Wed.Aug 26, 2020

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It’s Time For CMOs To Pay More Attention To Employees

Forrester IT

CMOs are fully aware of the importance of customer data. The employee data tsunami is less obvious, though. Expect the lines between employee and customer experiences to blur. CMOs often own external communication, while chief human resources officers (CHROs) own internal communication. However, they share some of the same goals: to acquire, engage, develop, and […].

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Average Cost of a Data Breach in 2020: $3.86M

CTOvision

Read Marc Wilczek’s commentary on the average cost of a data breach in 2020 on Dark Reading : A recent survey of 3,200 people in 524 organizations that suffered data […].

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How This Veteran Got into Cybersecurity with CompTIA Certifications

Association of Information Technology Professional

Kira Hays always had a passion for IT. After serving in the military, getting CompTIA certifications helped her land a fulfilling cybersecurity job.

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Is a Ransomware Attack a Reportable Data Breach?

CTOvision

Read Mark Rasch take a look at whether a ransomware attack can be classified as a data breach on Security Boulevard : One question that vexes security engineers, incident responders […].

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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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SCCM Microsoft 365 App Report Dashboard | Part 2 | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s SCCM Microsoft 365 App Report Dashboard. This post is a continuation of Part1, in my previous we imported two Raw data reports that gave us information about different Microsoft Office versions and Information on Office 365 Inventory after enabling the Hardware class.

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Is Your Cloud Backup Ready to Handle a Crisis?

CTOvision

Read Drew Markham take a look at the disaster recovery options available to organizations on Infosec Magazine: In an increasingly cloudy world, it’s easy to be seduced by the attraction […].

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Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Crypsis Group

CTOvision

Palo Alto Networks has announced its intention to acquire consultancy Crypsis Group. The two companies have entered into a definitive agreement which will see Palo Alto Networks acquire the incident response, […].

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Make It or Break It: 3 Tech Implementation Trends to Watch

Information Week

Turn the challenges that the pandemic has presented into new opportunities for your organization. Here are a few areas to consider.

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Are You Creating A Toxic Culture In The IT Department?

The Accidental Successful CIO

CIOs are responsible for the culture that they make in the IT department Image Credit: Photo by Paulo Silva on Unsplash. Just by being the person with the CIO job you change things. Your department looks up to you for guidance in how they are supposed to behave. What a lot of people in the CIO position don’t realize is that within the IT department, all the way down the line of command, people are watching you.

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How to Build Online Training Solutions for the Modern Salesforce

Kitaboo

Without a constant flow of sales, your business is likely to wither. In today ’ s highly complex and changing business landscape you need to constantly, skill, reskill and upskill your sales workforce. With the power of online learning , geographical boundaries are no longer an issue. You want your distributed sales force to be skill-sharp at all times to successfully close deals and turn customers into repeat business.

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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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Salesforce cuts 1k jobs, including some at Tableau, vows to keep hiring while ‘reshaping’ company

GeekWire

Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky, left, and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, right, at the Tableau Conference in Las Vegas in 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop). Salesforce is cutting jobs after reporting record earnings, creating “shocked disbelief” inside the company, one newly laid-off Seattle employee tells GeekWire. The cuts, announced internally on Tuesday and Wednesday, involve about 1,000 jobs, or 1.8% of Salesforce’s workforce, according to Bloomberg News and CNBC.

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Back-to-school laptop shortage hits US schools

TechSpot

The three largest laptop producers, Lenovo, HP and Dell, have told school districts they have a shortage of nearly 5 million laptops. Exacerbated by multiple supply side issues, the companies are struggling to satisfy demand. Low-cost options, such as Chromebooks, are the most commonly sought after for school districts dealing.

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Seattle’s Athira Pharma files for IPO to fund quest for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s breakthroughs

GeekWire

The Athira team. (Athira Photo). Athira Pharma is aiming to go public. The Seattle biotech filed initial IPO paperwork Wednesday, a surprising move that would give the company additional capital to develop its therapies for brain diseases. Founded in 2011, Athira is in late-stage development for its lead therapeutic candidate called NDX-1017. The drug could halt or reverse the nerve damage that causes Alzheimer’s disease and other illnesses including Parkinson’s and ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

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How to install Malware Information Sharing Platform on Ubuntu Server 18.04

Tech Republic Security

If you're looking for a platform to help with the collection and sharing of cybersecurity events, you need not look any further than MISP. Jack Wallen shows you how to install this tool.

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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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Barn2Door raises $6M as demand rises for its software used by farmers to sell food online

GeekWire

Barn2Door CEO Janelle Maiocco. (Barn2Door Photo). The pandemic is increasing demand for grocery and food delivery. Seattle startup Barn2Door is riding this trend and just raised $6 million to support its growth. Barn2Door serves thousands of farmers across the U.S., helping them sell food directly to consumers with e-commerce software that manages sales, inventory, logistics, and more. “Barn2Door was enjoying strong growth prior to the pandemic as farmers were looking to move to direct-to-

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Google Chrome's huge update brings speed boost and new group tabs feature

Tech Republic Cloud

Chrome 85 brings a 10% performance upgrade to the browser, alongside handy new features for tab management and organization.

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Headset raises $3.2M to grow marijuana data platform as cannabis sales surge amid pandemic

GeekWire

(Headset Image). Seattle startup Headset just raised an additional $3.2 million as the 5-year-old company expands its business intelligence platform used by customers across the growing legal cannabis industry. Headset is similar to market data services from firms such as Nielsen and IRI. The company operates data platforms for cannabis retailers and suppliers, as well as a tool to analyze cannabis market data.

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Bosch and Ford will test autonomous parking in Detroit

Venture Beast

Ford and Bosch are collaborating on an autonomous vehicle parking pilot at a mixed-use building in Detroit. The pilot will launch in September 2020. Read More.

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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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Microsoft-supported effort to advise female-led software startups unveils new cohort

GeekWire

The first Saas Launch Lab cohort includes two Seattle-area tech leaders: Advocat Tech CEO Pradnya Desh (left), and Automaton CEO M.H. Lines. SaaS Launch Lab, a new effort to boost female-led enterprise software companies, announced the 12 companies selected to participate in the program, including two from the Seattle area. SaaS Launch Lab is a joint project of Microsoft’s venture fund, M12 , and Project W , a Davis Wright Tremaine initiative to support female founders.

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The Witcher: Monster Slayer is a darker take on the Pokemon Go formula

TechSpot

The game has been dubbed The Witcher: Monster Slayer, and it's currently being developed by Spokko, a CD Projekt subsidiary. It is expected to launch on iOS and Android devices "soon," but we don't have an exact release date yet.

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How to create web reports that your executives will love

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

Summary: As business data explodes at a surprising pace, many companies still struggle with reporting. They create reports that confuse or overwhelm their executives–hampering their ability to make decisions. What do your executives think about their reports? In this article, we explore a few ways to give them reports that they love. Tell me: Are you happy with your reporting?

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's 'Cross-Gen Bundle' will cost $70

TechSpot

Take-Two shocked the gaming world when it announced that NBA 2K21 would cost $70 on next-gen consoles. It was a decision that many gamers saw coming, but that didn't make it any easier for everyone to swallow.

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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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Auditing the IRS: Asset Management Problems Causing Cybersecurity Risks

SecureWorld News

The IRS has audited plenty of taxpayers and organizations. But this time, it is the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration auditing the IRS, the agency's legacy IT environment and its cybersecurity. The Audit's conclusion? These numbers don't add up. How do you define a legacy system? We all know asset management is hard for organizations.

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White House announces $1 billion plan for advancing AI and quantum research

TechSpot

The White House earlier today announced a $1 billion plan to establish no less than twelve federal research centers that will focus their work on two of the hottest topics in science and technology at the moment -- artificial intelligence and quantum information science.

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MySQL Create User and Grant Permissions: How To

Database Star

If you work with MySQL, there will be a point when you’ll need to create a new user. This could be for another part of the system or another developer on your team. Or perhaps you want to use a user other than the default “root” account on MySQL.

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Facebook 'prepares' app developers for iOS 14 advertising catastrophe

TechSpot

In June, Apple showcased iOS 14 at its Worldwide Developers Conference. One of the new security features coming to the mobile operating system is better personal information transparency. Not only will developers have to show users how they collect, use, and share their information, but apps will have to ask.

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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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Looking at long road ahead on climate change, Bill Gates champions electric vehicles, alternative fuels

GeekWire

(GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). With fewer people on the move during the pandemic, Bill Gates is taking the time to think about better ways to get around when we can again. Specifically, the Microsoft co-founder is sharing his thoughts on electric vehicles and alternative fuels that could help address a crisis beyond COVID: climate change. In a new GatesNotes blog post , Gates said we’ve made great progress on electric vehicles.

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Nvidia shares RTX 3000 graphics card details ahead of August 31 unveiling

TechSpot

Nvidia on Wednesday published a video in which it explained some of the design philosophies that went into creating the thermal solution for its upcoming Ampere family of GPUs.

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Establishing a culture conducive to the state of ‘Flow’ and self-actualisation

Leveraging Organizational Knowledge

In my previous article , I suggested that organisations should aim to establish a working environment conducive to their employees reaching their Ikigai. Well others have made similar suggestions and maybe the first one to do so in a constructive way was MihalyCsikszentmihalyi who in 1975 introduced the concept of “Flow” or the “ state of concentration or complete absorption with the activity at hand and the situation ”.

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PlayStation patent could let Sony build user profiles based on how you hold the controller

TechSpot

Sony in the patent application notes that when logging into your account away from home (say, on a friend’s console), your password could become compromised by prying eyes in the room. What’s more, if you forget to log out of your account when you leave, others could potentially gain access.

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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.