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Is An Open Office The Right Solution For Your IT Department?

The Accidental Successful CIO

An Open Office removes walls, but does it create too much noise? Image Credit: Jaysin Trevino. Can you remember the day when if you wanted to talk with your boss you would go walking down the hall to his or her office? You’d knock on the door, get called in, enter and perhaps shut the door behind you. Well guess what – those days are just about over.

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Forget What You Read in Winnie the Pooh, the Goal of a Honeypot Isn’t to Get the Adversary Stuck in a Tree.

Forrester IT

Deception Technologies Operate by Identifying Business Use Case Violations Deception technology comes in many different varieties, but foundational to them all is the creation of an asset that has no legitimate business use. As this asset has no legitimate business use case, any interaction with it is necessarily a business use case violation. “But wait,” […].

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Impact of Artificial Intelligence in the Healthcare Industry

CTOvision

The milestones achieved by Artificial Intelligence have the world on its toes. Apart from all the industries, it has been touching, the modern healthcare industry has been receiving paramount importance. There has been an exemplary shift in the way patients are diagnosed by doctors because they now have a good amount of actionable data that […].

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Expanding the AWS Cloud – Introducing the AWS Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region

All Things Distributed

Today, I am happy to introduce the new AWS Asia Pacific ( Hong Kong ) Region. AWS customers can now use this Region to serve their end users in Hong Kong SAR at a lower latency, and to comply with any data locality requirements. The AWS Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region is the eighth active AWS Region in Asia Pacific and mainland China along with Beijing, Mumbai, Ningxia, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo.

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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, CTO of Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI prototypes into

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SCCM Message Processing Engine – Journey of Status State Messages to MPE

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. This is the post where I’m going to predict that how is SCCM going to change in future. In this post, you will see how SCCM is becoming more modern and evolving faster than cloud technologies. Let’s see what SCCM Message Processing Engine journey is. Let’s go through the journey of status messages to state […].

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How Automation Is Impacting Enterprises In 2019

Forrester IT

Forrester predicted in late 2018 that automation would become the tip of the digital transformation spear in 2019, impacting everything from infrastructure to customers to business models. Now that we’re four months in, we’ve evaluated whether our five specific predictions are on track. We first predicted that 40% of enterprises will have automation centers and […].

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Top Trends Higher Education Textbook Publishers Must Follow

Kitaboo

The state of the US higher education market looks slightly subdued on account of the fact that the government has reduced funding for higher education. The budget proposal for the 2020 fiscal year requested an approximate $7.1 billion cut in funding for the education department, compared to a 10% decrease in 2019. So, the universities are finding it difficult to manage their operating costs.

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Cisco: DNSpionage attack adds new tools, morphs tactics

Network World

The group behind the Domain Name System attacks known as DNSpionage have upped their dark actions with new tools and malware to focus their attacks and better hide their activities. Cisco Talos security researchers, who discovered DNSpionage in November, this week warned of new exploits and capabilities of the nefarious campaign. More about DNS: DNS in the cloud: Why and why not.

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Anthos Ups Google’s Enterprise Efforts

Forrester IT

(With Dave Bartoletti and John Rymer) The biggest announcement out of the Google Cloud Next conference in early April was the general availability of its Cloud Services Platform but with a new brand name: Anthos. Anthos promises to help software delivery teams build and manage modern applications across multiple cloud platforms, including on-premises and public […].

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Bodybuilding.com Security Breach, All Customer Passwords Reset

CTOvision

Bodybuilding.com fitness and bodybuilding fan website notified its customers of a security breach detected during February 2019 which was the direct result of a phishing email received back in July 2018. As detailed in the data incident notification published on the company’s help center, the security breach might “have affected certain customer information in our possession” […].

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Reimagining Cybersecurity Training: Driving Real Impact on Security Culture

Speaker: Speakers:

They say a defense can be measured by its weakest link. In your cybersecurity posture, what––or who––is the weakest link? And how can you make them stronger? This webinar will equip you with the resources to search for quality training, implement it, and improve the cyber-behaviors of your workforce. By the end of the hour, you will feel empowered to improve the aspects of your security posture you control the least – the situational awareness and decision-making of your workforce.

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How A Streaming Music CIO Plans On Turning Things Around

The Accidental Successful CIO

Pandora’s CIO has plans to stop its loss in users Image Credit: Jenni Konrad. Having the CIO job at Pandora would put you right in the middle of a busy and challenging market. Streaming music is very hot right now and there are a lot of different companies that are involved in the market. This all means that there is a lot of competition. Pandora is one of those companies and just like everyone else they are finding themselves having to fight for your listening time.

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Machine Learning at Scale: Highlights from The Artificial Intelligence Conference

Social, Agile and Transformation

Last week I attended The Artificial Intelligence Conference in NY sponsored by O'Reilly and Intel. It's my yearly ritual to report on the latest academic research, industry trends, successes, and challenges as more organizations invest people, time, and money in machine learning. From last year's conference I reported here on this blog on my keynote takeaways, and on collaborative AI .

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ABM: Flash In The Pan Or Here To Stay?

Forrester IT

At the SiriusDecisions 2019 Summit on May 5–8 in Austin, Texas, I will join two of my new colleagues from SiriusDecisions, Service Director Matt Senatore and Senior Research Director Bob Peterson, in presenting our POV on the future of account-based marketing (ABM). I have to say that, prior to Forrester’s acquisition of Sirius, I was […].

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Mozilla launches its WebThings smart home platform from incubation

CTOvision

For the better part of two years, the folks at Mozilla have been diligently chipping away at Project Things, an open implementation of the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web of Things standard for monitoring and controlling connected devices, and today, they reached a major milestone. Project Things is graduating from its experimental phase with […].

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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How to Empower Frontline Employees with Mobile Training

Kitaboo

Frontline employees are the ones who frequently interact with clients. These customer-facing employees are part of various departments such as sales, marketing, retail, hospitality, etc. And their job roles could be that of a customer service executive, bank executive, in-store salesperson, receptionist, to name a few. The main attribute that these employees need to have is good social and interpersonal skills.

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Careers in Tech: Recent Graduate Turned Cloud Engineer

Linux Academy

I had the privilege of speaking with an amazing student in our community! Nicholas just joined our community when his company got a Linux Academy for Business account ! Nicholas is a recent graduate turned cloud engineer and is already helping others in their cloud journey! Read about how his journey to becoming a cloud engineer and starting his career!

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Voice Assistants Cannot Answer All Your Questions

Forrester IT

Let’s be honest: There is a lot of hype around voice assistants (or, as we call them at Forrester, intelligent agents, or IAs). Marketers, agencies, and vendors alike are all excited about this potential voice search future. But have you ever had a voice search experience with an IA like the cartoon below? We wanted […].

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Cybersecurity for AI Solutions Webinar 9 May 2019

CTOvision

Cybersecurity for Artificial Intelligence Solutions: A Framework for keeping AI from misbehaving May 9, 2019, 1:00 pm Schedule conflict? Register and you’ll receive a copy of the recording! The security of Artificial Intelligence is an emerging discipline. This webinar will provide insights from the CTO and Co-founder of OODA LLC, Bob Gourley.

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7 Leadership Themes for Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders in 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders are presented with their fair share of challenges, with a host of tools and strategies to resolve them. That said, what’s the best path forward to leverage this year’s trends? In this recap of a recent GEP-WBR webinar, 7 Leadership Themes for Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders in 2024, GEP’s Pramod Sethumadhavan explores seven vital leadership trends that will help guide procurement and supply chain decision-makers.

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Data Privacy, Transparency Get New Weapon

Information Week

Osana and its browser plugin, Privacy Monitor, aim to provide consumers with transparency regarding consumer data privacy policies. The company will release data supply chain tools for companies later this year.

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5 Must Have Gadgets for your Bag in 2019

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - 5 Must Have Gadgets for your Bag in 2019 - Information Technology Blog. You must have read hundreds of articles on how to never leave home without essentials like a bottle of water, sunscreen, and an extra credit card. But today technology has taken over our lives like never before. Needless to say, we need to welcome it, adapt to it, and allow for it to give us its best.

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Predictions 2019 Update: Cloud Computing Soars To New Heights

Forrester IT

At the end of 2018, Forrester’s cloud team made some bold predictions about how cloud computing would accelerate enterprise digital transformation everywhere, from the data center to the mobile device to the edge. And we were right: Enterprise demand is exploding, new cloud platform services are being launched monthly, and public cloud services are coming […].

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HP aims to secure its PC portfolio with Sure Sense malware blocker

CTOvision

HP on Tuesday announced a bevy of PC updates and new features, as well as the formal release of HP Sure Sense, the company’s new software that uses AI to prevent and block malware in near-real-time, including ransomware and previously unknown malware. HP says Sure Sense is different from other market offerings because it uses deep […].

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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How TensorFlow Enhances Cloud Marketing Strategies

Information Week

TensorFlow, a machine learning programming library, has been available for Python, but a new JavaScript version introduced machine learning in the browser.

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Choosing the Right Virtual Assistant for your Business

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Choosing the Right Virtual Assistant for your Business - Information Technology Blog. Virtual assistants come in handy when helping a business to successfully balance performing multiple tasks in the workplace; tasks that would otherwise cost much in terms of resources and time. Your business may be at a position and situation where it needs to hire the services of a virtual assistant.

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How To Leverage CX As A Strategic Differentiator In Healthcare

Forrester IT

Healthcare organizations (HCOs) must be customer-obsessed. Forrester recently brought together practitioners from various HCOs across all sectors to discuss the importance of using customer experience (CX) as a strategic differentiator in healthcare. The digital economy that we live in every day as consumers, heavily focused on convenience and time, has laid the groundwork for the […].

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Three Essential Mobile Security Measures

CTOvision

Read Andrew Hoog explain the three essential mobile security measures every company should adopt on DZone Blog : Many of us have heard of the 80/20 rule, also known as the ‘Pareto Principle.’ Applied to mobile application security, the idea is that guarding against threats with the greatest potential impact can mitigate 80 percent of […].

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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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Advance Your Career with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Knowledge

Information Week

IT pros can expand their knowledge about AI to advance their careers by finding training which will be critical to a successful career move in this area.

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WinX DVD Ripper Platinum: The Fastest and Most Powerful DVD Ripper – Giveaway

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - WinX DVD Ripper Platinum: The Fastest and Most Powerful DVD Ripper – Giveaway - Information Technology Blog. If you are looking for reliable and powerful software to decode DVD, then you should definitely try WinX DVD Ripper Platinum. It’s a fast program with a myriad of conversion and customization options. Are you are movie lover with a large collection of DVD movies, then will probably need to be able to use backup copies of at least the DVDs you use most

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Introducing Forrester’s Digital Competency Map

Forrester IT

Digital transformation is your opportunity to reimagine your company from the ground up – don’t mess it up with poor, missing, or misallocated talent. Business leaders involved in digital transformation say that finding the right people with the right skills is one of their biggest challenges. To help digital executives we developed the Forrester Digital […].

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Does your company have an AI ethics dilemma?

CTOvision

Read Alexa Hagerty and Igor Rubinov take a look at the ethical dilemma’s companies face while deploying artificial intelligence on Information Age : While added agility, capacity, and capabilities are welcome additions to any enterprise, blind adoption of AI technologies can come with unintended and unforeseen consequences. Most businesses may not be creating AI, but […].

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.