Wed.Jul 01, 2020

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In A Crisis, Customer-Obsessed Government Can Save Lives

Forrester IT

The notion of the customer at the center of government is not a new concept. For centuries, government employees have been identified as “civilian servants of the public” Becoming a politician or government departmental employee was considered a noble act of serving individuals, the community, and the nation. Few organisations, and even fewer vocations, shape […].

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Join OODA Loop For Competitive Advantage

CTOvision

Since CTOvision and OODA Loop joined forces in January 2019 we have continued to refine and enhance the products and content of both sites. CTOvision is now more focused on […].

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Share Your Sales Enablement Experiences With Us!

Forrester IT

Sales enablement and marketing professionals interested in the current and future state of the sales enablement function should take this survey and be the first to receive results.

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Lord Tim Clement-Jones to present at July’s AI in Government Event

CTOvision

AI in Government is where those working in and with the government get together to network, discuss, and interact on topics relating to AI, machine learning, and cognitive technologies. This […].

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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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Lessons On Building Digital Products – And Future-proofing A Better Mousetrap

Forrester IT

While a lot of firms are hurting right now, there are a few who are doing better than most. Digitally advanced firms typically outpace others when it comes to revenue growth. While many firms focus digital efforts on improving customer experiences, advanced firms also look for opportunities to drive new sources of revenue from new […].

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COVID-19 has spurred businesses to migrate security operations to the cloud

Tech Republic Security

Companies have increased their reliance on cloud-based security platforms to protect sensitive data as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey.

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How CTOs Can Innovate Through Disruption in 2020

Information Week

CTOs and other IT leaders need to invest in innovation to emerge from the current COVID-19 crisis ready for the next opportunities.

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How to protect your organization from coronavirus-related phishing attacks

Tech Republic Security

Emails exploiting COVID-19 have risen, declined, and risen again along with the changes in the pandemic and the shift to remote working, according to the security company GreatHorn.

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2020-2021 Microsoft MVP Award for Intune ConfigMgr Contributions

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Another year and here it’s another MVP award! 2020-2021 Microsoft MVP Award for Intune ConfigMgr Contributions. Well, it’s all started when I was in Paris (La Defense) on a business trip (back in 2015). I received the mail but never checked because I was not expecting anything (thank you much Deepak for the first nomination). […].

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The next cybersecurity headache: Employees know the rules but just don't care

Tech Republic Security

Employees are still ignoring cyber security best practice despite being more aware of the risks.

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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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Traits of High-Performing IT Teams

Information Week

IT teams face unprecedented challenges, navigating a fast-paced landscape amid the pandemic. Adopting Agile principles may help drive performance and success.

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Keep the lights on: Three things power companies need to do to harden cybersecurity defenses

Tech Republic Security

IoT device makers and the US government need to collaborate with the industry to make sure digital transformation closes security gaps instead of opening new ones.

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Microsoft announces new Windows 10 Start menu design and updated Alt-Tab

The Verge

Microsoft is introducing a new Windows 10 Start menu design that will de-emphasize its Live Tiles. The software giant first hinted at the refreshed design earlier this year, and it’s arriving for Windows 10 testers today. “We are freshening up the Start menu with a more streamlined design that removes the solid color backplates behind the logos in the apps list and applies a uniform, partially transparent background to the tiles,” explains Microsoft in a blog post.

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How to use the Google Pixel Safety Check feature

Tech Republic Security

The Android-powered Google Pixel line of phones received a very important updated feature dedicated to user's personal safety. Learn how to use the Safety Check feature.

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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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Professor tackles one more mystery about quantum mechanics and time’s flow

GeekWire

This computer-generated visualization shows the wavelike pattern of a “quantum handshake” between a hydrogen atom emitting energy and another atom receiving the energy. (J. Cramer and C. Mead via arXiv). The University of Washington physicist who once ran a crowdfunded experiment on backward causation is now weighing in with a potential solution to one of the longest-running puzzles in quantum mechanics.

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Learn how to accelerate your business using automation and AI technology: Transform 2020

Venture Beast

No one expected the jolt the Covid-19 pandemic would bring to business. If companies were already investing in automation and AI technologies before March 2020, they have only accelerated those investments since. With leaders looking for ways to avoid human contact, machines, software and new processes that avoid those humans are even more imperative.

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FAA and Boeing complete their flight tests for recertification of 737 MAX, but key tasks remain

GeekWire

The Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing today completed three days’ worth of certification flight tests on the Boeing 737 MAX, but it’ll take weeks more for the FAA to review the fixes that Boeing made and decide whether to end the yearlong grounding of the planes. Hundreds of 737 MAX planes across the globe have been grounded since March 2019 , in the wake of two catastrophic crashes that killed 346 people in all.

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There Are So Many New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books Coming Out in July

Gizmodo

Holy moly, there sure are a lot of books coming out in July! After the still-ongoing pandemic inspired some postponements earlier this year, it seems like publishers are now realizing people are hungry for new reading material. And for sci-fi , fantasy, and horror fans, this month is a bountiful feast. Read on! Read more.

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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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What if Facebook can’t be fixed?

Venture Beast

A boycott organized by the Stop Hate For Profit Coalition is pressuring Facebook to embrace 10 reforms. But the real problems are too fundamental to fix. Read More.

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Shell Is the Latest Oil Company to Do a Belly Flop

Gizmodo

We’re halfway through 2020, and I think we can all safely say it’s been a pretty terrible year. There’s been so much terrible stuff in the past two months alone, I can’t even remember the bad stuff that happened in January. But I’m sure it sucked. Read more.

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Tableau launches $10M racial justice initiative to shine light on inequity with data

GeekWire

(GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop). Tableau will spend $10 million over the next three years to help non-profits and governments address racial inequity using data. The Seattle-based data visualization startup announced the program Wednesday. The Racial Justice Data Initiative will provide partner organizations with an equity data hub, detailing how issues like health, poverty, homelessness, and gender equality affect different racial and ethnic groups.

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MIT takes down 80 Million Tiny Images data set due to racist and offensive content

Venture Beast

The 80 Million Tiny Images data set was taken offline following an audit that found images labelled with racist, sexist, or otherwise offensive words. 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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Business climate may be stabilizing for tech companies

Tech Republic Security

New CompTIA poll finds members are receiving inquiries around cybersecurity, migrating to the cloud, and managed services.

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Facebook advances VR rendering quality with neural 4×4 supersampling

Venture Beast

A research team has come up with a way to teach computers how to transform low-res 3D renders into high-resolution versions suitable for live VR viewing. Read More.

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TuSimple is laying the groundwork for a coast-to-coast autonomous trucking network

The Verge

Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple is joining forces with big logistics providers as it seeks to bolster its delivery capabilities. The company announced it will be working with UPS, Xpress Enterprises, Penske Trucking, and Berkshire Hathaway-owned grocery and food-service distributor McLane to lay the foundation for a coast-to-coast autonomous trucking network.

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Kioxia is preparing next-gen NVMe PCIe 5.0-ready SSDs for enterprise data centers

TechSpot

Kioxia is targeting the enterprise space with its next-gen high-performance NVMe SSDs. After all, the new drives employ EDSFF, and Kioxia claims it's able to offer numerous benefits over legacy form factors like 2.5-inch SSDs.

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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.

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Researchers find some third-party Facebook apps are misusing email addresses

Venture Beast

A preprint study from the University of Iowa found some third-party Facebook apps share data like email addresses with other parties without disclosure. Read More.

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Photo-sharing startup Trover, started by Rich Barton and acquired by Expedia, is closing down

GeekWire

(Trover.com screen grab). Trover’s traveling days are over. The photo-sharing hub for travelers, which began as a Seattle startup in 2011 and was acquired by Expedia in 2016 , announced Wednesday that it is shutting down on Aug. 1. Rich Barton, left, and Jason Karas. (Trover Photos). Trover was started by Rich Barton and Jason Karas as a “mobile discovery network” intent on connecting people through images of shared places and experiences.

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How to use the new AI-driven Nextcloud Inbox

Tech Republic Data Center

Nextcloud Mail users will be thrilled with the new AI-driven inboxes. Learn the ins and outs of this new feature.

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AMD adds beta support for hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling in Windows 10

TechSpot

For the last few weeks, there has been a low key buzz around the hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling feature that was added to Windows 10 via version 2004, or the May 2020 update, if you prefer. Specifically, support for hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling comes by way of Microsoft's Windows Display Driver Model.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.