CGI

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Culture change is the #1 challenge for transformation. What are utilities doing to address it? shobana.lv@cgi.com. Tue, 12/20/2016 - 02:36. One of the biggest hurdles utilities face in embracing digital transformation is a resistance to change. For established organizations, adopting digital as an enterprise-wide business model is far more challenging compared to new market entrants that have a digital-first, customer-first mindset embedded in their organizational culture.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 22, 2016

On December 20, 2016, the FTC announced that it has agreed to settle charges that Turn Inc. (“Turn”), a company that enables commercial brands and ad agencies to target digital advertising to consumers, tracked consumers online even after consumers took steps to opt out of tracking. In its complaint , the FTC alleged that Turn made various misrepresentations in its privacy policy, including that (1) blocking or limiting cookies would restrict Turn’s ability to track a consumer, and (2) consumers

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Brandeis Records Manager

DECEMBER 21, 2016

George Despres, CRM. Program Director for University Records Management, Brandeis University. (The content in this blog reflects the opinions of the author, and not of Brandeis University.). As if we don’t have enough challenges, controlling information today. Part of our culture, at least here in the U.S., has embraced the acceptance of non-truths and the repudiation of facts in the record.

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MIKE 2.0

DECEMBER 22, 2016

An alien relying on TV for their knowledge of humanity might watch a few ads and assume our closest emotional relationships are with banks, utilities and retailers. After all, they all claim to be your best friend, look how many ads talk about “falling in love” with your service provider! It is popular to talk about the relationship between customers and the businesses that serve them.

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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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CGI

DECEMBER 22, 2016

A consumer perspective on FinTech disruption (part 1). shobana.lv@cgi.com. Thu, 12/22/2016 - 02:16. Today’s banks are facing a number of unprecedented challenges, including the rise in financial technology (FinTech) firms. These innovative startups are focused on taking a share of bank customers, products and revenues through new digital services, and staying ahead of them is high on banks’ agendas.

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RFID Global Solution, Inc.

DECEMBER 20, 2016

GovConExec. Posted By: Jay Clemens on: December 20, 2016. CSRA ‘s SRA International subsidiary has been awarded a five-year, $25.5 million contract to provide a common, integrated radio frequency identification system to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Monday that the Army will implement passive Radio Frequency Identification III technology to track, locate and identify commodities and assets.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Canada’s Anti-Spam Law came into force on July 1, 2014. Since then, all eyes have been on the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission […].

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Adam Shostack

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Image credit: Bill Anders, Apollo 8 , launched this day, Dec 21, 1968.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China published a draft of the new Notice on Regulating Business Behaviors in the Cloud Service Market (Draft for Public Comments) (the “Draft”) for public comment. The Draft is open for comment until December 24, 2016. Under the Draft, foreign investors investing in and operating cloud services within China must establish a foreign-invested telecommunications enterprise and obtain a value-added telecommuni

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CGI

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Strategic information management in the digital age. ravi.kumarv@cgi.com. Thu, 12/22/2016 - 01:09. Corporate information management has undergone a steady evolution over the past three decades. Organizations that have been quick to embrace new strategies and tools are surviving and thriving in continuously changing business landscapes. Those that have not embraced the value of information are going under and facing a crowded, competitive marketplace filled with companies looking to pounce on the

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Preservica

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Fans of the latest Star Wars saga Rogue One will notice that Digital Archiving forms a prominent part in the new film. This is good news for all of us in the industry, as we can use it as an example of how we are working every day to ensure the durability and security of our content. Perhaps more importantly it makes our jobs sound much more glamorous – when asked “so what do you do” we can start with “remember the bit in Rogue One….”.

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Adam Shostack

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Someone once asked me why I like Star Wars more than Star Trek. I was a bit taken aback, and he assumed that since I use it so much, I obviously prefer it. The real reason I use Star Wars is not that it’s better, but that there’s a small canon, and I don’t have to interrupt the flow of a talk to explain the scene where Darth Vader is strangling someone.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 21, 2016

On December 21, 2016, a judgment by the Court of Justice for the European Union (the “CJEU”) that clarifies EU surveillance laws has called into question the legality of the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act 2016. The decision in Case C-698/15 could have significant implications on the UK’s chances of securing “adequacy” status for its data protection regime post-Brexit.

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