Sat.Jul 01, 2017 - Fri.Jul 07, 2017

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The Future of Operations: A Developer

Forrester IT

Infrastructure is increasingly software-based with rapid container growth, composable infrastructure [i] , and of course the consumption of cloud. Additionally, as the velocity of change increases - and will continue to increase - the premise that we can continue to manage these systems with our traditional methods is no longer true. The management of your estate mandates that system administrators (sysadmins) quickly acquire skill sets common among Agile development and operations (DevOps) [ii]

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Transforming the PMO into an SVMO to Drive Software Value

CTOvision

The role of the Project Management Office (PMO) has been to define and maintain standards for projects – an important business function for most organizations. In the software development world, the PMO has made significant headway over the years in standardizing processes to ensure projects are executed successfully. While the PMO has been vital in […].

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Most influential women in UK tech: The 2017 longlist

Computer Weekly

Every year, Computer Weekly asks the technology industry to nominate who it thinks are the most influential women in UK tech – here is the 2017 longlist

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Google Hopes Nutanix Can Unlock the Enterprise Data Center for Its Cloud Business

Data Center Knowledge

Hybrid-cloud partnership with hyper-converged infrastructure pioneer gives Google more than a me-too on-premises component. Read More.

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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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Whither Indian IT?

Forrester IT

The Indian media has been busy sounding the death knell for the US$150 billion IT and BPO services industry. Doom generates page views and can make for compelling reading, but do the facts justify the rising sense of despondency? Not quiet, we believe. The retrenchments and the modest guidance are real. But they are neither indicative of a civilization-ending AI, nor a whole-scale repudiation of the founding pillars of the offshore services industry.

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GreenTec: Persistent Data Protection With Storage Level Security

CTOvision

With this post we are initiating coverage of Virginia based GreenTec-USA. GreenTec-USA is a pioneer in data center modularization and optimization for servers, storage, video and secure document storage. The premise behind their cyber security solutions is one that leaders in the cyber business know well – breaches are not a question of if, but when. […].

Storage 168

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Machine Learning Tools are Coming to the Data Center

Data Center Knowledge

New breed of tools use machine learning techniques to add human knowledge to sensor data Read More.

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We Don't Need Jedi's

Forrester IT

Like every other movie buff, geek, or nerd on the planet I am a Star Wars fan. I think it's a stellar series (minus the whole Jar Jar Binks thing, anything with that guy in it could be used as an alternative to waterboarding) that has spun a tale for the ages across the better part of a few decades. After this last week bouncing around on planes across the US I had time to watch the original movie on a flight, it had been quite a while.

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CTOvision Assessment On The Megatrend of Cybersecurity

CTOvision

There are seven key megatrends driving the future of enterprise IT. You can remember them all with the mnemonic acronym CAMBRIC, which stands for Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Mobility, Big Data, Robotics, Internet of Things, CyberSecurity. In this post we dive deeper into the trend of enhanced Cybersecurity. We can make a prediction with absolute certainty: In the future, cybersecurity will be […].

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Lloyds Bank joins Swift blockchain proof-of-concept project

Computer Weekly

Twenty-eight banks collaborate in blockchain project that will enable the real-time management of accounts used to make cross-border payments

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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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Five Ways Mobile ERP is Evolving

IT Toolbox

Apple just released a toolkit for easily incorporating augmented reality into mobile apps. You’re not alone if you think this is an opportunity for mobile ERP. In fact, even before Apple announced its push into augmented reality, ERP makers already were busily working on ways to make ERP data more useful and accessible for mobile.

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Navigate The Kubernetes Ecosystem

Forrester IT

Containers are at the heart of so-called "cloud-native" applications and platforms -- the emerging term of art for apps born in or redesigned for container-centric technologies. Containers enable faster software delivery, tremendous scale, higher resiliency, greater flexibility, and a wider range of implementation options -- all critical features that EA pros need to accelerate digital transformation.

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5 Things CIO Should do this Summer

Social, Agile and Transformation

Take a step back - it's summer time. You may not be able to slow down, but you should have more opportunities to do things outside of the normal day to day and monthly grind. If you do, consider the following options - Unplug - My advice for CIO on taking summer vacations includes unplugging from email, learning something new, and setting priorities on your time.

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Let’s have some more straight talking on AI and robotics

Computer Weekly

How do you ensure artificial intelligence grows with your business and does not turn into an assortment of technologies that may be fantastic but don’t integrate or scale well?

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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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Eliminate Drag to go Faster!

IT Toolbox

If you need to improve the velocity of a process or project, and you can't supply any more energy to make it go faster, the answer comes down to reducing the drag. "What is drag?" you might ask. I'm glad you did. Drag is any step or activity which takes time or energy without positively contributing to the final output.

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What Kind of Threat Intelligence are You Selling Me?

Forrester IT

The threat intelligence market has not been well defined. This is a problem that frequently arises when marketing departments start playing buzzword bingo in a "me too" attempt to latch onto the latest trend. This year it's happening with machine learning. Unfortunately, the market response to this type of message pollution is to "lose faith" in the trend or technology, leaving nothing but the echoes of a melancholy Michael Stipe song.

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The Peculiarities of High-Availability Data Center Design on a Cruise Ship

Data Center Knowledge

TUI vessels set sail with new multi-site IT infrastructure aboard Read More.

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Storage the favourite use case for public cloud customers

Computer Weekly

Despite lingering trust issues, storage and backup are key use cases in the public cloud, says Barracuda survey.

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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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What a Business Architect is and is not (ii)

IT Toolbox

In “ Lessons from the Field: The Adaptable LeBusiness Architect ” Dean Heltemes, the Business Architecture leader at Cargill, addresses the Business Architect role in the enterprise. continuing from.

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CopyCat malware infects 14M devices, shows 'unprecedented success rate'

Tech Republic Security

Check Point researchers have identified a new malware that they said infected some 14 million devices, rooting 8 million of them. The malware has generated $1.5 million for attackers.

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Oracle’s Hurd Bullish on Cloud Business, Says Enterprise Market Largely Untapped

Data Center Knowledge

Softens tone on data center spend but reiterates that innovation can cut cloud capex dramatically Read More.

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Nando's technology director explains using cloud to digitally disrupt its own business

Computer Weekly

Nando’s technology director, Richard Atkinson, describes how the restaurant chain is using cloud to get closer to its customers and build stronger ties with its 14,000-strong workforce

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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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6 Ways You Can Cut Business Costs

IT Toolbox

Running a business isn?t always cheap. There are always things to think about that need paying for. However, it doesn?t always have to be all about expense. In fact, there are ways that you can save money on some of your everyday business costs.

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Hybrid cloud: The smart person's guide

Tech Republic Cloud

This comprehensive guide covers the common use cases, technical benefits and limitations, and what to know for adopting hybrid cloud in your organization.

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How to End On-Call IT Burnout and Post-Traumatic Alert Fatigue

Data Center Knowledge

For the battle weary on-call staff who are regularly dragged out of bed in the middle of the night, having to constantly deal with flaky infrastructure and poorly designed applications carries a heavy personal toll. Read More.

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Government awards academics £16m for 5G trial network

Computer Weekly

Experts from three major technology research institutions have been awarded a government grant to develop a 5G test network

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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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Using webinar metrics to blast CRM data to the next level

IT Toolbox

Webinars are becoming a highly popular component of the digital marketing tool box, but harnessing the rich customer data they yield is still a missed opportunity. Frequently, that vital information is distilled into a simple e-mail-harvesting exercise, with customer details folded into an automated email routine. Yet, there are more effective outcomes available.

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UN report: 50% of countries have no cybersecurity strategy in place

Tech Republic Security

Singapore and the US top the list of countries with the greatest commitment to cybersecurity. However, most other countries are lacking in their approach to cybercrime, hacking, and more.

Strategy 137
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IT Management Job Overwhelming? There Are Resources That Can Help

Data Center Knowledge

Managers, and especially IT managers, sometimes just need someone to "get them across the street.” Read More.

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Security Think Tank: Five things businesses can do to protect from cyber attack

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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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.