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750 days to go before the new data protection rules bite

Data Protector

How often do organisations get 750 days’ notice of new rules that may require them to make huge changes to comply? Well, it’s happened. The European Commission has just announced that the General Data Protection Regulation, a mighty piece of legislation that took over 4 years to negotiate, will come into force on 25 May 2918. What will it mean to most organisations?

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It's an ?IoT world: The big shift to intelligent devices

Collaboration 2.0

Next week's 'IoTworld' conference promises to be the new hot spot in Silicon Valley, revitalizing an 'app' culture that has mostly run out of steam.

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Lessons Learned Playing With Pricing

PerezBox

When we first started, our pricing by all accounts was absurdly low. In my last post I chronicled the details of our pricing journey at Sucuri. Developers were finding that the. Read More. The post Lessons Learned Playing With Pricing appeared first on PerezBox.

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FTC Announces First APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules Enforcement Action

Hunton Privacy

On May 4, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission issued a press release announcing its recent settlement with the hand-held vaporizers manufacturer, Very Incognito Technologies, Inc. (“Vipvape”). The FTC had charged Vipvape with falsely claiming that it was a certified company under the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (“APEC”) Cross-Border Privacy Rules (“CBPR”) framework.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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[AIIM16] Don't Make Us Think: Getting SharePoint to be Useful, Usable, and Used

JKevinParker

I was a speaker at the 2016 AIIM Conference in New Orleans. AIIM has posted my presentation slides on SlideShare. [AIIM16] Don't Make Us Think: Getting SharePoint to Be Useful, Usable, and Used from AIIM.

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EU General Data Protection Regulation Published in the EU Official Journal

Hunton Privacy

On May 4, 2016, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Following the European Parliament’s vote to adopt the GDPR on April 14, 2016, and the signing of the final draft on April 27, 2016, the GDPR will enter into force 20 days following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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CII Issues Investor-Engagement Guide on Cyber Risk

Hunton Privacy

Recently, the Council of Institutional Investors (“CII”) issued a guide to shareholder engagement on cyber risk. The guide is intended to enable shareholders to ask appropriate questions of boards to gauge whether companies are taking proper steps to mitigate cyber risk. The guide poses the following five questions: How are the company’s cyber risks communicated to the board, by whom and with what frequency?

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Looking Beyond the Small Drone Rule? The FAA Announces a Drone Advisory Committee

Hunton Privacy

On May 3, 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) announced the establishment of a Drone Advisory Committee (“DAC”) intended to increase transparency and collaboration between the FAA and key stakeholders in the ongoing effort to develop and implement an overall integration strategy for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (“UAS”). The DAC comes on the heels of the FAA’s formation of the UAS registration task force last year and the MicroUAS aviation rulemaking committee this spring.

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Korean Privacy Law Updated

Hunton Privacy

On April 26, 2016, Korean law firm Bae, Kim & Lee LLC released a Privacy News Alert outlining amendments to Korea’s Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”) and the Act on the Promotion of IT Network Use and Information Protection (“IT Network Act”). According to Tae Uk Kang, partner at Bae, Kim & Lee and author of the alert, these amendments to PIPA and the IT Network Act “reflect the general trend concerning the Korean data privacy policy, which is intended to achieve more stringen

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.

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Getting the most out of digital insight: Key challenges for banks

CGI

Getting the most out of digital insight: Key challenges for banks. ravi.kumarv@cgi.com. Mon, 05/02/2016 - 05:28. Every year, CGI interviews our clients across all the industries and geographies we serve to gain insight into their challenges and priorities as part of our global Voice of Our Clients (VOC) program. We then use this insight to guide the strategies and investments we make to best benefit our clients and to share this insight with clients to help guide their own business planning.

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Reflections on the 2016 AIIM Conference

JKevinParker

AIIM16 in New Orleans is over, and I must say it was a fantastic experience. I loved being an attendee, I enjoyed speaking, and I was honored to receive the 2016 AIIM Leadership Award for Social Buzz. Read my full reflections on LinkedIn Pulse: Reflections on the 2016 AIIM Conference.

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KMWorld Magazine: Evolving Data Issues Challenge RM Approaches

JKevinParker

I was interviewed by Judith Lamont, Ph.D. for a piece she wrote in KMWorld Magazine. The article is called " Evolving data issues challenge RM approaches ". For my contributions, I spoke about issues with the growing volumes of big data and how business and IT often have different priorities—if they've even thought about the implications of structured data on records management.

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2016 AIIM Leadership Award for Social Buzz

JKevinParker

I was honored at the 2016 AIIM Conference to receive the 2016 AIIM Leadership Award for Social Buzz. This award "recognizes individuals whose outstanding leadership within our community goes above and beyond to benefit the advancement of the information management industry and AIIM". I am so thankful for this award—it's my very first industry award!

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.