Thu.Mar 19, 2020

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Consumer Energy Drops On All Four Dimensions Amid COVID-19

Forrester IT

To measure precisely what kind of emotional toll COVID-19 is taking on consumers — and how current consumer sentiment will influence imminent behavior — we applied Forrester’s Consumer Energy Index, our data-driven framework that captures how ready and willing consumers are to reach out to brands at this moment. Results reveal that consumer energy among […].

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5 Ways to Protect Your Company From Cybercrime

CTOvision

Read Lucas Miller’s article listing five ways in which you can protect your small and medium businesses from cyberattacks on Entrepreneur : Some small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) consider cybersecurity an issue to be dealt with once their budget is a bit larger. Unfortunately, it is these businesses that are most likely to be targeted […].

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Tech Leadership Churn in Australian Banks – Correcting The False Promise Of Bi-Modal IT

Forrester IT

In early March we held our 5th Annual Financial Services Summit 2020 in both Sydney and Melbourne, where I presented on how customer-obsessed CIOs are driving business success by: Accepting that the firm’s ultimate customer is also IT’s customer; Engaging across a wide, business-focused field while taking responsibility for revenue generating initiatives; and Leveraging design-thinking […].

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Push Security to the Edge: Overcoming Edge Computing Challenges

CTOvision

Read why Ken Mafli says it is necessary to protect the edge computing environments from cyberattacks on Infosec Magazine : The best attacks are the ones you never see coming. While most data centers are the focus of cybersecurity hardening, edge computing environments can sometimes be overlooked. Given this, groups like MoneyTaker exploit edge environments to […].

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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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Intune Third-Party Patching Automation | PatchMyPC | Review

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. PatchMyPC released a solution for Intune third-party patching automation using Win32 application management. Let’s see what are features of this solution and how to set this up. Introduction One of the challenging questions during modern management discussion is third-party patching.

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How Machine Learning Can Strengthen Insider Threat Detection

CTOvision

Read Akshaya Asokan explain how machine learning could increase insider threats detection on Bank Info Security : As companies continue to grapple with the challenges of insider threats, machine learning coupled with behavioral analytics can assist in predicting and detecting potential threats from employees and contractors, according to a panel of security experts at RSA […].

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Experian’s Data Breach Preparedness Study: Increased Investments in Security Aren’t Stopping Breaches

CTOvision

While corporations today are more knowledgeable about security threats and prepared to respond to data breaches, there are key areas in which progress declined in 2019. Experian® released its seventh annual corporate preparedness study, Is Your Company Ready for a Big Data Breach?, revealing that cybercriminals may still be one step ahead of companies’ security […].

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Cybercriminals exploiting coronavirus outbreak with virus-themed sales on the dark web

Tech Republic Security

Malicious COVID-19 domains and special virus-themed sales on the dark web are two ways criminals are using the outbreak to ramp up business, said security provider Check Point.

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Shyam Sankar Provides Context on Make vs Buy in the Federal Ecosystem

CTOvision

Note: I realize that so many are focusing hard on our collective actions to beat the COVID-19 pandemic and was thinking of holding off this article till we can return more focus to enterprise IT. Then I realized that this article may be more important than ever. If you know of anyone anywhere in government […].

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Infrared AI cameras at polling places could spot voters with a fever to detect potential coronavirus carriers

Tech Republic Security

Security company is using thermal imaging and AI to identify people with a temperature of 100 degrees.

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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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Augmented Analytics Drives Next Wave of AI, Machine Learning, BI

Information Week

Business intelligence will move beyond dashboards, and AI and machine learning will become easier for less skilled workers as augmented analytics are embedded into platforms.

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IT security report finds 97% have suspicious network activity

Tech Republic Security

The suspicious network activities revealed in the research by Positive Technologies are traffic hiding, VPN tunneling, connections to the Tor anonymous network, and network proxying.

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The IT and Security Teams: Buddies or Rivals?

Information Week

InformationWeek, Dark Reading, and Interop have partnered to explore the evolving relationship between the general IT team and the security team. We invite you to take our survey.

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COVID-19 demonstrates the need for disaster recovery and business continuity plans

Tech Republic Security

The coronavirus may put organizations at risk through short staffing or unavailable workers and services, but disaster recovery and business continuity plans can help sustain business operations.

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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 to listen to port traffic on a Linux server

Tech Republic Data Center

Every network administrator needs to know how to listen to port traffic on a server. Here's one way to do it on Linux.

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Bring sanity and security to infection outbreaks with a malware response plan

Tech Republic Security

Find out how to deal with a security breach and protect your data and your network from another attack using this 37-step incident response checklist.

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What Is Continuous Integration?

Flexagon

DevOps is a transformational way of thinking about software development, converting a slow, cumbersome, long-term process to an agile, nimble, responsive one. As DevOps is adopted and accepted worldwide, language and terms specific to DevOps are being used more as well. However, for people new to DevOps – and even those that are familiar with. The post What Is Continuous Integration?

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Healthcare devices at higher cybersecurity risk now due to COVID-19

Tech Republic Security

Much of the US healthcare system is running on outdated software and unsupported operating systems, such as Windows 7, leaving devices vulnerable to hackers who are actively exploiting the coronavirus.

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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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9-Point Guide for Switching to ePublishing from Traditional Books

Kitaboo

Here’s your guide to epublishing. With the growth of digitization in the past few decades, publishers realized that sticking to the print publishing model might soon put them out of business. The urgency to switch to digital publishing became more evident when smartphones developed into this all-in-one tool that could double up as a learning device as well.

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How to control what personal information people see in Android

Tech Republic Security

Do you know what information you share within the Google ecosystem? You can easily control what is visible or hidden, from with your Android device. Find out how.

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How to install the FileCloud server on Ubuntu 16.04

Tech Republic Cloud

If you're in need of an on-premises cloud server solution, FileCloud might be what your business is looking for.

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How dangerous news spreads: What makes Twitter users retweet risk-related information

Dataconomy

Scientists uncover how information related to potential dangers can spread on social media and how this can be prevented. In Japan, a country prone to various natural and man-made calamities, users often turn to social media to spread information about risks and warnings. However, to avoid spreading rumors, it is. The post How dangerous news spreads: What makes Twitter users retweet risk-related information appeared first on Dataconomy.

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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 Adobe Magento Commerce took one retailer from startup to success

Tech Republic Cloud

Tech startup Wyze used a cloud-based eCommerce platform to create a smoother, more efficient online shopping experience at scale.

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Needed: A Cybersecurity Good Samaritan Law

CTOvision

Read why Tom McAndrew says that we need legislation to protect the good hackers while dealing with cybersecurity on Dark Reading : The arrest and exoneration of two Coalfire employees caught breaking into an Iowa county courthouse in September 2019 highlight the challenges our legal system faces in addressing the fast pace of cybersecurity in […].

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Using KinD with Docker Machine on macOS

Scott Lowe

I’ll admit right up front that this post is more “science experiment” than practical, everyday use case. It all started when I was trying some Cluster API -related stuff that leveraged KinD (Kubernetes in Docker). Obviously, given the name, KinD relies on Docker , and when running Docker on macOS you generally would use Docker Desktop.

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Disney+ To Reset The Streaming War In Europe Amid The COVID-19 Crisis

Forrester IT

Competitors in the video streaming service space come from any place in the ecosystem. Netflix was a mere DVD-by-mail distributor in the US until 2010 and Amazon’s core business model is about retail and cloud, while Apple is primarily leveraging its huge installed base of devices to pivot to subscription services. With an objective of […].

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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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Running IT as a Business Solutionary with Unique Competencies

Future of CIO

In most organizations, IT has been perceived as a support center and it’s setting back and waiting for the request from the business. To reinvent IT as a trustful business partner, it has to be configured in a way to understand the business and become a business solutionary that has competencies to do two things for their company: Deliver better, faster and cost-effective business solutions and do profitable things for the organization otherwise, it can't do.

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Turning Adversity into Opportunity - Learn from Home

Nutanix

Unless it's been your normal work life, you may be adjusting to the upside and downside of “working from home.

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The “Accuracy” Quotes of “Digital Master” Mar. 2020

Future of CIO

" Digital Master ” is a series of guidebooks (28 + books) to perceive the multi-faceted impact digital is making to the businesses and society, help forward-thinking organizations navigate through the journey in a systematic way, and avoid “rogue digital.” It perceives the emergent trends of digital leadership, provides advice on how to run a digital organization to unleash its full potential and improve agility, maturity, and provide insight about Change Management.

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Turning Adversity into Opportunity - Learn from Home

Nutanix

Unless it's been your normal work life, you may be adjusting to the upside and downside of “working from home.

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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.