April, 2020

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Understanding the Limits of AI

CTOvision

Read Alex Woodie take a look at the limits of artificial intelligence in the real world on Datanami : There’s no denying that artificial intelligence is having a huge impact on our lives. According to PwC, AI will add $16 trillion to the world’s economy over the next 10 years as automated decision-making spreads widely. […].

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Why Zoom Remains My Favorite Business Grade VTC Solution

CTOvision

Here is my view on Zoom: You are either going to use video teleconferencing or not. And if you use it you are going to use a system with vulnerabilities. So your best bet from a security perspective is to use one where the company is proven to take rapid action to address problems, like […].

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Businesses Rewrite 2020 Budgets and Plans Amid COVID-19

Information Week

A few new surveys of executives and business leaders provide some insight into shifting plans as industry weathers the coronavirus pandemic.

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Data Management Heads into Major Transition

Information Week

Data management and the tools that power it are on the cusp of a major transition that is poised to make the jobs of data engineers easier.

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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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Tests Show That Voice Assistants Still Lack Critical Intelligence

CTOvision

Read Ronald Schmelzer’s article about the Cognilytica Voice Assistant Benchmark and how far voice assistants need to go to become adequately intelligent. Increasingly, voice assistants from vendors such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others are starting to find their way into myriad of devices, products, and tools used on a daily basis. While once […].

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Digital Transformation: Business Leaders Still Struggling to Cope

Information Week

What you don't know can hurt you. When it comes to digital transformation, many top enterprise executives may have to learn this lesson the hard way.

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Data Proliferation Accelerates The Need For Data Literacy

Forrester IT

With the onslaught of data and statistics about the pandemic, the world has seen an explosion of armchair virologists and policy pundits. Everyone has an insight to share, but not everyone gets it right. The World Health Organization, the European Commission, and national governments strive to harmonize data — a laudable effort, but the need […].

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3 Virtual Meetings Hard to do with Zoom

Social, Agile and Transformation

I use Zoom synonymously for all other virtual meeting technologies, including Google Meet and Microsoft teams. Most of you are getting used to virtual meetings because of COVID-19, and the technology largely works well in many situations requiring teams and people to collaborate. In fact, some of you have gotten used to handling virtual meeting disruptions and issues. window.dojoRequire([".

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Zoom: A cheat sheet about the video conferencing solution

Tech Republic Security

Zoom has become a household name because lots of people are working from home and using the video conferencing software. Here is your guide to Zoom basics, including its security vulnerabilities.

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If Remote Working is the New Norm, How Do We Do it Securely?

CTOvision

The concept of the agile and remote worker has become more prevalent in recent years, as consumer Wi-Fi becomes more faster, we carry corporate laptops or BYOD-permitted smartphones, and realize we don’t all need access to a printer and fax machine. That’s been good preparation for the current COVID-19 lockdown, where remote working has moved […].

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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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Reaffirming our commitment to Italy: Introducing the AWS Europe (Milan) Region

All Things Distributed

The global healthcare pandemic has been like nothing many of us in Europe have ever known. During this time, many organizations have been contemplating their role in the COVID-19 crisis, and how they can best serve their communities. I can tell you it has been no different for us at Amazon Web Services (AWS). We are focused on where we can make the biggest difference, to help the global communities in which we all live and work.

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Free 8 eBooks for ConfigMgr | Intune | SCCM Device Management | Download

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. In this post, you shall get an opportunity to download free eBooks for ConfigMgr and Intune. All the following eBooks are either from Microsoft or community. Introduction – eBooks for ConfigMgr Most of the eBooks discussed in the post are directly published by Microsoft.

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Managing Mental Health And Burnout Is A Priority, Not A Nice-To-Have

Forrester IT

The topic of CISO burnout has been something I’ve wanted to write about for a while. It is something I speak about to CISOs around the world regularly. Even before COVID-19, CISOs had a stressful job. They were already dealing with bureaucracy, internal politics, lack of organizational support, and the constant feeling that they would be […].

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COVID-19 in the Numbers: Transformation Leadership Needed in Banking, Travel, and Higher Ed

Social, Agile and Transformation

Every business in every industry needs to look at itself in the mirror and decide who they want to be when they emerge from the COVID-19 lockdown. That is if they come out of it. The world's changed. Every person, business, and institution is going to be looking at their own mirrors and deciding for themselves. And what are the key questions? What's important?

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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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Configuration Manager Default Client Settings

Mick's IT Blog

I just started building a completely new configuration manager server. While setting it up, I remembered that I wished in the past that I had all of the original default client settings because some did get changed. If you have ever made changes directly to the default client settings and cannot remember what the original settings were, then here is a screenshot of each section.

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Challenges and Obstacles to Application of GDPR to Big Data

CTOvision

Read Shinie Bentotahewa and Chaminda Hewage take a look at the challenges and obstacles faced by Big Data applications due to the GDPR on Infosec Magazine : The primary focus of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) framework is on protecting the rights of individuals to privacy, without compromising their personal data stored by state […].

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When scaling your workload is a matter of saving lives

All Things Distributed

On March 16, 2020, at 9:26 PM, I received an urgent email from my friend DJ Patil, former White House Chief Data Scientist, Head of Technology for Devoted Health, a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Advisor to Venrock Partners. You don’t get that many titles after your name unless you’re pretty good at something. For DJ, that “something” is math and computer science.

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SCCM OSD Troubleshooting using SMSTS Log with Vishal | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. I have conducted a live Teams meeting session on SCCM OSD Troubleshooting using SMSTS.Log. Many How To Manage Device Community members were looking for the recording of the session. So I thought of sharing the same with you all. You can connect with me via LinkedIn – [link] NOTE!

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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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We Evaluated Banks’ In-App Messaging On COVID-19: Five Brands Stood Out

Forrester IT

What do consumers expect from their banks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic? We interviewed 40 customers of 14 banks to find out. We also asked them what they think of how their banks are handling the crisis so far. Their responses show that many banks are missing the mark by making COVID-19 content hard […].

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How ransomware attackers are doubling their extortion tactics

Tech Republic Security

Cybercriminals are threatening not only to hold sensitive data hostage but also to release it publicly unless the ransom is paid, says cyber threat intelligence provider Check Point Research.

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How to scale Kubernetes: 3 factors

Tech Republic Cloud

Kubernetes is becoming the container orchestrator of choice. It even holds the ability to scale applications up with demand--if you know how to configure it.

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Battling cloud breaches requires a new type of ‘privilege’

CTOvision

Read Balaji Parimi take a look at how cloud data breaches happen on Payments Source : Cornerstone Payments Systems recently suffered a data breach, potentially exposing 6.7 million payment records, as anyone with an internet connection had the ability to access this sensitive customer data. In the payments industry, the ability to demonstrate proficiency in securing […].

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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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7 Tips to Help Attract and Retain Data Science Talent

Information Week

As firms across all industries seek to turn data, the greatest asset of the digital age, to their advantage, attracting and retaining the right talent is essential.

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Learn WIP with Joy – File Protection Deep Dive – Part 3

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. [New Post by @JBR] Learn WIP with Joy - File Protection Deep Dive - Part 3. The post Learn WIP with Joy – File Protection Deep Dive – Part 3 appeared first on How to Manage Devices by Joymalya Basu Roy.

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Publicis Groupe’s Money Back Performance Guarantee Shifts The Agency/ Brand Economic Model From Paying For People To Paying For Performance

Forrester IT

Publicis Groupe announced today the creation of “The Pact, Powered by Epsilon,” a new digital media planning and buying service that offers “money-back performance commitments” that guarantee the business outcomes from digital marketing campaigns. The introduction of The Pact is a timely move to give brands a mechanism to manage the risk of marketing during […].

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Microsoft Office 365: This new feature will keep you safe from malware-filled documents

Tech Republic Security

Application Guard for Office and Safe Documents will make phishing attacks harder and the Office experience better for users, starting with Office 365 Pro Plus and E5 licences.

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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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UPDATE 4-10: How enterprise networking is changing with a work-at-home workforce

Network World

As the coronavirus spreads, public and private companies as well as government entities are requiring employees to work from home, putting unforeseen strain on all manner of networking technologies and causing bandwidth and security concerns. What follows is a round-up of news and traffic updates that Network World will update as needed to help keep up with the ever-changing situation.

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Artificial intelligence will be used to power cyberattacks, warn security experts

CTOvision

Read why Danny Palmer says that artificial intelligence can be used for cyberattacks on ZDNet : Intelligence and espionage services need to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) in order to protect national security as cyber criminals and hostile nation states increasingly look to use the technology to launch attacks. The UK’s intelligence and security agency GCHQ commissioned […].

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Continuing our investment in Africa: Introducing the AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region

All Things Distributed

As COVID-19 has disrupted life as we know it, I have been inspired by the stories of organizations around the world using AWS in very important ways to help combat the virus and its impact. Whether it is supporting the medical relief effort, advancing scientific research, spinning up remote learning programs, or standing-up remote working platforms, we have seen how providing access to scalable, dependable, and highly secure computing power is vital to keep organizations moving forward.

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VPN Bandwidth Control via BITs Throttling for SCCM DP | Client

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. A hot topic within many organizations is how to control the VPN bandwidth without changing anything drastically (slipt tunneling?). Many IT Pros and SCCM admins suggested including BITs Throttling for SCCM DP options into the list as easy win! Related Post – Use Existing SCCM Config to Help to Reduce VPN Bandwidth | ConfigMgr Introduction […].

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.