It's time to solve LPWAN's location challenge with TDOA and Wi-Fi

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The internet of things continues to gain momentum and in so doing is creating new opportunities and innovation in both technology and business use cases. Many of these new use cases are demanding smaller and smaller devices that have less room and money to support the need for a large battery. At th…READ MORE

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Tape’s got a future but are use cases narrowing in the age of analytics?

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The headline grabbers in storage are usually the quick – flash, NVMe etc – or the harbingers of the next generation, such as the cloud. But in some ways these are the extremes, the outliers. In between, the vast bulk of the world’s business data resides on spinning disk hard drives and tape in…READ MORE

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TechTarget's weekly roundup (9/17 - 9/24)

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How do you manage digital risk with DevOps security? Find out how DevSecOps can transform IT in time to avert disaster in this week’s roundup.

1. DevOps security takes on the dark side of digital transformation – Beth Pariseau (SearchITOperations)

With…READ MORE

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Lots of announcements about #Azure and #SQLServer were made at Ignite today

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Today starts the Microsoft Ignite conference. Like we are used to seeing at a Microsoft conference, Microsoft had a lot of announcements during the Ignite Keynote today.
SQL Server
Probably the most significant announcement for the Microsoft data platform user is the new preview version of SQL Ser…READ MORE

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Get Ready for the Microsoft Windows 10 Storage Fail

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Oh, this should be fun. Microsoft is warning users that the next Windows 10 update might kill their systems.

Pass the popcorn.

This all came out in a warning issued earlier this month from Microsoft. “On Microsoft Windows 10 systems that have limited storage space (such as thin clients or em…READ MORE

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CSV cmdlets

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I was reading something and when ConvertFrom-CSV was mentioned it made me pause and think about what that cmdlet actually did. This is a quick explanation of the CSV cmdlets.

Export-CSV was available in PowerShell v1. You use it to create a CSV file from PowerShell objects. The code in PowerShell…READ MORE

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When modern meetings don't work

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Once upon a time, pretty much every meeting had a minute-taker – someone who kept notes, summarising who said what. These meeting minutes were circulated afterwards for comment and correction, and to confirm actions that people had said they would carry out.

Then teleconferencing happened, and …READ MORE

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DellTechForum Dell Technologies Forum 2018 #IndiaMakeItReal

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At DellTechForum, people attending Workforce Transformation in Studio 1 had sessions like Workforce Transformation, Right-size technology for the modern workforce, and CIO Debate on “Digital will end the avatar of office spaces as we know it”. Probably the 3 CIOs talking in favor were completely mis…READ MORE

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What to expect from Spiceworks SpiceWorld 2018

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It’s hard to believe, but it has been four years since the Computer Weekly Developer Network set foot on Texan soil for a Spiceworks SpiceWorld event.

As we have detailed before, Spiceworks is a vertical network for IT that connects millions of IT professionals with over 2,000 technology brands…READ MORE

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Fix 'could not reserve enough space for 2097152KB object heap' JFrog Artifactory startup error

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You’ve decided to set up a Maven repository, and you’ve settled on JFrog Artifactory as your artifact life-cycle management tool, but every time you try to run the product you’re getting a could not reserve enough space for 2097152KB object heap startup error message. Don’t fret. There’s an ea…READ MORE

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NetApp Kubernetes Service launched to orchestrate containers

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NetApp launched its Data Fabric architecture to adapt its storage to manage applications built for the cloud. Container orchestration had largely been a missing aspect in Data Fabric, but the vendor has taken a step to try and plug the gap.

NetApp has acquired Seattle-based StackPointCloud for an…READ MORE

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Getting KB4458469 Installed When Windows Update Offer Absent

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Yesterday, September 20, MS issued yet another Cumulative Update for Windows 10. Why do I call it that, listed only as “Update” in Update History? The Win10 Build number changes from 17134.286 to 17135.319 post-install. By definition, any update that ups the Build designation counts as a cumulative …READ MORE

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It’s time to tackle your dirty data

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This is a guest blogpost by Francois Ajenstat, Chief Product Officer, Tableau

Data analysis is only as good as the quality of your data. Anyone who has ever analysed data knows that the information is rarely clean. You may find that your data is poorly structured, full of inaccuracies, or just pl…READ MORE

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What if a small fintech could replace global giant Allianz in corporate deal?

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One of the disadvantages cited in the past about fintech was that the companies in the sector were too small to offer the same services as some of the big traditional players.

What if something goes wrong? Is the supplier capable of compensating the financial services customer if disaster strikes…READ MORE

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CloudBees pours honey on Jenkins support

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CloudBees are (is) a bunch of busy social bees (presumably why the firm called themselves that).

The enterprise DevOps company used the DevOps World | Jenkins World event to announce CloudBees Jenkins Support, a subscription service for commercial Jenkins support.

Jenkins is an open source au…READ MORE

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DCMS plan aims to open up digital identity market - and might kill off Gov.uk Verify

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The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has been conducting a review of digital identity since taking over policy responsibility from the Government Digital Service (GDS) in June.

Computer Weekly has learned that at the core of the DCMS proposals to boost the UK’s digital id…READ MORE

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Time is up for vSphere 5.5 users: Upgrade or pay to stay

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LAS VEGAS – A large portion of VMware customers face a decision as the end of support for vSphere 5.5 draws near: Risk foregoing commercial support and security updates or pay up for a 12-month support extension.

With just a couple weeks left until the Sept. 19, 2018 deadline, organizations are…READ MORE

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Surprising Secrets of Social Media

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About ten years ago, a new job category emerged: The Social Media Manager. This is a person that “does” social media for a brand, such as Ivory Soap, HBO, or Old Spice. Twitter, for example, was one of the first Social Media platforms used to “Social Media Marketing.” I have a few thousand f…READ MORE

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The importance of binning idols

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The art of 3D printing has suffered a setback in Kuwait, after pressure from hysterical clergymen forced the closure of its local Doob 3D store with accusations of idolatry.
The company offers a service that creates toy models of its customers using 3D-scanning technology, and having looked at the …READ MORE

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Fighting dengue fever with AI

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Singapore’s National Environmental Agency (NEA) is roping in Alphabet life sciences research outfit Verily’s technology to separate male mosquitoes from female ones in an ongoing project to tackle dengue fever.

Dubbed Project Wolbachia, the multi-year project aims to curb the female mosquito …READ MORE

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