December, 2017

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The American Way of War Is Based On Tech: Don’t Let It Be Our Downfall!

CTOvision

If you have not read it yet, I would like to bring your attention to the incredibly prescient science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke titled "Superiority" (available in the collection: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke). Written in 1951, this is such a great read because it captures some key, apparently enduring qualities […].

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Cyber security skills shortage can be addressed, says (ISC)2

Computer Weekly

The shortage of cyber security skills can be addressed, starting with training anyone who is unemployed, according to information security professional training and certification body (ISC)2

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We are Doing Agile, but are not Agile

Social, Agile and Transformation

Everyone, or at least almost everyone is doing some form of agile practices today. In fact, some leaders drive their digital transformation programs with leading agile to deliver customer facing applications. In a year of speaking at conferences, I did not meet anyone selling their waterfall, top-down project management practices as keys to their transformation programs.

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SCCM Intune Architecture Decision Making Tips and Sample Diagram

Anoop

High level (generalized) design decisions are discussed in this post. Most common design decision I have seen is discussed in the below paragraph. I must warn that this design decision won’t suit all scenarios. In this post, we will see SCCM Intune architecture decision making tips and sample diagram. The design decisions will be based […].

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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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The time to deal with IoT security is now

Network World

In most cases, I try to turn a skeptical eye on hyperbole. So when a cybersecurity expert tells me that IoT security is a “ticking time bomb,” my initial reaction is not to worry about an upcoming “security apocalypse.” But I am already worried about security in the Internet of Things. So, I took the opportunity to ask Srini Vemula , global product management leader and security expert at SenecaGlobal , what’s really at risk as we hurtle toward 2020 and an estimated 20.4 billion connected device

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How Should CIOs Handle More Cybersecurity Regulations?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Keeping the company safe is the job of the CIO Image Credit: Bill Smith. I think that we can all agree that we are living in an increasingly dangerous world. As our companies understand the importance of information technology and acquire more and more valuable information, the bad guys keep trying to find ways to break in and steal customer credit card and personal information.

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Businesses bracing for GDPR data deletion requests

Computer Weekly

Businesses are concerned that data deletion requests under the GDPR will have a significant or even crippling effect, with many unprepared to meet the expected demand

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Developing a Strategy for Putting People First in Transformation Programs

Social, Agile and Transformation

If you are driving a transformation program, motivating and aligning people is a critical success factor Most leaders now understand how important it is to put people before process and technology when it comes to instrumenting large scale organizational change. That being said, many in technology leadership roles are not versed in methodologies to instrument change and some are not.

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Help Me Obi Wan

IT Toolbox

When old Ben Kenobi sat down with Luke Skywalker to listen to a plea for help from Princess Leia, the audience for the first Star Wars movie saw a hologram of Leia, delivering her message to the Jedi knight.

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Can IoT help make the enterprise more secure?

Network World

It’s no secret that the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) presents massive new security challenges. Heck, I’ve written about the issue here more than once. But one company claims that enterprise IoT also shows promise for addressing key security issues. Also on Network World: Is the U.S. finally about to take IoT security seriously? and The time to deal with IoT security is now.

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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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Is Moving To The Cloud Worth The Risk?

The Accidental Successful CIO

The cloud comes with risk, is it worth it? Image Credit: Brad Clinesmith. By now I’m sure that because if the importance of information technology you’ve heard all about “the cloud” This is the fantastic collection of servers and storage systems that are available to your company to use for a monthly subscription fee. All you have to do is pay your money, and then you can transfer your applications and storage from your expensive data centers to the much cheaper cloud sys

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Recognizing Relevant Big Data and How to Use It

CTOvision

Big Data is everywhere you look, and we have seen how useful it can be. Among billions of terabytes of data gathered, there is a treasure of marketing data that businesses need to understand in order to know what is relevant and how to use it to get better business results. Businesses waste 40 percent […].

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Enterprises urged to embrace public cloud after latest technology innovations

Computer Weekly

Due to the latest technology innovations in public cloud by the major providers, IDC has underlined the importance of this infrastructure

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What I Learned about Digital Transformation from Speaking to Hundreds of Leaders

Social, Agile and Transformation

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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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Bitcoins are NOT Tulips

IT Toolbox

The basis and operations of Bitcoin have very different fundamentals than anything we have encountered in the financial industry ever before - thus trying to off-handedly relate it to some historical occurrence is mostly just foolish and ignorant.

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IDG Contributor Network: Leveraging reconfigurable computing for smarter cybersecurity

Network World

The reality for security teams today is that they are facing challenges on multiple fronts. The number of security breaches is increasing, which means the number of security alerts to be examined each day is increasing. The attacks are becoming more sophisticated and multi-dimensional. The number of cybersecurity solutions available continues to grow, which requires time and effort to understand.

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Cheap Ways To Connect Data Centers

The Accidental Successful CIO

Data centers are only valuable if they can share data Image Credit: Sean Ellis. As the person with the CIO job at your company, you have the added responsibility of maintaining your company’s data centers. No matter if you have only one data center or hundreds of them, they are only as valuable as their ability to communicate with each other and the outside world.

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Are You Dedicating Unnecessary Funding to IT?

CTOvision

You may view your company’s IT department as indispensable, especially as the workers within it troubleshoot issues with slow page loading times for a web browser, keep employees’ computers free from viruses and protect your network for interior or exterior threats. However, you also might have unnecessary expenditures associated with the IT department.

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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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How to futureproof your career as a CIO

Computer Weekly

Many CIOs have yet to earn the right to be on the board. How can IT leaders upgrade their business acumen, to benefit their own careers and the health of their employer?

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List of SCCM CB DMP Downloader State Messages

Anoop

SCCM state messages help to troubleshoot updates and servicing related issues. DMP downloader is the components which download source files of SCCM CB updates. Following are the list of List of SCCM CB DMP Downloader State Messages. What is State Message? SCCM State messages are sent using a messaging system that is built into SCCM […]. The post List of SCCM CB DMP Downloader State Messages appeared first on Anoops.

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Punch-Up Your Sales Process with CRM

IT Toolbox

CRM can do more than track sales calls. You can use the features in CRM to expand your sales efforts, increase the bottom line and improve morale among your employees. Automate Emails. Dealing with emails is one of the major tasks sales staffs have to perform.

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DDI is a critical component of IoT success

Network World

The Internet of Things (IoT) era has finally arrived, and businesses need to be prepared for a world where everything is connected. I’m an analyst so I’ll support my proclamation that IoT is here with data: There are currently 25 billion internet-connected devices, and that will double by 2020 and then grow to 80 billion by 2025. ZK Research. However, there’s a more basic way of understanding where we are in the adoption cycle: IoT has become the norm, not the exception, according to companies I

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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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5 Ways live streaming is going to change the future of education

Kitaboo

Did you know more than 80% of internet and mobile audiences watched more live-videos in 2016 as compared to 2015, and streaming video accounts for more than two-thirds of all internet traffic and is expected to jump to 82% by 2020? So, what’s the future of education? The answer is, dynamic and ever-changing, as live streaming will be an integral part of it.

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The Three Big Trends in 2018 That Will Matter When Doing Business in Europe

CTOvision

Having a crystal ball that predicts future trends would be immensely helpful for American tech CEOs to plot the optimum course and avoid speed bumps when it comes to doing business next year. So consider this a start in that direction by identifying three developments that will be a challenge unless companies are aware and […].

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DevOps in the public sector: Assessing the challenges and the benefits

Computer Weekly

Public sector IT leaders trying to transform the way their organisation works using DevOps talk about the challenges they face

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2017 SCCM ConfigMgr Intune Community Around Me

Anoop

As David James mentioned in his tweet here, the summery of 2017 for SCCM is 3 production releases (SCCM CB 1702, 1706, and 1710).12 Tech Preview releases of SCCM CB. 100s of new features, 14k code check-ins + bug fixes and now managing >100 million endpoints. In this post, we will see more about 2017 SCCM […]. The post 2017 SCCM ConfigMgr Intune Community Around Me appeared first on Anoops.

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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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Why You Need a Strategy to Drive UC Adoption

IT Toolbox

This is a topic I address often, as it’s easy to think of Unified Communications as a technology purchase. That may be true, but it only addresses one part of the UC story. There is a great deal to consider on both sides of the purchase – planning for UC and then living with UC once it’s deployed.

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'Paris s'éveille'! Introducing the AWS EU (Paris) Region

All Things Distributed

Today, I'm happy to announce that the AWS EU (Paris) Region, our 18th technology infrastructure Region globally, is now generally available for use by customers worldwide. With this launch, AWS now provides 49 Availability Zones, with another 12 Availability Zones and four Regions in Bahrain, Hong Kong, Sweden, and a second AWS GovCloud (US) Region expected to come online by early 2019.

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The Future Happens in the #NOW

Network World

N OW is where the future happens. In this moment we will take action that will affect our future or we will not. All we have is now. In #NOW , Max McKeown asks us the think about our now. He says that “for most people, most of the time, it is better to lean towards action than inaction.” People who grab opportunities that are available now, who don’t waste time looking back, and are regret-minimizers, are what McKeown calls Nowists.

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How Taking the Time to Verify Your Network Could Save You Millions

CTOvision

As our reliance on technology increases, so does the need for modern systems to support these devices and experiences. This has sparked a shift to services that deliver always-on, connected and remote-based content. Software-as-a-service has become increasingly reliable and necessary to keep up with modern trends. All of this, of course, relies on a solid, […].

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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.