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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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One Bitcoin Transaction Consumes One Week Worth of Electricity for Your Home

IT Toolbox

As the Bitcoin hype is increasingly rising so does its exorbitant energy consumption.

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Overview Windows 10 Co-Management with Intune and SCCM

Anoop

Co-Management is another buzz word in device management world. What is this co-management? Windows 10 co-management is a dual management capability available with Windows 10 1709 version (Fall Creators Update) and later. Co-management is the bridge between traditional management and modern management. In this post, we will see more details “Overview Windows 10 Co-Management with […].

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IDG Contributor Network: The case for securing the SD-WAN

Network World

With everything from massive data breaches at global organizations to explosive ransomware attacks that infect hundreds of thousands of users within days, it’s well established that enterprises these days are dealing with more threats than ever before – all of which are increasing in abundance, frequency and complexity. Among other things, this rapidly evolving threat environment can be attributed to new and expanding threat vectors that have opened the door for external threats to reach critica

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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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Councils continue to spend on Oracle despite budget constraints

Computer Weekly

Local authorities face a challenges balancing their meagre budgets with services they can afford to provide, but spending on Oracle seems to be increasing

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4 Common ERP User Complaints and How to Remedy Them

IT Toolbox

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are used by thousands of companies all over the world. They aid companies in various business process, helping them improve productivity, efficiency, and profits. No matter how good an ERP system is, though, or how flawless the implementation seems, nothing is perfect. There will be complaints, especially from those who spend the most time using the software.

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Should CIOs Be Working With “Engines”?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Perhaps you need an engine to power your IT shop Image Credit: Jorge Quinteros. As the person with the CIO job, you have a lot of challenges facing you. One of the biggest is how you are going to use your limited IT resources to meet the needs of the entire company. As the company’s awareness of the importance of information technology continues to grow more people will be coming to you with requests for the IT department to automate some process, monitor some inputs, or do a better job of

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Businesses need to balance user experience, privacy and security

Computer Weekly

Balancing user experience, privacy and security for the connected consumer is a key challenge for online businesses, according to KuppingerCole

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5 VoIP Trends That Are Pushing Enterprises to Evolve

IT Toolbox

These days, an increasing number of enterprises are choosing Voice over Internet Protocol technology because of the value it adds to their organizations. But this solution-based software isn't new. In fact, although it has been in the telecommunications field for two decades, it is only now starting to get the recognition and growth it truly deserves as key decision-makers realize its potential.

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The Endpoint Imperative: The Perimeter is Dead; Long Live the Perimeter!

Cloud Musings

Cloud, mobility and the Internet of Things have obliterated the traditional perimeter that protected organizations. The result: Higher productivity, but bigger challenges for security, data protection, and mobile device management. This episode of the “The Endpoint Imperative” podcast series from Intel, Kevin L. Jackson and Intel’s Yasser Rasheed explore the new normal for security, with a focus on the end users.

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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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Microsoft Ignite Guide for First Time Attendees

Mick's IT Blog

I have been coming to the Microsoft Ignite convention since it's inception in 2015. The first conference held in Chicago had a lot of fallacies. It was the first time Microsoft had combined the conferences into one. Since then, Microsoft has steadily improved. Atlanta was significantly better and this year's conference in Orlando was awesome! I am sharing my experiences on the conference and what I suggest might be good for first-timers.

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TfL forges ahead with 4G for the Tube after successful test

Computer Weekly

Having built a pilot 4G network for ESN on the Waterloo & City Line during the summer, TfL is pressing ahead with plans to roll out mobile broadband for all London Underground users

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What to Know About ERP Security

IT Toolbox

Security for your ERP system starts with the system itself and needs to extend down through the operating system to the bare iron. While, it’s not top-of-mind, security is critical – as a couple of cases making the evening news demonstrate. Security is a job, but it doesn’t have to be a major time sink.

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Video Tutorial SCCM 1710 New Features Overview Plus Upgrade Guide

Anoop

Microsoft SCCM team released the latest production version 1710 of SCCM/ConfigMgr. The version is published as an opt-in option. This release of SCCM CB 1710 production version won’t show automatically in your SCCM console. This release is called Fast Ring production release of SCCM CB 1710. In this post, we will see “SCCM 1710 New […].

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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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Tech Talk: Uber hack, Google tracks, AWS packs (in China). and Firefox is back

Network World

Our tech panel looks at how Uber (secretly) handled last year's hack and the controversy around Google's decision to track Android users' locations. Then it's time to discuss why AWS is selling off hardware in China and what Mozilla is up to with its new Firefox Quantum.

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Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels urges enterprises to get their encryption act together

Computer Weekly

During the closing keynote of AWS Re:Invent 2017, Amazon.

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Five Enterprise Security Threats to Watch Today

IT Toolbox

One of the keynotes at this year’s OracleWorld in San Francisco was about the automated security built into Oracle’s new self-driving database. CEO Larry Ellison made a big deal about the dangers of cyberattack in a world where every part of a business is driven by software, and how the threat is getting beyond what humans can effectively manage.

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FIX CBB Ring Devices are Getting CB Updates Intune Windows 10 Update Rings

Anoop

Are you an early adaptor of Intune? Intune custom policies configured using CSPs are very helpful in most of the scenarios. But, you can get into trouble with some of the custom CSPs if you don’t update it promptly. In this post, we will see “FIX CBB Ring Devices are Getting CB Updates Intune Windows […]. The post FIX CBB Ring Devices are Getting CB Updates Intune Windows 10 Update Rings appeared first on Anoops.

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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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What keeps IT administrators up at night? Ransomware, for one | Salted Hash Ep 8

Network World

A solid backup policy and frequent awareness training can reduce the risk of ransomware, but unintentional breaches by insiders are still a worry for administrators. Watch as Steve Ragan and Michael Nadeau talk security strategy.

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‘Sound policy’ to prosecute hackers in UK, says former DPP in Love case

Computer Weekly

The former director of public prosecutions (DPP), Ken Macdonald, said in written evidence in Lauri Love’s extradition case that it is normal practice to prosecute hackers accused of attacking US servers in the UK – rather than extradite them to the US

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Class Room Vs. Online Learning

IT Toolbox

If you have never taken an online course, you may want to look at the pros and cons.

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Industry Verticals Tackle Unstructured Data

Cloud Musings

Organizations around the world are struggling to cope with the current data explosion. A vital characteristic of this data is that it is unstructured and represents things like email, images, and videos. Storage of this form of data is typically in an object format which differs significantly from the database norm. Databases housed data grows very slowly because most of it is structured.

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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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Accelerate Machine Learning with Amazon SageMaker

All Things Distributed

Applications based on machine learning (ML) can provide tremendous business value. However, many developers find them difficult to build and deploy. As there are few individuals with this expertise, an easier process presents a significant opportunity for companies who want to accelerate their ML usage. Though the AWS Cloud gives you access to the storage and processing power required for ML, the process for building, training, and deploying ML models has unique challenges that often block succe

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HPE Superdome Flex in-memory supports Big Bang research

Computer Weekly

Stephen Hawkin’s Cosmos research group takes delivery of a Superdome HPC to enable it to test theoretical models of the Big Bang

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Top Five Reasons You Need to Invest in Security Certifications

IT Toolbox

Every company holds data that is critical and valuable to its daily operations. For this reason, it is important then to protect and secure its confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

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How big data technology is transforming fraud investigations

Dataconomy

The inside story of the Paradise Papers leak With more than 1,4 terabytes of data, the Paradise Papers is the illustration of the new possibilities for the fraud investigation world. Conducting investigations is a challenge in the age of big data. Massive volumes, unstructured and siloed data make it harder. The post How big data technology is transforming fraud investigations appeared first on Dataconomy.

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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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Stuff Worth Reading – November 2017

The Investing Edge

We’re fully into the cold weather in New England, watching the snow-guns fire away in the northern ski areas, recovering from Thanksgiving, and closing in on year-end numbers. We wish you all a blockbuster Q4. Here’s some of what we’ve been reading: . Industry Themes. In Innovation That Matters 2017 , sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and others, Boston leads the country as an innovation hub for the second year in a row.

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GDPR likely to affect internal processes heavily, warns lawyer

Computer Weekly

Businesses should not overlook the fact that the EU’s new data protection laws may require fundamental changes to internal business processes, warns a data protection lawyer

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Identity Management for SAP customers

IT Toolbox

Following SAP's recent purchase of Gigya, Janrain is offering a migration deal and questioning Gigya's independence.

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CIOs as “Chief Improvement Officer”: How to Apply Maslow’s Hierarchy to IT management

Future of CIO

Abraham Harold Maslow was an American psychologist, who stated that people are motivated to achieve certain needs and that some needs take precedence over others. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a motivational theory in psychology comprising different tier of human needs, at the bottom is the basic surviving needs to the middle tier for belonging to the top tier of self-actualization.

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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.