Wed.Mar 11, 2020

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Responding To Coronavirus: A Playbook For Marketing And Communications

Forrester IT

Marketing and comms teams should take a leading role in supporting their organization’s response to the coronavirus. Read this post to understand the most critical actions to take now.

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Thinking About Coronavirus? Don’t be like the Mayor of Amity Island

CTOvision

Among the many reasons JAWS was such good fiction is how realistic Mayor Vaughn’s character was. The stubborn politician refused to listen to reason or facts. If he would have taken action he could have avoided disaster. Here is a short clip that makes this point: Lesson for you: Don’t be like the […].

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Open Source Design: What It Is And Why It Matters

Forrester IT

There’s a new buzz phrase in the air — “open source design.” What is it? It’s a “remix” (to borrow a term from Figma) of the open source software movement’s commitment to sharing and collaborative validation and improvement of software source code. What Are Examples Of Open Source Design? You don’t need to look far to find companies embracing this idea by: Making design systems public.

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Hackers’ delight: Small businesses investing more in Internet of Things, less on cybersecurity

CTOvision

Investing in technology is top of mind for small business owners — with 44% saying they plan to invest in resources related to the Internet of Things, or IoT-connected devices, for their business in 2020, according to new research from the latest CNBC SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey. That’s more than twice the number who say […].

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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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How Employees Feel About Coronavirus: Early Results From Forrester’s PandemicEX Survey

Forrester IT

Our #pandemicEX research project aimed to understand how employees are experiencing the spread of COVID-19. Read results here.

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Take These 4 Steps to Protect Yourself After a Data Breach

CTOvision

Read Zachary Hochheim list four steps in which you can protect yourself after a data breach on Money : Data breaches have become a little like the weather—something we complain about in line for our morning coffee, but ultimately so beyond our control that we simply accept nothing can be done. Unfortunately, there’s only one sure […].

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Keeping Data Secure in the Always-On World

CTOvision

Read why Michael Cade says that it is important to keep your data secure in the 24/7 world on Infosec Magazine : The nature of the modern business is to keep systems ‘always-on.’ As competition rises across all industries, maintaining customer service and experience is of the upmost importance. This means no downtime and no […].

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Recapping the RSA Conference 2020: The Human Element

Forrester IT

In prior years, the RSA Conference focused on themes such as – Zero Trust, geopolitical risk, and automation. While those themes were still present at this year’s conference, it was harder to discern one dominant central theme for the conference. I inferred that no-new-buzzwords exemplifies the theme. This year’s RSA conference suggested that the industry […].

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3 Tips to Stay Secure When You Lose an Employee

CTOvision

Read Bil Harmer? explains how you can prepare your cybersecurity after you lose an employee on Dark Reading : Research indicates that January and February are the most popular job-hunting months, and that one of the main reasons people leave their jobs is for more money. Indeed, with unemployment currently low and the number of […].

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Modern Marketers Must Manage Measurement

Forrester IT

Measuring marketing performance is not just a tongue twister; it’s hard work. Channel-specific metrics cause headaches, and reporting is a hodgepodge of data sources and dashboards from multiple martech and measurement tools. It’s even harder to align marketing performance metrics with customer-focused business objectives, but marketers can no longer pat themselves on the back for […].

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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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When Faced With Data Breach Responses, the Cloud Can Become an Enemy

CTOvision

Read why Victoria Hudgins says that cloud can be Achilles heel if you are dealing with a data breach on Law : Praised for its innovative and security benefits, the cloud can quickly become a burden when a company is hit with a cyberattack and must understand the scope of the data held on public […].

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Service Design: 5 principles to improve CX, EX and business

Forrester IT

Every customer journey, as simple as it looks, happens in a more and more complex ecosystem. Think about your last online purchase: you interacted with an online store, on your computer or your mobile, and got your order delivered at home as planned. Simple? Well… on the front stage yes. But if you take the […].

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19 March 2020 OODAcon Future Proof Postponed

CTOvision

Dear OODAcon community, The world needs strategic thought leadership on managing future risks and opportunities now more than ever. We really believe our 19 March 2020 OODAcon, Future Proof, is an event that can help businesses, government and the nation better prepare strategically to survive and thrive in an age of exponential change. We are […].

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Coronavirus And Climate Change Reveal Systemic Risk For Third Parties

Forrester IT

The coronavirus is causing significant supply chain disruptions for many companies across the board. Much of the world’s manufacturing happens in China. Further, Wuhan, the region of China where COVID-19 originated, is a hub of global supply chains. From the automobile industry to pharmaceuticals, everyone is feeling the heat. Even Apple, which was predicted to […].

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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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Hackers are working harder to make phishing and malware look legitimate

Tech Republic Security

A Trend Micro report finds that spammers are using public and hosted cloud infrastructure to slip malicious emails past security defenses.

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Employers Are A Trusted Source Of Information About Coronavirus But Face Competition From Disinformation Campaigns

Forrester IT

New Forrester data shows employees have strong trust in their employers as a source of information about COVID-19,but infrequent employer communication can leave employees vulnerable to disinformation.

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Closing the cybersecurity gender gap would boost the US economy by $30B

Tech Republic Security

82% of women in cybersecurity jobs agree the industry has a gender bias problem. Fixing it would not only improve morale and confidence, but also result in an economic boost to the cybersecurity industry.

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How Employees Feel About Coronavirus: Results From Forrester’s PandemicEX Survey

Forrester IT

The novel coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease that it causes are spreading around the globe, affecting life in more than 100 countries. Our #pandemicEX research project aimed to understand how employees are experiencing the spread of the virus. We surveyed a random sample of 470 US adults who work part- or full-time.* Their responses tell […].

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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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Microsoft Customer Connection Program Digital Badges | Rewards

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Microsoft seems to build a new community program more focused on enterprise clients. New Microsoft values direct interaction & contributions with product groups and enterprise clients. In this post, let’s see what Microsoft Customer Connection Program Digital Badges available for Microsoft Endpoint Manager Intune and ConfigMgr (A.K.A SCCM).

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February sees huge jump in exploits designed to spread Mirai botnet

Tech Republic Security

The Mirai botnet is known for targeting Internet of Things devices and conducting massive DDoS attacks, as described by cyberthreat researcher Check Point Research.

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How CIOs Need To Be Preparing For Cyberthreats

The Accidental Successful CIO

The bad guys are out there, as a CIO are you going to be ready for them? Image Credit: Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash. CIOs have known for a long time that their firms are under assault from outside forces. Your company has developed a vast warehouse of valuable information that outsiders would love to be able to get their hands on. As the company’s CIO it is your job to prevent this from happening.

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Biggest trends for 5G as infrastructure to hit $4.2 billion

Tech Republic Security

This year will be a big investment year for 5G for many manufacturers and network operators. Find out what the experts predict will happen next.

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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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Coronavirus: 8 Tech Tips for Working From Home

Information Week

Here's a collection of tools, technologies, and tips to help you out in case you need to telecommute during the Covid-19 outbreak.

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Cybersecurity pros are using artificial intelligence but still prefer the human touch

Tech Republic Security

More than half of organizations have adopted AI for security efforts, but a majority are more confident in results verified by humans, according to WhiteHat Security.

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How Cloud, Security and Big Data Are Forcing CIOs to Evolve

Information Week

The good news is that the enterprise-level disruptions to the CIO role represent an opportunity to re-examine their positions and make meaningful adjustments -- especially at the mid-market level.

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Intune Learn to Deploy Windows 10 Language Pack Step by Step | MEM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s see how to deploy Windows 10 language packs with Endpoint Manager Intune. There are several methods to deploy Windows 10 language packs with Intune. Let’s have a look into one of them in details. Introduction Recently, there are many discussions about Language Packs (LPs) vs Language Interface Packs (LIPs) Vs Local Experience Packs (LXPs) […].

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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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How to install Ansible collections for more effective and efficient development

Tech Republic Cloud

Create more complex Ansible playbooks by installing pre-built content from the Ansible Galaxy.

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What is eBook DRM and Why Do Publishers Need it?

Kitaboo

Every time someone downloads an eBook and shares it with others, the copyright owner of the book loses revenue because instead of buying the physical book, people are actually sharing it for free. The very nature of the internet makes file sharing easy and monitoring piracy virtually impossible. Therefore, there was an urgent need to find an alternate route to protecting the copyright of digital content.

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Local governments: Don't pay ransoms to hackers

Tech Republic Security

A Deloitte survey about ransomware also recommends that local governments use air-gapped system backups.

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IT Strategic Planning and Alignment

Future of CIO

Nowadays information technology provides an important structure and a strong pillar to build a powerful digital enterprise. IT touches almost every business initiative, every underlying function, and structure. However, far too many IT organizations are really focused on the tactical approach to fixing issues. To reinvent IT as a trustful business partner, CIOs need to make strategic planning and alignment, proactively push ideas on how to leverage IT to drive business revenue growth, improve bu

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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.