Tue.Jan 19, 2021

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4 Key Takeaways For Brands From CES2021

Forrester IT

Customers don’t buy technology. They don’t even buy products. They buy into the promise of a brand and then measure its delivery through outcomes. How do you squeeze 60 football fields into inches? By taking the world’s largest trade show, stretching about 3 million square feet, boasting 170,000-strong attendance, and turning it into an all-digital […].

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Mind the (skills) gap: Cybersecurity talent pool must expand to take advantage of quantum computing opportunities

CTOvision

The “second age” of quantum computing is poised to bring a wealth of new opportunities to the cybersecurity industry – but in order to take full advantage of these benefits, […].

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What You Can’t See Will Hurt You: Leveraging Digital Insights To Drive Sales

Forrester IT

Translating intent data into sales rep action offers a level of information that surpasses what sales reps can determine on their own. In his latest blog post for Forrester, Seth Marrs shares that when this is done well, it also links the buying signal to the action that has proven to yield the best results.

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Palo Alto Networks opens Australia cloud location

CTOvision

Read Aaron Tan report on Palo Alto Networks’ new Australian cloud server on Computer Weekly: Palo Alto Networks has expanded its footprint in Australia with a new cloud location that […].

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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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Empowered Consumers Call For Sustainability Transformation

Forrester IT

For over a decade, Forrester has been measuring the drivers and implications of increasingly empowered consumers — those shoppers who eagerly experiment with new brands and products, use sophisticated personal technology, expect digital seamlessness, shrewdly navigate online information, and are motivated by high levels of self-efficacy. Over the years, we’ve observed empowered consumers reach for […].

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Web Application Attacks on Healthcare Spike 51% As COVID-19 Vaccines are Introduced

CTOvision

As the first vials of COVID-19 vaccines were disseminated in December, Imperva Research Labs monitored an astounding 51% increase in web application attacks on healthcare targets. The activity concludes an […].

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MongoDB: A Database For The New Era

CTOvision

MongoDB is the clear-cut leader within the high-growth, non-relational database SaaS sector. MDB has been and will continue to be an indirect beneficiary of high-growth megatrends such as AI, Machine […].

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Insights From Forrester’s US Retail Recovery Heat Map – January 2021

Forrester IT

Over the last ten months, we have estimated how the retail economies of 30 major US metropolitan areas are recovering from COVID-19. By aggregating 11 metrics (across retail sales, local economic indicators, and virus spread), our model predicts that these metropolitan areas will face differing levels of COVID-19 disruption. For these metrics, we looked at […].

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VMware Cloud Guru Ajay Singh Leaves For Pure Storage

CTOvision

Just weeks after its cloud visionary Rajiv Ramaswami left for rival Nutanix, VMware has lost another cloud leader in Ajay Singh who departed this week to become chief product officer […].

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ConfigMgr Power Management Reports | Default | SCCM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s check the default ConfigMgr Power Management Reports. There are Eighteen(18) out of box power management reports available as part of Configuration Manager SSRS reports. You can learn more about How to create and apply power plans in Configuration Manager. There are other useful software update related reports outside ConfigMgr Power Management Reports.

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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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New AI software can turn regular security cameras into COVID-19 policy enforcement points

Tech Republic Security

Now being trialed in Georgia smart city Peachtree Corners, the new tech can pick up on people standing too close together and detect whether someone is wearing a mask.

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The Business of Technology Thrives in CompTIA Tech Towns

Association of Information Technology Professional

While the CompTIA Tech Town Index can help IT pros identify where their skills are in demand, what does it mean for tech companies and other professionals working in the business of technology? CompTIA members discuss what living in a Town Town has meant for their careers and businesses.

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FBI warns of voice phishing attacks targeting employees at large companies

Tech Republic Security

Using VoIP calls, the attackers trick people into logging into phishing sites as a way to steal their usernames and passwords.

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Virtual Bookshelf: Your All-You-Can-Read Digital Library

Kitaboo

What is a virtual bookshelf? As the name suggests, a virtual bookshelf is an online space that allows you to store the books you are reading or track the ones that you want to read in a virtual environment. A virtual bookshelf is a programmatic method to create an interactive bookshelf to store and read digital books online. You can keep the virtual bookshelf private, or make it public and share with your peers, friends or to the world at large.

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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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10 trends shaping the security industry in 2021

Tech Republic Security

Increased use of edge computing could "put AI everywhere," according to Hikvision's trends roundup.

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Netflix surpasses 200 million subscribers, but has more competition than ever in 2021

The Verge

LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX. Netflix has surpassed another major milestone: 203.6 million subscribers around the world. The achievement comes after Netflix saw spectacular growth in the first half of 2020. But as it celebrates passing the 200 million subscriber mark, Netflix is also acknowledging that 2021 likely won’t see as many net subscriber gains every quarter, starting in the first quarter of 2021.

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The aftermath of the SolarWinds breach: Organizations need to be more vigilant

Tech Republic Security

Security experts say organizations are, and should, implement a number of changes ranging from how they vet vendors to handling application updates.

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Goodbye and good riddance to the 16:9 aspect ratio

The Verge

The brand-new HP Elite Folio has a 3:2 display. | Image: HP. One of the biggest trends coming out of this year’s CES wasn’t something people will necessarily notice at first glance unless they look closely. After enduring years of cramped, “widescreen” laptop displays, it looks like we’re finally starting to say goodbye to the 16:9 aspect ratio. Image: Dell.

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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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Gates-led Breakthrough Energy Ventures raises another $1B for investing in climate innovation

GeekWire

Bill Gates, founder of Breakthrough Energy. (GeekWire File Photo). Breakthrough Energy Ventures — an initiative to help the planet reach zero carbon emissions through innovation — has raised its second $1 billion round of funding. The new capital will fund some 40-50 startups, according to Bloomberg News , and will focus on some of the trickier green technologies in development, including climate-friendlier steel and cement production, long-haul transportation, and technologies for capturing car

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One in five companies admit to spying on remote workers without their knowledge

TechSpot

In a report by Metro, unions warn that employers are taking advantage of Covid-19 restrictions to monitor remote workers covertly. One in five companies has admitted to snooping on staff or is planning to do so in the future.

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The Biggest Thing Missing From Joe Biden's Climate Plan: Plastic

Gizmodo

President-elect Joe Biden has promised to decarbonize the U.S. electricity grid by 2035 and implement a host of other climate policies, which in theory would discourage fossil fuel companies from extracting more oil and gas. But instead, it could just push them to find other uses for their products: Specifically,… Read more.

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Emotion Detection in Tech: It's Complicated

Information Week

The advancement of human-machine partnerships requires emotion detection and appropriate responses in context, but it's a tough problem.

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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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Google launches suite of AI-powered solutions for retailers

Venture Beast

Google's new Product Discovery Solutions for Retail aims to address ecommerce challenges during the pandemic with AI and machine learning. Read More.

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Here's What Google Didn't Say In Its Promises About Our Privacy

Gizmodo

Roughly a month after being hit with a pretty damning antitrust suit led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Google issued its response on Sunday via a public blog post tackling some of the more “misleading” allegations. Read more.

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Verizon picks Unity as 5G MEC partner for 3D enterprise apps and games

Venture Beast

The top U.S. cellular carrier is teaming with a major 3D engine maker to create realistic, real-time 3D enterprise apps and entertainment. Read More.

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Microsoft teams up with Cruise on self-driving cars, chips in for $2 billion investment

The Verge

Photo by Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images. Microsoft is joining forces with Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, to help speed up the commercialization of autonomous vehicles. The software giant is also chipping in on a new equity investment of $2 billion for Cruise, along with previous investors Honda and GM, bringing the AV company’s valuation up to a whopping $30 billion.

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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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Citrix acquires project management platform Wrike for $2.25 billion

Venture Beast

Citrix has confirmed reports that it is buying enterprise-focused work management platform Wrike, in an all-cash deal worth $2.25 billion. Read More.

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Samsung's 870 Evo maximizes the potential of SATA SSDs

TechSpot

Samsung didn’t reveal its full hand of incoming products during the virtual Consumer Electronics Show last week. We know that because on Tuesday, the South Korean tech titan let us in on its latest consumer-facing solid-state drive.

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Instagram lead says he’s not happy with Reels yet and might ‘consolidate’ video formats

The Verge

Image: Instagram. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, isn’t thrilled with the platform’s TikTok competitor Reels. He discussed the format, which launched in the US in August, during an interview with The Verge ’s Decoder podcast today. “I’m not yet happy with it,” he says. “We’re growing both in terms of how much people are sharing and how much people are consuming, but we have a long way to go.

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See the incredible photorealism in Ninja Theory's upcoming Project: Mara

TechSpot

It's been almost exactly a year since Microsoft-owned Ninja Theory announced Project Mara, which it describes as a "real-world and grounded representation of true mental terror." The company wants to recreate the "horrors of the mind as accurately and realistically as possible.

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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.