Mon.Aug 17, 2020

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Is Machine Learning Really AI?

CTOvision

There’s so much being said about machine learning (ML), but perhaps the train has left the station with whether many ML projects are truly AI: One of the downsides to […].

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FORRward: A Weekly Read For Tech And Marketing Execs

Forrester IT

Gong’s Latest Round Launches Revenue Intelligence Into CRM’s Orbit Gong announced $200 million in Series D funding, following its $65 million Series C round in December of last year. Its $2.2 billion valuation undeniably validates revenue intelligence as an important technology category that helps companies harness the power of data and insights across a range of revenue-generating […].

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Fascinating Examples Of How Blockchain Is Used In Insurance, Banking And Travel

CTOvision

Blockchain technology promises to revolutionize many aspects of how we do business and, if you believe the blockchain hype (of which there is plenty), may even be as disruptive as […].

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Knowledge management solutions are powerful but choosing the right one is hard.

Forrester IT

Since the start of the pandemic, customer service organizations are doubling down on their investments in knowledge management because these solutions: Empower customer service agents to deliver successful outcomes. One of the top three drivers of customer service success is agent knowledge. The early days of knowledge management focused on streamlining access to curated content. […].

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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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Why You Should Avoid Calling it Automation

Social, Agile and Transformation

I've learned the hard way that using the word automation to describe an initiative, project, process, or algorithm is a bad idea. Equating automation with artificial intelligence is even worse. Anchoring a digital transformation on initiatives driven by automations completely misses the point. In this post, I'm going to explain why you should avoid calling it.

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Azure HDInsight gets its own Hadoop distro, as big data matures

CTOvision

Several years ago, big data was at the height of its hype cycle and Hadoop was its poster child technology. Today, open source analytics are solidly part of the enterprise […].

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IBM unveils its first seven-nanometre chip for next-generation hybrid cloud computing

CTOvision

IBM has announced the tenth generation of its flagship Power processors, a smaller, faster, more energy-efficient seven-nanometre chip that businesses can expect to deploy inside their data centres in the […].

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Uninstall or Delete or Remove SCCM Secondary Site | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s learn how to Remove SCCM Secondary Site. You can learn about removing primary server and CAS from the previous blog posts. So why do you want to uninstall delete, or remove the SCCM site servers? There could be several reasons for the removal of secondary sites.

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IoT and 5G: a blessing or a curse?

CTOvision

Read Jimmy Jones take a look at whether the Internet of Things and 5G combo could be a blessing or a curse on Techradar : The UK’s recent decision to […].

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Innovation Accelerates During the Pandemic

Information Week

Companies, universities, governments, and individuals the world over have shown they can pivot rapidly, take significant risks and innovate in unexpected ways.

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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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Securing connections in the cloud and across IoT devices

CTOvision

Read Jonathan Nguyen-Duy take a look at security threats to cloud and Internet of Things devices on Intelligent CIO : The hyper-connected, global marketplace of the 21st century has shifted […].

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Top 5 password hygiene security protocols companies should follow

Tech Republic Security

Proper password methodologies can be a challenge to master. Learn some tips from industry experts on how to streamline the process and safeguard your organization.

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How the network can support zero trust

Network World

Simply stated, zero trust calls for verifying every user and device that tries to access the network and enforcing strict access-control and identity management that limits authorized users to accessing only those resources they need to do their jobs. Zero trust is an architecture, so there are many potential solutions available, but this is a look at those that fit in the realm of networking.

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AI-enabled future crimes ranked: Deepfakes, spearphishing, and more

Tech Republic Security

A study explores the possible range and risk of attacks from military robots and autonomous attack drones to AI-assisted stalking. Here are the top 5.

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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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Top 5 decentralized platforms

Tech Republic Data Center

Decentralized platforms are aiming to solve the issue of data ownership. Tom Merritt lists five platforms you should know about.

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How one attack campaign steals and sells RDP credentials

Tech Republic Security

A hacker known as TrueFighter has been actively selling compromised Remote Desktop Protocol accounts on the Dark Web, says Nuspire.

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Modernizing a 911 Call Center by Taking It Cloud Native

Information Week

Logan County, West Virginia, updates its emergency operations resources with cloud-based platforms that offer access to location data and onsite video.

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Microsoft will bid farewell to Internet Explorer and legacy Edge in 2021

The Verge

Microsoft will end support for Internet Explorer 11 across its Microsoft 365 apps and services next year. In exactly a year, on August 17th, 2021, Internet Explorer 11 will no longer be supported for Microsoft’s online services like Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook, and more. Microsoft is also ending support for Internet Explorer 11 with the Microsoft Teams web app later this year, with support ending on November 30th.

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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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Death Valley Just Saw the Hottest Temperature Ever Reliably Recorded on Earth

Gizmodo

California had itself a weekend of rolling blackouts , freak thunderstorms, and a fire-induced tornado. But the state had to go and do one more wild thing: set the record for hottest temperature recorded anywhere on Earth. Read more.

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Google is trying to test a secret 6GHz network in 17 different states

The Verge

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge. Google is trying to secretly test a 6GHz network in 17 different states, according to a batch of FCC filings spotted by Business Insider. But exactly what Google is trying to test is unclear. Here’s a few things we do know. Google wants to experiment with 6GHz spectrum to “produce technical information relevant to the utility of these frequencies for providing reliable broadband connections.

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The Hero We Need Built a Gun That Shoots Masks Onto People's Faces

Gizmodo

Unless your brain is performing Olympic-caliber mental gymnastics, wearing a mask during the pandemic is obviously a good thing and the easiest way to help minimize the spread of the coronavirus. Some have resisted, however, which inspired Allen Pan to invent a gun that quickly shoots a mask on to the face of those… Read more.

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Trump throws Amazon under the delivery truck in debate over U.S. Postal Service economics

GeekWire

President Donald J. Trump speaks with reporters on Friday in Morristown, N.J., prior to boarding Marine One for a flight to New York City. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian). President Donald Trump this morning again called on the U.S. Postal Service to increase the amount it charges Amazon to deliver packages, seeking to turn the tech giant into a subplot in a broader national debate over USPS funding and operations.

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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 meatpacking industry is an incubator for AI, automation, and COVID-19

Venture Beast

As the pandemic stretches on, the threat to meatpacking, meat processing, and distribution center employees has researchers seeking a new production model. Read More.

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How a call to Seattle startup Nexme’s toll-free number led to a seed round worth $500k

GeekWire

The Nexme team, including co-founders Vanessa Alvarez (front, center) and Arian Abdulkader (back, right). (Nexme Photo). Angel investments don’t often begin with an unexpected call to your startup’s toll-free number. Seattle-based Nexme had launched its minimally viable product (MVP) and its team was working long hours to make improvements to its real estate buying app.

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Top 5 decentralized platforms

Tech Republic Security

Decentralized platforms are aiming to solve the issue of data ownership. Tom Merritt lists five platforms you should know about.

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Smooth teleoperator: The rise of the remote controller

Venture Beast

Autonomous vehicles, such as cars, forklifts, and delivery robots, may never be able to operate 100% independently. That is where teleoperation could help. 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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Facebook left 6,500 gallons of drilling fluid off the coast of Oregon

The Verge

Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images. Facebook abandoned broken equipment and thousands of gallons of drilling fluid under the ocean floor just off the coast of Oregon in April. The company was constructing a landing site for an undersea telecommunications cable when it hit an unexpected snag. A drill bit broke and got stuck after hitting hard rock about 50 feet under the seafloor on April 28th, Oregon Live and the Tillamook Headlight-Herald first reported in early August.

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Secret Service Paid to Get Americans' Location Data Without a Warrant, Documents Show

Gizmodo

In all the talk about TikTok collecting the data of Americans and sending it to the Chinese government, we’ve often overlooked the broader issue of data brokers collecting the data of Americans and sending it god-knows-where. Case in point: A newly released document shows the U.S. Secret Service went through a… Read more.

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Amazon’s potential investment in Rackspace would link longtime players in the cloud

GeekWire

GeekWire File Photo. Shares of Rackspace climbed as much as 19% at one point this morning amid reports that Amazon is in talks for a potential investment in the cloud infrastructure and services company. Amazon would acquire a minority stake in Rackspace under the possible deal, which may still require one to two months to negotiate, reported Reuters in its story breaking the news.

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The promise of automation — and those who could be left behind

Venture Beast

Though automation is creating new job opportunities, many workers are at risk of being left behind. But that bleak future is not inevitable. 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.