Wed.Nov 18, 2020

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Bots Kept Jeff From Buying A PS5, And Sandy Had To Hear About It

Forrester IT

It’s not that I’m not a gamer. I enjoy board games and card games: Trivial Pursuit, Settlers Of Catan, SET, Hive. I’m up to level 3056 in Two Dots. As a kid, I played Super Mario Land on my brother’s GameBoy and Sonic The Hedgehog on the family Sega Genesis. But I’ve never been one […].

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When BYOD Also Means Bring-Your-Own-Cyber Risk

CTOvision

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) used to be an emerging trend in the workplace, one that allowed professionals a bit more flexibility and comfort by using their personal computers and […].

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2021 B2C Marketing Priorities In Europe

Forrester IT

2020 has been a year of unprecedented political, social, economic, and healthcare disruption — and 2021 shows no signs of these trends slowing down. How should European consumer marketing leaders prepare for the coming year? They must get ready for a digital ecosystem with fewer third-party cookies and device identifiers, all while navigating an unpredictable […].

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Broadcom and Cisco support AT&T for IP edge routing platform

CTOvision

AT&T, the third largest mobile operator in the United States in terms of subscribers, has deployed a next-gen open dis-aggregated IP edge routing platform with support from Broadcom, Cisco, and […].

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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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Rating The Top 10 Digital Business Transformation Firms

Forrester IT

Every year, more firms reach out to me to explain how they’re delivering their own brand of “digital transformation” to clients. When last I checked, I’m tracking over 170 vendors. Needless to say, some of these firms are much more adept at delivering effective transformation services than others. The simple truth is, almost every vendor […].

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Wasabi and DataCore to Provide Low-Cost Solution for Automated Transfer and Archiving of Files to the Cloud

CTOvision

Wasabi, the hot cloud storage company, today announced a new partnership with DataCore Software, the authority on software-defined storage (SDS), to provide customers with a fast, practical, and cost-effective solution […].

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Cybersecurity Training for Beginners: How to Train for CompTIA Security+

Association of Information Technology Professional

Learn about the cybersecurity industry for beginners and how you can further your cybersecurity career with IT certifications like CompTIA Security+.

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Nvidia now powers a majority of the world’s top 500 supercomputers

CTOvision

TOP500 has released the 56th edition of its list of the top 500 supercomputers in the world revealing that nearly 70 percent of them are now powered by Nvidia technology. When […].

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CompTIA PenTest+ Is Now DoD Approved: Why It Matters

Association of Information Technology Professional

CompTIA PenTest+ is now approved by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) 8570 for three cybersecurity job categories.

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Zoom adds tools to let you block, report people disrupting your meetings

CTOvision

Zoom on Monday released new features designed to remove and report “Zoombombers,” or uninvited attendees who break into and disrupt meetings. The features are available on the Zoom desktop clients […].

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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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Introducing The Forrester Wave™: Graph Data Platforms, Q4 2020

Forrester IT

We recently published “The Forrester Wave™: Graph Data Platforms, Q4 2020” evaluation to help organizations make the appropriate decision when choosing a vendor. Although Forrester has been covering graph databases for more than a decade, this is the first vendor comparison report. While we have long contemplated doing a Wave in this space, it was […].

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Linux and open source: The biggest issue in 2020

Tech Republic Security

This year was rough for all involved--even Linux and open source didn't come through unscathed. See what Jack Wallen considers to be the biggest issue for Linux in 2020.

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European Customer Experience Index, 2020: How Banks And Insurers Can Connect CX with Business Impact

Forrester IT

Our research shows that customer experience (CX) leaders grow revenue faster than CX laggards, cut costs, reduce risk, and can charge more for their products. Yet most of the world’s largest financial services businesses cannot clearly answer the questions: “How much is CX improvement worth in annual profit?” or “How much of the annual profit […].

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Looking at the Cloud in 2021: Growth and Changes

Information Week

CIOs will have a host of cloud options to choose from in 2021 as the cloud business evolves, according to a new Forrester Research report.

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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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"123456" tops list of most common passwords for 2020

Tech Republic Security

People are still using very simple passwords, with many of them similar to the ones they used in 2019, according to NordPass.

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The Cost Of Having Women Drop Out Of IT

The Accidental Successful CIO

The performance of IT departments will suffer without women Image Credit: Nenad Stojkovic. As the person with the CIO job, you understand that having a diverse workforce is key to having an IT department that can solve today’s complex problems. Diversity is something that we’ve always worked at and in the past few years it has only increased in importance.

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Microsoft's new security chip takes PC protection to a higher level

Tech Republic Security

Intel, AMD and Qualcomm will use the Microsoft-designed Pluton security processor from Xbox One and Azure Sphere in future SoCs to deliver better protection than a TPM.

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Financial services companies are starting to use the cloud for big data and AI processing

Tech Republic Cloud

The financial sector has historically been nervous about allowing its data to go off premises, making it harder to scale. Now it's allowing for some data in the cloud to speed AI and data management.

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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 remote working poses security risks for your organization

Tech Republic Security

Companies are at greater risk due to phishing attacks, password sharing, and unsecured personal devices, says SailPoint.

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Fix ConfigMgr Console Terminates Unexpectedly Error | SCCM 2006

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s fix ConfigMgr Console Terminates Unexpectedly Error. There is hotfix KB4575786 released to fix the issue with the SCCM admin console crash. After installing the following HFRU ConfigMgr 2006 Hotfix KB4578605 SCCM | Update Rollup | 22 Fixes admin console terminates unexpectedly.

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How to improve the security of your public cloud

Tech Republic Security

Almost all the professionals who responded to a survey from BitGlass were concerned about the security of their public cloud apps and data.

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Your hybrid cloud strategy needs an IT reality check

Tech Republic Cloud

Commentary: Enterprise IT is messy by nature, and those companies that accept this may be best able to deal with it. Find out how a cloud strategy refresh can save money and improve employee morale.

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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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Zoom: These new features will prevent trolls and meeting-crashers

Tech Republic Security

Zoom hosts can now pause a meeting while they remove a disruptive participant, and a new web-scanning tool will seek out compromised meeting links.

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Apple will pay $113 million for throttling older iPhones in new ‘batterygate’ settlement

The Verge

iphone 6s home button stock | Photo: James Vincent/The Verge. Apple doesn’t find itself apologizing often , but it’s a big deal when it does — like in 2017, after customers realized the company had been quietly throttling the speed of older iPhones. Apple quickly explained it was designed to protect those phones from aging batteries and offered $29 battery replacements to smooth things over, but lawsuits followed, with the company first agreeing to a $500 million class action settlement earlier

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Webex security flaw allows people to secretly sneak into meetings as "ghosts"

Tech Republic Security

Now patched by Cisco, three flaws in Webex would have given intruders full access to a meeting without being seen, says IBM.

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Sony’s iconic PlayStation shapes take over London Tube station for UK PS5 launch

The Verge

Sony’s PS5 marketing stunt. | Sony UK. Sony has taken over Oxford Circus Tube station in London to mark the launch of the PS5 in the UK. The marketing stunt will last for 48 hours at Oxford Circus, and sees the Tube station rebranded with PlayStation shapes throughout. The walls of the tube station have changed, alongside the decorative roundels for the four station entrances at street level.

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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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Security experts level criticism at Apple after Big Sur launch issues

Tech Republic Security

Users took to social media to complain about slow systems with one report pointing to an OCSP responder as the culprit.

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Apple will reduce App Store cut to 15 percent for most developers starting January 1st

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. On Wednesday, Apple announced a reduction to its longstanding App Store commission rate, one of the most substantial changes to how iOS developers earn money in the history of the iPhone maker’s digital app marketplace, as part of a new program for small businesses. The new App Store Small Business Program, as it’s called, will allow any developer who earns less than $1 million in annual sales per year from all of their apps to qualify for a reduced App S

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‘Next decade’s answer to the Space Needle’: Seattle 2030 is a post-pandemic skyscraper concept

GeekWire

Seattle 2030, with a skyport at the top and a view of the Seattle waterfront and Space Needle in the distance. (3MIX Image). Once the pandemic passes and everyone can stop thinking about relocating to Butte, perhaps we can reconnect with the imaginative spirit that fuels what it means to live in a high-tech city. One Seattle architect has already started daydreaming.

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Google’s latest AI tool turns your MS Paint doodles into freakish monsters

The Verge

Google’s preset “chimeras” show off the potential of AI-assisted drawing. | Image: Google. To quote Google CEO Sundar Pichai: AI is “more profound than fire or electricity.”. To back up this claim with incontrovertible evidence: here’s an AI tool made by Google researchers that turns doodles into weird monsters. What could be more profound? It’s certainly fun, anyway.

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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.