Wed.Oct 27, 2021

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AI model development platform Abacus.ai lands $50M

Venture Beast

Abacus.ai, a startup developing an AI development platform for enterprise customers, has raised $50 million in venture capital. Read More.

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The Three Principles of Sustainable Transformation

Forrester IT

Becoming an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable business demands a profound and fundamental change. Like digital transformation before it, you can’t just bolt it on. Traditional firms willing to start their multiyear transformation journey toward sustainability must embrace the three principles of sustainable transformation.

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CIOs Start To Realize That They Have A Colorblind Problem

The Accidental Successful CIO

Company web sites have to be made easier for colorblind users. Image Credit: Bryan McDonald. As the CIO, you have the responsibility to make sure that the company’s technology is made available to everyone. This can be fairly easy to do when you are considering the needs of your workers. However, things can start to get a bit trickier when you have to take into account all of the firm’s customers and the people that you do business with.

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Predictions 2022: Cloud Computing Reloaded

Forrester IT

In 2022, we'll see a shift to modern application development and industry-specific clouds that will shake up the cloud service provider market. Learn more in our 2022 predictions for cloud computing.

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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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The NEW CompTIA PenTest+: Your Questions Answered

Association of Information Technology Professional

The new CompTIA PenTest+ addresses all stages of the penetration testing process, reflecting the cybersecurity needs of modern organizations.

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CX Predictions 2022: The Year Of The Grand Pivot

Forrester IT

Continued supply chain disruption, the “Great Resignation,” and increasing customer expectations will push brands to reevaluate their approach to customer experience in 2022.

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Predictions 2022: Retailers Will Compete On “Pre-Loved,” Returns — And New Partners

Forrester IT

The biggest retail trends of 2022 will involving tapping into the circular economy and using returns to retain customers. Learn more.

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Microsoft warns of new supply chain attacks by Russian-backed Nobelium group

Tech Republic Security

The cybercrime group behind the SolarWinds hack remains focused on the global IT supply chain, says Microsoft, with 140 resellers and service providers targeted since May.

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Values-Motivated Consumers Make Up 18% Of The US Buying Population

Forrester IT

Most marketers have questions about navigating social values: Is the growing chorus in favor of brand activism the signal or merely noise? How should brands respond? To answer these questions, we built an analytical model to identify the values-motivated consumer Social values permeate the consumer-brand conversation, but they do not always shape consumer action.

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Endpoint Analytics Intune Data Collection Policy Issue Workaround

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get the latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post Endpoint Analytics Intune Data Collection Policy Issue Workaround appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Anoop C Nair.

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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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Operational Excellence Applies To All Firms Embracing Sustainability But Especially Industrial Firms

Forrester IT

All firms are evolving their sustainability initiatives to address Forrester’s five-level sustainability maturity model. However, many manufacturing firms spanning various industrial markets, including primary production, product manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment, chemicals, and oil and gas, are proactively addressing sustainability initiatives to address operational priorities.

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Register Free HTMD Conference 2021 Scheduled for 20th November

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get the latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post Register Free HTMD Conference 2021 Scheduled for 20th November appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Anoop C Nair.

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Social Media Users Interact With Friends And Family More Than Brands

Forrester IT

Yesterday we published the annual refresh of our Forrester social consumer segmentation. In 2021, consumers that use social media at least weekly (the heaviest users that we survey) overwhelmingly prefer to interact with friends/family over brands/companies and influencers on social media. The real question for brands is: “Does my target audience want to interact with […].

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Develop the skills required for an in-demand cybersecurity career

Tech Republic Security

It's not necessary to spend a great deal of time or money to learn the skills required to work in some of the most exciting and highly paid positions in the tech industry.

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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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Predictions 2022: Weary Consumers Seek Immediate Happiness And Comfort

Forrester IT

In 2022, consumers will continue testing new ways to fulfill their needs with an eye towards long-tail pandemic disruption. In the process, their new behaviors will create new economies.

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Fix Azure AD PRT Primary Refresh Token Issue with Windows 10 21H2 or KB5006738

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get the latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post Fix Azure AD PRT Primary Refresh Token Issue with Windows 10 21H2 or KB5006738 appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Anoop C Nair.

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Cloud Doesn’t Obliterate Specialized Compute, It Enables It

Forrester IT

Compute is getting more standardized, right? The answer is actually “yes and no”. Although standardized computing via public cloud platforms is growing – so is the list of specialized compute readily available for consumption on these same platforms. Once again, cloud is lowering the barrier to entry by providing easy and on-demand access to these […].

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Data governance: Why it matters now

TM Forum

Why is data governance important to communication service providers (CSPs) and how to overcome the current and future barriers to good governance? Join this webinar to explore: Maturity of data governance in CSPs and data governance tooling. How. Orange, Telstra. and. Vodafone. are tackling governance challenges. Current and future data governance priorities and steps.

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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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Taming The Supply Chain Tiger – Practical Measures To Mitigate Logistics Congestion

Forrester IT

In a recent blog my colleague Alla Valente described the increased risk of late shipments in complex interconnected supply chains. As she pointed out any element may fail as a result of random events such as strikes or earthquakes. Project managers following critical chain methodology build project ‘buffers’ to absorb random shock. But in logistics […].

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NaaS: Where it is and where it’s going

TM Forum

After five years of trials and deployments, communications service providers (CSPs) have reached a good measure of success in implementing network-as-a-service (NaaS). Few if any implementations, however, are exploiting the full promise of NaaS, which is to chain together service components end to end across domains and assure and reconfigure them dynamically based on a customer’s business requirements.

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No longer in preview, Microsoft Azure Purview is ready to help govern your data

Tech Republic Cloud

Microsoft's data classification tool is now out of preview. We talked to Microsoft's Mike Flasko about its future.

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Telcos are well positioned to make an impact with biometrics

TM Forum

In this interview, the second in a two-part series, Simon Marchand, Chief Fraud Prevention Officer at Nuance Communications, discusses the effects of fraud on organizations and how telcos can monetize identity services while protecting their customers. In the first interview, he spoke about the challenges to combatting fraud, including how the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in new risks, and how biometrics technology can help.

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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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Bellevue’s boom: City’s tech industry is poised to eat Seattle’s lunch

GeekWire

Cranes dot the Bellevue, Wash., skyline as the growing tech hub just east of Seattle is set for further expansion. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota). When Apptio launched in 2007, early employees debated whether the enterprise software startup should establish its headquarters in Seattle or nearby Bellevue. Even though the five co-founders eventually settled on Bellevue, the location discussion continued on and off for years.

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Elon Musk Could Save 42 Million From Starvation With Just 2% of His Wealth

Gizmodo

Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in the world who happened to make $36 billion on Monday alone , could save 42 million people around the world from starvation with just 2% of his wealth, according to a global hunger expert at the United Nations. But Musk doesn’t even need to pony up a full 2% if he gets America’s other… Read more.

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Paleontologists trace the evolution of tusks to toothy Triassic creatures

GeekWire

An artist’s conception shows a type of dicynodont known as Dicynodon. (Illustration by Marlene Hill Donnelly). Dental exams conducted on fossils from more than 200 million years ago suggest that the earliest true tusks were sported by breeds of weird-looking creatures known as dicynodonts. The evidence, laid out today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B , could shed light on how species ranging from elephants and walruses to warthogs and rabbit-like hyraxes came to have tusks.

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Instagram’s link stickers are rolling out to everyone

The Verge

The stickers appear in Stories posts, and can link out to external sites. | Image: Instagram. Instagram’s link stickers, which let you include hyperlinks in Stories in the form of stickers, will now be available to everyone on the platform, the Facebook-owned social media network has announced. Instagram started testing link stickers in June , but until now the feature has been limited to verified accounts or accounts with a large number of followers.

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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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Microsoft adds 23k employees in one year, growing 14% despite pandemic and tight labor market

GeekWire

Microsoft’s global employee count grew to nearly 190,000 people at the end of the September quarter, a net increase of 23,500 people globally over the past year, or 14% year-over-year growth. The new numbers, disclosed by the company Tuesday in conjunction with its quarterly earnings report , represent the largest annual employment growth in Microsoft’s history, except for its 2014 acquisition of Nokia’s Devices & Services business, according to historical data compiled by

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More Tech Spending Moves Out of IT

Information Week

Enterprise technology spending is going up, but CIOs and IT leaders will have less of the budget to spend. Business units themselves are playing an increasing role in tech spending.

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Why a Gun Loaded With Blanks Can Still Kill You

Gizmodo

The phrase “shooting blanks” has passed into colloquialism. But, literally speaking, what does it mean to shoot blanks? And why can people who get shot with blank ammunition still die? We’ll explain what blanks are, why they’re used, and why they can still kill you. Read more.

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Neurosciences startup gets Defense Dept. funds to test headband to improve sleep and ‘clean’ the brain

GeekWire

Glymphatic clearance at work in a mouse brain. The brain is washed with fluid (visualized here in green) during sleep to remove waste, a process that also occurs in humans. (Jeffrey Iliff Image). During sleep, our brains are “cleaned.” Waves of fluid wash through the organ, collecting waste products from cells and sending them out via the circulatory system.

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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.