Sat.Sep 15, 2018 - Fri.Sep 21, 2018

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Is The Data Ops Workbench A Thing?

Forrester IT

Data ops, data engineering, data development — oh my! From new roles and teams to new skills and processes, the hot topic on everyone’s mind is data ops. I started to notice the data ops emergence back in 2015 as companies began to look at Agile development to spin up new data capabilities rapidly. Later, as […].

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3 Ways That CIOs Can Sabotage Themselves When They Are Unhappy

The Accidental Successful CIO

What we do when we are unhappy is what makes all the difference Image Credit: stefan klocek. Having the CIO job sure seems like it should be something that would make you happy. I’m willing to guess that since you’ve worked so hard to get this position most days you are at least fairly happy with the idea of going to work to deal with things related to the importance of information technology.

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Artificial Intelligence Sells, But Machine Learning Delivers

CTOvision

There is an old adage in the world of computing. If you want money for your project say it is Artificial Intelligence. But if you want talent to deliver on your capabilities remember to hire Machine Learning experts. Seems Artificial Intelligence sells. But Machine Learning Delivers. Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning are all […].

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[Fix] List of SCCM 1806 Known Issues – Documented

Anoop

Microsoft released a couple of update rollups (hotfixes) for the latest production version of SCCM 1806. In this post, we will see the SCCM 1806 known issues and how to fix those known issues. The Video tutorial will help you to understand how to install SCCM 1806 hotfix. SCCM 1806 known issues are already fixed by Microsoft […]. The post [Fix] List of SCCM 1806 Known Issues – Documented appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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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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Adobe Changes Its Marketing Cloud Trajectory With Marketo Acquisition

Forrester IT

I am still catching my breath. Adobe has agreed to acquire Marketo for $4.75 billion. The deal is the biggest in Adobe’s history and a massive encore to the acquisition of Magento for a mere $1.7 billion in May. On the one hand, I find myself proud to be a B2B marketer — to think that helping […].

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ICANN sets plan to reinforce internet DNS security

Network World

In a few months, the internet will be a more secure place. That’s because the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has voted to go ahead with the first-ever changing of the cryptographic key that helps protect the internet’s address book – the Domain Name System (DNS). [ Now see: The hidden cause of slow internet and how to fix it. ].

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Who Is Winning the Race for Tech Talent?

Information Week

Ever wonder how Google, Microsoft, and IBM are winning the race for tech talent? It just might boil down to the ability to weave relevant learning and development opportunities into every stage of employee life cycles.

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Four Things You Must Do Right Now To Rock Your 2018 Holiday

Forrester IT

Over $1 trillion (no typo) — that’s how big 2017 holiday topline sales were in the US and Europe combined. As for online sales specifically last year, Forrester projected $129 billion in the US and €54 billion in Europe. As a retailer with substantial revenue at stake, you’ve made your merchandise buys, allocated your marketing dollars, and feverishly analyzed […].

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Data, analytics, and AI solutions showcased at the Strata Data Conference

Social, Agile and Transformation

Two years ago when I reported from Strata NYC I shared how new data prep technologies were bringing data integration and data quality capabilities to business users. Instead of waiting for IT to ETL experimental data into the data warehouse or data lake, business users apply tools like Tableau Prep, Trifacta Wrangler, or Talend Data Preparation, to perform profiling, cleansing, and.

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9 essential cybersecurity tips to protect your small business

CTOvision

Read Jareth’s tips on how small and medium businesses can protect themselves from hackers on Security Boulevard : As a small enterprise owner, it’s easy to fall into the trap of assuming that cybercriminals won’t target you. After all, why would anyone waste their time going after your business when there are much juicier fish […].

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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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Where AI Can Turn 'Buzz' into 'Biz' Today

Information Week

AI can expedite manual processes that exist throughout an enterprise, but the nature of the human insight is necessary to rationally manage these processes and make contextual decisions.

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It’s Mostly Quiet On The GDPR Front — But This Is Not The Time For Complacency

Forrester IT

So where are all the GDPR enforcement actions? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force at the end of May 2018, giving unprecedented powers to regulators. From ongoing regulatory audits to hefty fines and a range of new privacy requirements, the GDPR is the most dramatic change in data protection and governance in the last 20 years.

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Windows Server 2019 Webinar to Learn about New Server OS

Anoop

With Microsoft Ignite just around the corner, Windows Server 2019 is set to get its full release and the signs look good. Do you already checked out Windows server 2019? You can’t do this checking unless you’re part of the Windows Server insider program. I would recommend attending following Windows Server 2019 Webinar to learn […]. The post Windows Server 2019 Webinar to Learn about New Server OS appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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Don’t Worry, We Now Have Three Old Ideas for Solving the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

CTOvision

The Wall Street Journal proves once again that anyone can claim to be an expert in cybersecurity challenges and even provide us with solutions to enduring problems. One enduring problem is that businesses need more cybersecurity talent. The Wall Street Journal cites a career website for cybersecurity professionals in saying there are 300,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs […].

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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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How Enterprises Can Scale their Machine Learning

Information Week

Enterprise organizations are already seeing benefits from their machine learning practices, but Forrester Research says they've only scratched the surface.

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Stay Ahead Of Your Customers With Continuous Delivery

Forrester IT

If you regularly follow the financial markets, it’s hard to ignore the growth generated by the FAANG stocks (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google). When you look more closely at the “ANG” part of this quintet, it’s not hard to see how continuous delivery and rapid creation of customer value and corporate growth go hand in […].

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How to Block Personal Windows Devices Enrollment

Anoop

After long wait now you can block Windows personal devices from enrolling into Microsoft Intune. Microsoft rolled out this restriction options all Intune tenants. I’ve a previous post from Jan 2017 learn how to restrict personal iOS devices from enrolling into Intune. Learn how to block personal Windows devices from Intune enrolment and to access […].

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These Jaw-Dropping Facts Will Change Your Mind About the Internet of Things (IoT)

CTOvision

Read Lee Samaha’s article giving an investor perspective about the Internet of Things on Motley Fool : It’s no secret that the Internet of Things (IoT) is set to be a growth investor’s dream in the coming years. However, while IoT devices for consumers grab most of the media attention — think wearable technology, connected vehicles, […].

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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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Tools Tackle AI's Bias, Trust Problem

Information Week

AI and machine learning deployments are hitting the mainstream in enterprises, but executives still hesitate to blindly accept insights from inside the "black box" without seeing the logic behind them.

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And now… presenting the 2018 ESM Wave!

Forrester IT

The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Service Management, Q3 2018, is live! Take IT service management, add the age of the customer, stir in some employee experience (EX) and a healthy dose of low/no-code platform, and voilà! Enterprise service management (ESM)! Or if you prefer a more traditional description, we define ESM as: Extending IT service management […].

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How to Cancel Azure Subscription and Create New One

Anoop

I used Azure Pay as You Go subscription to test SCCM CMG and Co-management. I would admit that it was not a good decision. In four months I spend around 550 USD only for testing SCCM CMG and Co-management. In this post you will how to cancel Azure Subscription and create new one. Permission Required […]. The post How to Cancel Azure Subscription and Create New One appeared first on SCCM Intune Real World Enterprise Experience Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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AI for Government Programs and the Federal Marketplace

CTOvision

ScaleUP USA has developed a free “Artificial Intelligence for Government” program to help the government employees and contractors learn foundational skills around Artificial Intelligence and the unique challenges faced in using it in the government. The program is focused on beginners in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Reinforcement Learning (RL) with minimal technical […].

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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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Hire the Right Machine Learning Talent

Information Week

Decision intelligence engineering applies the technology already available to solve the business problems that you have today.

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Nike Scores A Customer-Values Touchdown

Forrester IT

Unless you were on the Appalachian Trail for a few weeks, you know what I’m talking about. I’ll start with this paragraph from our newly published analysis of Nike’s “Just Do It” campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick, called Nike Makes No Sacrifices: Judging the Nike decision is difficult because there’s so much conflicting evidence.

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Cloud migration best practice Part 4: Executing the migration

Cloud Musings

This series has stepped through cloud migration best practices. After providing an overview , we discussed: Classifying business-critical data. Updating organizational IT governance policies. Application screening and cloud workload selection. How to select the most appropriate target deployment environment. With all of that completed, it’s now time to select the right cloud service provider (CSP) and finally execute the migration.

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State Department confirmed breach of unclassified email system exposed employee data

CTOvision

The US State Department confirmed it suffered a data breach that exposed employee data; the breach affected the State Department’s unclassified email system. It’s not like the agency suddenly decided to tell the public about the breach; the incident only came to light after Politico got hold of a Sept. 7 “Sensitive but Unclassified” notice about […].

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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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DevOps: From a Business and Executive Perspective

Information Week

Some of the roadblocks to a successful DevOps initiative have nothing to do with technology or the IT group. Business unit leaders and executives have to get involved in the initiative as well.

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Who Will Win The Future Of Payments?

Forrester IT

Autonomous payments is the future state of payments – and banks, merchants and payment vendors need to prepare now. Venture funding in this arena already exceeds $28 billion. Coupled with intensifying economic and political forces, consumers globally will see this new, but nonlinear evolution of payments emerge, where payments will melt into the wider commerce […].

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Cloud Migration Best Practice Part 3: Application Portfolio Analysis

Cloud Musings

In part three of this series on cloud migration best practice , I will focus on migrating the application itself. If you haven’t had the opportunity to read our recommendations from part two, “ Classifying Your Data ,” check it out — those activities are crucial to the decisions addressed in this installment. While many organizations are aggressively moving applications to the cloud, they often set the criteria for a cloud service provider (CSP) without the necessary technical and operational du

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How Hackers Talk Their Way Into Getting Company Secrets

CTOvision

Read Robert McMillan’s article about how hackers use social engineering to steal company secrets on Wall Street Journal: Often it begins with an innocuous-seeming email from an internet domain that closely resembles the victims. The message may appear to come from the company’s chief executive or another senior executive. “Are you at your desk?

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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.