Tue.Apr 11, 2017

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How to Avoid Runaway Costs in the Public Cloud

Data Center Knowledge

Both the tools and the techniques needed to keep a lid on public cloud costs are dramatically different when you rent infrastructure instead of owning it outright. Read More.

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Europol and Brazil agree co-operation on cyber crime

Computer Weekly

Brazil, which has a significant and growing cyber crime problem both as the target of international attacks and the source of regional attacks, is set to work more closely with Europol to fight cross-border crime

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Gartner Projects Worldwide IT Spending to Reach $3.5B in 2017

Data Center Knowledge

Worldwide IT spending will increase by 1.4 percent from last year, reaching $3.5 billion in 2017, according to projections released Monday by Gartner. The growth rate was projected to be 2.7 percent in the previous quarterly forecast, but was hit by the rising U.S. dollar. “The strong U.S. dollar.

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Thurrock Council latest to put gigabit broadband in public housing

Computer Weekly

Thurrock Council will fit out thousands of publicly owned properties with gigabit fibre-to-the-premises broadband

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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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Three Things IT Will Like About Today's IP Phones

IT Toolbox

If you’re on the fence about what to do with your phone system, this series should help clarify your options. Many businesses choose to keep using their aging phones for as long as possible, mainly to avoid the expense and hassle of replacing them. Economically, that makes sense, but it also holds employees back in terms of using currently technology to stay productive.

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How to check your Linux servers for rootkits and malware

Tech Republic Data Center

Linux is a reliable, secure choice for your data center. Even so, doing regular checks for rootkits and malware is always an advised best practice. Jack Wallen shows you how.

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VMware Virtual Storage to Hook Up Flash with Docker

Data Center Knowledge

Version 6.6 of VMware’s vSAN component (formerly Virtual SAN), to be made available May 5, will include a Docker volume driver that will enable containerized applications and microservices to address virtual storage volumes as though they were persistent data containers. It’s a move that VMware.

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5 ways robots are vulnerable to cyberattacks

Tech Republic Security

Robotic devices flooding the IoT market are insecure, according to IOActive researchers. Authentication and privacy issues are some of the cybersecurity risks the researchers found.

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Video will become ‘cash cow’ for telecoms providers, says Huawei

Computer Weekly

Video services have the potential to generate a lot of money for telcos, according to Huawei president of products and solutions Ryan Ding

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6 common enterprise cybersecurity threats and how to avoid them

Tech Republic Security

At the 2017 Midmarket CIO Forum, Brian Hill of Computer Forensic Services explained how to protect your company from threats such as ransomware, phishing, and IoT vulnerabilities.

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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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‘Can do’ attitude of DevOps teams is driving cloud-first strategies

Computer Weekly

The cloud-first strategies of businesses across sectors are maturing, with DevOps teams playing a leading role

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Global Hacking Operation is Targeting MSPs, Stealing Customer Data

Data Center Knowledge

Report details a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign by a well-known China-linked group Read More.

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AI and Its Promise to Businesses

IT Toolbox

There?s clearly something to artificial intelligence that can truly push a business forward. No matter the business or industry, artificial intelligence brings many benefits to companies.

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Ofcom to readjust BT dark fibre pricing after error

Computer Weekly

Competition and Markets Authority rules in favour of appeal filed by TalkTalk relating to how much BT is allowed to charge other providers for buying dark fibre

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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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5 Tricks to Avoid Scaring People Away When Using Retargeting

IT Toolbox

Retargeting isn't necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it's one of the best marketing tactics we've ever had access to thanks to big data. It needs to be used in the right way if you want it to be effective, so we're going to look at ways you can avoid showing you can almost read minds.

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New Power Line for Amazon May Run Above Railroads Despite Opposition

Data Center Knowledge

The Virginia State Corporation Commission cleared the way last Thursday for the state’s largest utility provider, Dominion Virginia Power, to seek the approval of local regulators to build a new electric substation, along with a 230 kV transmission line in a series of towers along an existing.

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Big Data Quality Assurance - The Data Warehouse

IT Toolbox

Typical warehouse performance and data quality measures include: Speed and volume of data extract. Data enters the warehouse from operational systems either directly or via transferred extract files. This data is collected daily via a snapshot process at the end of regular business cycles.

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Security as a service on the rise in the UAE

Computer Weekly

Organisations in the United Arab Emirates are increasingly turning to security services

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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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5 Ways That Fintech Is Transforming How We Handle And Invest Our Money

Galido

FinTech (financial technology), is an economic industry composed of companies that use technology to make financial services more efficient. Fintech is changing the way we invest, the way we spend and the way we interact with money. It’s a hugely lucrative industry and one that most of us are utilizing on a day to day basis. We Bank Digitally. For numerous banking customers these days, having to stand in line to pay bills at a local high street bank is no longer necessary.

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Middle East’s Uber-like service adopts facial recognition technology

Computer Weekly

Ride-hailing service is using facial recognition technology to reassure customers that drivers are authorised

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Research shows smartphone fingerprint scanners aren't as secure as we think they are

Tech Republic Security

Researchers from two universities were able to spoof some fingerprint-based security systems, demonstrating the possibility of creating a master print to unlock phones.

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DNS record will help prevent unauthorized SSL certificates

Network World

In a few months, publicly trusted certificate authorities will have to start honoring a special Domain Name System (DNS) record that allows domain owners to specify who is allowed to issue SSL certificates for their domains. The Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) DNS record became a standard in 2013 but didn't have much of a real-world impact because certificate authorities (CAs) were under no obligation to conform to them.

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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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Cologix Buyer Stonepeak Said to Seek $5B for Infrastructure Deals

Data Center Knowledge

Investor acquired data center provider Cologix last month Read More.

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IDG Contributor Network: When phone systems attack

Network World

A telephony denial of service (TDoS) attack is a specific type of DDoS attack that originates from or is directed towards a telephone system with the intent of bringing down the targeted system. These attacks commonly focus on commercial businesses and may often include ransomware requests. In reality, these attacks can affect anyone, including our nation’s 911 infrastructure, because even it is not isolated from or immune from these types of attacks.

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How Modern Technologies Change the Healthcare Industry

IT Toolbox

This post looks at how modern tech has changed Healthcare.

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IDG Contributor Network: 7 steps to avoid getting hooked by phishing scams

Network World

High-profile hacking attacks might dominate the headlines, but one of the biggest risks to your security isn’t software vulnerabilities or malware—it’s phishing attacks. There were more than 1.2 million phishing attacks last year alone, up 65 percent over 2015, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). + Also on Network World: 25% to 30% of users struggle with identifying phishing threats, study says +.

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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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House of Fraser drops Oracle support to invest in multi-channel retail

Computer Weekly

IT departments need to cut costs to reinvest in new projects.

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Fortinet upgrades for better cloud, SD-WAN protection

Network World

Fortinet has rolled out a new version of its FortiOS operating system that gives customers the ability to manage security capabilities across their cloud assets and software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) environments. With FortiOS 5.6, the company’s Fortinet Security Fabric gives a view of customers’ public and private clouds – including Amazon Web Services and Azure – as well as assets on and their software-defined WANs, says John Maddison, Fortinet’s senior vice president of products.

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Ex-Facebook engineers launch Honeycomb, a new tool for your debugging nightmares

Tech Republic Data Center

A new startup launched by Facebook operations engineers hopes to take debugging into the 21st Century. Here's how.

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5 Killer SEO Landing Page Tips for Small Business

Galido

There was a time when small businesses only had to worry about advertising on a local scale. However, Google’s focus on local search results means having an online presence is more important than ever, especially if you want to beat the competition. That being said, here is a look at five killer SEO landing page tips for small business owners who are looking to establish an online presence for their company.

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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.