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5 Ways IT Leaders are Adjusting to New Operational Normals

Social, Agile and Transformation

You gain many insights speaking to heads of NOCs and IT operations about the changes in their roles, strategies, and operating models over the last year. I was fortunate to participate in BigPanda's virtual roundtable that included leaders from the travel, retail, electrical utility, and gaming industries – in other words, industries dramatically impacted by COVID and its.

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Are Distributors The Future Of Distribution?

Forrester IT

I made a prediction in January of 2018 that IT distributor disruption would continue. It was obvious that industry consolidation was accelerating, major distributors were diversifying, and private equity was getting more interested in transforming the industry. In the second half of last year, the two largest global IT distributors were acquired by private equity, […].

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16 Best IT Support Jobs in 2021

Association of Information Technology Professional

Learn what the 16 best IT support jobs are in the industry with research from CompTIA. Start advancing a new career in IT today!

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ConfigMgr Content Library Cleanup Tool | SCCM | Distribution Point

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s understand how to use ConfigMgr Content Library Cleanup Tool (ContentLibraryCleanup.exe). The SCCM DP content. Read More ConfigMgr Content Library Cleanup Tool | SCCM | Distribution Point. The post ConfigMgr Content Library Cleanup Tool | SCCM | Distribution Point appeared first on How to Manage Devices by Anoop C Nair.

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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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Ransomware threats to watch for in 2021 include crimeware-as-a-service

Tech Republic Security

BlackBerry researchers see more double-extortion ransomware attacks, attackers demanding ransom from healthcare patients, and rising bitcoin prices driving the growth of ransomware.

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Why Invest In Customer Experience?

Forrester IT

Our research shows that Customer Experience (CX) leaders grow revenue faster than CX laggards, cut costs, reduce risk, and can charge more for their products. You can stop reading now… Still not convinced? We can measure this. Forrester’s CX Index methodology measures how well a brand’s customer experience strengthens customers’ loyalty.

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Fix SCCM SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 Error | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. I have seen many errors similar to SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 when distributing packages to SCCM. Read More Fix SCCM SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 Error | ConfigMgr. The post Fix SCCM SendFiles Failed 0x80070003 Error | ConfigMgr appeared first on How to Manage Devices by Anoop C Nair.

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Why non-human workers can increase security issues in your business

Tech Republic Security

Most organizations don't give the same thought and attention to their non-human workers, such as bots, RPAs and service accounts, as they do human workers and identity lifecycles.

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Why Citi’s $500M Mistake Is Really A Design Debt Interest Payment

Forrester IT

Bad user interface design just cost Citi $500M: Three employees using poorly designed software accidentally sent $900M to one of its client’s creditors instead of $7.8M — then when creditors refused to return most of the money, a judge ruled in favor of the creditors. The judge blamed “human error” in his decision, pointing out […].

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Nextcloud 21: Improvements in speed and added features make its cloud offering more business-friendly

Tech Republic Cloud

Nextcloud 21 brings about a number of improvements. Find out which of these might lead you to migrate to the latest iteration of the best on-premise cloud solution available.

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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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ConfigMgr Redistribute Content to Distribution Point | SCCM | Package | Best Way

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Learn how to Redistribute Content to Distribution Point. I have seen several issues with the. Read More ConfigMgr Redistribute Content to Distribution Point | SCCM | Package | Best Way. The post ConfigMgr Redistribute Content to Distribution Point | SCCM | Package | Best Way appeared first on How to Manage Devices by Anoop C Nair.

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Top 5 things to know about network attacks

Tech Republic Security

DDoS, SQL injection and man-in-the-middle are just a few of the attacks that can compromise your network. Tom Merritt lists five things to know about network attacks.

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How B2B CMOs Can Respond To Their CEOs’ Need For Certainty

Forrester IT

Now more than ever, B2B marketing leaders need a strategic vision that drives their companies' growth agenda. Learn how to create a clear, actionable strategy — and join us at B2B Summit North America to dive deeper.

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Reimagining Formula 1 Manufacturing to Build a Respiratory Device

Information Week

Here's how the Mercedes Formula 1 engineering team used tech expertise to reverse engineer CPAP breathing aid devices in response to COVID-19.

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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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IoT security tips and a cautionary tale

Network World

You will have more connected devices than ever on your network in 2021, especially if you’re in healthcare, retail, or logistics, industries that are among the early adopters of the Internet of Things (IoT). You’ll have devices on your network edge, in your headquarters, on vehicles, in machinery, in your stores, in employees’ homes, and on public property.

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Mysterious malware infects 30,000 Mac computers

Tech Republic Security

Known as Silver Sparrow, the malware's intent is still unknown as it has yet to deliver an actual payload, says security firm Red Canary.

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Facebook’s Ban On News Is a Blow To Consumers Not Regulators

Forrester IT

On February 18, 2021 Facebook announced it would restrict sharing or viewing local and international news content in Australia in response to the Morrison Government’s move to regulate the relationship between the tech giant and news media outlets. At Forrester we had already predicted that in 2021 nationalistic economic policies, regional free trade partnerships, state […].

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Microsoft: How we deliver industry-specific cloud computing at scale

Tech Republic Cloud

Microsoft is building clouds for nine priority industries by connecting and customising public cloud services for specific workloads and partner integrations.

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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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Microsoft is shipping a data centre in a 40-foot container. What's inside, and what's it for?

Tech Republic Data Center

Microsoft's Azure Modular data center brings computing on the edge.

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Security concerns arise over popular Clubhouse app after ties to China-based company revealed

Tech Republic Security

The Stanford Internet Observatory alleged that the Chinese government may have had access to audio data from Clubhouse. Here's what users should know.

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What Lawyers Want Everyone to Know About AI Liability

Information Week

There are more discussions about AI ethics and responsible AI these days, but companies need to be clear about potential AI liability issues.

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How to use Google Currents

Tech Republic Cloud

Currents is the enterprise social network you might not have known your Google Workspace organization needed, or even had.

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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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Xbox Live is down with users unable to sign in

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Microsoft’s Xbox Live service is down, preventing users from signing in to the service. The Xbox Live problems started at around 3:15PM ET today, and Microsoft has confirmed it’s investigating the outage. “We are aware that users may not be able to sign-in to Xbox Live at this time,” says Xbox support. “Our teams are currently investigating to fix this issue.”.

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Ace your cybersecurity and IT certification exams by taking these prep courses

Tech Republic Security

These eight online courses teach the fundamentals you need to pass various IT and cybersecurity certification exams from Cisco and CompTIA.

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Fry’s Electronics shutting down all stores, ending 36 years as a big-box stop for tech enthusiasts

GeekWire

Fry’s Electronics operated stores across nine states. (BigStock Photo). Fry’s Electronic’s, the big-box chain that was a longtime, one-stop shop for tech enthusiasts, is shutting down after 36 years in business. The company cited “changes in the retail industry and the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.” Fry’s made the announcement in a statement on its website early Wednesday, where all other content had disappeared.

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TikTok Users Are Burning Snowballs in Viral Videos to 'Prove' the Snow is Fake

Gizmodo

Have you seen those viral videos on TikTok and Twitter where users are burning snow to “prove” that it’s actually fake ? Needless to say, the snow is real. The viral videos actually show a perfectly normal reaction to placing the flame of a lighter or match against a snowball. But that hasn’t stopped these videos from… 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.

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The FAA is no longer concerned with SpaceX’s Starship SN9 and SN8

The Verge

The FAA seems satisfied with its investigations into Elon Musk’s last two SpaceX Starship tests, each of which ended in an explosive crash , and the conclusion of those investigations should clear the way for a new SN10 flight in the very near future. In fact, Musk just tweeted there’s a “good chance of flying this week!”. Late last month, we broke the news that SpaceX had violated its launch license with its Starship SN8 launch in December, but an FAA spokesperson now says that matter has alrea

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Cybersecurity pros: Automation and app security are top priorities in 2021

Tech Republic Security

A study on CIO and CISO prioritization showed these two areas are most important this year. Cloud security is another area high on their lists.

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NASA releases jaw-dropping video and audio from Mars, with an assist from AWS

GeekWire

A portion of a panorama from NASA’s Perseverance rover shows its surroundings in Mars’ Jezero Crater. The close-range perspective is somewhat skewed due to the panorama effect. (NASA / JPL-Caltech). For the first time ever, NASA has captured video of a rover landing on the surface of Mars, plus audio of the wind whistling past it after the landing — and Amazon Web Services is playing a key role in making all those gigabytes of goodness available to the world.

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A Major Ocean Current May Be Hurtling Towards Collapse

Gizmodo

The ocean may have less time than we thought before massive, irreversible shifts take place. A new study finds that a crucial ocean system may reach its “tipping point” sooner than predicted if the rate of climate change continues at a breakneck pace. Read 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.