Thu.Jun 29, 2017

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Chatbots Mature Into An Enterprise-class Customer Service Tool—Explore The Leading Vendors In This Market

Forrester IT

Over the past year, Forrester clients have been brimming with questions about chatbots and their role in customer service. In fact, in that time, more than half of the client inquiries I have received have touched on chatbots, artificial intelligence, natural language understanding, machine learning, and conversational self-service. Many of those inquiries were of the "how does this stuff work" variety.

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Key lessons from ‘Petya’ ransomware attack

Computer Weekly

While the cyber security community is still working to understand the latest ransomware attack that has reportedly hit 60 countries, there are key lessons to be learned

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How Software is Shifting the Dynamics of Traditional Product Management

Forrester IT

The changing dynamics of product and portfolio management is emerging as a top challenge for Forrester clients in 2017 based on the latest client search data from Forrester.com. I argue that software's creeping impact on products and assets in a range of industries is forcing companies to change how they manage and manufacture products. As the complexity around product development and management increases, it is imperative to use software, retooled agile processes, and new skill sets to enable y

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Cyber security in industrial controls systems poor, says Crest

Computer Weekly

A lack of standards-based technical security testing is putting industrial control environments and critical national infrastructure at risk of cyber attack, a report reveals

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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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Sinequa Expands AI Chops to Attack the New Digital Divide Among Enterprises

Data Center Knowledge

Says insights from company data will inevitably give competitive edge to enterprises that are good at getting them Read More.

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Print management a UK public sector GDPR blind spot

Computer Weekly

Print and document management is a potential blind spot for the public sector when it comes to compliance with the GDPR, a survey has revealed

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How Vegas is using IoT and Cisco to improve the city experience

Computer Weekly

Las Vegas’s chief innovation officer explains how the city has partnered with Cisco to deliver internet of things technologies that will help improve visitor experiences

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How confluence of cloud, UC and data-driven insights newly empowers contact center agents

IT Toolbox

Learn why traditional contact center technology has become outdated, inflexible and cumbersome, and why CCaaS is becoming more popular in meeting the heightened user experience requirements of today.

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Project management is key to driving business success

Computer Weekly

Project managers are struggling to keep up with the fast pace of business development, leading to project failures

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Final Thoughts on IGMP

IT Toolbox

Along with some other topics, this series will start to look into the details of UDP for User Datagram Protocol and discuss how UDP differs from TCP as a transport protocol.

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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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Security Think Tank: Patching is vital and essentially a risk management exercise

Computer Weekly

How should organisations address the need to keep software up to date with security patches without it costing too much or being too labour intensive?

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Intelligent ERP for Better Business Processes

IT Toolbox

Many businesses rely on their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to carry out a number of functions like analyzing company data in real time and linking front and back office operations. And it's fair to say that ERP has changed the way that companies operate for the better. But now it's set to operate on a whole new level with the emergence of intelligent ERP technology.

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IoT Tech Day showcases Benelux innovation

Computer Weekly

At the latest annual internet of things event in the Netherlands, the IoT moves from the geek's shed to the industrial plant, with some fantasy thrown in

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Cyberattack Fallout Engulfs FedEx, Shuts Terminals and Email

Data Center Knowledge

Attack starts to create real consequences businesses around the world 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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Security Think Tank: Focus on high risk by automating low-risk patching

Computer Weekly

How should organisations address the need to keep software up to date with security patches without it costing too much or being too labour intensive?

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VoIP in Surround Sound

IT Toolbox

Smart Speakers Deliver Multi-mic Multi-room Audio Platform Making a VoIP call over a speakerphone from a noisy environment doesn’t usually result in the best quality audio, but Qualcomm Technologies is working to change all that with the introduction of their new Qualcomm Smart Audio Platform.

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AI monitors NatWest communications to ensure advice is appropriate

Computer Weekly

NatWest is testing out artificial intelligence technology that listens to the conversations between its advisers and customers to help keep them compliant

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ERP Consolidation: Why, When, and How

IT Toolbox

Companies end up with multiple enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for many reasons—acquisitions, mergers, various upgrades and managerial decisions, attempting to overcome business issues resulting from geographical distances. A multisystem ERP strategy may aid in some dealings, but maintaining them invariably proves both costly and ineffective.

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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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Royal Society and British Academy call for data governance body

Computer Weekly

The Royal Society and the British Academy have jointly released a report urging the UK government to set up a public body to oversee data use

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Tech Development That Can Improve Overall Work Environments

IT Toolbox

Introducing technology to the workplace isn't easy. Technology has forever changed society, including the job environment. The right technical developments will improve efficiency in the workplace.

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6 tips to avoid ransomware after Petya and WannaCry

Tech Republic Security

Ransomware attacks continue to wreak havoc on businesses worldwide. Here are six recommendations from PwC to prevent and mitigate these cybercrimes.

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3 Predictions for the Future of Marketing Automation

IT Toolbox

Marketing automation has become a fundamental tool on which marketers rely to deliver sophisticated, relevant campaigns in an era of changing customer expectations. As the technology matures, what new capabilities and features can we expect to see? Here are three predictions for the future of marketing automation, with some observations on how businesses will benefit from advancements in the software.

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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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The big four cloud firms are set for price war over serverless computing, suggests 451 Research

Computer Weekly

Cloud industry price wars could enter new phase, as demand for serverless computing services grows, suggests 451 Research

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American Airlines Adopts Public Cloud Computing

Cloud Musings

Did you know that the reservations systems of the biggest carriers mostly run on a specialized IBM operating system known as Transaction Processing Facility (TPF). Designed by IBM in the 1960’s it was designed to process a large numbers of transactions quickly. Although IBM is still updating the code, the last major rewrite was about ten years ago. With all the major technologies changes since then, it’s clear that IBM has already accomplished a herculean task by keeping an application viable fo

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App-based banking continues its ascent in the UK

Computer Weekly

The number of people banking from their mobile phones is increasing as more services are made available through the channel

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Windows 10 snooping: Microsoft has halved data it collects from PCs says watchdog

Tech Republic Security

The French regulator CNIL announced that Windows 10 now complies with the country's data protection laws, following changes to how the OS handles user privacy.

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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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Ocado Technology completes two-week self-driving van trial in Greenwich

Computer Weekly

Ocado Technology opens up about how self-driving vans could revolutionise grocery deliveries in urban areas in the years to come

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UC Value Drivers in 2017 - Being Social

IT Toolbox

As this series continues, it should be clear that Unified Communications is moving well beyond its traditional roots in desktop telephony. I have often stressed the connection between the core focus of most first-generation UC vendors – telephony - and the DNA of their UC offerings.

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Microsoft Acquires Cloud Management Company Cloudyn

Data Center Knowledge

Cloudyn helps companies keep an eye on their cloud service usage and stay within budget targets. Read More.

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Cloud is cheaper than VMs and containers for most new applications

Tech Republic Cloud

A new report from 451 Research shows that serverless costs companies less. And IBM and Microsoft offer the best options, price-wise.

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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.