Fri.Nov 02, 2018

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Partner Relationship Management (PRM) Comes Of Age

Forrester IT

Maturing Into A Horizontal Channel Management Platform Aligned With CRM and Marketing Automation. Channel and alliance leaders are known to be good jugglers. With the average partner program containing over 90 distinct components, encouraging channel growth while mediating conflict is a complex undertaking. Partner relationship management (PRM) connects the dots between partner planning, recruitment, […].

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Important Reminder: Spookstock Is Coming!

CTOvision

We have written before about the incredible virtuous Spookstock, a battle of the bands type event which raises money for two very important and worthy charities, the CIA Officers Memorial Foundation and the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. JJ Green at WTOP News produced a segment on Spookstock which I would like to draw your attention to. JJ’s choice of […].

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To Thrive In Retail, Obsess About Your Customers And Invest In Your Associates

Forrester IT

Forrester’s CX Index research shows that, year on year, retail performance is still not reaching levels of “excellence.” Instead retailer performance clusters around the “okay” level. There are of course bright sparks, with retailers like John Lewis out performing peers but even they are only reaching “good.” So what is holding retailers back from reaching […].

Retail 360
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What is WPA3? Wi-Fi security protocol strengthens connections

Network World

The Wi-Fi Alliance has introduced the first major security improvement to Wi-Fi in about 14 years: WPA3. The most significant additions to the new security protocol are greater protection for simple passwords, individualized encryption for personal and open networks, and even more secure encryption for enterprise networks. The original Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) standard was released back in 2003 to replace WEP, and the second edition of WPA came the year after.

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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 Automation We Need Is Not The Automation We Deserve

Forrester IT

At TechEd Barcelona last month, SAP announced that its was adding Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to its software suite, starting early 2019. Two aspects of this announcement are particularly interesting. The first is that SAP has chosen to build its own RPA capability instead of partnering with any of the existing product vendors.

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Getting DevOps Wrong: Top 5 Mistakes Organizations Make

Information Week

Time spent working on DevOps projects has opened a window into some common mistakes that organizations make when trying to deliver a true DevOps initiative.

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How to Dethrone Inefficient Software in Your Organization

Information Week

It's time for companies to adopt modern approaches to software, like SaaS, and that means embracing change and abandoning "we've always done it this way.

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Why Companies Are Turning to AWS Managed Services

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Why Companies Are Turning to AWS Managed Services - Information Technology Blog. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud services platform that offers you computing power, database storage, content delivery and other functionality to help your business scale and grow; besides being much more secure than a physical server.

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Apple's little iOS is rapidly changing the retail industry

ComputerWorld Consumerization IT

With nine of the top 10 global retailers using iOS devices in their business, it’s clear Apple’s mobile devices are what we expect to find when we go shopping. ‘We’re making great strides’. Apple Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri alluded to the the company's rapid progress across retail during the company’s Q4 2018 financial call on Thursday. The company was confirming record revenues and continued strength in iPhone sales, despite what some analysts call a “recession” in the sector.

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Find the Essential Benefits of Using Refurbished Smartphone’s

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Find the Essential Benefits of Using Refurbished Smartphone’s - Information Technology Blog. Refurbished smartphones are pre-possessed telephones that have been remanufactured or repaired and set back available to be purchased in the market. There are bunches of critical inquiries and discussions jabbing into the issue of obtaining Refurbished smartphones, do they offer any advantage?

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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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Three "Unlocking" Efforts to Boost Digital Synergy

Future of CIO

The digital organization is a complex ecosystem with the blurring line between functions, organizations, and geographic locations. The combination of ever more rapid technology evolution, exponential information growth, and the multi-generational workforce will have more influence over businesses and society. Digitalization is the broader and longer journey with many learning curves and hidden pitfalls.

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Foto Friday – Shades of Gray

Eric D. Brown

This is a black and white of a sunrise over Sprague Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park Colorado. Made with Sony A7rIII and Sony 16-35 2.8 GM Lens. Click the photo to be taken to a larger version on 500px. See more photos in my 500px portfolio. If you like my photography , feel free to support my addiction habit by purchasing a copy for your wall and/or visiting Amazon (affiliate link) to purchase new or used photographic gear.

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The Monthly “Change Insight” Book Tuning: The Digital Drivers of Changes Nov. 2018

Future of CIO

Change is inevitable, organizational change has become a common practice within an organization, but too often changes are made as a reaction to outer impulses, crisis, and demands. This is the bureaucracy’s way of meeting the challenges. A digital transformation is achieved via dynamic Strategy-Execution-Change lifecycle management, though it is not all linear steps, but an iterative, ongoing and upgoing change continuum.

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4 Ways Blockchain Will Influence Digital Marketing Strategies

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - 4 Ways Blockchain Will Influence Digital Marketing Strategies - Information Technology Blog. Blockchain’s technological innovation has a transversal influence on marketing strategies due to its impact on consumer behavior. Just as the Internet did, Blockchain introduces a new trend that provokes a new attitude towards the purchase decision, completely changing the consumer’s buying behavior. >.

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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.