Wed.May 13, 2020

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Don’t Succumb To Social Media Stockholm Syndrome

Forrester IT

We are excited to launch the new vision report for our social marketing playbook. It might be controversial, but we are here to give companies permission to break up with social media. Yes, you read that right. Social media is a quagmire, and marketers contributed to the mess. Companies are the party crashers that social […].

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Data Breaches Wipe 7.2% Off Average Company Share Price

CTOvision

New insight has calculated that a data breach could wipe as much as 7.2% off a company’s share price. It’s the equivalent of up to $8.8 million in cash terms […].

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Are you moving digital decision-making from individual factories to head office?

Forrester IT

I am working on a new report, and would like companies to get in touch to share what they’re doing. Decisions around industrial software have traditionally been made at the level of the individual plant, which is why big multinationals often talk about having “hundreds” of manufacturing execution systems (MES), or “several” industrial IoT platforms. […].

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Sophos: Paying Ransom Can Double Attack Recovery Costs

CTOvision

Organizations that decide to pay their ransomware attackers may end up doubling the overall cost of recovery, according to a new report from Sophos. The UK-headquartered security firm polled 5000 IT […].

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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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Answering The Top Return To Work Questions For Our Government Clients

Forrester IT

Several weeks ago, myself and my colleague, Renee Murphy, hosted a complimentary webinar for those in local, state, and federal government responsible for planning their agency’s return to work protocols. We had hundreds attend the webinar and they asked dozens of questions before, during, and after the webinar. I wanted to share some of the […].

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Bringing Intrinsic Security to Containers: VMware Announces Intent to Acquire Octarine

CTOvision

Today is a very exciting day for VMware and for our customers as we announce our intent to acquire Octarine, whose innovative security platform for Kubernetes applications helps simplify DevSecOps […].

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7 Cybersecurity tips for small businesses – especially those with remote workers

CTOvision

Small businesses have been facing a mountain of problems since the coronavirus outbreak took hold of the world’s economy and shifted most people to working from home. Millions of small […].

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COVID-19 IT Layoffs and the Future of Work

Information Week

Layoffs hit technology jobs in April, too, as the COVID-19 shock wave whacked employment, and organizations may be accelerating their automation plans to protect workers and cut costs.

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Console Connections | Admins Recently Connected ConfigMgr Console | SCCM | FIX

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s learn how many admins connected to the ConfigMgr console (Console Connections). Microsoft introduced view recently connected consoles feature with SCCM 1902 version. You can navigate to SCCM console via AdministrationOverviewSecurityConsole Connections and view recently connected consoles.

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The 3 most popular coronavirus-related scams

Tech Republic Security

The outbreak of COVID-19 has triggered a wave of scams, from fake pharmacies to stimulus payment promises to phony cryptocurrency wallets, says Bolster.

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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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How to Accelerate Your Career: 4 Tips for Women in IT

Information Week

The lack of women in IT leadership demonstrates the current need for deeper investment in the next generation of women in technology.

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Insights for hiring the next generation of cybersecurity experts

Tech Republic Security

A new report from Kudelski Security provides companies tips for how to recruit and retain talent up for the digital challenges of tomorrow.

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CIOs Have To Learn To Invest In IT In Order For Their Company To Succeed

The Accidental Successful CIO

Investing In IT is what it will take to make your company successful Image Credit: Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash. As the person with the CIO job, it is your responsibility to provide your company with guidance on how they can be successful. In order to be able to provide good advice, what we need to do is to take a look at other companies that have learned to use IT in order to be successful and take lessons from them.

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How to protect your organization against the latest malware threats

Tech Republic Security

With the shift toward remote working, cybercriminals have been targeting exploits in VPN, Internet of Things, and authentication technology, says cybersecurity firm Nuspire.

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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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Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says the PS5 is so impressive it’s ‘going to help drive future PCs’

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says next-generation gaming consoles, in particular Sony’s PlayStation 5 , will bring about changes in game development that go far beyond a jump in graphics quality. During a press briefing for the company’s newly announced Unreal Engine 5 , which is optimized to work with next-gen consoles, Sweeney says the PS5 is a “remarkably balanced device.”.

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Augmented reality giant Magic Leap is closing its Seattle office amid layoffs, new filing shows

GeekWire

(Magic Leap Photo). Magic Leap will close its Seattle satellite office, according to a new state filing, as the well-funded augmented reality startup sheds workers and pivots its focus to business customers. A WARN notice filed with the Washington state Employment Security Department says that Magic Leap will close its Seattle outpost. The move will impact 39 workers beginning June 21, according to the notice.

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Apple’s $700 Mac Pro wheels work terribly on skateboards

The Verge

Video: Braille Skateboarding. Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past month, you’ll know that Apple has started selling a set of standalone wheels for the Mac Pro for $700. Yes, it’s ridiculous. At that price, it stands to reason that you probably want them to do more than just transport your expensive Mac Pro around the office. So why not try attaching them to the bottom of a skateboard instead?

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Spatial gives enterprises free access to holographic AR/VR meeting app

Venture Beast

The collaborative XR meeting and productivity app will be available to enterprises for a multi-month free trial, including support for PC and phone users. Read More.

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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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K-12 Education in the Post-COVID Era

Kitaboo

We will never look at disaster movies the same again. The last few weeks have suddenly made them seem just a little bit less far-fetched – the mask and glove-clad grocery shopping, the slightly dystopian feeling of driving on near-empty highways. Lives have been upended, and the future seems uncertain for millions. How the next few months will play out across the world is quite uncertain.

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Epic Games: Unreal Engine 5 will bring a generational change to graphics

Venture Beast

Epic Games took the wraps off its Unreal Engine 5 today, showing in a demo how games using it will generate outstanding realistic graphics in real-time. Read More.

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She-Ra and the Princesses of Power's Final Season Is Strong, Brave, and Damn Near Perfect

Gizmodo

In a post- Game of Thrones world , it’s hard to get your hopes up. Shows can spend years building toward something, only to let you down. It’s taken two years and five seasons to bring us to the end of Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power , and I cannot imagine a better way for it to go out. Read more.

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Grammarly makes first investment, taking stake in Seattle document engineering startup Docugami

GeekWire

Grammarly CEO Brad Hoover says the investment in Seattle startup Docugami reflects a shared ethos between the two companies. (Grammarly Photo). Grammarly , the San Francisco company that makes technology to help people communicate more effectively, has made the first investment in its 11-year history, participating in a $10 million seed funding round for Docugami , a Seattle-based AI document engineering startup.

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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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How to scale a deployment within a Kubernetes cluster

Tech Republic Cloud

One of the first things you're going to want to do do with your Kubernetes deployments is to scale them to meet growing demand. Jack Wallen shows you how.

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Is there a link between coronavirus and vitamin D deficiency? This startup just raised cash to find out

GeekWire

Solius’ light therapy kiosks use a narrow spectrum of ultraviolet light that can stimulate the production of critical hormones and peptides, and increase vitamin D levels. (Solius Photo). New research shows a potential correlation between severe vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19 mortality rates. A Northwestern University study released last week found that patients from countries with high death rates had lower levels of vitamin D compared to patients in countries with fewer mortalities.

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Dell launches new XPS 17 and a redesigned XPS 15 with powerful internals, taller displays

TechSpot

Dell's XPS lineup was due for an update, and today the company unveiled a redesigned XPS 15 with some of the biggest changes it has seen in the last five years. Alongside it, an all-new XPS 17, a 17-inch laptop that can go head to head with Apple's MacBook Pro 16.

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How educational organizations can be better protected against data breaches

Tech Republic Security

Half of the organizations surveyed by Netwrix suffered a data breach last year because of the unauthorized sharing of information.

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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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Public health officials are putting out the call for broader coronavirus testing

GeekWire

A nurse prepares to screen a patient for coronavirus at a drive-through testing station at UW Medical Center – Northwest. (UW Medicine Photo / Randy Carnell). Washington state public health officials have broadened their guidance to say that anyone who has COVID-19 symptoms , or has been in close contact with a person who has the disease, should get tested as soon as possible.

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Altr raises $15 million to broaden data-security-as-a-service

Venture Beast

Altr has raised $15 million to broaden its business of providing data-security-as-a-service in the era of cloud technology. Read More.

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Intel is making 28W Ice Lake chips exclusive to Apple's MacBook Pro

TechSpot

Widespread reports indicate that Apple has been working on ARM-based CPUs for its Macs for years now, presumably to reduce its dependence on Intel chips that don't seem to get a lot faster with every new generation.

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PlayStation 4 sales reach 110.4 million

Venture Beast

As part of its financial results today, Sony revealed that lifetime sales for PlayStation 4 have now passed 110.4 million. Read More.

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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.