Mon.Mar 11, 2019

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Atoms Get Their Revenge At The Intelligent Edge

Forrester IT

My colleagues J.P. Gownder, Craig Le Clair, and I just published the results of a year-long study to answer the question “What happens when digital business systems and physical-world processes come together?” The answer: Atoms get their revenge. By that we mean that so much of our attention has been focused on digital business over […].

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Blockchain vs. a database: What’s the difference?

CTOvision

Blockchain distributed ledger technology (DLT) has been touted as the answer for just about every transactional issue facing the world today – from payment processing and supply chain tracking to digital identities and copyright protection. Databases, however, have been serving those same use cases for decades. They record how much money is in a bank account, […].

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“Alexa, Did Any Of My Clients Add Cash Last Week?”

Forrester IT

Mobile technologies, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics at firms such as Amazon, Netflix, and Pandora anticipate customer needs and improve customers’ daily lives. These firms are setting new standards for personalized experiences, creating the expectation that any information, product, or service will be available in context in their moment of need to manage their personal […].

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Consistent infrastructure: The secret superpower of the hybrid cloud

CTOvision

There is a good reason that experts cite the hybrid cloud as the preferred strategy for enterprise cloud adoption: Most organizations can benefit from the security and control of a dedicated private cloud combined with the scalability and reliability of the public cloud. But one common pitfall that many organizations fail to consider when adopting […].

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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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FORRward: A Weekly Read For Tech And Marketing Execs

Forrester IT

There Is A Tech Talent Gap. No Wait, There Isn’t Tech talent continues to be one of the most common debates in the industry today. Conventional wisdom says that there is a critical imbalance in supply/demand, and data showing that there could be more than 1 million computer programming jobs unfilled by […].

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Why You Should Adopt the Internet of Things

CTOvision

Read why Charles Dearing says that everybody should adopt Internet of Things connected devices with open arms on IoT Evolution World : You approach your front door, you tap the screen of your smartphone and hear the door unlock. When you walk into your house, your home is illuminated by your favorite shade of blue. Your […].

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3 sectors 5G innovations will hit first

CTOvision

5G is here. There are working 5G chipsets, modems and now devices. It’s going to be the next paradigm shift for technology and the way we live our lives. The economic and societal benefits will enable a revolutionary level of service, with connectivity that will create entirely new business models, increase productivity and allow new […].

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Speed up Windows 10 Upgrade Process – Task Sequence Vs. Servicing

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. IT is focusing on different ways to speed up Windows 10 upgrade process. As we all know installation time is a critical parameter in the Windows 10 feature upgrade process. Hopefully, you will learn an easy way to speed up Windows 10 upgrade process from this post. NOTE!

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Why it is impossible to run a business without Google and Facebook

CTOvision

Read Alistair Barr and Gerrit De Vynck’s article about businesses find it hard to operate without exposure to Google and Facebook on Live Mint : Google controls many of the ways businesses access customers online in the US, making it almost impossible to run a company without buying advertising from the internet giant. As politicians increase scrutiny of […].

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Scaling agile? Five important considerations to get it right

Social, Agile and Transformation

Agile is not a cookie cutter framework or set of practices. I’ve been a part of large number of agile organizations some as CTO, some as CIO, and now as President of StarCIO. Although I’ve reapplied similar agile practices across multiple organizations and teams, none were implemented the exact same way. Agile can’t be baked into a one size fits most framework.

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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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Software-defined perimeter brings trusted access to multi-cloud applications, network resources

Network World

Many companies today have a hybrid approach to their networking and IT infrastructure. Some elements remain in an on-premise data center, while other portions have gone to the cloud and even to multi-cloud. As a result, the network perimeter is permeable and elastic. This complicates access requirements at a time when it’s more important than ever to enable accessibility while preventing unauthorized access to applications and data.

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Customer Experience: A Company's Most Important Battleground

Information Week

Tthe last century way of doing customer experience is outdated. The emergence of new technologies calls for the adoption of new processes.

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Linux Academy Weekly Update 3-11-2019

Linux Academy

Hello everyone, this month we have a lot going on in our preparations for our April launches. Not only for upgrades and updates to our current platform, but also for course releases and items that we are testing. Let’s jump right into what we have going on. Cloud Playground and Cloud Sandbox Updates! Right now, Linux Academy is working hard to create two new sandboxes for you to play in.

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CIO Survey Shows Shifts in IT Leadership Role

Information Week

CIOs have made headway towards a more strategic position in the organization, but challenges remain on the road to digital.

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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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Getting Started with Docker Compose

Linux Academy

Bridging the gap from Docker to something like Kubernetes can be daunting — and it might not actually be necessary for you, depending on your use case. If you want to be able to have a repeatable process for creating and orchestrating a small number of containers, then Docker Compose could be perfect for you. Before following along, be sure to install Docker Compose.

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How Productivity Software Reduces Collaboration Overload

Information Week

Beware of collaboration overload. The last thing any business leader wants is a team that is exhausted by unnecessary emails and meetings.

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Introducing The Community Edition Content Filter

Linux Academy

One of Linux Academy’s core values is to provide training to the community. Some of the ways we do this are through our 8 free podcast , our regular 300+ virtual study groups, and our Linux Academy Community Edition accounts. Community Edition accounts are LinuxAcademy.com membership accounts that are free and do not require billing information to get started.

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Running IT as a Busines Partner with Transparency

Future of CIO

Nowadays, IT needs to work both in the business and on the business. IT transformation means rationalizing current IT department and planning to partner with the business to provide tailored services and solutions in new ways. The CIO's leadership penetration is about the depth of IT expertise and the breadth of enterprise knowledge upon understanding business as a whole.

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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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Backups | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

How many of you have ever needed to recover something from backups? I’m sure most of us have, and we were grateful when our data was successfully restored. Have you ever been disappointed when something wasn’t able to be restored? I’m sure some of you have felt that pain — it’s not fun. Imagine, if you will, your organization is hit with ransomware, and your primary application is crippled.

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Deliver Data Management Availability For Multi Cloud Environments Webinar

Storage IO Blog

Deliver Data Management Availability For Multi Cloud Environments Webinar Join me on Thursday March 14th 11AM PT when I host a webinar with topic Deliver Data Management Availability For Multi Cloud Environments. This is free webinar (will also be available for replay) sponsored by Veeam, produced by Redmond Magazine where I will be joined by […].

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Five Building Blocks of the Boardroom Competency

Future of CIO

Due to the “VUCA” characteristics - complexity, uncertainty, ambiguity, and velocity of the digital era, the directorship in any organization must have abilities for adapting to changes, being able to advise, inspire and motivate a group of people toward accomplishing shared visions and goals. The fundamental dimensions of the corporate board’s responsibilities include, but not limited to strategy oversight, policy-making, performance monitoring, and executive advising.