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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Every problem is a teachable moment, of course, and we hope these disasters can serve as cautionary tales as you try to navigate your own potential IT troubles in 2024. And arise it did on January 24, when a Chicago employee failed to turn the backup server off at the appropriate time.

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Waymo and Cruise dominated autonomous testing in California in the first year of the pandemic

The Verge

But companies licensed to operate AVs on public roads in California still logged nearly 2 million miles of testing, with two of the top operators, Waymo and Cruise, comprising the bulk of those miles thanks to what some safety drivers allege was a lax attitude toward safety. Some backup drivers were glad to be back at work.

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WinX MediaTrans Giveaway: Transfer iPhone Files without using iTunes

Galido

iTunes is a very useful tool when synchronizing our apps, transfer music and other multimedia content or make backup copies with our iOS device. Start making backups that we do not ask, we cannot control all our files and even music becomes a headache. And of course the USB device connected via USB.

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Switch hacker Gary W. Bowser given 40-month sentence, owes Nintendo $14.5M

GeekWire

Bowser, of course, shares his surname with the American name for Bowser, the traditional antagonist of the Super Mario Bros. Nintendo itself has arguably driven the creation of a hacking community around the Switch by refusing to allow its users to make local backups of their save files. That license has, of course, been hacked.).

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Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’

GeekWire

Helion Photo) The commercial project will largely be licensed and regulated by the state Department of Health , which previously approved three of Helion’s test devices. The company is also working with partners to develop large-scale hydrogen-powered generators for data center backup. The Redmond, Wash. gigawatts of power.

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How to calculate TCO for enterprise software

CIO Business Intelligence

Initial purchase, configuration, and installation Negotiating software license terms is a skill in itself that might require assistance from the company’s legal team or CFO. When performing a TCO analysis, it’s important to try to accurately estimate how many licenses you need today, as well as how many licenses you might need down the road.

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6 tips for making the most of a tight IT budget

CIO Business Intelligence

Of course, making this distinction can be challenging, and is a skill that can take time to develop, says Mittal, whose company is taking a tech-first, cloud-native approach to transforming loan servicing. “It What is our backup strategy? It took some time for me to realize how to make the right tech choices. What storage do we have?’

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