Thu.Jan 26, 2017

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2016 Privacy Lessons Learned And Looking Ahead To 2017

Forrester IT

Each year at the end of summer, several members of Forrester's Security & Risk research team look back at publicly reported breach events and data privacy violations of the previous 12 months to spot trends and identify cases to feature where we feel there are lessons learned for S&R pros. In 2016, this was a joint effort alongside my colleague Fatemeh Khatibloo from Forrester's Customer Insights research team.

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Virtual Instruments to add cloud storage monitoring by end of 2017

Computer Weekly

Storage performance and monitoring provider Virtual Instruments leverages Xangati functionality to add cloud storage monitoring to existing SAN and NAS capabilities in Virtual Wisdom

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Analyze This! Cisco Spends $3.7B To Buy AppDynamics

Forrester IT

Cisco's intent to acquire AppDynamics - officially announced on Wednesday Jan 25 2017 - is quite a surprise. Then again, it isn't. It's a surprise because AppDynamics was one day away from its IPO , giving nary a hint of courting a suitor. That would be an awfully expensive and troublesome camouflage. And if it was camo, it was amazingly airtight in this notoriously leaky information age.

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How to Introduce and Incorporate a New Software Solution Into an Existing Company

CTOvision

Carol M. Evenson. Human beings are creatures of habit, and this becomes particularly clear in the workplace. Often, people will discuss their “routines,” the patterns they follow to achieve maximum efficiency. They become used to these patterns and even to rely on them. Unfortunately, this also means that people are often resistant to change. If you try to force them to alter their routines, they will push back.

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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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Complementing CRM with Marketing Automation

IT Toolbox

Marketing automation complements CRM in helping your company to build business. MA's job is to automate workflows and other tasks associated with the marketing function. This includes automating marketing campaigns and routine marketing functions in an effort to get the jobs done more efficiently.

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Human-centric technologies will dominate next three years

Computer Weekly

Accenture says businesses will develop technology and services to match human behaviour in the next few years

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Microsoft’s cloud privacy battle may go to US Supreme Court

Computer Weekly

The US Department of Justice is considering going to the Supreme Court after an appeals court refused to revisit its July 2016 landmark ruling blocking government access to Microsoft servers in Ireland

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Getting Serious with Social Media

IT Toolbox

As social media becomes more common it is moving from an experiment to an integral part of companies' advertising and marketing efforts. Taking social media seriously and integrating it into your media plans requires evaluating your efforts carefully and getting feedback on its effectiveness. This means taking a slightly different approach to your social media efforts.

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Apple to Build Huge Solar Project to Power Reno Data Center Campus

Data Center Knowledge

Partners with local utility on joint venture to build 200MW plant in Nevada Read More.

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Data Analytics for CRM

IT Toolbox

Analytics are a critical part of any successful CRM program. The CRM system delivers mountains of information and analytics' job is to translate that data into useful information and, ultimately, more sales. This can be difficult because by its nature a successful CRM system produces loads of data of varying quality and relevance.

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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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‘To Geo or Not to Geo…?’

Data Center Knowledge

The argument for geo-redundancy is that it provides resiliency against catastrophic events and natural disasters, such as fires, tornadoes, or other situations that might cause you to lose a data center for a period of time. Read More.

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Applying Frame Relay to a WAN Solution

IT Toolbox

The firm selected frame relay as the technology basis for the broadband inter-network and the selected a national communications company as the frame relay IXC provider. LECs in each city provided the connection between the offices and the core network.

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Microsoft Almost Doubled Azure Cloud Revenue Last Quarter

Data Center Knowledge

Company's overall second-quarter sales and profit exceeded analysts’ projections Read More.

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Applying SMDS to a MAN Solution

IT Toolbox

The increase in transport speed greatly improved the response times for many applications, but it was a particular improvement for the Ocean Database, which is accessed worldwide. Over time, the tariff reduced rather quickly and the solution continued to save money even when higher speeds were required from some locations.

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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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MoD accelerator launches Enduring Challenge tech contest

Computer Weekly

Enduring Challenge seeks to bring innovative technology to the front line for the UK’s armed forces and security services

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Applying ATM to a WAN Solution

IT Toolbox

An optical backbone, operated at the OC-3c rate of 155 Mbps, connects ATM switches from Fore Systems Inc. (bought by Ericsson), at each location. Sun workstations (bought out by Oracle) connect to the ATM switches using a 100Mbps TAXI interface.

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Facebook ups security with Fido U2F two-factor authentication

Computer Weekly

Social media giant is enabling users to increase the security of their logins with Fido U2F USB security keys

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3 ERP Predictions for 2017

IT Toolbox

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) has become a must-have software for businesses that want to automate warehouse operations. This technology reduces order shipment times by 23 percent , according to research, and manages storage and inventory. ERP is constantly evolving.

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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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3 ways to use packet capture in public cloud operations and migration

Tech Republic Data Center

Packet capture is normally a tool of last resort in the private data center, but some organizations may want to consider it as a first stop in public cloud.

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LANs Moving Beyond the 1990s

IT Toolbox

LANs are rapidly becoming a basic building block in the structuring of truly global networks that will make the ideal of a global village possible.

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Mixed feelings on Australian enterprise app market

Computer Weekly

The enterprise mobile app development market is attracting big money despite a lack of corporate appetite

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3 Ways How UC is Falling Short

IT Toolbox

When considering the broader topic of collaboration, Unified Communications invariably enters the conversation. These terms are often used interchangeably, and while this sometimes makes sense, it can otherwise imply or infer connections that aren’t really there. I regularly write about both – collaboration and UC – usually separately, as they largely exist on separate planes.

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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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Top 10 companies hiring cybersecurity professionals

Tech Republic Security

Apple, General Motors, and Capital One are among the top-rated companies for employee experience with several cybersecurity jobs currently open.

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How to speed your ERP? All-flash storage offers one answer

IT Toolbox

If there’s one thing enterprise resource planning systems have taught businesses over the last few years, it’s that they need data, analytics and cognitive applications instantly available at all times. With that in mind, IBM has announced a new line of all-flash storage solutions aimed specifically at the enterprise resource planning and cognitive applications market.

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Cisco's Spark Board aims to upgrade the conference room with wireless connectivity and data encryption

Tech Republic Cloud

Cisco's new Spark Board is set to compete with the Google Jamboard and Microsoft Surface Hub. Here's how it could benefit your enterprise.

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IP: Maintenance of Datagram Fragment Lists

IT Toolbox

All machines that implement IP must be able to fragment outgoing datagrams and to reassemble fragmented datagrams that arrive.

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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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How to integrate your big data and continuous improvement programs

Tech Republic Big Data

Big data takes the time-tested methodologies of continuous improvement to the next level. Here are specific steps on bringing together analytics and CI programs.

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AT&T closes trial projects in journey to IP networks

IT Toolbox

AT&T has announced the successful completion of two transition trials from TDM to IP phone services. The trials concluded last week were launched three years ago to identify operational, technical and public policy issues that might occur during such a transition process.

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How to add cloud functionality to your WordPress site with an easy to use plugin

Tech Republic Cloud

If you want to add a cloud storage feature to a WordPress site, the WP Cloud plugin is simple to install and even easier to use.

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Case Study: ERP streamlines operations for equipment rental firm

IT Toolbox

When US rental company Herc Rentals wanted to simplify its operations across 280 branch locations, executives knew that quality ERP software would go a long way toward getting them there. After analyzing the competition, Herc ultimately chose Infor CloudSuite to manage everything from data consolidation and customer demand response to fleet management and asset availability.

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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.