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Biden Executive Order Bets Big On Zero Trust For Future of US Cybersecurity

Forrester IT

This may be a bit of a long blog due to the extensive nature of the Executive Order On Improving The Nation’s Cybersecurity and its impact on cybersecurity and the Zero Trust approach. The Biden administration also published a “FACT SHEET: President Signs Executive Order Charting New Course to Improve the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Protect […].

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Zero Trust Software: Polymorphing for Linux White Paper 2021

CTOvision

The goal of zero trust designs is to stop attacks before they occur. Here is a favored approach by a team of experienced professionals we know and trust, LP3. Behind every major hack—OPM, Equifax, BlueCross, WannaCry, Target, Home Depot, Sony, WhatsApp, you name it—is a bug the hackers exploited. It’s impossible to fix every bug: […].

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The Power Of Fences

Forrester IT

Employees are looking to their companies to meet new emotional needs. But what is the role of a company in the emotional lives of its employees? At Forrester, we are letting our values govern how we show up for our employees.

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How to Improve SCCM Task Sequence Progress Bar End User Experience | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post How to Improve SCCM Task Sequence Progress Bar End User Experience | ConfigMgr appeared first on HTMD Blog by Jitesh Kumar.

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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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B2B Revenue Operations Is Seeing Greater Centralization, But Can Organizations Make It Stick?

Forrester IT

To enable commercial optimization, revenue operations leaders must become change agents for a shift in mindset through four fundamental values.

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Biden's executive order faces challenges trying to beef up US cybersecurity

Tech Republic Security

The EO is designed to protect federal networks, foster information sharing between the government and private sector, and better respond to cyber incidents. But will it do the trick?

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Biden issues Executive Order to strengthen nation's cybersecurity networks

Tech Republic Security

The administration, public and private sector leaders applaud the initial steps outlined but said more action needs to be taken.

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11 Ways to Ask Smarter Data Analytics Questions

Information Week

Not everyone has been trained to think like a data scientist or a data analyst, but they can learn to think more like one.

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Intel is using machine learning to make GTA V look incredibly, unsettlingly realistic

The Verge

One of the more impressive aspects of Grand Theft Auto V is how closely the game’s San Andreas approximates real-life Los Angeles and Southern California, but a new machine learning project from Intel Labs called “Enhancing Photorealism Enhancement” might take that realism in a unsettlingly photorealistic direction ( via Gizmodo ). Putting the game through the processes researchers Stephan R.

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Get Ready for In-Car Ads

Gizmodo

Because being bombarded with roadside signage while taking a leisurely Sunday drive isn’t enough, Ford has patented a new system that uses a vehicle’s cameras to detect billboards and then pull them up on a car’s infotainment display as inescapable in-vehicle advertisements. Read more.

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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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‘Misogynistic’ Apple hire is out hours after employees call for investigation

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Antonio García Martínez is no longer working at Apple hours after employees circulated a petition calling for an investigation into his hiring. Martínez, a former Facebook product manager on the ad targeting team, authored a controversial book about Silicon Valley where he expressed misogynistic views on women.

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Loft Labs introduces and open sources virtual Kubernetes clusters

Tech Republic Cloud

Want a lightweight way to quickly spin up Kubernetes clusters? Check out virtual clusters from Loft Labs.

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Genba, the latest spinout from PSL-Fortive studio, raises cash for industrial work voice app

GeekWire

Genba co-founders Bruce Kaufman and Emory Sullivan. (Genba Photos). New spinout: Genba came out of stealth mode Thursday, revealing its software built for the industrial workforce. The company is the latest to spin out from a Seattle startup innovation studio run by Pioneer Square Labs (PSL) and publicly-traded industrial giant Fortive, which invested in a seed round for Genba.

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How a rural Filipino community is earning a living playing an NFT game

Venture Beast

Filipinos figured out how to make money playing games, as chronicled in a documentary called Play-to-Earn: NFT Gaming in the Philippines. Read More.

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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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Intel applied machine learning to GTA V, and it looks too real

TechSpot

The researchers’ work centers on enhancing the realism of synthetic images – in this instance, taking Grand Theft Auto V and making it look realistic.

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Google Cloud CEO predicts boom in business-process-as-a-service

Venture Beast

At Automation Anywhere Imagine Digital, Google Cloud's CEO said the shift to business processes as a service is driving cloud migration. Read More.

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How to connect Ubuntu Linux Desktop 21.04 to an Active Directory domain

Tech Republic Security

Canonical has made it easy for admins to join Ubuntu Desktop to Active Directory domains. Jack Wallen walks you through the steps.

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Washington state plans to fully reopen by June 30 as governor pushes COVID vaccine incentives

GeekWire

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, without his usual mask, on Thursday during a news conference. (Twitter screen grab). Washington state will move to fully reopen and lift restrictions put on the economy by COVID-19 by June 30, Gov. Jay Inslee announced on Thursday. The move comes as new cases of COVID-19 in the state are declining, following a recent flattening trend which caused Inslee to put a two-week pause on the state’s phased “Roadmap to Recovery” two weeks ago.

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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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Animoca Brands raises $88 million at $1 billion valuation to capitalize on game NFTs

Venture Beast

Animoca Brands has raised $88 million at a $1 billion valuation to capitalize on its plan to combine games and rare digital items via NFTs. Read More.

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When it comes to edge computing, it's all relative

Tech Republic Cloud

If you're confused by what "edge computing" actually is, marketing and hype could be to blame, according to a new Forrester report.

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Google will bring Starlink satellite connectivity to enterprises in late 2021

Venture Beast

SpaceX and Google Cloud have partnered to bring satellite-powered broadband and cloud services to enterprises across the globe. Read More.

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Corporate Diversity Efforts Get Real

Information Week

Data Science For All offers free education, and mentorship, plus hiring at partner companies like Accenture and Target. Here's what its founders say about diversity today.

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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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For language models, analogies are a tough nut to crack, study shows

Venture Beast

Language models struggle to understand analogies, according to a new study from researchers at Cardiff University. Read More.

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A security researcher found Wi-Fi vulnerabilities that have existed since the beginning

The Verge

Illustrator by Alex Castro / The Verge. The security researcher who discovered the Krack Wi-Fi vulnerability has discovered a slew of other flaws with the wireless protocol most of us use to power our online lives ( via Gizmodo ). The vulnerabilities relate to how Wi-Fi handles large chunks of data, with some being related to the Wi-Fi standard itself, and some being related to how it’s implemented by device manufacturers.

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'An 8th Grader Could Have Hacked' Colonial Pipeline

SecureWorld News

Here is something you never want to hear about your company after a ransomware attack: “I mean, an eighth-grader could have hacked into that system.”. Which company was this person speaking about? Colonial Pipeline. The person speaking authored a $1.8 million dollar information governance report for the company which uncovered, “a patchwork of poorly connected and secured systems.”.

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Spatial unveils web browser collaboration in 3D workspace and NFT virtual galleries

Venture Beast

Spatial is making its 3D collaborative space available via web browsers. And the company is also showing off galleries with NFT art. 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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Hundreds of Fossilized Footprints From Ancient, Bear-Sized Mammals Found in Wyoming

Gizmodo

For years, paleontologists and paleobotanists have spent time on Wyoming’s Hanna Formation, a 58-million-year-old zone of rock in the southern part of the state that contains a wealth of fossils of marine fauna like ammonites and various forms of ancient plant life. In 2019, though, Anton Wroblewski stumbled across… Read more.

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Review: Faster than 10th-gen Core i9

TechSpot

The Ryzen 5 5600H is AMD's new mainstream H-series processor aimed at power-oriented budget laptops. Set to replace last year's hit in the R5 4600H, the 5600H brings Zen 3 upgrades to the segment.

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Healionics raises $4.7M to commercialize artificial blood vessel tech

GeekWire

Healionics’ STARgraft vascular graft acts as an artificial blood vessel for dialysis patients. (Healionics Photo). New funding: Seattle-based medical technology company Healionics raised a $4.7 million round led by Keiretsu Capital to help commercialize its artificial blood vessel called STARgraft for patients who undergo dialysis treatment. Patients with failed kidneys can undergo dialysis several times per week to filter waste from the bloodstream.

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Bitcoin crashes after Elon Musk says Tesla will stop accepting the crypto as payment

TechSpot

Tesla's embracing of Bitcoin has helped pump the price even higher this year. The crypto reached an all-time high of $44,000 back in February when the automaker revealed it had invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin and would soon accept it as payment. In March, Tesla started allowing US customers 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.