IT Toolbox
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Don’t panic. That might be the famous advice from the Douglas Adams series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy , but it also is words of wisdom for those entrusted with deploying a new ERP system for their business.
Computer Weekly
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Most hackers are able to access company systems and steal valuable data within 24 hours, according to the Nuix Black Report, which aims to show which security technologies are worth investing in
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CTOvision
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Bob Gourley. The Feb 17-20 Strata Hadoop World in San Jose has an incredible line up of speakers and hot topics. Attending is a great way to track the latest in the community, learn (and share) lessons learned and find the most capable technologies ready for enterprise use. This is the place to dive deep into the latest on Big Data, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, and the massive cybersecurity issues in all those topics.
Computer Weekly
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Challenger bank Starling opens its API up to developers in hackathon at Google’s London Campus
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.
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Nancy Louisnord. Launching a new application is always a celebration for the project team, but the success of the application is partly determined after the implementation. During this follow-up, the role of the functional manager is an important one -- but how do you take on this role? Having visited a lot of organizations as their consultant, here’s some experiences learned: Whether you achieve your goal is equally determined by the tool’s set-up and the implementation’s follow-up.
Computer Weekly
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
The oil and gas industry needs to address the security risks associated with operational technology and vulnerable IT systems, says Ponemon Institute report
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Data Center Knowledge
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
While we’ve seen cloud native pioneers such as Uber, Netflix, Ebay, and Twitter publicly embrace this method of building and delivering their services, many organizations aren’t sure where to begin when it comes to achieving effective and efficient operations through this app architecture.
IT Toolbox
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Influence is a key part of sales and marketing. One of the most important jobs of marketing and sales is to influence the customer to buy your product. This is true whether you're planning a marketing campaign or working the phone with a customer. Because influence is so important, there is an implied third party or parties in all your interactions.
Computer Weekly
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Energy market stakeholders are calling on the datacentre community to help them close the UK's energy demand and supply gap by hooking up their diesel generators to the National Grid, but will it work?
IT Toolbox
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
An intelligent CRM can increase your sales without inflating your marketing budget. It does so by focusing on achieving a higher conversion rate instead of getting more leads. This happens as the AI platform behind your CRM makes it easy to build true one-on-one relationships with your potential customers. What Results Can You Expect?
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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.
Data Center Knowledge
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Investment in London shows confidence despite Brexit, but commitments more bullish elsewhere in Europe Read More.
IT Toolbox
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
The sales funnel is the primary metaphor for describing the sales process. It is primary because it is so generally applicable to what goes on in selling. The primary characteristic of the sales funnel is its shape. A sales funnel starts out broad and then narrows as you move down it. At the very bottom are the sales you make.
Computer Weekly
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
In a House of Lords debate on the Digital Economy Bill, peers passed an amendment to set the minimum standard speed for broadband at 30Mbps
IT Toolbox
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
There’s a reason that bring-your-own-device (BYOD) has spread across businesses of all sizes: Consumer apps just work better. If you’re seeking outcomes, not just clocking time at the office, at some point you realize that the applications that you use at home are just more efficient and easier to use than the stuff provided by the IT department.
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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.
Computer Weekly
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Government executive Chris Townsend, who oversees the DCMS-run BDUK rural broadband programme, is to step down in April
IT Toolbox
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Measurement is at the heart of any successful business process. This is doubly true of your CRM system. If you can't measure what's happening with your CRM efforts, you can't know where you are and it's virtually impossible to steer the process. That, in turn, implies that you have a set of metrics you can use to measure your CRM process objectively.
Computer Weekly
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Dutch banks are falling behind organisations in other sectors when it comes to securing domains.
IT Toolbox
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Since the dawn of cable broadband back in the mid-1990s, cable companies have squarely targeted consumers with a range of internet connectivity and, later, phone offerings. When the industry entered the 2000s, business services cropped up, with cable broadband providers offering small to mid-sized commercial customers voice over IP (VoIP), connectivity, and other value-added services.
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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.
Data Center Knowledge
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Deal follows acquisition of 49 percent stake in data center provider by Chinese investor consortium Read More.
IT Toolbox
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
New IoT Apps Enhance Digital Supply Chain. According to a current market research report, the cloud-based supply chain management solution market is estimated to grow from the $3.26 billion achieved in 2016 to $8.07 billion by 2021.
Computer Weekly
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Flash storage needs array data protection.
IT Toolbox
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Starting up a company can be challenging enough. But lighting up an entirely new industry – particularly one that’s budding from a product still illegal on the books of the federal government– can leave executives lost in the weeds.
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“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.
Network World
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
As you probably know by now, on February 16, the State of New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) finalized its new cybersecurity regulations which take effect on March 1, 2017. These regulations are somewhat redundant with others in the financial services industry (i.e. FFIEC, GLBA, NIST CSF, OCC, etc.), but tend to go a bit further with several specific prescriptive requirements.
IT Toolbox
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Visa and IBM are partnering on an ambitious Internet of Things project to bring the point of sale to everywhere Visa is accepted. The goal: Enable businesses to introduce secure payment facilities to devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT). This means that any connected devices can potentially be turned into a point of sale.
Network World
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
One of my main roles is improving the security of the software produced by my employer, and it was in that role that I attended the annual gathering of the security industry in San Francisco last week. The RSA Conference is one of the two global security conferences I attend, the other being Blackhat. While Blackhat has become more corporate, it’s still dominated by hackers and focuses more on vulnerabilities, whereas RSA is very much a corporate event focused on enterprise security and security
IT Toolbox
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Today I pretty much sat at my desk all day long. I had some research to do and papers to write. I really didn't move that much. But I was connected all day long. But I spent most of the day working with others. Turns out I work in a quasi-distributed organization. Key coworkers of mine are in 3 different states.
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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.
Data Center Knowledge
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Data center absorption in the region was well ahead all other US markets in 2016. Read More.
IT Toolbox
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Potential buyers of enterprise technologies have hundreds of ERP systems to choose from. In fact, we track the leading 250+ systems in our internal ERP vendor database to help our consulting teams provide data to our clients selecting and implementing new software.
Data Center Knowledge
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Appliance designed to make deployment of containerized applications easier for IT Read More.
IT Toolbox
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
This is a fair question to ask, as collaboration technologies seem to be spinning out of control with no clear center of gravity. There really are two factors at play here, and to have success deploying UC – or something akin to that – you need to understand both.
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.
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