Tue.May 19, 2020

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How To Adjust Your Tech Budget To Survive Or Thrive In The Pandemic Recession

Forrester IT

The old playbook for how CIOs can manage tech budgets through tough times will not work for today’s pandemic. While CIOs and their business partners are under intense pressure to cut tech budgets, technology plays a vital role in business survival and success during this recession. The coronavirus and efforts to contain its threats have […].

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Artificial intelligence (AI) vs. machine learning (ML): 8 common misunderstandings

CTOvision

Read Stephanie Overby bust some myths about machine learning and artificial intelligence on Enterprisers Project : Some people use the terms of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) interchangeably. […].

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Dependability Demands Of Your VDI Infrastructure Are Skyrocketing

Forrester IT

In recent weeks, COVID-19 forced many organizations to either scale up their existing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments or set up a new one. Either of these approaches is a rushed response to an evolving business continuity risk, as a significant percentage of employees are now forced to work remotely. Your IT continuity risks are […].

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Artificial intelligence (AI) vs. machine learning (ML): 8 common misunderstandings

Information Technology Zone Submitted Articles

IT and business leaders will run into some false notions about artificial intelligence and machine learning and what each one can do. Here's how to explain the truth on AI vs. ML.

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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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Microsoft Strengthens Its RPA Portfolio With Softomotive Acquisition

Forrester IT

Today, Microsoft announced the planned acquisition of Softomotive, a UK-headquartered robotic process automation (RPA) software company with roots in Greece. With the intended purchase, Microsoft has muscled into the RPA game in a big way and, in doing so, removed any doubts that RPA has really arrived. Expect others to follow suit with a buying […].

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Microsoft and Sony to create smart camera solutions for AI-enabled image sensor

CTOvision

Sony and Microsoft have joined together to create artificial intelligence-powered (AI) smart camera solutions to make it easier for enterprise customers to perform video analytics, the companies announced. The companies will […].

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10 Ways AI Is Improving Manufacturing In 2020

CTOvision

Read Louis Columbus list 10 ways in which artificial intelligence is improving manufacturing on Forbes : Perceiving the pandemics’ hard reset as a chance to grow stronger, more resilient, and […].

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B2B Commerce Suites: Key Takeaways From The Forrester Wave? (Q2 2020)

Forrester IT

In Forrester’s recently published report, “The Forrester Wave™: B2B Commerce Suites, Q2 2020,” we evaluated the 13 most significant vendors — Adobe, Apttus, BigCommerce, commercetools, Elastic Path Software, Episerver, Insite, Intershop Communications, Oracle, Salesforce, Sana Commerce, SAP, and Unilog Content Solutions — against 29 criteria.

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Nvidia unveils monstrous A100 AI chip with 54 billion transistors and 5 petaflops of performance

CTOvision

Nvidia unwrapped its Nvidia A100 artificial intelligence chip today, and CEO Jensen Huang called it the ultimate instrument for advancing AI. Huang said it can make supercomputing tasks — which […].

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The Effect Of COVID-19 On UK Consumers? Financial Well-Being

Forrester IT

Even before the COVID-19 outbreak, our research showed that UK consumers were facing multiple financial challenges and were worried about their financial situation. To understand how the pandemic has so far impacted consumer finances and behaviors, we surveyed 1,118 UK online adults in April 10–15, 2020 and found that UK consumers: Are already feeling the […].

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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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The Small Data Revolution: AI Isn?t Just For The Big Guys Anymore

CTOvision

Read Vaibhav Nivargi explain how artificial intelligence will fuel the small data revolution on Forbes : With artificial intelligence now all around us, all the time, we must confront a […].

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B2C Commerce Suites: Key Takeaways From The Forrester Wave? (Q2 2020)

Forrester IT

In our newly published “The Forrester Wave™: B2C Commerce Suites, Q2 2020,” we evaluated the 10 most significant commerce vendors in the B2C space along 31 criteria: Adobe, BigCommerce, commercetools, Elastic Path Software, Episerver, Kibo Commerce, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, and Sitecore. The Leaders for B2C in 2020 are Adobe, Salesforce, and commercetools.

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Using PowerShell to list Zerto Unprotected Systems

Mick's IT Blog

This script will connect to the Zerto server and retrieve a list of systems that Zerto is not backing up. The script has been written so that it can function in the Azure Automation or Orchestrator environment. It can also be used as a scheduled task or executed manually. It excludes desktop operating systems. You will need to install both the activedirectory and zertoapiwrapper modules before using this script.

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Introducing The Forrester Wave: Cloud HCM Suites, 2020

Forrester IT

Prior to the pandemic, the majority of global software decision-makers were dissatisfied with their existing Human Capital Management (HCM) products and were evaluating other products. With COVID-19, this dissatisfaction is now acute and digital workforce transformation has accelerated. Having the right HCM technology to transform your organization’s people and workforce strategies are no longer ‘nice […].

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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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How the dark web is handling the coronavirus pandemic

Tech Republic Security

Many on the dark web are expressing the same thoughts and fears about COVID-19 as everyone else, while others are looking for ways to profit from it, says Trustwave.

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ConfigMgr 2002 Hotfix KB4553501 Fix Known Issues of Fast Ring

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. The ConfigMgr 2002 Hotfix KB4553501 is a globally available release contains all of the fixes for the early update ring (a.k.a Fast ring). Let’s see how to install and what are the known issue fixed with this hotfix. NOTE! – The KB4553501 Update for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager version 2002, only for early update ring. […].

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86% of data breaches are conducted for financial gain

Tech Republic Security

Increases in hacking, phishing, and cloud-based attacks have been even more prevalent with the influx of remote work, Verizon found.

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Google Cloud Next '20 announced as a digital event series

Tech Republic Cloud

The annual event, which is typically held in-person for a weekend in April, has shifted to a nine-week online experience.

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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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Verizon report finds increases in financially-motivated breaches and attacks on web applications

Tech Republic Security

The Verizon Business 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report analyzed more than 32,000 incidents.

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Fastly's new developer hub specializes in meeting your edge computing needs

Tech Republic Cloud

The new edge developer portal is designed to be easy to search, is packed with documentation and snippets, and is available now.

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CEOs, CISOs fear becoming the next big breach target

Tech Republic Security

Yet, less than half believe their business has an effective cybersecurity strategy in place, according to a Forcepoint survey.

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Joe Rogan?s podcast is becoming a Spotify exclusive

The Verge

Photo by Michael S. Schwartz/Getty Images. Joe Rogan, comedian and host of one of the most popular podcasts in the world, is taking his show to Spotify. The Joe Rogan Experience will soon become a Spotify exclusive , meaning episodes’ full audio and video will only be available through the platform starting later this year. Up until now, Rogan’s show has never been available on Spotify, let alone exclusive to any platform.

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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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Microsoft builds OpenAI’s ‘dream system,’ an Azure supercomputer that ranks among top 5 in the world

GeekWire

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the Microsoft campus last year, when the companies announced their partnership and a $1 billion investment in OpenAI by Microsoft. (Photo by Scott Eklund, Red Box Pictures, for Microsoft.). Microsoft says it has created one of the world’s top supercomputers for the exclusive use of OpenAI , the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company pursuing breakthroughs in artificial general intelligence, or AGI, new forms of autonomou

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Microsoft is bringing Linux GUI apps to Windows 10

The Verge

Microsoft is promising to dramatically improve its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with GUI app support and GPU hardware acceleration. The software giant is adding a full Linux kernel to Windows 10 with WSL version 2 later this month, and it’s now planning to support Linux GUI apps that will run alongside regular Windows apps. This will be enabled without Windows users having to use X11 forwarding, and it’s mainly designed for developers to run Linux integrated development environments (IDE) a

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How to encrypt compressed files the easy way from Windows, macOS, or Linux

Tech Republic Security

Learn to secure multiple documents by encrypting compressed files on various OSes using a password.

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AMD backtracks, says B450 and X470 motherboards will support Zen 3 architecture

TechSpot

When AMD announced earlier this month that it would not be supporting its next-gen Zen 3 architecture on 400-series motherboards, the news was met with a mix of emotions.

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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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Productive pandemic: Searches for free online courses are up 309%

Tech Republic Security

Available online classes include ways to upgrade your resume, add to current skills, or land a better job.

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Why the U.S. Is Betting It All on the Most Puzzling Particle in the Universe

Gizmodo

Nearly 14 billion years ago, a universe appeared in an unthinkably high-energy blast. Particles started to materialize out of that energy, as did their antiparticles, which are kind of like evil twins, a mirror image with the opposite electric charge. Each and every particle had an antiparticle, scientists believe,… Read more.

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Microsoft debuts WhiteNoise, an AI toolkit for differential privacy

Venture Beast

During Build 2020, Microsoft debuted a number of privacy- and fairness-focused enhancements to Azure Machine Learning, including the WhiteNoise toolkit. Read More.

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How this Future For Us co-founder landed a grant from Serena Williams, and what?s happening next

GeekWire

Future For Us co-founder Sage Ke’alohilani Quiamno took her company’s show on the road with the State of Womxn of Color Tour. (Future For Us Photo). When the coronavirus pandemic turned her startup upside down, Sage Ke’alohilani Quiamno channeled her frustration into words. The co-founder of Seattle-based Future For Us, a platform dedicated to advancing women of color at work, posted a blog describing her scramble to stabilize her business.

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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.