December, 2016

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Business Intelligence Skills

Forrester IT

So you have gone through the Discover and Plan of your Business Intelligence (BI) strategy and are ready to staff your BI support organization. What skills, experience, expertise and qualifications should you be looking for? Read more Categories: Analytics. big data. business insights. business intelligence. systems of insight.

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The Report The Cybersecurity Commission Should Have Sent To the President and President Elect

CTOvision

Bob Gourley. On 1 December The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity issued their key deliverable, the report on Securing and Growing The Digital Economy. That is a good report. For policy-makers new to cybersecurity the introduction recaps issues the nation has been dealing with for quite some time now. And the many recommendations are things we should all support.

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PowerShell security threats greater than ever, researchers warn

Computer Weekly

Administrators should upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft PowerShell and enable extended logging and monitoring capabilities in the light of a surge in related security threats, warn researchers

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Amazon VP: The Network Gear Economy Is Becoming Commoditized

Data Center Knowledge

People attending Amazon Web Services’ re:Invent conference in Las Vegas finish their dinners early so they can return to the main stage, just to hear the company’s celebrated VP and distinguished engineer, James Hamilton, spew ideas in what would be a stream-of-consciousness monologue were it not.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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What do CIO Influencers Tweet About?

Social, Agile and Transformation

I love a good data science challenge! An image from Leadtail floated around identifying "Who Influences CIOs?" This was followed by a question posed by David Bray, @fcc_cio I love a good big data question, so I decided to roll up my data science sleeves and see if I could develop this tag cloud. I wanted to do this without coding and use as many tools the average data scientist.

Big Data 177
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Experts predict 2017's biggest cybersecurity threats

Tech Republic Security

From internal threats to creative ransomware to the industrial Internet of Things, security experts illuminate business cybersecurity threats likely to materialize in the next year.

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Clearing up Lingering Confusion Around What Big Data Really Is

CTOvision

Brigg Patten. Big data is a buzz term in many industries, but many people still do not understand the concept of it. Data analysis tools can benefit any company, and new tools are being invented every year. The tools are designed for specific industries, and a company's staff may need specialized training. An elearning company can give everyone an interactive learning experience.

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What happens to data protection when we leave the EU?

Computer Weekly

The UK was a keen participant in the formulation of new data protection laws for the European Union, but its electorate has since voted to leave the EU. How is that likely to affect data protection in the UK once Brexit is accomplished?

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Andreessen Horowitz Partner: Cloud Will Go Away

Data Center Knowledge

While a good chunk of the world’s enterprises have yet to start leveraging cloud services in a meaningful way, some in the Silicon Valley venture capital community are already thinking about a future when cloud will start losing its relevance. “In the not-too-distant future cloud computing is going.

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Expanding the AWS Cloud: Introducing the AWS Europe (London) Region

All Things Distributed

In November 2015, Amazon Web Services announced that it would launch a new AWS infrastructure region in the United Kingdom. Today, I'm happy to announce that the AWS Europe (London) Region, our 16th technology infrastructure region globally, is now generally available for use by customers worldwide. UK companies are using AWS to innovate across diverse industries, such as energy, manufacturing, medicaments, retail, media, and financial services and the UK is home to some of the world's m

Cloud 128
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2024 Salary Guide

Procom’s 2024 Salary Guide provides critical insights into the latest hiring trends, in-demand IT roles, and competitive pay rates across Canada and the U.S. It highlights key market dynamics such as the growing demand for remote work, skills-based hiring, and flexible staffing solutions. With detailed pay rate data for top IT positions like Cybersecurity Consultants, Cloud Engineers, and Salesforce Developers, this guide is an essential resource for companies looking to stay competitive in toda

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Electronics-sniffing dogs: How K9s became a secret weapon for solving high-tech crimes

Tech Republic Security

Law enforcement has trained special dogs to find hidden thumb drives and cell phones that human investigators routinely miss, and it's foiling predators, terrorists, and other criminals.

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Tell Your Board How Business Technology Will Help Win Customers

Forrester IT

Customers are more powerful than ever, and nothing is slowing that trend. Your Board is the primary body for setting, monitoring, and adapting strategy. Ensuring that the Board, and the C-suite, is equipped with the proper insight and knowledge is a requirement. Research shows that CEOs rank technological change as the second-most-pressing factor for companies after economic factors.

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US-CERT: Stop using your remotely exploitable Netgear routers

Network World

Netgear router owners, I hope you have a spare router – at least those of you with remotely exploitable models, since US-CERT recommended discontinuing use of router models which are vulnerable to arbitrary command injection. Which models? Right now it looks like Netgear R7000, R6400 and R8000 routers, but there may be more models that are vulnerable.

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IT Priorities 2017: Hybrid cloud set to dominate datacentre infrastructure buying decisions

Computer Weekly

The 2017 Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities poll suggests the next 12 months will see enterprise IT buyers move to increase the hybrid-readiness of their datacentre facilities

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Guide to Centralizing IT Operations: How to Link Tasks and Tools with an Automation Platform

For many IT admins, business as usual is a juggling act. Job schedulers and scripts run on autopilot, applications and operating systems can’t speak the same language, and other tools—like RPA or MFT solutions—operate in isolation. On a good day, everything runs smoothly. But good days are rare; more often than not, something goes wrong and you’re stuck putting out fires.

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Google Will Be Powered Completely by Clean Energy Next Year

Data Center Knowledge

Google, the world’s biggest corporate buyer of clean energy, expects to reach a major milestone next year: running the company entirely with wind and solar power. Read More.

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5 DevOps predictions for 2017

Tech Republic Data Center

DevOps saw a lot of container adoption by enterprises and more companies bolstering their offerings in 2016. Security improvements, containerization, and consolidation are on the horizon for next year.

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Learn cybersecurity basics with these essential YouTube videos

Tech Republic Security

A hand-picked list of must-watch cybersecurity videos to help you learn the fundamentals of encryption, how hackers penetrate systems, and strong cyber-defense tactics for business.

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Velocity with quality mandates a model based approach to ARA tools and DevOps

Forrester IT

DevOps velocity mandates change velocity. Enterprises today are focusing on delivering applications faster to drive customer experiences and drive business transformation to meet rising expectations. For some, faster delivery is simply faster time to disappointment where the delivery process is shoddy and speed is the only metric. Speed without quality in an oxymoron - and extremely dangerous.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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14 eyebrow-raising things Google knows about you

Network World

Google may know more about me than I know about myself. I'm not just saying that, either: I recently started poking around in Google's personal data repositories and realized that, between my wide-reaching use of the company's services and my own brain's inability to remember anything for more than seven seconds, Google may actually have the upper hand when it comes to knowledge about my life.

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The United Arab Emirates enterprise IT trends for 2017

Computer Weekly

The UAE is already a leader in areas such as smart city developments, and 2017 looks set to see organisations in the country increase its adoption of other transformational IT

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NTT’s RagingWire to Build a Third Ashburn Data Center Colossus

Data Center Knowledge

In an astonishing signal of how much commitment is required for a data center operator to remain competitive in a hot market, Reno, Nevada-based RagingWire ­­– a unit of Japan telco giant NTT Communications – announced Monday at the Gartner Data Center Summit in Las Vegas that it will be…

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How Amazon wants to power the future of connected cars

Tech Republic Cloud

At the 2016 AWS re:Invent conference, Amazon's CJ Frost presented on how its Alexa product and other services will play into the next generation of automotive mobility.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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4 ways your company can avoid Yahoo-level stupidity in enterprise security

Tech Republic Security

Yahoo recently confirmed a leak of one billion accounts, adding to its growing list of security woes. Here are four actions your company can take to prevent a similar debacle.

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The Future Of B2B Mobile Enterprise Services

Forrester IT

Business-to-business (B2B) ecosystems facilitate the continuous exchange of information and collaboration. B2B ecosystems will play a central role for all businesses because they form the basis for redefining approaches toward innovation, knowledge management, supply-chain optimization, product development, sales, and marketing. While the ultimate focus of these ecosystems is to create customer value, their more immediate effect is to drive operational agility in service of customers.

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Cisco execs foretell key 2017 enterprise networking trends

Network World

Interesting posts this week from a few Cisco executives taking a look forward into what should be a very interesting networking world in 2017. +More on Network World: 5 enterprise technologies that will shake things up in 2017 + First up was Cisco’s Jeff Reed, Senior Vice President Enterprise Infrastructure and Solutions Group who had a blog on the top 10 list for future 2017 network trends.

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The digital opportunity for CIOs

Computer Weekly

CIOs have a unique opportunity to lead the digital strategy in their organisations, but they have to move quickly to make sure they have the right skills and infrastructure in place

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success. That’s why we developed this white paper to give you insights into four key open-source technologies – Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, Apache Spark™, and OpenSearch® – and how to leverage them for lasting success. Discover everything you’ll want to know about scalable, data-layer technologies: Learn when to choose these technologies and when to avoid them Explore h

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DCK Exclusive: Iron Mountain’s Evolving Data Center Strategy

Data Center Knowledge

In an interview with Data Center Knowledge, Iron Mountain SVP of Data Centers Mark Kidd discusses strategic vision and CTO Eli Almog highlights Iron Cloud and managed services. Read More.

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Transforming Development with AWS

All Things Distributed

In my keynote at AWS re:Invent today, I announced 13 new features and services (in addition to the 15 we announced yesterday). My favorite parts of James Bond movies is are where 007 gets to visit Q to pick up and learn about new tools of the trade: super-powered tools with special features which that he can use to complete his missions, and, in some cases, get out of some nasty scrapes.

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Gallery: The 10 biggest business hacks of 2016

Tech Republic Security

This year thousands of cyber-attacks cost companies millions in damages and exposed billions of sensitive consumer and corporate records. These are the 10 biggest business hacks of 2016.

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Amazon Go Ushers In A New Era In Retail Technology

Forrester IT

Amazon's new Amazon Go store ushers in a new era in brick and mortar grocery and convenience shopping. In the early 80's, electronic point of sale (POS) dramatically changed the checkout experience in grocery stores, speeding up checkout lines. Today, a checkout without POS is unthinkable unless it's a farm stand on the side of the road … and even here we're likely to see Square hooked up to a smartphone.

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IT Leadership Agrees AI is Here, but Now What?

IT leaders are experiencing rapid evolution in AI amid sustained investment uncertainty. As AI evolves, enhanced cybersecurity and hiring challenges grow. This whitepaper offers real strategies to manage risks and position your organization for success.