Mon.Aug 09, 2021

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The Social “FrankenSuites” Era Must Draw To A Close

Forrester IT

Today, we published The Forrester Wave: Social Suites, Q3 2021. Since our last evaluation, the vendors in this space have spent two years amassing their platforms via a mix of organic and M&A activity. The market has reached an inflection point: Social suites’ era of collecting modules and features should wind down – and must now yield to a new era of improved […].

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Data-Driven Organizations: What are Principal Responsibilities of Successful Chief Data Officers

Social, Agile and Transformation

Confused about the role of the chief data officer? You're not alone! Is the CDO the owners, steward, and driver to meet regulations on GDPR, PII, HIPAA, FINRA, KYC, CPRA, and the alphabet soup of other compliance requirements? . Does the CDO oversee data-related audits, or are they stakeholders to them? Is the CDO responsible for sourcing new.

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CMPivot Query to Find Windows 10 Devices from SCCM

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get the latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post CMPivot Query to Find Windows 10 Devices from SCCM appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Anoop C Nair.

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Salesforce Health Cloud gets "care from anywhere" updates ahead of HIMSS21 conference

Tech Republic Cloud

Salesforce Health Cloud is being updated with new features for remote patient monitoring, improved appointment management, medication management, and HIPAA-compliant maps.

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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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Collect Hardware Hash from SCCM for Autopilot Easiest Method

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get the latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post Collect Hardware Hash from SCCM for Autopilot Easiest Method appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Anoop C Nair.

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Behind the scenes: A day in the life of a cybersecurity "threat hunter"

Tech Republic Security

Here's how one security operations analyst, an expert at incident reporting, began her career, collaborates with her colleagues and prioritizes incoming threats.

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Ransomware demands and payments reach new highs

Tech Republic Security

As cybercriminals have become more aggressive, the average ransom payment in the first half of 2021 jumped to $570,000, up 82% from 2020, says Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42.

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BSS strategies for new lines of business

TM Forum

Register. To pursue new revenues, telecoms providers are diversifying their business models and restructuring their internal operations. Modern IT paradigms such as cloud-native systems, DevOps methodologies and modular microservice architectures are essential for forming new lines of business and creating operational agility. Business support systems (BSS) play a critical role in this new service-centric operational approach as new value chains make dynamic rating, charging and billing essentia

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Malicious Android apps try to hijack your Facebook account

Tech Republic Security

These apps attempt to capture such Facebook data as your ID, location, IP address and associated cookies, says Zimperium.

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Microsoft's Azure Data Share: How to use this big data tool

Tech Republic Cloud

Microsoft's cloud-hosted data sharing tools are for anyone who needs to work with big data.

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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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When Will Quantum Computing Finally Become Real?

Information Week

Quantum computing promises to revolutionize many IT operations and services. But when?

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Report: Amazon offering $2M in cash and prizes in lottery for vaccinated frontline workers

GeekWire

An Amazon Fulfillment Center in Dupont, Wash. (GeekWire File Photo). In a bid to incentivize more frontline workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Amazon is offering a lottery of cash and prizes valued at almost $2 million, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The contest, called Max Your Vax, will reportedly offer a total of 18 prizes, including two $500,000 cash awards, six $100,000 awards, five new vehicles and five vacation packages.

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Playmobil's New Star Trek Playset Includes a Massive 39-Inch USS Enterprise

Gizmodo

After finding success with adult collectors through licensed playsets that included the time-traveling Back to the Future DeLorean and the ghost-hunting Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters , Playmobil is going all-in with a new Star Trek line. It includes not only the original series’ most beloved characters, but also a giant USS … Read more.

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You can password protect your Google search history

Tech Republic Security

Jack Wallen shows you how to password protect your search history within your cloud account.

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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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The IPCC Warns This Is a Make or Break Decade for Humanity

Gizmodo

You don’t exactly need a scientist to know the climate is in trouble. But the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report dropped on Monday, and it’s an exclamation point to the real-world impacts of the climate crisis already playing out. Read more.

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AMD is smashing Intel in retail desktop CPU sales

TechSpot

The breakdown comes from Reddit user ingebor, who regularly shares data regarding the desktop CPU market, and details desktop CPU sales from Mindfactory. According to the data, a full 85 percent of processors sold by Mindfactory in May 2021 were from AMD, leaving just 15 percent of the pie for.

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The McFlurry Machine Company Just Got Hit With a McRestraining Order

Gizmodo

The latest battle over right-to-repair is playing out in your local McDonald’s, and it could dictate how franchise owners are allowed to fix their perpetually-broken McFlurry machines. Read more.

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Leafly to go public via SPAC merger that values Seattle cannabis marketplace at $385M

GeekWire

(Leafly Image). Leafly is joining the SPAC party. The Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace plans to go public through a deal with New York-based Merida Merger Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, the companies announced Monday. Merida will take on the Leafly name and the common stock will be listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol LFLY.

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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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Report: Disney Is Only Paying Comics Creators $5,000 for Work It's Adapted for Billions

Gizmodo

Behind each and every one of Marvel Studios and DC Entertainment’s comic book adaptations are teams of comic book creators whose ideas laid the groundwork for what would eventually become the films and TV shows powering the megacorporations’ respective multi-billion dollar entertainment franchises. Unfortunately, that… Read more.

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The new Parallels 17 officially lets you run Windows 11 on your Mac

The Verge

Windows 11 is coming to Macs, even those without Boot Camp. Parallels Desktop 17 will allow Mac users to experience Microsoft’s next version of Windows in a window on their Mac desktop. Parallels supports both Intel and M1 Macs (though there’s a catch for those running Arm-based machines), and can even be used to run the Windows 11 preview for those who can’t wait.

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Norwegian Cruise Lines Can Turn Away Unvaccinated Passengers in Florida According to Temporary Ruling

Gizmodo

Norwegian Cruise Lines will be allowed to require all passengers get vaccinated before they’re allowed to depart from Florida, according to a federal judge’s ruling on a preliminary injunction Sunday. Norwegian sued the state last month over Florida’s ridiculous anti-vaccine law which says that private companies can’t… Read more.

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Amazon senior cloud exec Charlie Bell is leaving the company after more than 23 years

GeekWire

Charlie Bell (LinkedIn Photo). Charlie Bell, a member of Amazon’s senior leadership team and a longtime linchpin of the company’s cloud business, is leaving the company after more than 23 years. His departure, reported by The Information and confirmed by CNBC , is the latest change in Amazon Web Services executive team as the cloud division’s longtime leader, Andy Jassy, takes over as Amazon CEO.

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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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Chatwoot challenges Zendesk with open source customer engagement platform

Venture Beast

Chatwoot is building an open source customer engagement platform to challenge Zendesk, Salesforce's Service Cloud, Freshworks, and Intercom. Read More.

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Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotech hires commercial officer; Instacart names new president; and more

GeekWire

Nitin Sood. (Adaptive Biotech Photo). — Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies announced Nitin Sood as its first-ever chief commercial officer. Sood will report to Adaptive Biotech CEO Chad Robins. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sood was most recently SVP of products at oncology company Guardant Health. He was previously CEO of NuGen Technologies and Boreal Genomics.

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A Carnivorous Plant Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight in North America

Gizmodo

In the boglands of the northwestern United States and Canada, an unassuming plant has been trapping and eating insects, totally unbeknownst to science. Today, researchers report that Triantha occidentalis is now the 12th known independent evolution of carnivory—the consumption of animal flesh—in the plant kingdom. Read more.

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Intel says its US mega-fab will be a $120 billion "little city"

TechSpot

Back in March, CEO Pat Gelsinger's announced that Intel would open up both its current and planned manufacturing capacity to other chipmakers through the launch of Intel Foundry Services (IFS); its first customers will be Snapdragon SoC maker Qualcomm and Amazon. The company is also planning to build a new.

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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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Amazon and GoPro sue alleged counterfeiters over bogus grips, mounts, and other accessories

GeekWire

An exhibit from the suit filed by Amazon and GoPro, unsealed Monday in federal court in Seattle. Amazon and GoPro are suing nine defendants on allegations that they attempted to sell counterfeit GoPro accessories on Amazon.com, in violation of intellectual property laws. The suit, filed in March in U.S. District Court in Seattle, was unsealed Monday morning , making the allegations public for the first time.

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Checkmarx’s Dustico acquisition bolsters the open source software supply chain

Venture Beast

Application security testing company Checkmarx has acquired Dustico, a company specializing in securing the open source software supply chain. Read More.

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Pizza Hut Will Use AI. to Recommend What Pizza to Get. Based on. the Weather

Gizmodo

Pizza Hut has posited a strange question: What weather is pizza weather? Perhaps it’s a riddle. Or perhaps a machine-learning salesman in a brimmed straw hat waltzed into a Pizza Hut marketing meeting with a whistle and a tune : Read more.

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How to pick a high-security video conferencing platform

Tech Republic Security

Several solutions meet HIPAA and GDPR requirements and complete SOC 2 audits.

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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.