Fri.Aug 18, 2017

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Leveraging Social Media to Expand Business Data Globally

CTOvision

Social media has become an integral part of society, and having a presence on these platforms is a must for businesses in the present world. Barely a decade ago, only a small proportion of the globe were exposed to social media. A few years later, the list of social media networks has continued to grow […].

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The Rise of Edge Computing

Data Center Knowledge

Moving computation to the edges of the network and toward the users is both a natural progression and ideal solution to the challenges the internet will face in the coming decades. Read More.

Internet 177
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Researchers find potentially lethal car hack with no quick fix

Computer Weekly

Security researchers have discovered a supplier-neutral and stealthy smart car hack that can drastically affect the performance and function of the vehicle

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SCRUM vs. KanBan

IT Toolbox

I had an interesting conversation today with the Director of SW Engineering I work with. He was relating some meetings he was in where various corporate IT leaders were discussing agile methodologies and how to standardize them across the company. It seems that we have two flavors of what can loosely be called "agile" development going on.

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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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Maersk Says June Cyberattack Will Cost It up to $300M

Data Center Knowledge

Its IT systems were disabled, preventing the shipping line from taking new orders for several days. Read More.

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8 Ways Your Devices Can Be Hacked

IT Toolbox

The IoT is here to stay, which means our devices are able to communicate better, improving lifestyle management, but also giving hackers easier access to every detail of our lives and information.

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5 Ways Small and Midsized Manufacturing Is Using IoT Data

IT Toolbox

The Internet of Things (IoT) is by all definitions a big concept. Different people have different opinions about the specifics, but the big picture of sending lots of data about lots of different factors from a wide array of devices and sources is consistent. Most companies look to the IoT to tell them what internal operations look like.

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Box uses Google’s AI to support image recognition in the enterprise

Computer Weekly

Optical character recognition and automated generation of image metadata is now possible, thanks to Google Cloud AI

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4 Ways to Deal with Rising Enterprise Resource Planning Security Risks

IT Toolbox

As companies and organizations grow and technology integrates all aspects of business processes, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems continue to expand in an attempt to keep pace. One thing that hasn’t changed is the need for superior security to protect sensitive information and financial investments.

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Munich Re puts data analytics into services for a ‘riskier world’

Computer Weekly

Re-insurer combines a Hadoop data lake, SAS analytics and SAP Hana to create new cyber and other insurance services

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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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Ranking the Most Technologically Advanced Cities in the World

IT Toolbox

Technology is a booming industry and in the recent decades we have seen many cities emerge as giants in this area.

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Benelux organisations must ensure IT staff are content or else risk exodus

Computer Weekly

Organisations in the Benelux region could face IT staff leaving in large numbers if they don't remain attractive to employees

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CIO Jury: 75% of companies have moved to hybrid cloud

Tech Republic Cloud

Companies are increasingly turning to hybrid cloud models to combine the stability of the private cloud with the on-demand capabilities of the public cloud. Here's why.

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In Moving Production Workloads to Cloud, VMware Professionals Prefer AWS, Azure

Data Center Knowledge

Report finds most VMware professionals plan to have moved workloads to cloud by 2018 Read More.

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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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If you're really concerned about browser security, Incognito isn't enough

Tech Republic Security

If you assume your browsing is private and secure, think again. Jack Wallen offers up what he believes is your best bet to safeguard your browsing sessions and data.

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7 Tips to Protect Your Business From Cyber-attack

IT Toolbox

This post looks at ways to protect your business from attacks.

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IDG Contributor Network: Can the U.S. Senate secure the Internet of Things?

Network World

As a free and open internet continues to come under assault by the FCC’s proposal to effectively end net neutrality, investors, programmers, and internet users of all stripes have vociferously voiced their support of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the open web that enables it. It appears those voices have been heard, as the U.S. Senate may be taking steps to secure the IoT's future.

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SQL Challenge 19: Larger Test Data

IT Toolbox

Fortunately, I've done this before.

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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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Microsoft cloud cybersecurity attacks up 300% in last year, report says

Tech Republic Security

In volume 22 of Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report, the Redmond giant outlined some of the biggest cyberthreats facing its users.

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Understanding Big Data Architecture - Part 1

IT Toolbox

Part 1: Basic Big Data

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New Faketoken Android malware records calls, intercepts texts, and steals credit card info

Tech Republic Security

A new version of Faketoken was identified by Kaspersky and poses a huge threat to anyone who stores bank card information for in-app purchases.

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Critical software licensing pitfalls to avoid when moving to the cloud

Tech Republic Data Center

When starting on your cloud migration journey, pricing competition and license portability should be paid close attention to.

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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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Video: Hacker claims to have decrypted Apple's Secure Enclave, destroying key piece of iOS mobile security

Tech Republic Security

The hack exposes firmware code, and could be a major blow to iOS security, a key component of Apple's hardware strategy.

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How blockchain is changing the way we pay

Dataconomy

The rise of financial technology and digital payment solutions is helping the world go cashless. Cashless payment methods now cover a wide range of technologies – there are physical cards, online gateways, mobile apps, and digital wallets. Blockchain-enabled payments and cryptocurrencies are also on the rise. Methods are enjoying varying. The post How blockchain is changing the way we pay appeared first on Dataconomy.

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Serious about online privacy? Try these 2 browsers

Tech Republic Security

Browsing in private or incognito mode isn't enough to keep all your data safe. For better security, try the Tor and Epic browsers.

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50% of companies still in process of implementing DevOps, report says

Tech Republic Data Center

Asaf Yigal, co-founder of big data firm Logz.io, discusses the top DevOps trends for 2017.

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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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Three Big “Hows” to Improve Digital IT Maturity

Future of CIO

IT leaders must grasp both the strategic “HOW” about IT potential, priority, and differentiated business advantage; and the tactical “HOW” about the IT management methodology and the next IT practices. IT continues to grow in importance to organizations, both operationally and strategically. IT is the huge and expensive investment in most of the organizations, whether it is "planning" or "performance," "process" or "people," “Information” or “innovation” issues, IT becomes the decisive success f

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Chelsio Storage over IP and other Networks Enable Data Infrastructures

Storage IO Blog

Data Infrastructures exist to protect, preserve, secure and serve information along with the applications and data they depend on. With more data being created at a faster rate, along with the size of data becoming larger, increased application functionality to transform data into information means more demands on data infrastructures and their underlying resources.

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The New Book “Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&As” Quote Collection I

Future of CIO

The board composition should be synchronized with the digital perspective of the business. The purpose of the book “Digital Boardroom: 100 Q&As “is to share 100 insightful questions for rejuvenating the boardroom to get digital ready. It is important for boards to make invaluable inquiries and take proactive approaches for leading digital transformation seamlessly.