Tue.Nov 16, 2021

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Gauging Cybersecurity Resiliency and Why It Matters

Information Week

A survey from Accenture shows many organizations have plenty of room for improvement with meshing business strategy with cybersecurity needs.

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Predictions 2022: Leaders Who Embrace Trust Set The Bar For New Sustainability And AI Goals

Forrester IT

Forrester predicts that 2022 will see the rise of the chief trust officer, bias bounties, decentralized digital identities, and the Climate Pledge Initiative.

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2022 Trends Illustrate Tech is Bigger Than Sum of Its Parts

Association of Information Technology Professional

There are many signals suggesting that technology’s early stages are coming to an end, and CompTIA’s IT Industry Outlook 2022 looks at how a more mature tech sector is impacting the rest of the economy.

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Welcome To The World Of No More Jobs

Forrester IT

When you hear the phrase “no more jobs,” you might think of economic recession and dystopian levels of human suffering. Happily, we’re not talking about that. We’re also not referring to robots taking human jobs. Nor are we thinking of Holacracy, an experimental nonhierarchical workplace model. What does “no more jobs” mean, then? In a […].

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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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Disable Removable Storage Write Access 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 Removable Storage Write Access Using Intune appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Jitesh Kumar.

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Long-Form Natural Language Generation (NLG) Is In Play This Week

Forrester IT

Forrester recommendation in a recent report is coming to fruition. In our Augmented BI Holds New Promises, But It’s Still Early Days report we recommended to “find the right balance between customization and automation in NLG“ We also described two forms of natural language generation (NLG) for analytics: short-form NLG – automated, but limited to […].

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7 Steps To Help Your Customer Service Heroes Through The “Container Challenged Christmas”

Forrester IT

Retail contact center agents (a.k.a. customer service heroes) typically deal with stressed-out shoppers during the holidays and the return period that extends through March. However, the shipping and supply chain crisis will make the interactions of the past a cake walk compared to what’s to come this season. As the season progresses, expect to see […].

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Fiddler Silent Install using Intune MEM Installation Behavior User

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 Fiddler Silent Install using Intune MEM Installation Behavior User appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Anoop C Nair.

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Cryptocurrency: Everything Retailers Need To Know

Forrester IT

Let's demystify the crypto basics, examine the pros and cons, and share our take on whether retailers should accept cryptocurrencies.

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Amazon MemoryDB for Redis – Where speed meets consistency

All Things Distributed

We dive into the design of Amazon MemoryDB for Redis, a strongly-consistent, Redis-compatible, in-memory database service for ultra-fast performance.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Research Spotlight: A path to revenue growth

TM Forum

TM Forum analysts and a panel of industry experts got together to discuss what a new benchmark report on global telco revenues. reveals about growth opportunities and diversification strategies for communication service providers. Watch the webinar to find out about: Download the full report. for an in-depth analysis of financial data from CSPs worldwide.

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Fear and shame are making it harder to fight ransomware and accidental data loss, report finds

Tech Republic Security

A third of employees admit lying to hide the fact that they accidentally deleted data, most doing so out of embarrassment or fear of punishment. Even more would lie about a ransomware infection.

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Rapid rail for Cascadia? B.C., Washington and Oregon sign pact on high-speed transportation

GeekWire

BigStock Photo / Taras Rudenko. Washington, Oregon and British Columbia agreed to work together to bring bullet trains or other forms of ultra-high-speed ground transportation to connect the major population centers of the Cascadia region. Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) announced at the Cascadia Innovation Corridor conference in Vancouver, B.C. on Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. states and Canadian province will form a joint policy committee to coordinate their planning and seek funding f

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Spotify, Discord, and others are coming back online after a brief Google Cloud outage

The Verge

Sites and services like Spotify, Discord, Snapchat, and Etsy seem to be recovering after an outage that brought them, and many other sites, down for a little less than an hour on Tuesday. The culprit for the outages appears to have been Google Cloud, and the service’s status page still shows a networking issue is currently causing problems resulting in the 404 errors that appeared on affected web pages.

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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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Seattle startup calls Meta’s VR glove prototype ‘substantively identical’ to its own patented tech

GeekWire

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg uses a haptic glove research prototype intended to create a realistic sense of touch in the metaverse. (Meta Photo). Meta made a big announcement Tuesday about how it hopes to bring touch to the virtual world through the use of haptic gloves developed by the company’s Reality Labs Research. But the news came as a bit of a backhand to a Seattle startup that said it has been pioneering the technology since 2012.

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What is Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)?

Information Week

Need strong cybersecurity, low e-commerce friction, and easier identity management administration? CIAM promises to straddle the B2C and B2B environments, boost security and privacy, and improve the consumer experience.

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SMBs are using more cloud services than ever and still struggling with tech expertise

Tech Republic Cloud

Traditional small businesses are more concerned with cost than any other element of cloud infrastructure.

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Nvidia turns its image scaler into an open-source alternative to DLSS, competitor to AMD FSR

TechSpot

There has been a lot of praise for Nvidia's DLSS -- a feature that, in games which support it, makes lower resolution images look as good or better than higher resolution images, thus enhancing performance. This works through a combination of AI, the use of information from previous frames, and.

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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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Bringing Security up to the Speed of the Cloud

Information Week

There is no reason for security to lag behind and stick to old models when there are the capabilities and infrastructure to enable cloud-first network security.

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Bill Gates’ TerraPower makes its pick for next-gen nuclear power plant in Wyoming

GeekWire

An artist’s conception shows the layout for the Natrium reactor demonstration project in Kemmerer, Wyoming. (TerraPower Illustration). TerraPower , the nuclear power venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has chosen a soon-to-be-retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming as its preferred location for a next-generation demonstration reactor.

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Crypto.com Buys Naming Rights to L.A.'s Staples Center

Gizmodo

The Staples Center in Los Angeles, home to the Lakers and Clippers basketball teams, will become Crypto.com Arena, according to an announcement from the cryptocurrency company late Tuesday. And it’s just one more sign that cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum have become mainstream, despite being highly… Read more.

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Meta wants to bring the sense of touch to augmented and virtual reality

TechSpot

Facebook… er, Meta, has been working for the past seven years – presumably ever since it purchased virtual reality headset maker Oculus VR for $2 billion in 2014 – to develop gloves capable of bringing the sense of touch to the virtual world… er, metaverse. This week, the company provided.

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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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Coffee and Tea Linked to Lower Risk of Stroke and Dementia in 11-Year Study

Gizmodo

New research out this week suggests that a tea or coffee habit in your later years could help your brain stay in tip-top shape. The study found that healthy older adults in the UK who regularly drank coffee and/or tea were less likely to develop stroke and dementia over an 11-year period than those who drank neither.… Read more.

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BMW uses Nvidia’s Omniverse to build state-of-the-art factories

Venture Beast

BMW's adoption of Nvidia's Omniverse helps the company overcome some of the most challenging barriers to expanding product lines. Read More.

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Lawsuit claims Zillow misled investors about state of home-buying business before shutdown

GeekWire

Bigstock Photo / Casimiro. A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Seattle-based Zillow Group concealed problems in its home-buying business from shareholders before abruptly shutting the unit down two weeks ago. The suit, filed by lawyers for Zillow shareholder Dibikar Barua in federal court in Seattle, appears to be the first in what could be a series of cases over the real estate company’s decision to shutter Zillow Offers.

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A 1980s Space Telescope May Have Seen Planet Nine

Gizmodo

In 1983, astronomer Michael Rowan-Robinson conducted a search for a proposed 10th planet (Pluto still being a planet at the time) using data from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite, the first infrared space telescope. Rowan-Robinson didn’t turn up a new planet, and by 1991, he was pretty sure that such a planet did… 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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Tech Moves: Payscale CEO steps down; a16z adds Seattle-based partner; Madrona hires investor

GeekWire

Scott Torrey (left) and Alex Hart. (Payscale Photos). — Scott Torrey stepped down as CEO of compensation data company Payscale. A SAP Concur veteran, Torrey took over as CEO from longtime leader Mike Metzger in 2019. The company’s new CEO is Alex Hart. He was most recently CEO of digital payments provider 2Checkout, which was acquired by Verifone.

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Terry Pratchett's Discworld Novels Are Getting New, Star-Studded Audiobooks

Gizmodo

Live-action adaptations of Sir Terry Pratchett’s beloved Discworld books have always been a mixed bag , but we might have finally found a winner. Penguin Random House has announced that it has commissioned new audiobook recordings of all 40 Discworld novels, using a variety of British stars to bring them to life. Read more.

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Amazon’s new packaging for cold and frozen food is made from layers of recyclable paper

GeekWire

The paper in Amazon’s new packaging for cold and frozen food is recycled and recyclable. (Amazon Photo). Amazon is taking plastic liners, bubble bags, and some of the consumer guilt out of grocery deliveries. The company says it has created new packaging for cold and frozen foods that is made from recycled paper, and can be recycled in curbside bins.

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Battlefield 2042 Benchmarked: 30+ GPUs Tested

TechSpot

Battlefield 2042 recently debuted with very impressive visuals, so we'll take the opportunity to measure graphics card performance, so you can get an idea of what you'll need to get into the action.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.