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Three Key Tax Incentives for IT Consultants

Information Week

This year, IT consultants are eligible for powerful tax incentives that can help fund their innovation efforts and keep their technical workers on staff.

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Earth Day 2021

Forrester IT

Over a billion people worldwide celebrate Earth Day. Does this include your customers? Watch my video blog on climate change as a systemic risk, and catch a sneak peek of some of our research on climate change risk management solutions.

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How to Choose the Best Certification for Computer Networking

Association of Information Technology Professional

IT certifications validate the skills that get you to the next level, but when it comes to networking and IT infrastructure, choosing the best certification can be confusing.

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Die Zukunft der Arbeit liegt in der Veränderung der Führungskultur

Forrester IT

Mitarbeiterengagement fördert positive Kundenerfahrungen Verkaufsversprechen verlagern sich zunehmend vom traditionellen Produktverkauf auf die Bereitstellung relevanter Dienstleistungen und einzigartiger Kundenerlebnisse. Mitarbeiter werden auch weiterhin eine zentrale Rolle bei dieser geschäftlichen Umgestaltung spielen – und zwar im Einklang mit Technologie.

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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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Fix SCCM HP Client Updates Catalog Trust Failed Issue | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post Fix SCCM HP Client Updates Catalog Trust Failed Issue | ConfigMgr appeared first on HTMD Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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Make The Current Times, The Best of Times. Attend CX APAC.

Forrester IT

No doubt about it, the circumstances of the last year have brought about extreme and unexpected difficulties. But I expect, for many of us, they have also introduced some serendipitous delights that might have gone completely undiscovered if not for such an abrupt shift in all of our “normal” habits. Many businesses too — in […].

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Best-selling biscuit brand leverages IBM hybrid cloud and AI to boost business

Tech Republic Cloud

Pandemic effect: Confectioner Parle Products' supply chain was disrupted and its employees mandated to work remotely. Now it hopes IBM will help get its products to consumers.

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Organizations need to patch Pulse Secure VPNs

Network World

Organizations using Pulse Secure’s mobile VPN should patch vulnerabilities reportedly being exploited in the wild, possibly by a “Chinese espionage actor”. The patch– available here –is considered important enough that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) gave federal agencies a deadline of April 23 to apply them. Backup lessons from a cloud-storage disaster.

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Business and operations leaders are building digital trust through partnerships

Tech Republic Security

Organizations are increasing investments in cybersecurity and their dependence on third parties—even in light of disruptions, according to PwC's Cyber Trust report.

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Advance Your Technology Workforce with CompTIA Membership

Association of Information Technology Professional

CompTIA is focused on advancing the technology workforce through diversity and inclusion efforts and strengthening the talent pipeline—and your membership gives you access to programming, resources, tools and more as well as the opportunity to influence these critical areas.

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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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Microsoft may launch Windows 10 desktop-as-a-service this summer

Tech Republic Cloud

Charging a flat per-user fee, Microsoft's new Cloud PC service would let you access a remote Windows 10 PC with Office 365 installed.

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Bad software sent postal workers to jail, because no one wanted to admit it could be wrong

The Verge

Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images. For the past 20 years UK Post Office employees have been dealing with a piece of software called Horizon , which had a fatal flaw: bugs that made it look like employees stole tens of thousands of British pounds. This led to some local postmasters being convicted of crimes, even being sent to prison, because the Post Office doggedly insisted the software could be trusted.

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Climate Change Has Knocked Earth Off Its Axis

Gizmodo

Of all the things attributable to climate change, the rotational poles moving differently is definitely one of the weirder ones. But a new study shows that’s exactly what’s happening. It builds on previous findings to show that disappearing ice is playing a major role, and shows that groundwater depletion is… Read more.

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Turkish crypto exchange CEO reportedly flees with assets worth $2 billion

TechSpot

Cryptocurrencies have had a tumultuous evolution, but over the last few years they've reached important milestones towards their validation as a legitimate fiat alternative. A notable example is the public listing of Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, as is the adoption of certain cryptocurrencies as.

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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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Tackling the endpoint security hype: Can endpoints actually self-heal?

Venture Beast

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. ANALYSIS: Imagine that every endpoint on an IT network is self-aware — it knows if it’s under attack and immediately takes steps to thwart the attack. It then shuts itself down and autonomously rebuilds itself with new software patches and firmware updates. This… Read More.

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Health benefits platform Accolade to acquire virtual primary care startup PlushCare in $450M deal

GeekWire

(PlushCare Image). The news: Seattle-based health benefits platform Accolade will pay up to $450 million to acquire PlushCare , a Bay Area-based startup that offers virtual primary care. It follows the company’s $460 million deal to acquire another telemedicine startup, 2nd.MD, in March. Why it matters: The deal will add primary care to Accolade’s suite of services, which help employees of its customers understand their health plans and benefits.

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Love in a time of quarantine can be costly

Tech Republic Security

A new report says people were scammed out of a record-breaking $304 million in the past year after being "catfished.

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Analytics startup Unsupervised raises $35M to spot patterns in enterprise data

Venture Beast

Unsupervised, a company developing a platform that leverages self-supervised machine learning to spot trends, raised $35 million. 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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Linux Foundation drops the ban-hammer on University of Minnesota over controversial 'research' experiment

TechSpot

The Linux Foundation has banned the entire University of Minnesota from contributing to the Linux kernel. The expulsion comes after researchers from the school published a paper titled "Open Source Insecurity: Stealthily Introducing Vulnerabilities via Hypocrite Commits." The paper details how Qiushi Wu and Kangjie Lu, both students at U.

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4 reasons to learn machine learning with JavaScript

Venture Beast

JavaScript for programming machine learning offers several advantages over Python and R, namely privacy, speed, and staying on the device. Read More.

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Epic Games Store introduces new PC apps for its users

TechSpot

Out of the five new apps available in the Epic Game Store, the most interesting one has to be Itch-io. With the indie video game store available to download on EGS, you can essentially download a game store from another game store to play games that aren't available in the.

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Asante CIO Discusses Transforming with Cloud and Telehealth

Information Week

Health system serving southern Oregon and northern California had to stare down the pandemic and the risk of wildfire while exploring ways to go digital.

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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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Apple is being sued for suggesting customers can 'Buy' TV shows and movies

TechSpot

Some California consumers have taken issue with this concept, and are forcing Apple to stand trial over it -- well, sort of. The plaintiffs in this Sacramento case don't necessarily have a problem with licensing content in general; they just don't like that Apple tells its iTunes customers that their.

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Imperva: Bad bots polluting web traffic pose security risks to websites

Venture Beast

Malicious bots make up 25% of all web traffic are used in content scraping, account takeover, and denial-of-service attacks, said Imperva. Read More.

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B.C. startup’s kitchen-counter compost machine churns up $2.7M in 3 days of crowdfunding

GeekWire

Here’s a garbage idea that’s worth almost $3 million. Pela , a British Columbia-based company that makes sustainable products such as compostable phone cases, has turned to Indiegogo for its latest invention and its attracting thousands of backers. Lomi is a kitchen appliance that reportedly turns food scraps, boxes, bioplastics and more into dirt in 24 hours.

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RTX 3080 Ti die, specs, and mining performance pictured

TechSpot

The images, courtesy of VideoCardz, include a GPU-Z screenshot that shows the previous rumors of 10,240 CUDA cores, 12 GB of GDDR6X at 19 Gbps, and 384-bit memory bus were accurate. It also confirms a 1,365 MHz base clock and a 1,665 MHz boost clock, lower than the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090.

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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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There's No Way Netflix's Gundam Movie Can Be as Bad as G-Saviour

Gizmodo

Netflix’s acquisition of Legendary’s long-in-gestation plans to help bring Sunrise’s Mobile Suit Gundam to the world of Hollywood is bringing us one step closer to reimagining the iconic franchise. But it’s not the first time Gundam tried to take on Hollywood. and it’d be hard-pressed to turn out something as bad… Read more.

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Nokia and NewCore Wireless bring 5G broadband to tribal nations in U.S.

Venture Beast

Nokia and NewCore Wireless have partnered to bring 5G wireless networking and 4.9G/LTE service to underserved communities in the U.S. Read More.

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Beloved Japanese gaming store Super Potato has opened an eBay shop

The Verge

Just a glimpse of what’s on a shelf at Super Potato in Akihabara, Tokyo. Visiting Super Potato in Akihabara is usually a key reason why many die-hard gamers want to venture to Japan. The flagship Super Potato store (of the eight total in Japan, according to its Twitter ) is nondescript, yet its shelves are covered wall-to-wall in rare yet reasonably priced games and consoles.

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AirDrop security flaw discovered in 2019 can still expose your personal information

TechSpot

If you happen to own more than one Apple device -- say, an iPhone and a Mac -- chances are you're already familiar with AirDrop. There's something to be said about the convenience of transferring documents, images, and more from devices nearby. No need to use thumb drives or to.

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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.