Mon.Aug 29, 2016

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Google Will Attack Popup Ads On Smartphones -- Hallelujah!

Forrester IT

We've all experienced this garbage: You are on your smartphone. You find a link that you hope will help you in a mobile moment. You click with the great hope that it will be exactly what you need. Some irrelevant popup ad grabs you by the arm and blocks your path. You suffer through the ad or the countdown before getting to the site. (And feel angry or bad doing it.).

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TechNet Augusta 2016 “Cyber in the Combined Arms Fight”

CTOvision

ChrisScott. This is the first in our series of posts based on our attendance at AFCEA’s TechNet in Augusta. Other coming posts will dive into details of Army Mission Needs for Networking, Integrated Electronic Warfare, Tactical Radios, Defensive Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Training, and the Army’s Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. The annual AFCEA TechNet Augusta conference continues to grow in scope and is an excellent forum for Industry and Army Cyber/Signals/Electronic Warfare experts to i

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Frugal Innovation Supports Customer-Obsessed Innovation

Forrester IT

Photo: Indian By Design. The age of the customer demands that businesses drive innovation at ever faster speeds and with limited budgets. More than ever, innovation is of the essence, and innovation must be cost-effective. Frugal innovation offers an alternative approach to driving innovation as it is based on the tenet to do "more with less" in contrast to the widespread practice to increase the R&D budget.

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Can Graph Databases Really Advance Our Digital Public Services?

CTOvision

Emil Eifrem. Graph databases most commonly associated with social networks and recently adopted by enterprises are now being looked into by government agencies and the civil services to manage big data. Neo Technology’s Emil Eifrem explains how graph databases have the potential to enhance digital public services. Government agencies are sitting on a wealth of information that could be mined to offer valuable insight to its citizens to better run public services, but the data mountain has proved

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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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IoT Could Drive Micro Data Centers for Telcos

Data Center Knowledge

Wireless connections between sensors and hubs, one Schneider Electric ops manager believes, could attract Verizon and AT&T. Read More.

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PowerShell: Configuring Power Settings

Mick's IT Blog

This is another part of the Windows 10 project I am working on automating. This script will set the Windows 10 power settings. I created this, with the help of Sapien's PowerShell Studio that helped make this script much more robust, so that it can be executed during the image to configure the settings there. This allows me to take the settings out of GPO and put them on the local machine to help speed up the logon process.

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FBI warns that hackers are targeting state election systems

Network World

The FBI has reportedly found evidence that foreign hackers breached two state election databases in recent weeks. An FBI alert warning election officials about the breach was leaked, and it was posted in a report by Yahoo News on Monday. Voter registration databases from both Illinois and Arizona were targeted in the hacks, according to the report. In the Illinois case, personal data on 200,000 voters was stolen.

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One Data Center Standard to Rule Them All?

Data Center Knowledge

This group wants to solve the problem of too many standards by creating just one more Read More.

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VMworld 2016: Windows 10 Anniversary support coming to VMware Fusion and Workstation

Tech Republic Cloud

Windows 10 Anniversary Edition, Windows Server 2016, and macOS Sierra support is coming to the latest versions of VMware's Fusion and Workstation products.

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Is Dell and EMC a Done Deal?

Data Center Knowledge

News reports suggest announcement that the acquisition has been closed is looming Read More.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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IDG Contributor Network: Digify for Gmail: Mission Impossible for your email attachments

Network World

File sharing and the control over the data within file sharing sits on a continuum. On one end are the consumer offerings that are incredibly easy to use and come with enough, but not too much, functionality. That is the world Box , Dropbox and Google started with. And while these vendors have been moving towards higher-level features, it's fair to say that their start was in the ease-of-use court.

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Hyperconverged Infrastructure Firm Nutanix Buys Two Startups

Data Center Knowledge

PernixData accelerates storage, while Calm.io brings advanced cloud management capabilities Read More.

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VMworld 2016: How automating SAP in the SDDC can save you time and money

Tech Republic Data Center

VMware and SAP have had a strategic partnership for almost a decade. Here are a few reasons that it may be more useful to automate your SAP deployment on VMware's SDDC.

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VMware New Cloud Plan: Sell Stuff for Rival Clouds

Data Center Knowledge

Unveils converged infrastructure, cross-cloud subscription services Read More.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Sophisticated malware possibly tied to recent ATM heists in Thailand

Network World

Security researchers have found a sophisticated malware program that may have been used recently by a gang of hackers to steal more than US$350,000 from ATMs in Thailand. A sample of the new malware, dubbed Ripper, was uploaded to the VirusTotal database from an Internet Protocol address in Thailand last week, shortly before local media reported that hackers used malware to steal 12.29 million Baht from 21 ATMs in the country.

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VMworld 2016 Day 2 Keynote

Scott Lowe

This is a liveblog of the day 2 general session here at VMworld 2016 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV. Today, VMware is expected to talk more about containers, end-user computing, and other topics not covered in yesterday’s general session (which focused heavily on Cross-Cloud Services, VMware’s new set of SaaS-based offerings for multi-cloud management).

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Privacy groups complain to FTC about WhatsApp policy changes

Network World

Privacy groups in the U.S. have complained to the Federal Trade Commission that changes last week in WhatsApp’s terms and privacy policy breaks its previous promise that user data collected would not be used or disclosed for marketing purposes. The Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy have described the changes as unfair and deceptive trade practice, subject to an investigation and injunction by the FTC, in their complaint Monday.

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Starting a T-Shirt Business the Right Way

Galido

Are you a graphic designer or entrepreneur with a good graphic designer, and want to use that talent to incorporate into an awesome T Shirt business? Designing a t-shirt is much like painting on a blank canvas or drawing on a fresh sheet of paper. For the most part you have the freedom to do what you’d like. But simply putting graphics on a shirt does not mean you have a solid business plan.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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Hackers had a chance to hamper voting by deleting records

Network World

A U.S. cybersecurity monitor on Monday described another breach of a voter election system just after after a leaked FBI report revealed two similar attacks. In June, anonymous hackers stole administrative login credentials in an unnamed county that would have let them delete voter registration records and prevent citizens from casting ballots. The information comes from the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), which monitors cyber attacks against state and local govern

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How analytics may improve stroke patients' quality of healthcare

Tech Republic Big Data

Analytics and mobile devices make it easier for stroke patients recovering at home to stay in contact with their doctors. This approach may improve a patient's long-term recovery and quality of life.

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45% off Dictionary Hidden Book Safe With Lock - Deal Alert

Network World

This very realistic looking book cleverly conceals a solid steel locking safe. Designed to look simply like a dictionary, the diversion safe is a good consideration for a college student or anyone looking for a creative way to hide electronics, money, documents and more. You could argue that this is safer than a real safe -- thieves just won't spend their limited time looking through your books.

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How Successful Data Science Interviewees Made It

Dataconomy

As part of Springboard’s effort to put together a comprehensive, free guide to acing the data science interview, we interviewed Springboard alumni and one of our mentors to get a handle on how they made it past the data science interview. Springboard teaches data science by pairing learners with one-to-one instruction. The post How Successful Data Science Interviewees Made It appeared first on Dataconomy.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Cybersecurity and VMworld

Network World

With memories of Black Hat still in my head, I’m back in Las Vegas for VMworld. I’m sure there will be plenty of generic VMware and partner announcements but I’m here to assess how VMware is addressing enterprise security requirements with its technologies and partner relationships. I will be focusing on a few key areas: 1. NSX penetration. Last year, VMware talked a lot about emerging demand for NSX but I’ve seen a lot of momentum over the past 12 months.

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What Does Oracle PARTITION BY Do?

Database Star

Have you ever seen the PARTITION BY keyword used in Oracle queries? If so, do you know what it does and how to use it? Learn about the Oracle PARTITION BY keyword and see some examples in this article. What is the Oracle PARTITION BY Keyword? PARTITION BY is a keyword that can be used […].

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New products of the week 8.29.16

Network World

New products of the week Our roundup of intriguing new products. Read how to submit an entry to Network World's products of the week slideshow. ASG-Mobius 6.0 Key features: ASG-Mobius 6.0 is a purpose-built content management system with proven scalability supporting platform, device and data independence. New AWS support enables cloud based solutions, on premise or hybrid implementations.

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Three Best Practices to Run a Frictionless Digital IT

Future of CIO

Focus on being a solution-driven organization, innovation engine, and run IT as a business. Businesses are transforming from an industrial era with knowledge scarcity to the digital era with information abundance. Technology plays a pivotal role in such a paradigm shift, and the information is penetrating into every core process of the organization.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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Deception technology grows and evolves

Network World

Deception technologies such as honeypots are becoming increasingly popular with enterprises as the products get more flexible and the tools allow security analysts swamped with incident reports to zero in on cases of actual ongoing infiltration. According to a report released in August by research firm Technavio, the deception technology market is growing at a compound annual growth rate of 9 percent, and is predicted to reach $1.33 billion by 2020.

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How software-defined everything will change outsourcing

ComputerWorld IT Management

Software-defined everything (SDE) -- the use of software to provision and manage pretty much all IT infrastructure -- is poised to make outsourcing much easier for some customers and for some workloads.

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Are InfoSec vendors ‘sowing confusion’ and selling ‘useless’ products?

Network World

As a journalist, you know the drill at media briefings. Hosted and paid-for by a vendor, and with speakers from the company - as well as (usually) an end-user or an academic, the idea is to bring journalists together with the experts to discuss the prominent matters in the industry. And if those issues and industry challenges can be resolved with one of the vendor’s solutions then everyone’s a winner.

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IDG Contributor Network: Home Depot's magic value: Returns

ComputerWorld IT Management

During an August investors call, Home Depot CEO Craig Menear let loose a stunning stat: 90% of all online returns are processed in-store. Allowing an online return to be boxed and handled by a local store has always been a popular feature, but this is the first a primarily physical chain has released a returns percentage anywhere close to 90. This forces us to consider what is the objective behind in-store returns of mobile items.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.