L is for the way you look at renewable heating technology

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A civil servant has swapped her job at the Department for Education for a stint on ITV’s hit reality show Love Island.

Zara McDermott, who had previously been developing government policy on renewable heating technology, told her employer she would be taking a break to focus on TV work – albe…READ MORE

Ryan Priest350 pointsBadges:

Automation vs. humanity: A false binary choice

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Ignore the scary “human vs. robots” headlines. The complex reality is actually one of mutual growth and gradual change.

Just over the horizon awaits an army of robots, standing motionless in endless columns, their metal heads gleaming in the moonlight. When the signal comes, they will march forwa…READ MORE

Prasad Akella10 pointsBadges:

Think practically about software modernization

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Some businesses start software modernization projects to add sophisticated features, such as artificial intelligence and mobility, but that may be akin to icing a moldy cake. Software teams can add new application architectures, technologies and platforms as separate projects, but experts say they s…READ MORE

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Tintri CEO Barton tells board: ‘I'm outta here’

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The captain of fast-sinking Tintri has abandoned ship, just three months after he came aboard as a lifesaver.

Tintri CEO Thomas Barton, 54, informed the board of his decision on Monday, according to a securities filing. Tintri did not elaborate on the reason for Barton’s departure, but said it…READ MORE

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The hunt is on for a new BT CEO, but who would fill Gavin Patterson's shoes?

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Facing negative PR all around after announcing a strategic realignment that is to see 13,000 employees made redundant and the closure of its central London HQ after over 100 years, even the good stuff (such as pivoting the organisation towards full-fibre broadband at long last) that BT CEO Gavin Pat…READ MORE

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Glass Storage Comes to Life Again

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Every couple of years, it seems like everyone has to lose their minds over glass storage.

In 2012, Hitachi demonstrated using glass for storage, saying it could end up being a product by 2015. Or, at least, once they figured out how to make something to read it. Yes, that would be a problem, unle…READ MORE

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The external workforce: are you realising its full value?

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This is a guest blogpost by Mikael Lindmark, a senior vice president at SAP Fieldglass

As CIOs and other executives across enterprises turn to contractors, freelancers and other external workers to fill  skills gaps and meet their strategic objectives, they are transforming the way work gets do…READ MORE

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Considering Cyclomatic Complexity

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The longer the function, the more complex it is, the more likely we are to make mistakes. Knowing that makes measuring code complexity, and making the complexity of functions smaller, seems like a very good idea.

So how do we measure it? The most common measure of code complexity is probably “c…READ MORE

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UWP Win10 Sticky Notes Backup

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Slowly but surely, I’m learning to like the new Universal Windows Platform (aka Microsoft Store) version of Sticky Notes in Windows 10. I’ve learned to right click on its entry in the Taskbar to make it disappear from the desktop when I’m not using it. But otherwise, it’s a pretty handy (and attract…READ MORE

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'Gen V' attacks: The next cybersecurity problem?

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In a recent online presentation, Check Point Software Technologies founder and CEO Gil Shwed stated that “we are at an inflection point” when it comes to cybersecurity.

Shwed’s statement came on the heels of Check Point’s release of its 2018 report that found 97% of surveyed companies were unprep…READ MORE

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Cast analysis: cold war era ‘Thatcher’ apps still rock, Agile more flaky

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Cast is a company dedicated to the code analysis it performs as its core bread and butter. Not a security company as such, Cast describes itself as a software intelligence specialist

How much code analysis? Cast’s latest report analyses over 700 million lines of code.

The Software Intelligen…READ MORE

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Top new iOS 12 features helpful for the enterprise

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Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference this week showed some new iOS 12 features that could be exciting for Apple users in the enterprise.

Several features of the new iOS may help improve productivity for business users, by limiting distractions and improving workplace communications.  Apple’s i…READ MORE

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Fixing the future of Fax - more important than you might have thought?

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There is a term which crops up a lot in the technology sector – ‘legacy’. Occasionally, especially when talking to very long-established companies, the term ‘heritage’ occurs. It is useful therefore to consider the important difference between legacy and heritage:

Legacy tends to be use…READ MORE

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A UK Strategy for the 4th Industrial Revolution?

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The Education Select Committee of the House of Commons has invited evidence for an enquiry into the challenges posed and opportunities presented by the Fourth Industrial Revolution: “Characterised by the emergence of a range of new technologies including artificial intelligence, robotics and the i…READ MORE

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It's GDPR Day. Let the privacy regulation games begin!

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May 25, 2018 was “GDPR Day;” the day enforcement of the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation began; the day so many information security professionals have been preparing for over the past two years; the day so many have been anticipating and fearing.

GDPR Day is a day many hav…READ MORE

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Kafkaesque: Instaclustr creates Kafka-as-a-Service

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Instaclustr has announced Kafka-as-a-Service in bid to provide an easier route to the real-time data streaming platform

An open source player from the start, the e-dropping Instaclustr specifies that this release follows an ‘early access programe’ that saw a handful of Instaclustr users deplo…READ MORE

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Windows server 2019 preview build 17962

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The availability of Windows server 2019 preview build 17962 has been announced.

Also available is:

A preview of Hyper-V Server 2019

System Insights – a new feature bringing local predictive analytical capabilities to Windows Server. Systems Insights is managed through Windows Admin Center o…READ MORE

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Fintech takes headlines but Insurtech is a huge opportunity

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The term Fintech has become part the lingua franca in these parts. The IT industry that is. But while investors are flocking to the Insurtech sector it doesn’t quite have the same ring as fintech.

But digital technology in the insurance sector has massive potential. Not only is the insurance se…READ MORE

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collaborative robot (cobot)

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A collaborative robot, also known as a cobot, is a robot that is capable of learning multiple tasks so it can assist human beings. Continued…

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“When the conversation changes and people are told cobots are meant to be collaborative tools rather than replacement tools, people fee…READ MORE

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Commas and introductory phrases

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_______ Active Directory enables single sign-on capabilities for Microsoft apps, such as Office 365 and Dynamics CRM.

A. In addition,
B. In addition

Answer: A

A comma should be used after common introductory phrase to give the reader a slight pau…READ MORE

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