Wed.Oct 25, 2017

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A history of hacking and hackers

Computer Weekly

A security professional’s view on criminal hacking has shifted away from the traditional stereotype of the hacker, towards a much more diverse cross-section of wider society

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Support Matters in Organizational Change

IT Toolbox

Yesterday I advised you to use a document as a tool for managing your organizational change initiative. Let's take a deeper look at that and figure out why that might be the case. In an organizational change leadership role, the one thing that is true is that you don't have the power to command.

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Bad Rabbit malware raises fears of third global ransomware attack

Computer Weekly

A ransomware attack that has commonalities with WannaCry NotPeya is reportedly hitting organisations in Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Bulgaria and Germany

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The Impact of Technology on People's Social Relationships

IT Toolbox

Let?s take a closer look at the benefits first and then move on to the problems that technology causes.

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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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BlackBerry launches cyber security services

Computer Weekly

BlackBerry has launched cyber security services to safeguard people, privacy and assets, with vehicle security and GDPR compliance leading the new offering

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Introducing Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL (bash on Windows)

IT Toolbox

Introducing Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL and Overview. Microsoft has been increasing their support of Linux across Azure public cloud, Hyper-V and Linux Integration Services (LIS) and Windows platforms including Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as well as Server along with Docker support.

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The Impacts of Autonomous Cars On Urban Planning

IT Toolbox

Autonomous vehicles would have a huge effect on urban planning. The question is, what would the cities do to prepare themselves for this transition? For starters, it's important that they maintain everything, ranging from complex intersections to lane markings, to the specifications made by vehicle software designer.

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UK website privacy notices inadequate, says ICO

Computer Weekly

Privacy notices are too vague and generally inadequate, a global investigation finds, with UK websites in several sectors found wanting by an Information Commissioner’s Office review

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Top Four Rental Apartments Search Apps

IT Toolbox

Top Four Rental Apartments Search Apps. The search for a rental apartment is always a tough one. You are never sure where to start, what are the prices or what are the policies of these apartments. The good news is that desktop and mobile phone apps are here to help. Today, there are thousands of rental apartment search apps on app stores.

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Oversight of intelligence agencies’ data sharing has ‘failed’, court hears

Computer Weekly

UK’s intelligence services lack adequate oversight and written guidelines when sharing databases of sensitive information, Privacy International argues in secret court

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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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HOWTO: Google Playstore on Sailfish X

IT Toolbox

Today I would like to walk through what you need to do to install the Google Play Store and Google Play Services under Alien Dalvik on your Sailfish X.

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Gitex 2017: How can blockchain make you a happier person?

Computer Weekly

An initiative underway at Avaya hopes to use blockchain networks to help make the citizens of Dubai happy

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SQL Challenge 19: Bushy Recursion

IT Toolbox

Twisting the tale.

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Hyper-converged infrastructure and disaster recovery

Computer Weekly

Hyper-converged infrastructure products merge server, storage and hypervisor in scale-out nodes, so how can functionality in HCI products help deliver disaster recovery?

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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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The Linux Migration: Wrap-Up

Scott Lowe

As many readers are probably already aware, I embarked on a journey earlier this year to make Linux my primary laptop OS (see this update from April of this year). That journey ended (for now) when I ordered a new 13” MacBook Pro just before VMworld US. In this post, I’d like to reflect a bit on my journey, and what it means for others who may be interested in similar journeys of their own.

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Samsung study warns startups to up their security stance

Computer Weekly

New report finds small businesses must do cyber security better if they want to work with large enterprises

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Banishing Trolls at The New York Times: How AI is Helping Humans Take Out the Trash

Dataconomy

AI is already making inroads. For example, it’s now helping the human reviewers at The New York Times ferret out the trolls. Unlike the pessimistic view that robots will wipe us from the planet, this is a great example of how AI can ease our everyday lives. Instead of replacing. The post Banishing Trolls at The New York Times: How AI is Helping Humans Take Out the Trash appeared first on Dataconomy.

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Spark Summit 17: Databricks launches Delta as purified data lake

Computer Weekly

At Spark Summit Europe 2017 in Dublin, organising supplier and Spark inventor and distributor Databricks announced the Delta system, which will combine data lakes and data warehouses

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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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Introducing Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL Overview #blogtober

Storage IO Blog

Introducing Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL and Overview. Microsoft has been increasing their support of Linux across Azure public cloud, Hyper-V and Linux Integration Services (LIS) and Windows platforms including Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as well as Server along with Docker support. The post Introducing Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL Overview #blogtober appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Less than half of adults have skills to complete basic digital tasks

Computer Weekly

Just over 40% of adults have the skills to complete a number of common digital tasks, with older generations struggling more than younger people

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The Monthly “Digital Gaps” Book Tuning: How to Bridge Digital Knowledge Gaps Oct. 2017

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 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 bridge knowledge and insight gaps and take a stepwise approach to make a leap of digital tra

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Embrace risk-based security, McAfee urges business

Computer Weekly

Modern cyber threats require a risk-based approach, according to McAfee’s chief technical strategist

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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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Knowledge vs. Wisdom

Future of CIO

Follow us at: @Pearl_Zhu.

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Google ties up with Cisco on hybrid containers for business

Computer Weekly

Google is making a big push with hybrid cloud, but the full architecture will not be available until the second half of 2018

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Innovative CIOs’ Digital Profiles

Future of CIO

CIO is one of the most sophisticated executive leadership roles in the business world today due to disruptive nature of technology and exponential growth of information. CIOs need to be Chief Information Officer, Chief Integration Officer, Chief Interaction Officer, etc. But still, one of the most appropriate titles for CIOs is “Chief Innovation Officer,” because digitalization opens the new chapter of innovation.

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Microsoft previews pay-for-use Kubernetes on Azure

Computer Weekly

Microsoft regards containerisation as the next phase in enterprise architectures, and is now offering Kubernetes on Azure

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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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Control Data Variety with an Enterprise Data Fabric

Dataconomy

Big data is everywhere: in the cloud, in different locations, and in different online applications. Organizations need a single way of unifying, accessing, and controlling these distributed resources for the best possible operational efficiency. The problem with big data is that its sources are often very dissimilar. An Enterprise Data. The post Control Data Variety with an Enterprise Data Fabric appeared first on Dataconomy.