Mon.Sep 04, 2017

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HMRC denies IR35 reforms to blame for public sector IT project delays and cancellations

Computer Weekly

New research from ContractorCalculator suggests contractors have left the public sector in droves since the IR35 reforms came into force, but HMRC has a different take on the situation

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FBI vs Apple: Lessons From History and The Law on Protecting Privacy Rights

CTOvision

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a five-part series on this topic. This examination by Arnold Abraham provides insights and nuanced lessons from history, the law and the tech world that can inform all of us interested in both privacy and security. For a detailed legal analysis accompanying the article, please visit Thecyberlawteam.com/publications-1/ […].

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AWS eyes Australian government growth

Computer Weekly

Amazon Web Services is eyeing the Australian public sector for growth, with increased budgets and IT disasters in the past pushing government organisations towards the public cloud

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AI for everyone - How companies can benefit from the advance of machine learning

All Things Distributed

This article titled " Wie Unternehmen vom Vormarsch des maschinellen Lernens profitieren können " appeared in German last week in the "Digitaliserung" column of Wirtschaftwoche. When a technology has its breakthrough, can often only be determined in hindsight. In the case of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), this is different. ML is that part of AI that describes rules and recognizes patterns from large amounts of data in order to predict future data.

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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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CIO interview: Adrenaline junkie leaps from big pharma to cloud services

Computer Weekly

Diana McKenzie, CIO of Workday and triathlon competitor, on analytics, data lakes and the relationship between IT and business

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How Businesses Can Expand Their Omni Channel Strategies

IT Toolbox

Currently, within the market, there is a distinctive disconnect between brands with their customers, and this is a result of communications across channels.

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Why should enterprises care about intent-based networking? | Tech Talk Ep 1, Pt 2

Network World

The panelists break down Cisco's intent-based networking strategy, which brings machine learning to the networking realm. Plus, they hash out the ramifications for the security industry.

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Technology is needed to boost UK productivity, but not at the cost of employees

Computer Weekly

The Trade Union Congress calls for a debate about the future of employment as more roles become automated or replaced by artificial intelligence

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Is the smartwatch market dead? | Tech Talk Ep 1, Pt 1

Network World

Ahead of the latest Apple smartwatch rollout, the panelists debate whether vendors made a mistake introducing smartwatches to consumers first, rather than pursuing the enterprise market.

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Women still under-represented in Nordic IT despite region’s efforts

Computer Weekly

Although countries in the Nordic region are often hailed as pioneers of digital and equal worker rights, there is still gender inequality in the IT sector.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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GPS spoofing, jamming and real-world threats | Tech Talk Ep 1, Pt 3

Network World

The panelists talk about GPS spoofing, and rumors about hacking as a factor in recent ship collisions. Plus, they sort out the difference between GPS spoofing and GPS jamming.

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Government launches FTTP pilot for businesses, schools and hospitals

Computer Weekly

The government has released £10m to six FTTP trial projects around the UK, testing ultrafast broadband technology in businesses, schools and hospitals

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Will the new iPhone break the $1,000 barrier? | Tech Talk Ep 1, Pt 4

Network World

The panelists talk about their pricing predictions for the newest iPhone. Will this be the Apple device that gives consumers sticker shock?

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Office 365 at your service

Computer Weekly

An overview of Microsoft’s subscription-based software offering

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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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SQL Challenge 19: BVG - Ballantyne vs Ganote

IT Toolbox

You never know till you try it.

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Can AI be used to run Political Systems?

Dataconomy

As Artificial Intelligence advances, its applications and purposes will naturally expand. It is possible that at some point in the future, AI is integrated into political systems around the globe in a crucial and important way. There are a wide variety of avenues for this integration – it can go. The post Can AI be used to run Political Systems?

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Three Aspects to Run a People-Centric Digital Organization

Future of CIO

Digital organizations are all about information savvy, adaptation, people-centricity, high-performance, and speed. Digital becomes the very fabric of high-performing businesses, being outside-in and customer-centric is the new mantra for forward-looking and high-mature digital organizations today. One of the key determinants of whether an organization can move to the digital new normal is the digital maturity of its people.

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ATMs Are IT Too!

Cloud Musings

That world of homogenous IT technology managed entirely by the internal IT organization has long disappeared. Operations today require efficient and global management of technologically heterogeneous environments. The challenges and mistakes organizations make when tackling this important task include: Operational disconnects caused by ineffective internal communications; Resource contention when multiple, independently developed project plans compete; Incompatible technical documentation; and I

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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.