December, 2021

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Cybersecurity: Increase your protection by using the open-source tool YARA

Tech Republic Security

This won't replace antivirus software, but it can help you detect problems much more efficiently and allows more customization. Here's how to install it on Mac, Windows and Linux.

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Find LOG4J Configuration Items ConfigMgr Community Hub

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 Find LOG4J Configuration Items ConfigMgr Community Hub appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Jitesh Kumar.

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Log4J Attacks Confirm Need for DevSecOps, Automation, SBOM

Information Week

Federal agencies have until Dec. 23 to comply with an emergency directive that mandates mitigations. But patching 3rd-party open-source code is tough, and manual processes make it tougher.

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AWS outage: Our bad, admits Amazon, albeit vaguely

Tech Republic Data Center

It turns out the widespread December 7 AWS outage was caused by Amazon's own software, and its response was hampered by … its own software. What does Amazon's postmortem actually tell us?

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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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TasksBoard is the kanban interface for Google Tasks you've been waiting for

Tech Republic Cloud

Google Tasks has never had a solid interface … until now. Jack Wallen shows you how to turn Tasks into a kanban board-like workflow with the help of TasksBoard.

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Tech Predictions for 2022 and Beyond

All Things Distributed

2022 will be an exciting year for technology, with it pushing all of us, and our planet, forward in the process.

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Easily Manage Device Power Options Using Intune

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 Easily Manage Device Power Options Using Intune appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Jitesh Kumar.

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Explaining Data Fabrics to the CEOs: How and Why

Information Week

To compete in the future, enterprises need fast answers and the ability to share uniform information to everyone. That's why IT leadership must garner support for data fabrics now.

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Why People Can't Stop Talking About Don't Look Up

Gizmodo

If you’ve spent even a minute on the internet this week, you have surely seen something about Don’t Look Up. The Adam McKay-directed flick is Netflix’s top movie. It’s also perhaps the top reason for people s g their pants online recently. Read more.

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AWS re:Invent 2021: Few new services suggest AWS is maturing (in a good way)

Tech Republic Cloud

Commentary: AWS didn't fill re:Invent 2021 with new product announcements. Instead, AWS seems to be trying to help customers make better use of what they already have.

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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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Expanding the cloud: Introducing the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region

All Things Distributed

AWS ada untuk Indonesia - Starting today the new AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region is now open!

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New Microsoft Exchange credential stealing malware could be worse than phishing

Tech Republic Security

While looking for additional Exchange vulnerabilities in the wake of this year's zero-days, Kaspersky found an IIS add-on that harvests credentials from OWA whenever, and wherever, someone logs in.

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Prevent Users to Save Files on Local Drives Desktop using Intune MEM Policies

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 Prevent Users to Save Files on Local Drives Desktop using Intune MEM Policies appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Anoop C Nair.

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8 Real Ways CIOs Can Drive Sustainability, Fight Climate Change

Information Week

Chief information offers, chief data officers and other IT leaders can play a major part in helping organizations build out Environmental, Social and Governance programs.

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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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BlackBerry will die on January 4th — for real this time

The Verge

QWERTY and quirky — Blackberry’s later Android incarnations retained the famous keyboard. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. Dear friends, we’re gathered here today to mourn the death of that once-beloved monarch of the mobile world: BlackBerry. And, yes, I realize that this is not the first time we’ve announced the death of the company or its devices (and, for reasons I’ll explain below, it likely won’t be the last) but this is a very definite ending for legacy BlackBerry hardware.

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Cloud computing: Gain the skills to be certified as a Microsoft Azure administrator

Tech Republic Cloud

The cloud is everywhere, and there are high-paying jobs to be had. Learn to be a Microsoft Azure administrator with this asynchronous course while it's on sale.

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Finnish Man Passes on Paying $22,600 to Replace His Tesla's Battery, Blows Up Car Instead

Gizmodo

There are times in life when you have to chose between paying a boatload of money or watching a very big explosion. Well, not really, but Finnish man Tuomas Katainen sure did. Katainen is a 2013 Tesla Model S owner who was told he would have to pay more than $22,600 to replace the battery on his car. For him, it… Read more.

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How to avoid being a hacker's next target: Don't overshare information on business social media

Tech Republic Security

When using LinkedIn and other social media accounts for professional reasons, there are important factors to consider about securing your personal data. Learn how to protect yourself from a hacker.

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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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Full Recording of HTMD Conference 2021

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 Full Recording of HTMD Conference 2021 appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Anoop C Nair.

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The Importance of Digital Transformation in Predictive Analytics

Information Week

Ironically, it’s not that companies don’t have access to the data that that they need -- it’s their inability to deal with the requirements for data transformation.

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Two NFT copycats are fighting over which is the real fake Bored Ape Yacht Club

The Verge

A pair of non-fungible token projects are testing the boundary between plagiarism and parody. Digital marketplace OpenSea has banned the PHAYC and Phunky Ape Yacht Club (or PAYC) collections, both of which are based on the same gimmick: selling NFTs with mirrored but otherwise identical versions of high-priced Bored Ape Yacht Club avatars. Now the dueling projects are selling their apes while dodging bans from other marketplaces, becoming the latest example of how the NFT world handles copied ar

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How to support business continuity in the cloud

Tech Republic Cloud

Combining cloud-based DR processes with on-premises data centers allows for improved business operations and improved recovery time if disaster strikes.

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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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Bill Gates cancels his holiday plans, says ‘we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic’

GeekWire

Bill Gates. (John Keatley Photo). Bill Gates is taking the action that many people are perhaps dreading themselves — canceling most of his holiday plans in the wake of the rapid spread of the COVID-19 variant Omicron. The Microsoft co-founder and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation tweeted his outlook Tuesday morning, saying that “just when it seemed like life would return to normal, we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic.” It’s a dire read on the ong

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Hackers reported 21% more vulnerabilities in 2021 than in 2020

Tech Republic Security

HackerOne reports that hackers are reporting more bugs and earning bigger bounties, but is an increase in testing or an increase in software vulnerabilities the cause of the jump?

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List of Windows 10 21H2 Group Policy Settings

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 List of Windows 10 21H2 Group Policy Settings appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Jitesh Kumar.

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Data Innovation in 2021: Supply Chain, Ethical AI, Data Pros in High Demand

Information Week

Year in Review: In year two of the pandemic, enterprise data innovation pros put a focus on supply chain, ethical AI, automation, and more.

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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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Tom Brady’s best throw of the night destroys Microsoft tablet

The Verge

Tom Brady rage quitting Microsoft Surface. After throwing a fourth-quarter interception to seal a 9-0 loss against the Saints on Sunday night, Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady managed to connect with a Microsoft Surface tablet, absolutely destroying it. The defeat was Brady’s first shutout in 15 years , according to CBS Sports. Brady joins an illustrious group of Surface abusers that include Aaron Rogers , Johnny Manziel , and former boss Bill “ I just can’t take it anymore” Belichick, to name ju

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AWS outage: Your response to AWS going down shouldn't be multicloud

Tech Republic Cloud

Commentary: It's convenient to assume multicloud will solve your application resilience woes. Convenient, but wrong. Here's why.

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Hades Makes History as the First Video Game to Win a Hugo Award

Gizmodo

Last year, Supergiant Games’ Hades , the roguelike inspired by Greek mythology about Hades’ son Zagreus escaping the underworld, released to near universal acclaim. If it wasn’t praised for being an inviting step into the roguelike genre, it was praised for its characters and narrative. If it wasn’t for that, it was… Read more.

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Conti ransomware is exploiting the Log4Shell vulnerability to the tune of millions

Tech Republic Security

Log4Shell is a dangerous security concern — and now Conti, a prominent ransomware group, is exploiting it to attack vulnerable servers to extort millions of dollars.

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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.