Wed.Nov 17, 2021

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Cybersecurity and Data Analytics: Double Dipping on Two Hot Trends

Association of Information Technology Professional

As data analysis techniques are becoming more widely adopted, cybersecurity analytics is seen as a more advanced field straddling the line between cybersecurity and data.

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Predictions 2022: Crypto And The Specter Of Inflation Loom Large In Wealth Management

Forrester IT

Traditional financial services firms will make non-traditional moves and look to innovate to stay competitive in the year ahead.

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Why CIOs Need More Diversity In Their IT Departments

The Accidental Successful CIO

It turns out that diversity is a good thing. Image Credit: Public Relations Society of America. Perhaps more than any other executive in the company, CIOs have long known that having a diverse workforce is a good thing. Now research is starting to back them up. Diverse and inclusive cultures are providing companies with a competitive edge over their peers.

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Announcing The First Forrester Wave™ Covering Enterprise Fraud Management Solutions In Asia Pacific

Forrester IT

Following up the previously published Now Tech report, I’m excited to announce that “The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Fraud Management In Asia Pacific, Q4 2021” is now live. Forrester defines enterprise fraud management (EFM) as “A solution that integrates data from multiple payment and non-payment transaction processing systems, online portals, and threat information sources and provides transaction monitoring, […].

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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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Windows 11 Migration Guide PowerPoint Word Email Templates for Free Download

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 Windows 11 Migration Guide PowerPoint Word Email Templates for Free Download appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Anoop C Nair.

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5 predictions to help you focus your web app security resources in 2022

Tech Republic Security

This is the year business leaders will learn just how innovative online criminals have become, and it'll take rethinking how we perceive account security to fight it, says PerimeterX CTO Ido Safruti.

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Your weak passwords can be cracked in less than a second

Tech Republic Security

Easy-to-crack phrases "123456," "123456789," "12345," "qwerty" and "password" are the five most common passwords, says NordPass.

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Disable Privacy Settings Experience at First Sign-in Using Intune

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 Disable Privacy Settings Experience at First Sign-in Using Intune appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Jitesh Kumar.

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How to beef up your multicloud security

Tech Republic Security

A majority of IT leaders surveyed by Valtix said they realize their employees lack the necessary skills to manage multicloud security.

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What IT Leaders Need to Know About the Future of Privacy

Information Week

This year’s top trends in privacy highlight the critical levers enterprises need to engage over the coming years to manage liability and promote trust when handling personal information.

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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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Amazon to Stop Taking Visa Credit Cards in the UK Thanks to Brexit

Gizmodo

Amazon will stop accepting credit cards from Visa as early as January, according to multiple reports early Wednesday. Why? It’s yet another thing that can be blamed on Brexit, the UK’s split from the European Union in 2020. Read more.

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Data Analytics Can Fix the Supply Chain. Eventually

Information Week

Plenty of factors contributed to today's supply chain crisis. Investing in analytics and technology will help individual companies survive, but the overall crisis will take longer to resolve itself.

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Real estate startup Place comes out of nowhere with $100M round, led by Goldman at $1B valuation

GeekWire

Real estate startup Place offers technology and services for agents and brokers, in addition to a consumer portal. (Place image). Real estate technology and services company Place just raised the first outside capital in its history: a $100 million Series A round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, at a valuation of more than $1 billion. Never heard of Place?

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The Future of Privacy: What IT Leaders Need to Know

Information Week

This year’s top trends in privacy highlight the critical levers enterprises need to engage over the coming years to manage liability and promote trust when handling personal information.

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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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The most common passwords of 2021 are outright embarrassing

TechSpot

The password management service has compiled a list of the top 200 most common passwords based on its research. The list details the password itself, how long it would take to crack it and how many times it appeared in their research.

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Top Gas Exporters Say They're Victims of 'Cancel Culture'

Gizmodo

The woke mob has moved on from Aaron Rodgers to find something new to stuff into the “ cancel culture casket.” That something is poor, misunderstood fossil fuels. Read more.

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Amazon doesn’t rock, artists and others say, in call to reject palm-scanning tech at Red Rocks venue

GeekWire

An illustration on the website of a group calling for Red Rocks Amphitheater near Denver to cancel use of Amazon palm-scanning technology. (Screenshot via amazondoesntrock.com). “Put your hands in the air, wave ’em like you just don’t care!” someone said, somewhere, once. But musicians and human rights groups do care and are speaking up about hands being waved over Amazon’s palm-scanning technology at a famed venue in Colorado.

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Facebook’s freaky new glove

Vox

Maybe the metaverse should be less like sci-fi. | Courtesy of Meta Reality Labs. Reality Labs is working on clothing that helps you feel things in the metaverse. On Tuesday afternoon, Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, made a supposedly exciting announcement: a glove. But not just any glove. It’s a haptic glove lined with tiny motors that use bursts of air to mimic the sense of touch, and it looks like a wearable nightmare.

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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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Rocket Lab launches two more Earth observation satellites for BlackSky — and tracks a falling rocket

GeekWire

Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle rises from its New Zealand launch pad. (Rocket Lab via YouTube). BlackSky’s Earth-watching constellation has grown by two satellites, thanks to Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle and Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc.’s logistical help. Rocket Lab’s previous BlackSky launch ended in failure b ack in May, but the launch team traced the problem to a computer glitch that was corrected.

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Apple will begin allowing DIY iPhone repairs in 2022

TechSpot

The Right-to-Repair (R2R) movement can celebrate a huge victory today as Apple has announced it will sell Mac and iPhone parts, tools, and manuals to private individuals. The "Self Service Repair" program will allow customers with the technical skills to make repairs without having to send their device to Apple.

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IT skills gap is forcing leaders to prioritize cloud and security hires

Venture Beast

Securing each new app and platform requires new cybersecurity techniques and tech most IT departments don't have staff to support today. Read More.

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How to protect your organization from ransomware attacks during the holiday season

Tech Republic Security

A quarter of security pros polled by Cybereason said they lack a plan to deal with a ransomware attack during a weekend or holiday.

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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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Funding news: AI-fueled drug discovery startup and auto safety company raise cash

GeekWire

Variational AI CEO Handol Kim. (Variational AI Photo). The news: Variational AI , a Vancouver, B.C.-based company leveraging artificial intelligence to help develop new small molecule drugs, has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. The tech: Variational AI’s Enki software generates novel molecular structures using its algorithms trained on a set of compounds screened against drug targets from both experimental and computational sources.

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What it takes to become a smart enterprise

Venture Beast

With digital transformation well underway and artificial intelligence quickly making its way into the IT stack – in part to support smartphones, smart cars, and smart cities – how can we expect the enterprise itself to become smarter? Read More.

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Bezos’ Day 1 Families Fund awards $96M in grants to 32 organizations helping homeless families

GeekWire

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, right, and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee tour Mary’s Place Family Center, located in an Amazon building in Seattle. (Lucas Jackson Photo via Amazon). Jeff Bezos’ Day 1 Families Fund on Wednesday announced the latest round of grantees who are working to help U.S. families experiencing homelessness. The fund is issuing $96.2 million to 32 organizations.

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HypeHype lets everyone create, remix, and play games on phones

Venture Beast

HypeHype, formerly known as Frogmind, has launched a mobile app to enable everyone to create, remix and play games with their smartphones. Read More.

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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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Don't Look Up Is a Climate Change Movie in Disguise

Gizmodo

I don’t have to see more than the two-and-a-half-minute trailer for Don’t Look Up to feel confident in saying that it will almost surely be the best climate film made to date. Read more.

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Q&A with James Gwertzman, Seattle gaming vet who just joined Andreessen Horowitz as an investor

GeekWire

James Gwertzman. Silicon Valley investment firm Andreessen Horowitz is bringing on its first-ever general partner based in the Seattle region. The famed venture capital firm announced this week that gaming veteran James Gwertzman has joined its consumer investing team. Gwertzman sold gaming infrastructure startup PlayFab to Microsoft in 2018 and has been at the tech giant since then, helping guide its business serving the game industry, particularly as it relates to cloud-based gaming.

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TikTok May Owe You a Chunk of Its $92 Million Data Breach Settlement

Gizmodo

TikTok just agreed to settle a massive $92 million class action lawsuit, and anyone who used the app prior to Sept. 30 of this year could be entitled to a payout. Read more.

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In the push for development, is the U.S. prepared to regulate AI?

Venture Beast

For ethical and unbiased AI to be the way of the future, we need to regulate AI now to address today's research and development challenges. 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.