Fri.Aug 16, 2019

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The Insights Beat: The Times They Are A-Changin’

Forrester IT

Come gather ’round, people, wherever you roam And admit that the waters around you have grown And accept it that soon you’ll be drenched to the bone If your time to you is worth savin’ Then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin’ — Bob Dylan The […].

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5 Reasons You Should Care About CompTIA A+

Association of Information Technology Professional

If you’re not already convinced that CompTIA A+ is a great way to launch your IT career, listen to what Zach Hill of I.T. Career Questions has to say.

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Revlon’s Cautionary Tale: The Changing Nature Of Influencer Marketing

Forrester IT

A Giant In Trouble: Revlon Considers A Sale Cosmetic giant Revlon is exploring the sale of all or some of its business amid lackluster sales and a crushing debt of $3 billion. The iconic company’s 2016 acquisition of brand Elizabeth Arden apparently isn’t rescuing it from the Sephora and DTCs of the world. Revlon’s tale […].

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Voice Assistants Bring AI to the Workplace

Information Week

More enterprise organizations are experimenting with AI-based voice assistants to boost internal efficiencies, but it will be a while before they realize the ROI they seek.

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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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Get ready for the convergence of IT and OT networking and security

Network World

Most IT networking professionals are so busy with their day-to-day responsibilities that they don’t have time to consider taking on more work. But for companies with an industrial component, there’s an elephant in the room that is clamoring for attention. I’m talking about the increasingly common convergence of IT and operational technology (OT) networking and security.

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Communities & Councils Connection: Don’t Miss These Upcoming CompTIA Events

Association of Information Technology Professional

CompTIA Communities and Councils advance the IT industry by providing thought leadership, hosting networking events and spearheading industry initiatives. Want to get involved? Mark your calendar for these events.

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Spearline Superticket

Spearline Testing

Introduction. Businesses flourish on client communication and clients continue to have a preference for speech communications. Network management staff are always vigilant to guarantee that communication channels are open, working well and promoting company development and growth. But things can easily act up, and sometimes they go wrong in very large and dramatic ways.

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DevOps Chat Podcast: $2M DARPA Award Sparks Behavior Testing With ForAllSecure's Mayhem Solution

ForAllSecure

Secure software depends on people finding vulnerabilities and deploying fixes before they are exploited in the wild. This has led to a world of security researchers and bug bounties directed at finding new vulnerabilities. As dedicated as security researchers are, there is a vast ocean of software in existence, waiting for someone to find and exploit the next security vulnerability for profit or nefarious uses.

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The Best “Pattern Language” Quotes of “Digital Master” Aug. 2019

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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DevOps Chat Podcast: $2M DARPA Award Sparks Behavior Testing With ForAllSecure's Mayhem Solution

ForAllSecure

Secure software depends on people finding vulnerabilities and deploying fixes before they are exploited in the wild. This has led to a world of security researchers and bug bounties directed at finding new vulnerabilities. As dedicated as security researchers are, there is a vast ocean of software in existence, waiting for someone to find and exploit the next security vulnerability for profit or nefarious uses.

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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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Cultivate a Culture of Innovation

Future of CIO

Although everyone talks about innovation and many companies intellectually understand innovation, they don’t really know how to build innovation into their culture. In many cases, companies of all sizes, especially large corporations have become too dependent on satisfying corporate regulation or protocols, and get sucked in innovation In essence, innovation rejuvenation is truly about how to cultivate a culture of innovation.

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DEVOPS CHAT PODCAST: $2M DARPA AWARD SPARKS BEHAVIOR TESTING WITH FORALLSECURE'S MAYHEM SOLUTION

ForAllSecure

Secure software depends on people finding vulnerabilities and deploying fixes before they are exploited in the wild. This has led to a world of security researchers and bug bounties directed at finding new vulnerabilities. As dedicated as security researchers are, there is a vast ocean of software in existence, waiting for someone to find and exploit the next security vulnerability for profit or nefarious uses.

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The Monthly “Digital Gaps” Book Tuning: Identify and Fill Multitude of Skill/Talent Gaps Aug. 2019

Future of CIO

"Digital Gaps -Bridging Multiple Gaps to Run Cohesive Business ” is a guidebook to help digital leaders and professionals today identify, analyze, and mind multiple gaps with the multidisciplinary insight and holistic understanding. Today’s digital organization simply just can’t stand still., bridging the gap of opportunity between where you are and want to become is a welcomed challenge, it is important to identify and strengthen the weakest link and take a step-wise approach to make a leap of

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So You Want to Be a Service Designer?

I'm not lost, I'm wondering

Jamin Hegeman – UX London 2019. Service design is no longer new or unknown. The practice is maturing as service design firms gain experience and organisations start to bring service design in house. Journey maps are all the rage, and everyone is talking about designing for the end to end customer experience. So what does it take to be a great service designer?

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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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DevOps Chat Podcast: $2M DARPA Award Sparks Behavior Testing with ForAllSecure's Mayhem Solution

ForAllSecure

Secure software depends on people finding vulnerabilities and deploying fixes before they are exploited in the wild. This has led to a world of security researchers and bug bounties directed at finding new vulnerabilities.

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Life’s economy is primarily based on collaborative rather than competitive advantage

I'm not lost, I'm wondering

If we want to re-design economics based on what we know about life’s strategy to create conditions conducive to life, we need to question some basic assumptions upon which the narrative underlying our current economic systems is built. The narrative of separation has predisposed us to focus on scarcity, competition, and the short-term maximization of individual benefit as the basis on which to create an economic system.

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Scaling: The surprising mathematics of life and civilization

I'm not lost, I'm wondering

So what is “scaling”? In its most elemental form, it simply refers to how systems respond when their sizes change. What happens to cities or companies if their sizes are doubled? What happens to buildings, airplanes, economies, or animals if they are halved? Do cities that are twice as large have approximately twice as many roads and produce double the number of patents?

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