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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Managing Your Company Through The Coronavirus Pandemic

Forrester IT

To navigate the next stage of the coronavirus pandemic, governments and companies must design and enforce Pandemic Management Protocols (PMPs) — a set of procedures and processes by which people will go to the office, go to school, congregate in public, eat in restaurants, travel, and move without causing unmanageable new outbreaks of the virus.

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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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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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IBM extends z15 mainframe family, intensifies Linux security

Network World

IBM continued to reshape the mainframe with an eye toward further integrating it within hybrid clouds and securing Linux -based workloads. On the hardware side, IBM rolled out two entry-level, 19” single-frame, air-cooled platforms, the z15 Model T02 and LinuxONE III Model LT2. The new machines are extensions of the IBM z15 family that Big Blue rolled out in September of last year.

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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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How Nextcloud Hub can help you work from home

Tech Republic Cloud

If you're still struggling to make the work-from-home experience work for you, maybe you need your own in-house cloud server. Nextcloud could be that tool.

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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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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.