November, 2020

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Bots Kept Jeff From Buying A PS5, And Sandy Had To Hear About It

Forrester IT

It’s not that I’m not a gamer. I enjoy board games and card games: Trivial Pursuit, Settlers Of Catan, SET, Hive. I’m up to level 3056 in Two Dots. As a kid, I played Super Mario Land on my brother’s GameBoy and Sonic The Hedgehog on the family Sega Genesis. But I’ve never been one […].

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Quantum computing: A cheat sheet

Tech Republic Security

IBM, Honeywell, and Intel are just three companies leading the way in building quantum machines as well as the algorithms and controls to run them. Learn about possible business use cases for quantum.

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Intune Learning for ConfigMgr Admins | Endpoint Manager

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. ConfigMgr Admins Let’s start learning Intune. In this post I will cover Intune Learning for ConfigMgr Admins. Microsoft Intune and ConfigMgr are part of Endpoint Manager Product group. Both are part of modern device management solution from Microsoft. My recommendation to the SCCM admin is to start learning Microsoft Intune.

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Grüezi Schwiiz! Bonjour la Suisse! Buongiorno Svizzera! An AWS Region comes to Switzerland

All Things Distributed

Today I’m happy to announce our plans to open a new AWS Region in Switzerland in the second half of 2022. When the AWS Europe (Zurich) Region is launched, developers, start-ups, and enterprises, as well as government, education, and non-profit organizations will be able to run their applications and serve end users across the region from data centers located in Switzerland.

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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 Dynamics 365: A cheat sheet

Tech Republic Cloud

Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a suite of enterprise-level intelligent cloud-based applications. The software stack combines ERP and CRM apps and integrates them with Azure and Microsoft 365.

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The Ever-Expanding List of C-Level Technology Positions

Information Week

IT professionals are gaining more opportunities to move up the corporate ladder. Here are 10 C-level IT titles that we know of right now, along with salary averages for those roles.

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Linux: How to recover deleted files with testdisk

Tech Republic Security

If you've had files deleted by a hacker or you've accidentally removed them, Jack Wallen shows you how to recover that missing data with a handy tool called testdisk.

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ConfigMgr 2006 Hotfix KB4578605 SCCM | Update Rollup | 22 Fixes

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Microsoft released a major rollup update for ConfigMgr 2006 with 22 fixes. Let’s check more details about ConfigMgr 2006 Hotfix KB4578605. Also, there could be many more undocumented fixes and features made available in this Hotfix Rollup Microsoft KB Article KB4578605 for ConfigMgr 2002 production version.

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Microsoft patents tech to score meetings using body language, facial expressions, other data

GeekWire

Microsoft’s “Meeting Insight Computing System,” as described in patent filings, would use cameras, sensors, and software tools to monitor the people and the conditions in a meeting, as well as post-meeting surveys, to create a “quality score” for the meeting. (Microsoft Diagram, via USPTO). Microsoft is facing criticism for its new “Productivity Score” technology , which can measure how much individual workers use email, chat and other digital tools.

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5 free alternatives to Microsoft Excel

Tech Republic Cloud

If you don't want to pay for an expensive Microsoft Office subscription, here are free alternatives to Excel that you can get for free today.

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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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IT Employment Looks Up; Data, Cybersecurity Skills in Demand

Information Week

There's a light at the end of the tunnel for IT pros who have been keeping a close eye on the job market. Plus, here are the skills that employers want in 2021.

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Here are the countries with the most and least affordable internet

TechSpot

NetCredit, a Chicago-based online lender, used World Bank data to come up with the average monthly wage in every country in the world. It then used Cable.co.uk’s worldwide broadband price research to work out how much of an average salary you would need to spend in each country for broadband.

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It's an urgent plea this Election Eve: Don't click on ransomware disguised as political ads

Tech Republic Security

Remote work and social media have made it easier for businesses to be impacted by security breaches. Here's why, and how organizations can protect themselves.

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Create Microsoft Store Apps available in ConfigMgr Application

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s try to understand How to Create Microsoft Store Apps Using ConfigMgr. Microsoft Store for Business gives opportunity organizations to automatically to make store applications available for SCCM admins. This guide gives you the opportunity to find, acquire, manage, and distribute free and paid store apps to ConfigMgr and deploy it to Windows 10 devices. […].

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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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Tony Hsieh, former CEO of Zappos who sold online shoe retailer to Amazon for $1.2B, dies at 46

GeekWire

(Zappos.com homepage). Tony Hsieh, a revered internet entrepreneur who led Zappos and sold the online retailer to Amazon for $1.2 billion, has passed away at the age of 46. Hsieh died due to injuries sustained in a house fire on Nov. 18 in New London, Conn. The Zappos.com homepage featured an image of Hsieh on Friday night and a letter posted by Zappos CEO Kedar Deshpande. “It is with very heavy hearts that we are sharing some very sad news with all of you, as we have learned that Tony pas

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Developers increasingly pair MongoDB with PostgreSQL, survey finds

Tech Republic Cloud

Commentary: Non-relational databases tend to rule the cloud, but PostgreSQL keeps finding a place.

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10 Ways to Transition Traditional IT Talent to Cloud Talent

Information Week

While many IT professionals love learning new things, IT leaders and their organizations must do several things to facilitate a smooth transition to cloud.

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Prolonged AWS outage has taken down a big chunk of the internet

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s internet infrastructure service that is the backbone of many websites and apps, is experiencing a major outage affecting a large portion of the internet. “Kinesis has been experiencing increased error rates this morning in our US-East-1 Region that’s impacted some other AWS services,” Amazon said in a statement to The Verge.

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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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4 ways to keep your company's and customers' data private and build trust

Tech Republic Security

Implementing appropriate data privacy is critical for company operations and success. Learn some of the challenges and solutions recommended to do the job right.

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Manually Import Deploy Adobe Flash Player Removal Updates using WSUS ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s understand the Steps to manually import, deploy Adobe Flash Player removal Updates using WSUS and ConfigMgr. Microsoft announced Adobe Flash Player will go out of support on December 31, 2020. The decision to end support for Adobe Flash Player was made by Adobe.

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You Need to Opt Out of Amazon Sidewalk

Gizmodo

Have you heard of Amazon Sidewalk ? Probably not. But there is a good chance that you or someone you know has an Amazon Echo or Ring camera. And if you own one of those devices and live in the U.S. (or know someone who does), you need to tell them to opt-out of the service as soon as possible. Read more.

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Teen who built popular coronavirus tracking website has COVID-19 and calls it ‘pretty terrible’ 

GeekWire

Avi Schiffmann. (Instagram Photo via @avischiffmann). Avi Schiffmann, the Seattle-area teen who built a website to track the early and ongoing spread of coronavirus, has tested positive for COVID-19. Schiffmann, 18, tweeted about his diagnosis on Monday evening and in an email to GeekWire said that he feels “quite bad.” He tested positive on Thursday and is quarantining at his family’s cabin along with his mother, a doctor who has also tested positive, according to Schiffmann.

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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.

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What's Holding DevOps Back?

Information Week

DevOps teams are at different stages of maturity. However, there are some common challenges they face along the way.

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Comcast to raise internet and TV prices nationwide next year

The Verge

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. If you’re a Comcast TV and internet user, prepare for price hikes. The company is planning to increase the prices of a variety of services starting January 1st, 2021, according to Ars Technica and a document detailing the various price increases being shared on Reddit. The increases include as much as $4.50 per month added to the “Broadcast TV” fee and up to $2 per month added to the Regional Sports Network (RSN) fee, which collectively would add as much

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4 phishing scams to watch out for during the holidays

Tech Republic Security

Fake shipping notices and charity frauds are two scams cited by the security company GreatHorn, which offers tips to consumers on how to avoid them.

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SCCM 2006 Rollup Update Known Issue | Hold Off | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. We have released a post about HFRU ConfigMgr 2006 Hotfix KB4578605 SCCM | Update Rollup | 22 Fixes. Microsoft shared a known issue with that patch if you are using Co-Management features like enrollment/re-enrollment. David James mentioned in the latest Tweet to hold off this HFRU deployment.

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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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Unexplained Monolith Discovered in Rural Utah's Red Rock Country

Gizmodo

Officers from the Utah Department of Public Safety discovered a shiny metallic monolith in rural Utah’s Red Rock Country on November 18 while surveying big horn sheep by helicopter. The monolith has drawn comparisons to the black monolith in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey , and the helicopter crew… Read more.

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As WFH burnout mounts, some tech workers are turning to coworking and flex office space

GeekWire

Marketly’s Chase Richards ponders some code from his desk at The Cloud Room. (Gregory Scruggs Photo). When software engineer Joe Buck started his new job in September at Seattle-based remittance company Remitly, his desk was wedged between the family minivan and kids toys. Like so many tech workers this year, Buck had to improvise amid the constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Top 10 Data and Analytics Trends for 2021

Information Week

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the world of data and analytics in the enterprise? Here are the trends for 2021.

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This 98-inch Samsung TV is $50,000 off for Black Friday and yes that’s a comma not a period

The Verge

The Verge would greatly appreciate it if you bought a certain Samsung TV today. We make some of our money from affiliate revenue, and Black Friday in particular helps pay some of the bills! And today only, this particular TV is fifty thousand dollars off. That should make it easy for you, right? You think it’s a typo? Some pricing error, maybe a scam where you’ll owe the full amount when all’s said and done?

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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.