Sat.Sep 03, 2016 - Fri.Sep 09, 2016

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Videoconferencing Is No Longer Boardroom Bound

Forrester IT

Throw open the boardroom doors. Videoconferencing is making a dash to to the huddle room, your desktop, and the cloud. In Forrester's new Vendor Landscape: Videoconferencing Platforms we look at videoconferencing market trends and the 15 vendors that support the space. Videoconferencing is a must have for employee experience. It drives hard cost savings with travel reductions and decreased time to market and soft savings with employees--particularly remote workers--who are more engaged.

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TechNet Augusta 2016: US Army Expeditionary Networks

CTOvision

ChrisScott. This is the forth in our series of posts on US Army systems and mission needs based on the AFCEA Augusta Technet. Expeditionary Networks. Army’s plan to modernize their expeditionary networks comes after years of fighting on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan. They will rely on two methods to modernize the force: Unit Set Fielding: mission command software upgrades.

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Simulated cyber attack in London adds finalists to 2016 UK Cyber Security Challenge

Computer Weekly

Ten would-be cyber warriors head to the final of the UK Cyber Security Challenge after showing off their skills to prospective employers in dealing with a simulated cyber attack

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TPG to Buy Intel’s McAfee Security Unit in $4.2B Deal

Data Center Knowledge

Intel is offloading the anti-virus software unit as part of a strategy to focus on its more profitable data center business 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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Forrester Continues To Lead CX Research In China And Shares The Vision With Chinese Practitioners At Our Signature CX Marketing

Forrester IT

Forrester conducted another successful conference last Friday on September 1 with our Customer Experience (CX) Marketing Shanghai 2016 Forum.With insightful content, influential industry speakers and great event organization, we are grateful for the excellent feedback that we received from the delegates who were present. A total of 190 CX and marketing professionals attended this event, joined by 23 Forresterites from all over the globe.

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Apigee: Enterprise grade platform for data sharing and innovation

CTOvision

Research Team. In 2013 In-Q-Tel issued a press release on a recent strategic partnership and technology development agreement with a firm called Apigee. That statement alone is all the savvy technologist needs to know to start diving into Apigee. In-Q-Tel has a reputation for applying lots of focused thought into the firms they invest in and because of that have a terrific track record of finding very virtuous firms, so anyone they like we like.

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Delta: Data Center Outage Cost Us $150M

Data Center Knowledge

Price tag extraordinarily high in comparison to data center industry average Read More.

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The Competitive Dynamics Of Workforce Optimization--A Critical Driver Of Customer Experience--Unpacked

Forrester IT

We've all heard the idea so much it is now approaching hackneyed cliché: technological-driven disruption can--or will--hit every industry. Uber and Lyft have monkeyed around with the fundamental order of the taxi and livery business. 3D printing threatens manufacturing. And so on and so on. The result of all this disruption: customer experience has become the one true differentiator left to most companies.

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The Link Between Big Data and Employee Training

CTOvision

Brigg Patten. Big data benefits businesses in various ways during the employee training process. If you run a company that has analysts, administrators, and data scientists, there are several reasons why you may want to use applications that rely on big data. Better Training and Enhanced Performance. By using reliable analysis software, you can quickly pinpoint which training programs are producing the best results.

Big Data 154
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Security Think Tank: Malware infection is inevitable, so be prepared

Computer Weekly

How can businesses best prepare their cyber defences in light of the fact that attackers are increasingly using malware designed to evade detection and analysis?

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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 Key Investments to Drive Digital Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

Heading back after summer breaks and most CIO are confronted with either developing, completing, and likely selling their 2017 budgets and plans. When it comes to digital transformation, many will think about plans for Big Data, IoT, AI, blockchain, and other business enabling technologies as core to 2017 plans. Some might be thinking about mobile payments, marketing automation, cloud.

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Forrester Continues To Lead CX Research In China And Shares The Vision With Chinese Practitioners

Forrester IT

Forrester conducted another successful conference last Friday, September 1, at our Customer Experience (CX) Marketing Shanghai 2016 Forum.With insightful content, influential industry speakers, and great event organization, we are grateful for the excellent feedback that we received from the delegates who were present. A total of 190 CX and marketing professionals attended this event, joined by 23 Forresterites from all over the globe.

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TechNet Augusta 2016: Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems (IEWS)

CTOvision

ChrisScott. This is the third in our series of posts on US Army systems and mission needs based on the AFCEA Augusta Technet. Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems (IEWS). Electronic warfare and spectrum management operations are being developed, synchronized and integrated into the electromagnetic operational environment. There is a new emphasis on how “cyber electromagnetic activities” can be used to seize, retain and exploit an advantage over the enemy.

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Use ransomware to get security buy-in, says Trend Micro CTO

Computer Weekly

Ransomware is one of the top cyber threats to business, but organisations should use that to engage stakeholders and review processes and defences, says Trend Micro CTO Raimund Genes

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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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Reubens’ Global Switch Says It’s in Talks With Asian Investors

Data Center Knowledge

Data center provider talking to consortium led by competitor Daily Tech Read More.

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Best Laptops Under $200 in 2016-2017

Galido

It’s amazing to be alive in this day and age when you can now get a laptop cheaper than the cost of a mobile phone or even a higher end NVIDIA GeForce video card. Only a 3 decades ago, a flat panel was unheard of, and a hard drive was 5 times the price of a $200 laptop today. $200 to spend on a laptop today gives you much better options that what they used to be.

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The Link Between Big Data and Employee Training

CTOvision

Brigg Patten. Big data benefits businesses in various ways during the employee training process. If you run a company that has analysts, administrators, and data scientists, there are several reasons why you may want to use applications that rely on big data. Better Training and Enhanced Performance. By using reliable analysis software, you can quickly pinpoint which training programs are producing the best results.

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NSA used Iraq war to develop surveillance capability, documents show

Computer Weekly

As the controversial Investigatory Powers Bill inches closer to becoming law, NSA documents reveal that the agency used the Iraq war to develop and expand its surveillance infrastructure

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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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IBM: Tencent to Run OpenPower Servers in Its Data Centers

Data Center Knowledge

It’s unclear to what extent, but the Chinese internet giant is deploying IBM’s x86 alternative in production. Read More.

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Cybersecurity: Understanding the attack kill chain and adversary ecosystem

Tech Republic Security

Security expert Art Gilliland explains what companies can learn from how hackers infiltrate systems, swipe sensitive information, and profit from your company's data.

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Building a Realistic and Effective Data Program Governance Strategy

CTOvision

Dennis D. McDonald. In Six Data Management Steps To Consider Before An Administration Shift William Sullivan of Cloudera lists the following steps government agency executives need to consider before the new Administration arrives: Take a close look at the data you have available. Is it the right type of data that allows you to see trends and stumbling blocks to your agency’s mission?

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Combined Dell and EMC company targets intelligent things

Computer Weekly

The $74bn merger of Dell and EMC has created a technology giant with a remit to expand into the software-defined datacentre space to support IoT

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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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SonicWALL Partner Calms Customers Amid M&A Turbulence

Data Center Knowledge

Officials at MSP Stronghold Data say trust and deep customer ties are key to weathering the acquisition of its cybersecurity vendor for the second time in four years. Read More.

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Surviving the coming "Hackerpocalypse"

Cloud Musings

Photo credit: Shutterstock With all the excellent training available on television today, we are all now well prepared to deal with the coming Zombie Apocalypse. Our failure as a society lies, however, in our misunderstanding of the nature of the cybersecurity challenge. This failure threatens us all and our survival will depend on society’s ability to deal with the evolution and maturation of the changing enterprise cybersecurity challenge.

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Datawatch: Because scraping data from legacy reports is critically important

CTOvision

Research Team. Datawatch enables enterprise work forces with self-service data prep capabilities. This is done to help users unlock data from a variety of sources including legacy documents like PDFs. They can then use Datawatch to prep data for use in visualization, analytics tools, or other business processes. We know there is a need for this capability now, but wonder about the future of this need.

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Barclays uses blockchain for trade finance transactions

Computer Weekly

Barclays Bank has successfully tested the use of blockchain technology to complete a large trade finance agreement, which promises huge efficiencies

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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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Virtustream, VMware to Vie for Hybrid Cloud After Dell Reorg

Data Center Knowledge

Now that the Dell-EMC merger is complete, how do VMware and Virtustream pieces fit into the overall puzzle? Read More.

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Poll: Do you use the Dark Web?

Tech Republic Security

The Dark Web is here to stay. Every day billions of personal records from hacked companies are bought and sold on the encrypted internet. How often do you log on to the Dark Web?

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Datawatch: Because scraping data from legacy reports is critically important

CTOvision

Research Team. Datawatch enables enterprise work forces with self-service data prep capabilities. This is done to help users unlock data from a variety of sources including legacy documents like PDFs. They can then use Datawatch to prep data for use in visualization, analytics tools, or other business processes. We know there is a need for this capability now, but wonder about the future of this need.

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Enterprise network access policies must change to account for IoT

Computer Weekly

With IoT devices set to outnumber notebooks, smartphones and tablets by more than three times, businesses will need to adjust their network access policies to keep things running smoothly, says Gartner

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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.