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The Top Emerging Technologies For Digital Predators

Forrester IT

If you've been following my research, you know I like to divide the business world into three categories of company: Digital Predators successfully use emerging digital technologies to gain market share and/or displace traditional incumbent companies (e.g. Amazon, Lyft, Priceline, AirBnB, Netflix). Digital Transformers evolve a traditional business to take advantage of emerging technologies, creating new sources of value for customers and opening up new competitive strategies (e.g.

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Government to ramp up help for UK cyber security industry

Computer Weekly

Government, in partnership with industry, is pursuing a range of initiatives aimed at establishing a UK cyber security ecosystem, developing skills and products and boosting exports, says DIT’s Conrad Prince

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4 Benefits of VoIP and CRM Integration

IT Toolbox

Voice over Internet Protocol, commonly called VoIP, lets businesses make phone calls from the internet. It boosts portability, cuts costs -- 99.9 percent of users see a reduction in their phone expenses, according to one report -- and provides more flexibility than traditional telecommunications. Companies that integrate VoIP with customer relationship management software could reap further benefits.

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Finance firms are vulnerable to cyber attacks, so why do customers think they are secure?

Computer Weekly

The public are overly confident in the ability of banks and financial institutions to protect their data, but that will change when mandatory reporting comes in next year under the General Data Protection Regulation

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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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How Collaboration Impacts Digital Transformation

IT Toolbox

Most technology investment decisions are tactical in that they address operational needs like expanding network capacity, or supporting workflows with a new phone system. Of course, these moves deliver real business value, but each tends to exist in standalone manner.

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Nordea goes beyond what is mandatory for PSD2

Computer Weekly

Nordic bank prepares for the introduction of the latest banking regulations through a platform that is open to third parties

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Most companies wide open to “cataclysmic” hack, especially after M&A

Computer Weekly

Companies are leaving themselves wide open to cyber crime, especially after M&A, so companies need to start enabling cyber-security professionals before they face serious problems

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Oracle’s Cloud Business Shows Momentum as Sales, Profit Beat

Data Center Knowledge

Earnings report marks three straight quarters of revenue gains after more than a year of declines. Read More.

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US accuses Russian spies of directing Yahoo breach

Computer Weekly

US authorities have arrested a man in Canada who has been charged alongside two Russian intelligence officers and a Russian hacker in connection with a 2014 data breach at Yahoo affecting 500 million accounts

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5 Real Ways to Reduce the Pain of an ERP Cloud Migration

IT Toolbox

For many organizations, moving their enterprise resources planning (ERP) software to the cloud isn't a question of "if," but rather a matter of timing.

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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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UK holidaymakers’ data breach highlights need to be proactive

Computer Weekly

Security experts say the data breach at travel industry association Abta underlines that no organisation is immune from cyber attack and that data holders and consumers should be more proactive about data protection

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Google Data Center FAQ

Data Center Knowledge

Everything you ever wanted to know (and didn't) about Google data centers but were afraid to ask Read More.

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Digital transformation shifts balance in IT departments

Computer Weekly

IT leaders are shifting the focus of the IT department, providing more staff to support digital business initiatives

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4 ERP Metrics to Look Out For

IT Toolbox

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software integrates business operations and optimizes supply chain management. But gauging the success of ERP implementation is difficult. How do you know whether this software provides a solid return on your investment, for example? That's where metrics come in.

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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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Google Opens a New Front in Cloud Price Wars

Data Center Knowledge

Analysts say new discounts can make Google’s cloud cheaper for big users than AWS Read More.

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Simparel ERP solution powers Veronica Beard Clothing Brand

IT Toolbox

After three years of more than doubling its business, women’s sportswear brand Veronica Beard has jettisoned the current enterprise resource planning system at its Manhattan headquarters and replaced it with the Simparel Enterprise solution.

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HMRC urged to delay digital tax plan for businesses

Computer Weekly

Lords committee echoes previous criticism by MPs over timetable for Making Tax Digital programme and calls for further trials

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Voicemail transcription added to leading softswitch platform

IT Toolbox

Voicemail transcription is becoming increasingly prevalent in the smartphone market, with the facility being added to Apple’s new iPhone 10. At the same time, it is also becoming more widely adopted in the business VoIP market, helping firms to respond to customer calls more quickly, while potentially generating more revenue for VoIP providers.

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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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AWS Offers Cloud Credits to Alexa Skill Developers

Data Center Knowledge

Company leveraging its cloud dominance to get more developer love for its home assistant Read More.

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Group Currency Handling Challenges

IT Toolbox

Our company has its headquarters in the US and the reporting preference is therefore USD. We make sales in other parts of the world though and we carry a cost burden in India and various countries in Europe as well as in North America. SAP has some special handling aspects for FOREX.

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Report: Hybrid cloud dominates in Europe, adoption driven by security concerns

Tech Republic Security

A recent study from NetApp examined the growing use of hybrid cloud infrastructure in Europe, noting that storage and backup were the most listed use cases.

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Oracle Q3 2016-17 results: cloud revenue up, overall growth 2%

Computer Weekly

Oracle’s third-quarter results for fiscal year 2017 show 2% growth in overall revenue, with cloud representing 13% of the total.

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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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PowerShell: Generate User Logon Report

Mick's IT Blog

This script will generate a logon report of a specific user on a specific machine. This script is designed to query the event viewer logs on either a local or remote machine. It does not require WinRM for this to occur. The script begins by querying the registry or remote registry to find the associated SID with the specified user profile. It then proceeds to retrieve all Event 4624 IDs from the event viewer logs.

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Atlanta Data Center Market Firing on All Cylinders

Data Center Knowledge

Recent acquisition and expansion activity shows the Atlanta market is heating up. Read More.

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How to enable https on Apache CentOS

Tech Republic Security

For some businesses, serving up websites via HTTPS is a must-have. Here's how to configure secure http Apache on CentOS.

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Digital Realty Expands Atlanta Data Center Space

Data Center Knowledge

New downtown site about half a mile away from major carrier hotel at 56 Marietta 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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What HPE's acquisition of SimpliVity means for data center customers

Tech Republic Data Center

With the purchase of SimpliVity, HPE now has two competing rack-server hyperconverged infrastructure solutions. Here's how that will affect HPE's composable infrastructure strategy.

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CIO interview: Jon Cheyne, IT director, National Theatre

Computer Weekly

We speak to the IT head at the National Theatre about what it means to have a 99% cloud strategy

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DARPA plan would reinvent not-so-clever machine learning systems

Network World

Machine learning systems maybe be smart but they have a lot to discover. Innovative researchers with DARPA hope to achieve superior machine learning systems with a new program called Lifelong Learning Machines (L2M) which has as its primary goal to develop next-generation machine learning technologies that can learn from new situations and apply that learning to become better and more reliable than current constrained systems.

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Idaho One Step Closer to Passing Data Center Tax Breaks

Data Center Knowledge

Idaho is looking to become the 21st state to offer incentives to data center providers. Read More.

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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.