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The Complete Guide to Embedded Analytics

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

Summary: The embedded analytics market is growing by 15% annually, and shows no signs of slowing down. What is embedded analytics and why is it so important? In this article, we cover the concept in more detail and explain why it’s a trend you can’t afford to ignore. Let me ask you a question: What is the purpose of business intelligence (BI)?

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Data literacy matters. Do we have to spell it out?!

Forrester IT

In the words of Thomas Edison, the value of an idea lies in the using of it. Yeah, I’ve used that quote a lot to talk about the value of data. Data isn’t inherently valuable. But when you use it to better understand customers or to identify bottlenecks in a process or to detect fraud […].

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AI Ethics Guidelines Every CIO Should Read

Information Week

You don't need to come up with an AI ethics framework out of thin air. Here are five of the best resources to get technology and ethics leaders started.

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5 Takeaways from ChannelCon 2019: Tech Support, Cloud Computing and Cybersecurity Included

Association of Information Technology Professional

The IT Pro Track at ChannelCon 2019 offered insights (and continuing education units (CEUs)!) on topics including tech support, cloud computing, cybersecurity and 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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Download 30 Azure eBooks from Microsoft

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Hope this post will help you to learn Azure. You can refer the following table to download 30 Azure eBooks for free. All these eBooks are provided by Microsoft. Check out the following section to Download 30 Azure eBooks. Introduction Let’s check some details about Azure architecture from Mark Russinovich!

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Infrastructure Automation Platforms: Coopetition At Its Fiercest

Forrester IT

Why Infrastructure Automation? I used to kid around with my research director, Glenn O’Donnell, that my previous Forrester Wave™ evaluation on configuration management was the “Wave no vendor wanted to be in.” The term, while valid, is old. Further, configuration management is one part of a larger infrastructure automation story. This led to an interesting […].

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Video: How IT Certifications Advance Careers | Road to ChannelCon

Association of Information Technology Professional

IT pros and students shared firsthand how IT training and certifications help them get into IT, perform well on the job and best serve their customers.

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SCCM CMG Schema Workflow Scenarios – Part 1

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. SCCM Cloud management gateway (CMG) is an Azure service (PAAS) to manage SCCM client over the internet. We can say CMG is an SCCM Management point in Cloud. SCCM CMG helps to reduce SCCM infrastructure complexity and cost. CMG also open up different scenarios for modern device management.

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Current Malpractice Handicaps Social Selling’s Potential

Forrester IT

We first published research on social selling in 2016, and B2B sellers continue to flock to various networks to interact with their customers and prospects. Social provides the opportunity for authentic connections, mutually beneficial professional relationships, and positive business outcomes for both buyers and sellers. But sellers’ inconsistent and boorish behaviors and a lack of […].

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How to Use Digital Textbooks in the Classroom

Kitaboo

The use of digital textbooks in classrooms is growing in the face of the easy availability of smartphones and the Internet. The interactive features that form part of digital textbooks have captured the attention of both students and teachers, providing the former a more engaging and immersive experience and allowing the latter easy access to online resources to supplement their teaching.

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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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Emerging Technologies Take Center Stage at ChannelCon

Association of Information Technology Professional

From blockchain to drones, AI and IoT to space internet, ChannelCon 2019 featured the latest conversations in emerging technologies and the opportunities and challenges around implementing and monetizing new technology solutions.

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Is SD-WAN a Better Bet for Unified Communications?

Information Week

As momentum continues to build for managed services with SD-WAN, providers try to make the case to migrate communications to these networks.

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Salesforce Buys ClickSoftware To Bolster Its’ Field Service Offering

Forrester IT

Salesforce continues its fast and furious acquisition spree by picking up ClickSoftware for $1.53B to beef up its field service capabilities. Field Service is a rapidly growing area in CRM. Growth is fueled by the demand for (1) differentiated customer experiences which extends to a field worker showing up at a customer or a work […].

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Is your enterprise software committing security malpractice?

Network World

Back when this blog was dedicated to all things Microsoft I routinely railed against the spying aspects of Windows 10. Well, apparently that’s nothing compared to what enterprise security, analytics, and hardware management tools are doing. An analytics firm called ExtraHop examined the networks of its customers and found that their security and analytic software was quietly uploading information to servers outside of the customer's network.

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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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Shaquille O’Neal Talks Investing, Tech Trends and Why He’s Proud to be a Geek

Association of Information Technology Professional

Tech investor, entrepreneur, deejay and basketball star Dr. Shaquille O’Neal kept the ChannelCon audience laughing as he shared investment advice, his personal tech story and all the reasons he’s proud to be more cerebral than celebrity.

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SCCM Hotfix is Not Visible in Console – Here is the Reason

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Are you wondering why that particular SCCM hotfix or rollup update is not available in SCCM console? The availability of SCCM CB versions and Hotfixes in SCCM console is based on the applicability of your environment, and Microsoft dynamically manages this. NOTE ! – If you want to know more about the SCCM 1906 new […].

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Customer Effort: How To Measure It Right

Forrester IT

How do you measure customer effort? Most customer experience (CX) pros use surveys. While the question text and scale they use can differ, the resulting score measures the level of effort. But we need to move beyond only measuring the level of effort. My new report explains why and gives suggestions for improving customer effort […].

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How to Create Interactive Content for Sales Enablement

Kitaboo

Interactive content is the new buzzword in communication with 88% of marketers saying that it helps them stand out from competition. Engaging interactive content can transform conversations with sales prospects and convert them into customers. Creating interactive content for sales enablement is an effective practice to convert prospects into loyal customers.

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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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Customer Experience Is a Priority for SMBs, Solution Providers Looking to Add Value

Association of Information Technology Professional

SMB Customers know more—and demand more—than ever, which means solution providers need to have a greater understand of their customers’ experiences in order to be successful, said CompTIA’s Carolyn April, at ChannelCon in Las Vegas.

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Four Technology-Driven Hiring Trends

Information Week

It's been a challenging year for businesses seeking to hire CIOs and technical experts in fields as diverse as machine learning and mobile network technology.

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Top Security Technology Trends in 2019: Transforming the Future of Work in Security

Forrester IT

Walk the show floor at any security event and you will be inundated with a multitude of purportedly cutting-edge and disruptive security technologies. When every vendor claims that their solution is unique, and that no security program would be complete without it, how do you cut through the noise to pinpoint what you must pay […].

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Driving Digital Tip of the Day by @DrivingDig Episode 1

Social, Agile and Transformation

I'm introducing a new opportunity for everyone to learn more about Digital Transformation. Every day, @DrivingDig will be publishing a #DrivingDig Tip of the Day. Each tip covers one of the themes from my book, Driving Digital. You'll see tips on agile planning, product management, devops, citizen data science, proactive data governance, and leadership topics on driving organizational change.

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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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That's a Wrap: ChannelCon 2019 Comes to a Close

Association of Information Technology Professional

The final day of ChannelCon featured educational sessions, vendor awards, tours, networking opportunities and a general session that left a BIG impression on attendees. Read on for more about how we closed out another epic year at ChannelCon.

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Brewing Up Data Infrastructure to Support Tech Diversity

Information Week

Having grown by many acquisitions to be perhaps the largest beer company in the world, Anheuser Busch InBev is working to create a unified view of all its data.

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Translating Security For Small Business

Forrester IT

This week is BlackHat. The annual Hacker Summer Camp as many folks call it. And this year is the first year in 14 years I haven’t been there. This year I intentionally took an opportunity to punt on Hacker Summer Camp. Why? I had an invite to speak to a group of small business owners […].

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Verifying SCCM package has updated the content on the distribution point

Mick's IT Blog

One of the things I have wrestled with over the years of using SCCM is verifying if the package on the distribution point contains the new content after updating the distribution point(s). I have typically seen that if there is a minor change, such as maybe a line of two of code changed in a PowerShell installer script, it doesn't get updated the first time around.

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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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Game On! Highlights from ChannelCon Day 2

Association of Information Technology Professional

Day two of ChannelCon featured educational tracks as well as the State of the Industry General Session featuring CompTIA President and CEO Todd Thibodeaux and Nancy Hammervik, executive vice president, Industry Relations, CompTIA, followed by Eric O’Neill’s gripping keynote.

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Best Practices for Deploying Data Lakes

Information Week

With data changing and growing so rapidly, the need to get value out of your data is even more urgent. Here's some advice about how to approach data lakes.

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Asia Pacific Financial Consumers’ Digital Coming Of Age Is Here — Is Your Firm Ready?

Forrester IT

Something remarkable is happening with Asia Pacific online adults: Their behaviors and expectations are evolving at an unprecedented rate, and they’re embracing innovation faster than ever before. Forrester found that consumers in Asia Pacific markets are some of the most advanced when it comes to digital engagement. Their high levels of empowerment affect how they […].

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5 Reasons why you still need to use printed marketing materials in your business

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - 5 Reasons why you still need to use printed marketing materials in your business - Information Technology Blog. It’s a digital era whereby almost everyone is using the internet more compared to other forms of printed media. Social media is the fastest way of getting the news that goes viral within seconds. Many brands are embracing social media and search engines to do their marketing.

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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.