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Dapr: Service Mesh Done Right?

Forrester IT

With the recent announcement that Dapr has reached its first production-ready release, we finally see a viable response to Istio and perhaps the rest of the service mesh industry from Microsoft. If you’re not familiar, Dapr is a coding framework intended to solve the challenges of modern distributed applications. You may be asking, “But isn’t […].

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CompTIA Server+ or CompTIA Cloud+? How to Choose

Association of Information Technology Professional

Learn the similarities and differences between the new CompTIA Server+ and CompTIA Cloud+ so you can decide which IT certification is right for you.

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Brand Go-To-Market Series: The CPG Category Is Taking Big Steps Toward E-Commerce DTC Sales

Forrester IT

The pandemic has been a pivotal moment for the consumer packaged goods (CPG) category. Before the pandemic, most CPG brands lacked direct-to-consumer (DTC) buy-ability on their website. However, the pandemic spurred numerous CPG brands like Beyond Meat, Bimbo, Del Monte, and PepsiCo/Frito Lay to launch DTC websites. The latest update to our Digital Go-To-Market Review series […].

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Energize a Center of Excellence that Empowers Citizen Data Scientists

Social, Agile and Transformation

Lots of organizations have seen the benefits of citizen data science and self-service BI programs. Instead of waiting for a centralized IT or data science team to produce analysis, dashboards, and reports, citizen data scientists are given tools like Tableau and Microsoft Power BI to develop, support, and enhance these capabilities. After all, they are the subject matter experts.

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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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Marketing Leaders, Tell Your Buyers The TEI Investment Story: Part Two

Forrester IT

The transparency a TEI study offers allows your sales teams to focus their time on quality leads, rather than on those that will never close.

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AI Must Play a Role in Data Cloud Management

Information Week

The past year has forced businesses to pivot and modernize their technology, including making the move to the cloud and using the flexibility and scalability of artificial intelligence.

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Remote hiring: Cybersecurity best practices

Tech Republic Security

Subtle cybersecurity concerns are in play when vetting candidates remotely for a position that entails working remotely. Learn what they are and what to do about them.

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How to Define Your Edge Computing Architecture

Information Week

The growth of edge computing and IoT will require rearchitecting IT infrastructures. Here are some options to consider before you get started.

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Not quite "The Purge," but 70% adopted home tech to increase security amid pandemic

Tech Republic Security

A Home.com survey found that while most understood the value and necessity of the investment in new tools and gadgets, there were quite a few who worried the technology would facilitate some kind of hack.

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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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ConfigMgr CMPivot Query to Find Clients not Part of Any Boundary Groups | SCCM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post ConfigMgr CMPivot Query to Find Clients not Part of Any Boundary Groups | SCCM appeared first on HTMD Device Management by Anoop C Nair.

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Forrester: These 5 threats could hobble pandemic recovery

Tech Republic Security

If businesses are going to successfully navigate the road ahead they'll need to focus on these security problems and attack vectors.

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Top 5 options for online storage

Tech Republic Cloud

Additional online storage is a must-have these days, but which service should you use? Tom Merritt lists five online storage options to consider.

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How to use Bitwarden's new Send feature

Tech Republic Security

What is probably the best open source password manager on the market has added a new feature that will make using the tool even better.

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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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Zoom Escaper lets you sabotage your own meetings with audio problems, crying babies, and more

The Verge

Zoom Escaper offers a range of sound effects to help with self-sabotage. | Image: Zoom Escaper. Had enough Zoom meetings? Can’t bear another soul-numbing day of sitting on video calls, the only distraction your rapidly aging face, pinned in one corner of the screen like a dying bug? Well, if so, then boy do we have the app for you. Meet Zoom Escaper : a free web widget that lets you add an array of fake audio effects to your next Zoom Call, gifting you with numerous reasons to end the meeting an

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How malware is targeting the new Apple Macs

Tech Republic Security

As the new kid on the block, the M1 chip-based Mac is already on the radar of malware writers, says Kaspersky.

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Nvidia’s new beta driver unlocks RTX 3060 Ethereum cryptocurrency mining

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Nvidia implemented a special system to reduce the hash rate of Ethereum mining on its new RTX 3060 graphics card last month. It was supposed to limit mining performance by around 50 percent , but multiple reports now claim cryptominers have bypassed the protection. Japanese site PC Watch first revealed that Nvidia’s protections can be bypassed without needing to modify a driver or BIOS.

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Organizations are more likely to purchase tech and services from vendors demonstrating transparency

Tech Republic Security

A global study by Intel indicates 73% of respondents gravitate toward companies that proactively find, mitigate and communicate security vulnerabilities.

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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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Online storage: Top 5 options

Tech Republic Cloud

Additional online storage is a must-have these days, but which service should you use? Tom Merritt lists five online storage options to consider.

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How to remove legacy communication services on Linux

Tech Republic Security

To keep your Linux servers and desktops as secure as possible, you should check for and remove legacy communication services. Jack Wallen shows you how.

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Elon Musk crowns himself ‘Technoking’ of Tesla

The Verge

Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge. Elon Musk has a new title at Tesla: “Technoking.”. The electric automaker announced the head-scratching sobriquet in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, along with chief financial officer Zach Kirkhorn’s new position as “Master of Coin.”. “Elon and Zach will also maintain their respective positions as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer,” the filing concludes — just in case you were worried that Tesla was officially

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You can become a virtual landscaper in Minecraft, earning $70 per hour

TechSpot

As reported by CNN, the offer comes from UK company Whatshed?, which describes itself as Britain’s biggest and best garden buildings buyers guide. The ad seeks “to recruit a collective of virtual landscape gardeners to provide professional advice to players looking to improve their in-game outdoor 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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Seattle-area tech exec pleads guilty in scheme to obtain and launder $5.5M in PPP loans

GeekWire

(Justice.gov Image). A Washington tech executive charged in a scheme to obtain more than $5.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and launder the proceeds pled guilty on Monday. Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman for the Western District of Washington announced in a Department of Justice news release that Mukund Mohan , 48, of Clyde Hill, Wash., submitted at least eight fraudulent PPP loan applications on behalf of six different companies to federally insured financial instituti

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Cricut Now Wants Users to Pay Extra for Unlimited Use of the Cutting Machines They Already Own

Gizmodo

Over the weekend, people who own Cricut’s crafting machines —which are printer-like devices that can precisely slice up documents—learned of an upcoming update that will limit how often they can use the machines they’ve paid for. The company, whose cheapest machine is $180, will now start charging users a monthly… Read more.

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NASA drone test demonstrates use case for compact radars built by Bill Gates-backed Echodyne

GeekWire

Recently concluded NASA tests prove that compact radars built by Echodyne will allow drones to fly autonomously in crowded airspace. Last month, Kirkland, Wash.-based Echodyne teamed with NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California for tests of an AiRanger drone built by American Aerospace Technologies Inc. The drone flew by itself over 14.5 miles of pipeline, simulating the type of inspection mission that commercial drones are expected to perform in the not-too-distant future.

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India will reportedly introduce bill to make owning cryptocurrency illegal

The Verge

Photo by Michele Doying / The Verge. India is reportedly moving forward with a sweeping ban on cryptocurrencies. According to Reuters , the country’s legislature will introduce a bill that criminalizes trading, mining, issuing, transferring, or possessing cryptocurrency. The bill is likely to pass if it’s introduced, giving India some of the world’s strictest digital currency laws.

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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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Starbucks implements tech for blind and low-vision customers to aid in store navigation and more

GeekWire

“I can be like every other customer with the same number of choices,” said Susan Mazrui, a Starbucks customer who uses Aira to navigate a store. (Starbucks Photo). Starbucks is turning to technology to help blind and low-vision customers navigate its U.S. stores. The Seattle-based coffee giant is now offering free access to Aira , a service that connects those customers to remotely located visual interpreters who relay visual information through a third-party mobile app.

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Tinder will soon let you run a background check on a potential date

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Tinder and other Match Group-owned apps are going to let their users run background checks on possible dates. The company announced an investment in Garbo, a nonprofit that looks to allow people to run background checks with only their first name and phone number or full name. The investment, of which Match didn’t disclose the amount, will help make the group’s tech available to Match’s users, starting with the company’s most popular app: Tinder.

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Nvidia beta driver removes GeForce RTX 3060 crypto mining limiter

TechSpot

Nvidia in an attempt to address retail shortages of its latest RTX 3000 series graphics cards last month took the bold and controversial step of artificially limiting the effectiveness of the GeForce RTX 3060 for cryptocurrency mining.

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Amazon expands gamification program that encourages warehouse employees to work harder

The Verge

Photo by Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images. Amazon is expanding an existing program that gamifies warehouse work to encourage its fulfillment center employees to improve their efficiency and compete against others for digital rewards like virtual pets, according to a new report from The Information. The program is called FC Games, and it includes as many as six arcade-style mini-games that can be played only by completing warehouse tasks in the workplace.

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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.