Wed.Feb 08, 2017

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British Gas calls on datacentre operators to help solve UK's looming energy supply crisis

Computer Weekly

British Gas makes the case for datacentre operators to do their bit to close the UK energy supply and demand gap by hooking up their backup power supplies to the National Grid

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Media Access Control (MAC) Standards Overview

IT Toolbox

There are still odd firmware conflict anomalies that can cause issues within a network segment. This isn?t always the case of mixing vendors ? we have also seen issues arise from mixing firmware versions of NICs on the same segment.

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Cyber resiliency of UK firms barely changed in a year, study shows

Computer Weekly

High performing UK companies with a high level of cyber security maturity are leading in cyber resiliency, but most have to work on operationalising incident response plans, Ponemon report shows

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Video: Facebook's next 2 moves that will change the world

Tech Republic Cloud

Facebook has emerged to take its place alongside Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple as the world's most important tech giants. And, Facebook's next two moves could make it even bigger.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Interview: How security approaches are evolving in Southeast Asia and beyond

Computer Weekly

Bill Smith, senior vice-president of worldwide field operations at LogRhythm, talks to Computer Weekly about the big shift in cyber security from traditional security models to behavioural anomaly detection, continuous data monitoring and analytics

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Do You Need an Automated AP System to Integrate with Your ERP?

IT Toolbox

If you have an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system in place, you know that you receive plenty of benefits. It's likely that your Accounting managers are looking into automation, as well. Systems that can automate the entire Accounts Payable (AP) process are making news, and the next step in the technological evolution is to integrate automated AP and ERP systems.

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9 Ways IoT Integration Will Influence Custom Software Development

IT Toolbox

According to a 2016 Ericsson Mobility Report, there will be 28 billion connected devices by the year 2021. The wide use of IoT will bring about changes in all areas of IT, and will definitely affect such areas of custom software development as software R&D, application of new tech and web services, software architecture, front end development and UI design.

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Case study: Australia’s Salmat to go cloud-only after getting a taste for the technology

Computer Weekly

Australian marketing company Salmat plans to move everything it can into the cloud following a highly successful initial SaaS implementation

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Just Exactly How Important Is Diversity In Your IT Department?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Diversity is important, but why is there so little of it in IT? Image Credit: DryHundredFear. I’m not sure if you’ve been following this story in the news, but out in Silicon Valley all of those famous companies that you’ve been hearing about, Apple, Google, Facebook, etc. have just gotten done taking a look at their global workforces.

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Apeiron brings NVMe shared direct-attached storage in its ADS1000

Computer Weekly

Startup removes storage controller and its CPU from the data path to leverage NVMe’s blistering performance with direct-attached flash storage aimed at the likes of Hadoop and Splunk

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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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VC Firms Back Record Number of Cybersecurity Startups in 2016

Data Center Knowledge

CB Insights says $3.1B poured into record 279 cybersecurity startups Read More.

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More than half of teachers admit gender stereotyping Stem subjects

Computer Weekly

Almost 60% of teachers have admitted developing unconscious gender stereotypes towards science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects

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Five Questions to Ask Your Storage Vendor About Customer Care

Data Center Knowledge

Some vendors will automatically provide a refresh to your arrays after a certain number of years, others will allow you to choose your own timeline, based on your business and capacity expansion needs. Read More.

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NHS websites defaced by Tunisian Islamist hacktivists

Computer Weekly

Another series of pro-Islamic State hacktivist attacks on NHS websites has underlined the need to harden websites and keep software up to date as attackers exploit a vulnerability in WordPress

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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 Jury: One-third of tech leaders had trouble finding cybersecurity staff last year

Tech Republic Security

There are currently 1 million open cybersecurity jobs across the globe. Four out of 12 tech experts say they experienced difficulties finding skilled security staff in the past year.

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How a Dublin court case could derail EU-US data privacy agreements

Computer Weekly

The Irish Commercial Court will consider whether privacy protection offered by standard contractual clauses for data transfers to the US from Europe is legally valid

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Benefits of Wearable Tech: Why Your ERP Needs a Change of Wardrobe

IT Toolbox

Wearable technology isn't just a booming consumer trend. These small devices can take your ERP success into the clouds -- literally! See why you need to outfit your ERP solutions with wearables to keep your company's profits flying high. People Already Wear Wearables.

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Inmarsat and Actility build IoT network for remote applications

Computer Weekly

Network suppliers team up to deliver a low-power wide area network to support corporate internet of things deployments in remote areas

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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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MSP Charged With Extortion After Cutting IT Services for Non-Payment

Data Center Knowledge

Owner of Kubicek Information Technologies denies wrongdoing, promises to countersue Read More.

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HM Treasury committee questions costs of HMRC’s Making Tax Digital programme

Computer Weekly

Committee chairman Andrew Tyrie asks government to clarify costs after small businesses estimate price to be significantly higher

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Business Chatbots Taking Over

Cloud Musings

Chat apps characteristics make them very appealing to businesses and marketers. Prominent ones include their size, user retention, usage rates, and user demographics. In fact, the combined user base of the top four chat apps is larger than that of the top four social networks. Chat apps also have higher retention and usage rates than most mobile apps.

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Consumers losing millions through out-of-date broadband deals

Computer Weekly

Consumers are still paying over the odds for out-of-contract broadband deals, according to a report from uSwitch

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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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OVH to Build Cloud Data Center in Oregon

Data Center Knowledge

Facility will be French service provider’s third in North America Read More.

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Security Think Tank: Governance and oversight key to data integrity

Computer Weekly

What type of organisations are likely to be targeted by data integrity breaches, and how can they best detect and mitigate against such attacks?

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The Smart Whiteboard

IT Toolbox

It was not long ago that the state of the art in business meeting presentation technology consisted of PowerPoint slide shows from your laptop, displayed on a white wall, via a digital light projector (DLP).

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UK fintech investments slump over Brexit fears

Computer Weekly

Investment in UK financial technology companies fell in 2016 because of the uncertainty caused by the Brexit vote

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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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Big Data - Disaster Recovery!

IT Toolbox

Big data applications tend to have massive data storage capacity coupled with a hybrid hardware appliance and analytical software package used for data analytics. These applications are not typically used to process operational data; rather, users query the data to analyze past product sales, forecast trends, and determine future customer buying patterns.

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Dubai’s oldest bank is anything but archaic inside

Computer Weekly

The digital head of Mashreq, the UAE's oldest private bank, tells Computer Weekly about his role as half banker, half techie

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Five network diagramming tools that live on the web

Tech Republic Data Center

It has been five years since TechRepublic published a list of free network monitoring tools. Here's an update for 2017--with a twist.

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Government cloud security classification confusion dogs Digital Marketplace listings

Computer Weekly

Misinterpretation of the Government Security Classifications could result in the overprovisioning of public sector IT systems

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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.