Mon.Jul 20, 2020

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Value Stream Management Tools Unlock Agile-Plus-DevOps’ Potential: Takeaways From The Forrester Wave™

Forrester IT

Application development and delivery (AD&D) leaders focusing on velocity and cadence are finding there’s more to software delivery than going fast. These leaders are realizing that shifting their focus from outputs to outcomes can provide greater insight than velocity alone. Using value stream management (VSM) tools, AD&D leaders gain better insight into their organization’s processes […].

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5 Priorities for IT Leaders During this Summer of COVID

Social, Agile and Transformation

It's been a very challenging year for everyone and indeed, this has been the case for first responders. Somewhere a couple of rungs further down the ladder, most organizations owe plenty of thanks to CIOs, IT leaders, and especially the IT service desk. It's one compliance requirement to have business continuity plans, but an exponential challenge to quickly enable global.

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Managing Digital Risk in a New Age of Internet of Things

CTOvision

Read Arthur Fontaine explain how companies should manage digital risks associated with the Internet of Things on RSA Blog : Digital transformation is valuable and essential, but it creates digital […].

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HCOs: Optimize Self-Triage Now To Better Serve Patients And Members And Get The Greatest ROI

Forrester IT

During COVID-19, self-triage emerged as a critical component for healthcare organizations (HCOs) as members and patients struggled to navigate a complex ecosystem and determine the best setting for care based on their symptoms. In this collection, we provide a set of research reports that highlight the importance of self-triage during the pandemic and beyond to help HCOs get the most value from these investments.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Beijing unveils plan for blockchain-based government

CTOvision

The local government of Beijing released on Thursday a blueprint of its plan to implement a blockchain-based programmable government. Why it matters: This is the first time China’s capital city has […].

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Canadian Tech Market Will Fall At Least 7% In 2020 Due To The COVID-19 Recession

Forrester IT

The Canadian tech market will fall in 2020. The only question is how much. Forrester’s latest forecast for Canadian business and government of tech goods, software, and services shows the best case is a 7% drop in 2020 (Scenario A). However, a bleaker projection of an 11% fall is becoming more likely as the US […].

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FORRward: A Weekly Read For Tech And Marketing Execs

Forrester IT

The EU-US Privacy Shield Was Just Invalidated: What To Do Now This week, the Court of Justice of the European Union handed down its ruling in the case popularly known as “Schrems II.” Why should you care about an obscure EU case? Because the ruling invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield, the mechanism by which American companies could […].

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Adoption of AI and Blockchain at HHS: Interview with Jose Arrieta, US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)

CTOvision

Read Kathleen Walch’s article in Forbes about adoption of AI and Blockchain at HHS. Many governments worldwide are looking at using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other cognitive technologies as part […].

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Peacock Launch Puts User Experience At The Center Of The Streaming Wars

Forrester IT

NBCUniversal’s entrant in the streaming wars, Peacock, launched this past week, offering a full library of the network’s current season, original shows, and archival “must-see TV” programs, including “30 Rock,” “Parks and Recreation,” and “Saturday Night Live.” The network opted to follow FOX and ViacomCBS with an advertising-supported model to differentiate from the subscription model […].

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EU probe asks if Apple, Amazon, and other giants are stifling the Internet of Things

CTOvision

The European Union’s antitrust watchdog is investigating whether Apple, Google, Amazon, or other companies are building monopolies with their digital assistants and smart home products. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager […].

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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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How To Make Customer Service More Digital

Forrester IT

Phone experiences are increasingly becoming suboptimal as more and more customer service journeys begin before customers pick up the phone. This is because most companies deploy their communication channels in silos, which means that: (1) Agents have no knowledge of the customer’s prior digital interactions and (2) they cannot easily understand a customer’s prior actions […].

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Barracuda has launched a new SD-WAN service built on Microsoft Azure

CTOvision

Barracuda Networks Inc. has announced a new secure SD-WAN service built natively on Microsoft Azure. The new Barracuda CloudGen WAN service is the first SD-WAN solution that runs inside Azure […].

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Ensure The Proper Return-To-Work Strategies And Technologies For Your Organization Amid The Pandemic’s Unpredictable Risk

Forrester IT

This collection of Forrester’s research will help you develop and execute a detailed return-to-work plan with the appropriate strategies, policies, and technologies to keep people safe, reduce risk, and keep the organization running during the pandemic.

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SCCM Client InActive Obsolete Status Using SQL Query | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s help to analyze SCCM client InActive Obsolete Status using SQL query. I keep getting questions about ConfigMgr SQL queries in the HTMD forum. The following SQL query helps you identify ConfigMgr client status based on collections. I know these details can be found in the collection.

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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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HCOs: Optimize Self-Triage Now To Better Serve Patients And Members And Get The Greatest ROI

Forrester IT

During COVID-19, self-triage emerged as a critical component for healthcare organizations (HCOs) as members and patients struggled to navigate a complex ecosystem and determine the best setting for care based on their symptoms. In this collection, we provide a set of research reports that highlight the importance of self-triage during the pandemic and beyond to help HCOs get the most value from these investments.

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DevOps: Making Cybersecurity a Part of the Team

Association of Information Technology Professional

DevOps is posing new challenges for cybersecurity. Where does it fit in the process, and what do cybersecurity pros need to know to get the job done?

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Cybersecurity spending to grow this year but may be hit by budget constraints

Tech Republic Security

Spending on security products and services for 2020 could increase as much as 5.6%, or as little as 2.5%, depending on the economic impact of the coronavirus on IT budgets, says Canalys.

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How to drive change by focusing on exponential opportunity, not threats

Trends in the Living Networks

Among the insights that John Hagel shared in our recent conversation on The Virtual Excellence Show was how to frame change for leaders. From his decades of experience he says that you must focus on opportunity. Emphasizing threats simply increases resistance to change. What makes this easier today is that fundamental shifts in the economy mean that opportunity can be exponential, generating even more compelling reasons for positive action.

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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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How to Plan Today for Tomorrow's Lights-Out Data Center

Information Week

A data center managed entirely by automated systems sounds like the setting for a science fiction movie. Yet human-less data centers are making their mark.

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Phishing attacks aim to steal sensitive data by prompting people to renew Microsoft subscription

Tech Republic Security

The initial scam emails claim that the recipient must renew their Microsoft Office 365 subscription, says Abnormal Security.

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How to drive change by focusing on exponential opportunity, not threats

Trends in the Living Networks

Among the insights that John Hagel shared in our recent conversation on The Virtual Excellence Show was how to frame change for leaders. From his decades of experience he says that you must focus on opportunity. Emphasizing threats simply increases resistance to change. What makes this easier today is that fundamental shifts in the economy mean that opportunity can be exponential, generating even more compelling reasons for positive action.

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Jeff Bezos Makes $13 Billion in One Day During Pandemic

Gizmodo

The U.S. is hanging on the precipice of economic collapse, with around 25 million Americans slated to be kicked off extended coronavirus pandemic uninsurance later this week and the White House mulling tax cuts and screw you as a replacement. But every cloud has an obscene silver lining: world’s richest man and … Read more.

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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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Seattle and Comcast launch $100,000 initiative to improve technology access for job seekers

GeekWire

Seattle City Hall. (Flickr Photo / Daniel X. O’Neil). The City of Seattle launched a new program this week designed to provide necessary technology to people of color and other marginalized groups who are looking for jobs. The Digital Bridge program, developed in response to the coronavirus crisis, is designed to provide internet access and other essential tools to Seattle residents looking for work through the Seattle Jobs Initiative (SJI).

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Logic signs to Twitch, exclusively

The Verge

Photo by Brian Stukes / Getty Images. The deal was worth seven figures Logic doesn’t like the internet — specifically social media: the masses who send hateful messages about him, the unmoderated horde of people who feel empowered to say “go kill yourself” to someone they deem big enough to be faceless. And Logic, better known offstage as Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, isn’t a stranger to the churn of comments that power social media; it’s how he made his name, he tells me, reaching people where the

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Researchers show FingerTrak, a hand tracking wristband for AR/VR input

Venture Beast

Cornell's SciFi Lab has revealed a wristband that uses thermal cameras and a deep neural network to determine the wearer's hand and finger poses in 3D. Read More.

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Microsoft Defender ATP for Android: This security software can help protect your devices and data

Tech Republic Security

Microsoft recently announced its first Android security tooling. But what is it for, and should you deploy it to your users?

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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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Sony website suggests PS5 pre-orders are imminent, limited to one console per household

TechSpot

The leak is the work of Reddit user Kgarvey, who went digging through the source code of Sony's new direct.playstation.com website. One of the main takeaways is that customers will only be able to "purchase one version of the PS5™ Console: Disc or Digital.

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DeepMind’s AI automatically generates reinforcement learning algorithms

Venture Beast

Researchers at DeepMind propose a new technique that automatically discovers a reinforcement learning algorithm from scratch. Read More.

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Microsoft acknowledges Windows 10 bug that causes internet connectivity problems

TechSpot

The Windows 10 May 2020 update was found on 7 percent of all PCs at the start of the month. While it’s landing on computers at a faster rate than previous updates, it’s not without its problems.

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Delivering Meals to Students During Pandemic Proves Challenging Without Effective Technology

Association of Information Technology Professional

The uncertainty as to whether schools will reopen in the fall and whether there could be a second wave of COVID-19 related closures means states need to pay close attention to how they are going to keep students fed if they have to stay home.

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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.