Mon.Apr 12, 2021

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Avalanche (AVAX) integrates with The Graph (GRT)

CTOvision

Decentralized smart contracts platform, Avalanche, has integrated with The Graph to expand querying and indexing on the platform. According to a press release shared with Coin Rivet, developers building on Avalanche can easily query custom on-chain data requests, without having to run a full node, via subgraphs, which are indexes of specifically-defined blockchain data.

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Navigating The Struggles Of Data Deletion And Secure Data Disposal

Forrester IT

How long does your organization retain customer, employee, and sensitive corporate data, and how do you go about disposing of it? In the absence of explicit regulatory mandates, when and how to delete different types of records and personal data can become a tug-of-war between line of business, legal, and security teams. There are consequences of improper deletion and disposal, as well as excessive retention.

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Ethereum Popularity on YouTube Surpasses Bitcoin

CTOvision

According to a recent report by Total Processing, Ethereum (ETH) is the most-watched cryptocurrency on YouTube. The top altcoin has clocked over 231 million views, even more than Bitcoin. In contrast, Bitcoin has a little under 200 million views. Other top-ranking cryptos like LINK, Cardano, and Ripple achieved 45 million, 43 million, and 38 million views […].

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Why Your Brand Needs More Of Your Attention

Forrester IT

Brand is a primary purchase-decision driver, yet it often takes a backseat in terms of investment. At this year's B2B Summit North America, learn how to better manage this critical asset.

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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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Scoping out the Job Landscape: Palantir Gets National Nuclear Security Administration Award

CTOvision

Read Jillian Hamilton explain how the Palantir Technologies $89.9 million contract with the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration could help the job landscape on Clearance Jobs : In a cleared market, passive candidates with an active clearance are a recruiters dream. It pays to keep your eye on the job landscape so that you’re ready […].

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Sales Operations As Switzerland: How Sales Leaders Can Avoid The Politics Of Territory Design

Forrester IT

Territory design and the subsequent application and management of those plans is fraught with opportunities for distortion by human intervention. In her latest blog post, Anne Slough discusses the critical role that sales operations plays to maintain equity in the territory design process.

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March 2021 Research Recap — Cloud And Tech Operations

Forrester IT

Each month, the infrastructure and operations (I&O) team writes incredible research. As a research director, I get to not only see the final outcome but all of the work and client insights that went into its creation. For those who know me, I am quick to call these out via inquiry calls — but I’d […].

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Anduril Is About To Give An AI Brain Transplant To Area-I’s Drones

CTOvision

We had reported about Anduril Industries, Inc’s acquisition of drone maker Area-I, David Hambling takes a look at how the acquisition will pan out on Forbes: Defense startup Anduril has moved closer to its ambition to build a new industry giant with the acquisition of drone maker Area-I. Combining Anduril’s cutting-edge AI with Area-I’s proven […].

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3 Emerging Ways IT Benefits from AIOps

Social, Agile and Transformation

AIOps may be the most important emerging capability for IT Operations teams. For the first time, IT has scalable tools to manage complex infrastructure, applications, databases, and devices. What's driving the business need for AIOps? It's the many factors driving organizations to invest in technologies, including digital transformation, customer/employee.

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Elastic Teams Up With Confluent To Enhance User Experience

CTOvision

Search company Elastic N.V. has expanded its strategic partnership with Confluent, Inc. to offer an improved experience to Apache Kafka and Elasticsearch users. Elastic (ESTC) CEO, Shay Banon said, “Kafka has been, and continues to be, an important component of the Elastic ecosystem. We are committed to deepening our partnership and working together with confluent, which […].

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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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Device Configuration Workload Switch ConfigMgr Co-Management | SCCM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post Device Configuration Workload Switch ConfigMgr Co-Management | SCCM appeared first on HTMD Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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Ethereum price prediction: what is the outlook for the second-largest crypto in 2021 and beyond?

CTOvision

Read Nicole Willing’s predictions for Ethereum for 2021 and beyond on Capital : The ETH price briefly touched $2,000 (£1,500, ?1,680) in February’s cryptocurrency rally and has moved back above that level in April, gaining 183.2% so far this year. The Ethereum ecosystem has emerged as the first choice for developers launching decentralised finance (DeFI) applications […].

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How to raise the cybersecurity poverty line and make companies more secure

Tech Republic Security

The cybersecurity poverty line is a term that can help companies understand security gaps and build better awareness. Learn more about it and how it applies to your organization.

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Using Aerospike on Google Cloud Platform: Two Use Cases

CTOvision

Read Ronen Botzer take a look at two case studies of firms using Aerospike for hyperscale implementation on Aerospike Blog : At Aerospike, our customers are at the forefront of innovation. The Aerospike database makes it possible for them to implement a wide range of hyperscale real time use cases. They’re scaling cybersecurity defenses, running […].

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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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What Cloud Attacks Have Taught Us About Hidden Compliance Costs

Information Week

Recent compromises to cloud services and increased data privacy regulations can negatively impact the bottom line for businesses with nationwide operations.

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Exam Development, Launch and Retirement: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About CompTIA Exams

Association of Information Technology Professional

Developing CompTIA certification exams requires input from industry professionals and oversight to ensure a high level of accuracy and impartiality.

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This browser extension promises to block Google's controversial new tracking algorithm

Tech Republic Security

DuckDuckGo has launched a new browser extension for Chrome that will prevent FLoC, a new tracking technique used by Google to support web advertising without identifying users.

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What Microsoft's $19.7 billion purchase of Nuance could mean for AI and speech tech

Tech Republic Cloud

Microsoft is buying AI company Nuance and it will accelerate Microsoft's industry cloud strategy for healthcare and could lead to other integrations in ambient AI.

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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 scalper bots profit by buying and reselling Sony PS5 and Xbox consoles

Tech Republic Security

These bots grab some of the limited stock of the PS5 and Xbox on eBay and Amazon and then resell them at huge markups, says PerimeterX.

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Tesla Owners, Say ‘Open Butthole’ and Get a Little Surprise

Gizmodo

Tesla’s cars already feature a wide range of Easter eggs, like the ability to turn on “fart mode,” support for volume settings that go to 11, and more. But recently, Tesla owners have discovered a new trick that might be the most childish one yet. Read more.

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Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot has been taught to pee beer on command

The Verge

Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot exists in two realities. In one, it’s a terrifying harbinger of a dystopian future when robots hunt and kill humans. In the other, it’s the plaything of YouTubers who teach this robot quadruped to “p**s beer” on command. The latter example comes from the talented, imaginative, p**s-focused YouTuber Michael Reeves, who managed to get his hands on a unit before using his tech expertise and dirty mind to turn Spot into the ultimate drinking buddy.

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Seattle podcast monetization startup Glow, a spinout of PSL, acquired by hosting platform Libsyn

GeekWire

Amira Valliani, Glow CEO and co-founder. (Glow Photo). Podcast monetization startup Glow , a spinout of Seattle’s Pioneer Square Labs , has been acquired by Libsyn , a podcast hosting network. Glow launched in June 2019 with a way to help podcasters make money through membership programs. Publicly traded Libsyn will utilize Glow’s technology, including private feed distribution and subscription billing, for its more than 75,000 podcasts.

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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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Microsoft buys AI speech tech company Nuance for $19.7 billion

The Verge

Microsoft is buying AI speech tech firm Nuance for $19.7 billion , bolstering the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant’s prowess in voice recognition and giving it further leverage in the health care market, where Nuance sells many products. Microsoft will pay $56 per share for Nuance, a 23 percent premium over the company’s closing price last Friday.

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The GeekWire Awards return: Finalists announced, voting opens across 13 categories

GeekWire

The GeekWire Awards, presented by Wave Business, return in a virtual format on May 20. The GeekWire Awards return on May 20, but before we get there we could use a little help. Today, we’re announcing the finalists across 13 voting categories — everything from Startup of the Year to Next Tech Titan to Deal of the Year. We’ve also added two awesome new categories: Workplace of the Year and STEM Educator of the Year, a non-voting category that celebrates three amazing educators from th

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Tesla is burning its solar roof customers with a huge price increase

The Verge

Image: Tesla. Tesla has dramatically increased the price for its solar roof, angering some customers who have responded by canceling their orders. The news was first reported over the weekend by Electrek. The price jumps come as Tesla reports increasing revenue from its solar business. During the fourth quarter of 2020, the company installed 86 mega-watts (MW) of solar energy, a 59 percent increase year over year.

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Why Microsoft’s $19.7B deal to acquire Nuance is a ‘perfect fit’ and ‘trophy’ for Redmond tech giant

GeekWire

(Microsoft Image). Microsoft’s giant purchase: The tech giant announced its second-largest acquisition ever on Monday: a pending $19.7 billion deal to swoop up Boston-area company Nuance Communications, a longtime leader in artificial intelligence-fueled speech technology. Why Nuance: The deal reflects Microsoft’s continued bet on healthcare.

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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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An Alaskan Glacier Has Started Moving Really, Really Fast

Gizmodo

If you’re visiting Alaska this year, you may get to experience a once-in-a-lifetime geologic event. A glacier in Denali National Park has started moving between 50 to 100 times faster than normal. Read more.

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Nvidia reveals Omniverse Enterprise for simulating products and worlds

Venture Beast

Nvidia has announced its Omniverse, a virtual environment dubbed a "metaverse" for engineers, will be available as an enterprise service. Read More.

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The FCC wants you to test your internet speeds with its new app

The Verge

Image: Alex Castro / The Verge. The Federal Communications Commission has released a new speed test app to help measure internet speeds across the country, available on both Android and iOS. The FCC Speed Test App works similarly to existing speed-testing apps like Ookla’s and Fast by Netflix, automatically collecting and displaying data once users press the “start testing” button.

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Oculus plans a virtual reality gaming showcase for April 21

Venture Beast

Facebook said its Oculus division will hold a virtual reality gaming showcase on April 21. The event will feature new VR games. Read More.

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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.