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Aug 19, 2019

University of Western Australia's (UWA) DNA Zoo initiative has been awarded a grant from Microsoft for a project that aims to help protect more than one million animal and plant species that are at risk of extinction. DNA Zoo is a global initiative that involves more than 55 partners in eight co...

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Aug 19, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming digital marketing and it has benefited it in several ways. AI digital marketing strategies will help companies to improve their customer experience as well as do effectual marketing. The following are the ways AI has adapted in the digital marketing world...

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Aug 14, 2019

Artificial intelligence is a topic that evokes many opinions and predictions. I have heard people express concern that AI will take jobs away from humans and an overall fear of the technology. However, I have also heard countless others, including Paul Roetzer, explain how AI will enhance human know...

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Aug 14, 2019

What character appears in the most films and television programs? Dracula? God? Santa Claus?  All of those make the top ten list, but none is the correct answer. Satan (or The Devil) is a character is more than 840 projects – more than any other character. If you limit the list to mortals...

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Aug 14, 2019

This is the third in a series of articles on creating, maintaining, and optimizing great customer experiences in the context of mounting concerns about privacy and increasingly strict regulations governing data processing. We address topics such as consent strategies, the role of trust, the elements...

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Aug 13, 2019

Terminator and The Matrix got it wrong. We all thought the villains of the AI era would be killer robots or hostile programmes. Instead, they’re face-ageing apps and YouTube creators with too much time on their hands. Turns out the biggest problem with machine learning isn’t the machines...

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Aug 13, 2019

This week we speak with David Carmona, General Manager of AI at Microsoft. Carmona discusses how redefining a business process is a very different kind of AI adoption project than working on something that is horizontal. He discusses how to attack both of these scenarios, which to handle first, and ...

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Aug 12, 2019

Artificial Intelligence abbreviated as AI is the self-performance of machines and computers without any human interference which means it is the ability of machine’s intelligence to manage tasks on their own. What is the Future of Artificial Intelligence? It is presently blooming in all areas ...

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Aug 12, 2019

Data can be the lifeblood of a business or its most damaging liability. Important documents are often stored in ramshackle file systems – or worse, copied to the cloud with little to no process controls. In fact, about 40 percent of corporate data that is uploaded to the cloud uses ad hoc file...

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Aug 12, 2019

Have you ever noticed the stark differences between the advertisements shown on our respective Facebook pages, even under the same roof? From Husband to Wife, Mother to Daughter, Sister to Brother, our screens are inundated with an array of contrasting products, services and political campaigns. Whi...

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Aug 09, 2019

Gartner predicts a whopping 70% growth in artificial intelligence (AI), while niche vendors such as KenSci and viz.ai are shaking industries with their industry specific intelligence. In addition, software vendors such as Informatica and Microsoft are heavily investing in putting pervasive AI in the...

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Aug 09, 2019

Over two hundred years ago, an inventor named Wolfgang von Kempelen unveiled his latest creation in Vienna: a chess-playing robot known as the Mechanical Turk. At the time, the device was viewed as a masterful automaton but it was later revealed to be a clever illusion, controlled by a hidden human ...

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Aug 08, 2019

AI systems have become quite competent at recognizing objects (and actions) in videos from diverse sources. But they aren’t perfect, in part because they’re mostly trained on corpora containing clips with single labels. Frame-by-frame tracking isn’t a particularly efficient solutio...

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Aug 07, 2019

Microsoft used its latest mixed reality capture technology to create an on stage human sized hologram. Well this isn’t new. What is new this time around is that the hologram from the demo below was speaking Japanese. A language Microsoft CVP, Azure Marketing doesn’t speak. Using mixed re...

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Aug 07, 2019

neurosurgeons develop the skills they need before they step in the operating room, according to a new study. Research from the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) and McGill University shows that machine...

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Aug 06, 2019

DataTracks, a global leader in providing cloud-based software application for the preparation of compliance reports, announces plans for the next version of its Rainbow software, featuring artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities. Singapore-based DataTracks is a global leader in pro...

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Aug 06, 2019

Hackers are cyberattackers are using more sophisticated methods to break into digital networks; they themselves have also started employing artificial intelligence techniques to bypass detection systems. Cyberthreats can compromise enterprise networks at a greater speed than ever before, and cyberse...

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Aug 06, 2019

Going by the current trends in the industry, both Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Analytics have a key role to play in the economy. The combination of BI and Data Analytics is a massive force driving the transformation of all businesses today. AI ML and Predictive Analytics make this transformat...

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Aug 06, 2019

The AI revolution is here and is rapidly transforming both business and personal ecosystems. AI has become commonplace across many aspects that we interact with every day. The power of AI is not just changing the way businesses function, but even how governments operate. As organizations continue to...

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Aug 05, 2019

One of the most influential technologies of the past decade is artificial neural networks, the fundamental piece of deep learning algorithms, the bleeding edge of artificial intelligence. You can thank neural networks for many of applications you use every day, such as Google’s translation ser...

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Aug 05, 2019

The CTO of SnatchBot, Avi Benezra, recently said that he truly believes that the decade of 2017-2027 is the one that will provide the necessary tools for the true artificial intelligence revolution. The automation of marketing and customer care went through a transformation. In the sector I work wit...

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Aug 01, 2019

There is a vast number of products sold online through various outlets all over the world. distinguishing, matching and cross-checking product for functions like worth comparison becomes a challenge as there aren’t any international distinctive identifiers. There are several things wherever ac...

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Aug 01, 2019

My mother lives 5,000 miles away in Cairo, Egypt. When she calls me, she can immediately tell if something is wrong, simply from the way I say “Hello” or “I’m fine”. Like many relationships with those we hold close, my mom and I have built a level of trust to the point ...

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Jul 31, 2019

The AWS DeepRacer is an almost toylike 1/18th scale race car. It comes with all of the sensors and software tools to help developers build machine learning models to drive the car around a course — or really do anything else they want it to do. The $399 DeepRacer launched at AWS’s massiv...

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Jul 31, 2019

Artificial intelligence is the technology field that seems to hold the most potential for the federal government. In recent months, the Trump administration and Congress have also indicated their growing support for direct federal funding and R&D. In March, the administration released an Overvie...

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Jul 31, 2019

Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will have a significant impact on the enterprise. By increasing efficiencies and improving data-driven insights, they will bring fundamental improvements to the way we work and live. But what are the ethical considerations s...

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Jul 31, 2019

Elon Musk has uncovered stunning plans which will see one of his organizations, NeuraLink, embed chips into the human mind to connect it with an artificially intelligent computer. Musk and his colleagues portrayed the brain-machine interface configuration they’re wagering on, which will utiliz...

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Jul 30, 2019

Once a year I have my annual AI conversation when my research scientist brother comes to visit. Words like machine learning and algorithms enter my world, as I learn of the many amazing and alarming ways that AI is being applied around us. That’s when I first heard of Stitch Fix from my sister...

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Jul 30, 2019

It should come as no surprise that the best and most important careers of both today and the future reside under the interconnected fields of machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI). As the driving forces behind everything from self-driving cars to surgical robots and Google algorithms, th...

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Jul 29, 2019

At a recent conference in San Francisco, Gary Dickerson took the stage and made a bold prediction. The chief executive of Applied Materials, which is a big supplier to the semiconductor industry, warned that in the absence of significant innovation in materials, chip manufacturing and design, data c...

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Jul 29, 2019

The reason ETL is so important is that most data a business collects is not ready, in its raw form, for an analytics solution to digest. In order for an analytics solution to create insights, the raw data needs to be extracted from the application where it currently resides, transformed into a forma...

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Jul 29, 2019

From its presence in our daily apps to larger business applications, AI impacts our everyday lives in varying degrees — even if we’re not always aware of it. In the field of business intelligence, however, AI has a more visible impact. Business professionals are aware of the changing nat...

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Jul 29, 2019

Artificial Intelligence—or AI—has become an increasingly hot topic in the marketing world as of late.  The reason for this is simple: AI technology can automate tasks, simplify complex processes, and organize complicated data sets just as a real marketing professional would—on...

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Jul 29, 2019

Care to explain that me?” is one of the great intimidating conversation starters in the business world. It puts the recipient on notice that you, for one, are not impressed with his or her point of view on a given topic. But, what if you have to ask “Care to explain that to me?” to...

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Jul 25, 2019

Each day, more than 130 people die from opioid-related drug overdoses in the United States, according to estimates from the National Institutes of Health. The advancement of better practices for pain management to combat this crisis is one of the top priorities for the U.S. Department of Health and ...

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Jul 25, 2019

Everyone wants a part of the IoT sphere, and many people don’t even realize the smart devices they’re using fall under the category. IoT, or the Internet of Things, is comprised of hardware that functions thanks to the existence of the internet. Where some high technology is strictly sof...

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Jul 25, 2019

In Basel, Switzerland at this week’s 18th European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB) and 27th Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB), IBM will share three novel artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning tools called PaccMann, INtERAcT, and PIMKL, that are d...

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Jul 24, 2019

Enterprises often face inescapable inefficiencies in their operational footprints that demand automaton solutions. With its prebuilt bots and framework, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) can help in speeding up software bot implementation for less complex and repetitive administrative functions in th...

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Jul 24, 2019

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a fictional element or a science of the distant future wherein robots and humanoids rule our world; it is here and enabling revolutionary transformations across industries. The supply chain industry, experts believe, will benefit massively from this AI-led t...

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Jul 24, 2019

Deep learning, an advanced form of artificial intelligence (A.I.), is all around us, and it’s growing increasingly ingrained in how we live and work. Deep learning tech is “the brains” behind the automated traffic control on our city streets, our sophisticated translation systems, ...

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Jul 24, 2019

Researchers often struggle to find the right participants for their clinical trials. Many studies have very specific requirements, and it is imperative that these studies not only enroll enough participants but that these volunteers meet the proper inclusion criteria as well. To facilitate the recru...

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Jul 23, 2019

It has already impacted almost any segment of our lives. It helps us get feedback from brands in real-time; it minimizes the risk of human error and automates most of our daily activities; it improves the photos we take on our smartphones; it assesses our creditworthiness, and so forth. One of the m...

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Jul 23, 2019

The growth of artificial intelligence is evidential. Although we might see it, AI is truly changing our lives directly or indirectly, starting from its application in voice assistants such as Siri, Google Assistance, and Alexa to large scale applications in the supply chain, retail, manufacturing, e...

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Jul 22, 2019

Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have caught the attention of the masses. We’ve come to the point when we explore the ways these innovative technologies can help us achieve our business’ digital transformation goals. Adobe's research from last year shows that on...

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Jul 22, 2019

Researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered tool that can harvest information in chest X-rays to predict long-term mortality. The findings of this study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, could help to identify patients most likely to benefit from screening and preve...

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Jul 22, 2019

These and many other insights are from Capgemini’s Reinventing Cybersecurity with Artificial Intelligence Report published this week. You can download the report here (28 pp., PDF, free, no opt-in). Capgemini Research Institute surveyed 850 senior executives from seven industries, including co...

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Jul 19, 2019

It is well documented how A.I./machine learning has been used over the past 30 years to help financial institutions prevent fraud on consumer credit cards. The reason why this was a particularly good use case for the first advances of this technology, was the ever-growing amount of data. As we know ...

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Jul 18, 2019

Artificial intelligence has long been viewed as a malevolent entity, dead set on eradicating humanity, or at least, putting its members out of commission. However, artificial intelligence is far from that, which brings us to the question: what exactly is AI? According to Techopedia, artificial intel...

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Jul 18, 2019

This Microsoft partner is slated to change the way Connected Car solutions are evolving with AI, Cloud, IoT and Edge Devices. Scope Technology has announced its successful migration to Microsoft Azure today. The partnership includes Scope’s adoption of Azure to enhance their advanced enterpris...

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Jul 18, 2019

Climate change is the biggest challenge facing the planet. It will need every solution possible, including technology like artificial intelligence (AI). Seeing a chance to help the cause, some of the biggest names in AI and machine learning—a discipline within the field—recently publishe...

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Jul 18, 2019

In the wake of revelations of Russia’s attempts to hack into American voting machines during the 2016 election, states have invested heavily in new systems with heightened security measures. There’s just one problem: the software on the new machines is aging out and will soon not be supp...

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Jul 18, 2019

Unless you’ve lived under a rock for the past several years, I’m sure you have witnessed the buzz around “AI” and the claims that thanks to Artificial Intelligence, unemployment rates will skyrocket because robots will take over our jobs. Sounds a bit apocalyptic– and t...

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Jul 17, 2019

Good mental health is perhaps the most important thing a person needs to function, yet most people fail to take it into account. Taking stock of mental well-being is a good way to improve all areas of life, since ultimately a person’s feelings, actions, and motivations originate in the mind. S...

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Jul 17, 2019

IBM has launched a repository of datasets for training which data scientists can pick and mix to train their deep learning and machine learning models.The IBM Data Asset eXchange (DAX) is designed to complement the Model Asset eXchange it launched earlier this year, which offers researchers and deve...

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Jul 17, 2019

In our weekly Supply Chain Briefing series, we discuss how technology is transforming the various stages of the retail supply chain, including product design, demand forecasting, manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, last-mile delivery and sales. This report discusses machine learning, a branch of ...

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Jul 16, 2019

The use of artificial intelligence and machine learning is almost commonplace in the biotech and pharma industry as multiple companies are harnessing the power to aid in drug discovery and development. This week more companies have announced advancements in their AI programming. This morning, San Fr...

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Jul 16, 2019

Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning are being adopted by almost every organisations in the present scenario. To be in this race, developers have started implementing machine learning models to make advancements in their fields. With all these, mobile applications ...

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Jul 15, 2019

ManageEngine’s new cloud version of its IT service management application includes Zia, parent company Zoho Corp’s AI assistant, in the role of a virtual IT support agent. The new functionality helps IT service desks reduce response times and increase technician efficiency, the company s...

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Jul 15, 2019

One of the errors of traditional business intelligence (BI) has been its standalone, passive relationship to human decisions and business processes. A BI report or dashboard delivers information, but how that information is connected to the decisions and actions that users need to take is often uncl...

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Jul 15, 2019

Artificial Intelligence and robotics have transformed so many aspects of our daily lives. Its power and effects have echoed across numerous industries and fields, from sports to agriculture, business, entertainment, and engineering. Just as all these industries have benefited greatly from AI, so has...

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Jul 15, 2019

The buyer’s journey has changed in a way which leaves many sales and marketing teams struggling to find insight from within what we call the Dark Funnel. However, many technology companies are starting to build solutions to address the radical new way customers engage and buy today by collecti...

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Jul 15, 2019

The role of a Business Development Rep can be a daunting one. Knowing where to prioritize when you have over 1,000 accounts and knowing what content to reach out to them and engage them with can be an impossible task. But if you have the right intent data that can show you where the account is in th...

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Jul 15, 2019

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is one of the most intriguing topics in software development today. It is also one of the most widely misunderstood. For software developers and IT teams, AI offers an array of tantalizing possibilities for making applications faster, more scalable and more efficient....

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Jul 15, 2019

Let's start with a basic question, when you are in a hurry and want to know how something is done which of the two do you tend to do: refer a book about the topic or simply google your problem... If you just said "refer a book", we both know you're joking. This year has been all ab...

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Jul 15, 2019

There’s an unceasing buzz around big data and AI, the opportunities and threats of these technologies and concerns about their future. Meanwhile, companies are installing more and more sensors hoping to improve efficiency and cut costs. However, machine learning consultants from InData Labs sa...

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Jul 15, 2019

Over the next decade, machine learning is poised to transform every industry. Artificial intelligence (AI) signals the arrival of the 4th Industrial Revolution. Machine learning is at the base of this technology feeding, driving and providing solutions for the inevitable disruption that follows. Mac...

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Jul 11, 2019

Over the past 15 years, the traditional retail model has been dramatically disrupted by online retail. With the introduction of online retail, shopping is gradually being transformed from an offline activity to an online one. That was the first retail disruption, but it’s not the last. Increas...

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Jul 11, 2019

Until a decade or so ago, artificial intelligence was -- for most Americans -- something that existed only in the movies. Now, Alexa and Google Home have moved into numerous households and live only to please. According to many reports, 2019 will be the year of AI. A recent McKinsey Global survey fo...

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Jul 11, 2019

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies deliver intelligent functionalities to pre-existing solutions across various verticals including automotive, health care and business analytics. AI and ML collectively offer optimal solutions to the existing problem, and further imp...

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Jul 11, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) will inevitably have a significant role in reshaping next-generation wireless cellular networks - from intelligent service deployment to intelligent policy control, intelligent resource management, intelligent monitoring, and intelligent prediction. The journey to tomorr...

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Jul 11, 2019

Communications service providers (CSPs) around the world are all looking for new technologies and services to meet ever increasing customer expectations and deliver the best possible experience. The emergence of 5G is creating real excitement but is also adding even more complexities to ongoing netw...

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Jul 10, 2019

There is no doubt that software systems are one of the most complex and least reliable technological systems that human beings have constructed. Software engineers must usually make assertions about the reliability of software systems after having observed only an insignificant fraction of the possi...

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Jul 10, 2019

EC XON is providing the first AI-powered wireless LAN (WLAN) solution in Africa.

The solution is based on technology from Mist Systems, a Juniper Networks company, which has been an NEC XON partner for 15 years.

“Mist’s intelligent, cloud-based architecture ...

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Jul 10, 2019

The use of mobile applications to enhance business processes across a wide variety of industries is no more news. Many companies and business organizations are steadily integrating app development strategies to improve engagement, enhance efficiency, and boost various work processes across a wide ra...

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Jul 10, 2019

With the business environment becoming more volatile, technology and innovation have become primary value propositions for organizations. Be it software products, mobile gadgets, power sector, virtual reality, wearable tech, internet connectivity, nanotechnology, Internet of Things, digital technolo...

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Jul 10, 2019

Frank Antonysamy, Global Markets Head - Connected Products, Product Engineering, Industrial Operations & IoT at Cognizant, shares his thoughts on how IoT is revolutionizing manufacturing. Specifically, AI and analytics need to be employed if we are to make sense of the data and move beyond simpl...

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Jul 09, 2019

Artificial intelligence is one of the most exciting fields in the world of technology today. It is so powerful, yet subtle that our lives are deeply impacted by it one way or another, and many of us don’t even know it. AI has just as easily become a part of modern Indian workplaces. That is wh...

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Jul 09, 2019

Today, we’re at an inflection point in how we engage with customers to better meet their needs. According to a PwC report, 73% of all people point to customer experience as an important factor in their purchasing decisions. Yet only half of the U.S. consumers say companies are meeting their ex...

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Jul 09, 2019

Artificial Intelligence provides the ability to automate tedious tasks, and enables machines to learn,alert, improve, advise, and sometimes even make decisions. As an integral part of the evolution of software development, artificial intelligence technologies are increasingly being embedded within e...

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Jul 09, 2019

As artificial intelligence advances, it’s the human qualities of our employees that we will value the most – and those with the right mix of soft skills will be most in demand. The attitudes and behaviours needed to thrive in the modern workplace are changing. With digital transformation...

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Jul 09, 2019

Italy has the most confidence in relying on AI (38%), while in the UK only 21 percent of people prefer AI over humans to protect their digital way of life. The research suggests that those who are more open to AI technologies have a positive outlook on the role cybersecurity plays in their day-to-da...

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Jul 09, 2019

When deciding on how to architect a new application, project managers and developer teams have long relied just on their own expertise or gut instinct to choose the right tools. There is a better, more analytical way to build software, according to Iba Masood, co-founder and CEO of Tara AI. Tara AI ...

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Jul 08, 2019

Three key trends are driving the need for sales leaders to digitally transform their organizations. First, b-to-b buyers are conducting more of their purchase journey in the digital arena and demanding the same kind of frictionless and seamless customer experience they enjoy as consumers. Second, th...

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Jul 08, 2019

Subscription businesses that charge customers monthly for using their offerings are expanding rapidly in response to consumers’ and b-to-b buyers’ desire to try a product and walk away easily if they’re not achieving the expected value. However, the subscription-based business mode...

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Jul 08, 2019

Many companies have adapted to a “data-driven” approach for operational decision-making. Data can improve decisions, but it requires the right processor to get the most from it. Many people assume that processor is human. The term “data-driven” even implies that data is curat...

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Jul 08, 2019

From savvier chat bots to automated financial planners, every day seems to bring news of yet another way artificial intelligence is changing how businesses find and serve their customers. But what’s hype, what’s happening, and where is all this headed? A version of this article was origi...

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Jul 07, 2019

In keeping with the current emphasis on increasing productivity, potentially high payoffs for knowledge-system investments are to be found in the industrial environments. Some very large investments in "hard" automation have not been as successful in increasing productivity as had original...

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Jul 04, 2019

Email Marketing has evolved for businesses, from just being a way to communicate with subscribers and customers, but now is enabling businesses to use artificial intelligence in order to automate, monitor, analyse and report statistics. In 2019 and beyond, to stay ahead of your competitors, business...

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Jul 03, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are the latest buzzwords surrounding general technology trends that have also made their way into cybersecurity. Many use the terms interchangeably, but they’re not quite the same thing. ML is a subset of AI that relies on algorithms and l...

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Jul 03, 2019

Artificial Intelligence is at the forefront of almost every new and innovative technology emerging today. Within academia, industry, and, most importantly, the open-source world that bridges the two, AI is the future. The ability to learn, the intelligence in AI, is what sets these systems apart. Th...

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Jul 03, 2019

Digital information technology has made information readily accessible to practically anyone, anytime and anywhere. This has had a profound effect in shaping all aspects of our society from industrial manufacturing, to distribution, to the consumption of goods and services. Inevitably, like in prece...

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Jul 02, 2019

The adoption of AI in the process manufacturing industries is proceeding by leaps and bounds. By now, it’s well known that AI brings a huge contribution to the realm of process and production, but what’s less well known is that AI also influences a number of other touchpoints, adding val...

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Jul 02, 2019

Neural Networks, the buzzword of the date were in fact invented in the mid-1900s. The algorithm that trains a neural network, called the backpropagation algorithm was formulated by the famous Geoffrey Hinton in the 1960s. So why do you hear about it now? Because we didn’t have the computationa...

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Jul 02, 2019

Artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) is becoming a critical tool for organizations attempting to bring automation quickly to network management and IT problem resolution. However, many organizations are still unsure how to deploy AIOps for the most value and to net the full, promised re...

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Jul 02, 2019

Buoyed by higher prices and steady demand, the steel industry has shown its grit in the face of strong headwinds that it has experienced in the past five years. Where attention continues to focus on margin control, steel manufacturers are also looking to diversify their production line, reduce their...

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Jul 01, 2019

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to find greater inroads in almost all aspects of our daily lives, one can only begin to image its impact on the corporate world. A McKinsey Global Institute study suggests that global organizations have invested close to $40 billion in AI, with 90% of the re...

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Jul 01, 2019

Last year the celebrated tech journalist, Walt Mossberg censured online advertisements under the assertion that it ruins the online experience. It looks like Mossberg is not the only dismissive about the interference of AI into our lives and our businesses. The fear of an impending robotic apocalyps...

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Jun 28, 2019

Let is assume you are pursuing a digital strategy that includes the use of artificial intelligence to improve customer experience. Perhaps you are keen to design and implement a large scale conversational customer experience platform. Or maybe your AI enabled products have already given you the edge...

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Jun 27, 2019

No less than 85 percent of Belgians are seriously worried about their privacy when they think of sharing personal data combined with AI. This is one of the conclusions drawn from a study by IPSOS and former Minister for the Digital Agenda De Croo. However, from a realist point of view, one thing is ...

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Jun 26, 2019

Apple’s announcement to acquire autonomous vehicle start-up Drive.AI for an undisclosed amount is likely to provide a boost to its rather secretive self-driving vehicle project named ‘Titan’. Founded in 2015 by a Stanford graduate, Drive.AI was going through financial woes and was ...

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Jun 26, 2019

Today sees the publication of the European Commission’s AI High-Level Expert Group Policy and Investment Recommendations for Trustworthy AI. These aim to ensure that all European citizens and businesses can reap the benefits of innovative AI technologies. At Microsoft, we believe that three ar...

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Jun 25, 2019

Artificial Intelligence is all over the headlines, but it's not all over K-12 curriculca yet. Many high schools are still struggling to offer computer science, much less instruction in cutting-edge systems that are designed to take in massive amounts of data and mimick the human brain by making ...

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Jun 25, 2019

As part of our AI auditing framework blog series, Reuben Binns, our Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence, and Valeria Gallo, Technology Policy adviser, look at how AI can play a part in maintaining or amplifying human biases and discrimination. The fact that AI systems learn from data does not...

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Jun 24, 2019

No matter who your customer is or what you’re selling, it’s more likely than not that your customer will have to go through several steps before choosing to buy your product or service. Think about your own shopping habits: you don’t just buy the first thing you see. The first thin...

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Jun 24, 2019

It takes thoughtful work to scale an e-commerce store. I’m sure you’ve had a few growing pains of your own getting to the point where you are today. However, you’re reading this because you may not be content with where your conversions are at this precise moment. You may not even ...

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Jun 24, 2019

We’ve all heard the term “less is more”. And we’ve been told this applies for landing pages too. I.e. your forms should be short and only ask for only the bare minimum of required information if you want to convert. As an example, one of the main questions someone typically h...

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Jun 24, 2019

A recent study of U.S. business from McKinsey and Company found that only 1% of survey respondents indicated that they saw no value from AI or a negative value. In the manufacturing sector specifically about 80% of respondents saw moderate to significant value. Organizations are still early in the a...

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Jun 24, 2019

Your ears either prick up with interest and attention as soon as you hear the AI acronym or they flatten down in fear and submission at the mere mention of artificial intelligence. Either way and whether you realise its happening or not artificial intelligence is going to play an increasing role in ...

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Jun 23, 2019

Digital Summit, the largest conference series in the digital marketing industry, has invited Mehrguth to share his unique presentation, 5 Data-Validated Tactics to Increase the Experienced Marketer’s Qualified Lead Volume (…and 3 Tactics Guaranteed to Fail) with their audiences across t...

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Jun 21, 2019

An important factor of  learning efficiently is to concentrate completely on what you’re  doing. Every kind of distraction should be avoided. This is only possible if you’re consciously concentrating. Different sounds, radio broadcasting informative material, television, teleph...

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Jun 21, 2019

Forget about cramming vocabulary: the best way to learn a language is by using decoding exercises. Translate a German sentence word-by-word into your native language – thus you will learn the word’s meaning as well as the language’s grammar. Decoding means to “decipher”...

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Jun 20, 2019

In February of this year Duke University in conjunction with Deloitte and the AMA published its annual CMO Survey. Its a very comprehensive survey with lots of different insights. However, one of its newest categories is Marketings use of artificial intelligence. The results are a little surprising ...

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Jun 20, 2019

Service oriented organizations and divisions face a variety of unique challenges including ever evolving expectations of nearly immediate resolution and availability and also fast and intelligent engagements across the whole customer service ecosystem.  The harmony of aligned and intelligent en...

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Jun 19, 2019

To help overcome the skills gap that threatens to undermine their organizations’ digital transformation efforts, HR professionals are turning to artificial intelligence and cognitive computing. These technologies make it possible to attract, identify and continuously train employees for the co...

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Jun 19, 2019

An odd topic I know yet popular in its current trending. I am not totally convinced its the right message as it seems to immediately to me position the human as the disposable element in the equation. This in itself has been one of the negative messages in the adoption of automation by its mispercep...

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Jun 19, 2019

One of the many remarkable things about artificial intelligence is that while we tend to think of it as something that will have a big effect in the not-too-distant future it is already transforming peoples lives in profound and powerful ways today. In factories and warehouses, AI is improving workp...

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Jun 19, 2019

In the age of a big data and breathtaking advances of artificial intelligence, social infrastructure promotes digital engagement and active presence. Digital democracy propagates the participation of a growing number of users to interact with institutions and services, ensuring that decisions made b...

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Jun 19, 2019

Nothing is more important to the welfare of any company than the quality of the relationship it maintains with its customers. Happy customers are long-term customers perhaps even lifetime customers. Happy customers are evangelists for your brand. Happy customers can spell the difference between a su...

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Jun 18, 2019

The data center market is about to go through a significant upgrade cycle in technology that has implications for how data center buildout designs evolve. Several new technologies are all going to hit the market at the same time. The industry is moving towards 7nm technology across most of the semic...

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Jun 18, 2019

The term Big Data is out of fashion. Welcome the new kid in town Artificial Intelligence in short AI. Sharing the faith of the previous buzzword it means everything and nothing. In the public discourse it now roughly translates to everything with data and something digitalization and something neura...

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Jun 18, 2019

In June 2008, the well named IBM Roadrunner supercomputer blew past all competitors by clocking at compute speeds no system on the planet had achieved before. Fast forward 10 years to June 2018. IBM and the U.S. Department of Energy debuted Summit, the world is smartest and most powerful supercomput...

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Jun 18, 2019

According to a developer survey by JetBrains (which also introduced Kotlin, the up-and-coming language for Android development), some 49 percent say they use Python for data analytics, ahead of web development (46 percent), machine learning (42 percent), and system administration (37 percent). Signi...

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Jun 17, 2019

Chatbots for business are becoming increasingly common, and can offer a variety of benefits to both the customer and the company. You’ve probably noticed them pop up on retail websites, map pages, and in mobile apps about everything from travel to nutrition. Chatbots provide interactive commun...

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Jun 17, 2019

Wimbledon is the tennis tournament every player dreams of winning and one of the highlights in the sporting calendar.  As the world’s leading tennis tournament their brand focus is “in pursuit of greatness” demonstrating their continual desire to strive to be the best while al...

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Jun 17, 2019

As I write this, Futurama’s Bender is on my TV expressing his opinions about the flaws of us humans. Although he may take it a little farther than I would, it’s true that we don’t have the best natural detection capabilities. And when you’re talking about detecting structural...

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Jun 16, 2019

The term neural network is a trending word in the tech industry. In reality, they are much simpler than people imagine. Artificial Neural Network is a framework in analogous with the structure of biological neural networks and the way it processes information in the human brain. It enables computers...

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Jun 16, 2019

I should also state here that we build our own models and services here. So while there are already some easy to consume services made available by AWS/Azure/Google it is not our intention to use them for our production services, unless of course they are a better fit than a custom model. Currently ...

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Jun 14, 2019

Companies know the importance of finding the right person for the right job. And with talent shortage the top concern for employers this year, many companies are using some form of AI to keep step with the ever-changing digital landscape and how they access talent. At the same time, there are well d...

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Jun 14, 2019

Many customers have asked us this profound question: How do we realize business value from artificial intelligence initiatives after a proof of concept?  Enterprises are excited at the potential of AI, and some even create a POC as a first step. However, some are stymied by lack of clarity on t...

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Jun 13, 2019

“The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don’t really even notice it, so it’s part of everyday life,” said Bill Gates while referring to the power of technology. This stands utterly accurate for advancements such as Artificial Intelligence enabled C...

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Jun 13, 2019

A recent Google search for the question, “What can AI do?” returned 2.7 billion results. The sheer volume of web pages that speak to AI’s capabilities, real-world applications, and separate hype from reality demonstrate two things: First, people are interested. Second, they’r...

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Jun 13, 2019

Reduced size, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements are also impacting artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) designs. “Translating the commercial and consumer AI accelerator hardware technologies into the deployable, rugged, size, weight, and power (SWaP)-constrained systems m...

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Jun 12, 2019

It may sound a little unbelievable, but my grandnephew can pronounce Alexa better than his parents’ names. That is the name that he hears more in the house. I am sure his house is not alone in this matter. People use AI in their homes for so many purposes. Alexa is just one of them. We keep ha...

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Jun 12, 2019

Recently, we hosted an AI roadshow for NHSScotland in one of our AI labs. Over four days we held five interactive sessions to explore the current application of AI across industry and discuss where healthcare might benefit from the deployment of AI solutions. It was fantastic to see leaders in NHSSc...

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Jun 12, 2019

Python, with its flexibility, robust traits, along with the availability of resources, has been one of the top choices of the developers of a Python development company. Being one of the best programming languages, many business companies are investing in enterprise app development and counting on t...

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Jun 12, 2019

Rescuing wounded soldiers during active battlefield situations is one of the most dangerous positions and the cause of many military deaths. According to researchers, around 86% of battlefield deaths occur during the first thirty minutes post-injury. This is the reason researchers across the world a...

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Jun 12, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) makes it possible for machines to learn from experience, adjust to new inputs and perform human-like tasks. Most AI examples that you hear about today – from chess-playing computers to self-driving cars – rely heavily on deep learning and natural language pro...

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Jun 11, 2019

In today’s world, software developers need to be able to create better code in less time. Low-code agile software development can deliver high value to software developers by increasing productivity and helping the organization maintain a competitive edge. With OpenText™ Gupta TD Mobile ...

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Jun 11, 2019

Many organisations are excited about the potential of AI, but still treat it as part of their technology strategy. To succeed in the digital transformation race, leaders need to see AI as an integral part of their business. So we developed an AI Business School to help train this next generation of ...

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Jun 11, 2019

Today, when scientists, programmers, and analysts are trying to comprehend and mold machine learning into artificial intelligence, can we conclude that the future has already begun?If you can’t stop thinking about AI and still haven’t watched the HBO-aired Westworld, you are missing out ...

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Jun 10, 2019

For more than a decade, Fortune 500 companies have harnessed AI's phenomenal power to increase the effectiveness and overall ease of implementation of their digital marketing initiatives. But for smaller entities, like many QSRs, this tool and its many manifestations has only been truly accessib...

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Jun 10, 2019

Enterprise networks generate a lot of data. A lot. Imagine a network with 6000+ access points, 10 wireless controllers, a data center, dozens of branch offices, and over 10,000 roaming wireless devices covering an area the size of a small city. Every AP collects telemetry on its operating environmen...

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Jun 10, 2019

If you’ve read any media in the past several years you’ve probably heard the buzz around “AI” and claims like unemployment rates will skyrocket as AI-enabled robots take over our jobs. Sounds a bit apocalyptic–but false. Artificial Intelligence is a computer science sim...

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Jun 10, 2019

Software vendors will often make commentary on the fact that by implementing robot-based process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine leaning (ML), you can gather back time to work on higher value activities. The challenges then is to determine what exactly those higher value a...

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Jun 10, 2019

Robust.AI new Silicon Valley robotics startup company recently announced that it is developing the world’s first industrial-grade cognitive platform for robots. And also, it aims to help organizations in a wide range of areas, from development to eldercare and domestic robots, close to the obj...

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Jun 10, 2019

At Next 19 we announced the beta availability of AI Platform Notebooks our managed service that offers an integrated environment to create JupyterLab instances that come pre installed with the latest data science and machine learning frameworks. Today we are excited to introduce support for R on AI ...

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Jun 09, 2019

As we kick off the Microsoft Business Application Summit with our amazing community at Atlanta, I wanted to share some exciting Power BI news as part of the event. You can join us live for the keynote at 8:30AM ET. In a world in which data is coming from everywhere, Power BI is about helping our cus...

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Jun 07, 2019

Humans and their imaginations with regards to artificial intelligence dates back to almost 100 years. The first time when anything closer to the AI technology appeared on the silver screen was in the German film ‘Metropolis’ in 1927 followed by another German film ‘Master of the Wo...

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Jun 07, 2019

On the whole, humans are generally good at identifying emotions, but this mostly happens at an unconscious level and it isn’t always a reliable tool, particularly when it may involve having to make decisions based on this interpretation. According to psychology professor, Lisa Feldman Barrett ...

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Jun 07, 2019

AI is already delivering real value in business. It is being implemented across all industries and business functions creating unprecedented efficiencies in human productivity. That was also the verdict of a recent Forbes Insights survey of 300-plus executives, in which 95% believe that AI will play...

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Jun 06, 2019

When the bombs fell down on Guernica in 1937, Picasso was in Paris. He was working on a mural for the Spanish pavilion at the World Fair when he heard the Basque city had been destroyed; it made him abandon his initial idea and make the bombing the subject of the mural. Picasso worked on the Guernic...

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Jun 06, 2019

The future we were promised may not have arrived in the form of jet packs hover cars and replicators but in more subtle ways the future we were promised has actually already been here for some time. After all artificial intelligence and machine learning have been put to work by tech industry leading...

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Jun 05, 2019

This article is part of Demystifying AI, a series of posts that (try to) disambiguate the jargon and myths surrounding artificial intelligence. Which function of the human brain should artificial intelligence replicate? The answer to that question characterizes one of the debates that is as old as t...

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Jun 05, 2019

AppDynamics, a Cisco organization and application intelligence company, recently declared the AppDynamics Integration Partner Program, a new partnership program that streamlines the expanding technology ecosystem for enterprises through joint effort with technology organizations. AppDynamics has cur...

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Jun 05, 2019

Artificial intelligence and cloud computing have merged to improve the lives of millions. Digital assistants like Siri, Google Home, and Amazon’s Alexa blend AI and cloud computing in our lives every day. With a quick verbal cue, users can make a purchase, adjust a smart home thermostat, or he...

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Jun 05, 2019

At the 36th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2019), June 10–15 in Long Beach, CA,  IBM Research AI will present recent technical advances in machine learning for AI and data science. We’ve led the exploration and development of machine learning technologies for dec...

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Jun 03, 2019

So far in this blog series, I’ve focused on the nuts and bolts of planning AI deployments, building data pipelines from edge to core to cloud, and the considerations for moving machine learning and deep learning projects from prototype to production. Over the next several months, I want to foc...

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Jun 03, 2019

Artificial intelligence, the word so familiar today, was first heard in 1955 by John McCarthy at Dartmouth Conference. This new word then was assumed to be less unusual until 1990 knocked. But the visions, thoughts and demands changed with the lapse of time, and today AI stands as one of the useful ...

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Jun 03, 2019

On Thursday, in a paper published in Science, Alphabet-owned AI research lab DeepMind introduced an artificial intelligence program that can play the first-person shooter game Quake III Arena in Capture the Flag mode with human-level performance. CTF is a multiplayer mode found in most FPS games, in...

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Jun 03, 2019

Your lengthy career in procurement has consisted largely of being beaten up by top management over the need to constantly cut supplier costs. Along comes digital technology to make your job easier — or take it away. That, at least, is the fear of procurement professionals in the age of artific...

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May 31, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the most talked about technologies in the retail sector. Why? Because AI helps retailers understand customer preferences, provide tailored content that meets each customer’s unique interests, and make informed decisions about where to spend their ...

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May 31, 2019

In 2017 Russian president Vladimir Putin said that whoever becomes the world leader in the sphere of artificial intelligence (AI) will become the ruler of the world. Unsurprisingly, given his position (and previous form), his words were widely interpreted by the press as an attempt to draw divisions...

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May 31, 2019

Artificial intelligence is expected to deliver somewhere between $10 to $15 trillion in value to businesses across industries over the next 10 years, based on estimates from McKinsey, PwC and many other experts in the field. Smarter, fact-based decision-making is the catalyst that will unlock AI&rsq...

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May 30, 2019

Remember when software was eating the world? The trendy observation these days is that artificial intelligence (AI) is eating software. Even Google CEO Sundar Pichai has talked about software that “automatically writes itself.” And certainly if you consider software development to be lit...

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May 30, 2019

Digital advertising, particularly programmatic, has revolutionised how ads are served and enabled the collection of data on a scale that would seem scarcely believable just a couple of decades ago. However activating this wealth of data, along with linking it to offline activity, has been an ineffic...

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May 29, 2019

It's been said that artificial intelligence is the future, but I'd argue AI is very much a thing of the here and now. It's playing an increasingly significant role in marketing efforts, and is taking marketing automation to the next level. And during an era when customers are demanding f...

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May 28, 2019

Jean-Philippe Courtois, executive vice-president and president of Microsoft global sales, marketing and operations, provided a compelling vision with his opening keynote at the historical United Nations ITU AI for Good Global Summit (AI4G), hosted May 28-31 2019 at UN ITU HQ Geneva. The AI for Good ...

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May 28, 2019

iExec, the company known for bringing exciting new developments to decentralised cloud-computing on the blockchain, have given their fans another reason to wax lyrical about their platform. V3, their major new release, introduces the Data Wallet, a feature that now makes secure data renting possible...

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May 28, 2019

AI (Artificial Intelligence) is a really hot topic at the moment, not just in security but in the wider field of technology. Products we use every day (from smartphones and smart-speakers to cars) are boasting the use of AI technology to aid their functions more efficiently. There is some debate ove...

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May 28, 2019

Artificial intelligence uses algorithms to quickly parse, analyze and spot patterns in massive data sets. Because it can adapt to the input it receives, AI can also mimic human interaction more closely, allowing it to provide more useful feedback to candidates and staff members. AI is an increasingl...

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May 27, 2019

Creative and technical professionals can now access the latest advancements in photorealistic rendering, AI and VR while on the go, with the new lineup of NVIDIA Quadro RTX-powered mobile workstations. At the annual Computex conference in Taipei, NVIDIA today announced a full range of Turing archite...

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May 27, 2019

AI stands for Artificial Intelligence in Computer science. Enterprise Mobility Solutions is way to organize the application. In today’s era every sector wants to work remotely and easily. The term AI stands for Artificial Intelligence in Computer science. In today’s era everybody wants a...

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May 27, 2019

OnGraph has proved its competency in iOS application development through rendering great coding and exceptional UI/UX designing. We have built engaging and elegant iOS applications for 400+ clients all across the world. Backed by 250+ highly skilled and proficient developers, we have rendered most a...

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May 22, 2019

Today, Microsoft is releasing The Future Computed: AI and Manufacturing. This new book provides an in-depth look at how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the manufacturing sector by optimizing digital operations and driving efficiencies, enabling new products and services, and allowing fo...

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May 22, 2019

LG has remained in the limelight for the splendid performance of it home appliances. The company has recently made another groundbreaking announcement in regard to its product. LG will now manufacture its indigenous artificial intelligence chips for smart home products. These chips will enable LG&rs...

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May 21, 2019

Customer experience has changed the commerce game. It gives start-ups the ability to take on multinational corporations. It gives manufacturers the chance to bypass distributors and sell directly to their customers. And it gives retailers the opportunity to digitally connect with their customers on ...

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May 16, 2019

As enterprises continue to play catch-up when it comes to meeting their internal demand for new software services and applications, more enterprises but still, only a minority are turning to low-code development platforms to try to fill the gap. Low-code development platform provider OutSystems rele...

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May 16, 2019

Last week I spent two days at QAD’s Explore 2019 conference. The first day of this annual event was filled with keynotes from executives covering the company’s product capabilities and roadmap as well as overall marketing messaging activities. It was robust with customer discussions and ...

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May 16, 2019

My least productive month for writing has to be November and December. I think I have already discussed that I hate writing in the winter, which is weird because I love the winter. While there are other constrictions, the biggest hindrances are the holidays. I love them. Family, food, gifts, guilt-f...

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May 16, 2019

SAP users are more aware than most of the importance of maintaining one’s ethical standards in the pursuit of greater digital security but ensuring that your data remains safe while simultaneously running a principled IT operation isn’t always easy.

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May 15, 2019

Using intent data to fuel your marketing activities seems like a no-lose situation. It’s an opportunity to gain deeper insight into the behavior of individuals in your target audience. With that information at hand, you should be able to improve the effectiveness of your marketing activities. ...

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May 15, 2019

Over the last two years, ethics in the workplace has taken on a new meaning. We have seen the growth of three approaches: top-down, brand-driven and employee activism. For each approach the following examples springs to mind - Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson taking action after the Philadelphia incident...

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May 15, 2019

This month is packed with updates on the Azure portal, including enhancements to the user experience, resource configuration, management tools and more. Sign in to the Azure portal now and see for yourself everything that’s new. Download the Azure mobile app to stay connected to your Azure res...

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May 15, 2019

From complex software systems that sort through medical data, to drones that monitor crop health, South Australian industries are embracing the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and cutting edge technologies.International AI expert Dr John Flackett says SA is well placed to adopt AI and machine...

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May 15, 2019

Artificial Intelligence is the backbone for many groundbreaking applications in industrial, automotive and video gaming. Now, AI is taking center stage in smartphones, and it goes far beyond applications like digital assistants. The emergence of Edge-AI technology allows moving many of the backend p...

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May 15, 2019

Artificial intelligence ranks among the top current trends in K-12 education tech. AI's evolving role in society is leading to an exploration of practical uses for it in every aspect of our lives.It has overwhelming potential in education, and schools can leverage it to impact learning that tran...

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May 15, 2019

Only a few years ago, web search was simple. Users typed a few words and waded through pages of results. Today, those same users may instead snap a picture on a phone and drop it into a search box or use an intelligent assistant to ask a question without physically touching a device at all. They may...

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May 15, 2019

Apart from merely acting as conversational interfaces to deal with customer queries, do they help your business flourish with improved sales and new revenue streams? Yes, without doubt, and specifically if it comes powered by state of the art AI. In this digital age, your valued customers are consta...

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May 15, 2019

There is no formal acronym to celebrate the coming together of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) — obviously it would be AIRPA if there was — but the twining (or at least the joint adoption and development of) these two key enabling technologies appears to...

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May 15, 2019

With emerging interfaces, software development kits (SDK) and programming languages, mobile applications are predicted to generate close to $188.9 billion in global revenue by the end of 2020 via App stores and in-app advertising. This is definitely a highly encouraging data for mobile app developme...

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May 14, 2019

In a worrying sign of complacency, more than 80% of Asia-Pacific organisations did not consider cyber security until after their digital transformation projects had begun, a new survey has found. And for those that conducted regular breach assessments to guard against cyber attacks, 55% of them were...

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May 14, 2019

Security incidents and breaches are all too common. Stats abound about the success of phishing campaigns, despite regular security awareness and education provided to end-users. Why does this matter? Because an attacker is highly likely to find a way into your organisation and your systems, potentia...

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May 14, 2019

Every business operating in the finance segment or, for that matter, any other segment strives to find the best software developer for their company. All the brainstorming and efforts by the management and founders are dedicated to finding the right financial software developer that would build the ...

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May 14, 2019

Retail is a fast-moving sector, and success in the industry means keeping up with technologies. Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of them, and evidence shows it's the future of retail. Here are four reasons why:

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May 14, 2019

Premium files sets new scale and performance bar for Azure Files, providing more power to developers and IT pros.Today, we are excited to share that Azure Premium Files preview is now available to everyone! Premium files is a new performance tier that unlocks the next level of performance for fully ...

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May 14, 2019

In this fast changing world everything is changing , and one among those are drastic change in shopping experience . Gone are those day when people have to visit bricks and moral shops within their vicinity . With the help of technology, buyers are more preferring to buy almost every product online ...

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May 14, 2019

Customers across industries including healthcare, legal, media, and manufacturing are looking for new solutions to solve business challenges with AI, including knowledge mining with Azure Search.
Azure Search enables developers to quickly apply AI across their content to unlock untapped infor...

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May 14, 2019

Network security solutions can be delivered as appliances on premises, as network virtual appliances (NVAs) that run in the cloud or as a cloud native offering (known as firewall-as-a-service).
Customers often ask us how Azure Firewall is different from Network Virtual Appliances, whether it ...

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May 13, 2019

Managing a supply chain where there’s no excess and also great shipping speed is a very fine line, but there are artificial intelligence solutions to help improve operations. Customers have more options than ever when it comes to e-commerce, and it seems almost impossible to compete with large...

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May 13, 2019

Container adoption is growing, that is a fact, so why not deploying your network monitoring software with docker? Portability, efficiency and deployment speed are the key benefits of dockerized CA Spectrum. No more long lists of pre-requisites, large footprint and time consuming upgrades. Having CA ...

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May 13, 2019

Similar to a constellation where you can spot different stars, artificial intelligence (AI) can be brought down into different types. To help you decide what AI type will shine brightest and contribute to your business’ stellar performance, our data science consultants will define each. Howeve...

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May 10, 2019

With the advent of technology, everything is changing, even the way we shop is no longer limited to buyers going to the shops and purchasing the items. Rather with the help of technology, the buyers are purchasing their products online, at their own convenience, while on the go, avoiding the queue a...

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May 10, 2019

EMEA Perspectives, our annual user conference, is shaping up to be an incredible event for everyone associated with the Learning, Development and HR professions. This year’s event will be our biggest ever Perspectives in EMEA, and so we have chosen the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London as our bran...

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May 10, 2019

Believe on it or not, but Geo-location is present in more than 90% of apps installed on your smartphone that is the truth. Geo-location, it’s one of the best features that you can see in every mobile application. We all make use of location-based applications 5 to 10 times in a day to address ...

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May 10, 2019

Little urgency to comply with the Network and Information Systems Security Act, which seeks to protect the Netherlands’ vital infrastructure and digital services from cyber attack

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May 10, 2019

There is a vast amount of information passing from one device to another on a global scale and this has led to an increased risk of viruses, Trojans, malware, spyware, and other forms of cyber threats. Cybersecurity literacy and hygienic browsing habits are major defense against cyber threats. Many ...

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May 10, 2019

Viasat provides broadband services in the marketplace to 96 percent of the US population. They have been around for thirty years as a company. Viasat is developing the ultimate global communications network to power high-quality, secure, affordable, fast connections to impact people’s lives an...

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May 09, 2019

For more than a decade, the loudest buzz has been about the advantages of software “born in the cloud.” It’s understandable. Cloud software is easy to access – even remotely from mobile devices. It’s flexible and scalable, reducing risk for industries that are experienc...

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May 09, 2019

Skillsoft’s third annual India Perspectives will take place on May 16, 2019, in Mumbai.  We carefully chose the theme, Accelerate Your Learning Workforce for Digital Transformation, to align with the impact of digital transformation on corporations and how it is driving the demand for con...

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May 08, 2019

As experts in winning customers, attracting audiences, and creating platforms that push our clients to new heights of growth and success, Winklix knows exactly how to make excellence. Our range of capabilities extends from custom software development and blockchain project management to UI/UX design...

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May 08, 2019

Much of the mainstream media is still debating the positive impacts of AI on the future of work, the economy, the environment and society at large. What does all this "opinion" mean for the public sector? That governments have a significant public relations job to do before citizens and or...

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May 08, 2019

Financial service industries are up against a generational cliff. As a whole, financial service organizations and younger generations struggle to relate to each other. This is especially problematic because the whole industry is based on trust and relationships.
Video has emerged as a key sol...

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May 08, 2019

AI and machine learning combined with ever-increasing amounts of data are changing our commercial and social landscapes. A number of themes and issues are emerging within these sectors that CIOs need to be aware of. I’ve just spent a couple of days at O’Reilly’s Strata Data Confere...

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May 07, 2019

It’s no longer a secret that the use of video is transforming the world of business. While technological advances have helped with productivity and accessibility it’s cultivated an environment where we have fewer personal connections than ever. Right now, less than 10% of sales teams are using vide...

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May 06, 2019

If you do a quick Google search for USB data recovery tools, you would get a wide range of available options. Sadly, not every solution might yield fruitful results regarding USB recovery on Windows or Mac. Don’t worry we are here to assist you with this extensive guide on how to select the be...

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May 06, 2019

From the boardroom to your living room, artificial intelligence (AI) is nearly everywhere today. Tipped as the most disruptive technology of all time, it has already transformed industries across the globe. And companies are racing to understand how to integrate it into their own business processes....

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May 06, 2019

Ongraph Technologies specializes in building high performing and elegant applications using Django, a high-level Python web framework. With a 11+ year track record of consistently wowing customers hailing from various industries and geographies, Ongraph Technologies is your ideal partner for python ...

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May 06, 2019

Lots of vendors call themselves video platforms, but each do wildly different things for different audiences-from helping beauty bloggers monetize to helping marketers drive leads to helping entertainment execs build streaming services. Vimeo vs. YouTube for business: which video platform is which a...

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May 05, 2019

“Build it and they will come.” It’s wonderful advice for summoning the ghosts of legendary baseball players, awful advice for managing your YouTube channel. Many companies, particularly those in B2B, launched their YouTube channels during the social media scramble of the early augh...

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May 04, 2019

Management information system (MIS) refers to a large infrastructure used by a business or corporation, whereas information technology (IT) is one component of that infrastructure that is used for collecting and transmitting data. A management information system helps a business make decisions and c...

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May 03, 2019

Java originally introduced by Sun Microsystem and later acquired by Oracle in 2010 is one of the most famous programming language which is being used in many of the enterprise software, mobile applications, web scripts gaming and more. Java is so popular that most of the banking and financial applic...

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May 03, 2019

DevOps mobile app development has allowed the mobile industry to become the primary source of information for humans across the globe. Over the last few years, multiple industries have been forced to adapt towards the rise of the business app user. To cope with this shift, they have built their own ...

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May 02, 2019

The April 30th Telarus Tuesday call brought Telarus CFO, Zane Christensen, and Galen Hoxie, Telarus Partner Compensation Analyst, to talk about anticiPAY, the new Telarus Commission Advance program and commission tips and tricks. First, Zane took a moment to remind us about the call he Telarus VP of...

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May 01, 2019

Information technology is a progressive and constantly changing industry, promising a wide range of opportunities. If you have always loved the idea of working with computers,a career in information technology is the ideal pathway for you to choose. Whether you are interested in technical support, n...

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Apr 30, 2019

The globalisation of research and development (R&D) has long lagged far behind the globalisation of production, but since the late 1990s, the distribution of US multinational R&D investment across countries and industries has undergone a dramatic shift towards unlikely R&D destinations l...

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Apr 30, 2019

When the subject of Artificial Intelligence crops up in conversation, images of flying robots enslaving humanity, particularly in popular dystopian films such as The Matrix and Terminator, will not be far from the conversation. Maybe, someone might mention how AI will end up taking people is jobs, l...

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Apr 29, 2019

The 2016 defence white paper and the decades-long integrated investment program will deliver a future force that includes 72 joint strike fighters, several hundred infantry fighting vehicles, nine new frigates and 12 new submarines. F-35 deliveries have started but the ‘future’ frigate a...

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Apr 29, 2019

Technology plays an important part in managing any modern business, especially with the elevated importance of information in a data-driven world. Today’s blog is dedicated to four emerging technologies that are changing the way that organizations approach operations. AI might be primitive in ...

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Apr 26, 2019

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are becoming increasingly mainstream. The reason for this is because when applied in an organisational context effectively they can significantly enhance business outcomes. Utilising data and AI at a business level to drive the overall value of ...

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Apr 26, 2019

If we were to believe Hollywood, artificial intelligence is poised to take over the world and wipe out the need for humans entirely. But the reality of AI doesn’t quite match up Although we’re still exploring the potential of AI, the type of AI currently in use is commonly referred to as...

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Apr 26, 2019

In the realm of infrastructure management, artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to bring about a transformation and eventually design infrastructure that is not only self-driven or cognitive but also flawless. What began in the form of research on chess-playing computers in the 1950s, is n...

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Apr 25, 2019

We had a very interesting discussion today in the Aragon research meeting that got me thinking about how much have we or should we be depending on information-based emerging technologies (such as AI, predictive analytics, digital twins, etc.) when we know we all have some data quality flaws. And, mo...

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Apr 24, 2019

As cyber criminals continuously launch more sophisticated attacks, security teams increasingly struggle to keep up with the constant stream of security threats they must investigate and prioritize. When observing companies that have a large web presence (e.g., retail/e-commerce companies), consider ...

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Apr 24, 2019

Digital transformation across industries is driving the need for IT to enable cloud-native applications. This has led enterprises to adopt Kubernetes as the most effective way to support cloud-native, container-based architectures, and to modernize their applications and IT infrastructure. Orga...

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Apr 23, 2019

Software is everywhere, but the process to create a new software product can be complicated and challenging. That’s why software development best practices are important and can help reduce costs and speed up processes. Without goals, a software project doesn’t have direction. Projects s...

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Apr 23, 2019

In this post we are going to discuss a tool used with kubernetes called “helm”. In simple terms, helm is a package manager for kubernetes. Helm is kubernetes version of yum or apt. Helm deploys something called charts, which you can think of as a packaged application. It is a collection ...

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Apr 23, 2019

The traditional network security model made it difficult to access the network from the outside, but everyone on the inside of the network was generally considered a trusted user by default. That means a hacker, once inside the network, would essentially have unfettered access to network systems, da...

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Apr 22, 2019

Modern traffic steering has evolved into a multi-dimensional optimization problem. From ensuring availability, minimizing latency, maximizing throughput, preventing flapping, and meeting CDN commits; we ask more from our infrastructure today than ever before. With so many competing interests, how do...

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Apr 19, 2019

When an app development company is working with client who seeks an enterprise app, there are a wide range of concerns that need to be addressed. Now that enterprise apps are a staple of any modern company, an app development company is going to play a very important role going forward. An app devel...

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Apr 18, 2019

Test Data Management prevents your Continuous Test Automation Strategy from going into dump. Wasn’t automation supposed to take over redundant processes, lessen the burden on manual testers, and speed up the entire testing cycle? If testers are still required to keep updating the test data eve...

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Apr 18, 2019

At Equinix, we often see companies develop very sound digital transformation strategies that involve migrating workloads to hyperscale cloud providers. Yet without the right approach, those initiatives may fail to deliver results that are aligned with the commitments made to senior leadership and th...

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Apr 18, 2019

Mobile Network Operator (MNO) customers are waiting for 5G to go live with great anticipation. But MNOs know all too well, the many challenges that are present in moving to 5G. After all, it’s a very demanding standard, that requires much higher data rates, extremely low latency, high reliabil...

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Apr 17, 2019

In the era of Digital Transformation (DX) the IT landscape has expanded to environments that rely extensively on virtualization, hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), and cloud computing. As a result, the number of servers and the quantity of traffic have been exploding exponentially. The cohesive, ...

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Apr 17, 2019

Protection of a mobile application is one of the most important stages of its development. Without taking proper measures, a cracked copy of it can quickly appear on the Web, in which, for example, advertising and verification via social services will be disabled. But the main danger is that the pir...

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Apr 17, 2019

Organizations that make the leap to DevOps and CI/CD must undergo sometimes drastic cultural and technological changes.Regarding personnel, adaptation must be made all the way from individual taskings to the way the whole company is run. As one expert put it, “DevOps is not just a movement of ...

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Apr 17, 2019

Licensed spectrum can be a considerable expense for mobile network operators. Although market conditions have changed since the UK 3G spectrum auction3 in 2000, the acquisition cost of a spectrum band license should not be ignored. And while unlicensed spectrum may be used too, the benefits of &ldqu...

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Apr 17, 2019

In May 2016, the European Union ("EU") published the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") which became effective throughout all Member States in 2018. For U.S. companies operating in the EU, or holding themselves out to EU citizens, GDPR expands the concept of “pe...

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Apr 17, 2019

Think of the Internet as a web of connected servers. Everything online lives on a remote server somewhere. These assets are accessed upon request. For example, when you type www.YouTube.com into your browser, your request is sent to YouTube’s server. Then, when your browser receives a response...

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Apr 17, 2019

Siemens announces the immediate availability of Mendix for MindSphere, bringing the transformational digitalization and business benefits of Mendix software to software development for the industrial internet of things (IoT).  MindSphere, the cloud-based, open IoT operating system from Siemens,...

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Apr 16, 2019

What is communication technology and how will it shape our future? The realm of technology keeps getting bigger and there are some sharp-minded individuals out there who are changing the way this technology can improve our lives. Here are some popular predictions about up-and-coming information tech...

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Apr 16, 2019

When an app development company is in the process of creating a new iOS app, there are a number of considerations that need to be made. Now that iOS has become one of the most commonly used operating systems in the world, app development companies must make sure that they are remaining on the cuttin...

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Apr 16, 2019

For Michael Soler, a senior infrastructure manager at Westcon-Comstor, a major IT distributor, moving to a software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) was as much about taking control of the network as it was about saving money.The move accomplished both, according to Soler.“It’s been a ...

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Apr 16, 2019

Corporate networks do a lot more than shuttle data from one place to another. In addition to routing and switching, the typical LAN provides services such as network address translation, access control and intrusion prevention. Traditionally these services have been delivered by dedicated hardware a...

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Apr 16, 2019

It is not that only large enterprise should worry about Data Loss Prevention (DLP), because now even small companies are also the target for hackers. Having a DLP in place is necessary, because it prevents data leaks that can cause damage. Hacker combat aims to guide the users on what’s n...

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Apr 15, 2019

Android OS literally dominates the mobile application development industry. Though the most widespread platform universally, Android was always behind iOS in enterprise-compatibility. But this is no longer the case as Google-backed platforms are doing remarkably well by including enterprise-oriented...

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Apr 15, 2019

For optimal audio-video quality and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) server scalability, the HDX technology stack redirects Teams media traffic to the user device for local processing whenever possible. With the Teams web client, that’s done using an HDX feature called Browser Content R...

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Apr 15, 2019

In recent months, Wind River has offered a free software security assessment on our website.The survey is open to anyone and asks ten very brief yes/no security questions about your software system. Each question focuses on a different aspect of security as spelled out by the Wind River Helix S...

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Apr 13, 2019

The mobile device market has grown phenomenally in recent years. And guess what is responsible for this colossal success? Undoubtedly, this is the market of mobile applications, whose progress has been unstoppable for several years and in the development of which many mobile app development companie...

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Apr 12, 2019

Blockchain, augmented analytics and artificial intelligence will drive disruption and improve business opportunities. The way fictional movies are portraying artificial intelligence (AI) and robots provide a fascinating glimpse into humanity’s relationship with technology. Companies are using ...

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Apr 11, 2019

Artificial Intelligence is a topic that has been getting a lot of attention, mostly because of the rapid improvement that this field has seen since the turn of the 21st century. Amazing innovations are laying the foundation for ongoing breakthrough achievements.  In the 1950s, AI pioneers Minsk...

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Apr 11, 2019

Deception is an emerging technology that gives the good guys a way to literally change the game. How deception is architected and deployed can vary greatly and it’s important for customers to understand the optional Deception Architectures, their advantages and any issues that might be encount...

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Apr 11, 2019

When you’re running Kubernetes, how do you know whether it’s configured securely? Kubernetes is a complex system, with several control plane components, each of which has numerous configuration parameters. In some cases, it’s clear that a parameter will have a security impact &ndas...

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Apr 11, 2019

I will be first to admit that marketing can sometimes get ahead of reality. It is our job to create a story that paints an appealing vision of the future, knowing that it may take a little while for engineering to actually “catch up”. And when multiple vendors start screaming the same bu...

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Apr 10, 2019

For years, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks have been connecting organizations with their remote locations. The stability, performance and scalability of MPLS has always been appealing. The price tag? Not so much. Internet connectivity has always been much cheaper and more flexible than...

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Apr 10, 2019

Business innovators are embracing the Internet of Things (IoT) to reinvent and enhance the customer experience, improve operational efficiency, and develop new business models. But the IoT brings a host of new IT challenges. Applications have become the lifeblood of today’s businesses. Go...

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Apr 10, 2019

These days, we can’t go more than a month without hearing about a new high-profile cyber attack. Hackers are growing more malicious by the day, and it seems that almost no company—no matter how big—is safe from their tactics. Huge advancements have been made in ensuring the securit...

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Apr 09, 2019

PHP is one of the most popular scripting languages used for server-side web development. It is used by multiple organizations, especially for content management sites like WordPress. If you are thinking about developing a web application using PHP, you will also need one of the best php frameworks i...

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Apr 09, 2019

It is predicted that artificial intelligence market size by 2025 will be 190.61 billion USD. This is a big number and companies are increasingly creating software and applications based on AI to realize greater ROI and retain customers. Software testing is crucial for all businesses as virtually eve...

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Apr 09, 2019

In a world where the level of connectivity between humans and devices is growing exponentially, it's no surprise that the technology with which we do so also continues to advance. A great example of this is the ability for IoT devices to connect via Wi-Fi. Bluetooth connectivity models have had ...

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Apr 09, 2019

What is the most common form of communication in an organisation? Yes, you are right, it is email. It has truly revolutionized the way we contact and keep in touch with the people, be it in the vicinity or abroad. Currently, there are over 2 billion active email users around the world because it&rsq...

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Apr 08, 2019

Today the reality of Information Technology is that it has influenced almost every business organisation. With the progression of innovative technology each and every angle of business is impacted significantly, and one of the areas that technology has affected the most, however, is the IT Lead Gene...

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Apr 08, 2019

Business firms thriving in the current market need to keep evolving through the digital transformation wave. Forward-thinking enterprises are now investing largely in enterprise application development for strengthening their productivity and financial operations. Python has been the top choice for ...

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Apr 07, 2019

Businesses are leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to optimize their performance and functionalities. AI is opening the door for new business opportunities and creating entirely new business models. The adoption of AI by industries is ushering in this digital evolved era. In 2018, AI made a huge...

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Apr 05, 2019

Installation is a crucial aspect for the survival of any app. it doesn’t matter how well your app is working a minor flaw in installation sequence itself is enough for users to discard your app and never look back at it again. So, for the assurance, you need app installation testing. Since we ...

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Apr 05, 2019

If your organization is using Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 or SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2, then you need to know this: Both products are reaching their end-of-life, which means the end of essential updates. When is this happening? The end of Extended Support for Windows Server 2008...

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Apr 04, 2019

Serverless computing is a complete misnomer. No, there is no such thing as true serverless computing. All computing can be traced back to a physical server. Even virtual servers are tied to physical servers via hypervisors. So what do professionals really mean when they talk about serverless computi...

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Apr 03, 2019

The choice of mobile apps depends on business needs and user expectations. While web-based and native apps have several benefits, hybrid mobile applications have garnered popularity. It is because of their adaptability across various platforms. This concept boils down to developing a single applicat...

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Apr 03, 2019

With the dawn of 2019, the software development industry is undergoing radical changes and new trends are emerging in the software industry. Quality assurance professionals are rapidly adjusting to these radical changes and trends to keep up with the rapid pace of emerging trends and technologies. M...

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Apr 03, 2019

The scope of social networking mobile app is quite vast than the typical applications like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and so on. From the business point of you, the presence of social plug-Ins in the applications provide unraveled effect on the value and growth of the business. The social apps he...

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Apr 02, 2019

Containers are popular among organisations transforming their IT operations from physical, single-tenant computing resources to a more efficient service provider infrastructure model. The container framework popularised by Docker simplifies and accelerates application deployment by packaging operati...

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Apr 02, 2019

The rise of the internet of things is clear. According to a study by Red Hat, 21% of organizations have already incorporated IoT projects into their business, 28% plan to do so in the next year and 70% over the next five years. Given that many companies want to include IoT into their existing busine...

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Apr 02, 2019

From enabling security throughout a city, to the rapid identification and classification of complex medical imaging data, Intel is accelerating the value of IoT. As the billions of connected things generate massive data at ever-increasing rates, the Internet of Things (IoT) and AI are converging to ...

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Apr 01, 2019

Mobile app prototyping is a process of that entails how will the flow of mobile application appear and what functionality it will deliver. All app development projects have different requirements and goals. The seamless transition of the mobile app from its one screen to another is the efficient use...

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Apr 01, 2019

Facebook made a blunder, again! It failed, ignored, or possibly forgot to encrypt the passwords of more than 600 million users. Since 2012, these passwords were stored in plain text, accessible to its nearly 20,000 employees. The worst part is, it was completely clueless about it for the past seven ...

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Apr 01, 2019

If you hang out online long enough—particularly in cybersecurity circles—you will eventually hear the term “dark web”. The term is becoming more and more pervasive as sort of a catch-all “bogeyman” for everything shady or malicious online, so it may not even seem ...

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Mar 30, 2019

Artificial intelligence is among the top technologies of the 21st century’s prominent technology stack. Artificial intelligence and its subsets deep learning and machine learning have brought a wide range of use cases into the light. Gartner a global research firm has claimed in its reports th...

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Mar 29, 2019

There is no doubt that this is the time of mobility and that’s why there is a huge demand for mobile phones and mobile apps installed on them in the market. Lately even mobile apps have evolved from being a simple app to an important and much advanced business utility. So many entrepreneurs ha...

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Mar 29, 2019

Google has launched the first version of its Android new version called Android Q beta which will tell how the next Android OS will look. Google first released it on pixel devices and pixel 3 series.  With the release of the beta version of the Android Q, there are questions already in the mark...

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Mar 29, 2019

No matter what your business size is, but you have already discovered the worth of investing in mobility. Some of you have already introduced apps to your business, either as native or web, but many of you are still in doubt whether it’s the right to take this step or not. But it’s ...

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Mar 28, 2019

5G is coming. The initial stages of the 5G rollout are already underway here in the United States, with full 5G network capability projected by the end of 2020. Which means native 5G apps are right behind. 3G changed the world. Then 4G and LTE changed it again. And consumer app developers can e...

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Mar 28, 2019

It’s 2019, and 5G rollouts have already begun with initial support expected for many major markets by the end of the year. Carriers are already battling over whose network is faster and vying for attention in both enterprise and consumer sectors. Around the world, the first 5G NR supported pho...

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Mar 28, 2019

Government Technology recently reported that phishing was among the top cyber security threats facing public sector agencies. The Federal Trade Commission defines phishing as, “when a scammer uses fraudulent emails or texts, or copycat websites to get you to share valuable personal information...

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Mar 28, 2019

After lots of researches and dedication towards the work, CloudCodes team of Cyber security came with a unified approach to help business clients in managing identity and access. The purpose of this solution is to render organizational users with a unified solution for IAM (Identity and access manag...

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Mar 28, 2019

For most, “analytics” represents a broad term, and rightfully so. As the prevailing winds of digital transformation continue to push interconnection to the digital edge, a plethora of real-time analytics requirements (and capabilities) have irreversibly raised the ante for immediately av...

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Mar 28, 2019

Multicloud is happening really fast, and the reason for this big shift is simple! From enterprise networking at the edge to provisioning a branch within minutes, ICT teams today are in search for solutions to scalability, operating costs, and efficient cloud infrastructures. One the key enablers of ...

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Mar 27, 2019

“Fiber optics are elementary for 5G.” That’s a statement made in many blogs and articles over the past twelve months. Seen as a key enabling technology for successful initial 5G rollouts, major upgrades to optical network infrastructure have been widely predicted, fueling the optic...

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Mar 27, 2019

The anticipation of 5G wireless technology has increased every year since the release of 4G. The demand for streaming services, artificial intelligence and other bandwidth-heavy applications has gone up significantly, which is driving demand for faster speeds and less latency—which all point t...

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Mar 27, 2019

“Fiber optics are elementary for 5G.” That’s a statement made in many blogs and articles over the past twelve months. Seen as a key enabling technology for successful initial 5G rollouts, major upgrades to optical network infrastructure have been widely predicted, fueling the optic...

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Mar 27, 2019

A few weeks ago, I was having dinner with ONUG Board member and co-chair Harmen Van der Linde of Citi. As board members, we are always focused on what ONUG can and should do to benefit the vast majority of community members as this is ONUG’s differentiation. That is, ONUG is a global 2000 IT b...

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Mar 27, 2019

Continuous delivery pipeline stages are a series of steps that code changes pass through during an agile production process. A continuous delivery pipeline delivers products based on customer need and with the following essential advantages over manual processes:Quality – even when the pace of...

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Mar 27, 2019

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is often referred to as Industry 4.0: a major upgrade of today's industrial operations. Real-time analytics, data value and operational decisions are key goals for Operations Technology (OT) deployed within the industry. However, for industrial applications t...

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Mar 27, 2019

We are living in a digitally vulnerable world and this vulnerability extends to organizations too. Organizations are looking for solutions to keep critical data and applications protected from falling into the wrong hands, limiting access from anywhere, at any time. The most suitable solution is shi...

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Mar 26, 2019

People are moving towards more tech-savvy world today. Humans cannot even imagine their world without the technologies they are surrounded with. There are many automations which are playing a vital role in making our lives easier, but the Internet of Things or IoT solutions have become an essential ...

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Mar 26, 2019

The ONUG Community has encouraged the shift from hardware to software infrastructure’s acceleration. The reason? Speed. Software-based infrastructure reduces the time to deliver new digital products and services to market. It’s a core competency of the digital transformation age in which...

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Mar 26, 2019

AI rapidly conquers the business world. What was once written in science books has now become our reality: businesses switch to automation in order to bring a new unique experience to their customers and make their lives more comfortable. AI isn’t something we should wait for in the future. It...

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Mar 26, 2019

Communications Service Providers (CSPs) are planning a rapid migration to 5G in order to improve user experience and create new value. They are therefore considering the most effective way forward for their future business, without disrupting their current business. Initial offerings of 5G will be t...

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Mar 26, 2019

While a container can develop more software development environments but, it also leads to arrival of new security risks that affect compliance as well as security. A container represents the most significant part in computing advancements for IT companies since the origination of VMware’s ini...

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Mar 26, 2019

Service availability is a key component of the user experience. Customers expect services to be constantly available and fast-responding, and any downtime can result in disappointed users, abandoned shopping carts, and lost customers. Consequently, DDoS attacks are increasing in complexity, size and...

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Mar 25, 2019

In the scenario where phishing attacks on the cloud are enhancing day-by-day, organizations should get ready for worst-case situations. This preparation can be done by smart data backup strategies instead of mitigating potential damage. The public platforms assure that consumers data is always encry...

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Mar 25, 2019

Fundamental shifts are often dramatic and hard to miss, but sometimes profound change can tiptoe in as smaller factors and go almost unnoticed.  The world of Software Development is going through just such a transformation. Hardware is now a commodity. Remember when it used to matter what sort ...

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Mar 22, 2019

Edge computing is an exciting development in network infrastructure that is only beginning to realize its potential. While it’s easy to find explanations about what edge computing is and how it works, most companies really want to know how it could affect their business. Internet of things (Io...

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Mar 22, 2019

Think about when you first enlisted in the military, the excitement, the nervousness, the fear of the unknown. While these feelings have surely changed since your first deployment, the end of your military career marks the beginning of a new chapter in your life and the renewal of those same feeling...

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Mar 22, 2019

The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly gaining momentum in various industries, such as automotive, consumer electronics, education, sports, cosmetics, and healthcare sector, among others. The emergence of IoT is expected to be one of the major technological advancements of this era. IoT is a networ...

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Mar 21, 2019

Today, enterprises are faced with a plethora of network security solutions attempting to address requirements including higher throughput, as well as advanced threat detection and mitigation. The challenges also require easy deployment across virtual and non-virtual infrastructures while also being ...

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Mar 21, 2019

Cybersecurity Ventures estimated 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs by 2021, and the United States is moving on pace to hit half-a-million or more unfilled cybersecurity positions by 2021. [1] We are just a couple of months into 2019, and looking at the above statistics, we can expect to have m...

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Mar 21, 2019

Servers are giant computers. They’re large machines that host files and applications on computer networks and must be super powerful to do so. Servers often have central processing units (CPUs, or the “brains” of the server) with multiple processors that give servers the ability to...

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Mar 20, 2019

To expand business reach owners are moving to cloud-based environments where they have the flexibility of choosing the capacity of the cloud based on their relevant requirements. Additionally, the cloud gives you the option of accessing your system files and making adjustments to them anytime, anywh...

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Mar 20, 2019

Information is one of the most important non-tangible assets of any organization, and like other assets, it is the responsibility of the management to protect it appropriately. Upcoming news about missing data scares organizations as they rely completely on information technology which carries an ab...

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Mar 20, 2019

The recent Oracle and KPMG Cloud Threat Report 2019 uncovers some interesting facts about cloud database security: 73% of respondents feel the public cloud is more secure than what they can deliver in their own data center and are moving to the cloud. 71% of organizations indicated that a majority o...

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Mar 19, 2019

Blockchain has come into the limelight after its first design of Bitcoin Cryptocurrency in 2008. Blockchain created digital ledgers to keep an account of all transactions distributed all around the network. It allows all the members of blockchain spread around the network to have the view of the tra...

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Mar 19, 2019

Health food business NBTY Europe has handed over the management of customer data to IT services firm ITC Infotech in an effort to use the information to support business plans. The owner of retailer Holland & Barrett and manufacturer GNC-UK had already embarked on a major digital transformation ...

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Mar 19, 2019

Cloud computing, once something that only geeks talked about in hushed tones, now dominates our IT infrastructures. This dominance is exemplified by the market size for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) which is estimated to be worth around $185.8 billion by 2024. When you change how your business operat...

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Mar 19, 2019

IBM has a long history of leadership in high performance computing (HPC). With ground-breaking advancements in systems, software, and services, IBM has enabled enterprises across many industries to manage distributed environments for running their HPC workloads for decades. Customers are taking adva...

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Mar 19, 2019

In 2014, the hype around OpenStack suggested it was set to become the de facto standard platform for “Infrastructure as a Service.” Six years later, OpenStack is a valuable niche player, but nothing like the dominant force that was suggested it would become. In the container age, Kuberne...

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Mar 19, 2019

All Global 2000 firms are awash in infrastructure data. Every device that an application flows through, be it network equipment, firewalls, servers, load balancers, cloud providers, service providers, storage, etc., provide data to communicate state metrics, events, logs, et al. That is, all the dev...

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Mar 18, 2019

It all began in 1999 when Kevin Ashton came up with the term Internet of Things. This revolutionary technology has since then gained popularity across the world. There is also the mobile platform that has been advantageous to businesses whether it is a start-up, medium or big business. Now technolog...

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Mar 18, 2019

CIO’s are frequently faced with limited resources, like time and money, as they consider a disaster recovery plan. This blog will help businesses weigh the disadvantages and advantages of each type of disaster recovery methods. Ideally, every business should have an IT disaster recovery (DR) s...

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Mar 17, 2019

AI – The Potential Answer to Enterprise, Government, and Personal Security. The beauty of AI lies in its ability to learn from previous data. And it uses that previous data to make recommendations and predictions. Financial enterprises and insurance companies are already using AI to make decis...

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Mar 17, 2019

As per the Ponemon study in 2018, there is an increase of 6.4% of the global average cost of a data breach in comparison to the previous year. The study evidently depicts the need for an incident response plan (IRP) [1]. An IRP is mainly responsible for outlining the procedure to be followed, after ...

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Mar 17, 2019

As cloud technology wins mainstream acceptance among companies looking to run networks that are efficient, scalable and high quality, the development of software-based technologies, open-source solutions, and public cloud services (like AWS, Azure) are becoming unstoppable. In addition to the growth...

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Mar 17, 2019

There has been an exponential increase in the rate of cybercrime over the past several years as enterprises increasingly conduct more of their business activities online. Cybercriminals have developed more sophisticated tools that offer them greater ability to penetrate and compromise the networks o...

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Mar 16, 2019

A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is one of the most devastating attacks in today’s business world. It often involves a large number of computers being attacked by a heavy flow of traffic. Complex attacks may last for hours or days or a few minutes, depending on the intent of the a...

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Mar 15, 2019

5G is the latest technology for cellular mobile communications. Deployment is expected to take place sometime between late 2019 and mid 2020. The benefits of 5G will be available to new, 5G-enabled devices. However, developers who need to know what kinds of hurdles to expect for their applications m...

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Mar 15, 2019

Appearances matter. They count for a lot, if not everything. In business, big capital outlays give an appearance of muscle flexing before a heavy lift. They indicate a company gearing up for growth. The opposite might apply to companies tightening capital spending. But ideas can be like records, mad...

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Mar 15, 2019

Now with the new trend of IoT, 5G emerged to sustain the rising tide of AI supported things. Imagine a world where you won’t be late to work because of traffic, where almost anything will be automated. A lot of IoT projects are already being implemented such as our own “Home Automation&r...

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Mar 15, 2019

Deciding the technology stack for the web app development is a tedious task, in case of startups and small businesses, as the initial budgets are usually low. It is imperative to choose the technology stack that is right for the company and one which is beneficial in terms of conversions. But what i...

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Mar 15, 2019

The world is highly competitive and is high paced. There is increased tension to reduce operational costs, rework and time wastage. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the right technology for these requirements. Every industry uses AI to analyze the data from sensors, historical data for understanding ...

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Mar 14, 2019

We are living in the world of digitalization where the technologies have changed our Lifestyle. The majority of the tasks could be performed by just clicking and touching  The smart devices and within seconds they will be done. The credit for accomplishing all the tasks in a few seconds goes to...

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Mar 14, 2019

In just the last few years, a large number of enterprises have started to work on incorporating an artificial intelligence strategy into their business. They have started pilot projects that are associated with machine learning algorithms and their role in improving certain aspects of their business...

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Mar 14, 2019

Ransomware is becoming more costly, and the sophistication of attacks is only getting worse. Here are some helpful tips to not only prevent attacks, but to minimize the damage in case of a breach. If you've been paying attention to the news recently, you probably don't need to be convinced o...

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Mar 14, 2019

Normally I talk about how to setup your work network to be more secure. Today, I want to talk about your personal security. Not physical security, but virtual security. Most people do not want to tinker with their home network. I don’t blame you, neither do I. I just want my home network to wo...

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Mar 14, 2019

We all know the essentials of online presence for the success of a business. There are a huge number of technologies available in the market for the website development where PHP comes at the top and highly demanded by the developers. As it has numerous benefits as well as the security layer, busine...

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Mar 14, 2019

Not able to decide whether you should rely on ASP.Net for the development of your business website? Well, you can still rely on this powerful framework that holds the potential to bump-up your business revenues! Microsoft’s ASP.Net is widely preferred web development platform that still holds ...

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Mar 14, 2019

Securing the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to become more important as the value of assets, and number of connected devices, continues to increase. The distributed and fragmented nature of IoT means a larger attack surface and physical access (proximity) to the devices. The combination of these...

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Mar 14, 2019

Serverless architectures are revolutionizing the way organizations procure and use enterprise technology. This cloud computing model can drive cost-efficiencies, increase agility and enable organizations to focus on the essential aspects of software development. While serverless architecture offers ...

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Mar 13, 2019

The small and medium-sized businesses across the globe are undoubtedly benefiting from the cloud-based data services through hybrid cloud IT environments that are basically a combination of both the on-premise and hosted solutions. The hybrid cloud solution offers the best of both private and public...

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Mar 13, 2019

We are in the early stages of what Gartner calls the second decade of cloud computing. Over the last decade, cloud adoption has increased across the industry. Cloud is being adopted for the benefits like instantaneous availability of compute resources, scalability, and pay-as-you-go. Cloud plat...

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Mar 13, 2019

We have all heard the horror tales: a negligent (or uniformed) developer inadvertently exposes AWS API keys online, only for hackers to find those keys, penetrate the account and cause massive damage. But how common, in practice, are these breaches? Are they a legitimate threat, or just an urban leg...

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Mar 13, 2019

The healthcare industry isn't only a large industry, but one of the most complex sectors. With increased demand for better health care, the industry is making rapid progress. More advanced technologies are being brought to the table as specialists in the health sector search for more effective s...

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Mar 13, 2019

It is an undeniable fact that just having the website for your business is not enough to get success in the market. Firms must have to own the mobile application that can assist them to get the rule at a competitive edge of a market. Custom iOS app development and Android are the most preferable dev...

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Mar 13, 2019

Today marks an important time for SlashNext, IT security teams, and the security industry. It also (fortunately) marks a more difficult time for threat actors using new social engineering and browser-focused phishing tactics to deceive employees. Since SlashNext started several years ago, its c...

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Mar 13, 2019

You may have already seen a VPN ad here and there, and there’s a good chance that you’ve heard the term come up in conversation now and then, but you aren’t quite sure what it’s all about. Your friends and perhaps even your own kids are using it, and you keep hearing them go ...

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Mar 13, 2019

There’s no denying that Embedded World (EW) is a whirlwind – 1000 exhibits, 35,000 visitors and over 2,000 industry participants – but now that it’s all over and the dust has settled, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on its impact, and consider the ripple effect of that i...

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Mar 12, 2019

We all know that a gap remains between what companies want to get out of DevOps and the day-to-day realities of working on an IT team. The concept of self-service infrastructure is very popular in the DevOps world. Teams want the ability to launch a cloud server or an entire test/dev environment on ...

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Mar 12, 2019

While executive management focuses on the opportunities that digital transformation presents for their corporations, IT business leaders are busy planning how to deliver its effect. One of the most important and least discussed topics on every corporation’s digital journey is organizational tr...

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Mar 12, 2019

The last decade has seen unprecedented advancements in artificial intelligence. We have moved towards a data-centric approach, and data is the center of everything digital. The data collected through different sources is refined, analyzed, and orchestrated with data platforms to generate intelligent...

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Mar 12, 2019

Threat actors are always one step ahead, so after ransomware and cryptojacking, they have latched to a new, high-return attack: formjacking. Incidents of formjacking attacks – where hackers inject malicious JavaScript code into a website to skim data – rose steadily in the second half of...

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Mar 12, 2019

Software as a Service (SaaS) is one of the fastest growing sectors in the technology industry. The technology, which involves licensing access to cloud-based software, is expected to reach a market size of $185.8 billion by 2024. Popular applications like Salesforce, Slack, Microsoft 365, Google App...

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Mar 12, 2019

As humans, we are constantly weighing the odds of particular events happening, more specifically we identify the likelihood of negative events happening to us as lesser than them happening to someone else. This “that won’t happen to me” attitude is the main reason why we so often t...

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Mar 11, 2019

More and more products are being equipped with an Internet connection. From smart TVs and digital assistants, to fitness trackers and networked household appliances, every aspect of our lives is progressively being integrated into the Internet of Things (IoT). But with greater interconnectednes...

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Mar 11, 2019

The amount of data that we’re creating is unbelievable. With the growth of data, the need for analyzing and identifying patterns and trends in data becomes critical. Therefore, the need for big data analytics is more than ever. That brings us to the question ‘Where is the big data indust...

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Mar 11, 2019

elecommunications providers are racing to roll out the fifth generation of mobile wireless technology to meet today’s explosive bandwidth and network connectivity demands. 5G is poised to revolutionize several industries by bringing significantly faster connections, shorter delays and increase...

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Mar 11, 2019

The agility and benefits of cloud computing are undeniable. Forrester predicts that the total global public cloud market will be $178 billion in 2018, up from $146 billion in 2017, and will continue to grow at a 22 percent compound annual growth rate. And IDC forecasts that by 2020, more than 90 per...

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Mar 11, 2019

Just a few days ago, FortiGuard Labs published a research blog about a fresh variant of Emotet. When I wrote that blog, I had not yet detected any further malicious actions from its C&C server. However, I have continued to monitor its connections, and I finally received three new modules from it...

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Mar 11, 2019

The technology is moving faster with a speed of 2G, 3G, 4G, and now 5G. The internet and its connectivity have been bringing a revolution to the world. In this series of connectivity, IoT (Internet of Things) has been transforming the lives of the people. A study shows that IoT will connect $520bn d...

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Mar 11, 2019

The cloud, team collaboration tools, speech technologies, and the digitalisation of the customer experience are all shaking up the business environment. Enterprises and their end-users continue to demand new solutions and media, but many organisations – multi-national corporations and SMEs ali...

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Mar 11, 2019

Climate change is among the biggest global issues of the 21st century. Although caused by humans, it impacts every living creature on the planet. For instance, Australia recently reported the first ever extinction of a mammal due to human-induced climate change. Such effects can become a reality for...

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Mar 11, 2019

Mobile application development is undoubtedly one of the most lucrative career options in the technology industry of the 21st century. Rapidly occurring digital transformation and widespread use of mobile applications are leading to substantial increase in the importance of respective skill set. Pri...

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Mar 08, 2019

Historically, configuring network switches, firewalls and other infrastructure components was a slow, largely manually process. Generally, a network operator entered configuration changes through the Command Line Interface for each piece of equipment.  The old-fashioned approach was inflexible,...