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Windows 11 Patch Deployment using SCCM

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get the latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post Windows 11 Patch Deployment using SCCM appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Anoop C Nair.

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Announcing the First and Only Evaluative Research on XDR: The Forrester New Wave, Extended Detection and Response Providers, Q4 2021

Forrester IT

Over the past three years there’s been no shortage of hot takes on XDR. From a plethora of vendors across industries to security luminaries laying claim to the term, opinions abound. Yet, until recently, no research established a firm definition of XDR, let alone conduct evaluative research on XDR vendor capabilities. That is why […].

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Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity Operations

Association of Information Technology Professional

When utilized properly, AI and machine learning can make a significant difference in an organization's ability to keep up with the pace of threats and implement effective cybersecurity measures.

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Build Contingencies To Prepare For Inflation That May Not Be Transitory

Forrester IT

For tech execs, it’s key to understand where inflation is occurring, its short- and long-run effects, and the practical steps that can be taken to manage it. Inflation can be classified in three ways: supply-side, demand-side, and built-in. Supply-side inflation pushes costs higher, weakening industry purchasing power; demand-side inflation pulls prices higher, weakening consumer purchasing […].

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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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Installing Printers via ConfigMgr for Non-Admin Users

Mick's IT Blog

KB5005652 resolved the "PrintNightMare" vulnerability, but it also brought many companies to a halt when it came to end-users installing printers if they did not have administrator privileges. During the time since the update, we had our help desk install printers for users on an as-needed basis. There was a workaround by setting the RestrictDriverInstallationToAdministrators to 0 to override the fix, but this would have thwarted the security vulnerability.

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Forrester’s Digital Go-To-Market Review: Kid, Baby, And Toy

Forrester IT

Forrester’s Digital Go-To-Market Review series evaluates a set of brands in a specific category to see how well they are positioned to thrive independently. In this review, we evaluated 27 kid, baby, and toy brands on five elements: direct-to-consumer strength, brand visibility online, distribution and e-control, organic consumer enthusiasm, and product innovation.

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Three Outcomes Sales Leaders Should Expect From Marketing In 2022

Forrester IT

“Disappointment is the gap that exists between expectation and reality.” John C. Maxwell To avoid disappointment at the end of 2022, sales leaders must drive a new reality in their relationship with marketing. Leaders need to ensure that alignment and integration with marketing is front and center in their 2022 sales plan. First, sales leaders […].

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Configuration Manager Technical Preview 2110 New Features

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get the latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post Configuration Manager Technical Preview 2110 New Features appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Jitesh Kumar.

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Take the leap to form creative partnerships and scale innovation

Forrester IT

Creativity unbound is an ecosystem affair, demanding contributions from business, operations, and technology teams as well as orchestrating value with external partners. As a technology leader, you must prepare your organisation to lead the charge on tech-driven innovations, participating fully in your firm’s creativity practices. Chances are high you may find yourself in one of […].

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Dark Web: Many cybercrime services sell for less than $500

Tech Republic Security

A ransomware kit costs as little as $66, though it needs to be modified, while a spearphishing attack can run as low as $100, says Altas VPN.

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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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Will automation and AI actually improve customer service calls? Salesforce thinks so

Tech Republic Cloud

Clara Shih, CEO of Service Cloud at Salesforce, explains Salesforce Service Cloud's three-pillar approach to automation and AI and how the technology is transforming customer service.

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How to get the most bang for your buck out of your cybersecurity budget

Tech Republic Security

More than a quarter of executives surveyed by PwC expect double-digit growth in security budgets in 2022. The trick is to spend that money wisely and effectively.

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Overcoming the challenges on the way to autonomous networks

TM Forum

Yuval Stein, AVP Technologies at TEOCO Corporation. Yuval Stein, AVP Technologies at TEOCO Corporation discusses autonomous networks - challenges and opportunities, and the technologies enabling the future of autonomous networks. 5G and new technologies such as NFV and SDN are software enabling the network. How are you leveraging this opportunity? We see large parts of the network becoming cloud-based, going in the direction of the automation, and that impacts how we deploy our systems.

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How to test drive the exciting new Chrome OS Productivity Launcher

Tech Republic Cloud

If you're unhappy with the default Chromebook menu/app launcher, there's an experimental option in the dev channel you can try out. Jack Wallen shows you how.

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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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Reimagining operations and customer centricity

TM Forum

Communications service providers (CSPs) are digitizing their relationships with customers because they want to provide the same level of service that customers have come to expect from digital native companies. Can they succeed? Join this webinar to assess: The digital services and capabilities that both consumer and business customers will expect from CSPs.

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Install and use the Megasync client on the Linux desktop: Here's how

Tech Republic Cloud

Jack Wallen believes Megasync might be exactly what you need for yet another cloud storage provider, one that offers a Linux desktop app.

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How can telcos keep an edge with MEC?

TM Forum

As network technology, operational technology and IT increasingly meet in the cloud, a new ecosystem is developing to provide multi-access edge computing (MEC) to enterprises. Google is the latest to lay out its edge ambitions as the distinction between carrier and enterprise MEC increasingly blurs and multiple actors look to foster ecosystems for the enterprise edge.

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3 risk management priorities CIOs are focused on right now

Tech Republic Security

CIOs have had their hands full since the start of the pandemic with three risk management and governance priorities weighing heavily on their minds.

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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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Mapping a path to telco revenue growth

TM Forum

Communications service providers (CSPs) are pinning their hopes for future revenue growth not on their existing connectivity businesses, but on new B2B services that they hope to develop on top of connectivity by leveraging 5G, IoT, edge computing and AI. In our latest Benchmark report we examine the revenue potential of these new ICT services. Our analysis is based partly on an extensive TM Forum survey of 205 people working inside 82 CSPs worldwide to understand how telco leaders feel about th

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First Windows 11 Patch Tuesday slows down AMD CPUs even more than the release build

TechSpot

Yesterday, Microsoft released the first Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11, which brought a number of fixes to the new operating system. Most notably, it solved compatibility issues between certain Intel “Killer” and “SmartByte” networking software and Windows 11, where users would see connection drops and slow network speeds.

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DTWS: How Axiata is capturing the enterprise market

TM Forum

Gopi Kurup, Group Head of Enterprise Business and CEO of Axiata Enterprise at Axiata, outlined his company’s approach to the enterprise market across the different geographies in which it operates during a panel session on growing B2B and B2B2X at TM Forum's Digital Transformation World Series 2021. The Axiata group has identified and is acting on seven key groups, with the company deciding to concentrate its initial efforts in the small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME), according to Kur

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Apple rushes out iOS 15.0.2 just hours after 15.0.1 to patch actively exploited zero-day bug

TechSpot

On Monday, Apple issued an urgent security fix for a zero-day flaw in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 that hackers are actively exploiting. The patch came the same day it released iOS 15.0.1.

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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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DTWS: Vodafone shares how TOBi is growing up

TM Forum

Every superhero has an origin story. The same could be said for TOBi, Vodafone’s artificial intelligence-powered chatbot that was launched more than three years ago and is now present in 15 countries across the operator’s footprint. Paul Jacobs, Global Head of Customer Operations Transformation at Vodafone, is responsible for deploying TOBi across Vodafone.

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CEO Salesforce Service Cloud: Automation and AI will actually humanize our customer service experiences

Tech Republic Cloud

Clara Shih, CEO Salesforce Service Cloud, talks with TechRepublic's Bill Detwiler about how automation and AI will "humanize" customer service.

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Amazon opening new Fresh grocery location in North Seattle plaza; another planned south of city

GeekWire

A view of a new Amazon Fresh store under construction in North Seattle along Aurora Avenue North at North 130th Street. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). An Amazon Fresh grocery store will anchor a refresh of a sprawling shopping plaza along heavily traveled Aurora Avenue North in North Seattle. Signage is in place at the store which is still under construction at 13025 Aurora Ave.

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Stop Using AI and ML Interchangeably

Information Week

The definitions of artificial intelligence and machine learning have evolved, so it’s important for everyone to understand the distinctions.

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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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Star Trek’s William Shatner finally reaches the final frontier in Blue Origin spaceship

GeekWire

Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship fires up its engine. (Blue Origin via YouTube). Reality caught up with science fiction today when Star Trek actor William Shatner, a.k.a. Captain James T. Kirk, briefly crossed into outer space aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship. In the process, the 90-year-old Shatner took the title of oldest human in space, less than three months after 82-year-old aviation pioneer Wally Funk set that record on Blue Origin’s fir

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How Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker decided on Reaper and Sage

Venture Beast

Here's how Square Enix zoned in on Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker's two new job classes, the damage-dealing Reaper and healer Sage. Read More.

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Drone Delivers Lungs to Transplant Recipient, a Medical First

Gizmodo

It took just six minutes, but the successful flight from Toronto Western Hospital to Toronto General Hospital demonstrated the efficacy of using drones to quickly and safely transport lungs for transplantation. Read more.

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Stage11 raises $5.7M to reimagine music for the metaverse

Venture Beast

Stage11 has raised $5.7M in funding to reimagine music for the metaverse by combining music, games, mixed reality, and digital collectibles. Read More.

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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.