May, 2020

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COVID-19 pandemic ratchets up threats to medical IoT

Network World

The mere fact of the COVID pandemic’s existence has pushed the American healthcare system to capacity, but another threat to that system has reared its ugly head – cyberattacks, particularly those based on ransomware, have become more common as the disease spread, targeting medical IoT devices and healthcare networks. According to Forrester Research analyst Chris Sherman, two U.S. hospitals have already been attacked via virtual care systems, after a hacker targeted a vulnerability in a medical

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5 artificial intelligence (AI) types, defined

CTOvision

Read Stephanie Overby define five types of artificial intelligence on Enterprisers Project : Artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining the enterprise’s notions about extracting insight from data. Indeed, the vast majority […].

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Automating and Educating Business Processes with RPA, AI and ML

Information Week

How are these technologies connected, what are the implementation challenges, and how are companies using them?

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Data, Analytics And Insights Investments Produce Tangible Benefits. Yes, They Do.

Forrester IT

If you set out to build a boil-the-ocean business case for why to invest in data, analytics and insights initiatives – stop. Use your precious time to instead focus on prioritizing the investment categories across where you are in your business insights maturity. Because they will yield tangible benefits – both top and bottom-line benefits. […].

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) vs. machine learning (ML): 8 common misunderstandings

Information Technology Zone Submitted Articles

IT and business leaders will run into some false notions about artificial intelligence and machine learning and what each one can do. Here's how to explain the truth on AI vs. ML.

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Dark Web sees rise in postings selling access to corporate networks

Tech Republic Security

These postings provide cybercriminals with the information needed to hack into networks where they can infect critical machines with malware, according to Positive Technologies.

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ConfigMgr 2002 Production Version is Generally Available | SCCM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MEMCM) 2002 is generally available now. Microsoft released the opt-in version of MECM 2002 on April 1, 2020. I have already explained and shown most of these new features in the video tutorial. New Features of Configuration Manager (A.K.A SCCM) 2002 version is given in the following post [link] SCCM 2002 Feature Update is […].

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The Internet of things in 2020: More vital than ever

Network World

If you work in IT, you’re probably safely ensconced at home right now, clinging to your laptop at the edge of your company’s network. The shift from office to home has been momentous. But it’s also symbolic of a larger trend: The network edge has become as important as the network core. Remote workers aside, the IoT (internet of things) is the biggest reason why the edge has become so crucial.

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COVID-19 IT Layoffs and the Future of Work

Information Week

Layoffs hit technology jobs in April, too, as the COVID-19 shock wave whacked employment, and organizations may be accelerating their automation plans to protect workers and cut costs.

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Build 2020: Azure Stack Hub updated with six new features, including machine-learning tools

Tech Republic Data Center

Microsoft has announced a slew of up updates to its hybrid cloud platform at its Build 2020 developer conference, which is taking place virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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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Coronavirus-themed phishing templates used to capture personal information

Tech Republic Security

Spoofing government and health organizations, these templates help attackers create and customize their own phishing pages to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic, says Proofpoint.

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The Problem with Artificial Intelligence in Security

Information Technology Zone Submitted Articles

Any notion that AI is going to solve the cyber skills crisis is very wide of the mark. Here's why.

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Learn How to Retry ConfigMgr Hotfix Installation | SCCM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. I faced an issue while installing ConfigMgr Hotfix. In this quick post, let’s learn How to Retry ConfigMgr Hotfix Installation. Related Post – SCCM Troubleshooting Intune Error Codes Table | ConfigMgr Retry ConfigMgr Hotfix Installation Launch ConfigMgr 2002 version of the console.

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What is IoT? The internet of things explained

Network World

The internet of things (IoT) is a catch-all term for the growing number of electronics that aren't traditional computing devices, but are connected to the internet to send data, receive instructions or both. There's an incredibly broad range of things that fall under that umbrella: Internet-connected "smart" versions of traditional appliances like refrigerators and light bulbs; gadgets that could only exist in an internet-enabled world like Alexa-style digital assistants; internet-enabled sensor

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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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Your Roadmap to AI and ML Deployments

Information Week

Don't adopt artificial intelligence and machine learning without having a real business problem to solve. Here are some ways to help build the right use cases.

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Seagate adopts 5 critical strategies to reopen as pandemic restrictions are easing

Tech Republic Data Center

Steps taken by one company with 40,000 employees worldwide can offer insights for other enterprises trying to get their operations back up to speed following shutdowns.

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How the dark web is handling the coronavirus pandemic

Tech Republic Security

Many on the dark web are expressing the same thoughts and fears about COVID-19 as everyone else, while others are looking for ways to profit from it, says Trustwave.

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19 cloud computing certifications to boost your salary

Tech Republic Cloud

Find out what AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure have to offer and which bootcamps and online classes will help you prepare for the exams.

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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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Intune Advanced Peer to Peer Content Delivery Solution | Adaptiva OneSite

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Today Adaptiva announced a new solution to help organizations to move to Modern Device Management. The Adaptiva OneSite Intune Edition provides Advanced Peer to Peer content delivery Solution enterprise network connected Windows 10 devices. Let’s see more details about the solution.

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Cisco, others, shine a light on VPN split-tunneling

Network World

As the work-from-home trend grows due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for secure access to enterprise resources continues to grow and with it the demand for ever-more VPN. For example demand for commercial virtual private networks in the U.S. jumped by 41% between March 13 and March 23, according to research from Top10VPN.com, a VPN research and testing company in the U.K.

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4 Machine Learning Challenges for Threat Detection

Information Week

While ML can dramatically enhance an organization's security posture, it is critical to understand some of its challenges when designing security strategies.

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Artificial intelligence is hopelessly biased - and that's how it will stay

Information Technology Zone Submitted Articles

The issue is mired in complexity

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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.

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Cybersecurity: Half of businesses have had remote working security scares

Tech Republic Security

The rapid move to remote working has left many businesses more vulnerable to cybersecurity threats, with nearly half saying they've encountered at least one scare as a direct result of the shift.

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House Leaders Strike Deal to Protect U.S. Web Browsing Data From Warrantless Surveillance

Gizmodo

After three days of negotiations, House lawmakers have struck a deal on an amendment to protect innocent Americans from being spied on by their own government online. Read more.

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Learn How to Collect SCCM Client Logs Using ConfigMgr Console

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s learn how to collect SCCM client logs using the ConfigMgr Console. This log collection feature got introduced in the Configuration Manager version 2002. Client logs feature is part of Client Diagnostics features of Configuration Manager. Client diagnostic feature helps SCCM admins to enable and disable verbose logging.

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Use of cloud collaboration tools surges and so do attacks

Network World

Some industries have seen increases in cloud-related threat events rise as much as 1,350% since the COVID-19 crisis began.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Why Everyone's Data and Analytics Strategy Just Blew Up

Information Week

The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting data and analytics strategies in profound ways. Experts explain what your company should be doing right now.

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A fight for the soul of machine learning

Venture Beast

Google reportedly cut diversity programs against a backdrop of algorithmic bias and tech leaders with white supremacist ties. But the U.S. is more diverse than ever. Read More.

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The top free online tech classes to advance your IT skills

Tech Republic Security

Available online classes include ways to upgrade your resume, add to current skills, or land a better job. Here are some of the top places to go to find eLearning courses.

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Microsoft lays off journalists to replace them with AI

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Microsoft is laying off dozens of journalists and editorial workers at its Microsoft News and MSN organizations. The layoffs are part of a bigger push by Microsoft to rely on artificial intelligence to pick news and content that’s presented on MSN.com, inside Microsoft’s Edge browser, and in the company’s various Microsoft News apps.

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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.