Wed.May 19, 2021

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La Marche Vers La Finance Durable Sera Longue

Forrester IT

La finance durable exige des entreprises du secteur financier des changements dans trois domaines clés : les produits, les politiques et les processus.

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How Should CIOs Implement Robotic Process Automation?

The Accidental Successful CIO

The robots are coming, will the CIO be ready? Image Credit: Jonathan Pearson. Guess what? A brand new technology is on the horizon and as the company’s CIO, you are going to be the person who is going to have to implement it. This new technology is called robotic process automation (RPA) and it allows average business users to configure software “robots” to automate what are called “swivel chair” repetitive tasks and maximize the importance of information technology.

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Expérience collaborateur: une bombe à retardement

Forrester IT

L’engagement collaborateur s’est amélioré entre 2019 et 2020. Nos indicateurs le montrent, ceux des sociétés spécialisées comme Peakon ou Qualtrics le confirment. Les employés, notamment ceux qui ont pu télétravailler, ont bénéficié d’horaires plus flexibles, d’un meilleur contrôle de leur emploi du temps, de moindre temps de transport, et ont globalement été plus productifs.

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How to Study for CompTIA Server+

Association of Information Technology Professional

Understand the new CompTIA Server+ objectives, learning options and key topics. Discover how eLearning, labs and practice exams help you succeed.

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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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Improving Sales Productivity Is Never A One-And-Done Effort 

Forrester IT

To get the most value from conducting a sales activity study — and to sustain that value — sales leaders need to continuously look for opportunities to fine-tune.

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Biden's executive order calls for greater open source security but not how to achieve it

Tech Republic Security

Commentary: It's progress that President Biden's executive order recognizes the need to secure open source software. What it doesn't do is address the best way to accomplish it.

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Palo Alto Networks pushes enterprise zero trust

Network World

Palo Alto Networks bolstered its security portfolio with products that target enterprise network users looking to make the move to a zero-trust environment. The new capabilities focus on a number of zero trust mechanisms—including SaaS, cloud and DNS that will be available in June—and will make it significantly easier for organizations to adopt zero-trust security across the enterprise, according to Anand Oswal, senior vice president and general manager with Palo Alto.

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Ransomware attacks are not a matter of if, but when

Tech Republic Security

CISOs from Twitter, United Airlines and a Bain Capital partner discuss how to integrate security into all aspects of an organization at Rubrik's FORWARD conference Tuesday.

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Configure Power Management in Configuration Manager | ConfigMgr | SCCM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post Configure Power Management in Configuration Manager | ConfigMgr | SCCM appeared first on HTMD Blog by Jitesh Kumar.

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How to use SSH keys for passwordless access to hosts

Tech Republic Data Center

SSH keys can be used in Linux or operating systems that support OpenSSH to facilitate access to other hosts without having to enter a password. Here's how to do it.

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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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SCCM 2103 MP Installation Failed mp_ccmConfig_Defaults MOF file Couldn’t be Compiled Error | ConfigMgr | 80044015

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post SCCM 2103 MP Installation Failed mp_ccmConfig_Defaults MOF file Couldn’t be Compiled Error | ConfigMgr | 80044015 appeared first on HTMD Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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Cloud collaboration software are the new tools of choice for cybercriminals

Tech Republic Security

As businesses move to the cloud, threat actors have kept pace, which makes their attacks harder to detect and more effective than ever.

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Get a handle on building WebAssembly microservices with this free Linux Foundation course

Tech Republic Cloud

Designed for developers who have "a high degree of friction in cloud native application development," the course is currently free for the next seven weeks.

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Rubrik announces security upgrades aimed at alleviating the impact of ransomware attacks

Tech Republic Security

The company unveiled the features at its FORWARD conference, where Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman discussed why it's good to be "anxious and paranoid.

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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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How to add OpenProject integration into Nextcloud

Tech Republic Cloud

Jack Wallen walks you through the steps of integrating OpenProject notifications into the Nextcloud Dashboard for a quick heads up on your assigned project tasks.

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Ford F-150 Lightning revealed: an electric truck for the masses

The Verge

Images: Ford. Up to 300 miles of range starting at just under $40,000 The most popular vehicle in the United States is going electric. Ford has revealed the F-150 Lightning, an all-electric version of its popular pickup truck due out in 2022, and it’s aggressively priced for an EV. The base model with 230 miles of range starts at $39,974, while the extended range version starts in the mid-$50,000s and can go about 300 miles.

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Bidding for the first journey on Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship exceeds $2 million

GeekWire

Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship ascends from its West Texas launch pad for a January test flight. (Blue Origin via YouTube). Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has begun unsealing the bids for an open seat on its New Shepard suborbital spaceship, and the high bid hit the $2.4 million mark with more than three weeks to go in the online auction.

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Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer in 2022

The Verge

Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer next year, after more than 25 years. The aging web browser has largely been unused by most consumers for years, but Microsoft is putting the final nail in the Internet Explorer coffin on June 15th, 2022, by retiring it in favor of Microsoft Edge. “We are announcing that the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge,” says Sean Lyndersay , a Microsoft Edge program manager.

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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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NFTs are cool, but they're a hot target for hackers: How to keep them safe

Tech Republic Security

Security expert says non-fungible tokens are a really exciting possibility for artists, but they can be stolen. He offers some ways to keep them secure.

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Elon Musk has crashed Bitcoin to pre-Tesla investment levels

TechSpot

Tesla appeared to be Bitcoin’s biggest supporter earlier this year. The company’s $1.5 billion investment and announcement that it would accept the crypto as payment for its products pushed the price to $44,000. In April, BTC reached a record high of almost $65,000.

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Like 'A Part of Their Body': People Adapt to an Extra Thumb in Fascinating Experiment

Gizmodo

An experiment in which 36 people were fitted with a robotic third thumb has demonstrated the brain’s uncanny ability to adapt and leverage an entirely new body part, and in ways the researchers are still trying to understand. Read more.

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Apple announces a slew of accessibility updates

The Verge

Apple Watch with the Assistive Touch cursor. | Image: Apple. Apple announced a variety of new and updated features for people with disabilities today. Beginning May 20th, customers can use the new SignTime sign language interpreter service to contact AppleCare and retail customer care through their web browsers. Software updates later this year to iOS, watchOS, and iPadOS will bring improved options for Assistive Touch, VoiceOver, hearing aid support, and background sounds.

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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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Microsoft to retire Internet Explorer now that Edge has an 'IE mode' for legacy websites

TechSpot

Microsoft has indicated within the last year that it would eventually burn Internet Explorer for good. Last August, the company said Microsoft 365 would drop support for Internet Explorer by August 17, 2021. A couple of months later, users found that IE would redirect some websites to Microsoft Edge because of compatibility issues.

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Walgreens used AI to optimize vaccine outreach emails

Venture Beast

Walgreens worked with Phrasee, which develops marketing automation products, to optimize the language of its vaccine outreach emails. Read More.

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Microsoft and Ball Aerospace enlist the cloud to speed up Space Force’s data flow

GeekWire

An artist’s conception shows Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite in orbit. (Telesat Illustration). How will Pentagon planners cope with the torrents of data that are expected to rain down from a constellation of satellites monitoring hotspots from low Earth orbit? Microsoft and Ball Aerospace say they’ve demonstrated that the cloud can handle it — and not just handle it, but process multiple streams of satellite data five times faster than the Pentagon’s target speed.

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How to protect your organization and users against malicious emails

Tech Republic Security

Cybercriminals are increasingly using email as an easy and effective way to infect computers with malware and trick potential victims with phishing scams, says Trustwave.

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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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Seattle startup Zap Energy lands $27.5M to build commercial fusion reactor without magnets

GeekWire

(Zap Energy Photo). New funding: Zap Energy raised a $27.5 million Series B round to fuel development of its fusion reactor that “can become one of the key enablers for a sustainable global energy future,” according to its CEO Benji Conway. The tech: Founded in 2017, the Seattle-based startup has built a reactor that can stabilize plasma by using sheared flows — fluid flow caused by forces — versus magnetic fields.

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Creatio: Low-code/no-code can boost digital transformation efforts

Venture Beast

Low-code/no-code technology can help bridge the talent gap for businesses struggling with their digital transformation initiatives. Read More.

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The level of Mac malware is not acceptable, says Apple’s Craig Federighi at Epic trial

The Verge

The antitrust case between Apple and Epic continued today, and it brought Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, to the stand. Federighi’s mission was pretty clear from the outset: to extol the security benefits that come with iOS’s walled-off ecosystem and warn of the dangers that would come with breaking the App Store model.

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Seattle’s DevHub acquires retail tech startup Brickwork to boost online-to-store experiences

GeekWire

DevHub co-founders Mark Michael, left, and Daniel Rust hold the purchase agreement for Brickwork outside DevHub’s offices in Seattle. (DevHub Photo). The news: DevHub , the Seattle software-as-a-service startup that is used by more than 179 brands and/or their agencies to build websites and landing pages, has acquired New York-based Brickwork, a retail tech company that powers local consumer experiences for leading brands.

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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.