September, 2017

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6 Places Poised to be the New Silicon Valley Tech Hubs

CTOvision

The image of a group of computer programmers working in their garage somewhere in Silicon Valley is well known. Start-ups have taken over America’s economy and Silicon Valley has never been stronger. This is changing as more and more people flood the computer science industry. All across America, cities are enticing young entrepreneurs and programmers. […].

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More than one million new phishing sites created each month

Computer Weekly

Phishing attacks continue to increase in volume and sophistication, according to researchers at security firm Webroot

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Seven Ways ERP Can Improve Risk Mitigation

IT Toolbox

Business is no friend of risk. While fortunes are won and new markets are conquered through calculated risk, firms nonetheless try to avoid it whenever possible. Risk represents lost revenue, disrupted partnerships, idle equipment, brand damage and a host of other effects that aren’t typically advantageous to corporations.

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How to Implement Agile on Lowcode and aPaaS Development Platforms

Social, Agile and Transformation

A colleague and friend recently asked me whether agile practices were appropriate when managing development on lowcode or aPaaS (application Platform as a Service) technologies. These higher level languages enable developers to write a class of applications faster and maintain them easier by providing development environments, programming constructs, and other tools.

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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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5 reasons why device makers cannot secure the IoT platform

Network World

If Akamai, Cisco and Google’s post-platform security and privacy machine learning security systems protecting the web and mobile platforms are indicative of the future, IoT device makers will only be part of a larger security ecosystem. That’s because they will not have the data to train the AI machine learning models. As a result, IoT post-platform security and privacy will become a layer on top of IoT device security.

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Is It Time For CIOs To Start To Apply Logic To Salaries?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Should CIOs get involved in determining how much employees get paid? Image Credit: 401(K) 2012. Psst – would you like to know a secret? It turns out that at most companies, how much any given employee gets paid is determined more by art than science. Yes, that’s right – most firms (and their IT departments) are making this stuff up on the fly.

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Government wants to remain in EU cyber security club after Brexit

Computer Weekly

The UK government wants to maintain deep links with the European Union’s cyber security working groups following Britain’s exit from the bloc in 2019

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When ERP Meets Blockchain

IT Toolbox

We are at the start of a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) digital transformation with the introduction of blockchain technology, best known as a digital ledger (think distributed database) behind cryptocurrency. However, businesses are adopting blockchain as a trusted system through which to share records with partners.

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Driving Digital Smarter and Faster - Because Everybody is a Technology Company

Social, Agile and Transformation

I hope you will listen to my recently recorded podcast at AMA Edgewise on my book, Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology. Link is below and here are some of my favorite quotes - New entrants (startups) + consumer choice + availability of technology + falling price point => is driving digital transformation CIOs "get it" - but many organizations (.

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How network automation can speed deployments and improve security

Network World

Five years ago, IT was decentralized at the University of New Mexico. “Every school or college had their own IT, and in most cases they were completely under-resourced – a one-person shop having to do phones, apps, email, desktop, servers, storage, disaster recovery, all of that,” said Brian Pietrewicz, deputy CIO at University of New Mexico. The university transitioned to a self-service model that enables each of its more than 100 departments to deploy infrastructure and application services it

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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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Data Quality – The most important data dimension?

Eric D. Brown

In a recent article I wrote over on CIO.com titled Want to Speed Up Your Digital Transformation Initiatives? Take a Look at Your Data , I discuss the importance of data quality and data management in an organization’s digital transformation efforts. That article can be summarized with the closing paragraph (but feel free to go read the full version): To speed up your transformation projects and initiatives, you need to take a long, hard look at your data.

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Want to Learn Big Data? These Courses Can Help

CTOvision

One of the best things about the explosion of different kinds of technology across the world, is the fact that many tech-related courses can be easily accessed. Whether you are looking to build your knowledge about big data or build a skill that could help you in your job, there are lots of ways to […].

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European Union states question copyright law proposal

Computer Weekly

European states are questioning legality of a new copyright law proposed by the EU

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5 Ways to Take Advantage of ERP

IT Toolbox

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is essential for large corporations that manage complex work processes in order to achieve business goals and grow their business. The technology changes rapidly, offering new features all the time and challenging companies to reexamine how they do business. Take advantage of new features in ERP in order to leverage the benefits for your company.

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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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Best of VMworld 2017 Europe User Awards: Shortlist announced

Computer Weekly

Find out who made the shortlist for this year's Best of VMworld Europe User Awards, with the winners set to be announced on Tuesday 12 September 2017

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People with non-IT backgrounds could help fill cyber security skills gap

Computer Weekly

Organisations should look to fill cyber security roles with people who are curious and have work experience rather than focusing solely on graduates

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GDS is ‘sidelined’ and government as a platform ‘is dead’, says Francis Maude

Computer Weekly

Former Cabinet Office minister cites diminishing of Government Digital Service role as he criticises civil service resistance to change

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HMRC denies IR35 reforms to blame for public sector IT project delays and cancellations

Computer Weekly

New research from ContractorCalculator suggests contractors have left the public sector in droves since the IR35 reforms came into force, but HMRC has a different take on the situation

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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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EAN airline broadband service moves closer to reality

Computer Weekly

The European Aviation satellite has successfully completed in-orbit testing and will begin to service in-flight broadband customers later in 2017

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How to make the right technology choice

Computer Weekly

Organisations need digital technology, but how do you decide which is the best technology for you? The answer is not to make one big decision, but many small ones.

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Gartner: Alibaba outperforms AWS, Microsoft and Google in public cloud revenue growth

Computer Weekly

While Amazon remains leader of the IaaS and public cloud market, Gartner’s figures highlight emerging competitive pressure from Alibaba on the other runners and riders in the market

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SDN an essential component of future public sector networks

Computer Weekly

Public sector organisations need to adopt software-defined networking to deliver more agile and resilient networks that bring fit-for-purposes services to users and citizens

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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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EE repurposes 2G spectrum to support expanded 4G mobile service

Computer Weekly

The operator will re-farm a tranche of spectrum formerly used for 2G services to boost capacity and speed on its 4G network

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How to improve security against email attacks and for GDPR compliance

Computer Weekly

About 200 billion emails are sent every day, but because of its importance email is constantly exploited by attackers, and yet is often overlooked in cyber security strategies

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Digital Catapult invites regional bids for IoT network expansion

Computer Weekly

Digital Catapult is planning a major expansion of its Things Connected IoT network across the UK and has invited bids from regional bodies

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Security Think Tank: Six ways to boost cyber resilience

Computer Weekly

What key things should organisations be doing in terms of cyber defences to ensure they are resilient?

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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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Cyber security demands change in approach

Computer Weekly

There needs to be a change in the way technology is designed and in attitudes to data security to ensure cyber safety, say industry experts

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More than 40% of people in UK do not have digital skills required for most jobs

Computer Weekly

The digital skills gap is set to widen as many in the UK are without the basic skills needed for most positions, with jobs increasingly requiring above-average digital skills

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UK government sets to work on replicating the Digital Marketplace model overseas

Computer Weekly

Government procurement chiefs and digital champions share details of the work being done to help export the principles of the Digital Marketplace overseas

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CIO interview: Adrenaline junkie leaps from big pharma to cloud services

Computer Weekly

Diana McKenzie, CIO of Workday and triathlon competitor, on analytics, data lakes and the relationship between IT and business

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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.