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Are You Ready For Big Data?

The Accidental Successful CIO

CIOs need to understand what they are going to do with big data Image Credit: Merrill College of Journalism Press Releases. All CIOs have heard about big data by now: the Tsunami of data that is washing over every company and the struggle that they have to collect it, store it, and then process it in order to create actionable information. As a CIO, when we think about big data we are faced with a number of questions having to do with the importance of information technology that we have not had

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How to Make Workplace Safety Training Modules Future Ready

Kitaboo

Safety training is an indispensable part of organizational training. Every employee who joins an organization has to undertake health and safety training in order to understand the safety practices and protocol of that place. And just like we future proof everything else in business, workplace safety training modules too, must be made in a way that is always future ready.

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Five Aspects of Digital Workforce Readiness

Future of CIO

Today’s digital workforces are multigenerational, multicultural, multi-geographical, multitasking, and multi-devicing. One of the key determinants of whether an organization can move up to the new digital structure to improve its business adaptability and strategic flexibility is the development level of the people. People are often the weakest link in organizations.

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The Rise, Fall, And Rise Again Of The Integrated Developer Toolchain

Forrester IT

The recent merger of CloudBees and Electric Cloud is a sign of the times in the world of DevOps as integrated DevOps solutions come back into vogue. Not too recently, this would have been looked down upon as a step in the wrong direction when it comes to innovation and providing value to developers. But […].

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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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Artificial Intelligence Needs Data Diversity

CTOvision

Read why Naga Rayapati says that artificial intelligence needs data diversity on Forbes : Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are generally hungry for data, a trend which is accelerating. A new breed of AI approaches, called lifelong learning machines, are being designed to pull data continually and indefinitely. But this is already happening with other AI […].

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SCCM Co-Management Virtual LAB from Microsoft

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. In this post, you will see more details about SCCM Co-Management Virtual LAB. Many IT Pros use Microsoft Virtual LABs as their free training resource. Recently there were many changes in Microsoft Virtual Labs, and most of the SCCM Labs disappeared. [Related Post – Intune, SCCM, and Windows 10 Free Virtual Labs to Get Hands […].

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The New Era Of Marketing Strategy

Forrester IT

Marketing has been a story of eras: from mass marketing to the direct marketing era to digital marketing, and now data-driven marketing. As marketing strategy changes and marketing resources shift, so do consumers and customer loyalty — today, consumers use more devices, ad blockers and other privacy protection tools, and still have increasingly sophisticated customer […].

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The six biggest cybersecurity risks facing the utilities industry

CTOvision

The utilities industry is rapidly modernizing its infrastructure, adding more digitized equipment and connectivity across devices, plants, and systems. This evolution to “smart infrastructure” represents a positive, paradigm shift for the industry. Unfortunately, the security policies of many utilities have not evolved along with it, leaving them incredibly vulnerable.

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Windows Autopilot Hybrid Azure AD Join Troubleshooting Tips

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Windows Autopilot Hybrid Azure AD Join troubleshooting is new to most of us. I thought of sharing my experience of troubleshooting issues related to Hybrid Domain Join scenarios with Windows Autopilot. [ Related Post – Windows Autopilot Hybrid Domain Join Step by Step Implementation Guide] Introduction –Windows Autopilot Hybrid Azure AD Join In a previous […].

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3 Foundational Practices for IoT Data Processing

Social, Agile and Transformation

IoT isn't just a capability you plug into an existing enterprise architecture. It requires validating existing capabilities and investing in new foundational ones. And what is needed depends on whether the business has done any data integrations with sensors before, the volumes and types of data being collected, and whether the business opportunities around IoT are customer facing. require([.

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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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The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly Of Canadian Mobile Banking Experiences In 2019

Forrester IT

Mobile apps have become the touchpoint of choice for millions of people to manage their finances and Forrester regularly reviews those of leading banks. We just published our latest evaluations of the apps of the big five Canadian banks: CIBC, RBC, BMO, Scotiabank, and TD Canada Trust. Overall, they’ve raised the bar, striking a good […].

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Cloud Security Alliance DC Update: Explore The Boundary of Security & Privacy on 13 June Cruise

CTOvision

The Boundary of Security & Privacy Privacy is becoming an ever increasing concern in our world today. Social Networks today are now focusing on users’ privacy given the inherent security risks posed by organizations’ access to personally identifiable information. The European Union has enacted GDPR valuing privacy whereas on the opposite end of the spectrum, […].

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Windows 10 WaaS Deployment Rings with Sign Wave SCCM Collections

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. In this post, you will learn one of the exciting ways to handle WaaS Deployment Rings strategy with SCCM. I know the customers using this method to deploy Windows 10 WaaS for their production environment. NOTE! – Desktop Analytics integration with SCCM will help to automate most of these tasks in the future.

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Data Hunter: The New Sexy Technology Job

Information Week

Data hunter, data scout, or data acquisition specialist may be the new hot career as organizations look to enrich the value of their data analytics and machine learning initiatives with external data.

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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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To Excel At Customer Obsession, You Need An Adaptive Operating Model

Forrester IT

Many firms have used Forrester’s principles of customer obsession to guide their business and IT transformation journey, striving to be customer-led, insights-driven, fast, and connected. But in their pursuit, most firms fall short when it comes to organizational change. Rather than undertake a full organizational design exercise, firms are adopting tactical change, creating agile delivery […].

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WhatsApp confirms it’s been targeted by spyware. That’s exactly its customers’ fear

CTOvision

Since WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook in 2014, users of the messaging app have long speculated on how secure the platform would be from its new parent company’s data collection practices. What users may not have expected, however, was that their conversations could potentially be tapped by a third party — another company with the means […].

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Extreme addresses networked-IoT security

Network World

Extreme Networks has taken the wraps off a new security application it says will use machine learning and artificial intelligence to help customers effectively monitor, detect and automatically remediate security issues with networked IoT devices. The application – ExtremeAI security—features machine-learning technology that can understand typical behavior of IoT devices and automatically trigger alerts when endpoints act in unusual or unexpected ways, Extreme said.

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9 Steps Toward Ethical AI

Information Week

Few current laws address the use of artificial intelligence. That puts companies under greater pressure to reassure the public that their AI applications are ethical and fair.

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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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Let’s Get Everyone To The Future

Forrester IT

At 5 a.m. this Saturday morning, I will be in a huddle of a few dozen hardy individuals in subfreezing temperatures. At the hour, we will begin a “race” through 60 kilometers of beautiful desert surrounding Utah’s Bryce Canyon. I put “race” in quotation marks because, except for the premier athletes at the front of […].

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Google says it will address AI, machine learning model bias with technology called TCAV

CTOvision

Read Larry Dignan explain how Google is using a method known as Testing with Concept Activation Vectors to help understand what signals neural networks use for prediction and identify AI bias on ZDNet : Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is working to make its artificial intelligence and machine learning models more transparent as […].

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4 vulnerabilities and exposures affect Intel-based systems; Red Hat responds

Network World

Four vulnerabilities were publicly disclosed related to Intel microprocessors. These vulnerabilities allow unprivileged attackers to bypass restrictions to gain read access to privileged memory. They include these common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs): CVE-2018-12126 - a flaw that could lead to information disclosure from the processor store buffer.

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How to Deploy Your Data Science Team Across the Business

Information Week

The crux of the problem in deploying a data science team is aligning the technical knowledge of a team to the needs of the business and choosing an alignment that offers the greatest impact.

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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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It’s Time To Transform Insurance Claims

Forrester IT

My house is almost a hundred years old. And while it might have some lovely period features (often estate agent speak for dilapidation), it also requires constant care. This makes good home insurance vital. Because I am an insurance geek and cover insurance at Forrester, insurance companies that get me as a customer are rather […].

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The 8 biggest announcements from the Google I/O 2019 keynote

CTOvision

Google typically hops between each I/O year to focus on either hardware or software news, and this year brought on more devices than we got from 2018. Now that the keynote’s wrapped, we can confirm a few rumors from the past few months: the Pixel 3A is real, as is the leaked Nest Hub Max […].

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Google Cloud Sandbox Environments On Demand with Playground

Linux Academy

We’ve been talking about it for a while now during our Weekly Updates, and we’re finally ready to reveal our Google Sandbox Environment! Like our AWS environments, our Google environments are created on demand and allow you to work in a hassle-free, and compliance-friendly environment. These Google Playground Cloud Sandbox environments are available for all of our individual and business accounts!

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The Basics of CI/CD for Data Science and Machine Learning

Information Week

Continuous integration and continuous deployment are IT practices that encourage testing code often. Learn how these practices also shape data-driven initiatives.

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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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What’s Hot In Insurance Tech In 2019?

Forrester IT

In 2019, the pressure on insurance business and technology leaders isn’t letting up. Earlier this year in Forrester’s “How Five Drivers Will Shape Insurance Business Technology Investments In 2019” report and webinar, we examined the drivers shown here that are shaping insurance business priorities. What Did We Learn? These five drivers are refocusing executive and […].

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IBM Establishes 5 Blockchain Principles To Drive Enterprise Adoption And Benefit Society

CTOvision

As an early advocate for blockchain, IBM has been working vigorously to commercialize the technology through its enterprise-grade version of Hyperledger Fabric, known as IBM Blockchain. Hyperledger Fabric currently empowers 1300 networks in the IBM blockchain cloud, 100 of which are live in production today. Following years of experimentation and the advancement of established live networks, […].

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Apigee API Proxy Deployment Made Easy Using FlexDeploy

Flexagon

Apigee API Management Platform is one of the powerful tools used to manage the API proxies in a secure development environment. Apigee API proxies can be deployed to the API platform using the FlexDeploy Apigee plugin. Developers can maintain proxy code in an SCM and FlexDeploy can provide the Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery capabilities.

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How to Assess Digital Transformation Efforts

Information Week

Not all organizations are succeeding with their digital transformation efforts. For one thing, the focus of their success metrics may be too narrow.

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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.