September, 2020

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COVID-19 Stokes The Chatbot Hype In Financial Services

Forrester IT

COVID-19 and the associated containment measures are accelerating digital transformation and automation in financial services. Customer service in particular has been under enormous pressure and financial services firms such as Nationwide Building Society in the UK and the Royal Bank of Canada have launched chatbots to deal with the unusually high volume of requests.

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Capital One Fined $80M, 'Failed Appropriate Risk Management for the Cloud'

SecureWorld News

Major fines and major findings in the Capitol One data breach investigation. Here is what a U.S. regulatory agency revealed about the bank data breach.

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ConfigMgr Intune Deep Dive Videos from Ignite 2020

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. As mentioned in SCCM Intune Deep Dive Technical Videos Microsoft Ignite 2020 article, here are some of the videos released by Microsoft. I will update the post as soon as possible. So this will be one stop shop for all Microsoft Endpoint Manager videos! Get started with Microsoft Endpoint Manager Managing Windows devices with Microsoft […].

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Reinventing virtualization with the AWS Nitro System

All Things Distributed

Running a business at the scale of Amazon, we often have to solve problems that no other company has faced before. The disadvantage of this is that there is no “how to” guide for us—a lot is unknown. However, the advantage is that when we solve a new problem, it’s an opportunity to reinvent our services and create new benefits for our customers. Indeed, we have created some of our most innovative and successful ideas when we have entered unchartered territory.

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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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Pandemic Accelerates Machine Learning

Information Week

COVID-19 has had profound effects on the global economy. While some industries took a hard hit, others found new opportunities -- such as machine learning.

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Ransomware attacks continue to dominate the threat landscape

Tech Republic Security

Cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting the Cobalt Strike testing toolkit to carry out ransomware campaigns, says Cisco Talos Incident Response.

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IBM offering certifications and expertise on hybrid cloud environments this week

Tech Republic Cloud

At the inaugural Digital Developer Conference, Hybrid Cloud is a free educational resource for developers around the world.

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Analyze SCCM Client Logs Using CMPivot | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s learn how to analyze SCCM client logs using CMPivot. ConfigMgr Twitter community is doing a great work share many CMPivot queries. Learn more about CMPivot architecture and communication details as well. 👉SCCM CMPivot Architecture Fast Channel Making | ConfigMgr.

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5 Ways Cloud Apps Help Smart SMBs Focus on Their Business, Not the Technology to Run Their Business

Information Technology Zone Submitted Articles

The cloud is everywhere, and has been for over two decades, yet many small businesses continue to run their businesses with in-house software. This is often time-consuming, expensive, and tedious to manage.

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MassMutual Explores Health Data from Wearables

Information Week

Life insurance giant MassMutual is exploring the use of health data from wearables to further refine its data science-created underwriting models.

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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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Google removes 17 Android apps designed to deploy Joker malware

Tech Republic Security

The Joker malware has been a persistent thorn in Google's side as it keeps popping up in shady apps to infect users of the Google Play store.

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BI Is Dead; Long Live BI

Forrester IT

The perception of legacy enterprise business intelligence (BI) platforms comes with some legitimate stigma and baggage. It’s technology first, not business-led; the graphical user interface (GUI)-based user experience (UX) doesn’t address ease of use for all business decision-makers; there are too many underutilized reports and dashboards floating around in the enterprise; and signals produced by […].

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Amazon jumps into virtual tourism, offering live one-on-one experiences around the world

GeekWire

At left, Hongying Tang of HQ Tourism Services points to the Saint Lawrence River during a virtual tour of Quebec City as part of the Amazon Explore beta. At right, Daniela Elias of Signature Tours shows the empanadas she made during a one-on-one virtual cooking class from Buenos Aires. One morning last week, I went on a walking tour of Quebec City with an experienced local tour guide, from the majestic Parliament of Quebec to the picturesque Saint Lawrence River.

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ConfigMgr Dell Updates Catalog V3 for SCCM | Third Party Updates

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s understand Dell Updates Catalog V3 for SCCM. Learn more about the details of third-party updates feature in your ConfigMgr environment. SCCM 1806 or later version has the option to enable third-party updates (without SCUP integration). [Related Posts – 1️⃣ SCCM Third-Party Software Updates Setup Step by Step Guide Post 1 2️⃣List of Free SCCM Catalogs for Third-Party […

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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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Coronavirus Cybercrimes: Are These the Lowest?

Information Technology Zone Submitted Articles

The coronavirus and pandemic cyberattacks.

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What You Need to Know About Cloud-Native Fintech

Information Week

Interop will provide IT professionals with a glimpse into how cloud, AI and other tech concepts are reshaping financial technology.

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Windows Server: Patch this critical flaw now says Homeland Security in emergency warning

Tech Republic Security

Government agencies in the US have until today to patch a Windows Server vulnerability that could give hackers control over federal networks.

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Xbox Series X pre-orders sold out even faster than the PlayStation 5

TechSpot

Part of the problem was that Microsoft let users know precisely when pre-orders would go live. Customers anxious to get the next-gen console ended up bottlenecking purchasing pages triggering DDoS countermeasures. In other instances, stores tried to reduce server load by asking users to wait in line.

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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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SpaceX provides Starlink satellites to help Washington state towns get online after wildfires

GeekWire

Washington state emergency officials are using SpaceX satellites to provide internet access in Malden, Wash., after wildfires took out most of the small town in Eastern Washington. (Washington Emergency Management Division Photo). SpaceX is lending a helping hand to Washington state towns ravaged by recent wildfires. The Washington Emergency Management Division is using the company’s Starlink satellites to provide public WiFi access in Malden, Wash., where a wildfire destroyed 80% of the s

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Intune Vs SCCM Past Present Future | ConfigMgr | MEM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s understand some insights of Intune Vs SCCM Past Present Future. Brad Anderson (Corp. VP, Microsoft 365) showed in Microsoft Ignite 2020 how to lead during these uncertain times by using modern management tools to help organizations not only survive but thrive.

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Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Has Been Canceled by Netflix

Gizmodo

The story of Thra on Netflix is over. io9 has exclusively confirmed the streaming service has chosen not to renew The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance , meaning the series has come to an end after only one season. Read more.

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Woman dies during a ransomware attack on a German hospital

The Verge

A woman in Germany died during a ransomware attack on the Duesseldorf University Hospital, in what may be the first death directly linked to a cyberattack on a hospital. The hospital couldn’t accept emergency patients because of the attack, and the woman was sent to a health care facility around 20 miles away, the Associated Press reported. The cyberattack was not intended for the hospital, according to a report from the German news outlet RTL.

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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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How to create a secure username

Tech Republic Security

Passwords are the most important factor for securing your accounts. But you need to pay attention to your usernames as well, says NordPass.

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Can You Build a Gaming PC for $500?

TechSpot

In a world where a decent graphics card can cost the same as a new cutting-edge console, you'd be forgiven for thinking that $500 just isn't enough money to buy a PC and play games on it. So, can it be done?

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Microsoft and Cascadia group unveil proposal to build economic hubs between big Pacific NW cities

GeekWire

Downtown Seattle and Mount Rainier as viewed from the top observation deck of the Space Needle. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). The Cascadia Innovation Corridor Conference has made headlines over the past few years for its ambitious goal to connect Portland to Seattle to Vancouver, B.C., with a proposed high-speed rail line. The group, which is sponsored by Microsoft, is changing course this year, unveiling a bold new proposal for the “mega-region.” High-speed rail is still part o

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Windows 10 Power Options and Intune – Discover with Joy

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Windows 10 Power Options and Intune – we do see a few queries in the community space on this topic. How to manage Windows 10 Power Options using Intune? As such though of writing this short post to present my ideas on the same. Manage Windows 10 Power Options using Intune – Settings configurable from […].

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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.

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1,000-Year-Old Precursor to Stainless Steel Found in Iran, Surprising Archaeologists

Gizmodo

Chromium steel, commonly referred to as stainless steel, is thought to be a recent manufacturing innovation, but new evidence suggests ancient Persians stumbled upon an early version of this alloy some 1,000 years ago, in what is a surprise to archaeologists. Read more.

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Nintendo has discontinued the 3DS

The Verge

Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge. Nintendo has discontinued every model of the 3DS, according to its Japanese website. The page listings for the New 3DS LL, New 2DS LL, and 2DS are still live, but each product lists “out of production” under its name, and a message on the main page says that the entire series has ended production. It’s not clear when the change was made; several Japanese Twitter users noticed it this afternoon.

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FBI warns of cybercriminals spreading false info about 2020 election results

Tech Republic Security

Bad actors could create or change websites and social media content to discredit this year's electoral process, cautions the FBI and CISA.

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SoftBank reportedly closing a $40 billion sale of ARM to Nvidia, announcement imminent

TechSpot

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, SoftBank and Nvidia are nearing a deal for the graphics giant to acquire ARM for $40 billion in a cash and stock transaction. SoftBank acquired Arm for around $31 billion in 2016, and in recent months has been looking to offload.

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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.