Tag: organization

Feed: erwin Expert Blog – erwin, Inc.. Author: Mariann McDonagh. Enterprise architecture provides business and IT alignment by mapping applications, technologies and data to the value streams and business functions they support. It defines business capabilities and interdependencies as they relate to enterprise strategy, bridging the gap between ideation and implementation.An effective enterprise architecture framework provides a blueprint for business and operating models, identifies risks and opportunities, and enables the creation of technology roadmaps. Simply put, it enables IT and business transformation by helping technology and business innovation leaders focus on achieving successful, value-driven outcomes. As an enterprise moves and ... Read More

Feed: AWS Public Sector Blog. Author: Ben Butler. Cloud Innovation Centers (CICs) powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) aim to empower public sector organizations to quickly create and test new ideas using Amazon’s innovation methodology. In the second half of 2020, all those who participate in the CIC program, from students and researchers to the technology teams from AWS, worked on wide-ranging societal problems. Their focus was on improving education with virtual computer labs, working on climate change initiatives, improving economic and healthcare research, and supporting at-risk high school students. What were they up to at the end of 2020? Connecting ... Read More

Feed: Recent Announcements. AWS Training and Certification is excited to announce the launch of the updated AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials digital course on Coursera and edX. If you’re new to the cloud or in a technical or non-technical role such as finance, legal, sales, or marketing, this course provides you with an understanding of fundamental AWS Cloud concepts to help you gain the confidence to contribute to your organization’s cloud initiatives. After completing the course, you’ll understand the benefits of the AWS Cloud and its global infrastructure. You’ll also be able to describe core AWS services, including compute, network, database, ... Read More

Feed: Oracle Blogs | Oracle Blogs. This is a syndicated post, view the original post here "Converged charging” unlocks 5G business potential for service providers and their partners. The hype around 5G is all about network speeds. But communications service providers know that a different kind of speed is even more important: speed of innovation. 5G will help service providers get new products out faster for both consumer and enterprise customers. Service providers won’t be able to get the full revenue benefits of innovation, however, without charging systems—the software that handles how much to charge customers for service—that can keep ... Read More

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: Dario Radečić. Deep Learning in R – MNIST Classifier with Keras In a day and age where everyone seems to know how to solve at least basic deep learning tasks with Python, one question arises: How does R fit into the whole deep learning picture? You don’t need deep learning algorithms to solve basic image classification tasks. Here’s how to classify handwritten digits with R and Random Forests. Here is some good news for R fans – both Tensorflow and Keras libraries are available to you, and they’re easy to configure. Today you’ll learn how to solve a well-known ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple. Author: Avee Mital. A 2020 New Vantage Partners survey of C-suite executives reported that 98.8% of organizations have invested in some kind of data initiatives. And yet only 37.8% of companies have created a data-driven organization.Not that companies are lagging from a technology perspective, as only 9.1% of organizations reported that technology is the barrier. If not technology, then what is causing them to move at such a slow pace? What are the barriers to becoming a data-driven organization and how can organizations overcome them?The questions are impressive but not intriguing enough as a closer ... Read More

Feed: CIO. Author: . Investing time, effort and money in technology certifications to improve understanding and competency across a range of technical skills certainly adds value from a personal development perspective but what does it actually mean in terms of job prospects and salary increases? Are all certifications equal or are some more valuable than others? The 2021 IDG Insider Pro and Computerworld IT Salary Survey of 1,172 IT professionals tried to understand current thinking on certifications and to garner some real-world experiences on how they are viewed by employers. With IT skills shortages rife – recruiter Hays claims that ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Jeremy Winter. Migrating to the cloud is an evolution, and it's important to think differently about how you consume resources. As you're building a business case in your organization, it's critical to step back and understand the cloud's key constructs and transform your mindset. It starts by having a conversation about today versus tomorrow and what is possible in the cloud, as with this migration, you will get instant access to innovative technologies and several new options that do not exist on-premises. Azure is here to help you start your cloud journey strong with key financial and technical guidance ... Read More

Feed: CIO. Author: . The H-1B visa program is probably the most well-known US federal employment visas, and arguably the most controversial. Businesses say it’s too restrictive. Labor organizations complain that it displaces US workers and lowers their wages. Some politicians use it to appeal to their base with scant ability to fix the process to the benefit of all. But the truth lies somewhere in between these extremes.The following overview of the H-1B visa is accurate as of the publication date. Be aware that the rules and internal business processes of the H-1B visa are complex. Either could be ... Read More

Feed: The Connector by Workato. Author: Jon Gitlin; A number of your organization’s apps offer pre-built integrations. Your CRM may offer native integrations with Slack, Quickbooks, and MailChimp; your marketing automation tool may provide integrations with Salesforce, On24, and Gmail; your business communications platform could have integrations with Zoom, Google Drive, Salesforce—and so on, and so forth. As you review the variety of native integrations your apps provide, you should stop to consider whether they’re worth implementing versus those provided by a middleware, 3rd-party platform. To help guide you in your decision, we’ll walk you through the pros and cons ... Read More