Wed.May 09, 2018

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TechMNxt Analyst Event – Tech Mahindra Unveils 3-4-3 Strategy

Forrester IT

Tech Mahindra (TechM) hosted its Analyst Summit in Hyderabad in the month of April. The executive team unveiled their 3-4-3 strategy to repackage their existing services and offerings in a manner that will resonate with the buyers of digital services. First number is about 3 mega trends that TechM is observing in the industries that […].

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Google We Have A Problem With Duplex: Cool tech, but needs bounding

CTOvision

Have you seen the really cool demo of Google Duplex? This is a fantastic demonstration that combines voice recognition, machine learning and very capable voice synthesis to show how AI can interact with people to get things done. Watch the video and you can see for yourself how very smooth this AI bot can be: […].

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It’s Time To Improve Employee Experience For Remote Workers

Forrester IT

Remote workers are here to stay. Are you willing to embrace them? Today, we’re excited to announce the publication of our latest report on the state of remote working, which focuses exclusively on creating a better experience for employees who primarily work-from-home. The number of regular work-at-home employees has grown 115% since 2005, and 40% […].

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What The Board Needs To Know About the GDPR

CTOvision

Executives in businesses around the globe have been tracking The European Union's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which goes into effect 25 May 2018. Those who operate primarily in the EU have had plenty of time to focus on this and no excuses for not paying attention. Those who operate primarily elsewhere also have […].

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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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Everything That’s Old Is New Again

Forrester IT

GDPR, the new data privacy regulations applicable to all marketers doing business with citizens of the European Union, will take effect later this month, on May 25, 2018. In preparation, Google is changing its terms of service for advertising partners. On April 27th, the company let its European platform customers know that, as of that […].

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Adapting the U.S. Approach to Strategic Deterrence In An Age Of Rapid Technology Change

CTOvision

Deterring strategic attack on the United States, and its allies and partners, has been a central goal of U.S. national security strategy since at least the advent of the nuclear age. While the goal has remained consistent, the challenges in meeting the goal have not. There are many dynamics underway including geopolitical changes but perhaps […].

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Setup Co-Management CA PKI Request Export Certificates

Anoop

I struggled to setup the PKI infrastructure in my lab environment. Setting up PKI infra is not a very easy task for SCCM admins. But, I felt that it’s straightforward when I tried the method explained in this post. In this post, we will see how to setup lab PKI (Certificate Authority) infra for co-management. […]. The post Setup Co-Management CA PKI Request Export Certificates appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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Why CIOs Should Stop Putting Employees In Boxes

The Accidental Successful CIO

CIOs need to stop classifying their employees by placing them in a box Image Credit: jon jordan. As the person with the CIO job, you by necessity meet a lot of people. Many of these people work for you and so it’s important that you remember who they are. Just because it’s important does not make this any easier to do. We have all developed a coping mechanism for dealing with this challenge: when we meet someone, we put them in a box.

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7 free networking tools you must have

Network World

"I am all about useful tools. One of my mottos is 'the right tool for the right job.'" –Martha Stewart If your "right job" involves wrangling computer networks and figuring out how to do digital things effectively and efficiently or diagnosing why digital things aren't working as they're supposed to, you've got your hands full. Not only does your job evolve incredibly quickly becoming evermore complex, but whatever tools you use need frequent updating and/or replacing to keep pace, and that's wh

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CIOs as “Chief Insight Officer” How to Overcome IT Leadership Challenges

Future of CIO

Forward-looking organizations empower CIOs to the big table for co-creating strategy and lead digitalization. The increasing speed of changes forces IT leaders to get really creative on how they architect and implement change, to ensuring IT is strategically positioned to be ahead of where the business is moving next. The IT leaders of the future and the exemplars of today must move away from pure IT managers, to overcome IT leadership challenges and thrive to become the digital master.

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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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CIO Leadership Live with Jack Clare, CIO and chief strategy officer at Dunkin' Brands | Ep 9

Network World

In this episode of CIO Leadership Live, host Maryfran Johnson talks with Jack Clare, CIO and chief strategy officer at Dunkin' Brands, about the company's mobile payment, ordering and loyalty apps, and how it's striving to improve customers' drive-through experience.

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10 boot camps for business analysts

CIO Business Intelligence

Business analysts are in growing demand as companies look to capitalize on the data they collect. To help organizations uncover data trends and find areas that need improvement, business analysts must be strong analytical thinkers, with technical knowledge of tools such as SQL and Tableau, and have research and communication skills to boot. It’s a lucrative role, with an average reported salary of $67,000 per year, according to data from PayScale.

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Mingis on Tech: Reflections on RSA 2018

Network World

This year's RSA security conference focused on a variety of cybersecurity topics – everything from blockchain to the looming GDPR rules. CSO's Steve Ragan was there and offers insights on what he learned.

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Part V Dell Technology World 2018 Server Converged Announcement Details

Storage IO Blog

Part V Dell Technology World 2018 Server Converged Announcement Details This is Part V Dell Technology World 2018 Server Converged Announcement Details that is part of a five-post series (view part I here, part II here, part III here and part IV here). Last week (April 30-May 3) I traveled to Las Vegas Nevada (LAS) […] The post Part V Dell Technology World 2018 Server Converged Announcement Details appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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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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CIO Leadership Live, with guest Jack Clare, CIO and chief strategy officer at Dunkin' Brands

Network World

In this episode of CIO Leadership Live, host Maryfran Johnson talks with Jack Clare, CIO and chief strategy officer at Dunkin' Brands, about the company's mobile payment, ordering and loyalty apps, and how it's striving to improve customers' drive-through experience.

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Part IV Dell Technology World 2018 PowerEdge MX Gen-Z Composable Infrastructure

Storage IO Blog

Part IV Dell Technology World 2018 PowerEdge MX Gen-Z Composable Infrastructure This is Part IV Dell Technology World 2018 PowerEdge MX Gen-Z Composable Infrastructure that is part of a five-post series (view part I here, part II here, part III here and part V here). Last week (April 30-May 3) I traveled to Las Vegas […] The post Part IV Dell Technology World 2018 PowerEdge MX Gen-Z Composable Infrastructure appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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CIO Leadership Live with Jack Clare, CIO and chief strategy officer at Dunkin' Brands | Ep 9

ComputerWorld IT Management

In this episode of CIO Leadership Live, host Maryfran Johnson talks with Jack Clare, CIO and chief strategy officer at Dunkin' Brands, about the company's mobile payment, ordering and loyalty apps, and how it's striving to improve customers' drive-through experience.

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A Scrutinizing Board: How to Inspect Digital Quality of the Business

Future of CIO

Organizations large or small are on the journey of digitalization, adapting to changes in faster speed and expand digital in every dimension of the business. The corporate board as one of the most critical leadership pillar and governance champion plays a critical role in leading change, and laser focuses on the most critical things to steer the business in the right decision.

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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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CIO Leadership Live, with guest Jack Clare, CIO and chief strategy officer at Dunkin' Brands

ComputerWorld IT Management

In this episode of CIO Leadership Live, host Maryfran Johnson talks with Jack Clare, CIO and chief strategy officer at Dunkin' Brands, about the company's mobile payment, ordering and loyalty apps, and how it's striving to improve customers' drive-through experience.

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Part III Dell Technology World 2018 Storage Announcement Details

Storage IO Blog

Part III Dell Technology World 2018 Storage Announcement Details This is Part III Dell Technology World 2018 Storage Announcement Details that is part of a five-post series (view part I here, part II here, part IV (PowerEdge MX Composable) here and part V here). Last week (April 30-May 3) I traveled to Las Vegas Nevada […] The post Part III Dell Technology World 2018 Storage Announcement Details appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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X-Ray Vision as Nutanix Goes Open Source

Nutanix

Nutanix launched X-Ray in 2017 with a simple premise: to enable organizations to understand, with a high degree of certainty, how various hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platforms would perform for their mix of applications and use cases under real-world conditions.

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Part II Dell Technology World 2018 Modern Data Center Announcement Details

Storage IO Blog

Part II Dell Technology World 2018 Modern Data Center Announcement Details This is Part II Dell Technology World 2018 Modern Data Center Announcement Details that is part of a five-post series (view part I here, part III here, part IV here and part V here). Last week (April 30-May 3) I traveled to Las Vegas […] The post Part II Dell Technology World 2018 Modern Data Center Announcement Details appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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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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Nutanix Introduces Application Mobility from Public to Private Clouds

Nutanix

When Xtract for VMs launched just seven months ago, it provided Nutanix customers with a simple and granular method to onboard existing workloads to on-premises Nutanix Enterprise Clouds.

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Dell Technology World 2018 Announcement Summary

Storage IO Blog

Dell Technology World 2018 Announcement Summary This is part one of a five-part series about Dell Technology World 2018 announcement summary. Last week (April 30-May 3) I traveled to Las Vegas Nevada (LAS) to attend Dell Technology World 2018 (e.g., DTW 2018) as a guest of Dell (that is a disclosure btw). There were several […] The post Dell Technology World 2018 Announcement Summary appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Nutanix Era: Databases Made Simple

Nutanix

Nutanix first made datacenter infrastructure invisible with enterprise cloud built on hyperconverged infrastructure. The company next transformed and simplified virtualization from stand-alone product to feature.

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5 IT trends to watch in 2018 and beyond

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

Summary: As technology evolves at an ever-increasing pace, it brings major changes to the IT department. In this era, the IT department moves from a back-office function to a true business partner. What trends are driving this change, and how must your IT department adapt? In this article, we examine 5 trends to watch in the near future. photo credit: BenjaminNelan via pixabay cc Over the last few years, the world of enterprise technology has changed significantly.

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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.

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Nutanix Beam – Multi-Cloud Governance At Your Fingertips

Nutanix

Today we proudly announce the general availability of Nutanix Beam, a new software as a service (SaaS) offering that delivers multi-cloud governance as part of the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS.

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At Build 2018, Microsoft Augments Developers With AI And Open Source

Forrester IT

At Microsoft Build 2018 in Seattle this year, Satya Nadella confirmed Microsoft’s strategy to bring AI everywhere and to everybody. Microsoft (MS) is making it easier for its huge worldwide development community, encompassing enterprises, partners, and single developers to infuse AI vision, speech, language processing and more in applications building.

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Go with the Flow

Nutanix

It may seem like an overused idiom, but we think it’s the perfect title for a blog post on Nutanix networking and Flow. Today the journey is well underway.

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The Monthly “Digital Maturity” Book Tuning: Reaching the High Maturity Stage of Digitalization May 2018

Future of CIO

Digital makes a significant impact on every aspect of the business from people, process to technology, both horizontally and vertically. Digital becomes the very fabric of high performing business, being outside-in and customer-centric is the new mantra for forward-looking and high mature digital organizations today. At the heart of digital, it is people and how to build a customer-centric organization.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.