Mon.Mar 06, 2017

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AI's emerging role in IoT highlighted at IBM Genius of Things event

Forrester IT

Photo: Bergman Group. IBM hosted an artificial intelligent (AI) event at its Munich Watson IoT HQ, where it underlined its claim as a leading global AI and internet-of-things (IoT) platform providers in the enterprise context. AI and the IoT are both very important topics for enterprise users. However, there remains some uncertainty among enterprises regarding the exact benefits that both AI and IoT can generate and how businesses should prepare for the deployment of AI and IoT in their organiza

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More than a million Gmail and Yahoo account credentials on sale

Computer Weekly

Usernames, email addresses and plaintext passwords of more than a million Yahoo and Gmail accounts are reportedly on sale on the dark web, posing a threat to corporate security

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Text And Geospatial Analytics Bring Growth And Innovation To Business Intelligence And Analytics Tools

Forrester IT

We recently published an updated version of our Forrester Data: Business Intelligence And Analytics Software Forecast, 2016 To 2021 (Global). What's new? We added two new forecast categories: text analytics and geospatial analytics. ■ Text analytics makes sense of unstructured data. Unstructured data, such as tweets, call center logs, and social media comments, provide an increasingly important view into consumer sentiment and trends today.

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How Linux Conquered the Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

Linux’s ubiquity in the data center wasn’t by design. It was the effect of a powerful and unpredictable undercurrent. Read More.

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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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IBM readies quantum as a service

Computer Weekly

A universal quantum computer, available through the cloud, offers the potential for researchers and enterprises to tackle computationally impossible problems

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What discipline should CIO master to drive transformation?

Social, Agile and Transformation

Several years ago, I was in a forum where a CIO I deeply respect admitted to me that the hardest thing for him to do on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis was manage his time. Time was his biggest issue? Not a demanding CEO? Not firefighting the latest operational issue? Not trying trying to get a team to align on priorities or technical strategy? We all have struggles managing our time and.

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Why Your Wi-Fi Router Will Be Obsolete in 2017

IT Toolbox

American households are adopting more and more smart devices that demand wireless access. According to a 2014 study published in Recode , more than 90 percent of U.S. households have three or more Internet-connected devices.

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European data protection law to give consumers more control

Computer Weekly

UK information commissioner calls on business to focus on data protection, not only to comply with the new data regulations, but also foster the digital economy and gain a competitive edge

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JPMorgan Marshals an Army of Developers to Automate Finance

Data Center Knowledge

New era of automation is now in overdrive as cheap computing power converges with fears of losing customers to startups. Read More.

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Thorough network upgrade underpins University of Law’s IT

Computer Weekly

Legal education specialist the University of Law has undertaken a multi-million pound future IT project to refresh its networks, Wi-Fi and datacentre infrastructures across multiple locations

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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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The Right Approach to Database Monitoring Can Eliminate Poor App Performance and Availability

Data Center Knowledge

Many components contribute to an app's performance, but the database is at the foundation of these technology stacks. When an app is functioning poorly, it is often due to problems at the database level that include: server stalls, bad query performance or poor latency. Read More.

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Cisco UK CEO sees chance to drive digital inclusion after Brexit

Computer Weekly

Cisco’s new UK and Ireland CEO Scot Gardner speaks to Computer Weekly about the supplier’s role in driving Britain’s industrial and digital strategies, supporting startups and skills, and the impact of Brexit

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Amazon Lambda: The smart person's guide

Tech Republic Cloud

This comprehensive guide covers Amazon Lambda, an on-demand serverless computing service. Learn how Amazon Lambda complements other AWS services, and how your business can use it.

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Staying Out Of the Cracks with CRM

IT Toolbox

Executing consistently is one of the most important parts of CRM. The hard fact is that most organizations don't do a good job of it. Surveys have shown that a third or more of the leads generated in the average company are never followed up on. Not surprisingly, the above-average companies do a much better job. It isn't just leads.

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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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AWS outage shows vulnerability of cloud DR

Computer Weekly

The recent outage at Amazon Web Services has highlighted the risks of using any public cloud for disaster recovery IT

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Leads, Opportunities and Sales with CRM

IT Toolbox

The sales cycle can be divided into several different steps. Since the potential customer needs different handling at each step, this only makes sense. The sales cycle can be divided into multiple steps in different ways and the steps are called by different names. One common distinction in the first couple of steps of the sales cycle are leads and opportunities.

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Nodeum to add S3 connectivity to LTFS-powered tape archive

Computer Weekly

Belgium-based Linux-plus-LTFS startup adds S3 capability to allow customers to add cloud as a tier and data portability between on and off-premises archiving

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Unified communications underpins master agent deal for VoIP supplier

IT Toolbox

VoIP Supply has entered into a master agent agreement with California-based PanTerra for the distribution of PanTerra’s unified cloud services. VoIP Supply has secured master agent authority to distribute PanTerra products through its CloudSpan marketplace. It has also been granted permission to authorize sub-agents for the re-sale of PanTerra unified cloud services.

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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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Build mobile experiences that drive engagement

Computer Weekly

Mobile experiences throw open the door to new opportunities for firms to win, serve and retain customers

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How to delight your customers with an incredible experience

IT Toolbox

The age of the customer is well underway. Ready access to information has shifted power back to the people and now businesses are only as successful as their last customer interaction. New information is always in circulation, shaping and re-shaping customer perception and experience on a constant basis.

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The UK’s digital success is all about people

Computer Weekly

Access to talent – both in the UK and internationally – is key to making the government's digital strategy a success

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Report: Hospital and Data Center REIT Carter Validus Looking for Buyers

Data Center Knowledge

Non-traded REIT may split data center assets from hospitals in two separate transactions, worth $3.5B total Read More.

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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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IT staff recruitment poses major challenge in UAE and wider region

Computer Weekly

Organisations in the Middle East must create competitive IT recruitment strategies if they are to attract the right people

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How to become a master cyber-sleuth

Tech Republic Security

Digital Guardian's cybersecurity chief explains how to spot intrusions and password dumping programs, locate dropper software, and block secret backdoors in your company's network.

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3D printing gets serious in the Netherlands

Computer Weekly

3D projects abound in the Netherlands, with the technology being applied to canal bridges, bicycles, ship components and buildings

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User Reviews of Leading Identity & Access Management Solutions

IT Toolbox

What Real Users Have to Say About the Leading Identity and Access Management Solutions. Just like TripAdvisor for hotels and Yelp for restaurants, product reviews have become the most sought after content by people researching and buying B2B enterprise tech solutions.

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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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PowerShell: Uninstall MSI by Application Name

Mick's IT Blog

Here is a function that will uninstall an MSI installed application by the name of the app. You do not need to input the entire name either. For instance, say you are uninstalling all previous versions of Adobe Reader. Adobe Reader is always labeled Adobe Reader X, Adobe Reader XI, and so forth. This script allows you to do this without having to find out every version that is installed throughout a network and then enter an uninstaller line for each version.

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ERP and BI Software - What's the Difference?

IT Toolbox

Businesses often confuse enterprise resource planning (ERP) software with business intelligence (BI) software, but these programs serve very different functions. Companies that learn the difference between these two applications will find the right tech solution to their business problems. Here are some of the benefits of both of these tools for small and medium-sized companies.

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Challenger bank Monzo knocked down by card processor outage

Computer Weekly

Bank’s customers unable to make transactions as third-party card processor systems go offline

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New IT Partnerships: How They Impact Today's Cutting-Edge Technologies

IT Toolbox

Technology has indeed brought the business communities of the world closer together, as domestic and international mergers have increasingly become a normal -- and economically beneficial -- part of today's corporate culture. In the same way, today's cutting-edge technologies are being further advanced by impending IT partnerships around the globe.

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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.