Mon.Jun 28, 2021

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The Cyber Insurance Roller Coaster: As Demand Speeds Up, Some Insurers Disembark

Forrester IT

The first half of 2021 has been anything but quiet for cyberinsurance! Forrester has seen a steady flow of client inquiries on the topic, with questions coming in not just from the private but also the public sector. Some are trying to navigate acquiring a cyberinsurance policy for the first time, while others are struggling […].

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Software Supply Chain Security – How Not To Get Attacked

CTOvision

Read Bernadine Racoma explain how small and medium businesses can protect their software supply chains from cyber threats on MarTech Series : According to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), there are many challenges that organizations face on a day-to-day basis. Included in that list is the number one problem of cyber attacks. This is […].

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The Impact Of Apple’s Sideloading Philosophy On Developers

Forrester IT

Security Through Control On Wednesday, June 23, Apple unleashed strong messaging to explain why users should only install Apple-approved apps through its App Store on iOS. This is an extension of the US District Court case between Apple and Epic, where Apple positioned “sideloading,” the practice of installing apps outside its App Store, as dangerous. […].

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Using Automation to Kick Your Cybersecurity Program Into High Gear

CTOvision

Steve Zalewski is the Interim CISO at Levi Strauss & Co., and an esteemed member of the Balbix Advisory Board. Balbix founder and CEO Gaurav Banga recently met Steve for a chat on how organizations can kick their cybersecurity programs into high gear to keep up with the attackers and the general need for speed […].

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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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Snap’s Latest Play In Big Tech’s Race To Produce AR Glasses

Forrester IT

Snap just released its newest Augmented Reality (AR) glasses. These fourth generation spectacles build on previous models and represent Snap's growth to AR power and commitment to making consumer-ready AR glasses.

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Banks Edge Closer to Ethereum 2.0 Staking

CTOvision

Read why Ian Allison feels that in the near future, mainstream banks could opt for Ethereum 2.0 on Coindesk : Banks could one day be key participants in Ethereum 2.0. It’s a trend that will soon garner as much attention as institutional interest in bitcoin, say firms like Blockdaemon and Bison Trails, which provide the […].

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The Power of Anonymity in Supply Chain Security

CTOvision

Read Adrien Gendre’s analytical article about why anonymity is an important aspect of supply chain security on Infosec Magazine : The SolarWinds breach of 2020 was widely considered the biggest cyber-attack in history. Just three months later, the Microsoft Exchange hack took its place. Both had far-reaching consequences that affected not only SolarWinds and Microsoft, […].

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How Agile Planning can Boost Digital Business Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

"We're practicing scrum, scaling agile, but not seeing the benefits we were expecting," is a comment I hear all too often. The simple answer is, following scrum ceremonies and focusing on scaling rituals isn't going to achieve agile mindsets, culture, and transformation. window.dojoRequire(["mojo/signup-forms/Loader"], function(L) { L.start({"baseUrl":".

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Your Data Supply Chains Are Probably a Mess. Here’s How to Fix Them

CTOvision

Read Tom Davenport, Theodoros Evgeniou, and Thomas C. Redman explain how you can fix your data supply chains on Harvard Business Review : Data management has bedeviled large companies for decades. Almost all firms spend a lot on it but find the results unsatisfactory. While the issue does not appear to be growing worse, resolving […].

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4 Skills Will Set Apart Tomorrow's Data Scientists

Information Week

Skilled data scientists are in high demand as businesses adopt data-driven strategies. Certain skills will make them indispensable.

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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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Bitcoin Price Climbs After Mexican Billionaire Urges People to Buy

CTOvision

Bitcoin’s price rose after billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego said his bank was working toward becoming the first Mexican lender to accept the cryptocurrency. The price of bitcoin climbed to $34,140.94 Monday, up 6% from where it stood at 5 p.m. ET Friday, according to CoinDesk. The digital currency has lost almost half its value since it […].

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Cybersecurity study: SolarWinds attack cost affected companies an average of $12 million

Tech Republic Security

New survey finds that the attack also motivated more information sharing within the industry and improved supply chain security.

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Only 4% of supply chain leaders are ‘future-ready,’ Accenture says

CTOvision

The pandemic accelerated digital transformation, but that doesn’t mean change comes easy. According to new research from consulting company Accenture, 81% of supply chain leaders say the pandemic has been their organization’s greatest stress test and that they’re facing technological change at “unprecedented speed and scale.” What’s more, only 4% say they’re “future-ready,” while 34% […].

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Cybersecurity study: SolarWinds attack cost affected US companies an average of $12 million

Tech Republic Security

New survey finds that the attack also motivated more information sharing within the industry and improved supply chain security.

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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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Recorded Future Launches The Intelligence Fund

CTOvision

Recorded Future, a Boston, MA-based provider of intelligence for enterprise security, launched The Intelligence Fund, a dedicated pool of $20m. The Intelligence Fund will focus on seed and Series A investments in startups that are building novel intelligence data sets, collection platforms, and applications. Startups receive resources to help with the development and integration of intelligence […].

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ConfigMgr 2106 Technical Preview New Features | SCCM

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get the latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post ConfigMgr 2106 Technical Preview New Features | SCCM appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Jitesh Kumar.

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The Department of Defense, networking, and the speed of relevance

Network World

If yours is like most enterprises, it is under intense competitive pressure to understand faster, decide faster, and act faster in an increasingly dynamic environment. For businesses, that environment is the economy. But for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the environment in which they must leverage technology and tactics against deadly adversaries is more like a battlefield.

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5G slice assurance in autonomous networks

TM Forum

This article was contributed by MYCOM OSI, a member company of TM Forum. 5G network slices have an important role in delivering differentiated and guaranteed connectivity services to enterprise and vertical industry tenants. With 5G network slicing getting mature in 3GPP specifications and the perspective of mass scale adoption, the management of slices including assurance (monitoring and collection, analytics, and decision) plays a key role for the distributed intelligence and closed loop assur

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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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How to secure your Safari browsing with iCloud Private Relay in iOS 15

Tech Republic Security

Using iCloud Private Relay in iOS 15, you can easily obscure your internet traffic and ensure that network providers cannot spy on your activity.

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10 Ways AI and ML Are Evolving

Information Week

If you think what's happening with artificial intelligence and machine learning is interesting now, just wait.

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Dangerous Heat Wave Is Literally Melting Critical Infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest

Gizmodo

Power cables are melting. School districts are closing. Asphalt is too hot to touch. The heat wave roasting the Pacific Northwest is putting infrastructure at risk, and temperatures are expected to continue to rise on Monday. The failures show the staggering toll the climate crisis is already taking—and they’re a… Read more.

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What is Quantum Computing?

TechSpot

Quantum computers are beginning to emerge in many industry and research labs. But what are qubits? And are the challenges ahead to control the quantum properties of our universe and leverage that for computing?

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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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How developing mental immunity can help you make better cybersecurity decisions

Tech Republic Security

Experts want us to develop immunity to bad ideas that can wrongly influence the cybersecurity decision process.

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Microsoft Office is getting a new design and a native 64-bit Arm version for Windows 11

The Verge

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on Windows 11. | Image: Microsoft. Microsoft is announcing that the next version of Office for Windows 11 will have a native 64-bit Arm version, for improved performance on large or picture-filled documents, and support for 64-bit add-ins. The new version of Office is currently in beta, available to Office Insiders. Microsoft also announced a redesign of Office , which you can see above and below.

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Why knowledge graphs are key to working with data efficiently, powerfully

Venture Beast

Knowledge graphs help in organizing unstructured data in a way that information can easily be extracted where explicit relations between multiple entities help in the process. Read More.

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Why is Seattle so hot? Wild weather sparks climate concerns as Amazon turns HQ into ‘cooling center’

GeekWire

Amazon turned its Meeting Center into a public “cooling center” on Monday with free water for people who needed a place to stay cool amid record-high temperatures outside. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper). Seattle is scorching. The heat is so bad that Amazon on Monday opened up one of its buildings at the company’s headquarters to the public as a “cooling center.” Kanishka Tiwari has been working remotely at his Capitol Hill apartment.

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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 keeps hinting at an October release for Windows 11

The Verge

Microsoft keeps hinting at an October release date for Windows 11. The software giant teased an October date several times during its Windows event last week, including one instance where a Microsoft Teams message says “excited to turn it up to 11. can’t wait for October!” Microsoft has only officially said “holiday” for Windows 11 availability, but the company’s official marketing material strongly hints at an October 20th date.

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First Windows 11 Insider Preview build is now available on the dev channel

TechSpot

Some of the bigger features like Microsoft Teams chat and Android apps in the Microsoft Store are still being worked on, but should be available to trial in the coming months ahead of the OS’ general availability.

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How PepsiCo uses AI to create products consumers don’t know they want

Venture Beast

Leaders at PepsiCo detail how they use data, AI, and machine learning for every part of the product journey, from innovation to marketing. Read More.

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It's Time to Treat Social Media Like the Climate Crisis, Researchers Argue

Gizmodo

Mark Zuckerberg needs to hand over the keys, a team of researchers argues. In a new paper published in the peer-reviewed journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America), a diverse group makes the case that the social media problem rises to the level of urgency that… 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.