Mon.Jan 11, 2021

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The New Change Management: Automated And Decentralized

Forrester IT

Change management has continued to be a hot topic on social media and customer inquiry. As a process symbolizing traditional IT service management and the ITIL framework, it’s under increasing pressure to modernize in response to Agile and DevOps trends. However, change management emerged for a reason and I think it’s prudent to look at […].

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RiskIQ CEO on the SolarWinds Attack: ‘This Hit the Security Community Hard’

CTOvision

The SolarWinds breach is a case study in how attackers can subvert a widely used piece of software to turn it to their advantage, says Lou Manousos, CEO of RiskIQ. “The […].

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Just In Time, The SAST Market Has Embraced The Developer

Forrester IT

The classical challenge with static application security testing (SAST) was bridging the gap between security and development. In SAST’s early days, it was a tool for security, who threw the results of pre-release scans over the wall to developers to fix. Developers had to contend with large numbers of unclear findings and false positives, often […].

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Recorded Future: Cobalt Strike and Metasploit accounted for a quarter of all malware C2 servers in 2020

CTOvision

Cobalt Strike and Metasploit, two penetration testing toolkits usually employed by security researchers, have been used to host more than a quarter of all the malware command and control (C&C) […].

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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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Four Levers That Drive Cloud-Native Decision-Making

Forrester IT

Happy New Year! As 2020 gives way to 2021, I find my briefing dance card quickly filling up with “YAKS” (Yet Another Kubernetes Solution briefing). It’s to the point where it’s easy to wonder, “Does the market really need, and can it sustain, more than three dozen platform providers?” In some ways it takes me […].

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Blockchain Capital Unveils New 10 ‘Bold’ Crypto Predictions for 2021

CTOvision

With the year winding to a close, analysts are dusting off their crystal balls – in an attempt to peek into the future and discover what 2021 has in store […].

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GitLab issues security updates to keep access tokens safe

CTOvision

It’s that time of the month when GitLab cranks out its usual slew of security fixes, but this time your API access token is at risk, so don’t wait too […].

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Automating the Deletion of Windows.old

Mick's IT Blog

It is the beginning of 2021 and my first project for the new year is upgrading all systems to Windows 10 20H2. At the end of the upgrades comes the cleanup and there is no clean way to do this for system admins. Cleanmgr.exe is now deprecated as of Windows 10 2004. There is not a PowerShell option for controlling storage sense. The next option is to delete the folder.

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Ideas: 10 Ways to Have Productive Zoom Meetings, Even With Kids in the Mix

CTOvision

Read Roee Ganot list 10 ways in which you can have productive Zoom meetings on Entrepreneur : Holding productive Zoom meetings from a home office can be challenging, but with […].

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ConfigMgr 2010 Known Issues Fixes | SCCM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. In this post, you will learn more about ConfigMgr 2010 known issues. The production version of 2006 is generally available. Let’s understand the fixes already issued for SCCM 2010. All SCCM infrastructure online Service Connection Point. Also, you should have any of the following versions of ConfigMgr 1906, 1910, 2002, 2006.

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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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Mythic CEO on Analog Power at the Size of Digital? Edge AI Processor Combines Best of Both Worlds

CTOvision

Can analog computation be a viable solution to the many challenges facing edge AI hardware? We spoke with Mike Henry, CEO of Mythic, to see why they think it is. […].

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2020 Book Reads: Agile, Innovation, and Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

For the second year in a row, I share with you all the books that I read as part of my GoodReads challenge. My top books from 2019 included reads about transformation, including The Ride of a Lifetime and The Technology Fallacy, books for entrepreneurs such as Lost and Founder and Inspired, and AI books such as AI Superpowers. This year, my.

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Fugue’s Next-Generation Cloud Security Posture Management Product Now Available in AWS Marketplace

CTOvision

Fugue, the company putting engineers in command of cloud security, today announced the availability of its SaaS product in AWS Marketplace, further simplifying the process for Amazon Web Services customers […].

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CES 2021: All of the business tech news you need to know

Tech Republic Security

Don't miss TechRepublic's CES 2021 coverage, which includes product announcements from Lenovo, Samsung, LG, and Dell about PCs, laptops, software, robots, monitors, and TVs.

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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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Snowflake Added to NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions Contract, Enabling State and Local Governments With Secured, Governed Access to Data

CTOvision

Snowflake, the Data Cloud company, today announced it has been added to the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) ValuePoint Cloud Solutions contract held by Carahsoft Technology Corp. The […].

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Digital Agility Gets a Boost with Identity Management

Fountainhead

(A version of this Blog originally published on Auth0 Blogs ) Apps are becoming componentized and API-based to facilitate reuse and agility; Identity management cloud services will help. "In today's online-first, intensely competitive environment, creating a monolithic, inflexible CIAM system will quickly put the firm on the path toward extinction." ~ Forrester's Customer-Obsessed IAM Operating Model April 2020 There is an "old-school" view of Identity and Access Management (IAM) that sees it pu

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7 Steps to AI Success

Information Week

Demand for artificial intelligence is growing, but success rates are underwhelming. Here's what you can do to maximize the value from your AI deployment.

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Overcoming 2021 Contact Center Challenges In 7 Steps

Spearline Testing

The New Year has arrived, but with it comes new challenges. Setting goals early for your contact center is essential to help produce better results on every level, from management to customer. The road ahead may be difficult, and the fear of the unknown can be daunting for some, but it is vital to proactively set clear goals and objectives to start the new year fresh.

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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 CDOs Can Solve the Top Data and Analytics Challenge

Information Week

Enterprises have made a lot of progress in becoming data driven over the past several years, but organizations continue to cite one major impediment.

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Parler is gone for now as Amazon terminates hosting

The Verge

Parler has been taken offline | Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images. After Parler was banned on both the Apple and Google app stores for failing to curb violent and threatening content on its platform, the social media site is now completely offline as a result of Amazon terminating Parler’s web hosting services. The official Parler website now returns a 403 error, while its app is showing networking errors and can’t load content.

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Researchers Find That the iPhone 12 Can Deactivate a Pacemaker

Gizmodo

A new study published by the Heart Rhythm Society indicates that the iPhone 12 can interfere with a pacemaker if the phone is placed close to a patient’s heart. But the study, which was designed to look at whether the magnetic array that enables the iPhone 12's new MagSafe charging technology had an effect on … Read more.

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Parler CEO says even his lawyers are abandoning him

The Verge

Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images. The CEO of the conservative-friendly social app Parler said that all of its vendors have abandoned the company following recent bans from Google, Apple, and Amazon. “Every vendor, from text message services to email providers to our lawyers, all ditched us too, on the same day,” Parler CEO John Matze said in an interview with Fox News on Sunday.

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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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Two Amazon Fresh grocery stores opening in Seattle region in latest brick-and-mortar expansion

GeekWire

The first Amazon Fresh grocery store opened in California last summer. (Amazon Photo). Amazon’s brick-and-mortar grocery footprint is expanding in the Seattle area as the tech giant confirmed it is opening two new Amazon Fresh grocery stores. Amazon said in a news release Monday morning that it plans to fill “hundreds of full- and part-time positions, including managerial roles,” at the stores.

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Why Chamberlain built a $3,000 automatic garage door for your dog

The Verge

door, dog,chamberlain. The myQ Pet Portal My garage door opener is one of the most boring pieces of tech in my house, made by a company that’s 67 years old. The one I bought last year looks almost identical to the ones it released a decade ago. But for the past 16 months, a small band of developers at Chamberlain has been quietly working on a gadget like nothing else on the market.

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Outlandish Stanford facial recognition study claims there are links between facial features and political orientation

Venture Beast

A controversial study from Stanford-affiliated researchers claims to find links between facial features and political affiliation. Read More.

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Peloton is blocking the #StopTheSteal hashtag from being created or used

The Verge

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. Peloton, a company known for its internet-connected bikes and treadmills, is wading into the Stop The Steal mess. The company is now preventing users from creating a #StopTheSteal tag from within the app, saying the tag does not “meet our guidelines” when a user goes to create it. Peloton’s community guidelines specifically ban “hate, offensive, and obscene speech” as well as “bullying, harassment, and other offensive behavior.

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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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Arcade1Up reveals Killer Instinct, X-Men, and Dragon’s Lair home cabinets 

Venture Beast

Arcade1Up is a leading name in the home arcade market, and the company has announced three new cabinets today during CES. Read More.

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Vuzix’s new microLED smart glasses look like tech you’d actually want to wear on your face

The Verge

Image: Vuzix. Wearable tech and augmented reality provider Vuzix is back at CES 2021 with another pair of its smart glasses, this time with a new advancement. The latest pair is powered by microLED technology, thanks to a partnership with the Chinese firm Jade Bird Display. MicroLED displays have emerged in recent years as viable alternatives to OLED screens, driving advancements mostly in the television space.

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Panasonic will help create immersive entertainment spectacles in Illuminariums

Venture Beast

Panasonic has partnered with Illuminarium Experiences to use its laser projectors to create "massive entertainment spectacles." Read More.

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This is Sony’s Airpeak drone

The Verge

Image: Sony. Sony is getting into the drone business, with the company showing off a brief first look at its new Airpeak drone at CES 2021. The new drone is said to be the smallest drone capable of carrying an Alpha camera and is designed for video content creation and professional photography. There are very few concrete details about the new drone system right now, although Sony mentioned that it’s been exploring using the drones to film landscape and city shots.

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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.