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Amazon vs. Walmart: Revenue and Profit Comparison, 2010-2024

Forrester IT

Forrester forecast analyst Jitender Miglani analyzes Amazon's year-over-year revenue growth in comparison to Walmart in this blog.

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What Is a Wide Area Network (WAN)? Definition, Types, Architecture, and Best Practices

IT Toolbox

A wide area network (WAN) is a connected collection of telecommunication networks distributed across a large geographic area that allows the component networks to exchange data within the group. This article discusses types of WAN, the architecture components of a WAN, and ten best practices for WAN implementation. The post What Is a Wide Area Network (WAN)?

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Technology Leaders Deliver Significantly Stronger Business Outcomes With High-Performance IT

Forrester IT

The data from Forrester’s High-Performance IT Survey, 2024, is in, and the results are clear: Businesses supported by high-performance IT shops achieve significantly stronger customer loyalty, engagements, and referrals. They also deliver better business outcomes and experience growth that is 1.8x faster than their peers.

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Forrester Speaker Sneak Peek: Analyst Jayesh Chaurasia to Talk AI Data Readiness

Information Week

Observability, data quality, and data trust will make up some of the sessions he plans to lead at the Forrester Technology & Innovation Summit North America.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Red Hat delivers AI-optimized Linux platform

Network World

Open-source powerhouse Red Hat jumped into the generative AI space three months ago, announcing a new AI-focused vision for its Linux operating system at its annual summit. Today, that vision became a reality with the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI. RHEL AI is Red Hat’s solution to the problems enterprises have building and deploying AI across hybrid clouds and the high costs of training and inference.

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5 Steps for Implementing the New Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards

Information Week

Develop new strategies to mitigate quantum risks, map vulnerabilities, prioritize high-value assets, prototype PQC impacts, and enhance cryptographic agility.

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Could California's AI Bill Be a Blueprint for Future AI Regulation?

Information Week

California’s SB 1047 has the potential to shape future regulation around the raging question of AI safety.

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IBM Executive on Future Cybersecurity: Passkeys, Deepfakes & Quantum Computing

Tech Republic Security

IBM's Chris Hockings predicts a safer internet with advances in passkey tech, digital identity, deepfake defenses, and post-quantum cryptography.

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Contractual Lessons Learned From the CrowdStrike Outage

Information Week

The CrowdStrike security breach was devastating to companies, but contractual fine print will limit what customers can recover. What are the fine print issues, and how much can you do about them?

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No evidence that TP-Link routers are a Chinese security threat

Network World

A US House committee on China’s request for a probe into an alleged security threat posed by routers made by Chinese Wi-Fi giant TP-Link Technologies is based on scant evidence and misleadingly singles out just one company among a host of Chinese manufacturers, experts say. On August 13, John Moolenaar, Chairman of the US House of Representatives Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Committee, sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Ra

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2024 Salary Guide

Procom’s 2024 Salary Guide provides critical insights into the latest hiring trends, in-demand IT roles, and competitive pay rates across Canada and the U.S. It highlights key market dynamics such as the growing demand for remote work, skills-based hiring, and flexible staffing solutions. With detailed pay rate data for top IT positions like Cybersecurity Consultants, Cloud Engineers, and Salesforce Developers, this guide is an essential resource for companies looking to stay competitive in toda

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Australia Proposes Mandatory Guardrails for AI

Tech Republic Security

New mandatory guardrails will apply to AI models in high-risk settings, with businesses encouraged to adopt new safety standards starting now.

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Step-by-Step Guide to Block OneDrive Personal Sync Using Intune Configuration Policy

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] The post Step-by-Step Guide to Block OneDrive Personal Sync Using Intune Configuration Policy appeared first on HTMD Community Blog #1 Modern Device Management Guides by Vaishnav K.

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Using genAI in IT operations boosts productivity, but security concerns linger

Network World

The rise of generative AI in recent years has accelerated the application of artificial intelligence across various business segments, especially in IT. According to recent research from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), genAI offers promising efficiency and productivity improvements, although concerns about security and data quality remain. EMA recently released its Applying GenAI to IT Operations report to shed light on how IT organizations are using the technology.

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Intune Policy Allows Syncing OneDrive Accounts only for Specific Organizations with block error 0x8004e4d1

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] The post Intune Policy Allows Syncing OneDrive Accounts only for Specific Organizations with block error 0x8004e4d1 appeared first on HTMD Community Blog #1 Modern Device Management Guides by Vaishnav K.

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Guide to Centralizing IT Operations: How to Link Tasks and Tools with an Automation Platform

For many IT admins, business as usual is a juggling act. Job schedulers and scripts run on autopilot, applications and operating systems can’t speak the same language, and other tools—like RPA or MFT solutions—operate in isolation. On a good day, everything runs smoothly. But good days are rare; more often than not, something goes wrong and you’re stuck putting out fires.

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Top Travel Sites Have Some First-Class Security Issues to Clean Up

Information Week

Public-facing vulnerabilities, cloud sprawl, access to back-end servers are just a few of the challenges travel and hospitality companies must address.

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Databricks Leverages AI to Advance Cancer Research, Infrastructure in Australia

Tech Republic Cloud

Data fragmentation across legacy data warehouses and systems is a core business problem driving Australian enterprises to utilise Databricks.

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Electric school buses are the future we deserve

Vox

In August, the Oakland Unified School District became the first major school district in the country to electrify its entire bus system. | David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Riding an electric school bus seems like it would be an uncanny experience. As a kid, I remember the bus being a loud and smoggy place that left me smelling like diesel.

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Most of America’s AI engineers are in Silicon Valley and Seattle

GeekWire

Seattle and San Francisco are the top hubs for of AI talent. (GeekWire Photos / Kurt Schlosser) If you’re looking for AI talent, look West. The Bay Area and Seattle are home to a majority of the country’s AI engineers, according to a report from San Francisco venture capital firm SignalFire. Silicon Valley has 35% of all AI engineers in the U.S., according to the report.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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White House declares BGP security issues a national priority – BGP handles routing for the entire internet

TechSpot

After numerous incidents related to traffic routing among different autonomous systems, the White House has decided to address the security issues of the Border Gateway Protocol. The US administration has tasked the White House Office of the National Cyber Director with developing a roadmap to enhance the security of routing.

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Seattle pioneer in AI weather forecasting helps Nvidia create groundbreaking new prediction tool

GeekWire

Clouds like these can portend a rainfall, but a new gen AI-powered forecasting tool called StormCast can accurately and quickly predict thunderstorms and other weather events. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) It was just five years ago that University of Washington atmospheric sciences professor Dale Durran published a paper with a title asking “Can Machines Learn to Predict Weather?

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WHO review finds no link between mobile phones and brain cancer, debunking long-standing concerns

TechSpot

Many mobile phone users have been concerned about a possible link between the use of these handsets and cancer ever since the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the World Health Organization's cancer agency, classified radio wave exposure as a possible carcinogen to humans in 2011 – they can now stop worrying.

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Seattle Public Library recovers from ransomware attack, makes moves to strengthen tech security

GeekWire

Inside the main branch of the Seattle Public Library in downtown Seattle. One cybersecurity expert said it’s critical to “continuously update and test recovery plans” to be able to respond swiftly from an attack. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) All tech-enabled systems and services are back up and running at Seattle Public Library this week, roughly three months after a ransomware attack partially crippled the institution and its 27 branches across the city.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Panasonic returns to the US with OLED and mini-LED sets featuring built-in Fire TV

TechSpot

Panasonic has announced its return to the US TV market after nearly a decade away, and they're bringing some heavy hitters.

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Microsoft joins with students to document humanity with a ‘Golden Record’ of glass

GeekWire

Richard Black, research director for Microsoft’s Project Silica, holds a data storage platter. (Microsoft Photo) Forty-seven years after NASA sent a “Golden Record” into deep space to document humanity’s view of the world, Microsoft’s Project Silica is teaming up with a citizen-science effort to lay the groundwork — or, more aptly, the glasswork — for doing something similar.

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Acer's new Nitro gaming monitors push refresh rates to a blistering 600Hz

TechSpot

Let's start with the models geared toward gamers, the Nitro UltraSpeed gaming monitors. These displays are positioning themselves among the fastest on the market. The refresh rate can reach an astounding 600Hz on the 24-inch Nitro XV240 F6 model. This FHD resolution monitor offers a 0.1ms G-to-G response time, boasts.

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Microsoft @ 50: GeekWire series and event will explore tech giant’s future, informed by its past

GeekWire

A plaque at Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters marks the release of the company’s first product, BASIC for the Altair, nearly 50 years ago. At right, a sign promotes Microsoft’s Copilot AI during a launch event this year. (GeekWire Photos / Todd Bishop) From a newsstand in Harvard Square to a storefront in Albuquerque, N.M., to a burger joint in Bellevue, Wash., and beyond, Microsoft’s rise, fall, and rebound is one of the most colorful and tumultuous stories in business hi

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success. That’s why we developed this white paper to give you insights into four key open-source technologies – Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, Apache Spark™, and OpenSearch® – and how to leverage them for lasting success. Discover everything you’ll want to know about scalable, data-layer technologies: Learn when to choose these technologies and when to avoid them Explore h

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iPad kids speak up

Vox

If there’s one word that’s most associated with Gen Alpha right now, it might be “brainrot.” According to countless trend pieces and innumerable TikToks , kids from this generation, born between 2010 and 2024, have purportedly “rotted” their brains by scrolling too much on their devices. “Brainrot” has become a way to describe anything associated with young people’s online culture.

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ZipBio, a new Seattle biotech startup aiming to compress proteins, raises $4M

GeekWire

ZipBio CEO and co-founder Roee Farber. (ZIpBio Photo) Seattle-based biotech startup ZipBio announced its official launch on Thursday and revealed $4 million in a seed funding round led by NFX. Founded last year, ZipBio is developing a platform that “compresses complex biological structures into smaller, more efficient de novo-designed proteins that retain full functionality, optimizing delivery and therapeutic effectiveness,” according to the company.

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Nvidia denies report it was subpoenaed by the DOJ in antitrust probe

TechSpot

According to Bloomberg's report from earlier this week, DOJ officials subpoenaed Nvidia and companies including AMD and Intel as part of its antitrust investigation into whether Team Green is abusing its dominating position in the AI market.

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Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer on the video games that influenced his life and career

GeekWire

Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer speaks at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle. (Photo courtesy of Dabe Alan / Penny Arcade) This year’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle opened last week with a keynote presentation by Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, which focused on five video games that had influenced him and his career. The gaming industry veteran also shed light on some behind-the-scenes details on decisions he made that could’ve changed the course of video game history.

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IT Leadership Agrees AI is Here, but Now What?

IT leaders are experiencing rapid evolution in AI amid sustained investment uncertainty. As AI evolves, enhanced cybersecurity and hiring challenges grow. This whitepaper offers real strategies to manage risks and position your organization for success.