Wed.Nov 04, 2020

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Mission Possible: Fighting Today’s Biggest Security Threats from Every Angle

CTOvision

Join Bob Gourley, Matt Devost, and Emily Crose in a panel moderated by Google’s Dr. Anton Chuvakin which will explore today’s cyber threats and mitigation strategies from the perspective of […].

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Give Customers The Gift Of Convenience This Holiday Season

Forrester IT

This holiday season many consumers will be forgoing big family dinners and exotic holiday markets, and instead playing host to unwelcome guests like worry (for their health) and anxiety (for their finances). This holiday season everyone just needs a break. Marketers can help consumers make the best of their holidays by making their lives a […].

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RiskIQ PassiveTotal Integrates Directly With Microsoft Security Solutions

CTOvision

RiskIQ, a global leader in attack surface management, announced that RiskIQ PassiveTotal now integrates directly with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Azure Sentinel. The integration brings Defender for Endpoint and […].

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B2B Leaders: Adjust Your Marketing And CX Spending In The Wake Of COVID-19

Forrester IT

The business effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will be with us for years. However, the consequences of the pandemic are not identical for all companies. Different industries and firms face disparate consumer trends, resource availability, and revenue potential during the pandemic and its aftermath. As a result, companies operate in one of three modes: survival, […].

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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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Imperva’s Mobile Security App

CTOvision

Read Michael Wright take a look at Imperva’s mobile security App on Security Boulevard: How many apps do you currently have on your mobile device? Is this number a total across […].

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month is Over: What Have We learned?

Association of Information Technology Professional

To gain a better understanding of the local government issues and priorities regarding cybersecurity, CompTIA’s Public Technology Institute (PTI) recently conducted its annual National Survey of Local Government Cyber Security Programs.

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The Beauty of Project Management

Association of Information Technology Professional

IT project management methodologies can also be applied in other industries. That’s why I got CompTIA Project+ even though I don’t work in IT.

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Attivo Networks ThreatPath now addresses proliferation of endpoints and credential protection challenges

CTOvision

Attivo Networks announced innovative enhancements to its ThreatPath solution, part of the modular ThreatDefend Endpoint Detection Net (EDN) family of products. ThreatPath, which continuously observes and shows credential exposures, now also […].

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What’s New with Admin By Request version 7 – Learn With Joy

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. A few months back, I wrote a blog on the topic of how to manage and control local admin rights on a modern managed Windows 10 device using Admin By Request – a product from Fastrack Software. It was great that the Admin By Request team liked the blog and featured it on their official […].

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Ericsson closes $1bn acquisition of Cradlepoint

CTOvision

Ericsson has completed its acquisition of Cradlepoint, a US-based provider of wireless edge 4G and 5G solutions for the enterprise market. The investment underscores Ericsson’s development strategy to gather a market […].

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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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CIOs Are Being Asked If They Trust Their Customers

The Accidental Successful CIO

CIOs need to use online behavior to determine if a customer can be trusted Image Credit: Photo by Form on Unsplash. Hey look – a customer is showing up at your company’s online web site. They took a look at the company’s catalog. Now they are placing an order. Are they a real customer? Are they a bot? Will they ever actually pay you? As the person with the CIO job it is your responsibility to evaluate your online customers.

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Interview: David Garfield and Henry Harrison, Garrison Technology

CTOvision

We know Garrison well and love their unique approach to restoring trust and functionality to enterprise users. So it is always good to see them in the press. Here is […].

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What's happening today: The election and online spending

Tech Republic Security

As Americans anxiously await clarity regarding final voting counts and results of yesterday's election, a new report found 26% of US consumers correlate who will win with how much they'll spend.

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7 Problems Faced By Self-Publishers And How to Avoid Them

Kitaboo

Online publishing services such as Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Smashwords, or Draft2Digital have enabled new authors to self-publish their books. Self-publishing your books on platforms such as these is relatively simple and straightforward – all you need is a Word file and a book cover and you are set to become a self-published author. Within five minutes you can upload your book and have it ready for sale in less than 24 hours.

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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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9,000-Year-Old Burial of Female Hunter Upends Beliefs About Prehistoric Gender Roles

Gizmodo

Conventional thinking in anthropology has it that prehistoric hunting was an activity reserved for males, while females did the gathering. Turns out this assumption is wrong, according to a provocative new study. Read more.

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Microsoft is beginning to replace Control Panel with Windows 10's Settings app

TechSpot

Instead, TechRadar reports, users who attempt to navigate to the System page of the Control Panel will be automatically redirected to Windows 10's equivalent Settings interface.

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You Owe It To Yourself to 3D Print the Tongue Brush

Gizmodo

Acid rain. International terrorism. Freeway killers. Now, more than ever, it is important to remember the true impacts of technology. It is important to realize that you, dear reader, have the power to 3D print your own tongue brush. Read more.

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Amazon to restore small Elephant Car Wash sign and display piece of Seattle history on its campus

GeekWire

The Elephant Car Wash in the Denny Triangle, on the edge of Amazon’s campus in Seattle, closed after 64 years of operation. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). The Elephant Car Wash is disappearing from its iconic perch just blocks from Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, but a piece of the historic business will live on inside one of the tech giant’s buildings.

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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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8 new uses for your old smartphone

The Verge

The excitement of getting a new phone is often tempered by nagging regret. A lot of times, it’s not like there was anything really wrong with the old phone (unless there was — a bulging battery or a shattered screen is always a bad look). If it was a breakup, the conversation with an old phone would start, “You’re terrific. It’s not you. It’s me. I just wanted a newer model.”.

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Seattle startup vets raise $1M and reveal more details about home valuation platform Plunk

GeekWire

Brian Lent (left) and David Bluhm, co-founders of Plunk. (Lamda Photos). Will that bathroom remodel increase your home’s value by more than $20,000? What about replacing the floors or adding a garage? How about the bad traffic that’s getting worse around your neighborhood? A stealthy Seattle-area startup wants to help answer these questions and more.

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Here’s every game coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X at launch and beyond

The Verge

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. For the early adopters of next-gen hardware Gaming technology improves with every new generation of hardware, but that’s not always apparent on launch day. Typically, new consoles are coupled with a lackluster slate of launch games, with developers needing time to fully take advantage of the new hardware. While there are some standout launch titles that will always be remembered — Tetris on the Game Boy, Halo on the original Xbox, and The Legend of Zelda: Breat

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MIT CSAIL researchers claim their algorithm helps doctors pick the right antibiotics

Venture Beast

Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) claim their model reduces second-line antibiotics usage. Read More.

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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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DJI’s palm-sized Mini 2 drone flies further and shoots 4K for $449

The Verge

Last year’s DJI Mavic Mini might have been the smallest and lightest full-featured drone on the market, but it was also a little compromised out of the gate. Today, the DJI Mini 2 — don’t call it a Mavic — is addressing some of its limitations. While the new $449 drone might look identical to the original, even weighing the same 249 grams (which means you don’t need to register it with the FAA ), it now comes with DJI’s OcuSync 2 wireless connectivity for up to 2.5 times the wireless range and m

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The Xbox Series X's SSD is so fast that it breaks The Witcher 3's loading screens

TechSpot

As discovered by the XboxNews Twitter account, the Witcher 3 is running great on the Xbox Series X: so great, in fact, that the loading screens literally do not exist, at least for fast travel.

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Massachusetts passes ‘right to repair’ law to open up car data

The Verge

Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge. Massachusetts voters approved a measure requiring car manufacturers to let people access vehicle data for repairs. Question 1 amends a landmark 2012 “right to repair” law in the state. After it’s adopted, manufacturers will have until car model year 2022 to install a standard open data platform. The platform will let vehicle owners and independent mechanics access telematics, wirelessly transmitted data that is typically sent directly to a remote server.

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Streamloots raises $5.6 million for influencer monetization

Venture Beast

Streamloots is announcing today that it has raised $5.6 million for its influencer monetization platform. The money came from influencers. Read More.

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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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The different strategies of Microsoft and Sony’s next-generation consoles

The Verge

The Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and PlayStation 5. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. Choosing between a console is a more philosophical choice this generation We’re just days away from the next generation of console gaming with the upcoming release of the Xbox Series X / S and the PlayStation 5. And now that we’re so close to those launches, we have a pretty good idea of how both companies are approaching this next generation.

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Drugs Won the Election

Gizmodo

With ballots for the U.S. 2020 presidential election still being counted in several states, it’s possible that we won’t know that outcome for quite some time. But one clear victor emerged in another fight: the drug legalization movement. In multiple cities and states, in both red and blue areas, people voted to… Read more.

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WHITEPAPER: How a pandemic impacts global telecoms infrastructure

Spearline Testing

In this whitepaper, we examine the impact of pandemics on the global telecommunications infrastructure. We investigate the repercussions that a pandemic such as COVID-19 can have on connection and audio quality rates across a number of countries. Throughout this whitepaper, we analyze the approach taken by a number of countries, as well as examining the long term impact of the pandemic on the telecoms industry.

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9 Ways CIOs Can Creatively Use IT Audits

Information Week

While audits are not fun, you can use them to your advantage and help improve IT throughout the organization.

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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.