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5 AI-for-Industry Myths Debunked

Information Week

Although artificial intelligence has become omnipresent, its uptake in business remains hampered because of gaps in knowledge and awareness.

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Four Themes Will Shape The Future Of Insurance

Forrester IT

The future of insurance is here. That’s my view and I am sticking to it. Insurers can no longer wait on the sidelines. You must get in the game. What game you ask? The game for who wins the hearts and wallets of tomorrow’s insurance customer. Your competitors (think Amazon, Tesla, and Lemonade) give consumers […].

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Amazon Launches Ethereum for Managed Blockchain

CTOvision

Two years after announcing the general availability of its fully-managed blockchain service, Amazon has extended it with Ethereum support. Using Ethereum on Managed Blockchain, developers can easily instantiate Ethereum nodes without […].

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17 Highest-Paying IT Certifications in the United States

Association of Information Technology Professional

Leveling up your IT career can be as easy as earning one of the highest-paying IT certifications in the United States.

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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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Happy 15th Birthday Amazon S3 -- the service that started it all

All Things Distributed

15 years is a long time in the world of technology. Back when S3 launched on March 14, 2006 (also known as “Pi Day” to some), iPhones didn’t exist, neither did tweets or likes, Facebook was still only used by a few colleges and universities, and you couldn’t hail a ride or order lunch with an app. Back then, Amazon was ~2% of its size today, and was growing faster than traditional IT systems could support.

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ServiceNow Buys Intellibot

Forrester IT

ServiceNow just announced that it plans to purchase Intellibot and add to its integration and process capabilities. As we predicted in 2020 (graphic below) the major low-code and cloud vendors are starting to move into the robotic process automation (RPA) market. The 2022 snapshot shows cloud low-code vendors such as ServiceNow and specialized domain-focused cloud […].

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ConfigMgr Superseded By Supersedes Columns | SCCM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post ConfigMgr Superseded By Supersedes Columns | SCCM appeared first on HTMD Device Management by Anoop C Nair.

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What IT Leaders Need to Know About Open Source Software

Information Week

Here are answers to some common questions about open source technology, which can be a key enabler of innovation and digital transformation efforts.

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Top Tips To Keep Your Innovation Practice Alive While Everyone Is Working From Home

Forrester IT

During the last 12 months, we’ve talked to many inventive people across companies who are working hard to keep the motivation of their colleagues and teammates high while everybody has to work from home and nobody can hit the office or the innovation lab to collaborate on innovations. Here are some of the top tips […].

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AeroSpike: Higher speeds, lower costs and other benefits of modern data platforms

CTOvision

The volume and velocity of data generated by government agencies continues to grow at astronomic rates. At the same time, agencies have a lot of legacy applications that need to […].

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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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Windows 10 Intune Enrollment using Group Policy | Automatic Enrollment | WVD

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post Windows 10 Intune Enrollment using Group Policy | Automatic Enrollment | WVD appeared first on HTMD Device Management by Anoop C Nair.

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5 tips for implementing a zero trust model

Tech Republic Security

As attackers increasingly target less traditional users, accounts and assets, organizations should consider such a process to tighten security, says CyberArk.

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Make Application Security A Top Priority

Forrester IT

When we launched the most recent Forrester Analytics Business Technographics® Security Survey, it was summer of 2020. We’d been in quarantine for about three months, and firms had long since realized that they needed to digitally transform their businesses (and fast) in order to survive the new normal. That meant a lot of application development, as […].

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What IT Leaders Can Do To Diminish Fear Within Their Teams

Information Week

Fear can stop great work in its tracks. CIOs and other IT managers must play a vital role in helping staff push fears aside so they can focus on excellence.

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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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Why it's time to rethink your data center

Tech Republic Data Center

Commentary: Much of what's wrong with on-premises computing starts with how we think about the server, says industry veteran Bryan Cantrill.

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Phony COVID-19 vaccine certificates are now selling on the Dark Web

Tech Republic Security

With most of the world still not vaccinated against COVID-19, criminals are hawking fake vaccine documents, says Check Point Research.

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Security Recommendations 2021: Taking Stock For The Long Term

Forrester IT

Last year, companies compressed multiyear timelines for technology integration and innovation into a few months as the pandemic pushed office workers into fully remote work environments. As the dust settles from this flurry of reactive, but necessary, activity, it’s time for security and risk (S&R) pros to take stock and streamline operations for longer-term strategic […].

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Why and How the Chief Information Officer Role is Changing

Information Week

Business competitiveness rules and technologies are constantly changing, and with them, the role of the CIO.

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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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Microsoft Azure: This new developer kit helps to bust the myth that AI is hard

Tech Republic Cloud

Microsoft's new Azure Percept Developer Kit aims to make computer vision cheaper and easier, bringing AI to more businesses.

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Gartner: Top security and risk management trends for 2021

Tech Republic Security

The 8 top trends cited will enable rapid reinvention, including the skills gap, cybersecurity mesh and identity-first security.

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China Is Leading Global Blockchain Adoption For Digital Transformation

Forrester IT

Distributed ledger technology (AKA blockchain) is catalyzing a long-term shift of trust in distributed business environments worldwide. Chained data blocks make assets traceable, cryptography enables trusted ownership, and consensus algorithms realize distributed business consistency. In the meantime, the critical challenges brought by COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated the need to prioritize blockchain adoption.

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Razer is actually making its concept RGB face mask

The Verge

Razer says it’s planning to ship its concept reusable N95 face mask. Unveiled back in January , Project Hazel includes active disc-type ventilators, Chroma RGB lighting, and voice projection. The face mask is also transparent, allowing for lip-reading and the ability to see facial cues when you talk to people. “We were thinking, this is a concept project and is this going to be relevant when vaccinations and everything has been rolled out,” says Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan in an interview with Yahoo

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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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Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky will return to Amazon Web Services as CEO, replacing Andy Jassy

GeekWire

Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky will join Amazon Web Services as its new CEO. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop). Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky will be the new CEO of Amazon Web Services, replacing Andy Jassy, who will take over as Amazon’s CEO later this year. Selipsky is a familiar face at Amazon as a former AWS executive who spent 11 years at the Seattle-based tech giant.

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How to protect your organization and yourself from cryptocurrency scams

Tech Republic Security

Crypto scams are on the rise due to the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies and the number of people in need of financial assistance during COVID-19, says Bolster.

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How synthetic data could save AI

Venture Beast

Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. GUEST: AI is facing several critical challenges. Not only does it need huge amounts of data to deliver accurate results, but it also needs to be able to ensure that data isn’t biased, and it needs to comply with increasingly restrictive data privacy reg… Read More.

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Android apps are crashing for some, but Google is working on a fix

The Verge

Illustration by William Joel / The Verge. Some Android apps are crashing for some people right now, but Google is working on a fix. The issue is due to a system component called Android System WebView that lets Android apps display web content, but it has some kind of problem right now that is causing apps to crash. “We are aware of an issue with WebView causing some apps on Android to crash for some users,” Google said in a statement to The Verge.

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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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Expert skywatchers quickly solve Pacific Northwest’s meteor mystery

GeekWire

The breakup of a SpaceX rocket stage sparks a light show over Seattle. (Cedric Padilla Photo). Was it a meteor? A broken-up satellite? Maybe a UFO? Leave it to an astronomer to identify what caused the light show that was visible over a wide stretch of the Pacific Northwest around 9 p.m. PT tonight. Jonathan McDowell, an expert satellite-tracker at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, quickly figured out that the meteoric display was actually the breakup of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket s

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How remote working still poses security risks for organizations

Tech Republic Security

A year after the transition to remote working, many organizations continue to grapple with security issues and weaknesses, says PC Matic.

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The U.S. Is One Step Closer to Establishing a Research Program to Block the Sun

Gizmodo

There are some signs the world may be finally gearing up to tackle the root cause of the climate crisis by reducing carbon emissions. But on Wednesday, a group of scientists detailed how to develop an insurance plan if the world fails to do so. Read more.

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Lego announces its biggest and most detailed Space Shuttle set yet

The Verge

Image: Lego. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle launch, Lego is releasing a new Space Shuttle Discovery set in collaboration with NASA. Discovery was not the first shuttle to take flight — that would be Columbia, which likely stirs up too many sad feelings for a Lego set — but it was the shuttle that launched the Hubble Space Telescope, which is also included in the set.

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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.