August, 2020

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Is AI A Job Killer Or Job Creator?

CTOvision

Read Kathleen Walch’s article in Forbes about how AI is impacting jobs. AI brings mixed emotions and opinions when referenced in the context of jobs. If you ask the question “Do […].

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CompTIA Security+ 501 vs. 601: What’s the Difference?

Association of Information Technology Professional

CompTIA Security+ ranks among the top 10 cybersecurity certifications in 2020. See how CompTIA Security+ 601, coming in November, compares to 501.

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Why You Should Avoid Calling it Automation

Social, Agile and Transformation

I've learned the hard way that using the word automation to describe an initiative, project, process, or algorithm is a bad idea. Equating automation with artificial intelligence is even worse. Anchoring a digital transformation on initiatives driven by automations completely misses the point. In this post, I'm going to explain why you should avoid calling it.

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It’s Never The Data Breach, It’s Always The Cover Up

Forrester IT

The obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony charges levied against Joseph Sullivan, former Uber CSO sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity community. CSO/CISOs rightfully wondered what these charges mean in terms of their own culpability for decisions made on the job. CSOs and CISOs handle sensitive data, make difficult decisions, and consider their responsibility […].

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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5 Critical IT Roles for Rapid Digital Transformation

Information Week

As some organizations look to transform faster than anticipated, putting critical tech roles in place will be the key to a smooth, successful journey.

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Microsoft says the pandemic has changed the future of cybersecurity in these five ways

Tech Republic Security

A new report from Microsoft suggests that cloud-based technologies and Zero Trust architecture will become mainstays of businesses' cybersecurity investments going forward.

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It Shouldn't Be This Hard To Promote Soft Skills But It Is

Association of Information Technology Professional

Unlike a college degree, certifications actually measure competencies and require those in the field to be re-certified every few years.

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Planning Digital Transformation Initiatives When There are Too Many Priorities

Social, Agile and Transformation

Let's recap 2020 without losing our minds. We went into the year with high aspirations around our digital transformation programs and all the places we wanted our organizations to succeed with experiences, analytics, and technology. window.dojoRequire(["mojo/signup-forms/Loader"], function(L) { L.start({"baseUrl":"mc.us14.list-manage.com",".

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Marketplaces Make Their Mark In The Channel

Forrester IT

Online marketplaces have been around in one form or another for decades. Accelerating the trend is a myriad of factors including changing buying behaviors and demographics, companies shifting to subscription and consumption models, and the rising importance of ecosystems. Put simply, the future business buyer will look more and more like a consumer.

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Addressing AI Bias Head-On: It's a Human Job

Information Week

Researchers working directly with machine learning models are tasked with the challenge of minimizing cases of unjust bias.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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SCCM CMPivot Query Patches Installed in Last 90 Days | ConfigMgr

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Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Let’s find out a list of devices that are SCCM CMPivot Query Patches Installed in last 90 Days. The ConfigMgr CMPivot provides real-time data based on fast channel architecture. Configuration Manager CMPivot tool allows us to quickly assess the state of devices.

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What Is The Artificial Intelligence Revolution And Why Does It Matter To Your Business?

CTOvision

Read Bernard Marr explain what is Artificial Intelligence revolution and how it can affect your business on Forbes : As a species, humanity has witnessed three previous industrial revolutions: first […].

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How IT Pros Can Turn Tech Skeptics into Superusers in the Workplace

Association of Information Technology Professional

Concern around technology backlash has doubled over the past year. IT pros need to know how to minimize technology concerns and maximize technology usage at their workplace.

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How a Small Nonprofit Succeeded in Digital Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

One of my favorite clients, Charity Navigator, just released a major upgrade to how they process and rate nonprofit charities. Say you're passionate about saving the rainforests, improving homeless shelters, or helping children with cancer, Charity Navigator's tools help you find and make smarter choices about where you contribute and donate.

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4 HR Priorities for 2025 to Supercharge Your Employee Experience

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

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Who Is Responsible For Responsible AI?

Forrester IT

In 2019, we predicted that there will be three high profile AI related PR snafus in 2020. It’s only August and we’ve already seen plenty of examples of AI going wrong – the ACLU sued facial recognition provider Clearview for violating a well-known Illinois state biometric law in the US, the UK’s Home Office was […].

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5 Analytics Mistakes You Need to Avoid

Information Week

Don't let mistakes drag your enterprise into analytics disappointment. Catch these common errors before they can hurt your organization's bottom line.

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Report: Two new encryption standards will soon sweep away security controls

Tech Republic Security

Security professionals must act before TLS 1.3 and DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) are implemented or they won't be able to analyze network traffic and detect cyberthreats, warns Forrester Research.

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New AWS Service Lets Any User Create Simulated Worlds To Train Robots, ML and AI

CTOvision

Practitioners in the closely related domains of robotics and machine learning have long had a problem when it comes to fielding real-world solutions. Systems need to be trained to operate […].

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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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How This Veteran Got into Cybersecurity with CompTIA Certifications

Association of Information Technology Professional

Kira Hays always had a passion for IT. After serving in the military, getting CompTIA certifications helped her land a fulfilling cybersecurity job.

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Why Data Science, DataOps, and Data Governance need Agile Methodologies

Social, Agile and Transformation

It's called science for a reason. Data science requires questions, hypotheses, discovery, analysis, and recalibration. While the words I'm using to describe a data science are different than software development, the process and mindset are very applicable to agile methodologies. . And just like software development, data science requires a.

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It’s Time For CMOs To Pay More Attention To Employees

Forrester IT

CMOs are fully aware of the importance of customer data. The employee data tsunami is less obvious, though. Expect the lines between employee and customer experiences to blur. CMOs often own external communication, while chief human resources officers (CHROs) own internal communication. However, they share some of the same goals: to acquire, engage, develop, and […].

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Innovation Accelerates During the Pandemic

Information Week

Companies, universities, governments, and individuals the world over have shown they can pivot rapidly, take significant risks and innovate in unexpected ways.

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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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IBM finds vulnerability in IoT chips present in billions of devices

Tech Republic Security

Manufactured by Thales, the EHS8 module family has security flaws that could allow attackers to take total control over internet-connected industrial machines.

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Combating Insider Threats Posed by Remote Workers in the Time of COVID-19

CTOvision

Read Jeffrey N. Rosenthal and David J. Oberly’s article about how companies can combat insider threat through remote workers on Law: Insider threats—i.e., security risks originating from within an organization—have […].

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Cybersecurity Competitions: Why You Should Participate and How to Get Started

Association of Information Technology Professional

Cybersecurity competitions help students validate their skills with practical challenges they will likely face in real-world job roles.

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Digital Transformation is not a 9-5 Job

Social, Agile and Transformation

It's the last week of summer, so maybe take some time to reflect on your team's performance over the last several months. Has your team come up for air after adjusting to COVID, remote working, and realigning digital transformation priorities? . Because before diving into the end of year budgeting, planning, and moving transformation programs forward, I.

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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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Rethinking Sustainability In The Middle Of A Pandemic

Forrester IT

Some people would call 2020 “biblical.” Fires raged across Australia for almost 80 days; a locust plague has ravaged East Africa; the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed our way of living; social unrest and racial discord erupted in the United States and spread to other countries. And the year is not even over yet. When […].

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The Future of Work in a Post-COVID Era

Information Week

Advice for CIOs: With remote working here to stay, now is the time to advance cloud initiatives, consider uses for AI, and strengthen business continuity.

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SCCM Secondary Site Maintenance Tasks | List | ConfigMgr | SQL Query

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Well, SCCM secondary site maintenance tasks are not discussed much. I thought of covering a very high-level view of predefined maintenance tasks for a Configuration Manager secondary site server. The predefined maintenance tasks are the clean-up tasks that help ConfigMgr DB to remove unwanted or obsolete data from the SQL Database.

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Average Cost of a Data Breach in 2020: $3.86M

CTOvision

Read Marc Wilczek’s commentary on the average cost of a data breach in 2020 on Dark Reading : A recent survey of 3,200 people in 524 organizations that suffered data […].

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Predicting the Future of Sales: How AI and Automation Will Revolutionize Strategies

In this exploration, we're diving into predictions about the future of sales. We're talking about a complete shake-up powered by automation and artificial intelligence (AI). These aren't just fancy tools — they're real game-changers. Automation and AI are here to redefine every interaction, making them smarter, faster, and more meaningful. From personalized customer journeys to streamlined sales processes, the goal is to make every moment count, enhancing both efficiency and connection.