Thu.Nov 15, 2018

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Data Protection Vendors Are Emerging From The Stone Age

Forrester IT

A little over a year and a half ago, I completed an evaluation of data resiliency vendors, published as “The Forrester Wave™: Data Resiliency Solutions, Q3 2017.” I gleaned many insights from the assessment process as I spoke with vendors about their offerings and road map and with end users about their successes and challenges.

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Please Spread The Word: Cybersecurity Scholarships From (ISC)² and the Center for Cyber Safety and Education

CTOvision

The following info comes via friends at isc2.org, please share this with any you believe eligible: Each year, (ISC)² and the Center for Cyber Safety and Education partner together to offer scholarships to students around the world. There are three categories of scholarships in this program: Graduate, Undergraduate and Women’s. All are open to students […].

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The Shifting Map Of US Tech Talent Offers New Opportunities For Talent-Hungry CIOs

Forrester IT

The US tech economy is starting to spread from major cities on the East and West Coasts to inland metro areas. This is great news for American cities, employers, and tech workers. Inland urban centers that were once considered flyover cities are now bustling with tech startups and incubators, as well as the tech workforces […].

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Assisted Intelligence vs. Augmented Intelligence

CTOvision

In the conversation around the application and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive technologies, two recurring types of solutions usually come up: AI solutions meant to work in conjunction with people to help them accomplish their tasks better, and AI solutions meant to function entirely independent of human intervention. In Cognilytica’s nomenclature, we’ve usually […].

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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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A Tantalizing Sequel to Web CMS is Coming Soon

Forrester IT

After months of research, I am excited to publish our evaluation of the Web CMS market (Forecast, NowTech, and Wave). Thank you to all the folks who worked so hard to make this happen! I firmly believe enterprise customers need these solutions to be their partner and platform to build, deliver, and optimize amazing experiences on channels like web and mobile.

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The perils of using voice commands with IoT machines

Network World

Earlier this week, German carmaker Volkswagen announced an upgrade to its VW Car-Net mobile app that lets iPhone users control their Golfs and Jettas using Siri commands. Specifically, iPhone users on iOS 12 can say, “Hey, Siri” to lock and unlock the car, check estimated range remain, flash the warning lights, and toot the horn. You can also add Shortcuts to Siri with personalized phrases to start/stop charging, defrosting, and climate controls; set the temperature; and even ask, “Where is my c

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Download Malwarebytes Today and Protect Your Data for Free

Network World

Everyone lives on the internet, period. Whether you’re streaming a standup special on Netflix, answering emails from your boss, chatting on Tinder, or completing everyday errands like paying bills online, you’re likely spending most of your day tangled up in the world wide web. Unfortunately, that makes you a high-risk candidate for a cyber attack at some point along the way, be it through malware , phishing , or hacking.

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The Zero Trust X Wave – Truth

Forrester IT

We just wrapped up 5 months of in depth research focused in providing some clarity into what technologies from which vendors actually enable Zero Trust, not just talk about it. It didn’t take long to discern who among the vendor community really embraced the strategic benefits of Zero Trust, and who seemed to just want […].

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Why Mixed Reality is Messed Up, for Now

Information Week

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) were supposed to transform user experiences, but technologies have had false and soft starts in various industries. Here's why.

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Why Outsourcing Social Media Data Access is a Good Thing

Dataconomy

It’s no news that unstructured data has been a highly sought after source since its inception, first for determining public topical insights and now for training machine learning algorithms. The critical question to answer is whether you should outsource the collection to overcome business challenges or not? Mike Madarasz explains. The post Why Outsourcing Social Media Data Access is a Good Thing appeared first on Dataconomy.

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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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Decoding Programmers: How Emotions Can Change Code

Information Week

So, do you know which human emotions cause developers to commit more errors, or generate more code?

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Explore Blue Ocean and Shape Digital Organization

Future of CIO

We are living in a complex world where inventions, developments, and conflicts are continuously changing, that makes it impossible to have a complete knowledge and understanding of many issues facing the business today. The digital world today with “VUCA” new normal is just like the big sea, not always calm, but full of turbulence and unpredictability.

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Why Outsourcing Social Media Data Access is a Good Thing

Dataconomy

It’s no news that unstructured data has been a highly sought after source since its inception, first for determining public topical insights and now for training machine learning algorithms. The critical question to answer is whether you should outsource the collection to overcome business challenges or not? Mike Madarasz explains. The post Why Outsourcing Social Media Data Access is a Good Thing appeared first on Dataconomy.

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Does Positive Thinking Catalyze Creativity

Future of CIO

Creativity seems to have emerged with an instinct for survival, basic tools for hunting and gathering, the must-have skill for today’s digital professionals. There is a connection, with emotional equivalents, for surviving each day. Developing creativity requires internal motivation, self-awareness, and a positive attitude. The positive people see the bright side, they have a special mindset that rain or shine, leads them to take risks and develop creativity: Creative people are inspired to thin

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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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The Weekly Insight of the “Future of CIO” 11/15/2018

Future of CIO

Blogging is not about writing, but about thinking, brainstorming, innovating and sharing. T The “Future of CIO” Blog has reached 2.8 million page views with 5100+ blog posting in 59+ different categories of leadership, management, strategy, digitalization, change/talent, etc. The “ Digital Master ” book series includes 25 books to share insight from the multidimensional digital lens and perceive the multi-faceted impact the digital era upon us is making to the businesses and society.