Wed.Apr 21, 2021

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The Global Chip Shortage Won’t Ease Soon

Forrester IT

The world is suffering from a systemic shortage of chips. Worry not, your supply of Cool Ranch Doritos is just fine. The chips I’m talking about here are based on silicon, not potatoes or corn. Semiconductors power just about everything now. Your car is a small data center on wheels. When you do a Zoom […].

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Chainlink 2.0 – The next generation of hybrid smart contracts

CTOvision

Chainlink has released a new whitepaper called Chainlink 2.0: Next Steps in the Evolution of Decentralized Oracle Networks. The new whitepaper outlines an ambitious vision for the future of smart contracts. We talk with Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov who explains the implications for the next generation of blockchain ecosystems. Read/hear the podcast of Chainlink co […].

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Brand Storytelling Is A Competitive Advantage

Forrester IT

Storytelling is an essential skill that inherently engages audiences and makes content distinctive and memorable. Yet, B2B marketing professionals often struggle to create compelling stories.

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Bitcoin and the stock market could trade more closely as the crypto world expands

CTOvision

Read Patti Domm explain how slowly but surely Bitcoin movements are getting interconnected with mainstream stocks on CNBC : The correlation between bitcoin and the stock market could grow as more institutions become involved with cryptocurrency and the number of equities linked to digital currencies grows, strategists said. For now, the link is loose: sometimes high, […].

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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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There’s a New SFA Wave – And Leaders Embody Current Sales Trends

Forrester IT

COVID has upended business as we knew it and sales organizations have felt this impact. Almost half of B2B US companies have slashed their sales teams. Sellers work from home, over digital channels and sales managers have become much more data-driven and focused on post-sale engagement to preserve and grow revenue. There’s a much needed […].

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Elastic Announces Enhanced Access To Nearly Unlimited Data To Help Customers Gain Deeper Business Insights

CTOvision

Elastic, the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack, recently announced new capabilities and updates across Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Elastic Cloud in the 7.12 release. The new features are designed to enable users to uncover insights and drive action with their data through the power of search. The new frozen data tier makes object stores like […].

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Peter Thiel Provides His Context On Bitcoin

CTOvision

This video captures context from a meeting with Peter Thiel, Mike Pompeo, and Robert C. O’Brien (Ambassador) at the The Richard Nixon Foundation. Peter provides insights into the history of Silicon Valley, what Bitcoin means for China and US, and a net assessment on China/US relations. Mike Pompei also has interesting thoughts about the bilateral […].

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The Changing Role of Network Administration

Association of Information Technology Professional

As more organizations support a remote workforce and adopt cloud solutions, network administration continues to evolve.

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How Entrepreneurs Can Benefit From Ethereum’s Disruptive Potential

CTOvision

Read Bryce Welker explain how entrepreneurs can make use of the smart contracts, NFTs, and DeFi using the Ethereum platform on Entrepreneurs : As Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies make headlines year after year, bystanders experience FOMO reading stories about other people becoming millionaires. Unfortunately, many of these stories have less to do with the […].

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3 Factors That Should be Driving Your Digital Transformation

Information Week

To maximize output of any digitalization project, organizations must treat it as a wider business initiative, rather than a targeted IT transformation.

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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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Palantir is continuing its push into life sciences with customers like Merck and Sanofi

CTOvision

Read Belle Lin take a look at how Palantir Technologies is expanding into life sciences space on Business Insider : In a continued push to expand its business beyond the sometimes-controversial federal defense and intelligence contracts it’s best-known for, $42 billion big data company Palantir is making a new push into industries including life sciences […].

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How CIOs Can Become AI Experts

The Accidental Successful CIO

New tools are allowing CIOs use AI as a part of their jobs Image Credit: Trending Topics 2019. CIOs need to get ready for big changes that are coming their way: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is arriving. It was not all that long ago that AI was something that only Data Scientists dealt with. However, now things have changed. Companies that deal with such diverse things as manufacturing, finance, and even insurance are starting to take advantage of products that allow their workers to create AI to

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The Coming Bank-Bitcoin Boom: Americans Want Cryptocurrency From Their Banks

CTOvision

Read what Ron Shevlin’s has to say about Bitcoin becoming a reserve currency in the United States on Forbes : The rise in the price of Bitcoin, coupled with Coinbase’s IPO debut (which valued the company at ~$85 billion), has helped legitimize Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in the eyes of many doubters and skeptics. Not among banks, […].

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Apple supplier Quanta hit with $50 million ransomware attack from REvil

Tech Republic Security

Hackers claim to have infiltrated the networks of Quanta Computer Inc., which makes Macbooks and hardware for HP, Facebook and Google.

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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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Modernise business relationships with Snowflake Data Marketplace

CTOvision

In today’s digitally driven world, data sharing or exchanging is absolutely essential. Companies across industries need data to collaborate with diversified business partners and deliver services to customers. The process of sharing data can be expensive and painful with reliance on copying and moving data. As the Data Cloud has evolved, these data connections have become […].

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3 Factors That Should be Driving Your Digital Transformation

Information Week

To maximize output of any digitalization project, organizations must treat it as a wider business initiative, rather than a targeted IT transformation.

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FCC’s Anti-Robocall Deadline is Approaching: What it Means for Carriers, Service Providers and Consumers

Association of Information Technology Professional

The STIR/SHAKEN framework will change how businesses are able to contact consumers in the U.S., especially those that rely on automated calls to share critical information, according to several telecommunications leaders. Service providers should have a plan in place before June 30.

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SCCM 2103 Known Issues Fixes | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post SCCM 2103 Known Issues Fixes | ConfigMgr appeared first on HTMD Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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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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The security and privacy behind IBM's Digital Health Pass

Tech Republic Security

IBM is working with numerous partners on its Digital Health Pass, which allows for easy sharing of health credentials such as a COVID-19 vaccine or test. IBM's general manager Jason Kelley shares the details.

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Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Cracking Tool and Became a Legend

Gizmodo

Israeli digital intelligence firm Cellebrite sells software designed to unlock phones and extract their data. As a result, its products are a favorite of law enforcement agencies across the U.S., and police frequently use them to gather evidence from seized devices. In the past, the company has received criticism for… Read more.

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The award for the most popular movie used in leaked passwords goes to…

Tech Republic Security

Ahead of Sunday's Oscars awards ceremony, password management provider Specops rolls out the red carpet to reveal its list.

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Microsoft enables Linux GUI apps on Windows 10 for developers

The Verge

Microsoft is starting to allow Windows 10 testers to access Linux GUI apps. The first preview of support for GUI applications is available today for Windows Insiders, allowing developers to run GUI editors, tools, and applications to build and test Linux apps. It’s a significant extension for Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), after the company added a full Linux kernel to Windows 10 last year.

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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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Take this culture quiz to see if your users trust your cybersecurity training and team

Tech Republic Security

Security firm launches 18-question test to measure what employees think of security practices and how comfortable they are with calling out possible risks.

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Amazon adding its palm-reading ID system as a payment option at Whole Foods store in Seattle

GeekWire

Amazon One technology scans a customer’s palm, which has been previously linked to that customer’s credit card. (Amazon Photo). Amazon is bringing its palm-reading biometric identification system to a Whole Foods store in Seattle, the company announced Wednesday, expanding on the rollout of technology that had previously been available at select Amazon retail locations.

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IBM Talks AIOps Potential at Digital Developer Conference

Information Week

CIOs might use AIOps to help manage deployment of new products while also maintaining the resiliency of existing applications.

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Drones, radars, pizza makers among finalists for Hardware of the Year at the GeekWire Awards

GeekWire

The finalists for this year’s hardware and gadget category at the GeekWire Awards run the span of aviation to anchovies. From Aerovel’s vertical drones and Echodyne’s short-range radar to the aviation motors lifting magniX and Deako’s ability to shed light on homeowner solutions, the Pacific Northwest is also loaded with companies building hardware, not just software.

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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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Google launches AI-powered document processing services in general availability

Venture Beast

Google launched a number of AI-powered document processing services in general availability, including Lending DocAI and Procurement DocAI. Read More.

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Medical device startup Nanodropper raises $1.4M for eye drop bottle adapter

GeekWire

(Nanodropper Photo). Nanodropper , a medical device startup founded by University of Washington and Seattle University grads, announced a $1.4 million seed round this week. The company makes an FDA-approved adapter for eye drop bottles that reduces the size of eye drops to save money and medication. Co-founders Allisa Song, Elias Baker, Mackenzie Andrews, and Jennifer Steger were inspired to solve the problem outlined in a 2017 article by ProPublica about how larger-than-necessary eyedrops were

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Adversarial machine learning: The underrated threat of data poisoning

Venture Beast

Researchers warn machine learning models are vulnerable to data poisoning, which can result in poor decisions based on faulty outputs. Read More.

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Bipartisan Senate bill would block law enforcement agencies from purchasing Clearview AI data

TechSpot

Twenty US senators have banded together to draft a bipartisan bill, called the "Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act," could close a legal loophole that allows companies like Clearview AI -- a facial recognition tech firm -- to sell Americans' information to law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

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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.