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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2004 the company paid a $611 million fine after the Commission found it guilty of illegally bundling media player software with Windows XP (launched in 2001), and then $357 million in 2006 and another $1.3 billion in 2008 for failing to comply with the 2004 ruling.

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What is a Scrum master? A key role for project success

CIO Business Intelligence

Scrum Alliance, established in 2001, is one of the more influential organizations in the agile community. At the individual level, the Scrum master supports individual efforts, addresses any issues that arise, and removes obstacles to help individuals be focused and productive.

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Marketing as a strategic business partner: mixing theory, research and #data

Jen Stirrup

So, organizations need a cohesive strategy which aligns all methods of communication to ensure consistency (Porter, 2001). 2001, Strategy and the Internet. Harvard business Review , (2001): 63-78. After all, the Internet can break a business very quickly! Journal of Marketing Management, vol. Levitt, T. & & Levitt, I.M.

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What is TOGAF? An enterprise architecture methodology for business

CIO Business Intelligence

TOGAF 7 was released in December 2001 as the “Technical Edition,” followed by TOGAF 8 Enterprise Edition in December 2002; it was then updated to TOGAF 8.1 TOGAF 9 was introduced in 2009, with new details on the overall framework, including increased guidelines and techniques. in December 2003. in November 2006.

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ML internals: Synthetic Minority Oversampling (SMOTE) Technique

Domino Data Lab

The problem with this approach is that in highly imbalanced sets it can easily lead to a situation where most of the data has to be discarded, and it has been firmly established that when it comes to machine learning data should not be easily thrown out (Banko and Brill, 2001; Halevy et al., References. Banko, M., & Brill, E.

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IT leaders adjust budget priorities as economic outlook shifts

CIO Business Intelligence

They recognize the value you provide, and IT budgets won’t be affected in the same way they were in 2009 and 2001.”. Focus on risk management, he advises, and “have a little faith in your CFO and CEO. Budgeting, IT Leadership, IT Strategy.

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AML: Past, Present and Future Part I

Cloudera

And like background fireworks, the global banks have lit up their share of headlines, posting record fines (exceeding 342 billion dollars between the US and EU since 2009) for misconduct, including violation of anti-money laundering rules.