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Is Your IT Operating Model A Speedbump In Waiting?

Forrester IT

Learn the key design principles to making your IT operating models more adaptive.

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IT Salaries: Where the Money’s At

Association of Information Technology Professional

Find out where IT pros earn the most money and how you can increase your salary this year.

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GRC Platforms: What You Need To Know Before You Buy

Forrester IT

Businesses always need to adapt their operations to changing circumstances, and the pandemic has only exacerbated the need to rethink risk management strategies. COVID-19 has simultaneously highlighted the necessity of risk management and exposed the gaps that exist in many governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) programs today. The pandemic also accelerated digital strategy and transformation […].

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OpenSearch: AWS rolls out its open source Elasticsearch fork

Tech Republic Cloud

After Elastic decided to relicense Elasticsearch under the non-open source Server Side Public License, Amazon Web Services open sourced the old code into its own fork, OpenSearch.

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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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Core Web Vitals: What It Is, Why Google Is Doing It, And What It Means

Forrester IT

SEO Hasn’t Put User Experience (UX) First SEO has gone through lots of changes over the years — from link farms to keyword stuffing. The customer has not always been at the heart of the SEO process. I’ve told you before about how my high school computer teacher gamed Google’s search algorithm years ago. Even […].

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How to Remove SCCM Client from Provisioning Mode | ConfigMgr

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Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post How to Remove SCCM Client from Provisioning Mode | ConfigMgr appeared first on HTMD Blog by Debabrata Pati.

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Machine learning on Raspberry Pi just took a big step forward

Tech Republic Cloud

Raspberry Pi 4 owners can now train their own custom models using Edge Impulse's cloud-based development platform for machine learning on edge devices.

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How CompTIA Membership Can Help Launch a Career in Tech

Association of Information Technology Professional

CompTIA membership can provide the networking, professional exposure and industry opportunities necessary to successfully pivot to a career in the technology field. CompTIA member Susanne Tedrick shares her story.

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Optimizing the CIO and CFO Relationship

Information Week

The CIO-CFO dynamic has undergone some changes over the past 10 years. What are these changes and how do they influence corporate dynamics?

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How to install the Angular JavaScript framework on AlmaLinux

Tech Republic Data Center

Your business needs either a web or mobile app. To make that happen, you should have Angular available for your developers. Jack Wallen shows you how to install this popular framework.

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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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How open source security flaws pose a threat to organizations

Tech Republic Security

A majority of the open source codebases found in commercial applications analyzed by Synopsys contained security vulnerabilities.

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Amazon expanding ‘upskill’ training for software developer roles to workers outside of company

GeekWire

Amazon announced Tuesday that it is expanding one of its so-called “upskilling” programs to people outside of the company who are interested in acquiring training for roles in software engineering. The program: Since 2017, the Amazon Technical Academy has enrolled hundreds of Amazon employees in a nine-month internal course that prepares them entry-level software development roles within the company.

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Attacks against cloud users surged in 2020

Tech Republic Security

Cloud-based user accounts were hit by almost 3.1 million external cyberattacks throughout the year, according to McAfee.

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How 2020 Impacted 2021's Predictive Modeling

Information Week

COVID-19 disrupted the world and predictive models in 2020. In 2021, we're somewhat better prepared to deal with extreme uncertainty.

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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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Isilon founder lifts the hood on farming startup Carbon Robotics and its weed zapping machine

GeekWire

Carbon Robotics’ Autonomous Weeder uses artificial intelligence to identify and zap weeds growing in fields of vegetables. (Carbon Robotics Photo). Carbon Robotics , a Seattle company led by Isilon Systems co-founder Paul Mikesell , is unveiling its self-driving robot that uses artificial intelligence to identify weeds growing in fields of vegetables, then zaps them with precision thermal bursts from lasers.

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What You Need to Know About FLoC, the Ad-Targeting Tech Google Plans to Drop on Us All

Gizmodo

About two weeks ago, millions of Google Chrome users were signed up for an experiment they never agreed to be a part of. Google had just launched a test run for Federated Learning of Cohorts—or FLoC–a new kind of ad-targeting tech meant to be less invasive than the average cookie. In a blog post announcing the trial,… Read more.

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Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop 4 and Surface Headphones 2+ with a Microsoft Teams button

GeekWire

The new Surface Laptop 4. (Microsoft Photos). New Microsoft devices: The tech giant unveiled several new products Tuesday, including the Surface Laptop 4, the company’s “most powerful laptop.” Surface Laptop 4 : The device retains much of the traditional Surface Laptop look and design, with improved performance and battery life. Users have the option of picking between an AMD or Intel processor.

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More Gen Xers and Baby Boomers are playing games

TechSpot

According to a new report from GWI (via Gamesindustry.biz), the number of gamers aged between 55 – 64 (aka Baby Boomers) has grown 32% since 2018. The puzzle/platform genre is the favorite among this demographic (27%), followed by shooters (24%) then adventure/open-world (22%).

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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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The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Racist

Gizmodo

There’s a scientific consensus that coal, oil, and gas are frying the planet and will have to be phased out completely to secure a livable future. It’s also clear that each of the three fossil-based energy sources creates deadly , toxic pollution, providing yet another reason to retire the industry. A new report … Read more.

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The Epic Games Store lost $454 million in the past two years

TechSpot

Epic Games and Apple's legal feud has been going on since last August. Back then, Apple decided to remove Fortnite from the App Store after the developer introduced an alternative payment method to bypass the App Store's 30% cut.

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Epic Games raises $1B for long-term metaverse plans, with $200M from Sony

Venture Beast

Epic Games has raised another $1 billion to fund its plans to build a metaverse, with Sony contributing $200 million. Read More.

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Why Microsoft’s shopping spree and lack of regulatory attention isn’t entirely a coincidence

GeekWire

Four of Microsoft’s five largest acquisitions to date — including the pending $19.7 billion Nuance deal — happened in the past four years. Microsoft’s pending $19.7 billion deal to buy Nuance Communications is the latest in what’s become a shopping spree for the Redmond, Wash. company. The strategy seems to have gained the attention of the entire tech universe with one notable exception: federal regulators.

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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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The FBI is remotely hacking hundreds of computers to protect them from Hafnium

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. In what’s believed to be an unprecedented move, the FBI is trying to protect hundreds of computers infected by the Hafnium hack by hacking them itself , using the original hackers’ own tools (via TechCrunch ). The hack, which affected tens of thousands of Microsoft Exchange Server customers around the world and triggered a “whole of government response” from the White House , reportedly left a number of backdoors that could let any number of hackers right

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Seeq lands $50M to grow manufacturing analytics software platform

GeekWire

Seeq CEO Steve Sliwa. (Seeq Photo). New funding: Seattle startup Seeq raised $50 million in a Series C round. Seeq’s software: Founded in 2012, Seeq’s analytics software is used by industrial manufacturers to collect and analyze data. It pulls numbers from sensors and instrument systems to help answer questions like, “When did the pump draw more than 38 kW?

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Google is poisoning its reputation with AI researchers

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. The firing of top Google AI ethics researchers has created a significant backlash Google has worked for years to position itself as a responsible steward of AI. Its research lab hires respected academics, publishes groundbreaking papers, and steers the agenda at the field’s biggest conferences. But now its reputation has been badly, perhaps irreversibly damaged, just as the company is struggling to put a politically palatable face on its empire of data.

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GeekWire Awards 2021: Check out the 5 finalists for Workplace of the Year

GeekWire

CEOs for the Workplace of the Year finalists, clockwise from top left: Matt Oppenheimer, Remitly; Karen Clark Cole, Blink UX; Alex Algard, Hiya; Brea Starmer, Lions + Tigers; Mark Liffmann, Omnidian. After a year in which the definition of “workplace” became especially fluid, our understanding of what makes for a great place to work shifted as radically as the physical spaces we’ve inhabited during the pandemic.

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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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Distinct Species of Adorable Weasels Have Been Hiding in Plain Sight

Gizmodo

Arguably the cutest member of the weasel family, ermines can be found throughout the northern regions of North America and Eurasia. A closer look at ermines suggests these creatures really represent three distinct species, in a discovery with ecological implications. Read more.

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Samsung's next Odyssey G9 monitor listed with 2,000 nits brightness, Mini LED tech

TechSpot

We gave the Odyssey G9 a score of 90 in December, praising its 5120 x 1440 resolution, 240 Hz refresh rate, and good color performance for a VA panel. Samsung recently said the next version would be another tech product to use a Quantum Mini LED display. The OLED-like tech.

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Tech workers at The New York Times have formed a union

The Verge

The New York Times HQ logo (1020). Tech workers at The New York Times have formed a union under the NewsGuild of New York , and they are demanding voluntary recognition from the paper’s management. The new union, called the Tech Times Guild, represents more than 650 workers from the digital side of the company, including software engineers, designers, and data analysts.

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Epic Games has raised $1B in new round, bumping its valuation to $28.7 billion

TechSpot

Epic Games bumped up its equity valuation to $28.7 billion following a $1 billion round of funding. The company announced it gained an additional $200 million investment from Sony. This increased valuation comes despite recent reports that Epic has lost as much as $330 million throwing money at the Epic Games Store.

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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.