Wed.Apr 12, 2017

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Chatbots, Fitbits and AI: IT suppliers identify the top trends in HR technology

Computer Weekly

Businesses are using Fitbits, artificial intelligence and chatbots to improve working life as competition increases to recruit talented ‘millennials’

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Ruckus Keeps Rolling, Despite Corporate Drama

IT Toolbox

Buckle in- these first few sentences are a bumpy ride. But I promise, I’ll get you to nice smooth road pretty quickly. Deep breath… ready? Let’s go. First there was Ruckus, the maker of cost-effective, really good Wi-Fi technology. The company came onto the WLAN scene when 802.

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Changing channels: How DevOps, shared infrastructure and smart hiring help ITV innovate

Computer Weekly

Tom Clark, head of Common Platform at ITV, explains how embracing agile thinking and shared infrastructure is helping the broadcaster stay one step ahead of its commercial competitors

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HPE Offers Container Suite as a ‘Business Decision,’ Not a Compulsory Upgrade

Data Center Knowledge

“We bit the bullet,” said HPE’s vice president for product marketing, Roy Ritthaler. He was speaking candidly with Data Center Knowledge about his company’s release Wednesday of containerized versions of its IT Operations Management (ITOM) suite, and an architectural choice HPE made to adopt a.

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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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Finding Common Ground with Your CEO

CTOvision

Carol M. Evenson. The chief technology officer (CTO) and chief executive officer must work together for the good of the company. The CTO is responsible for focusing on technological matters, such as computers, websites and social networking. The CEO leads the board of directors to make good decisions about company policy and finances. Even if you are a CTO working in a small or midsized business, you are another executive who could run into conflicts with the other one.

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Interview: Codecon – a platform for skills development through instant feedback

Computer Weekly

By providing programmers with instantaneous feedback, they are more likely to improve and develop the skills they’ll need for the corporate environment, says Codecon creator

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Amazon Finds It Hard to Make Friends It Will Crush Later

Data Center Knowledge

Its success and suspicions about the company's intentions may cost Amazon the customers or partners it needs to fulfill its manifest destiny. Read More.

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ERP or Accounting Software? Which is Better?

IT Toolbox

Businesses often confuse enterprise resource planning (ERP) with accounting software. While these two applications have functions that overlap, they serve very different purposes. Here are the benefits of each program, so you can decide which one is best for you. What is Accounting Software?

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Data breaches strip tens of millions off UK firms’ market value, study shows

Computer Weekly

Security experts say the fact that data breaches at FTSE 100 firms cost on average £120m in market value should be a wake-up call for boards to ensure they have an adequate cyber security strategy

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Are Today's IP Phones Good News or Bad News for Microsoft?

IT Toolbox

As a coda to this series , it’s hard to ignore the potential impact of these new IP phones on Microsoft. This is the one company that almost all businesses rely on, and with Lync being re-branded as Skype for Business, they have had renewed designs on bringing voice into their fold.

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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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What’s Next for Big Data Flash Storage?

Data Center Knowledge

Whether or working in a traditional HPC environment or one of growing number of HPC-like enterprise environments, don’t let the departure of DSSD dissuade you from exploring the value of flash. Read More.

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How to tune storage performance for different workloads

Computer Weekly

We run the rule over what’s needed to get the best storage performance for databases, virtual servers and desktops, web and email servers and analytics use cases

Storage 140
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Why Your Business Needs to Know the Ins and Outs of Cloud Computing

IT Toolbox

In many different industries, maintaining a healthy share of the market can certainly be tough. Trying to stay ahead of it all can be difficult, especially when it comes to the introduction of new technology. Many business owners may be wary about adopting new technology into their companies due to the expense and maintenance required.

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Government must keep EU telecoms and broadband rules after Brexit

Computer Weekly

The Broadband Stakeholder Group has published a report on the future of the broadband and telecoms sector, urging the government not to lose touch with EU regulations after Brexit

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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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Five Tips for Better IoT End Point Security

IT Toolbox

There could be as many as 30.7 billion IoT devices by 2020, according to IHS research, and many will be vulnerable to cyber attack if current trends hold. “The biggest hole in IoT endpoint security today is the utter lack of IoT security,” says Mark Nunnikhoven, vice president of cloud research at Trend Micro.

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Growth of hyperscale operators risks squeezing smaller players out of cloud, research warns

Computer Weekly

As the hold of the hyperscale datacentre operators on the wider cloud market tightens, Synergy Research Group looks at the impact their influence is having on the wider IT market

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How to upgrade the Linux kernel with a handy GUI

Tech Republic Data Center

If you're looking to get your Linux kernels up to the latest releases, here's how to use a GUI tool available that makes this process very easy.

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How Red Hat's strategy helps CIOs take baby steps to the cloud

Tech Republic Cloud

Red Hat's OpenStack strategy isn't about miring CIOs in private clouds, but rather helping them along their cloud journey and providing the stepping stones to get them there.

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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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Pure Storage launches FlashArray//X with NVMe drives

Computer Weekly

FlashArray//X has NVMe drives but end-to-end storage-to-host NVMe connectivity will have to wait for an NVMe-over-fabrics (NVMf) version planned for release later this year

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5 steps to securely transfer G Suite data when an employee leaves your company

Tech Republic Cloud

When an employee leaves your organization, it's critical that you take care of the data they leave behind. Follow this process to transfer their data in Google's G Suite.

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What kinds of people fall prey to identity theft, phishing, and hacks? It's not who you think

Tech Republic Security

Think of an identity theft victim and a few stereotypes probably come to mind, but a new study from CBT Nuggets reveals that the majority of victims are anything but stereotypical.

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Digital Transformation Leaders Twice as Likely to Meet Revenue Goals, Dell EMC Finds

Data Center Knowledge

Only 5 percent of large companies are prepared to transform their IT systems to meet digital business needs. Read More.

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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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3 ABM Trends for Spring 2017

IT Toolbox

Account-based marketing (ABM) targets specific customer accounts through sales and personalized marketing. Research shows this technique is profitable: ABM provides a higher ROI than other marketing activities, according to 97 percent of marketing professionals, and retains and expands client relationships. But what should brands expect from this emerging B2B marketing method?

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How to use Dockerfiles

Tech Republic Cloud

If you're looking for the most efficient way of working with Docker images, Jack Wallen introduces you to the must-use Dockerfiles.

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Best Cloud-Based ERP for Small Business

IT Toolbox

It has such a nice ring to it: the cloud. It conjures up visions of free-floating, pristine forms with no limits on where they go or what they do. That's one version of a cloud. The other version is one of the leading technology topics in the world.

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Coming to STATION F: The first Mentor's Office powered by AWS!

All Things Distributed

I am excited to announce that AWS is opening its first Mentor's Office at STATION F in Paris! The Mentor's Office is a workplace exclusively dedicated to meetings between AWS experts and the startups. STATION F is the world's biggest startup campus. With this special offer starting at the end of June, at the campus opening, AWS increases the support already available to startup customers in France.

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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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Big Backup, Big data, Big Data Protection, CMG & More with Tom Becchetti Podcast

IT Toolbox

In this Server StorageIO podcast episode, I am joined by Tom Becchetti (@tbecchetti) for a Friday afternoon conversation recorded live at Meisters in Scandia Minnesota (thanks to the Meisters crew!).

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Skype for Windows 10 out of preview with improved group video calling and messaging

Tech Republic Cloud

Microsoft's Skype app for Windows 10 is officially out of preview for all users, with improvements to messaging, calling, contacts, and SMS support.

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EU-backed fund to encourage data-sharing between startups and enterprises launches

Computer Weekly

Three-year project seeks to encourage enterprises to embark on information-sharing exercises with startups and SMEs to bolster data-led innovation

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Cisco announces Next Gen 32Gb Fibre Channel and NVMe fabrics

IT Toolbox

Cisco announced next generation MDS storage area networking (SAN) Fibre Channel (FC) switches with 32Gb, along with NVMe over FC support.

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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.