CTOvision
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
News of data breaches typically involve big-name companies, like Home Depot and Target, leading to the assumption that cybersecurity issues are only a concern for larger businesses. In reality, data breaches and cybersecurity should be a concern for all business owners, not just people who work for large companies or in the tech industry. The […].
Computer Weekly
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
The digital skills gap is set to widen as many in the UK are without the basic skills needed for most positions, with jobs increasingly requiring above-average digital skills
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IT Toolbox
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is essential for large corporations that manage complex work processes in order to achieve business goals and grow their business. The technology changes rapidly, offering new features all the time and challenging companies to reexamine how they do business. Take advantage of new features in ERP in order to leverage the benefits for your company.
Social, Agile and Transformation
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
I hope you will listen to my recently recorded podcast at AMA Edgewise on my book, Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology. Link is below and here are some of my favorite quotes - New entrants (startups) + consumer choice + availability of technology + falling price point => is driving digital transformation CIOs "get it" - but many organizations (.
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.
CTOvision
SEPTEMBER 9, 2017
Data is an overall commodity that a lot of individuals make use these days. It's not surprising to find students trying to accomplish their work through the aid of the internet or research material being readily available online. Technology has created huge leaps for information be readily available to the masses; sifted easily with the […].
Computer Weekly
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
The UK government wants to maintain deep links with the European Union’s cyber security working groups following Britain’s exit from the bloc in 2019
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Network World
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Five years ago, IT was decentralized at the University of New Mexico. “Every school or college had their own IT, and in most cases they were completely under-resourced – a one-person shop having to do phones, apps, email, desktop, servers, storage, disaster recovery, all of that,” said Brian Pietrewicz, deputy CIO at University of New Mexico. The university transitioned to a self-service model that enables each of its more than 100 departments to deploy infrastructure and application services it
CTOvision
SEPTEMBER 10, 2017
Big data has made its way across many different areas of industry, including the professional sports industry where the use of analytics is making a major change in how athletes and sports teams are preparing for games. The use of analytical data is not solely limited to being used as a development tool for individuals […].
Computer Weekly
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
During a House of Lords debate, Martha Lane Fox claimed the UK has been “sleepwalking” through digital change and urged for more to be done to promote “digital understanding”
IT Toolbox
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
VoIP has been commercially available for over 20 years. What continues to be a solid selling point for VoIP, but is not often stressed, are the benefits for back-office workers. These are the people who design, install, support and maintain information-technology environments. What are the benefits for them and how do they contribute to the efficiency of the business?
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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.
Network World
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
If Akamai, Cisco and Google’s post-platform security and privacy machine learning security systems protecting the web and mobile platforms are indicative of the future, IoT device makers will only be part of a larger security ecosystem. That’s because they will not have the data to train the AI machine learning models. As a result, IoT post-platform security and privacy will become a layer on top of IoT device security.
CTOvision
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a five-part series on this topic. This examination by Arnold Abraham provides insights and nuanced lessons from history, the law and the tech world that can inform all of us interested in both privacy and security. For a detailed legal analysis accompanying the article, please visit Thecyberlawteam.com/publications-1/ -bg […].
Computer Weekly
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Give people the space to grow and reward people for ideas rather than their output and innovation will come, says Frazer Bennett, a member of PA Consulting’s management team
IT Toolbox
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
This doesn’t happen often, but the name of this new offering from Plantronics – Habitat Soundscaping – is so unusual and so hard to connect with, that it warranted an entire post to review. Not only does the name need explaining, but so does the offering itself, and that’s what this post focuses on.
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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.
The Accidental Successful CIO
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Smartphones are useful, but just exactly how important are they? Image Credit: Pabak Sarkar. More than one CIO that I know has become very upset when what they were saying during a meeting was interrupted by one or more mobile phones going off while they were speaking. Just to make things worse, we’ve all had that sinking feeling that we get when we are addressing a group of our workers about the importance of information technology and at least one of them has their head down and is typin
Network World
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Overlooked in the hoopla around the VMworld conference was an announcement of the availability of AppDefense, a new product that lets companies restrict the types of operations applications are allowed to run on virtualized servers. AppDefense works with the VMware hypervisor and can also connect to third-party provisioning, configuration management and workflow automation platforms.
Computer Weekly
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
The European Aviation satellite has successfully completed in-orbit testing and will begin to service in-flight broadband customers later in 2017
IT Toolbox
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
When Stratus Ventures Group went looking for an ERP system to run three of its portfolio start-up companies, it set off on the chase with one central requirement – and several conditions: While the software had to be cloud-based, it could not be a product sourced from either Oracle or SAP. So what was the issue?
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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.
Mick's IT Blog
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
This script will initiate a hardware inventory. It scans the InventoryAgent.log file for the initiation of the hardware inventory and then for the completion. The script will return an error code 1 if the initiation was ignored or it exceeded five minutes. The purpose of this is to verify a hardware inventory was actually initiated. I have had instances where I would execute a hardware inventory multiple times not knowing if it actually occurred.
Network World
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
Property and ownership are among the most basic concepts of a modern society. Our ability to clarify who owns what separates us from savages because property and ownership help us maintain our independence and identity. The rules of property and ownership have evolved over centuries. There are clear transfer procedures for all types of property, including real estate, cars and even books.
Computer Weekly
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
Former Cabinet Office minister cites diminishing of Government Digital Service role as he criticises civil service resistance to change
IT Toolbox
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
Habitat Soundscaping – unless you follow the collaboration space very closely, I’m virtually certain you’ve never heard that phrase before, and from there even more certain you have no idea what it means. As an analyst, I don’t often write about specific vendors, and I won’t be this time either.
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Dataconomy
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
With “Brexit” looming over Britain, a promising new startup hub is emerging in Europe: Berlin’s Silicon Allee. As a comparison between London and Berlin demonstrates, chances are the latter may claim the position as EU’s most important startup ecosystem. But it takes a lot more to stand a chance against. The post Berlin vs San Francisco: Why Berlin’s Silicon Allee is Europe’s new Silicon Valley appeared first on Dataconomy.
The Investing Edge
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Relationships between big corporate giants and startup companies are not new; young nimble companies bring innovation and new ideas, while larger established players have strong customer relationships and know how to properly support them. As innovation and market shifts accelerate, collaboration between naturally aligned companies only becomes more critical as new products need to get to market even faster.
Computer Weekly
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Government procurement chiefs and digital champions share details of the work being done to help export the principles of the Digital Marketplace overseas
IT Toolbox
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
Marketing automation is more than software with a bunch of nifty features. It represents an entire approach to the marketing process that is designed to make it faster, smoother and more profitable. A successful marketing automation project starts with a re-think of your entire marketing processes and continues through an effort to simplify everything about the processes.
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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.
Dataconomy
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
I recently read an article (paywall) in the WSJ about Paul Allen’s Vulcan initiative to curb illegal fishing. It’s insightful and sheds light on Big Data techniques to address societal problems. After thinking on the story, it struck me that it could be used as a pedagogical tool to synthesize data science. The post When Data Science Alone Won’t Cut it appeared first on Dataconomy.
The Investing Edge
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Welcome to our second post highlighting articles relevant to entrepreneurs in New England and beyond. As you drink your pumpkin spice coffee, please let us know if you find an article you would like to have us feature by sending it along to Baiyin at Ascent. And join us on Twitter at Baiyin Zhou ( @ BaiyinVC ) and Eric Schultz ( @ ericebs ). Industry Themes.
Computer Weekly
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
HMRC has tasked Microsoft corporate vice-president Jacky Wright with helping the department achieve its goal of becoming one of the world's most digitally advanced tax authorities
IT Toolbox
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Campaigns are the lifeblood of a sales effort. Most businesses are constantly running campaigns to attract customers and convince them to buy. Often they are running several campaigns at once. This can get complicated, particularly in a multi-channel environment. Fortunate your CRM system can help you navigate the maze. However campaigns take planning.
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.
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