Association of Information Technology Professional

JANUARY 22, 2021

2021 will be a challenging but exciting year for IT pros. Here are the top skills in demand they will need in order to gain ground in their career.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 22, 2021

Cybersecurity bad actors are taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic and attacking businesses. Follow these best practices for protecting your organization before a security attack.

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Mick's IT Blog

JANUARY 22, 2021

I was in the process of pushing out the Microsoft Windows 10 20H2 upgrade when I had 23 systems that errored out. They reported the error shown below. After looking at the logs and at Software Center on the target machine, I found the target machine was not seeing the deployment under Operating Systems. The fix was to reinstall the client on the target machine.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 22, 2021

Worker's union Prospect warned that the UK was at risk of 'sleepwalking into a world of surveillance' as more businesses turn to digital tools to keep tabs on remote workers.

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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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JANUARY 22, 2021

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s check the default ConfigMgr Application Package Distribution related default reports. There are sixty-one (61) out of box Application, Package, and Distribution related reports available as part of Configuration Manager SSRS. There are other useful hardware related reports outside of ConfigMgr Application, Package, and Distribution related default reports.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 22, 2021

Veteran Michael Kassner says former military personnel might know more about cybersecurity than employers think. Read about some of the skills veterans could bring to a cybersecurity job.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 22, 2021

Changing threats, volume of threats, and ransomware plague organizations. Having some autonomous AI tools to help pros do their jobs can help.

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Fountainhead

JANUARY 22, 2021

Why Paranoia, Customer Intimacy, and Peripheral Vision are key skills for Product Marketing Management If you’re going to be in Product Marketing - or in any company leadership position - I’ve found that the same 3 “superpowers” keep recurring in successful careers. These aren’t operational or functional skills per se. Rather, they are persistent perspectives that leaders with insight always keep in the back of their minds.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 22, 2021

The new Edge 88 browser includes tough new security features, including a password generator and a tool for monitoring whether your login details have been exposed to the dark web.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2021

Photo by Johnny Louis/Getty Images. Trading in stock of video game retailer GameStop (GME) was halted briefly Friday, as it soared more than 70 percent, due partly to the enthusiastic support of a group of Reddit day traders. The stock is up more than 250 percent year to date, rising sharply last week after GameStop announced Chewy CEO Ryan Cohen was joining its board, CNBC reported.

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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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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 22, 2021

A punitive approach toward employees reporting data breaches intensifies problems.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 22, 2021

Bob Crimmins. (Startup Haven Photo). There are countless startup accelerators for budding entrepreneurs who need a little boost for their business. But Bob Crimmins thinks there is room for another. Crimmins, a Seattle tech veteran, is founder of Startup Haven , a community for entrepreneurs that began as a poker game but now has chapters in seven cities and 2,300 members.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 22, 2021

President Brad Smith said that national security is threatened by the industry's inability to learn lessons from the past.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2021

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Microsoft has reversed its controversial Xbox Live price increase. The company announced a price hike on Friday that would have doubled the cost of a yearly subscription to the service, which is required to play games online on Xbox consoles, to $120 for many users. Now, though, Microsoft says the price will stay the same.

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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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Gizmodo

JANUARY 22, 2021

Teespring, a Silicon Valley e-commerce site that lets people create and sell customized T-shirts, sweaters, and other apparel, is having a heck of a month. Read more.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 22, 2021

Liza Moiseeva (left) and Laura Alexander Wittig, co-founders of Brightly. (Brightly Photo). Laura Alexander Wittig and Liza Moiseeva have turned a simple podcast about sustainable living into a full blown platform for content, community, and online shopping. The entrepreneurs are co-founders of Brightly , a Seattle startup that just reeled in $1 million to fuel its momentum.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2021

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. An intelligence agency has just confirmed that the US government does indeed buy location data collected by its citizens’ smartphones. In a memo sent to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and obtained by The New York Times , the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) admitted that it buys location data from brokers — and that the data isn’t separated by whether a person lives in the US or outside of it.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 22, 2021

VREAL CEO Todd Hooper speaks at a Tech Alliance event in Seattle. Veteran Seattle tech entrepreneur Todd Hooper has raised investment for a stealthy new startup. A new SEC filing reveals that a Seattle-area company called Aardvark Labs has raised $3.5 million. Hooper, who previously led virtual reality startup Vreal and also founded Zipline Games and Napera Networks, is listed on the filing.

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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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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2021

Image: CD Projekt Red. Cyberpunk 2077 ’s first big update is available now, and it’s packed with bug fixes for the notoriously buggy game. In a tweet , developer CD Projekt Red also said that the update “lays the groundwork” for future patches. Patch 1.1 is out on PC, consoles and Stadia! In this update, which lays the groundwork for the upcoming patches, we focused on various stability improvements and bugfixes.

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 22, 2021

Cobra Kai season three ended with a not so subtle tease. John Kreese, the returning sensei of the once again villainous Cobra Kai, looked at a photo from his days in Vietnam, picked up the phone, and called an old war buddy. With that, Karate Kid obsessives knew exactly who to expect in season four. Read more.

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Venture Beast

JANUARY 22, 2021

Self-driving car startup Cruise has just gotten a $2 billion infusion from Microsoft, which actually stands to gain more from the deal. Read More.

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 22, 2021

This is the decade oil and gas must begin their decline. To avoid warming above 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) without overly relying on unproven technology, world oil and gas use must drop 37% and 25%, respectively, by 2030 before declining even further in the following decades. End of story. Read more.

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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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GeekWire

JANUARY 22, 2021

Gamers try out Project xCloud at the Xbox 2019 E3 Showcase in the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live, Monday, June 10, 2019 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Casey Rodgers/Invision for Xbox/AP Images). Microsoft announced Friday that it’s planning to dramatically raise the monthly cost of its Xbox Live Gold subscription service , which is required for Xbox owners who want to play their console games online. “Periodically, we assess the value and pricing of our services to reflect changes in reg

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2021

Microsoft is increasing the prices of its Xbox Live Gold subscription soon. The software giant has started notifying existing Xbox Live Gold members of the changes in certain markets, and it will see the price rise by a dollar to $10.99 per month in the US and $5 for a three-month membership. Twelve-month and six-month pricing is also going up, but the increase won’t affect existing subscribers here.

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Venture Beast

JANUARY 22, 2021

Microsoft is backtracking. Xbox Live Gold will not see its price raised. Further, free-to-play games will no longer require Gold. Read More.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2021

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. YouTube is finally enabling HDR support on Microsoft’s Xbox consoles. The HDR support works across existing Xbox One S / X devices and new consoles like the Xbox Series X and Series S. As long as you have a TV or monitor capable of displaying HDR videos, the YouTube app will now automatically switch to output HDR content.

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“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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Venture Beast

JANUARY 22, 2021

A leading enterprise platform for 3D room design and furniture commerce will use an investment to expand into new categories and regions. Read More.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2021

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge. Google is redesigning how search results look on mobile, the company announced in a blog on Friday. “We wanted to take a step back to simplify a bit so people could find what they’re looking for faster and more easily,” Aileen Cheng, who led the redesign, said in the blog. The redesign will have larger and bolder text that’s intended to be easier to scan quickly, and you’ll see more of Google’s font in results.

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Venture Beast

JANUARY 22, 2021

Microsoft and SAP are expanding their partnership in a move that will see Microsoft Teams integrated into SAP's suite of products. Read More.

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Tech Republic Security

JANUARY 22, 2021

The SolarWinds compromise means you can no longer put off privileged account management.

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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.