Forrester IT

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Where does supply chain risk rank in the hierarchy of priorities in the grand scheme of a firm’s business strategy? If 2020 taught us anything, it was that we underestimate the pivotal role of supply chain. It also taught us that supply chain risk IS business risk. If the mechanisms, processes, and partners that power our value chain suddenly come to a grinding halt, and we’re unable to deliver to our customers then effectively, we have no business.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

CIOs need to find ways to step away from their work Image Credit: Jonathan Khoo. As a CIO, do you feel like you are always “on”? When you were in the office, there were always meetings, phone calls, and people wanting to drop by your office to talk with you because of the importance of information technology. In our new age where everyone is working from home, it seems like things have only become busier and busier.

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Forrester IT

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Our latest update to our Digital Go-To-Market Review series for brands looks at the consumer electronics sector. Electronics store sales peaked in 2007, and since then, an ever-growing proportion of consumer electronics sales has moved online.* In 2020, 64% of US online adults said that they made a consumer electronics purchase online on a computer, […].

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Tech Republic Cloud

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Driven by demand from remote workers and students as well as content streaming and online gaming, cloud services took in $40 billion in sales last quarter, says Canalys.

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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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Anoop

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s have a quick look at ConfigMgr Client Component Status in detail. You can use the Components tab of the Configuration Manager client application – Configuration Manager Properties to view the installed, disabled, and enabled components on a Windows 10 computer.

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Tech Republic Cloud

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

New executive chairman takes a victory lap after fantastic Q4 earnings report and leaves incoming CEO Andy Jassy to deal with anticipated antitrust issues.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Enterprise security software is essential to protecting company data, personnel, and customers. Learn about some of the popular options available for your organization.

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

First conceived in the combustion of a hydrogen bomb on the South Pacific island of Elugelab in 1952, the heavy element einsteinium is one of the shier members of the Periodic Table; it doesn’t naturally occur and is so unstable that it’s difficult to get enough of the stuff, for long enough, to actually study it. Read more.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The surge gives further credence to the idea that cybercrime is less about tech know-how and more about social engineering, according to its fraud report.

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

One of the most iconic buildings in the world is running on clean electricity. On Wednesday, the company that owns the Empire State Building announced it had inked a deal to meet the electricity needs of not just that building but its entire portfolio with wind power. Read more.

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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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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

A joint effort across the US and Europe led to the disruption of Emotet and the arrest of two gang members, says Digital Shadows.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images. After his social media platform was largely wiped off the web , Parler CEO and co-founder John Matze says he has been fired by his company’s own board of directors, according to a memo obtained by Fox News and a text message confirmation he sent to Reuters. Parler, of course, is the social network that found itself wholly deplatformed after its role in the January 6th riots at the US Capitol.

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Association of Information Technology Professional

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Cost of living is an important factor in deciding where to live and work. See what your money can buy in these UK Tech Towns.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy was named Amazon’s next CEO this week. (Amazon Photo). When singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile sat down for a live video interview in December, the person asking the questions on stage could have passed for a veteran music journalist. Without any notes, he recalled insightful nuances from Carlile’s life and music, and framed one question in the context of a Foo Fighters lyric: “You need blind faith, but not false hope.” “I’ve a

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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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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

There’s really no good reason to wait to tackle the climate crisis, but especially when it comes to money. A new report offers yet more proof that the longer we wait, the higher that cost will be. Read more.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

(Pandion Photo). An Amazon veteran who helped the tech giant take on the explosion in e-commerce retail deliveries is striking out on his own to tackle the challenge. Seattle-based startup Pandion announced Wednesday that it has emerged from stealth mode and raised $4.9 million in seed funding. Founder and CEO Scott Ruffin , a onetime logistics captain in the U.S.

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Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Leadspace, a customer data platform that uses AI and big data to help sales and marketing teams engage with clients, has raised $46 million. Read More.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

(Amazon Image). Amazon is headed to the 78th Golden Globe Awards later this month on the strength of 10 nominations, the most the company’s studio division has received since 2017. With more people stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, streaming networks capitalized on the captive audience, capturing 69 total nominations across film and television on Wednesday.

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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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Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Researchers at Tilburg University and the University of Maryland claim that AI-translated text is less 'rich' than human translations. Read More.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge. The quality of Tesla’s cars suffers any time the company dramatically scales up production, CEO Elon Musk admitted in a February 2nd interview. Musk also said that Tesla was making cars so fast near the end of 2020 that it was messing up the paint jobs. Tesla has gotten a lot of criticism for the quality of its cars, especially after it started making them at relatively high volumes with the Model 3 and Model Y.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Astra’s Rocket 3.1 blasts off from the company’s launch complex in Alaska. (Astra Photo). Back in the 1990s, cellular telecom pioneer Craig McCaw bought into a vision of ubiquitous wireless service via a constellation of satellites, with an assist from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Almost a quarter-century later, McCaw’s Teledesic venture is long-dead, but the dream lives on — thanks to the impending merger of McCaw’s Holicity “blank check” company and Astr

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Two years ago, Huawei confidently explained that it was ready to give up using Android on its phones and tablets in case the US were to block its partnership with Google. At the time, the Chinese tech giant hinted at the possibility of an alternative operating system developed entirely in-house.

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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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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Lockstep CEO Peter Horadan. (Lockstep Photo). Lockstep , a Seattle startup using software and the cloud to improve accounting practices, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round, the company announced Wednesday. Founded in 2019, Lockstep’s “connected accounting” relies on tools such as email automation and accounting-specific inboxes for accounts receivable and accounts payable teams, helping to eliminate the cash traps and cash leaks that occur through the human hand

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Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Community Health Network is employing an AI platform from Jvion to assign COVID-19 risk scores and drive an education outreach initiative. Read More.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Photo by Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. Amazon plans to install high-tech video cameras in its delivery vehicles in order to better monitor the behavior of drivers as they deliver packages, according to a new report from The Information. The hardware and software will be supplied by Netradyne, a California company behind a platform called Driveri that uses cameras and artificial intelligence to analyze a driver as they operate the vehicle.

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Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Google's second fully privately owned subsea cable is now open for business, spanning 3,977 miles from Virginia Beach to France. Read More.

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“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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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

One of the greatest tools to be spun out of AOL was its instant messaging client, affectionately known as AIM. Released in the spring of 1997 it allowed users to register an online handle, create buddy lists, and chat with friends in near real-time.

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

It’s that time, Expanse fans, when the finale we’ve been dying to see arrives—and then leaves us dying to know what happens next once it’s over. Season four ended with Marco Inaros (Keon Alexander) preparing to attack Earth, but season five’s “Nemesis Games” ended with something even more terrifying. Read more.

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Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

IBM predicts commercial applications for quantum computing within the next 5 years as hardware continues to advance. Read More.

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The Texas Department of Public Safety is blaming “a test malfunction” after it sent out an Amber Alert on Jan. 29 urging the public to be on the lookout not for a missing child but Chucky, the killer doll from the Child’s Play series. Read more.

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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.