Thu.Jan 21, 2021

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What I See Coming For The Channel: 2021

Forrester IT

Last year ended up being a tale of two cities for the channel. On one hand, customers and governments recognized partners as an essential service and central to their ability to rapidly respond to a worsening pandemic early in the year. With catlike reflexes, the IT channel emptied the laptop supply chain and became […].

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Palantir Announces Demo Day To Be Held 26 Jan 2021

CTOvision

I’ve been treated to demos of Palantir since their earliest days and watched them bring things to market that no other organization could do. The capabilities they deliver are unique […].

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Five Actions Every Portfolio Marketer Should Take To Drive Business Value In 2021

Forrester IT

As organizations prepare for 2021 and beyond, they need to focus on what matters most, which includes examining market trends and understanding buyer needs. Here are the five key actions portfolio marketers must take.

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Carahsoft to Bring Broadcom Cybersecurity Products to Public Sector

CTOvision

Carahsoft Technology will continue to market Broadcom’s application development and management tools and security offerings to public sector customers under a new global cybersecurity aggregator agreement between the companies. As Broadcom’s […].

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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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Le CDO Prend Sa Place Autour de la Table

Forrester IT

De plus en plus, les CDOs rejoignent la table des comités exécutifs d’entreprise. Maintenant, il faut qu’ils comprennent ce qu’on attend d’eux. Le monde a changé, et les décideurs dans les sociétés l’ont bien compris. Ils cherchent des indices qui peuvent les aider à mieux comprendre le nouveau contexte dans lequel ils opèrent. Ils ont […].

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Snowflake CEO says Covid has shown old approach to working at the office is ‘nonsense’

CTOvision

Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman told CNBC on Tuesday he believes the coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally altered the role that physical offices will play for corporations going forward. “This whole notion that […].

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Couchbase Cloud Now Available on Microsoft Azure

CTOvision

Couchbase, the creator of the enterprise-class, multicloud to edge NoSQL database, announced that Couchbase Cloud, its award-winning, fully-managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS), is now available on Microsoft Azure. Couchbase Cloud is a fully […].

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Google: How and when to change your password

Tech Republic Security

If you've ever been tempted to change your Google account password, but weren't sure how, don't let that confusion stop you. Jack Wallen walks you through the process.

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GitHub’s head of HR resigns in light of termination of Jewish employee

CTOvision

A GitHub internal investigation has revealed the company made “significant errors of judgment and procedure” in the firing of the Jewish employee who cautioned his coworkers about the presence of […].

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ConfigMgr Site Infrastructure Related Reports | SCCM | Default

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s check the default ConfigMgr Site Infrastructure Related Reports. There are Thirty-Three (33) out of box Site Infrastructure Related reports available as part of Configuration Manager SSRS reports. There are other useful software update related reports outside ConfigMgr Site Infrastructure Related Reports.

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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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Zoom Video Communications Floating $1.5 Billion Stock Issue

CTOvision

Zoom Video Communications is calling on the stock market for $1.5 billion in fresh capital. The popular video conferencing services provider announced Tuesday that it is floating a new issue […].

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How to check for and stop DDoS attacks on Linux

Tech Republic Security

Jack Wallen walks you through some of the steps you can take to check for and mitigate distributed denial of service attacks on a Linux server.

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DocuSign Automates to Scale IT for Big Business Growth

Information Week

Digital signature and contract management company DocuSign's IT automation projects paid off when the pandemic lockdowns hit. Here's why.

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2020 sees huge increase in records exposed in data breaches

Tech Republic Security

The number of breaches may have fallen, but the number of exposed records hit a high not seen since 2005, says Risk Based Security.

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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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Someone ported Linux to the new Arm-based Mac Mini

TechSpot

Apple has not made dual-booting easy on its newest Arm-based computers. While there are Linux distros designed to run on Arm hardware, Apple silicon is a different breed. However, Security researchers at Corellium have a working Linux port for Apple's M1 Macs.

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How asset management companies are vulnerable to ransomware and phishing attacks

Tech Republic Security

Like large banks, these firms hold valuable financial data but often have smaller security budgets and fewer staff, says Digital Shadows.

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Google threatens to remove its search engine from Australia if new law goes into effect

The Verge

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge. Google is threatening to pull its search engine from an entire country — Australia — if a proposed law goes into effect that would force Google to pay news publishers for their content. “If this version of the Code were to become law it would give us no real choice but to stop making Google Search available in Australia,” Google Australia and New Zealand VP Meg Silva told Australia’s Senate Economics Legislation Committee today.

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WTIA names 22 Washington tech startups selected for latest Founder Cohort Program

GeekWire

(BigStock Photo). Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) announced the 22 tech startups that have been selected for the organization’s recurring Founder Cohort Program on Thursday. Part of WTIA’s Startup Program, the virtual Founder Cohort supports seed-stage startups and helps them develop their venture-scale companies over the course of six months.

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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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What Apple’s first mixed reality headset will mean for enterprises

Venture Beast

Apple's first mixed reality headset appears to be moving closer to release, notably priced for enterprise rather than consumer adoption. Read More.

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Researchers Say They've Found the Ancient Dens of Giant Carnivorous Worms

Gizmodo

Twenty million years ago, the shores of northern Taiwan were sandstone sediments at the bottom of the sea, where 6-foot-long worms lurked in their burrows, waiting for unsuspecting prey to pass overheard. Now, a team of geoscientists have chronicled 319 trace fossils of those carnivorous marine worms, whose dens… Read more.

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Linux has been ported to run on Apple’s M1 Macs

The Verge

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. A new Linux port allows Apple’s M1 Macs to run Ubuntu for the first time. Corellium, a security firm that offers a virtualized version of iOS for security testing, has successfully ported Ubuntu over to M1 Macs and released a tutorial for others to follow. The modified version of Ubuntu boots into the regular user interface and includes USB support.

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Would you buy the RTX 3080 sneakers?

TechSpot

The name RTFKT (Artifact Studios) might be unfamiliar. The company, which makes "virtual and physical next-gen collectible sneakers for the best esports, gaming, and entertainment celebrities," has teamed up with NZXT, creator of some of our favorite PC cases and other components, for the bizarre-looking shoes.

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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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Apple’s first VR headset reportedly includes a fabric design, a fan, and expensive price tag

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Apple is reportedly working on a VR headset that will include a fabric design, a fan, and an expensive price tag. Bloomberg News reports that Apple’s first VR headset may launch as soon as 2022 as a standalone device that operates through batteries, similar to the Oculus Quest 2. Apple is reportedly working on “some of its most advanced and powerful chips” for this unannounced VR headset, with some chips reportedly beating its own M1 Mac processors.

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Understanding Latency Testing

Spearline Testing

Nowadays there is a high standard expected regarding the quality of phone calls and the expereince they provide. However, there are many issues that can occur with a voice connection, one of the most common and frustrating being latency. Latency is the time delay from when you speak to when the other person hears your voice. Latency can be caused by a number of factors in the call path, including the number of network hops and the chain of hardware components that ultimately link the call.

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Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon company

The Verge

Image: Alphabet. Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its division that provides internet from floating balloons, according to a post on the blog of Alphabet’s X moonshot division. “The road to commercial viability has proven much longer and riskier than hoped,” Astro Teller, who leads X, wrote in the blog. “In the coming months, we’ll begin winding down operations and it will no longer be an Other Bet within Alphabet.”.

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Microsoft, Apple, Auth0 vets raise $3.3M for Seattle software integration startup Fusebit

GeekWire

Tomasz Janczuk, co-founder and CEO OF Fusebit. (Fusebit Photo). Fusebit , a new Seattle startup aiming to help developers with software integration capabilities, has raised a $3.3 million seed round. Founded in 2019 by veterans of Microsoft, Apple, and Auth0, the startup offers flexible APIs to software-as-a-service vendors that make it easier to add integrations as part of their apps.

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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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Amazon Web Services’ insights into gaming for 2021

Venture Beast

Eric Morales says Amazon Web Services has 90% of game publishers as its customers. That gives the company insight into 2021. Read More.

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Federal judge cites U.S. Capitol breach in denial of Parler’s initial motion for reinstatement on AWS

GeekWire

A federal judge in Seattle has denied an initial attempt by Parler to require Amazon Web Services to restore cloud services to the controversial social network, referencing the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol as one of the factors in the decision. “The Court explicitly rejects any suggestion that the balance of equities or the public interest favors obligating AWS to host the kind of abusive, violent content at issue in this case, particularly in light of the recent riots at the U.S.

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TripActions raises $155 million to help enterprises analyze travel and expense data

Venture Beast

TripActions, a business travel and expense management platform that offers real-time data and insights, has raised $155 million. Read More.

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Historic NASA Launch Platform Will Be Demolished

Gizmodo

NASA’s Mobile Launcher Platform-2—a structure involved in the Apollo and Space Shuttle missions—is in the process of being torn down. Incredibly, the space agency is ridding itself of the massive platform to make room for parking spaces, as collectSpace reports. 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.