October, 2017

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UK intelligence agencies ‘unlawfully’ sharing sensitive personal data, court hears

Computer Weekly

Intelligence agencies are “unlawfully” sharing huge datasets containing sensitive information about the population with industry, government departments and overseas intelligence services, a court will hear this week

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5 Steps to Prepare Your Organization for Artificial Intelligence

Social, Agile and Transformation

Last week I delivered a keynote talk at Synechron's InSync Charlotte event around developing the data driven organization. The talk showed the audience the alignment between digital transformation and data driven practices and how evolving data practices should address small data (through citizen data science programs) and big data governance that can enable organizations to be organizationally.

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Five General Maintenance Tasks Every Webmaster Needs To Do

CTOvision

You are no longer a web student… today, you become a webmaster! But what does that mean, exactly? What does a webmaster do? Or, more to the point, what does a good webmaster do? Whether you’re an aspiring webmaster, an experienced one looking to improve their game, or a hiring manager that wants to know […].

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Top Ways Tech Can Figure Out Major Business Concerns

IT Toolbox

All businesses are faced with challenges. Technology can help you to figure out your challenges, and provide you with solutions to fix them.

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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 is a firewall?

Network World

Network-based firewalls have become almost ubiquitous across US enterprises for their proven defense against an ever-increasing array of threats. A recent study by network testing firm NSS Labs found that up to 80% of US large businesses run a next-generation firewall. Research firm IDC estimates the firewall and related unified threat management market was a $7.6 billion industry in 2015 and expected to reach $12.7 billion by 2020.

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How to Setup SCCM CB and InTune Co-Management

Anoop

Many organisations are looking for a more simplified management options for Windows devices. There are two ways of management. First one is. The Traditional way of management and the second is the Modern way of management. They are also looking for a more easy way to transition from SCCM and Domain Join devices (Traditional) to a modern […]. The post How to Setup SCCM CB and InTune Co-Management appeared first on Anoops.

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How Digital CIOs Manage Their Time

Social, Agile and Transformation

Earlier this year I published the post, What discipline should CIO master to drive transformation, where I highlighted the importance of time management skills CIOs must master when leading digital transformation programs In this post I expand the analysis to show two other operating scenarios and illustrate each priority based on its impact on growth versus running the business.

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How Does Ireland Measure Up as a Location for Starting Your European Engineering Team?

CTOvision

Editor's note: This guest post by Alan McGlinchey makes a good case for why Ireland should be considered as the location for your European engineering team. Would love to see similar articles submitted for other locations, but so far it seems Alan is building a very compelling case! -bg Europe is a vast, lucrative market […].

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Six Best Practices for Better Efficiency with APIs

IT Toolbox

They may not have the sexiness of artificial intelligence or the Internet of Things, but APIs are having just as much if not more impact on business today.

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The troubling lack of focus on securing the IoT

Network World

The massive growth of Internet of Things (IoT) devices over the next one to three years should give us pause. As companies rush to get to market first, are we seeing a “dumbing down” of basic device principals that we have been working with for years, particularly enhanced security and privacy. With so many distinct applications, device scope and diversity represent a unique security challenge that so far has not been met.

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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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SCCM ConfigMgr Troubleshooting Steps for Newbies with Flowcharts

Anoop

SCCM is not dead, and many newbies are trying to learn SCCM. Instead, this is the most happening time for an SCCM engineer. SCCM + Intune Co-management opens up many new opportunities for SCCM engineers. Enterprises are getting ready for Windows 10 migrations. And most of the organizations depend on SCCM team to get the […]. The post SCCM ConfigMgr Troubleshooting Steps for Newbies with Flowcharts appeared first on Anoops.

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HMRC accused of suppressing IR35 stakeholder views on public sector contractor walkouts

Computer Weekly

Stakeholders are accusing HMRC of trying to suppress their take on how the tax avoidance reforms are affecting contractors, following claims their views were omitted from the latest IR35 Forum minutes

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Richard Branson Guide To True Leadership For CIOs

The Accidental Successful CIO

Richard Branson has become successful by being a great leader. Image Credit: Pedro Ribeiro Simões. When it comes to management, things are actually pretty easy. You have people who work for you, they need to do what you tell them to do or you’ll fire them. End of story. However, then there is that pesky leadership thing. I view management as being something that your staff does while you are in the room to improve the importance of information technology and then they may kick back and sto

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Big Data: Out of the Server Room and Into the World

CTOvision

Modern business data acquisition, analytics, and warehousing have increased in both scale and frequency in recent years. The rapid development of new technologies to deal with these massive quantities of data has given birth to the so-called "Big Data" revolution. As a result, there are few industries that are isolated from the growing need to […].

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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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VoIP for 2018 and Beyond

IT Toolbox

VoIP is an acronym that anyone who uses the internet probably knows or will see before long. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a technology that turns a broadband internet connection into a regular phone line. That means you can make voice calls over your internet connection.

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How to speed up IoT deployment: Give each device an identity

Network World

Most enterprises are in the process of evaluating how the Internet of Things (IoT) will affect their organization, especially how devices targeted at the Enterprise of Things (EoT) will be deployed. Indeed, companies that deploy “things” need to worry about security, manageability, longevity/availability and robustness — unlike consumers who generally don’t concern themselves with such things.

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Third Party Patching Best Practices for an Organization

Anoop

I have involved in the patching of Windows machines since ‘SMS 2003 + ITMU’ days. Every month, we need to perform very complex steps to deploy patches. Nowadays SCCM 2007/ 2012 /CB uses WSUS along with Windows Update to Download, Deploy and Install patches. There are challenges in Microsoft patching process using SCCM. And I’ve […]. The post Third Party Patching Best Practices for an Organization appeared first on Anoops.

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Business needs help to act on cyber security advice

Computer Weekly

Organisations need help to act on all the information they receive about cyber security, the London Digital Security Centre has learned since its inception in 2015

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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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3 Signs You Have Overloaded Your Digital Transformation Program

Social, Agile and Transformation

Pressure to take on too many initiatives may bottleneck the overall program and burnout participants I am an advocate for speed and doing more. I’ve seen products, businesses, and an entire business models fall off the cliff because executives were too slow to respond, experiment, invest, challenge sacred cows, and scale toward new digital business models.

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The Automotive Cyber Security Summit: October 25-27 Fremont California

CTOvision

The Automotive Cyber Security Summit is for practitioners in the automobile industry who are working to predict and mitigate both current and future risks due to technology. The event brings together experts from across the auto industry, including manufactures, designers and providers of on-demand services and autonomous vehicles. The focus of the conference is system […].

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5 Reasons Why VoIP Disaster Recovery Is Critical for Your Business

IT Toolbox

Hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural and man-made disasters create situations that demand a solid business continuity (BC)/disaster recovery (DR) plan in case of serious interruptions to your organization’s business. This article focuses on BC/DR for your voice over IP (VoIP)/unified communications (UC) business phone system.

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IDG Contributor Network: How smart cities can protect against IoT security threats

Network World

Smart cities, which were once confined to the realms of science fiction books, are rapidly becoming a reality all around the globe. Unfortunately, like all revolutionizing innovations, smart cities are developing their own unique challenges alongside of their perks. So what are industry insiders and tomorrow’s city planners doing to face these challenges?

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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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Bad Rabbit malware raises fears of third global ransomware attack

Computer Weekly

A ransomware attack that has commonalities with WannaCry NotPeya is reportedly hitting organisations in Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Bulgaria and Germany

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A history of hacking and hackers

Computer Weekly

A security professional’s view on criminal hacking has shifted away from the traditional stereotype of the hacker, towards a much more diverse cross-section of wider society

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Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK IT 2017

Computer Weekly

Computer Weekly has announced the list for Most Influential Women in UK IT 2017, including this year’s winner Sherry Coutu

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Cyber security industry key to solving skills gap

Computer Weekly

In the face of a growing shortage of cyber security skills around the world, the security industry itself needs to do more to attract people

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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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Making public cloud ERP work for your business

Computer Weekly

If you work with specialists, migrating ERP to the public cloud can bring big business benefits – but it’s not for everyone

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Safeguards permit GCHQ to share huge databases on public, court hears

Computer Weekly

Intelligence commissioners did not need technical expertise or support staff to check whether GCHQ and MI5 were lawfully sharing huge databases, court told

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GE opens up on how its move to the AWS public cloud is progressing

Computer Weekly

The multi-national conglomerate claims to have migrated more than 2,000 apps to the AWS cloud, as its digital transformation efforts continue apace

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Investigatory Powers Tribunal faces challenge in appeal court over mass hacking

Computer Weekly

Appeal court will decide whether UK citizens have the right to challenge controversial decisions made by Britain’s most secret court, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal

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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.