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While biometrics are coming into serious vogue for device security, volunteer researchers at the Chaos Computer Club say they've already cracked into Samsung's red-hot Galaxy S8 smartphone, which uses an iris recognition system for security.
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Microservices have become a favored means of building next-generation applications over the past couple of years, even though broad industry standards and consensus haven't yet been reached.
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We had the opportunity to attend Infosys’ yearly user conference Confluence in San Francisco, held from May 24th till 26th 2017 at the Moscone West. The conference was well attended with a good mix of customers, partners and influencers.
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In the following 4 minute video I discuss Infosys's artificial intelligence (AI) platform NIA and Infosys.Digital.
And here is a Storify review of my Tweets about the event
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Oracle had its Media Day earlier in the month and used the opportunity to unleash nothing less than 6 (six!) press releases on its momentum in cloud [Apologies for the gun metaphor, for the ones who don’t know – revolvers mostly have 6 chamber for 6 bullets).
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The Hyperledger blockchain consortium is continuing to gain momentum, adding eight new members including Deloitte and Ernest & Young. Hyperledger now has 142 members, up substantially from the initial 30 who joined the project at launch in February 2016. Here are the key details from Hyperledger's announcement:
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Qlik highlights upgrades and the roadmap to high-scale, hybrid cloud and ‘augmented intelligence.’ Here's my take on the long-range plans.
Big data scalability, hybrid cloud flexibility and smart “augmented” intelligence. These are the three plans that business intelligence and analytics vendor Qlik officially put on its roadmap at the May 15-18 Qonnections conference in Orlando, Florida.
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It's not often that a single technical hire at a vendor merits news coverage, but when it involves a tech luminary of the likes of Java "father" James Gosling, proper attention should be paid. Gosling announced this week on his personal Facebook page that he has taken a position with Amazon Web Services, after a stint as chief software architect of Liquid Robotics.
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I rarely write a blog based on personal opinion as my engineering background always favors researched factual reporting. Opinion pieces are, by necessity, based on subjective views; to have value must be insightful. Having prepared and published research presenting the ‘Big Picture’ view of Digital Enterprises functioning in the Digital Economy it became all to clear while individual technologies might be understood by IT; the deployment into Digital Business was not understood.
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[South Africa has 11 official languages – and as I start blogs on a new IaaS locations with the local language ‘being learnt’ by the provider, I took the alphabetically first and last language.]
Microsoft made the announcement to bring Azure to South Africa recently. Data Center locations mater from both a constitutional and data residency – as well as a performance perspective.
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Informatica had its user conference Infa17 this week in San Francisco, from May 15th till May 18th2017. We had the chance to be there on Monday, and actually speak about MDM trends (see the Storify here).
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The KNOW Identity Conference in Washington DC last week opened with a keynote fireside chat between tech writer Manoush Zomorodi and Edward Snowden.
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Innovation in Education, Leadership, and the Arts | DisrupTV Ep. 62
In Episode 62 of DisrupTV, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage with three thought leaders who bring unique perspectives on innovation, leadership, and the arts:
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We had the opportunity to attend SAP’s yearly user conference SapphireNow, held in Orlando from May 15th till 18th 2017. The conference was well attended, with SAP stating 30k attendees making it to the Florida swamps. The conference floor layout remains beautiful and unconventional, with no separation of keynote, show floor and sessions. It is my most favorite conference setup during the event year, unfortunately I usually can only run across the floor and not experience it.
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Google's I/O developer conference kicked off this week and as in past years, it generated a lot of news spanning both consumer and enterprise-oriented scenarios (and of course, in some cases that line is a bit blurry). Here's a look at the top takeaways from the event's announcements for CXOs to consider.
Not Mobile First, AI First
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Billed as a "digital innovation system", the central focus on SAP Leonardo at the company's massive annual confab in Orlando this week speaks volumes as to its perceived importance to the firm's overall vision. SAP is clearly betting Leonardo is the right mix of technologies, tools, patterns, and services to help large companies deliver quickly on the latest high-impact digital capabilities beyond the fundamentals in the increasingly commoditized public cloud industry.
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After spending two years researching blockchain and the evolution of advanced ledger technologies, I still find a great spread of understanding across my clients and business at large about blockchain. While ledger superpowers like Hyperledger, IBM, Microsoft and R3 are emerging, there remains a long tail of startups trying to innovate on the first generation public blockchains.
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Teradata simplifies pricing, executes on business consulting and hybrid cloud strategy. A look at next steps in the company’s ongoing transition.
“Business outcome led, technology enabled.” This was the theme at the May 8-10 Teradata Third-Party Influencers Summit in San Diego, and it reflected a two-to-one ratio of consulting-oriented presentations to technology updates.
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In January, SAP moved to bundle its offerings for IoT under the brand name Leonardo. Jump forward just several months later to this week's Sapphire Now conference, and the vision has already grown much broader.
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SAP CEO Bill McDermott took the stage for the Sapphire Now conference's opening keynote this week, and after a few minutes of audience engagement and banter, launched into his first core topic. No, it wasn't about a new product or strategy, but rather something that affects many SAP customers: Indirect access.
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Independent enterprise software support provider Rimini Street will soon be a publicly traded company, but via a merger and not with a long-expected initial public offering. The move stands to give Rimini the capital it needs for expansion.
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Great customer service goes beyond fixing a computer or handing out discounts.
It’s about leaving people with a good feeling about your business.
And thanks to social media, your customers and prospects are already sharing thoughts about your brand whether you like it or not.
So if you want to minimize the negativity and amplify the positivity, here’s ten simple tips:
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