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A Human-Centered, Technology-Enabled Future

Forrester IT

As I begin my career at Forrester, it seems proper to have my first blog introduce my coverage areas and how they interact, generate relevancy, and create value. The nature, design, and performance of managed organizations is evolving to accommodate drastic advancements in technology. To put this into context, technology investment has increased. However, productivity has declined from these investments over […].

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Palo Alto Networks latest security giant accused of patent infringement

CTOvision

A company is suing Palo Alto Networks for patent infringement, alleging that proprietary technologies were demonstrated to the cybersecurity giant, then used in a number of its major security products and systems. The episode highlights the peril that some companies face in the preliminary stage of business discussions before any formal agreements are reached and in […].

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Three Key CRM Trends in 2021 That Will Allow You To Better Engage Your Customers

Forrester IT

For a 30 year old technology category, it is amazing to see the CRM industry continue to grow at a staggering rate. Why? Because CRM is at the heart of every business that wants to compete on customer experience. It enables companies to access 360-degree views of customers in real time to drive reliable, trusted, […].

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Goldman close to offering Bitcoin to private wealth clients

CTOvision

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is close to offering investment vehicles for Bitcoin and other digital assets to clients of its private wealth management unit. ?We are working closely with teams across the firm to explore ways to offer thoughtful and appropriate access to the ecosystem for private wealth clients, and that is something we expect to […].

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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 Four Themes That Dominated FinovateEurope 2021

Forrester IT

FinovateEurope 2020, which took place in Berlin in mid-February 2020, was one of my last big trips that year. It was also the first time I bought and liberally used hand sanitizer. Still, as events go, it was pretty “normal.” So I approached the digital edition of FinovateEurope 2021 with some curiosity. Would the energy […].

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The American company helping Israeli startups scale-up to the next level

CTOvision

It is no secret that the main destination targeted by Israeli tech startups is the U.S. market. However, it isn’t just one-way traffic. Take Aerospike, for example, an American company founded in 2009 that provides solutions to help companies build data-intensive apps or scale-up by boosting performances of existing databases. Aerospike boasts as clients Israeli […].

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Chainlink Hits $30 as Grayscale Adds 115,570 LINK to Its Reserves

CTOvision

Chainlink prices climbed higher on Thursday, rising by as much as 5.10 percent on the prospects of higher institutional adoption. The LINK/USD exchange rate reached its previous week’s high of $30 before correcting lower during the early London session. Its uptrend majorly came as a part of a broader bullish trend across the altcoin market. Meanwhile, […].

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How to use the new HTTPS-Only mode in Firefox

Tech Republic Security

Firefox's new feature automatically redirects from HTTP to HTTPS and should be considered a must-use for the security-minded. Jack Wallen explains, and shows you how to enable it.

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Qlik Partners with Snowflake to Unlock SAP Data for Cloud Analytics

CTOvision

Qlik has deepened its partnership with Snowflake, the Data Cloud company, with the launch of a new joint solution that enables faster ingestion and on-boarding of analytics-ready SAP data to Snowflake through accelerated data pipeline creation and ongoing data streaming with Qlik Data Integration. Reinforced by Qlik’s status as a Snowflake Elite Partner and 2020 […].

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New Storage Trends Promise to Help Enterprises Handle a Data Avalanche

Information Week

Data, data everywhere, but where to put it all? Here's a rundown of five current and potential fast and high-capacity storage approaches.

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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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Chainlink’s Hackathon offers $125K in bounties, LINK going to $100?

CTOvision

Read Reynaldo Marquez take a look at whether Chainlink’s mega Hackathon would enable LINK to cross the $100 barrier on News BTC : With a start date of March 15th, The Spring 2021 Chainlink Virtual Hackathon records more than 3,500 participants. According to an official post, the participants are “building the next generation of smart […].

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Apple will use Tesla’s ‘megapack’ batteries at its California solar farm

The Verge

The construction site of the energy storage project at the California Flats solar farm. | Image: Apple. Apple announced Wednesday that it’s building a big battery storage project at a Northern California solar farm it spearhead in 2015. But what the company didn’t share is that the battery packs will come from Tesla, The Verge has learned. The newly-announced setup, which will store up to 240 megawatt-hours of energy, was approved by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors in 2020, according to

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The Need for Speed in Cybersecurity

CTOvision

Read why Gaurav Banga, CEO and founder of Balbix, Inc. says that speed should be the most relevant composition of cybersecurity strategy on Security Boulevard : Friday is my favorite day of the week. This is the day I set aside to connect with CISOs in Balbix’s advisory council, in our customer base, and in […].

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Funko getting into NFTs by combining physical and digital pop culture products and acquiring key app

GeekWire

A wannabe Kylo Ren wants to get a grip on some Pop! figurines, the most popular product from Funko, the so-called “purveyors of pop culture.” (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). Funko is taking the popularity of its pop-culture collectibles into the future and embracing the hysteria around NFTs. The Everett, Wash.-based maker of toys and figurines announced Thursday that it is acquiring a majority stake in TokenWave, developer of TokenHead , a mobile app for showcasing and tracking no

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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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Superstar artist Damien Hirst to sell 10,000 NFTs using a new Ethereum technology from ConsenSys called Palm

CTOvision

Superstar artist Damien Hirst is set to become the biggest player yet to enter the world of non-fungible tokens, with plans to sell 10,000 artworks tied to corresponding NFTs in a series called “The Currency Project.” The artist, famous for putting a shark in formaldehyde and encrusting a skull with diamonds, will release his latest works […].

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Doctor Who's Christopher Eccleston on Why Now Is the Time for His Return

Gizmodo

Christopher Eccleston transformed Doctor Who forever. Sixteen years ago, the actor—headlining a bold reboot of the beloved British sci-fi classic that had been off screens for nearly a decade—presented a tortured, compassionate take on a Time Traveler without a home. Then, as quickly as we met him, he vanished,… Read more.

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IBM’s Rob Thomas details key AI trends and discusses Palantir partnership and shift to hybrid cloud

CTOvision

The last year has seen a major spike in the adoption of AI models in production environments, in part driven by the need to drive digital business transformation initiatives. While it’s still early days as far as AI is concerned, it’s also clear AI in the enterprise is entering a new phase. Read Rob Thomas, […].

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Initiative seeks to force Seattle to fund homeless housing and then clear camps

GeekWire

Tents line a downtown Seattle street. (GeekWire Photo / John Cook). In an effort to overhaul Seattle’s approach to its homeless crisis, a coalition of downtown business leaders and non-profit representatives on Thursday introduced a citywide ballot measure to force the city to fund a battery of services and shelters for thousands of the town’s unsheltered residents.

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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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Ethereum now among top 10 financial services; value higher than m-cap of Citigroup, SoftBank

CTOvision

Ethereum’s price has scaled up over 1300 per cent from $138.5 as of April 2, 2020, to $1,944 as of April 1, 2021. Despite being the biggest alternative to Bitcoin, Ethereum has a long way to cover to come close to Bitcoin’s craze and market cap. Months after cryptocurrency king Bitcoin became the largest financial […].

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Incoming Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on why remote work hurts innovation: ‘You don’t riff the same way’

GeekWire

Workers cross in front of the Spheres on the Amazon campus in downtown Seattle, before the pandemic forced employees to work from home. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). As GeekWire reported earlier Wednesday , Amazon is headed back to the office after letting people work from home for the past year. “Our plan is to return to an office-centric culture as our baseline.

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How financial cybercrime targets shifted in 2020

Tech Republic Security

COVID lockdowns may be behind a major change toward targeting e-commerce and using new forms of attacks, Kaspersky finds.

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Biden blasts Amazon for not paying federal taxes, promises to 'put an end to that'

TechSpot

During an address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, yesterday, Biden mentioned Amazon twice when unveiling his infrastructure spending plan, which increases the corporate tax rate to 28% from 21%. It also closes a popular loophole in the tax code that allows companies to move profits overseas.

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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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Top tips to improve your virtual meetings

Spearline Testing

Poor audio quality can be a large inconvenience during virtual meetings, especially when everyone is remote working. The good news is that most problems are simple to solve. The last thing you want is to have a technical issue right when it’s time to dial in; there’s no one to help troubleshoot your connection, and it can get in the way of a productive afternoon.

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French police are investigating an international Lego crime ring

The Verge

It sounds like something out of a children’s movie — after French police arrested three Polish thieves who attempted to steal toys in June 2020, specifically Lego sets. Now authorities are trying to address a growing trend of Lego robberies by warning business owners and parents, The Guardian reports. According to a report in Le Parisien , the thieves were part of a gang that would stay in hotels near Paris, drive around in an Audi, and “raid” toy stores for valuable Lego sets to resell in Polan

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Research shows Android handsets share 20 times more telemetry data than iPhones

TechSpot

By now, it's no secret that companies like Google and Apple collect telemetry information from mobile devices and software that you use. Still, there is a difference in terms of the amount and types of data collected. Even when you're not using your Android or iOS device, or just as.

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OceanGate selects its support ship for this summer’s submersible trips to the Titanic

GeekWire

OceanGate Expeditions will use the offshore support vessel Horizon Arctic during expeditions to the Titanic. (OceanGate Photo). Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate Expeditions has taken one more giant leap toward sending its submersible to the world’s most famous shipwreck, with the selection of the expedition’s support vessel. The Canadian-owned, 93.6-meter (307-foot) Horizon Arctic will serve as the seagoing base of operations for the Titan submersible’s trips to the Titanic wreck

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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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Cheating software for Call of Duty: Warzone found to contain malware

TechSpot

As reported by Vice, security researchers at Activision found that a Warzone cheat advertised on popular cheating forums contained more than met the eye. It surreptitiously installed a dropper on a device, which allowed other types of malware to be downloaded onto a computer.

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Astronomers Spot X-Rays Coming From Uranus

Gizmodo

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have detected X-rays coming from Uranus, revealing a previously unknown dimension of this majestic ice giant. Read more.

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Bill Gates boosts his backing for ZeroAvia hybrid aviation venture — and for Biden’s energy plan

GeekWire

Artwork shows a commercial airliner with a hydrogen-electric powertrain. (ZeroAvia via PR Newswire). Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is putting his money as well as his mouth behind the push for new energy technologies. First, about the money: Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures is doubling down on its investment in ZeroAvia , a startup that’s working on a hybrid hydrogen-electric powertrain for aircraft capable of flying more than 50 passengers.

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Apple forced to offer Russian iPhone users local apps at setup thanks to new law

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. iPhones purchased in Russia now show a list of Russian-made apps at startup, thanks to a new law which comes into effect today, MacRumors reports. The prompt is part of the standard iPhone setup process, appearing after the user has selected other options like whether to allow Location Services or App Analytics.

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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.