Mon.Jun 22, 2020

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The Internet of Things Has a Consent Problem

CTOvision

Read why Stacey Higginbotham says that the Internet of Things has a consent problem on IEEE Blog : Consent has become a big topic in the wake of the Me […].

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This Is The Right Time To Make The Future Of Work Happen

Forrester IT

My job as an analyst requires that I be on the lookout for new things. The trick to finding new things might surprise you. The most inventive new things will usually be found by watching how old things intersect in new ways. Working from home is an old idea. One of my Ph.D. mentors at Syracuse […].

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Transforming the Workforce with Governed Citizen Development

Social, Agile and Transformation

It’s an unprecedented time to be a CIO or any technology leader. On the one hand, technology organizations are working hard on digital transformation and developing many new customer and employee-facing applications. On the other, IT is now running double duty by supporting more remote working employees and then responding to other COVID-19 business needs.

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Apple WWDC 2020: The Powerful Combination of Context and Design

Forrester IT

Apple continues to innovate experiences through design and the use of context to create highly intuitive experiences for consumers. Examples include surfacing: The most important apps, widgets and information on home screens on the iPhone based on time of day, location or other inferred needs App Clips with just the portion of the app a […].

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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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New Cloudera Alliances Leader Ready To Scale Cloud And Channel Partnerships

CTOvision

Gary Green, who played a pivotal role building the VMware channel, has taken charge of Cloudera’s efforts to scale alliances with the industry’s leading cloud providers as the company looks […].

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Microsoft Purchases CyberX

Forrester IT

Today, Microsoft announced that it has acquired Waltham, MA-based IoT and industrial control system (ICS) security vendor CyberX. While the purchase price was not disclosed, media reports are speculating that the purchase price was somewhere between $150M-$165M. Founded in 2013, CyberX has raised $48M in venture capital so this deal provides a good return to investors.

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Beneficiary Experience: The Big Retention Opportunity Missed By Financial Services Firms

Forrester IT

$500 billion: That’s the amount of money that moves around from both non-real estate inheritances and life insurance settlements every year in the US. And with so many assets in transition and the broad interest in customer experience in financial services, it’s tempting to think that banks, insurers, and wealth managers recognize a great opportunity […].

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Are We Heading For Another AI Winter Soon?

CTOvision

Read Kathleen Walch’s article in Forbes about AI winters. Artificial intelligence has been around since 1956 when the term was first coined. Those in the industry know that there has […].

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FORRward: A Weekly Read For Tech And Marketing Execs

Forrester IT

“Digital Therapy” Reaches A Milestone: The FDA Just Approved A Prescription Video Game This week marked a major win for digital therapeutics as the FDA approved the marketing of the first game-based digital therapeutic device. “The EndeavorRx device offers a non-drug option for improving symptoms associated with ADHD in children and is an important example of the growing […].

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5 Ways the Internet of Things (IoT) Can Grow Your Business

CTOvision

Read Marc Kavinsky list five ways in which the Internet of Things can help grow your business on IoT News : The Internet of Things (IoT) has had a dramatic […].

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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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Key Takeaways From Two Forrester Wave™ Evaluations On Insights Service Providers

Forrester IT

Continuing our coverage of insights service providers, we recently published two Forrester Wave™ reports exploring and evaluating the current landscape. “The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Insights Service Providers, Q2 2020” assesses the end-to-end capabilities of 13 services providers with heritages that tend toward traditional consulting and technology services backgrounds. “The Forrester Wave™: Specialized Insights Service Providers, […].

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One in four enterprises will be all-cloud companies within a year

CTOvision

Twenty-five percent of IT managers participating in a recent survey predict that their companies plan to move all of their applications to cloud in the next year. And this is […].

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Microsoft is buying CyberX to bolster its Azure IoT security

Network World

Microsoft has announced it will purchase the industrially focused network security vendor CyberX for an undisclosed sum in an effort to bolster the security capabilities of its Azure IoT platform. The acquisition strikes at the heart of two key IIoT security pain points. While it’s comparatively easy to build new IoT devices that have all the necessary features for seamless security management, older devices running a wildly diverse range of different protocols, which may lack important features

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Study: Cloud Migration Gaining Momentum

Information Week

A new survey finds that organizations plan to migrate the majority of their applications to the cloud over the next year. Microservices and SRE are also gaining steam.

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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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Phishing attacks impersonate QuickBooks invoices ahead of July 15 tax deadline

Tech Republic Security

Targeting the CEO and others in an organization, the attacks spotted by cybersecurity firm Darktrace were detected due to artificial intelligence.

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Business Intelligence before Artificial Intelligence

Information Week

BI is the transformation of data from services, including software and assets, into accessible insights and reports. But, otherwise, why is BI important?

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How to use the new Google Drive sharing options

Tech Republic Cloud

Google has made subtle changes to how you share files with Drive. Jack Wallen demonstrates the new process.

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WVD v2 Admin Experience Create New Host Pool | Workspace | Session Host

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s learn about WVD v2 Admin Experience and how to create Host Pool, Workspace, and Session Host. I explained about WVD v2 ARM model architecture in the last blog post. The WVD spring 2020 release is not generally available yet. I think, Microsoft is planning to get WVD v2 out of public preview very soon. […].

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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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Visa unveils AI tool to help stop digital identity fraud

Tech Republic Security

Billions of people have had their information stolen online, and Visa is hoping its new AI solution will help banks handle fraudulent accounts.

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ConfigMgr Edge Chromium Unmatched Exit Code (1) Execution Failed | SCCM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s try to fix the edge chromium deployment error. The following is the error Edge Chromium Unmatched Exit Code (1) Is Considered An Execution Failure. The production version of the Microsoft Edge browser got released on 15th January 2020. I used the default option (using Software LibraryOverviewMicrosoft Edge Management) in SCCM to deploy the Edge Chromium […].

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Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Microsoft is closing its Mixer service on July 22nd and plans to move existing partners over to Facebook Gaming. The surprise announcement means Mixer partners and streamers will be transitioned to Facebook Gaming starting today, and Microsoft will no longer operate Mixer as a service in a month’s time. Microsoft has struggled to reach the scale needed for Mixer to compete with Twitch, YouTube, and even Facebook Gaming which has led to today’s decision.

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LeoStella confirms delivery of BlackSky’s Earth observation satellites for SpaceX launch

GeekWire

In a photo from 2019, LeoStella technicians work on the first satellite to be produced by the Tukwila, Wash.-based joint venture. (GeekWire Photo). Tukwila, Wash.-based LeoStella cast a spotlight today on the delivery of its first two built-from-scratch satellites for the BlackSky Earth-watching constellation ?— with their launch on a SpaceX rocket set for Thursday.

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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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Andrew Yang is pushing Big Tech to pay users for data

The Verge

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. Andrew Yang wants people to get paid for the data they create on big tech platforms like Facebook and Google, and with a new project launching on Monday, he believes he can make it happen. Yang’s Data Dividend Project is a new program tasked with establishing data-as-property rights under privacy laws like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) all across the country.

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Employees new to working remotely are a security risk

Tech Republic Security

A workforce that was rushed out of the office due to COVID-19 equates to opportunities for cybercriminals, an IBM report finds.

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Ninja, Shroud, and other top Mixer streamers are now free to stream on Twitch again

The Verge

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images. Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and moving most of its streamers to Facebook Gaming as part of a strategic partnership it’s entering with the social media giant. The major streamers locked into exclusivity deals with Mixer — including stars like Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, Cory “King Gothalion” Michael, and Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek — will be released from their contracts, and Microsoft says it’s up to them where they decide to go.

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CERN approves 62-mile long, $23 billion successor to Large Hadron Collider

TechSpot

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as Cern, has approved plans for the FCC, which would allow physicists to study the Higgs boson with more precision, learn more about dark matter, and search for new particles and other mysteries.

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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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Microsoft Teams now available for personal use as Microsoft targets friends and families

The Verge

Microsoft is launching the personal version of Microsoft Teams today in preview. It’s part of a broader effort by Microsoft to remain relevant with consumers and win them back after a series of exits from consumer-friendly services. Microsoft isn’t rebranding Teams here or offering a totally separate version, nor is the company looking to compete with iMessage, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or other dedicated chat apps.

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The World Still Sucks, but at Least Bear Cam Is Back

Gizmodo

At Earther, we stan the bears. Bears are good , especially when they are fat. They are the hero we all need. That’s why I’m excited to announce that Alaska’s Katmai National Park has set up its live bear cams for the summer. You know what that means: bears, bears, and more bears. Read more.

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Seattle area sees new spike in COVID-19 cases, weekly count up for 1st time in more than 2 months

GeekWire

More than 400 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Seattle and King County in the past week, up nearly 70% from the week before, according to GeekWire’s calculations from data reported by Public Health – Seattle & King County. It’s the first time since early April that the weekly case count has risen in King County compared with the prior week, the numbers show.

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Facebook acquires Lone Echo VR game maker Ready At Dawn

Venture Beast

Facebook has acquired Ready At Dawn Studios, the maker of the Lone Echo series of virtual reality gams as well as console games like The Order: 1888. 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.