Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
At TechEd Barcelona last month, SAP announced that its was adding Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to its software suite, starting early 2019. Two aspects of this announcement are particularly interesting. The first is that SAP has chosen to build its own RPA capability instead of partnering with any of the existing product vendors.
The Accidental Successful CIO
OCTOBER 31, 2018
CIOs know that a more diverse IT department operates better Image Credit: Oregon Department of Transportation. Would it be ok if we took a moment and talked about diversity? Let’s face it, the world of IT and most of our IT departments are not really models of diversity. For some reason, it sure seems like white males (and a lot of Asians) are the ones who seem to populate most of an IT department and get to work on the importance of information technology.
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Eric D. Brown
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Big data has moved from buzzword to being a part of everyday life within enterprise organizations. An IDG survey reports that 75% of enterprise organizations have deployed or plan to deploy big data projects. The challenge now is capturing strategic value from that data and delivering high-impact business outcomes. That’s where a Chief Data Officer (CDO) enters the picture.
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
When people hear about the race for Artificial Intelligence (AI) dominance, they often think that the main competition is between the US and China. After all, the US and China have most of the largest and most well funded AI companies on the planet, and the pace of funding, company growth, and adoption doesn’t seem […].
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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?
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Maturing Into A Horizontal Channel Management Platform Aligned With CRM and Marketing Automation. Channel and alliance leaders are known to be good jugglers. With the average partner program containing over 90 distinct components, encouraging channel growth while mediating conflict is a complex undertaking. Partner relationship management (PRM) connects the dots between partner planning, recruitment, […].
Anoop
OCTOBER 30, 2018
I’m sharing my Intune design and architecture experience in this post. Intune configuration spreadsheet will help you in your Intune design work. For Intune Configuration projects, below are the challenges faced by consultants. Intune have many settings for different OS platforms. How to document these settings. After implementation, How to hand over Intune configurations to […].
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CTOvision
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Read why Paul Fermor says that machine learning has more to it than just being a buzzword on Tech Radar : While artificial intelligence has long been heralded as the nextgen technology, many businesses are still afraid to dabble into it considering its very complicated nature. The IT industry has a severe case of Buzzword […].
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Very quietly last month, Path, the social media network founded by Shawn Fanning (Napster) and former Facebook executive Dave Morin, closed its doors after 18 years. What differentiated Path in the early days was that it limited the number of users’ connections to the seemingly arbitrary number of 150. Adding any additional contacts required that […].
Social, Agile and Transformation
OCTOBER 29, 2018
How you define a feature impacts your agile mindset and may impact the culture and collaboration you are trying to achieve. Following up from my recent article on InfoWorld on 5 tips on configuring Jira for multiple teams, I thought to describe some of the antipatterns in defining features and some best practices. Let's first look at the antipatterns.
Anoop
OCTOBER 31, 2018
Human vulnerabilities are more dangerous than Windows 10 Endpoint security vulnerabilities. However, we need to make sure endpoints are adequately protected to avoid any security violations. In this post, you will Windows 10 Security considerations and a security checklist. Did you get chance to read about Microsoft Numbers article and the 1.5 billion Windows powered devices […].
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CTOvision
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Read why Joe McKendrick says that AI has a big trust issue on Forbes : We’re reaching the point in which an AI-driven purchasing system can collect sales and shipping orders, looks at historical trends, and pre-orders and prepays for batches of materials for production before the demand is even apparent — without active human oversight. […].
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Forrester’s customer experience Forums are in their tenth year — from our first one in 2009 in New York, they’ve grown and spread to San Francisco, London, Singapore, and other cities around the world and become yearly destinations for CX pros far and wide. CX Europe 2018 is just 10 days from now — Tuesday […].
Network World
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Last week, the tech press made a big deal out of a ruling by the Librarian of Congress and the U.S. Copyright Office to allow consumers to break vendors’ digital rights management (DRM) schemes in order to fix their own smartphones and digital voice assistants. According to The Washington Post , for example, the ruling — which goes into effect Oct. 28 — was a big win for consumer right-to-repair advocates.
Anoop
OCTOBER 29, 2018
It wasn’t that long ago when Microsoft applications were the only ones facing cyber attacks, but that’s no longer the case. Failing to patch third-party (3rd party) applications can leave IT infrastructure exposed to cyber attacks as well. In fact, the latest reports suggest that the most expensive data breaches start with third-party applications.
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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.
CTOvision
OCTOBER 31, 2018
I am excited to announce a new book by Michael Tanji titled “Working in Cybersecurity” (and very happy to be among those profiled in the book). Michael has been a pioneer in modern cyber security and digital risk mitigation. He is a former soldier and intelligence officer who at one point managed the how the […].
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Forrester’s CX Index research shows that, year on year, retail performance is still not reaching levels of “excellence.” Instead retailer performance clusters around the “okay” level. There are of course bright sparks, with retailers like John Lewis out performing peers but even they are only reaching “good.” So what is holding retailers back from reaching […].
Information Week
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Agile, DevOps, Continuous Delivery and Continuous Development all help improve software delivery speed. However, as more applications and software development tools include AI, might software developers be trading trust and safety for speed?
ComputerWorld Consumerization IT
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
With nine of the top 10 global retailers using iOS devices in their business, it’s clear Apple’s mobile devices are what we expect to find when we go shopping. ‘We’re making great strides’. Apple Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri alluded to the the company's rapid progress across retail during the company’s Q4 2018 financial call on Thursday. The company was confirming record revenues and continued strength in iPhone sales, despite what some analysts call a “recession” in the sector.
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.
CTOvision
OCTOBER 31, 2018
An opinion on Artificial Intelligence. Everything I have observed for decades leads me to believe that with hard work anyone can succeed in a career in AI. Of course this is a technical field, but it is actually not the most technical field. Everything a person needs to know about the tech of AI can […].
Forrester IT
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Yesterday, IBM announced its intention to purchase Red Hat for $34B. Assuming a successful transaction, this acquisition blends hybrid cloud and open source synergies: Both companies target hybrid cloud from different angles; Red Hat provides a compelling middleware environment with OpenStack, while IBM supports enterprise customers with monolithic and even mainframe support in its cloud […].
Information Week
OCTOBER 31, 2018
This ranking considers factors like mobile and broadband speed, quality of life and property affordability, as well as tech salaries, and you'll probably be surprised by which city was number one.
Flexagon
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Continuous integration or continuous delivery? Or both? It’s a question many IT teams are asking themselves. What are the key differences between each method and which will improve your processes so you deliver higher quality software to your end users in less time? Both continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) embody the culture and.
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.
CTOvision
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Read why Anoop Nannra says that blockchain technology and Internet of Things can be a perfect mix for businesses on IOT Evolution World: It’s not surprising that emerging technologies like blockchain and the Internet of Things draw a great amount of interest among enterprises. These technologies separately come with the significant potential to improve challenges that organizations […].
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
This week India’s key eCommerce firms — Flipkart, Paytm Mall, PhonePe, ShopClues, and Swiggy — posted combined losses of ?6,445 crore (US$970 million) for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. We expect this to worsen in the coming years as companies scale up rapidly to capture market share. Forrester sees the following trends the Indian eCommerce landscape […].
Information Week
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Time spent working on DevOps projects has opened a window into some common mistakes that organizations make when trying to deliver a true DevOps initiative.
Mick's IT Blog
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
It was time for us to upgrade the Microsoft Orchestrator to the newest 1801 version. We were three versions behind as we have been using 2012. Luckily starting with 1801, upgrades are performed via windows updates. Microsoft provides a well-documented page on setting up Orchestrator located here. The problem with upgrading from Orchestrator 2012 and 2016 is the fact that you must uninstall the old version and reinstall the new version.
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CTOvision
OCTOBER 28, 2018
The world of analytics is changing. Self-Service Analytical tools like Tableau, Qlik, and Power BI are enabling business users to perform reporting and analytics on their own with little to no support from the IT organization. This trend has evolved due to several factors including: Organizations are flooded with data and IT organizations are not […].
Forrester IT
OCTOBER 31, 2018
This blog post is part of Forrester’s Holiday 2018 retail series. By now, you have laid out plans for your holiday sales season in hopes of exceeding customer expectations and sales targets. This includes updates to your websites and mobile apps, reward programs for your loyal customers, and adjustments to ads and sale prices as the […].
Information Week
OCTOBER 29, 2018
A cloud strategy isn't just about committing to cloud resources, it can mean rethinking lots of IT management basics.
Hacker Earth
OCTOBER 30, 2018
The all-new FaceCode is the result of extensive customer feedback and tons of engineering hours. This latest addition to our technical recruitment platform allows you to seamlessly conduct remote technical interviews. What is FaceCode? FaceCode is an online interviewing platform that lets you conduct remote video interviews to evaluate the programming skills of candidates without compromising on the interviewing experience.
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