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NFTs: The growing cybercrime risks and how to avoid them

Tech Republic Security

One lesser-known aspect of non-fungible tokens is their vulnerability to cybercrime. Learn how you can protect yourself and your company from the potential risks of NFTs. The post NFTs: The growing cybercrime risks and how to avoid them appeared first on TechRepublic.

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We Need To Understand The Emotions That Drive Customers To Make Sustainable Choices

Forrester IT

(coauthored by Mélissa Chaudet) Many consumers want to act sustainably but struggle to do so, for both intrinsic (lack of motivation) and extrinsic (price, convenience) reasons. Embracing sustainability requires organizations to understand the emotions that drive customers to make sustainable choices and to contextualize sustainability in the customer journey to help customers bridge the gap […].

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Three Ways that Global Conflicts Are Impacting Cybersecurity in the Business World

Association of Information Technology Professional

The Russia/Ukraine war presents new challenges for tech businesses protecting the cybersecurity interests of their customers. Here are three critical points to consider to strategize next steps.

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B2B Rebranding Is On The Rise

Forrester IT

One of the most consequential and long-lasting decisions a marketing leader can make is to change the organization’s brand. A brand’s messaging, positioning, and visual identity permeate all aspects of the company’s go-to-market activities and usually endure for many years. We frequently engage with clients on rebrands, helping them sort through the business justification and […].

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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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Your Next Move: Reporting Analyst

Association of Information Technology Professional

A reporting analyst is the link between raw enterprise data and the management team. Could this be your next move?

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The Ukraine War And The CEO

Forrester IT

In this time of war, here are three critical questions for your direct reports: Ask your chief information officer: “Are we ready for the inevitable cyberattacks, and have we patched all vulnerabilities?” Russia was behind the SolarWinds hack to infiltrate US and European government networks — and is a pernicious, historical source of malware. We […].

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Loyalty Is A Lifeline During The Inflation Crisis

Forrester IT

Last week, consumers in the United States woke up to a grim statistic from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index: Consumer prices rose 7.9% in February, the highest rate of annual inflation in 40 years. This rise is not unexpected if you’ve read the news headlines over the past couple of months. […].

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Use Microsoft Teams to Record Screen on Windows 11 PC

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 Use Microsoft Teams to Record Screen on Windows 11 PC appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Anoop C Nair.

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Why I Wrote Digital Trailblazer: A Leadership Guide on Digital Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

You know that look people make when they’re trying to understand a concept? Their head is tilted, their eyes are squinted, brows furrowed. For me, there’s nothing like watching confusion melt when they truly comprehend a new concept. I love seeing the look in their eyes when they reach that magical moment of “getting it” and experience that “aha” moment of why it’s important.

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Cybersecurity: Attacker uses websites’ contact forms to spread BazarLoader malware

Tech Republic Security

A new social engineering method is spreading this malware, and it’s very easy to fall for. Here’s what it’s doing and how to avoid it. The post Cybersecurity: Attacker uses websites’ contact forms to spread BazarLoader malware appeared first on TechRepublic.

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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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Talent Shortage: Are Universities Delivering Well-Prepared IT Graduates?

Information Week

While there is broad agreement that universities are doing a good job, areas for improvement include preparedness for hot tech areas and more support for internship programs.

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Leveraging 5G: new products, services and experiences

TM Forum

2022 sees the launch of 5G core networks and the potential for operators to leverage new capabilities such as edge computing and network slicing. And if communications service providers (CSPs) are to create new revenue streams from 5G they will need to deliver new services and experiences for enterprises across a range of different market segments and verticals.

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76 countries and counting! Honduras joins the Spearline mobile network.

Spearline Testing

Welcome Honduras to Spearline! We are delighted to let you know that Honduras has just joined the Spearline mobile network, and is available for immediate testing. This means you can now test numbers in Honduras, across its two major mobile networks – Tigo and Claro – who between them, cover just over 90% of the mobile market in Honduras.

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How to create a custom image from a Docker container

Tech Republic Cloud

Getting your own custom image makes working with containers easier and it adds an extra layer of security. Jack Wallen shows you how. The post How to create a custom image from a Docker container appeared first on TechRepublic.

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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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CIOs get strategic about IT talent retention

CIO Business Intelligence

IT retention in healthcare has long been full of aches and pains because of the deep skillset required, but David Reis has been lucky. Reis, CIO at the University of Miami Health System and Miller School of Medicine, has been able to grow his head count during both the pandemic and the Great Resignation, a feat he attributes to the fact that people who work in healthcare tend to be mission-driven.

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How far should AI’s decision-making authority go?

Venture Beast

In the near future, AI will be tasked with broad decision-making capabilities to streamline data flows, improve manufacturing processes, direct traffic and perform a wide range of other functions., This begs the question, where is the line between what AI should decide and what is best left for humans? Read More.

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Microsoft reports a Majorana development in its quest to build quantum computers

GeekWire

Postdoctoral researcher Xiaojing Zhao works in Microsoft’s Quantum Materials Lab, where an important milestone towards creating a topological qubit and scalable quantum computer has been demonstrated. (Photo by John Brecher for Microsoft). Microsoft says its researchers have found evidence of an exotic phenomenon that’s key to its plans to build general-purpose quantum computers.

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How to enable Lockdown mode on a Pixel phone

Tech Republic Security

If you ever find yourself in a situation where you fear someone might try to steal your Pixel phone, you should consider enabling lockdown mode. Jack Wallen explains. The post How to enable Lockdown mode on a Pixel phone appeared first on TechRepublic.

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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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Dual Booting: Windows and Ubuntu

TechSpot

Dual booting is a great way to get the best of both worlds of Windows and Linux. It's relatively straightforward and it's a great opportunity to learn more about computers and how software works.

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Coming and going? New tech hubs emerge, but Seattle ranks as most-desired city for college grads

GeekWire

(GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). As Seattle has established itself as a so-called “superstar” city among established tech hubs, recent reports and data sets are shining a light on how the pandemic has helped other U.S. cities attract a growing share of tech talent. A report from the Brookings Institution last week found that remote work has helped chip away, if only slightly, at the notion that all tech jobs must be concentrated in Seattle, the Bay Area, New York, Los Angeles, Bost

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Foxconn reportedly planning to build a $9 billion factory in Saudi Arabia's future city

TechSpot

Sources recently told the Wall Street Journal that the Saudi government is negotiating with electronics supplier Foxconn for a new $9 billion factory in its planned future city of Neom. The factory would be for semiconductors, displays, EV components, and surface-mount technology.

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xScreen turns an Xbox Series S into a portable console

The Verge

The $249.99 xScreen is a unique Xbox accessory If you’ve ever owned a screen for the PSone or the GameCube, the xScreen will look instantly familiar. The xScreen is an 11.6-inch (1080p) display that attaches to the rear of an Xbox Series S, and it transforms Microsoft’s miniature console into more of an Xbox laptop for on-the-go gaming. It’s a modern take on the tiny 5-inch cramped LCD displays we’ve seen attached to consoles in the past, and it’s a great accessory if you never want to worry abo

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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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Reggie Fils-Aimé thinks Facebook's vision for the metaverse will not succeed

TechSpot

Former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé is not a big fan of the metaverse—at least not in the way that the company formerly known as Facebook envisions it. During a session with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on Saturday, Fils-Aimé was asked what he thought of Meta's "pivot" toward the metaverse.

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How this health startup serving the maritime industry saw huge growth in the pandemic

GeekWire

Discovery Health co-founder and CEO Ann Jarris. (Discovery Health Photo). In January 2020, a ship docking in Dalian, China, called on Ann Jarris for assistance. As CEO of the company overseeing the health of the ship’s crew, she was asked if they should wear masks or block people from boarding. Little was known about a new virus. For Jarris, it was the first sign that things were about to change for Discovery Health.

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2022 Data Protection Trends Report

Tech Republic Security

Between October and December 2021, an independent research company surveyed over 3,000 IT decision makers and IT professionals about their IT and data protection strategies, challenges and drivers. Almost all the respondents were from organizations with more than 1,000 employees – from 28 different countries. As the third annual study of Data Protection Trends, this.

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4 Tips for Processing Real-Time Data

CIO Business Intelligence

Real-time data processing is an essential capability for nearly every business and organization. It underlies services such as identity management, fraud prevention, financial transactions, recommendation engines, customer relationship management, and social media monitoring. It is also the foundation of predictive analysis, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML).

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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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Chinese tech hub Shenzhen goes into lockdown, Foxconn suspends production

TechSpot

Apple supplier Foxconn and several other manufacturers have suspended production in Shenzhen following a rise in Covid-19 reports. Sixty new cases were reported Sunday, and now all businesses except those that supply food, fuel, and other necessities have been ordered to close or work from home, reports AP. Additionally, all.

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LinkedIn and Year Up partner for a more diverse IT future

CIO Business Intelligence

For many IT pros, having the opportunity to volunteer their time and skills can be an inspiring perk. Companies have been responding of late by offering volunteer time off and by partnering with organizations that could benefit greatly from the added help of programs and staff time. LinkedIn is one such company giving IT pros an opportunity to make a difference as part of a longstanding partnership with job training nonprofit Year Up, which began in 2011 when LinkedIn’s first CEO, Jeff Weiner, s

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Ford will ship and sell some vehicles with missing chips and a promise to install them later

TechSpot

Automotive News said Ford will move forward with plans to ship partially built vehicles to dealers that’ll be fully drivable and sellable, but with certain non-safety features absent. For example, in the case of select Ford Explorers, they’ll arrive with non-functional rear passenger climate controls.

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50 Years Later, Silent Running Is More Relevant Than Ever

Gizmodo

There’s a line in Silent Runnin g, a film released 50 years ago this month, that hit me extremely hard when I heard it: “If people were interested, something would have been done a long time ago.” The line is said in response to the news that Earth has decided to abandon all of its efforts to save its own plant life.… 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.