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The UK government is bringing up smart card facilities to induce and increase education across the country. This facility is also going to be an incentive for the rural families to send their daughters to school. These cards will help to keep accurate attendance and will be providing conditional payments to the families of the girls. The main motive behind such initiative is to increase girls' education, specifically in the Sub-Saharan countries as this would decrease child deaths, child marriages and induce faster economic growth. Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36734525

Network monitoring software (NMS) is useful to increase productivity and security of business networks without increasing the workload. Few features of NMS include: monitoring the device on the network, gathering information and metrics on various devices, identifying traffic, analyzing performance, minimizing the threats related to security and alerting if any problem arises. This allows to focus more on building of network and managing the business. Freeware tools and open source software are two ways to get free network monitoring software.  Few network monitoring tools are solarwinds, ntopng, cacti, icinga, nagios core, zabbix, etc. 

On using network monitoring tools, businesses will improve their productivity and security and thus will be able to expand their networks efficiently.

To read more: http://www.business2community.com/cybersecurity/free-network-monitoring-software-organization-01600210#aTu1iyegOpdIiJWb.97

To protect a company’s valuable data it is of utmost importance to know about cyber attacks and cyber crime. Most industrial and manufacturing firms are victims of practices such as a/c hijacking, SQLi attacks, Distributed denial of Service Attacks(DDos)and maladvertising. Thus, they should keep these 8 points in mind:-

1. Hackers steal the data primarily for monetary gains.

2. Cyber criminals are interested in debit and credit card numbers.

3.  Instead of internet they access Darknet(also known as deep web) so that they do not leave any digital footprint behind.

4. Companies make huge losses due to these cyber attacks.

5. All the company data must be protected by purchasing breach insurance and by using cloud storage.

6. Companies can take prevention by training staff members on basic and critical policies.

7. Efforts must be made in the field of cyber security. This can be done by identifying the baseline( i.e., identify normal network activity before an intrusion). This is helpful as it makes the identification of attack vector easier and also helps to improve the data security.

8. New threats keep evolving.

By keeping these points in mind company can take prevention against the unfortunate cyber crimes or network breaches to some extent. To read more follow: - http://www.business2community.com/cybersecurity/cyber-attacks-8-things-company-need-know-01601714#WhGV91IDu2rTGu9V.97

All salamanders are not amphibians now! Scientists have developed a robot using x-rays that can mimic the salamanders in the way they move and swim. This robot can shed light on the evolutionary leap that vertebrates made from the water to the land and could also one day be used for search-and-rescue missions or inspection operations. The Pleurobot, as it is called has fewer bones and joints than real-life salamanders. The robot can serve as a scientific tool to investigate how a newer mode of locomotion, walking with limbs, can be added to an older mode of locomotion, swimming. Read more at: http://www.livescience.com/55265-robot-salamander-can-really-move.html

Stepping into the shoes of a video content creator can be a scary proposition. Many of us are unfamiliar with the equipment, relevant software or what kind of content our brand/product needs. Analysts predict that most of future content consumption is going to be in a video format. So to do it just grab your smartphone camera. A modern smartphone is good enough for a beginner to start producing quality video. Watch YouTube videos on how to edit clips and add effects to make your videos appealing. Use the freeware available to you like windows movie maker to get yourself off the ground. Go for Simple formats like customer testimonials, Q&As, product demonstrations, executive introduction. While creating the video you should keep in mind the target audiences and the platform it will use. Read more at: http://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2016/30276/a-beginners-guide-to-creating-video-content

Every company which uses Digital marketing focuses and invests a huge amount of time and money in SEO. Initially a company might do well with its SEO, but after a point of time the disaster strikes and progress slows down. Such a “SEO plateau” is bound to affect all the companies at some point of time or the other. Now, to get past such plateau is one of the greatest challenges faced by the companies. Creating content around newly identified keywords helps you surpass your SEO performance.  Working on how your content appears in SERP helps you get more organic traffic. Achieving multiple rankings for your keywords would be ideal. Targeting a larger audience throughout the entire buyer funnel is also helpful. To guarantee break through SEO plateau, one should continually create new and high quality content. Read more at: http://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2016/30241/how-to-get-past-the-dreaded-seo-plateau

Implementation of self-service Business Intelligence (BI) can help you reap many benefits. At times non-technical professionals can make better, faster and efficient decisions by generating their own reports and conducting analyses without any sort of assistance from IT staffs. However, these self-service BI environments must be very user friendly in order to be effective. Agility, bandwidth and personnel are some of the factors that should be taken into considerations by the company before implementing self-service BI. Such self-service BI brings along independence and autonomy from IT with it. Few capabilities that these BI tools must possess are anti-hacking facilities and non-stop operation. This technological tool depends on the Enterprise Data Quality. Data Governance on the other hand helps to provide accurate information using the self-service BI tools. Read more at:  http://www.dataversity.net/self-service-bi-success-depends-upon-data-quality-governance/

Machine learning is a type of Artificial Intelligence that provides a computer with the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed. Machine learning focuses on the development of computer programs that can teach them to grow and change when exposed to new data. Artificial Intelligence is supposed to be the core of Big Data, producing exponential growth in the volume of data used for scientific research. Out of all two most popular machine learning techniques are, supervised and unsupervised learning. Nowadays, learning algorithms such as Bayesian networks and support vector machines is being used more extensively in daily commercial systems. To learn more read at: http://www.dataversity.net/machine-learning-now/

Websites must be designed keeping visitors in mind.  The website should also be properly organized. It is always advisable to make the site mobile compatible and can be accessed by everyone, including the blind, elderly, or physically challenged. The pages must load quickly, must be mobile compatible. All browsers should be compatible. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/understanding-crm/the-importance-of-a-user-friendly-site-73572

Traditional structured databases are being replaced by databases which are often used in clouds. Well, the problem that such databases bring along with them is that it's very difficult to back up these databases. However, these databases can be protected through multisite replication. To run a node-level backup of the data on one node of the multi-node system is one of the most common methods used to back up these databases. One can also backup their database using a snapshot. Data IO helps to make this process of backing up databases easy. Read more at: https://storageswiss.com/2016/06/07/backing-up-massive-cloud-databases/

Customers nowadays want the same experience in the B2B world as they wanted in B2C area. As a result, sales leaders are expected to do more with less. So just focusing on technology would not do. To make your product look attractive is always one field where you can work on, to improve your sales. Ensuring that the local sales manager and retailers always stay updated with upcoming changes in the sales process and new sales technology, also helps you to get more demand for your product. In order to enjoy greater market share, a seller should always aim at taking a leadership role in the market. Keeping your sales operation coordinated through centralized systematic organizations is always an add-on. One also needs to be careful about whom is he assigns the task to sale his product, which means that leader of sales operation should be high-potential leader. Read more at: http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/marketing-and-sales/our-insights/looking-beyond-technology-to-drive-sales-operations

Google it! Maybe this is the most famous expression used nowadays in the generation of internet. So when you count on Google so much, here are some facts that you must be aware of. Google keeps track of everything you search, record or watch. You can view all of your information related to search history and activity in maps by visiting "My Activity" tool. So you want your Google to stop tracking all your information? To know more about this, follow:  http://www.businessinsider.in/How-to-see-everything-Google-knows-about-you/articleshow/52981983.cms

Just when call drops and poor cellular connectivity was taking people's sleep away, Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) came to their rescue. Recently a paper was published by them, where, according to them Wi-Fi calling can offer coverage extension when cellular network signals cannot reach the customer. Wi-Fi calling can play a significant role in addressing industry issues and can also act more efficiently than its more expensive counterpoints, like small cells and distributed antenna system (DAS). Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Wi-Fi-calling-can-offer-better-connectivity-Wireless-Broadband-Alliance/articleshow/52976834.cms

The war of smartphones seems to get tougher as Google decides to launch its own handset. Google had already developed the Android operating system that runs on four in five smartphones. The new device, which will be released by the end of the year, will see Google take control over the design part, manufacturing and software.  Read more at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/06/26/google-to-step-up-smartphone-wars-with-release-of-own-handset/

I2R Speech2Singing is the next step of innovation. It was introduced by Singaporeans in 2013. This software delivers high-quality singing automatically, while still preserving the original character of your natural voice. This technology helps the average people who like singing, but lack the skills to do so. I2R Speech2Singing uses recordings by professional singers as templates to correct the melody of a singing voice or to convert a speaking voice into a singing one. Compared to currently available applications, I2R Speech2Singing generates a much better voice quality.  Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-06-song-singalong-software-sweet-melody.html

To counter the rising rate of cybercrime in the Internet today, some simple measures can be adopted like anti-virus/spy software, VPN- services, password generators, 2-step authentication, restricting and blocking apps, correct privacy settings and most importantly, being aware of cybercrime and not trusting any suspicious links and contacts. Read more at: http://www.socialmediatoday.com/technology-data/8-tips-help-secure-your-accounts-against-cybercrime

Business firms invest in Customer Relationship Management or CRM to maintain their database and contacts, along with other aspects to help them truly succeed. It's really important which features they are choosing. This article explores which features small business firms should choose to increase their ROI. They are: Sales and Lead Generation, The Versatile Access to Your CRM Software, Flexibility and Integration capabilities, Automating the day to day activities, Sales pipeline tracking. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/insidecrm/5-crm-features-that-are-unknown-to-small-organizations-73499

Net neutrality (also network neutrality, Internet neutrality, or net equality) is the principle that Internet service providers and governments should treat all data on the Internet the same, not discriminating or charging differently by user, content, site, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or mode of communication. To know more, follow: http://www.techworm.net/2016/06/net-neutrality-row-us-court-kicks-suit-filed-telecom-companies.html

SolusOS is a beginner-friendly desktop Linux distribution based on the latest release of Debian GNU/Linux. It features the GNOME 2 desktop, a selection of default applications for everyday tasks, updated software applications from Debian backports and the project's own repositories, a complete set of multimedia plugins, a custom GNOME menu, and an intuitive graphical installer. Solus Operating System is completely free and open source. To know more, follow: http://fossbytes.com/solus-1-2-shannon-released-with-new-features-one-of-the-fastest-booting-linux-distros/

Machine learning is a method of data analysis that automates analytical model building. Using algorithms that iteratively learn from data, machine learning allows computers to find hidden insights without being explicitly programmed where to look.

Machine Learning algorithms are classified as –
1) Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms
2) Unsupervised Machine Learning Algorithms
3) Reinforcement Machine Learning Algorithms

Top 10 Machine Learning Algorithms --

1)    Naïve Bayes Classifier Algorithm
2)    K Means Clustering Algorithm
3)    Support Vector Machine Algorithm
4)    Apriori Algorithm
5)    Linear Regression
6)    Logistic Regression
7)    Artificial Neural Networks
8)    Random Forests
9)    Decision Trees
10)  Nearest Neighbours

To know more: https://www.dezyre.com/article/top-10-machine-learning-algorithms/202