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AUGUST 25, 2016

Bob Gourley. Thursday August 24, 2016 - Business Wire. WASHINGTON-- IDVector , a secure Internet access provider, today emerged from stealth mode with a simple and unobtrusive way to safely and securely access the Internet without fear of data interception or data leaks. With IDVector, every connection you make online is secured from unauthorized observation, whether tethering to your phone, using the mobile app, or the nearest free Wi-Fi hotspot.

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Computer Weekly

AUGUST 25, 2016

A report on mobile device performance produced by Blancco Technology Group says the performance of Apple iPhones is flagging compared with Android-based devices

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Data Center Knowledge

AUGUST 25, 2016

In today's digital market, organizations are trying to find ways to create more competitive advantages. Here's how WAN can help your organization's cloud, IT, and data center strategies. Read More.

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Computer Weekly

AUGUST 25, 2016

French naval contractor data breach proves that protecting intellectual property is challenging, say security experts

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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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Data Center Knowledge

AUGUST 25, 2016

Two firms partner on security products they say will resist hacking even by a quantum computer Read More.

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Computer Weekly

AUGUST 25, 2016

Financial sector breaches in the US doubled in 2015 over the year before, according to a report by security firm Bitglass

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Computer Weekly

AUGUST 25, 2016

An online forum has been set-up in the Philippines to promote cloud take-up in the country

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Data Center Knowledge

AUGUST 25, 2016

A Penton Technology Channel Group spotlight on ISVs and the opportunities SaaS presents for partners Read More.

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Tech Republic Cloud

AUGUST 25, 2016

User reports indicate Microsoft is using the spectre of fines for noncompliance to upsell businesses on Office 365, the SaaS version of Microsoft Office. Here's what to look for and how to respond.

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Data Center Knowledge

AUGUST 25, 2016

Here's how to build your data center company's thought leadership team Read More.

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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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Network World

AUGUST 25, 2016

Cisco Systems has started releasing security patches for a critical flaw in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) firewalls targeted by an exploit linked to the U.S. National Security Agency. The exploit, dubbed ExtraBacon, is one of the tools used by a group that the security industry calls the Equation, believed to be a cyberespionage team tied to the NSA.

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Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 25, 2016

If you need to secure a WordPress site, check out Wordfence. This all-in-one security tool can keep your site and its data safe from malice.

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The Investing Edge

AUGUST 25, 2016

While most of us have spent the summer enjoying the beach and maybe a few too many meals al fresco, our VP of Finance, Tom Scanlon, has qualified to race at the IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona, HI this fall. Having completed four marathons, more than a dozen half-IRONMAN triathlons, and three IRONMANS, Tom finished the most recent in just over 11 hours, qualifying him for the upcoming world championships.

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Network World

AUGUST 25, 2016

After a company has been hacked and the hack has been discovered to be a harmful one, top executives and IT leaders normally huddle in a room to assess the loss. It's usually not a pretty scene. It's not as if heads are exploding. It is more like what some might call a tense "come to Jesus" moment. "It's not good," said cyber security expert Tyler Cohen Wood.

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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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Galido

AUGUST 25, 2016

There is a rapidly increasing number of enterprise print management solutions that offer printing with a single server. However, their functionality does differ and it can be that a certain solution might not be suitable for your organization. So what do you look out for when selecting your single server printing solution? Here are key areas with questions to ask and potential pitfalls that you might not have thought about before.

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Network World

AUGUST 25, 2016

Jurors in a U.S. federal court have convicted a Russian hacker of stealing and selling more than 2 million credit card numbers. On Thursday, the jury in Seattle found Roman Valerevich Seleznev guilty of charges related to his hacking of point-of-sale systems. Seleznev was arrested in 2014 after U.S. authorities accused him of installing malicious software on point-of-sale systems in U.S. restaurants.

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Tech Republic Data Center

AUGUST 25, 2016

EMC recently announced updates to its Enterprise Hybrid Cloud suite, as well as a new Native Hybrid Cloud on VCE VxRail 200 offering.

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Network World

AUGUST 25, 2016

Dropbox is asking users who signed up before mid-2012 to change their passwords if they haven’t done so since then. The cloud storage service said it was asking users to change their passwords as a preventive measure, and not because there is any indication that their accounts were improperly accessed. Dropbox said it was taking the measure because its security teams learned about an old set of Dropbox user credentials, consisting of email addresses and hashed and salted passwords, which it beli

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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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Database Star

AUGUST 25, 2016

In this article, I’ll explain what the Oracle ASCIISTR function does, and show you some examples. Purpose of the Oracle ASCIISTR Function The ASCIISTR function converts a string in any character set to a string in the database character set. If there are any characters that are not ASCII, they are converted to a format […].

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Network World

AUGUST 25, 2016

There is now a practical, relatively fast attack on 64-bit block ciphers that lets attackers recover authentication cookies and other credentials from HTTPS-protected sessions, a pair of French researchers said. Legacy ciphers Triple-DES and Blowfish need to go the way of the broken RC4 cipher: Deprecated and disabled everywhere. Dubbed Sweet32, researchers were able to take authentication cookies from HTTPS-protected traffic using triple-DES (3DES) and Blowfish and recover login credentials to

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Database Star

AUGUST 25, 2016

In this article, I’ll explain what the Oracle DBTIMEZONE function does, and show you some examples. Purpose of the Oracle DBTIMEZONE Function The DBTIMEZONE function returns the timezone offset of the database, in the format of [+|-]TZH:TZM, or a time zone region name. It’s helpful when working with dates to know what timezone the database […].

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Network World

AUGUST 25, 2016

Skyhigh announced today that it has received a patent for its technology , which moves that encryption gateway into a hosted environment. Enterprises looking to protect sensitive data stored in cloud services can funnel user traffic through on-premises encryption gateways that allow them to keep control of their encryption keys. Moving the encryption process to Skyhigh's servers allows for easier access by remote employees, mobile users, business partners, or customers, said Rajiv Gupta, Skyhig

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“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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Future of CIO

AUGUST 25, 2016

BoDs think as “Outliers” to break silo and criticize strategy. The board is accountable for the strategic oversight and responsible for ensuring that the strategy being followed is appropriate for the organization and the environments within which the organization operates. The oversight of business strategy and change agenda are the two places where most boards can add value on, BoDs as top leaders need to have capabilities to think strategically for the business’s long-term prosperity.

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Network World

AUGUST 25, 2016

To spy on a human rights activist, hackers allegedly connected to a Middle Eastern government used three previously unknown vulnerabilities in Apple’s iOS. The claims -- from research at Toronto-based Citizen Lab and mobile security firm Lookout -- focus on spyware that targeted Ahmed Mansoor, an activist in the United Arab Emirates. Earlier this month, Mansoor received an SMS text message on his iPhone claiming to offer “new secrets” about tortured detainees in his country.

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Future of CIO

AUGUST 25, 2016

The pervasive digitization requires both business and technology professionals to rethink how things are done in organizations. IT plays a significant role in building business competency and driving digital transformation. IT needs to continually assess its own capabilities and evaluate overall performance via multidimensional lenses and via a set of questions, such as: How to map IT strategy to business strategy?

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Network World

AUGUST 25, 2016

Short timers Image by ThinkStock We're living in a time where company loyalty doesn't mean what it used to. Millennial workers have a reputation for moving from job to job, being constantly on the lookout for the next best thing. So businesses have realized that they must promote their workplace as an ideal location for top talent to do great work - and that even when workers transition from full-time employment, they can still be an advocate for the company’s employer brand.

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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.

CTOvision

AUGUST 25, 2016

Nathaniel Crocker. In Europe many people are polyglots—people who speak multiple languages. In America? Not so much. One day I was reviewing a resume of a job candidate that said he was fluent in six languages. When he came in for his interview, I asked what languages he spoke. “Speak?” he said, no way, I program in six languages: Object Pascal, C++, Java, Visual Basic, TCL, and JavaScript.

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Network World

AUGUST 25, 2016

As big data initiatives gain steam at organizations, many companies are creating “data lakes” to provide a large number of users with access to the data they need. And as with almost every type of new IT initiative, this comes with a variety of security risks that enterprises must address. Data lakes are storage repositories that hold huge volumes of raw data kept in its native format until it’s needed.

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Network World

AUGUST 25, 2016

Apple is issuing patches for three iOS zero-day vulnerabilities known as Trident that have been exploited for years by an Israel-based spyware vendor against a human rights activist, an investigative journalist and others. The attack, called Pegasus, is flexible, letting attackers steal a broad range of data from iPhones and iPads, according to the firms that discovered it.

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Network World

AUGUST 25, 2016

Political action committees aren’t the only entities attempting to influence the upcoming U.S. presidential election. Supposedly, Russia wants a say in who should lead the country. At least that’s the opinion you could form after reading the many news stories that allege Russia is behind the recent hacks targeting the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

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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.