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APEX Overcasts Dell Technologies World 2021

Forrester IT

Since its inception, Dell Technologies has had many achievements, of which it should be proud. Dell revolutionized the PC market, made its way into the enterprise data center business, and created the largest tech company of its time. However, the shifting technology industry is forcing Dell to adapt faster than ever, more than ever, and […].

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Data overload: DC power may be the new normal for efficient data centers

Tech Republic Data Center

A recent report on DC power revealed some interesting trends related to data center operations and power. Learn what data center conditions look like today and going forward.

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Spotlight On Southeast Asia: The State Of Digital Transformation In Indonesia

Forrester IT

In late 2020, we fielded a Forrester Analytics Business Technographics® survey in two key Southeast Asian markets to understand the current state of digital transformation and cloud adoption. This blog post looks at the state of digital transformation (DT) in Indonesia. My previous blog post looked at the state of DT in Malaysia. Just 43% […].

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Colonial Pipeline attack reminds us of our critical infrastructure's vulnerabilities

Tech Republic Security

Cybersecurity expert discusses the many ways attackers could have gotten access to the Colonial Pipeline company and reminds us why the threat always looms.

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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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Building CX Influence? Choose Your Friends Carefully

Forrester IT

Many CX leaders rely on matrixed teams, adjacent functions, and internal alignment to drive transformation. Being an informal “influence officer” might feel like a second job, but leaders who can connect with internal allies to further the cause of customer obsession have the greatest likelihood of success.

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Deploy Windows 10 Feature Update Using SCCM Task Sequence | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post Deploy Windows 10 Feature Update Using SCCM Task Sequence | ConfigMgr appeared first on HTMD Blog by Jitesh Kumar.

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The many sides of DarkSide, the group behind the Colonial pipeline ransomware attack

Tech Republic Security

Though it likes to promote itself as being "philanthropic," the DarkSide gang represents a dangerous threat to organizations around the world.

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10 Tips to Help Your Cybersecurity Staff Avoid Burnout

Association of Information Technology Professional

There's never been more pressure on cybersecurity teams to help businesses remediate ransomware and other cyber incidents. We asked cyber leaders and members of the CompTIA ISAO to share how they keep your security teams satisfied—and successful.

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Do you really need microservices?

Tech Republic Data Center

Microservices, such as containers and web services, are all the rage. But are they the best fit for your company? Jack Wallen poses and answers the question.

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CIOs and CTOs say they adapted well to disruptions caused by COVID-19

Tech Republic Cloud

Many enterprises will likely decelerate digital transformations post-pandemic, a new study by SAP and IDG finds.

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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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Sky Mavis raises $7.5 million for NFT-based Axie Infinity game with backers like Mark Cuban

Venture Beast

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Sky Mavis, a game studio based in Vietnam, has raised $7.5 million for its Axie Infinity game, which uses nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to reward players financially the more they play. Backers include billionaire investor and one of the “sharks” in the Shark Tank t… Read More.

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Seattle teen entrepreneurs sell their health-tech startup and take a break from college

GeekWire

Sage Khanuja, left, and Nikolas Ioannou, the founders of Seattle-based Spira. (Spira Photo). The news: Seattle entrepreneurs Sage Khanuja , 17, and Nikolas Ioannou , 18, have sold their telemedicine startup Spira to Galileo , a New York-based healthcare company. “To be honest, I didn’t really think much or ask about their age,” Galileo CEO Tom Lee said of the teens. “I generally evaluate technology and teams based on their capabilities and potential.

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Facebook says it will ignore emergency data collection ban issued in Germany over WhatsApp rules

TechSpot

Johannes Caspar, the commissioner of the HmbBfDI, indicated in a press release that Facebook has a history of user-privacy abuse, pointing to the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the recent leak of 500 million records. More urgently, Caspar fears that WhatsApp's less than transparent advertising policies will influence German elections coming.

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OutSystems releases software development accelerators for AWS

Tech Republic Cloud

A software development platform provider is leveraging Amazon's data services to help developers create new functionality for applications running on AWS.

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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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Our infrastructure is more vulnerable than we realized, Colonial Pipeline attack shows

Tech Republic Security

Expert says there are several ways the hackers may have gotten access and how we can possibly prevent these attacks in the future.

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Block out the date: Minecraft graduation ceremony will show off UW group’s detailed Seattle build

GeekWire

A college diploma is considered one of the building blocks for a successful future. If the diploma itself is made out of building blocks, well, congratulations on majoring in meta. UDub Minecraft , a group comprised of current and former University of Washington students who are passionate about Microsoft’s popular video game, is inviting people to attend the school’s commencement ceremony via the blocky world of Minecraft on June 12.

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This Guy Designed an Android App That Deletes All Your Phone's Data When Police Try to Crack It

Gizmodo

These days, if you’re arrested and charged with a crime, the first thing cops will likely try to do is look at the contents of your phone. Digital forensics is increasingly a favorite way to secure a conviction, or at least gain a broader understanding of a suspect. Read more.

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Chia farming can reportedly ruin a 512GB SSD in 40 days

TechSpot

To recap, Chia uses a 'proof of space and time' model instead of 'proof of work' (Bitcoin) or 'proof of stake' (Etherium 2.0), which essentially means farmers—it prefers the term to mining/miners—can earn the currency by allocating their unused disk space.

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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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Chip shortage: Should you be stockpiling tech?

Tech Republic Data Center

As a global semiconductor shortage wears on, tech leaders are wondering if it's time to start stockpiling everything from laptops to network gear.

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AMD chipping away at Intel's server CPU market share as it sees record growth

TechSpot

Intel is stuck between a rock and a hard place, with the first being the dominating force of Arm in the mobile space and the second being an ambitious AMD that has gradually shed its underdog skin to become a serious contender in desktop and laptop CPUs, and an increasingly.

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Merriam-Webster Is Selling the Definition of NFT as an NFT, Which Means You Can Own. Something, Sort Of

Gizmodo

Content creator Merriam-Webster reigns in glorious relevance: the dictionary is auctioning off its definition of NFT, as an NFT, on OpenSea. The definition is objectively boring, so hell, let’s make it interesting! I’ll run a side bet on the buyer and stake my money on Farzin, the collector who snatched up Disaster… Read more.

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SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell as Blue Origin’s CEO? New book about Jeff Bezos says she was asked

GeekWire

Jeff Bezos’ search for a CEO for his Blue Origin space venture included an entreaty to SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell, according to an account in “Amazon Unbound” by Brad Stone. (Bezos picture at left: Geekwire Photo by Kevin Lisota. Shotwell photo at right: CNBC via YouTube). When it comes to his Blue Origin space venture, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos likes to say “slow is smooth, and smooth is fast.” But a new book claims Bezos was so concerned about the slow pace of p

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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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The U.S. Has Ignored Pipeline Cybersecurity and Now You’re Paying the Price

Gizmodo

It’s been four days since the Colonial pipeline, a major gasoline artery in the U.S., shut down following a ransomware attack —and Americans are starting to feel the impacts. As the federal government scrambles to figure out how to transport gasoline across the country and shortages are beginning to hit gas stations in… Read more.

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Digital transformation will spur economic boom in 2021, CEOs tell Gartner

Venture Beast

CEOs in a Gartner survey said digital transformation, AI technology, and corporate activism will fuel the economic boom coming in 2021. Read More.

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Facebook is prompting some users to read articles before sharing them

TechSpot

A percentage of Facebook's 2.6 billion monthly active users are guilty of sharing articles based on the headlines alone, often alongside an unrelated comment. The service hopes to dissuade this practice using a pop-up that states, "You are about to share an article without opening it.

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President Joe Biden Approves Nation's First Major Offshore Wind Farm

Gizmodo

On Tuesday, the Biden administration officially green-lit the country’s largest offshore wind farm. It’s slated to be installed off the coast of Massachusetts and is the first step in President Joe Biden’s ambitious push to finally get the U.S. in the offshore wind game. Read more.

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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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Sony PS Remote Play app now supports DualSense controllers on Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV

TechSpot

There are some caveats here, which we'll get into in a moment, but for the most part, the support is here. According to Sony's official support documentation, taking advantage of it is simple: turn on your DualSense controller's "pairing mode," and then find the gamepad in your Apple machine's list.

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Everything You Need to Know About the Sunrise Eclipse of June 2021

Gizmodo

Skywatchers who get up early on Thursday, June 10 are in for a rare treat: On that morning, people in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada will see the Sun rise while in the midst of a deep partial eclipse. The event will be of special interest to photographers, who will have the chance to capture the… Read more.

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One-third of organizations are using AI, IBM survey finds

Venture Beast

A new IBM survey finds that one-third of organizations have adopted AI, and that 43% accelerated the rollout because of the pandemic. Read More.

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Meet the real Alexa: voice actor reportedly responsible for Amazon’s AI assistant revealed

The Verge

Journalist Brad Stone says Nina Rolle is the original voice of Alexa. | Image: Nina Rolle. Amazon’s Alexa has a voice familiar to millions: calm, warm, and measured. But like most synthetic speech, its tones have a human origin. There was someone whose voice had to be recorded, analyzed, and algorithmically reproduced to create Alexa as we know it now.

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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.