June, 2020

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The Pandemic Recession Demands a Digital Response

Forrester IT

Digital transformation was never optional. But most firms treated it that way, applying digital technology in dribs and drabs — until COVID-19 shuttered economies and forever altered the patterns of life and work and commerce. That is, until uncertainty and volatility became the new normal. Companies leapt into adaptive mode. And they seized digital to […].

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Do Channel Vendors Need Public Relations Anymore?

Forrester IT

The communications industry is facing a perfect storm of converging forces, from COVID-19 to the rise of influencer marketing and even AI. At Forrester, we research around 10,000 global technology vendors that utilize indirect sales and often get asked about the value of PR in the channel. A trend that is affecting many channel leaders […].

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How AI and Machine Learning are Evolving DevOps

Information Week

Artificial intelligence and ML can help us take DevOps to the next level through identifying problems more quickly and further automating our processes.

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ACM calls for governments and businesses to stop using facial recognition

Venture Beast

ACM, one of the largest computer science orgs in the world, today called for the halt of facial recognition use by governments and businesses in the U.S. Read More.

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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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SCCM Audit Reports Who Initiated CMPivot Query | ConfigMgr

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Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s check who initiated CMPivot query. CMPivot is a real-time reporting tool available for SCCM admins. Microsoft introduced CMPivot with ConfigMgr version 1806. The CMPivot is a new in-console (stand-alone tool also available) utility that now provides access to real-time state of Windows 10 devices using the fast channel mechanism.

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Two-factor authentication: A cheat sheet

Tech Republic Security

A password alone will not protect sensitive information from hackers--two-factor authentication is also necessary. Here's what security pros and users need to know about two-factor authentication.

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Channel Software Tech Stack 2020 – PRM, TCMA, Ecosystem, Incentives, Channel Data, Learning, Readiness, and Pricing

Forrester IT

^^ CLICK IMAGE FOR FULL SCREEN ^^ The channel technology stack is a group of technologies that firms leverage to plan with, find, recruit, onboard, develop, enable, incentivize, co-sell with, co-market with, manage, measure, and report on partners. Delivering automation of indirect sales processes, workflows and partner programs, channel software is becoming increasingly critical […].

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5 Tips for Understanding and Maximizing Data

Information Week

To harness the power of data analytics, companies need to create a culture in which all employees understand how to use data to advance business outcomes.

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Microsoft unveils sweeping job training initiative to teach digital skills to 25M impacted by pandemic

GeekWire

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the Microsoft Build developer conference in Seattle in May 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota). Microsoft plans to provide digital skills training for 25 million people this year under a new, multi-million dollar initiative that will bring together multiple branches of the company, including LinkedIn and GitHub.

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Create SCCM Automatic Deployment Rule | ADR | ConfigMgr

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Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. ConfigMgr ADRs are Automatic Deployment Rules created for automatic deployment of Software Updates (monthly patches). Let’s learn to create SCCM Automatic Deployment Rule (ADR) to make monthly patching easy for Configuration Manager Admins. The assumption here is that you already have a manual patching process in place for your organization.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Cybersecurity risks in a possible US manufacturing resurgence

Tech Republic Security

When factories, notably in China, shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic, products the US relied on were impacted. Here's how experts see a return to "Made in America" and the incumbent risks.

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62% of IT leaders are considering downsizing infrastructure in favor of the cloud

Tech Republic Cloud

The sudden shift to remote work has accelerated digital transformation strategies for many organizations, Citrix study finds.

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Amazon The Disrupter Enters Low-Code Market; Doesn’t Disrupt Anything

Forrester IT

After years of high expectations for Amazon’s low-code platform project, its Honeycode product has finally arrived. Unfortunately, in its present release, Honeycode is far from the market disrupter that we and others expected from Amazon. The goal for the platform is clear: Combine the intuitive simplicity of a spreadsheet with the power and scale of […].

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Corporate Governance in the Era of Offsite Employees

Information Week

Here are six questions CIOs should ask themselves to assure that corporate governance and security are "up to the task" for remote work.

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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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The South Pole Is Warming Three Times Faster Than the Rest of Earth

Gizmodo

Warm air doesn’t reach Antarctica as easily as the rest of the globe, but a new study has found that not even the South Pole is safe from the influences of human-driven climate change. Read more.

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WVD Architecture Changes for v2| New Portal Admin Experience

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Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Well, it’s not officially WVD v2, instead, it’s new Portal for WVD with new Admin Experience. However, the WVD architecture for the 2020 spring update is changed significantly with the WVD spring release. WVD New Arm Object Model The following are the main changes in the high-level architecture with Windows Virtual Desktop spring release (a.k.a […].

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Ransomware attack: Why a small business paid the $150,000 ransom

Tech Republic Security

The CFO of a small company that was the victim of a ransomware attack and reveals why they paid the ransom (in Bitcoin) to gain back control of their systems.

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Microsoft vet’s new tech startup, SyncFloor, helps creative pros find independent music for projects

GeekWire

SyncFloor co-founder and CEO Kirt Debique. (SyncFloor Photo). In his 20 years at Microsoft, Kirt Debique honed his tech skills as a Windows Media Platform engineering leader and Office Mobile general manager. After leaving in 2012 to pursue his passion for music, Debique started his own record label. Over the past few years, his love of independent music and artists has collided with his tech background.

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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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American Airlines will resume booking flights to capacity, as COVID-19 cases soar

The Verge

American Airlines will soon remove the booking limits it placed on flights back in April. | Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images. American Airlines will resume booking its flights to capacity starting July 1st, the company has announced. The policy is similar to that of United Airlines, which ABC News reports has never blocked out seats or put a cap on the capacity of its flights.

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Researchers still don't know why this Atari 2600 game works

TechSpot

Launched on the Atari 2600 in 1982, it tasks players with traversing down a continuous vertically-scrolling maze while trying to dodge enemies. Since early game cartridges didn’t have a wealth of memory to store static maze designs, the developer relied on a technique that would procedurally generate the maze –.

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American Airlines Throws Out Social Distancing Measures During Pandemic

Gizmodo

Although the U.S. is still in the middle of a raging coronavirus pandemic that is breaking records in states like Texas and Florida and getting us banned from visiting Europe , American Airlines has decided to throw out social distancing measures on its planes. The airline quietly announced on Friday that it will start … Read more.

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SCCM 2002 Site Version Confusion HotFix KB4567007 Update | ConfigMgr

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Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. After PXE Boot Failures Task Sequence Delays hotfix KB4567007 installation, there are many queries about SCCM 2002 site version. Another confusion was about the status of the post-installation. Let’s understand where all we can check and confirm what is the exact site version numbers of Configuration Manager Current Branch.

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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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Only 31% of Americans concerned with data security, despite 400% rise in cyberattacks

Tech Republic Security

Bad actors have flooded the enterprise with coronavirus-related attacks, but professionals working from home have other worries, Unisys Security found.

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Pandemic projections suggest requiring masks could save 33,000 lives in U.S.

GeekWire

(BigStock Image). The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has added mask-on and mask-off options to its computer-based projections for the course of the coronavirus pandemic — and estimates that 33,000 lives could be saved in the U.S. between now and October if masks are required. The projection released today anticipates that the cumulative COVID-19 death toll would hit 179,106 in the U.S. by Oct. 1 under current conditions.

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How to stop your glasses from fogging up when you wear a mask

The Verge

Photo by Gotham/Getty Images. Many people are faithfully wearing masks in order to prevent others from being infected with COVID-19. But while mask-wearing is important for public health, it’s also a big adjustment for a lot of Americans who are adapting to a new garment and sweaty faces. Those of us with glasses have to deal with another problem: fogged-up lenses.

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Apple becomes first $1.5 trillion US company

TechSpot

Back in 2018, Apple’s stock price got a boost after its revenue grew 17 percent year-over-year. The increase led to its value reaching an amazing $1 trillion. One month later, Amazon became the next US tech giant to join the trillion-dollar club. Since then, both Microsoft and Alphabet have also.

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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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It Was 100 Degrees in Siberia Today. Yes, That Siberia

Gizmodo

A freak heatwave has been scorching most of the Arctic for weeks now, but it broke records Saturday when the temperature hit 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit in a town in Siberia, one of Russia’s northernmost regions. Read more.

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Deploy Windows 10 2004 Using SCCM | ConfigMgr | MEMCM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. In this post, You will learn about bare metal deployment using the configuration manager (Windows 10 2004 Using SCCM). The bare metal scenario occurs when you have a blank machine you need to deploy or an existing machine you want to wipe and redeploy without needing to preserve any existing data.

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BlackBerry partners with Intel to detect cryptojacking malware

Tech Republic Security

The partnership leverages Intel's CPU telemetry data to more easily detect abnormal system behavior that indicates illicit cryptocurrency mining.

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Microsoft to permanently close physical retail locations; will incur pre-tax charge of $450M

GeekWire

The Microsoft Store in Seattle’s University Village. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper). So long, Microsoft Stores. Microsoft is shutting down its entire physical retail operation and instead will focus on its digital storefronts via Microsoft.com, as well as stores in Xbox and Windows. The surprise announcement comes amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has forced companies to temporarily or permanently close brick-and-mortar locations.

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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.