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Do Companies Need a Chief AI Officer (CAIO)?

CTOvision

The short answer to the above question is “no”. But let’s get into the specifics. Clearly for many companies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the range of Cognitive Technologies are strategic to their businesses and organizations. Indeed, for many companies, AI is as fundamentally important to their long-term well being as their IT organizations and finances.

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Amplify Your Value - Great Book for CIO and IT Leaders

Social, Agile and Transformation

At some point in your IT career, you might be asked to step up and take a more leadership role in the IT organization. Maybe you were managing a small group of engineers or leading a team of application developers when a spot opened up at the more senior levels and you were asked to fill it. Then, one day you find out that you have to develop AND present an IT strategic plan.

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Three Digital Profiles of “Change Agent” CIOs

Future of CIO

Digital means the increasing speed of changes, information abundance, hyperconnectivity, and “always on” businesses. IT plays as a linchpin of digitalization. Many forward-thinking organizations invite their CIOs in the big table for sharing the technological vision and co-developing the business strategy, empower their CIOs to lead change and orchestrate digital transformation because they are in the unique position to oversee business functions and structures.

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Five Ways To Plan For B2B Journey Mapping Success

Forrester IT

Journey mapping can be an energizing and eye-opening exercise in customer empathy. As advisors to B2B CX and Marketing Leaders in the Forrester Leadership Boards (FLB), we come along on many journey mapping “journeys”. The most common question we receive from executives is, “How do I ensure the journey mapping process is actionable and aligned […].

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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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Are We Heading to Another AI Winter?

CTOvision

Amongst all this hype and bandwagon jumping on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Cognitive Technologies is also a sense of unease.

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Process to FIX SCCM Client Health Issues

Anoop

Computers running the SCCM client are the clients of SCCM server infra. When the SCCM clients are unhealthy or are reporting problems with accessing SCCM server infra, your SCCM infra is not providing much value. In this post, I will share the process to fix SCCM client health issues affecting client assignment, deployment, status, and […]. The post Process to FIX SCCM Client Health Issues appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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Can Agencies Change Their Business Model Fast Enough?

Forrester IT

Agencies are no longer the exclusive marketing and business partner for CMOs. CMOs bring agency work in house and aggressively manage agency fees. Global consultancies like Accenture and Deloitte target CMOs and new business and technology stakeholders with experience agency services. The agency business model is under attack. P&G reported saving $1 Billion in agency […].

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Infographic: Rise of the Machines

CTOvision

As artificial intelligence (AI) hits the headlines more, it’s getting difficult to separate fact from fiction. You may still be left with questions, such as: What is the purpose of AI? How can it help us? Should we be worried about it?

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Move SCCM Intune Hybrid to Standalone – It’s Official Now

Anoop

How many of you are still managing Intune hybrid devices from SCCM console? This post is significant for those SCCM admins. Those SCCM admins have a great learning opportunity to migrate SCCM hybrid setup to Intune standalone. Microsoft announced their support details of SCCM Intune Hybrid to Standalone. [Related Posts – 8 Reasons to Select Intune […].

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How the L1 Terminal Fault vulnerability affects Linux systems

Network World

Announced just yesterday in security advisories from Intel, Microsoft and Red Hat, a newly discovered vulnerability affecting Intel processors (and, thus, Linux) called L1TF or “L1 Terminal Fault” is grabbing the attention of Linux users and admins. Exactly what is this vulnerability and who should be worrying about it? L1TF, L1 Terminal Fault, and Foreshadow.

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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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Can Creative Entrepreneurialism Save The Agency Business Model?

Forrester IT

Jay Pattisall, Keith Johnston, and I have been probing the reasons behind the financial woes of agency holding companies such as MDC Partners, Publicis Groupe, and WPP. What’s going on? Why is the agency holding company business model struggling while consultancies like Accenture and Deloitte see their experience agency revenues soar? What has changed?

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Microsoft fights ransomware, Instagram hacked, Scary biometric database, Cybersecurity culture

CTOvision

The following are some of the cybersecurity topics we are tracking: OneDrive can now automatically backup your PC’s documents, pictures, and desktop folders Windows 10 users can now get additional file protection thanks to Microsoft's new initiative.

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Troubleshoot Intune Managed Application Deployments Errors

Anoop

In this video, you will see the enhanced options of Intune Troubleshooting blade. Intune Managed Application troubleshooting options for Windows devices are explained in this post. This feature is still in Intune public preview. [Related Posts – How to Start Troubleshooting Intune Issues] [Related Posts – How to Troubleshoot Windows 10 Intune MDM Issues] Content Overview […].

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How to protect your infrastructure from DNS cache poisoning

Network World

Domain Name System (DNS) is our root of trust and is one of the most critical components of the internet. It is a mission-critical service because if it goes down, a business’s web presence goes down. DNS is a virtual database of names and numbers. It serves as the backbone for other services critical to organizations. This includes email, internet site access, voice over internet protocol (VoIP), and the management of files.

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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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Seeking Good Industrial Use Cases For Virtual Or Augmented Reality

Forrester IT

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have become the cool must-haves for industrial technology vendor keynotes. I have lost count of the times we’ve watched someone on stage as they swoosh and swoop through jet engines, nuclear reactors, sunken wrecks, and the like. We ooh and we ah, and then we wonder if these […].

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DeepMind spots 50 eye diseases, NVIDIA’s new Turing GPU architecture, Retails three AI dilemmas, Getty Images brings Panels for newsrooms, 90 % executives feel AI is the future for their company

CTOvision

The following are some of the Artifical Intelligence topics we are tracking: DeepMind AI matches health experts at spotting eye diseases If the results of Alphabet's research with UK's Moorfields Eye Hospital are to be believed, the application of artificial intelligence in the healthcare sector is overwhelming.

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Serious About Your Business? Go Online

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Serious About Your Business? Go Online - Information Technology Blog. So, you’ve been running your own business for quite some time, and so far, it’s going well. You have an office set up and decided to get some additional workforce. Your business revenues are ticking over, but you look forward to more. What’s needed to be done?

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5 Best Practices in Employee Onboarding

Kitaboo

As new employees join your organization, you need to provide them with the necessary onboarding tools and training to align them with your organizational goals and culture. You need to acquaint them with the necessary information to adapt to their new job responsibilities as quickly as possible. While employee onboarding programs help organizations in achieving this goal, these programs, themselves, have undergone a sea change.

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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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Through the looking glass: Join us at Forrester’s CX Singapore 2018 Forum

Forrester IT

“Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!” The Red Queen, Through The Looking Glass. I was reminded of this quote from Lewis Carroll’s book when analyzing the results […].

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China outspends US in 5G tech, Facebook’s mission to connect all, Hollywood gets its own open source foundation, IoT spending to touch half a trillion dollars in four years

CTOvision

China has outspent the US by $24 billion in 5G technology since 2015, study shows 5G is coming soon but it seems that China and not the US may be the first to provide 5G services to its citizens. This is because China has outspent the US by a whopping $24 billion building 5G infrastructure.

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Double Your Targeted Traffic with These 6 SEO Marketing Tips!

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Double Your Targeted Traffic with These 6 SEO Marketing Tips! - Information Technology Blog. Like most ambitious entrepreneurs, you have probably come across the term ‘search engine optimization’ (SEO). It is the process experts use to make your business website easy for your customers to browse through. The sole objective of such professionals to attract internet surfers to your organization via popular online platforms.

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Linux and L1TF

Network World

Announced just yesterday in security advisories from Intel, Microsoft and Red Hat, a newly discovered vulnerability affecting Intel processors (and, thus, Linux) called L1TF or “L1 Terminal Fault” is grabbing the attention of Linux users and admins. Exactly what is this vulnerability and who should be worrying about it? L1TF, L1 Terminal Fault, and Foreshadow.

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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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A New Forrester Wave™ Assesses The Market For Full-Stack Public Cloud Development Platforms In China

Forrester IT

Our new “The Forrester Wave™: Full-Stack Public Cloud Development Platforms In China, Q3 2018” report is now live! This Wave evaluation uncovered a market in which Alibaba Cloud, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Tencent Cloud, and Huawei lead the pack. Baidu Cloud, JD Cloud, Kingsoft Cloud, and QingCloud offer strong alternatives. UCloud, Ping An Technology, and […].

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Percipient: We love the mission focus of this AI product company

CTOvision

Percipient.ai, America’s preeminent national security artificial intelligence firm, delivers machine learning and computer vision products for the nation’s most challenging missions. Their flagship product, Mirage, is a state of the art platform for multi-source intelligence that radically reduces the time required to process, exploit & disseminate time-sensitive data.

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How Technology Can Help You to Grow Your Business

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - How Technology Can Help You to Grow Your Business - Information Technology Blog. As an ambitious entrepreneur, it is only natural that you would want to grow your organization. Taking your company to the next level is a vital part of securing success. In the competitive world of business, you can never afford to sit back and relax, which is why your plans for expansion should always be evolving.

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Technology Short Take 103

Scott Lowe

Welcome to Technology Short Take 103, where I’m back yet again with a collection of links and articles from around the World Wide Web (Ha! Bet you haven’t seen that term used in a while!) on various technology areas. Here’s hoping I’ve managed to include something useful to you! Networking. Gerald Dykeman shares some information on using Ansible to automate Cisco Meraki.

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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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Cybersecurity In Singapore: Reflections Of A Visitor (And A New Fan)

Forrester IT

I have just spent the last week in Singapore delivering speeches and meeting a multitude of clients in a series of what turned out to be back to back meetings. In the same way that I love traveling, exploring new cultures, eating different foods and losing myself in the company of friends, I LOVE doing […].

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Spookstock: A virtuous, but secretive, battle of the bands

CTOvision

JJ Green at WTOP News produced a segment on a very virtuous yearly event called Spookstock which I would like to draw your attention to.

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Advantages and Disadvantages of using Vouchers in eCommerce

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Advantages and Disadvantages of using Vouchers in eCommerce - Information Technology Blog. To decide whether vouchers and coupons are the right tool to add to your online marketing strategy, it is essential that you consider the benefit and the cost of using coupons. In this article, we will use Gtech coupon marketing strategy as an example a successful coupon strategy.

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VMworld 2018 Prayer Time

Scott Lowe

For the last several years, I’ve organized a brief morning prayer time at VMworld. This year, I won’t be at the conference, but I’d like to help coordinate a time for believers to meet nevertheless. So, if you’re a Christian interested in gathering together with other Christians for a brief time of prayer, here are the details.

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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.