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What’s Your Sustainability Strategy?

Forrester IT

Just over a year after the global pandemic began, Earth Day is upon us again. The reason this year feels different is because it is. Empowered consumers demand sustainability transformation and a record number of brands have responded in a big way by announcing net-zero or carbon neutral commitments, establishing targets to reduce GHG emissions, […].

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10 Things Your Artificial Intelligence Initiative Needs to Succeed

Information Week

In the race to implement AI, some companies may overlook important details that can mean the difference between success and failure.

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The Changing Role of Network Administration

Association of Information Technology Professional

As more organizations support a remote workforce and adopt cloud solutions, network administration continues to evolve.

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“The main rival, Bitcoin, is very primitive compared to Ethereum”, Rob Zel, Bitni’s founder claims

CTOvision

The launch of Bitcoin over a decade ago opened up opportunities for the development and launch of a ton of other cryptocurrencies, Ethereum being the foremost. Often compared to Bitcoin, Ethereum 2.0 is a truly decentralized P2P (peer-to-peer) blockchain-powered cryptocurrency. Transitioning from the energy-consuming and inherently flawed proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism to the proof-of-stake (PoS), Ethereum […].

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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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Adaptive Firms Outperform The Competition

Forrester IT

We have heard it again and again: the pace of change has never been faster, and it is not going to slow down. To win, the most successful organizations will those who are able to capitalize on this market dynamism. Forrester finds that firms with a future fit strategy succeed in this new reality by […].

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Backup lessons from a cloud-storage disaster

Network World

European’s largest cloud provider, OVHcloud, suffered a catastrophic fire last month that destroyed one of its data centers and smoke-damaged a neighboring one. OVHcloud customers with data in the burned-out data cener who had their own disaster recovery measures in place or who purchased the off-site backup and disaster-recovery services offered by OVHcloud have been able to resume operations.

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Chainlink 2.0 – The next generation of hybrid smart contracts

CTOvision

Chainlink has released a new whitepaper called Chainlink 2.0: Next Steps in the Evolution of Decentralized Oracle Networks. The new whitepaper outlines an ambitious vision for the future of smart contracts. We talk with Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov who explains the implications for the next generation of blockchain ecosystems. Read/hear the podcast of Chainlink co […].

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Degree Requirements Are Poisoning Your Cybersecurity Talent Pool

Forrester IT

There’s no shortage of obstacles holding back folks from finding meaningful employment in the cybersecurity sector. Some of these obstacles are imposed by human resources policies and the software used to automatically scan through resumes in a game of electronic buzzword bingo. One of the most insidious of these being the requirement of a college […].

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3 Factors That Should be Driving Your Digital Transformation

Information Week

To maximize output of any digitalization project, organizations must treat it as a wider business initiative, rather than a targeted IT transformation.

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7 Ways to Prep for a CompTIA Exam

Association of Information Technology Professional

All that’s standing between you and a career-enhancing, skill-confirming CompTIA certification is the exam. But even if you really know the stuff in your area of IT, a formal exam can be nerve-wracking. Here are seven ways to prep for a CompTIA exam.

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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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Bitcoin and the stock market could trade more closely as the crypto world expands

CTOvision

Read Patti Domm explain how slowly but surely Bitcoin movements are getting interconnected with mainstream stocks on CNBC : The correlation between bitcoin and the stock market could grow as more institutions become involved with cryptocurrency and the number of equities linked to digital currencies grows, strategists said. For now, the link is loose: sometimes high, […].

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Building A Private Bank For The Next Generation

Forrester IT

Significant gaps continue to exist in private banking, forcing firms to rethink pricing and organizational models. As a result, high-net-worth clients are not fully benefiting from some of the digital innovations that are changing how customers interact with their private banks. To identify “The Top Global Private Banking Trends In 2021,” we interviewed senior executives […].

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Diving Deep on S3 Consistency

All Things Distributed

I recently posted about Amazon S3 and how it’s evolved over the last 15 years since we launched the service in 2006 as “storage for the internet.” We built S3 because we knew customers wanted to store backups, videos, and images for applications like e-commerce web sites. Our top design priorities at the time were security, elasticity, reliability, durability, performance and cost because that’s what customers told us was most important to them for these types of applicat

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The Project Management Skills IT Pros Need: Learn the Basics with CompTIA Project+

Association of Information Technology Professional

Hiring managers believe that basic project management skills are necessary to participate on IT project teams and compliance activities.

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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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Elastic Announces Enhanced Access To Nearly Unlimited Data To Help Customers Gain Deeper Business Insights

CTOvision

Elastic, the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack, recently announced new capabilities and updates across Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Elastic Cloud in the 7.12 release. The new features are designed to enable users to uncover insights and drive action with their data through the power of search. The new frozen data tier makes object stores like […].

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Are You Ready To Step Up To B2B Marketing’s New Destiny?

Forrester IT

As forces converge to drive B2B marketing to a higher purpose, marketing leaders must evolve from brand stewards, lead generation machines, and sales supporters in order to fulfill it.

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Building Confidence with Data Resilience

Information Week

As enterprises grow more complex, the need to protect them intensifies. Have the confidence to understand potential weaknesses in your infrastructure and take a data-centric approach to resiliency.

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A new era of DevOps, powered by machine learning

All Things Distributed

AWS is on a journey to revolutionize DevOps using the latest technologies. We are starting to treat DevOps, and the toolchains around it, as a data science problem – And when we think of it this way, code, logs, and application metrics are all data that we can optimize with machine learning (ML).

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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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Peter Thiel Provides His Context On Bitcoin

CTOvision

This video captures context from a meeting with Peter Thiel, Mike Pompeo, and Robert C. O’Brien (Ambassador) at the The Richard Nixon Foundation. Peter provides insights into the history of Silicon Valley, what Bitcoin means for China and US, and a net assessment on China/US relations. Mike Pompei also has interesting thoughts about the bilateral […].

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“Winning” MITRE ATT&CK, Losing Sight Of Customers

Forrester IT

We didn’t need to check the results of the MITRE ATT&CK Carbanak+FIN7 evaluation when they were released since within minutes of being live, we already had an email from a vendor touting their MITRE ATT&CK prowess. This vendor stated it “dominated” the evaluation. Except MITRE Engenuity doesn’t hand out rankings and awards (therefore, there is no #winning).

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Top 5 ways to protect against cryptocurrency scams

Tech Republic Security

As the use of cryptocurrency increases, so does the risk of being a target for scammers. Tom Merritt offers five tips for defending against cryptocurrency scams.

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Time to Modernize Your Data Integration Framework

Information Week

Data is constantly making its way to new platforms, applications, algorithms, and users. The need for an effective data integration framework is at an all-time high. Are you ready?

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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 Entrepreneurs Can Benefit From Ethereum’s Disruptive Potential

CTOvision

Read Bryce Welker explain how entrepreneurs can make use of the smart contracts, NFTs, and DeFi using the Ethereum platform on Entrepreneurs : As Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies make headlines year after year, bystanders experience FOMO reading stories about other people becoming millionaires. Unfortunately, many of these stories have less to do with the […].

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The Global Chip Shortage Won’t Ease Soon

Forrester IT

The world is suffering from a systemic shortage of chips. Worry not, your supply of Cool Ranch Doritos is just fine. The chips I’m talking about here are based on silicon, not potatoes or corn. Semiconductors power just about everything now. Your car is a small data center on wheels. When you do a Zoom […].

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The boom in collaboration software creates extra security risks

Tech Republic Security

While the software solutions have made it easier to work from home, they've also made it easier to launch malware.

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3 Factors That Should be Driving Your Digital Transformation

Information Week

To maximize output of any digitalization project, organizations must treat it as a wider business initiative, rather than a targeted IT transformation.

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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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Sommelier gets $1M R&D grant from The Graph to deliver blockchain market data improvements

CTOvision

Sommelier, a decentralized finance (DeFi) blockchain protocol and Ethereum bridge that acts as a co-processor to the Ethereum world computer, has announced a $1M Research and Development grant from The Graph Foundation. The grant will fund ongoing Research and Development of indexing performance, protocol optimizations, and improvements to the Graph Node.

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Brand Storytelling Is A Competitive Advantage

Forrester IT

Storytelling is an essential skill that inherently engages audiences and makes content distinctive and memorable. Yet, B2B marketing professionals often struggle to create compelling stories.

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SCCM 2103 is Generally Available | End of Opt-in Phase | ConfigMgr

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Read More. The post SCCM 2103 is Generally Available | End of Opt-in Phase | ConfigMgr appeared first on HTMD Blog by Anoop C Nair.

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Parrot OS Security edition is a Linux desktop distribution geared for security admins

Tech Republic Security

Security professionals would be well-served with this Linux distribution that offers a wide range of penetration and vulnerability testing tools.

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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.