Thu.Jan 23, 2020

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B2B Marketing Should Organize Around The Customer In 2020

Forrester IT

The theme of Forrester’s “Predictions 2020: B2B Marketing And Sales” report was “accelerating response to the great expectations for the B2B buying experience.” The report made five unique calls; one of them was mine: The number of organizations with audience-based structures will more than double. Since we published the report late last year, I’ve had […].

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Phishing Today, Deepfakes Tomorrow: Training Employees to Spot This Emerging Threat

CTOvision

Read Ian Cruxton explains how to train employees to spot sophisticated phishing attacks on Dark Reading : Deepfake fraud is a new, potentially devastating issue for businesses. In fact, last year a top executive at an unidentified energy company was revealed to have been conned into paying £200,000 by scammers using artificial intelligence to replicate […].

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Is It Structure That’s Killing Your Pivot To Customer-Centricity?

Forrester IT

The theme of Forrester’s Predictions 2020: B2B Marketing And Sales report was “Accelerating Response To The Great Expectations For The B2B Buying Experience.” The report made 5 unique calls, one of them was mine: “Thirty percent more marketing organizations will shift toward audience-based structures in 2020.” I’ve had some robust challenges and conversations on that […].

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Apple Dropped iCloud Encryption Plans After FBI Complaint: Report

CTOvision

Apple dropped plans to offer end-to-end encrypted cloud back-ups to its global customer base after the FBI complained, a new report has claimed. Citing six sources “familiar with the matter,” Reuters claimed that Apple changed its mind over the plans for iCloud two years ago after the Feds argued in private it would seriously hinder investigations. The […].

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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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11 popular IT certifications that make the most money

Tech Republic Cloud

Find out which are in demand worldwide, and which IT cross-certifications are beneficial.

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Why Businesses Should Start Prioritising Cybersecurity

CTOvision

Read Tim Mocan explain why businesses should start prioritizing cybersecurity on Enterprise Times : Do you have £45 million to spare? That’s how much a ransomware attack cost Norsk Hydro in the first quarter of 2019. A total of 22,000 computers had their files forcibly encrypted (made unreadable without a particular key) across 40 countries […].

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Building A Pentest Program To Prevent A Data Breach

CTOvision

It was a simple misconfiguration that doomed Capital One. In March 2019, former Amazon employee Paige Thompson exfiltrated the data of more than 100 million Capital One customers, culminating in one of the year’s worst breaches. Thompson exploited what’s known as a server-side request forgery (SSRF) to access credit applications, Social Security numbers and consumer […].

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How to Choose The Best eReader for Your Institution

Kitaboo

An eReader is an electronic device that is designed to read eBooks, documents, periodicals and other digital documents. An ideal eReader is generally the size of a paperback with low-resolution and low-glare black and white XD screen, though the colored versions are also available. Compared to a laptop, computer, or smartphone, which are usually backlit, the eReaders are thin and have long battery life.

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2019 data breach disclosures: 10 more of the biggest

CTOvision

Read Alexander Culafi list 10 of the biggest data breach disclosures of 2019 on Tech Target : The details of these breaches vary widely in terms of how many users were affected as well as how long it took for a company to detect a breach; sometimes not long at all, like with Zynga, and […].

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How to protect previous Firefox tabs from being hijacked

Tech Republic Security

Learn how to secure Firefox tabs from mischief with the Don't Touch My Tabs add-on.

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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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Top 10 Languages for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Information Week

Here are the 10 most important programming languages for machine learning and artificial intelligence.

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5G promises faster speeds and greater security risks

Tech Republic Security

TechRepublic's Karen Roby talks with Radware exec Mike O'Malley about the growing security risks that accompany 5G for providers, smart cities, and the enterprise.

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How to use the new Google Docs Compare feature

Tech Republic Cloud

Learn how to use the Google Docs Compare feature to view the differences between versions of documents.

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5G promises faster speeds and greater security risks

Tech Republic Security

TechRepublic's Karen Roby talks with Radware exec Mike O'Malley about the growing security risks that accompany 5G for providers, smart cities, and the enterprise

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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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Why over one-third of AI and Analytics Projects in the Cloud fail?

Dataconomy

How are various organizations handling the accelerating transition of data to the cloud? What are the obstacles in data cleaning for analytics and the time constraints companies face when preparing data for analytics, AI and Machine Learning (ML) initiatives? Here is a look at some insights from a recent report. The post Why over one-third of AI and Analytics Projects in the Cloud fail?

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Why many small and midsized businesses remain vulnerable to cyberattack

Tech Republic Security

Budget limitations and a lack of knowledge or training are two major factors hurting many SMBs, according to a survey from Untangle.

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Next Evolution of Data Capture Tech Transforms Retail

Information Week

Eye-tracking, facial recognition, sensors, and digital displays gather data that retailers can use to fine-tune their strategies.

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Change-Readiness with Synthesis of Socio-Technical Systems-Perspectives

Future of CIO

We are living in a complex world in which inventions, developments, and conflicts are continuously changing and that makes it impossible to have complete knowledge and understanding of many issues facing the business today. Making an objective change impact assessment is an important step in building the organizational level change management competency and achieving high-performance business results.

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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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How Credible Are the White House's AI Regulation Principles?

Information Week

What is the Trump administration's real goal in suggesting new national regulations governing the use of artificial intelligence?

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The Best “Labyrinth” Quotes of “Digital Master” Jan, 2020

Future of CIO

" Digital Master ” is a series of guidebooks (28 + books) to perceive the multi-faceted impact digital is making to the businesses and society, help forward-thinking organizations navigate through the journey in a systematic way, and avoid “rogue digital.” It perceives the emergent trends of digital leadership, provides advice on how to run a digital organization to unleash its full potential and improve agility, maturity, and provide insight about Change Management.

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The Monthly System Wisdom Summary: Are You a System Thinking Master

Future of CIO

Systems Thinking is about understanding interrelationships between parts and the whole. It helps digital leaders and professionals discover the interconnectivity and interdependence of the digital business ecosystem, help them get behind the "surface" validity and give them deeper insight into the nuances of why and how, and ensure that the digital business as an organic system growing and evolving with its environment in harmony.

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