Fri.Jan 18, 2019

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Gillette’s Biggest Mistake — And How To Fix It

Forrester IT

This video gives a 2 minute summary of the biggest mistake Gillette has made with the “We Believe” campaign, and what the brand can do now to fix it. If you want more comprehensive guidance on how to manage a crisis, read the report I wrote with my colleague, Emily Collins: Brands Forget The Rules of Modern Marketing When Crisis […].

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Windows 10 Version Numbers & Build Numbers

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. In this post, I will try to keep the Windows 10 version Numbers and Windows 10 build numbers. There was many issues about Windows 10 upgrades and quality of upgrades. There are less number of hotfixes released in the latest versions of Windows 10. So Windows 10 quality is getting stabilized with new versions.

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My Top NRF 2019 Takeaways (AKA, News Vs. Nonsense)

Forrester IT

I say this as both an analyst and a recovering retail professional: NRF is like drinking Red Bull. from a 50′ beer bong. for three days straight. on Jupiter.

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Foto Friday - Rocky Mountain National Park

Eric D. Brown

Late last year I had the opportunity to spend a week in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP).  Strangely, I’d never actually been to RMNP although I’ve been just about everywhere else around RMNP. The trip was part of a trip to nearby Denver for a conference so I didn’t get as much time to spend in the park and surrounding areas as I’d wanted to, but I did spend every morning in the park for sunrise – and loved every second that I had there.

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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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NRF 2019: It’s A Visionary Retail Revival

Forrester IT

NRF 2019 attracted more than 800 exhibitors that demonstrated to more than 37,000 attendees. If last year’s theme was (Alexa’s) voice, this year’s show was all about computer vision driving: Frictionless retail.

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How Retail is Advancing AI, IoT

Information Week

Combining computer vision, IoT, and AI creates a system that delivers more value than those three technologies in isolation, as the retail industry is highlighting.

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Foto Friday – Rocky Mountain National Park

Eric D. Brown

Late last year I had the opportunity to spend a week in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP). Strangely, I’d never actually been to RMNP although I’ve been just about everywhere else around RMNP. The trip was part of a trip to nearby Denver for a conference so I didn’t get as much time to spend in the park and surrounding areas as I’d wanted to, but I did spend every morning in the park for sunrise – and loved every second that I had there.

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The Watershed Of Digital-First Consumer Behavior

Forrester IT

Zoom back ten or even five years ago and consumers would tell Forrester: Yes, I use digital channels, but more often than not I discover, research or purchase a product offline. You saw that product on TV, or when looking at a supermarket shelf, or talking to a friend.

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Get 3 Years of NordVPN Service for Just $2.99 Per Month - Deal Alert

Network World

NordVPN promises a private and fast path through the public internet, with no logs, unmetered access for 6 simultaneous devices and access to 5,232 servers worldwide. They are currently running a promotion, but you'll have to use this link to find it. Its typical price has been discounted for 3 years of service -- a good deal at just $2.99 per month.

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The Future Of Enterprise Computing: It’s Time To Develop A Long-Term Vision Of Devices And Apps

Forrester IT

Computing has changed drastically over the past decade. In our report, “The Future Of Enterprise Computing,” we discuss these major changes and examine how computing will evolve in the next 5-10 years. In 2007, Forrester predicted that the device market would fragment beyond its traditional desktop and laptop confines. Not only did that prediction come […].

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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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The New Book “Quality Master” Quote Collection I

Future of CIO

This book “ Quality Master: The World Class Insight about Quality ” is not about discussing specific quality standards or techniques well adopted in different industries, but for sharing some insight on how to understand the multitude of quality attributes from different perspectives, recognize quality champions to inspire quality culture, set digital principles and develop the best and next digital quality management practices.

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Gillette’s Path Forward With “We Believe”: Own The Controversy

Forrester IT

In Part 1 of this post, I criticized Gillette for its statement, “We weren’t trying to court controversy. We were just trying to upgrade the selling line that we’ve held for 30 years,” as lacking conviction in the values it claimed that the campaign represented. My first piece of advice was: If you aren’t authentic […].

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Divergent Thinking and Creativity

Future of CIO

Creativity is an innate ability to create novel ideas, divergent thinking is a thought process to generate many ideas and explore many possible solutions. Creativity is both innate and a skill. Developing creativity requires both self-awareness and internal motivation, divergent and convergent thought processes. Creativity is a response to a stimulus and that individuals will manifest different thought processes and behavioral responses to that stimulus depending on their individual cognition an

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Luxury Retail 2018: What A Difference A Year Can Make

Forrester IT

Luxury brands have gone from relative inertia over digital strategies to a flurry of activity, including technology upgrades, partnerships, and even acquisitions. Back in the summer of 2017, we warned that luxury brands were out of time when it came to improving their digital customer experiences and internal operations. Digitally mature and savvy luxury consumers […].

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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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Running IT as "Digital Simplifier"

Future of CIO

IT continues to grow in importance to organizations, both operationally and as a competitive advantage. The business complexity has increased exponentially due to “VUCA” characteristics. By nature, technology is complex, and the information is overloading. However, the purpose and advancement of IT are not to complicate things, on the opposite, “Keep it Simple” is one of the important principles to run digital IT.

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A 21st-Century Refresh Revitalizes Sales Performance Management Solutions

Forrester IT

Gold-Standard Products Get Updated For The 21st Century What’s old is new again. Corduroy, fanny packs, and overalls are all the rage. Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and Jumanji are at the top of the box office. Is it 1995 or 2018?

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Nutanix Files Delivers End-User Computing Without Compromise

Nutanix

Enterprises turn to end-user computing, and VDI in particular, to secure an array of benefits, including lower administrative overhead, increased employee productivity, and costs savings.

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Keep Experimenting To Apply The Best Digital Technology For Your Store Environment

Forrester IT

Retailers are slowly moving beyond omnichannel fulfillment capabilities in stores to invest in digital store technologies that empower store associates, improve customers’ engagement, and enhance store operations. There is no single formula for great execution on digital store technologies, and the varied performance of the retailers assessed shows that many are still figuring out the […].

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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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Top 10 Cloud Security Trends for 2019

Nutanix

By aligning the right providers with your desired business outcomes, cloud computing can be a fantastic driver of business growth and end-user satisfaction.

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Top 10 IT Recruiters to follow on Social Media in 2019

Hacker Earth

As we move to the new year 2019, your organization must have started working towards sourcing and recruiting. At the same time, a large pool of job seekers starts preparing for the upcoming appraisal season wherein they can finally make their move towards a dream job. Amidst all of this, it’s important for you as a recruiter to keep yourself updated with mega trends and changes in the industry in your quest to win over the best talent for your organization.

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Top 10 IT Recruiters to follow on Social Media in 2019

Hacker Earth

As we move to the new year 2019, your organization must have started working towards sourcing and recruiting. At the same time, a large pool of job seekers starts preparing for the upcoming appraisal season wherein they can finally make their move towards a dream job. Amidst all of this, it’s important for you as a recruiter to keep yourself updated with mega trends and changes in the industry in your quest to win over the best talent for your organization.

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