Wed.Sep 02, 2020

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Microsoft says the pandemic has changed the future of cybersecurity in these five ways

CTOvision

Cybersecurity has shot to the top of business agendas in recent months, as the sudden shift of workforces from the office to the home highlighted a host of new threats […].

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The Best of Both Worlds: Sales Reps Can Finally Get Value From Their Customer Interactions Without Needing to Log Them

Forrester IT

Netflix’s recommendation engine has become so sophisticated that even the images displaying with the recommended titles are customized for the user. For example, if you watch a lot of movies starring a specific actor, not only will that actor start appearing on the cover of any movie he or she is in, but also similar […].

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The Intelligence Workstation of the Future: A webinar overview

CTOvision

On Wednesday 16 September 2020 at 130pm Eastern I’ll be presenting on a topic aimed a modernizing the contributions of technology to critical enterprise missions. This webinar on the Intelligence […].

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The Birds and the Bees Do It: Introducing the B2B Buyer Signals Model

Forrester IT

We are now at a crucial point where organizations must have an explicit, thoughtful approach to identifying and acquiring the signals they need to survive and thrive. This year at Summit EMEA, we are introducing our new B2B Buyer Signals Model.

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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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Is Your Boardroom The Weakest Cybersecurity Link?

CTOvision

Read why Bob Zukis says that boardrooms can be a serious security risk on Forbes : From phishing to ransomware, one of the primary challenges with effective cybersecurity risk management […].

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CompTIA Certifications Help Cancer Survivor Change Careers into IT

Association of Information Technology Professional

After beating cancer, Chad Guerin found a new career in IT. With CompTIA certifications, he’s now healthy, happy and moving forward.

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#HSITAGgivesback Raises Awareness of Youth Homelessness with #Sleepout Challenge

Association of Information Technology Professional

Members of CompTIA's Human Services IT Advisory Group (HSITAG) spent a night sleeping somewhere other than their beds to raise awareness of youth homelessness.

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The Importance of Cyber Threat Intelligence in Improving Security Effectiveness

CTOvision

Read Jeff Guilfoyle explain the importance of cyber threat intelligence on Dark Reading : Unknown adversaries have seemingly limitless resources, putting pressure on security leaders to continually assess every aspect […].

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Today's New IT Project Manager

Information Week

Among the IT functions changed forever by the COVID-19 pandemic is project management. The days of "walk around" project management seem to be gone. Some thoughts on what the future looks like.

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NVIDIA: Inventor of the GPU, which creates interactive graphics on laptops, workstations, mobile devices, notebooks, PCs, and more

CTOvision

NVIDIA Corporation is an American multinational technology company based in Santa Clara, California. It designs graphics processing units for the gaming and professional markets, as well as system on a […].

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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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Replace your passwords with passphrases: Here's how to use them to remain secure

Tech Republic Security

Instead of trying to remember a long and complex password, try switching to passphrases. Learn why they're important and how they work.

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Breach Risk Minimization for Under-Resourced Teams

CTOvision

Read Rich Campagna explain how companies can manage best cybersecurity strategies even with low staff on Security Boulevard: CISOs that have enough budget and enough people on their teams have […].

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What CIOs Should Do If Nobody Is Listening To Them

The Accidental Successful CIO

Is it really the responsibility of talkers to get listeners to hear them? Image Credit: waiam cia. As a CIO, communication is a key part of your job as you try to share the importance of information technology. You really need people to pay attention to what you are telling them to do. However, in this day and age it all too often seems as though the people that you are talking to are not hearing you.

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33% of companies expose unsafe network services to the internet

Tech Republic Security

The findings of a new report validate the correlation between poor network hygiene and the prevalence of wider security issues in the digital supply chain.

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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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Windows 10 MDM Log Checklist – An Ultimate Help Guide – Part 1

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Prologue Proper case documentation not only helps in proper case management for the case owner but also helps to have a better understanding of the case and its status when it moves up the support hierarchy levels (L1 > L2 > L3). This helps to reduce the overall TAT of a case, due to lesser […].

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Organizations facing nearly 1,200 phishing attacks each month

Tech Republic Security

A new study found that email phishing attacks have become more successful during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Hero Addresses Most Important Problem Facing the World Today

Gizmodo

There are a lot of problems in the country right now, from police shootings of unarmed civilians to a pandemic that has killed over 184,000 Americans. But one man in Lincoln, Nebraska recently addressed a city council meeting to draw attention to the most important problem facing the world today: Boneless chicken… Read more.

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Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures and Techstars unveil cohort for ‘Future of Longevity’ Accelerator

GeekWire

A group of ten startups will spend the next 13 weeks coming up with innovative caregiving solutions for aging adults. Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures and Techstars unveiled the first cohort for the new Future of Longevity Accelerator , a program that supports startups building products and services for caregivers. Companies range from device makers to software platforms.

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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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Storelift launches autonomous convenience stores using AI and computer vision

Venture Beast

Storelift, a French startup, is using computer vision and AI to create an autonomous convenience store that lowers costs while improving efficiency. Read More.

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Microsoft and Seahawks help lead new initiative connecting Washington students to remote learning

GeekWire

Remote back-to-school in September 2020 includes an iPad and a kitten. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler). As the vast majority of Washington’s kids are returning to school this month via Zoom conferences and online assignments, a statewide effort called the Digital Equity Initiative is launching Wednesday to provide urgently needed computers, tablets and online access for students lacking essential tech tools.

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Competitive mobile game maker Skillz will do a quick IPO at $3.5 billion valuation

Venture Beast

Skillz announced it is going public through a quick initial public offering process, raising an estimated $849 million at a $3.5 billion valuation. Read More.

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NFL reveals new ‘Expected Rush Yards’ stat, with help from Amazon Web Services

GeekWire

(BigStock Photo). Football fans wondering whether the next handoff to a running back could be another Beast Quake have another stat to track thanks to Next Gen Stats , the platform powered by Amazon Web Services. The new stat, called Expected Rush Yards, was born out of the National Football League’s Big Data Bowl, a data analytics competition which focused on the run game this year and sought to answer the question, “When an NFL ball carrier takes a handoff, how many yards should we

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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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CompTIA Raises Awareness of Youth Homelessness with #Sleepout Challenge

Association of Information Technology Professional

Members of CompTIA spent a night sleeping somewhere other than their beds to raise awareness of youth homelessness.

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Woman Arrested For Facebook Post Promoting Anti-Lockdown Protest in Australia

Gizmodo

Police in Australia arrested a 28-year-old woman on Wednesday for publishing a Facebook post that promotes an anti-lockdown protest in the country’s state of Victoria. Footage of the arrest was captured by her partner and shows police officers handcuffing the woman and saying that she’s being charged with… Read more.

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How to install Nextcloud 19 on Ubuntu Server 20.04

Tech Republic Cloud

The latest iteration of Nextcloud is out and Jack Wallen walks you through installing this on-premises cloud platform on Ubuntu Server 20.04.

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Seattle’s MoPOP to reopen after 6-month pandemic closure, with strict guidelines in place

GeekWire

The Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). The Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle will reopen to the public on Sept. 18 with new safety measures in place, six months after closing because of the coronavirus pandemic. MoPOP was founded by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2000 to celebrate popular culture and music through memorabilia and rotating, interactive exhibits.

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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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Xanadu launches quantum cloud platform, plans to double qubits every 6 months

Venture Beast

Xanadu, the quantum computing startup known for PennyLane and Strawberry Fields, has launched its photonics quantum computing platform. Read More.

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How to use Google Jamboard

Tech Republic Cloud

If you're looking for a basic, collaborative whiteboard, Google's Jamboard might be just the ticket.

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The Social Dilemma: How digital platforms pose an existential threat to society

Venture Beast

The Social Dilemma is a new Netflix documentary that explores the negative impact social networks are having on society and humanity. Read More.

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NASA's OGO-1 satellite has finally returned to Earth after 56 years in orbit

TechSpot

Each OGO spacecraft was developed to study the movements of Earth, and determine how our planet interacts with the sun. The satellites remained stalwart in that mission for a solid five years before NASA shut the project down.

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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.