Forrester IT
MARCH 14, 2018
The deadline for compliance with the GDPR is May 25, 2018, but the preparations of many B2B marketers range from nonchalant to indifferent. In our research interviews and inquiries about the GDPR, we find that many B2B marketers don’t think the regulation is a relevant concern because they think the GDPR doesn’t apply to business […].
CTOvision
MARCH 16, 2018
Headlines frequently feature news about advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). These developments collectively boost public interest in AI and help people imagine what’s possible. But some individuals are concerned about what could happen if information about AI research falls into the wrong hands. Hackers Are Typically One Step Ahead The increase in cybersecurity attacks has […].
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Social, Agile and Transformation
MARCH 12, 2018
Harvard Business Review just published why so many high profile digital transformations fail highlighting some of the difficulties several high profile programs. They reviewed digital transformations from GE, P&G, and Nike and suggest several lessons learned: "No managers should view digital — or any other major technological innovation — as their sure salvation.
Eric D. Brown
MARCH 12, 2018
“But… all of our models have accuracies above 90%…our system should be working perfectly!”. Those were the words spoken by the CEO of a mid-sized manufacturing company. These comments were made during a conversation about their various forecasting models and the poor performance of those models. This CEO had spent about a million dollars over the last few years with a consulting company who had been tasked with creating new methods and models for forecasting sales and manufacturing.
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
Forrester IT
MARCH 15, 2018
There’s a lot of talk about the digital twin in the business world these days, but the definition remains murky. Think of the digital twin as a virtual mirror. If you move one way – so does your reflection. Your reflection is also unique to you.
CTOvision
MARCH 11, 2018
Bitcoin was the first implementation of a working blockchain technology. The idea has been built on with several other implementations. One of the most exciting is Ethereum. In some instances Ethereum's coin, Ether, is compared with Bitcoin, and you see both cited in cryptocurrency value listings. But Ethereum's implementation of blockchain goes far beyond the […].
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Mick's IT Blog
MARCH 16, 2018
Ever since the Spectre and Meltdown issues arose, we have been waiting on patching, at least reliable patching. Microsoft has taken it on itself to patch systems for the vulnerability. ExtremeTech wrote an excellent article on Microsoft's solution which gave me the thought to write a script for telling which systems are compatible. To determine the minimum family and model compatible with the patch, I used the data from this Intel page that associates family and model to the microarchitecture co
Forrester IT
MARCH 16, 2018
A few weeks ago, the China Industrial Internet Summit — the country’s leading industrial internet conference — was held in Beijing. Dozens of leading manufacturing firms and technology vendors from the US, Germany, and Japan shared their latest achievements and future strategies with thousands of participants. The weather was cold, but the industrial internet is […].
CTOvision
MARCH 13, 2018
Starting a business can be one of the most exciting and rewarding things you ever do in your entire life. However, there are a number of stressors that can hamper the experience and bog you down with mundanity. Luckily, through the use of automation, these tasks are simplified and executed without you ever having to […].
Anoop
MARCH 12, 2018
I understand that the decision to go with Intune standalone or Intune hybrid with SCCM is critical for all the organizations. I was part of one Intune hybrid or standalone decision-making team. And I’m happy that we took a decision NOT to go with Intune hybrid solution with SCCM integration. This post is prepared before […]. The post 8 Reasons to Select Intune Standalone Over Hybrid appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog by Anoop C Nair.
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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.
All Things Distributed
MARCH 12, 2018
At Amazon, we are heavily invested in machine learning (ML), and are developing new tools to help developers quickly and easily build, train, and deploy ML models. The power of ML is in its ability to unlock a new set of capabilities that create value for consumers and businesses. A great example of this is the way we are using ML to deal with one of the world's biggest and most tangled datasets: human speech.
Forrester IT
MARCH 13, 2018
During every Forrester Wave™ evaluation I conduct, I spend time sifting through vendor responses, data, client surveys, and reference interviews and develop an outline of recurring themes — the good, the bad, the new, the old, etc. After the Wave goes live, I collect all of that information, bundle it together, and produce a “Lessons” […].
CTOvision
MARCH 15, 2018
One of the hardest things to change in human society is a long-standing myth. The current well accepted myth about information technology (IT) systems is that they cannot be defended against well-funded, determined hackers. Because such myths are rarely questioned, the cyber security workforce takes it as a given that even highly secured IT systems […].
Network World
MARCH 14, 2018
Remember this scene from the movie Shrek? The big ogre was explaining to Donkey that ogres are very complicated, and like onions, they have layers. Donkey, of course, didn’t like the analogy because not everyone likes onions and would have preferred cake as everyone likes cake, but he did seem to understand that ogres did indeed have layers after it was explained to him.
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Anoop
MARCH 13, 2018
We had a serious discussion about the decision making process between Intune hybrid and standalone. In that post, we discussed about 8 Reasons to Select Intune Standalone Over Hybrid. So in the nutshell the decision was to go with Intune standalone instead of jumping into slow train. In this post, we will see migration guide Intune hybrid […].
Forrester IT
MARCH 13, 2018
On March 12, Salesforce announced its intent to acquire CloudCraze, a B2B eCommerce application. This savvy and long-anticipated move nicely rounds out its broad CRM portfolio and supports B2B customers through their engagement journey. This eCommerce application is a fundamentally different one than Salesforce’s B2C eCommerce acquisition of Demandware.
CTOvision
MARCH 14, 2018
In a recent conversation with a friend in AWS I was reminded of the very interesting capabilities of AWS Snowball and the even more capable Snowball Edge. Snowball is a data transport solution that is designed to get large quantities of data from one place to another. It can move petabytes from legacy datacenters into […].
Mick's IT Blog
MARCH 12, 2018
While working on the Windows 10 upgrade project, I ran into a situation which I needed the information from an MSU file for the task sequence. Specifically, I needed the KB number. The first thing I did was to try and use the same method used in retrieving info from MSI and MSP files by trying to query the database. That does not work with an MSU file.
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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.
Anoop
MARCH 14, 2018
Microsoft MVP summit is a technical conference exclusively for “current” Microsoft MVPs. Microsoft invites all the Microsoft MVPs to attend this global event. Microsoft MVP summit 2018 is my 3rd MVP summit. This conference is hosted in Redmond (Microsoft campus) and Seattle. One section of this post covers Microsoft MVP Summit Return On Investment (ROI) […].
Forrester IT
MARCH 14, 2018
Now that the dust has settled from Mobile World Congress 2018, it is possible to get a better feel which mobility themes will set the tone for the coming year of mobility. These observations are of course subjective; they only reflect my observations over three days at the world’s leading mobility event. To start, the […].
CTOvision
MARCH 11, 2018
Cybersecurity remains vitally important to small businesses and private individuals alike. Once a hacker accesses information they are not supposed to have they can cause all sorts of damage. You know that. Every business is different, but all should understand their particular nightmare scenarios and take action to mitigate those threats. But how do you […].
ComputerWorld Consumerization IT
MARCH 12, 2018
California may add its voice to a growing chorus of states seeking to enact "Right to Repair" laws that would let owners of mobile and other electronic devices get their hardware fixed by third parties without voiding manufacturer warranties. California Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-District 13) introduced a "Right to Repair" Act that would require electronics makers to offer diagnostic and repair information, as well as equipment or service parts, to product owners and independent
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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.
Anoop
MARCH 15, 2018
Most of the Organisations follow “Traditional device management approach” which use Group policy as their primary tool to set security standards and end user settings. But in modern device management approach, we should try new solutions like Windows CSPs. In this post, we will see how to deploy and monitor Default Search Engine CSP policy via Microsoft Intune. […].
Forrester IT
MARCH 14, 2018
Palo Alto Networks (PAN) today announced plans to acquire Evident.io, a predominantly API-based cloud monitoring vendor for a cash purchase price of $300m. Evident.io has a large mindshare with Forrester’s end user clients and is also mentioned by other cloud workload security management (CWS) vendors regularly as a viable competitor.
Dataconomy
MARCH 13, 2018
Anyone with a Netflix subscription understands the process of finding a movie or TV show to watch. You go to the website and see the shows that you recently watched, some shows that are recommended and maybe a few show ratings. Each Netflix user has his or her unique set of options. The post INFOGRAPHIC: How Netflix Uses Big Data to Drive Success appeared first on Dataconomy.
Scott Lowe
MARCH 16, 2018
Welcome to Technology Short Take 96! Ahead, lying in wait, is a unique collection of links, articles, and thoughts about various data center technologies. Browse if you dare…OK, so I’m being a bit melodramatic. It’s still some good stuff here! Networking. Via Matt Oswalt and Michael Bushong, I came across this article on Juniper’s use of P4.
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In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.
ComputerWorld Consumerization IT
MARCH 12, 2018
California may add its voice to a growing chorus of states seeking to enact "Right to Repair" laws that would let owners of mobile and other electronic devices get their hardware fixed by third parties without voiding manufacturer warranties. California Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-District 13) introduced a "Right to Repair" Act that would require electronics makers to offer diagnostic and repair information, as well as equipment or service parts, to product owners and independent
Forrester IT
MARCH 13, 2018
Software platforms to support the industrial internet of things (IoT) are becoming very credible options. But despite their appeal, I constantly hear from clients who are wary. These clients don’t doubt the technical capabilities of the platform, or the pricing strategy, or the industrial nous of their preferred vendor. But they are confused about who […].
I'm not lost, I'm wondering
MARCH 13, 2018
Digital technology is a necessary component of digital transformation. In fact, digital transformation is only possible because of digital technology. And not only possible, but inevitable. Digital transformation isn’t something you do, it’s something that happens to you. Digital transformation isn’t about getting better or more efficient at what you already know how to do.
Dataconomy
MARCH 15, 2018
As companies digitize and data occupies a more central place in our lives, corporations are struggling to find enough talented people to meet the business challenges they face. This has created exceptional opportunities for individuals who are up for tackling those challenges. Ross Taylor of ALPIMA started his career as an economist. The post Getting Your Feet Muddy with Data Science: A Conversation with Ross Taylor appeared first on Dataconomy.
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