroders staff to complete daily tasks on mobile devices

Computer Weekly

The asset management company wants to make it easier for its staff to complete everyday tasks by linking mobile devices to enterprise systems

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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of ERP

IT Toolbox

Artificial intelligence is finding its way into many applications, and enterprise resource planning solutions are next on the list. The ERP sits at the heart of your organization. It influences how your employees perform their daily tasks, provides functionality for everything from accounting to HR and automates many processes in the background.

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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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Saudi Arabian bank enables customers to print their own debit cards

Computer Weekly

Fingerprint scan at self-service units will authorise Al Rajhi Bank customers to print debit cards, statements and other documentation

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Deceptive networking lures hackers with decoy data

Tech Republic Security

Deception technology, derived from military and intelligence agencies, is a method of planting decoy endpoints to confuse and slow down attackers. Then you can turn the tables in your favor.

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How to back up photos and videos from an SD card on your Chromebook

Tech Republic Cloud

If you do a lot of photo work and need to easily sync images and videos to your Google Drive account via your Chromebook, check out this tutorial.

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AI and Its Role in Video and Image Manipulation

IT Toolbox

There are countless videos and images on the Net, with each one serving a different kind of purpose. Some types of videos are used as evidence for legal proceedings, while pictures may be used to document a key event.

Video 100
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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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IDG Contributor Network: Public vs. private cloud: Why the public cloud is a real threat to security

Network World

The debate on public versus private cloud is a fierce one with advocates on both sides. Security experts, however, consistently fall in the pro-private camp. As a compliance and security expert, I have to agree. First, let’s be clear on the definitions. The public cloud is available to the public—in a free or pay-per-use capacity—and is accessible via the web.

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Phone Cases are Keeping Smartphones Safer and Smarter

IT Toolbox

There are plenty of covers that can make sure your phone survives a chainsaw, but it doesn’t stop there. New cases have been unveiled that are almost smarter than the phone itself. So why stop with your Doctor Who design if you could have a case that sees into the stars itself?

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Why Cyborg Essentials should be your penetration testing platform

Tech Republic Security

Penetration testing is essential for knowing where your network and systems are weak. Jack Wallen says the right tool for that task is the Debian-based Cyborg Essentials.

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Career Craft: From Bad to Worse

IT Toolbox

This post is the final installment in Chapter 1 of the Career Craft story. To see the entire series, click here. James got back from lunch early. He had hurried so he could grab some spare moments at his desk to work on getting the team in shape.

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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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Singapore bank offers online chat banking

Computer Weekly

POSB launches automated customer service platform that understands spoken language

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SDx Summit London UK (Planning and Enabling Your Journey to Software Defined) - BD2017

IT Toolbox

Will 2017 be there year of all software-defined X (e.g. SDx) where X can be everything from data centers (SDDC), data infrastructures (SDDI), infrastructure (SDI), storage (SDS), network (SDN) or marketing (SDM) among others?

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How to set up two-factor authentication on your Microsoft account

Tech Republic Security

If you use a Microsoft account for work, school, or for Xbox Live this extra layer of security is a must-have. Added bonus: It's super simple to activate.

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Field Status Groups and No Batch Input Data messages

IT Toolbox

A common result of not handling FSG's in your recording scripts, is that you receive a NO BATCH INPUT message - a basic understanding of field status groups explains this but in the end you may want to use BAPI's

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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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Hardware Import Tariffs Could Change Microsoft Data Center Plans in UK

Data Center Knowledge

Upcoming trade-deal renegotiation by UK and by US carries heavy implications for cloud providers Read More.

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ASUG members share their expectations for S/4HANA in 2017

IT Toolbox

Key insights from the ASUG SAP S/4HANA survey reveal current and expected customer adoption, deployment preferences, migration scenarios, business drivers and more.

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Microsoft's Brexit warning: We could halt UK datacenter expansion if tariffs are too high

Tech Republic Data Center

Redmond sets out its reaction to Brexit, including its hope that the UK will relax rules on letting skilled foreign workers into the UK from outside of Europe.

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Data Infrastructure Primer and Overview (Its Whats Inside The Data Center) - BD2017

IT Toolbox

Data Infrastructures exists to support business, cloud and information technology (IT) among other applications that transform data into information or services.

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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.