Mon.May 06, 2019

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Use-Case Selection Will Make Or Break Your AI Strategy in Healthcare

Forrester IT

The use of AI in healthcare has moved beyond just science fiction to actual practical applications of the technology in various pockets of the healthcare ecosystem. In fact, in just the last year, nearly one half of healthcare organizations (HCOs) reported that they were implementing or expanding their plans to use artificial intelligence. Over the […].

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Why blockchain (might be) coming to an IoT implementation near you

CTOvision

Read why Jon Gold says that there is a small but growing overlap between the internet of things and blockchain on Network World : Companies have found that IoT partners well with a host of other popular enterprise computing technologies, and blockchain – the system of distributed trust underpinning cryptocurrencies – is no exception. Yet […].

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Forrester’s 2019 CIO Predictions Redux: Innovation And Adaptiveness Accelerate

Forrester IT

They say the best thing about being an economist is making your next prediction and not telling people why your last prediction may have been wrong. Well, we aren’t economists, so we are going to revisit Forrester’s 2019 CIO predictions to see if they have come to fruition. Let’s review. Things We Feel Really Good […].

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The Internet of Things Will Fundamentally Change eCommerce

CTOvision

Read Kyle Kucharski explain how the Internet of Things adoption could change the way eCommerce sites as Amazon etc operate on PC Mag : The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way consumers shop online, and businesses are scrambling to figure out how to use consumers’ 24/7 interconnectivity to their advantage. According to data compiled […].

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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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Voice Technology Is The Key To Faster Smart Home Adoption

Forrester IT

Smart speakers continue to sell like hotcakes and create ripples of excitement among smart home enthusiasts. This is not only good news for smart speaker manufacturers but also for manufacturers of other smart home categories, because owners for smart speakers are more likely to purchase other smart home devices such as smart thermostats and locks. […].

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What to expect at Microsoft Build 2019: AI, Azure, and more

CTOvision

Microsoft’s Build developer conference returns to Seattle, rather than in San Francisco, for the third year in a row next week. Build 2019 is scheduled from May 6 to May 8, 2019 (full agenda). Build 2019 will be live-streamed, and VentureBeat will be on site covering the news live. Instead of a keynote the first […].

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Thoughts On Blockchain Enterprise Adoption, With Founder Of Two Top-100 Projects

CTOvision

It’s been a relatively difficult year for blockchain (and its public opinion), and all eyes are set on the very near future. Could it scale while remaining secure? Will corporate companies finally adopt it, not to mention end users? What keeps it the long term “plan” from happening? I sat down with Jack Lu, Founder of Wanchain […].

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CVS Agency Decision Signals A New Era In Partner Strategies: Values Vetting

Forrester IT

CVS Takes The Next Step To Align Its Operations And Values After pulling tobacco from its shelves in 2014, last week retailer CVS Health announced that it would not work with agencies who have tobacco or e-cigarette clients. Both decisions stem from the retailer’s desire to align operations with values. The effort is part of […].

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Apple to Reveal New Home-Grown Apps, Software Features at WWDC

CTOvision

Apple Inc. is planning to unleash a slew of new apps, features and development tools at its annual software conference next month. To improve its devices and strengthen its connection to customers, the consumer technology giant will continue to walk a fine line between wooing outside app makers while also competing against them. The Worldwide Developers […].

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A Former Strategic IT Vendor Is Returning To CIO Value — VMware

Forrester IT

The company that drove server disruption with it’s 1990s virtualization solution, saw its value disrupted by cloud computing in the 2000s. It then struggled for years to extend its value to cloud effectively. In 2016 if finally embraced public cloud as the reality for enterprise digital transformation advancement but went AWS only. And it took […].

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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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I Thought I Had Seen Some Crazy Things In The Intelligence Community, But Nothing Like Nuking The Moon

CTOvision

I love a good history book. And love reading insider info on the mysteries of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Which means I have been looking forward to Vince Houghton’s “Nuking The Moon” for quite a while. Vince is a special kind of historian, a person who not only looks for facts and meaning, but is […].

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Introducing The Forrester Wave™: Content Marketing Platforms For B2C Marketers, Q2 2019

Forrester IT

“The Forrester Wave™: Content Marketing Platforms for B2C Marketers, Q2 2019” is live! In this year’s 30-criteria evaluation, we assessed and scored the nine most significant vendors: Bloomreach, Contently, NewsCred, Opal, Percolate, ScribbleLive, Sitecore, Skyword, and Sprinklr. We looked at their current offering, their strategy, and current market presence.

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Why Tech Sales Professionals Should Read Driving Digital

Social, Agile and Transformation

Being a SaaS or enterprise technology sales professional isn't easy. It's hard to get meetings. It's hard to understand the industry, business challenges, the full breadth of technology capabilities of the products or services being sold, and the competitive landscape. It's hard developing meaningful relationships with technology and digital executives.

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The Insights Beat: Spring Into Action With Your Insights

Forrester IT

(Aldila Yunus and Jeremy Vale contributed to this blog post.) It’s official: spring has sprung. The barren trees show signs of vitality and fresh blossoms fill the air with their entrancing aromas once more. Dynamic shifts in our environs abound. Finally we can shake off the winter blues and welcome the optimism that comes with […].

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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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FlexDeploy Loves APEX : Deploy individual application pages

Flexagon

Oracle Application Express (APEX) is a popular application development tool and is also used to develop custom extensions for Oracle E-Business Suite. FlexDeploy is a DevOps platform for Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Release Automation which supports Oracle APEX out of the box. FlexDeploy strives to eliminate scripting requirements and provide in-depth support for many open.

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Transforming to a Customer-Centric Workforce

Information Week

Some CIOs and other leaders might think that becoming customer-focused isn't as vital as other preparations for the future such as technology investments. It is.

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Worst Naming Practices: How a Poor Name Can Hurt Your Business

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Worst Naming Practices: How a Poor Name Can Hurt Your Business - Information Technology Blog. A brand name is very important because the name establishes the tone for how all of your future branding exploits will go. It needs to connect your business and your target demographic, while also describing who you are as a new business and the mission and values you want to represent.

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5 Ways Edge Tech is Transforming Travel and Transportation

Information Week

If you are wondering about the role of edge technologies, consider how they help companies and individuals in the travel and transportation sectors.

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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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4 Computer Advancements to Expect in 2020

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - 4 Computer Advancements to Expect in 2020 - Information Technology Blog. Computer technology is evolving rapidly, bringing faster and more efficient computing power, better equipment integration and improved user interfaces. Touchscreen computers have become common, we can use a network of devices in our homes to communicate, and we can share data in different ways to simplify complex processes.

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IT Organizations at Crossroads on Digital Transformation

Information Week

A Hackett Group survey suggests many IT leaders are uncertain about how to improve their ability to address evolving business requirements.

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Questions To Ask An SEO Agency Before Hiring

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Questions To Ask An SEO Agency Before Hiring - Information Technology Blog. Your business will never thrive and grow unless it has a strong online presence. More and more people are now heavily dependent on the internet for their buying decisions, so if they see a certain brand having positive reviews online, they’ll likely patronize it.

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10 Prime Industries for AI Applications

Information Week

Artificial intelligence is already transforming several key markets -- and use of the technology is rapidly expanding.

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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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Self-Sovereign Identity at IIW: We Have Liftoff

Phil Windley

Last week was the 28th semi-annual Internet Identity Workshop (IIW). There were 129 session conducted by people from all over the world and about many different aspects of identity. There were technical discussions, standards works, policy debates, and lots of demonstrations. I'll post a link to the Book of Proceedings when it's available so you can read about them yourself. 1.

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Weekly Update 5-6-2019

Linux Academy

? Last week was all about Kubernetes, and this week is all about Azure. We are delivering five new courses to help you get ready for three different Azure exams and providing you information over multiple Azure services. We are also excited to announce Linux Academy’s next live study group, Command Line Threat Hunting. Come join this live, interactive study group with your fellow students.

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AI in Your World

Information Week

Looking at AI adoption in the enterprise

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Weekly Update 5-6-2019

Linux Academy

? Last week was all about Kubernetes, and this week is all about Azure. We are delivering five new courses to help you get ready for three different Azure exams and providing you information over multiple Azure services. We are also excited to announce Linux Academy’s next live study group, Command Line Threat Hunting. Come join this live, interactive study group with your fellow students.

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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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Trending the Digital Path via Bold Experimentation

Future of CIO

The emergence of potential opportunities for exploring digital is likely to follow a nonlinear pattern with the faster speed and pervasiveness of information technology. Going digital is about discovering the unique path to take the adventure for reaching a well-defined vision by exploring the new possibilities, experimenting with better ways to do things, refining information into business insight, and developing the unique business competency.

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May Intro | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

Can you believe it’s already May? Spring is here, flowers are in bloom, and the grill is fired up. I really enjoy springtime. It’s a revitalizing time of year and it’s a great time to reflect on what we’ve accomplished so far this year. In the past few weeks, we’ve discussed patch management and using vulnerability scanning to see what vulnerabilities are in your infrastructure, and then we dove into the importance of data backups , as well as passwords and policies

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The Best “Interdisciplinarity” Quotes of “Digital Master” May 2019

Future of CIO

" Digital Master ” is the series of guidebooks (27+ 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, advises 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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“With prol?iferatio?n of digitized technologies, the public is becoming aware of data-collecting sensors & it’s concerns” ?

Dataconomy

How to implement an anonymous data collection scheme that allows the manufacturer to anonymously collect data from its end devices without knowing exactly which device it came from? Yes, this is one of the challenges for the second Blockchain Hackathon (part of LongHash Cryptocon Vol2) in Berlin on May 18-19. The post “With prol?iferatio?n of digitized technologies, the public is becoming aware of data-collecting sensors & it’s concerns” ?

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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.