Fri.Jan 29, 2021

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Consumers Are On Social Media, But That Doesn’t Mean They Want To Hear From You

Forrester IT

It’s 2021. Social media is ubiquitous, from social networks to forums to brand-created communities to messaging apps. Brand marketers shouldn’t be asking if their consumers are on social media, but rather, “Do they want to hear from my brand?” Our new Landscape report in the Forrester Social Marketing Playbook breaks down the four types of […].

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Most Popular IT Certifications for 2021

Association of Information Technology Professional

You know the value of IT certification. But do you know which ones will get you where you want to go? These are the most popular certifications.

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In 2021, Banks Must Sustain The Digital Momentum

Forrester IT

We’re hitting the end of January. So, let me ask you, how is that New Year’s resolution coming along? Each year, many consumers vow to change their behavior come January 1, resolving to cut down on social media, eat more healthily, sort out their finances, or — for those in lockdown — go for a […].

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SolarWinds attack: Cybersecurity experts share lessons learned and how to protect your business

Tech Republic Security

The highly sophisticated SolarWinds attack was designed to circumvent threat detection—and it did, for much too long. Two cybersecurity experts share some valuable lessons learned from the attack.

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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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Privacy And Security: We Need Both For Communications, And There’s An App For That

Forrester IT

Our communications need to be both private and secure. The recent uproar about WhatsApp’s changes to its privacy policy is a good reminder of that fact. While the changes had implications for consumers who use WhatsApp, the concerns also made their way into the enterprise. I heard from CISOs who saw the discussions quickly morph from personal concerns about privacy to enterprise security concerns about using WhatsApp for business […].

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Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks: A cheat sheet

Tech Republic Security

This comprehensive guide covers different types of denial of service attacks, DDoS protection strategies, as well as why it matters for business.

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5 data categories to learn for faster cybersecurity responses

Tech Republic Security

By knowing the different types of data, it can help your company protect itself from breaches and better recover from a cyberattack.

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CIOs to Accelerate Digital Business Transformation in 2021

Information Week

With 2020 in the rearview mirror, finally, CIOs are looking at bigger budgets and an acceleration in their digital transformations.

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Don't make these cyber resiliency mistakes

Tech Republic Security

Find out why it might be time to shift your cybersecurity prevention strategies to resiliency and what not to do in the process.

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Fix ConfigMgr Third-Party Updates Last Sync Status Trust Failed | SCCM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s understand how to fix the ConfigMgr third-party updates Last Sync Status Trust Failed issue. Recently, I have seen an issue with third-party software update syncs. Some of the syncs are getting failed with TRUST related errors. I tried to manually initiate sync without any success.

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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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How to show an ROI on cybersecurity spends

Tech Republic Security

It's not easy to justify cybersecurity spends based on financial gains. Read tips on how to improve the odds.

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In a world of ‘remote everything,’ Washington state sees new push for public broadband networks

GeekWire

GeekWire Photo Illustration / Canva Pro. A bill that would give local governments and public agencies the ability to offer retail internet services appears headed to a floor vote in the Washington state House of Representatives. Under current state law, public utility districts and port districts are allowed to build broadband networks and provide wholesale internet service to private telecom companies, who provide retail connectivity to homes, schools and businesses.

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Tesla’s new Model S will automatically shift between park, reverse, and drive

The Verge

Tesla’s redesigned Model S and Model X will have a very unconventional and possibly controversial feature: automatic shifting between park, reverse, neutral, and drive (or PRND). There will be an option to change drive modes on the touchscreen, but CEO Elon Musk made the case for automatic switching on Twitter late Wednesday night. “Car guesses drive direction based on what obstacles it sees, context & nav map,” Musk tweeted.

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Signs point to Apple making its Seattle presence clear as logo appears at new office near Amazon

GeekWire

In a neighborhood where it’s tough to tell what might be an Amazon office building or just another apartment complex, Apple is moving into Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood and erasing any doubt about who occupies 333 Dexter Ave. Construction fencing has come down in recent days around the perimeter of the office building, which sits on the edge of Amazon’s urban campus.

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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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A Real 3D-Printed Home Listing Just Popped Up on Zillow for a Cool $300,000

Gizmodo

People have been talking about the advent of 3D-printed homes for quite some time now, but now a listing for a home in New York has popped up on Zillow boasting to be the “world’s first 3D-printed home for sale.” Read more.

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Someone modified an iPod Classic to run Spotify

TechSpot

YouTuber Guy Dupont detailed the work performed on this 2004 iPod Classic to spruce it up. The main goal was to make it compatible with Spotify, which meant it needed Wi-Fi to talk to the service. The modder also added Bluetooth audio so the device can stream to a wireless.

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BlackBerry Execs Cashed Out When Reddit Sent Their Stock Skyrocketing

Gizmodo

Executives in BlackBerry, one of many struggling companies whose stock prices are being juiced in a Reddit-instigated speculative frenzy, jumped on the chance to dump shares at a wildly inflated rate. Read more.

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Physna raises $20 million for AI that analyzes and digitizes 3D objects

Venture Beast

Physna, a startup developing software that analyzes and digitizes 3D models, has raised $20 million in venture capital. Read More.

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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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CISA warns of attacks on cloud-based services

Tech Republic Security

Companies are most vulnerable when employees work from home or use a combination of company and personal devices.

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Video game companies band together to help a children’s hospital

Venture Beast

Game companies compete with each other furiously, so it's sometimes news to see them come together. That's the mission of ?Gamers for CHOC?. Read More.

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Xiaomi announces Mi Air Charge tech capable of 5W wireless charging over several meters

TechSpot

The Qi wireless charging standard that most electronics employ these days still requires the host and receiver to be in very close proximity, accepting no more than 4cm (1.6-inches) of distance for charging. And while power output has been gradually improving over the years, companies like Xiaomi have been coming.

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How Modern Health uses AWS to secure participant data and scale its enterprise mental health platform

Venture Beast

Enterprise mental health care platform Modern Health uses AWS to handle ever more complex and higher volumes of sensitive data. Read More.

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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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Vishing: FBI says beware of voice phishing at large organizations

Tech Republic Security

Attackers are tricking employees into logging into phishing sites.

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AI Weekly: Announcing our ‘AI and the future of health care’ special issue

Venture Beast

Through the lens of AI and data, we examine how health care providers and vendors are tackling the challenges of this extraordinary time. Read More.

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Amazon’s diversity and inclusion leader, Elizabeth Nieto, leaving for job at Spotify in New York

GeekWire

Elizabeth Nieto at Amazon’s Global Diversity Equity and Inclusion Summit in January 2020. (Amazon Photo). Elizabeth Nieto, the leader of Amazon’s Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team, is leaving the Seattle tech giant unexpectedly for a new job at Spotify after less than two years in the role, citing a desire to be closer to her family in New York.

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The DeanBeat: Our 360-degree view of the metaverse ecosystem

Venture Beast

Our GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse gave us a 360-degree view of the metaverse ecosystem as its being built. 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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Big Oil's Lies Are Finally Getting the Public Scrutiny They Deserve on Social Media

Gizmodo

After the Capitol was overrun by insurrectionists , Chevron sent out a tweet calling for a “peaceful transition of the U.S. government.” Brand tweets are always fraught, particularly as democracy stood on a knife’s edge. Doubly so if you’re a brand that, say, funded the members of Congress that incited an attempt to… Read more.

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University will stop using controversial remote-testing software following student outcry

The Verge

Students head to class at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. | E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign announced that it will discontinue its use of remote-proctoring software Proctorio after its summer 2021 term. The decision follows almost a year of outcry over the service, both on UIUC’s campus and around the US, citing concerns with privacy, discrimination, and accessibility.

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3 ways 2021 will be digitally different

Venture Beast

How you and your business respond to adversity in 2021 will determine whether you thrive, survive, or shutter. Read More.

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30% of 'SolarWinds' Hacking Victims Did Not Actually Use SolarWinds Software, Feds Say

Gizmodo

The hacker group behind the ongoing SolarWinds scandal found other ways to intrude on U.S. firms and public agencies than just compromising the titular software company. In fact, nearly a third of the victims of the hack—approximately 30%—have no connection to SolarWinds at all, said a senior federal security official… 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.