Ask yourself these questions for IIoT success

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The industrial internet of things is sweeping across industries from food and beverage to oil and gas to manufacturing, with IIoT devices expected to continue shipping in record numbers in these markets within the near-term — and for good reason. With the rise of IIoT comes the potential for new ef…READ MORE

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Bring Back PING in Win10 1803

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The old putatively Chinese curse goes “May you live in interesting times.” And in that sense, interesting is the adjective I’d apply to networking in Window 10 Version 1803 of late. My previous blog post explained my difficulties in resolving a NetBIOS name, only to figure out that it was case-sensi…READ MORE

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Mozilla uncovers ‘new conceptual framework’ for open source

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Mozilla has partnered with Open Tech Strategies for a research project, reviewing the open source industry and studying Mozilla projects closely.

Open Tech Strategies is a services consultancy that aims to provide advice on open source implementation. The company says its clients come to it for a…READ MORE

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Pavilion Data gets funded for NVMe-oF push

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As all-flash array pioneer Pure Storage celebrates its $1 billion in annual revenues, two of its former executives are planning the next big thing in flash.

Pavilion Data, whose CEO Gurpreet Singh and VP of global sales Dan Heydenfeldt came from Pure, today picked up $12 million in funding to mar…READ MORE

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Node4: the digital motherlode has yet to be tapped

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Software application developers up and down the land are poised to start rolling out, deploying and integrating (so-called) digital transformation initiatives involving defined and purposeful actions to embrace cloud platforms, mobile devices deployment and all manner of technologies relating to Art…READ MORE

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TechTarget's weekly roundup (5/14 - 5/21)

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How effectively is your organization investing in health data analytics? Find out why investing in data is critical for healthcare organizations in this week’s roundup.

1. Healthcare data analytics success grows when IT advises execs – Dave Bernard (SearchHealth…READ MORE

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Microsoft List of Partners Helping Customers in Their GDPR Journey

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Recently Archive360 has been Included on Microsoft List of Partners Helping Customers in Their GDPR Journey. The list is a part of the Microsoft’s latest blog with the title “Leverage the Channel Ecosystem to Create GDPR Offers”. GDPR or the General Data Protection Regulation is impacting all organi…READ MORE

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self-service business intelligence (BI)

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Self-service business intelligence (SSBI) is an approach to data analytics that enables business users to access and work with corporate data even though they do not have a background in statistical analysis, business intelligence (BI) or data mining. Continued…

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Format Data

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PowerShell will format the output of objects that it knows about. For instance Get-Process shows different sets of properties depending on whether you choose a table or list view. The format data is stored in files named *.format.ps1xml.

In Windows PowerShell the format files are found in C:\Wind…READ MORE

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Apple Authorized Service Provider program: ComputerCare's story

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What’s life like in the Apple Authorized Service Provider program?

The example of ComputerCare, a computer repair and IT consulting firm with offices in Santa Clara, Calif. and Seattle, sheds some light on that topic. ComputerCare has been an Apple Authorized Service Provider, or AASP, since 2008…READ MORE

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What would Karl Marx make of Silicon Valley?

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It’s the bearded one’s 200th birthday this year. Much of the mainstream media has marked the occasion, including the Financial Times, that pre-eminent “capitalist” newspaper.

Why should Computer Weekly be any different? After all, one of our more distinguished alumni is Paul Mason, these …READ MORE

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Need to 'git cherry-pick' a commit? Here's a simple example showing how

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One of the most commonly misunderstood version control commands is git cherry-pick, and that’s a real shame because the ability to git cherry-pick a commit is one of the most useful skills a developer can employ when trying to isolate a software bug or fix a broken build.
What is git cherry-pick?
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Lessons From Lean Coffee

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One of the roles I play in the little software communities I belong to is a bit of an ambassador. I am approachable, easy-going, and tend to flit about between communities. If people feel like they don’t “belong” at a “Agile” event, a “Test” event, or  a “DevOps” event, they might know me, and feel…READ MORE

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Nothing compares 2U89X

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The government announced this month a brand new method for submitting divorce applications: it can now all be done online!
The digital route is intended as a less stressful option than the fusty old paper-based system, which apparently saw many applications deemed unsuccessful because of mistakes o…READ MORE

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Some types of artificial intelligence aren't ready for their close-up

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Michael Ringman, CIO at TELUS International, has a unique vantage point on artificial intelligence and how the technologies under the AI umbrella are developing. He’s helping build an artificial intelligence competency for TELUS’s customer contact center and for its IT services company, which suppo…READ MORE

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E-commerce in APAC is thriving, but so is online fraud

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E-commerce in Asia-Pacific is booming, with 71% of consumers in the region already shopping online. But so is the risk of fraud, with one in five consumers falling victim, according to new report from Experien.

The report, co-authored with IDC, also found that over half of consumers would switc…READ MORE

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BT's network convergence strategy is a win: nobody's talking about full-fibre broadband today

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After yet another set of lacklustre earnings and with over 10,000 staff facing the axe, embattled BT CEO Gavin Patterson needed a quick win. Today’s launch of new consumer offerings from both BT and EE, along with a plan to converge its broadband and 4G networks seem, at face value, to give him tha…READ MORE

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Another Court Rules Against Warrantless Cellphone Border Searches

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Yet another court has ruled that U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents have to have some sort of probable cause to search people’s electronics. The Fourth Circuit has now agreed.

The Department of Homeland Security has said in the past that it is entitled to broad powers of search within 100 mi…READ MORE

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Skills audits back as insourcing gathers pace

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This morning I received an e-mail with extracts from a Gartner press release saying: “Infrastructure and Operations skills (I&O) gaps will cause 75% of organizations to experience visible business disruptions by 2020. Given the lack of digital dexterity for hire, I&O leaders must begin …READ MORE

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How should I pass exams?

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There have been some questions recently about how people should pass certification exams.

Taking the exams
The answer is pretty straightforward, use the product that the exam is on. Certification exams (I’ve only taken the Microsoft ones, but I’m sure the other vendors are similar) are build
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