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The VPN is dying, long live zero trust

Network World

The venerable VPN, which has for decades provided remote workers with a secure tunnel into the enterprise network, is facing extinction as enterprises migrate to a more agile, granular security framework called zero trust, which is better adapted to today’s world of digital business. VPNs are part of a security strategy based on the notion of a network perimeter; trusted employees are on the inside and untrusted employees are on the outside.

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How to excel at secured cloud migrations through shared responsibility: A guide

CTOvision

Read Louis Columbus explain how to excel at secured cloud migrations through shared responsibility on Cloud Computing : These and many other fascinating insights are from the recent Centrify survey, Reducing Risk in Cloud Migrations: Controlling Privileged Access to Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments, downloadable here. The survey is based on a survey of over 700 […].

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What Do CIOs Need To Know About Managing Millennials?

The Accidental Successful CIO

CIOs need to know a few basic things in order to lead millennials Image Credit: ITU Pictures. I’m hoping that we can all agree that the nature of our IT department’s workforce has been changing over the past few years. It sure seems like as importance of information technology grows, the department keeps getting younger and younger and younger. What has been happening is that we have been employing more and more members of the so-called millennial generation.

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How can attackers abuse artificial intelligence?

CTOvision

Read how the cybercriminals can target artificial intelligence devices on Helpnet Security : But a new report published by the SHERPA consortium – an EU project studying the impact of AI on ethics and human rights – finds that while human attackers have access to machine learning techniques, they currently focus most of their efforts […].

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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 To Prove That Fixing Customer Experience Problems Cuts Costs

Forrester IT

There’s an alternative approach to proving the economic value of CX, and it has some advantages: The math is simple and it’s hard to argue against. What’s more, you’ll be measuring something that executives like in good times and love in bad times: cost savings.

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New Microsoft Edge Browser Deployment with Intune MEM

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. Microsoft Edge browser deployment guide using Endpoint Manager Intune. Intune team created an out of box experience to create an Intune application for new edge browser (chromium based) deployment. Related Post Deploy Microsoft Edge Browser with SCCM Endpoint Manager Introduction As per Microsoft, the new chromium based edge browser is the only one browser required […].

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DDoS: An Underestimated Threat

CTOvision

Read why Marc Wilczek says distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have become more common, more powerful, and more useful to attackers on Dark Reading. On the flip side of the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the quest for increased connectivity and bandwidth (think 5G) and skyrocketing cloud adoption, IT is increasingly being weaponized to […].

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A Roundup Of Key Machine-Learning Announcements From AWS re:Invent

Forrester IT

For data science practitioners, machine learning developers or insights-driven business leaders, here are the key announcements from Amazon's AWS re:invent 2019 show that you should care about.

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Microsoft Invoicing is being retired--export the customer data before it is gone forever

Tech Republic Cloud

Microsoft has decided to retire the Invoicing app in Office 365 in 2020. If you act quickly, you can preserve your customer data and import it to your replacement application.

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Using PowerShell for SQL Backup Verification

Mick's IT Blog

Earlier this year, we had a non-critical SQL server to crash. Come to find out, the backups were successful every night, but the data in the backup was corrupt. Needless to say, the server had to be recreated from scratch. Thankfully it was a non-critical server. We wanted a way to automatically verify SQL backups are valid. Using PowerShell, I wrote the following script that runs RESTORE VERIFYONLY against the latest backup contained in the designated directory.

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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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Deception for Speeding Up Your OODA Loop

CTOvision

Join Matt Devost, CEO & Co-Founder of OODA LLC. and Tony Cole, CTO of Attivo Networks for an in-depth discussion on cyber deception and how it plays into the OODA loop, the cycle of observe–orient–decide–act. Attackers and defenders may not realize it however both operate within an OODA loop where in a world without deception […].

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Retailers: Make Your Website Accessible Or Leave Money On The Table

Forrester IT

This blog post is part of Forrester’s Holiday 2019 retail series You want anyone to be able to buy from your retail website, right? News flash: You’re missing out on entire segments of your target market because of how your website is designed and coded — unless you’re part of the few brands (just 2.2% […].

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Grand Canyon Majesty - Foto Friday

Eric D. Brown

Grand Canyon Majesty — If you’ve never seen a sunset (or sunrise) over the grand canyon, you are missing out. This image is from my most recent trip on a workshop with  @don_smith_photography  and  @garyhartphoto  to the canyon to chase storms and lightning. One evening when no storms were around, I decided to set up for a sunset shoot and found this little gem of a location.

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StarCIO Report: Digital Survey 2019

Social, Agile and Transformation

Several weeks ago, I wrote the article on CIO.com, 5 outdated technology practices that doom digital transformations where I dated several technology practices and suggested others that were replacing them. Several weeks later, I opened a poll to selected CIOs, IT leaders, and high potentials to tell me which practices were most outdated in their organizations and what digital practices they.

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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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Amazon’s kooky new keyboard lets humans and AI write music together

CTOvision

Amazon has come up with an entertaining but unlikely way to get developers excited about using its AI services: music. At its AWS re:Invent event in Las Vegas on Sunday night, the company unveiled a new music keyboard called DeepComposer, which developers can use to compose music in collaboration with Amazon generative AI models running in […].

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Here’s What Happened On The Biggest Online Shopping Day Of The Year

Forrester IT

This blog post is part of Forrester’s Holiday 2019 retail series. Retailers (and consumers) have been talking about all things holiday for months, but the “official” kick-off of the highly anticipated shopping season took place this past weekend. By many counts, it was a success. The National Retail Federation (NRF) reported that a record breaking 189.6 […].

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Grand Canyon Majesty – Foto Friday

Eric D. Brown

Grand Canyon Majesty — If you’ve never seen a sunset (or sunrise) over the grand canyon, you are missing out. This image is from my most recent trip on a workshop with @don_smith_photography and @garyhartphoto to the canyon to chase storms and lightning. One evening when no storms were around, I decided to set up for a sunset shoot and found this little gem of a location.

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Device Encryption – Bitlocker made Effortless – Part 2

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. In my previous article, I tried to explain the working mechanism of Bitlocker encryption, the internal OS components involved and most importantly – why it is necessary and how it helps secure the OS platform from cold boot attacks. I would urge you to give it a read here if you have not seen it […].

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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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The Artificial Intelligence Industry and Global Challenges

CTOvision

Read Fabian Westerheide take a look at the global challenges faced by the artificial intelligence industry on Forbes : Whoever controls the strongest artificial intelligence controls the world. Artificial intelligence is the most important technology of the 21st century. It is therefore important to understand global ambitions and movements. In this article I examine the […].

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FORRward: A Weekly Read For Tech And Marketing Execs

Forrester IT

LVMH Acquires Tiffany & Co.: Why It’s A Prudent Match LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) is acquiring Tiffany & Co. for approximately €14.7 billion (or $16.2 billion). For LVMH this will strengthen its presence in the US market and position in the jewelry category. For Tiffany & Co., it presents an opportunity to turn around […].

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Are you eating your brain?

Eric D. Brown

I know — Are you eating your brain? — is a strange title…but stick with me here. I’m listening to an audiobook titled Understanding Complexity by Scott Pag e and heard an interesting bit of trivia about a marine animal called the Sea Squirt. What’s interesting about the sea squirt is the following : …almost as soon as it stops moving, its brain is absorbed by its body.

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What Digital Transformation Is (And Isn't)

Information Week

If you're confused about what digital transformation means, you're not alone. But survey data highlights some agreement about how it's changing the way companies do business.

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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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Why business leaders are short sighted on AI

CTOvision

Read Greg Nichols explain why business leaders are short-sighted in matters of artificial intelligence on ZDNet : Artificial intelligence is one of the most marketed (hyped, you might say) and ill-defined technology categories being packaged and lobbed at those in the enterprise these days. You might think overexposure would lead to fatigue and a healthy […].

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Retailers Now Choose Commerce Tech Based on How Providers Engage, Not What They Are

Forrester IT

Legacy suites and platforms have reinvented themselves and a new component-based model has entered the ring. Gone are the days of take-it-or-leave-it, prefab, legacy commerce suites and isolated, minimally integrated platforms. As we’ve seen business models adapt to rapidly shifting customer needs and expectations, retailers’ demands of their commerce technology models have evolved at the […].

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Reviewing my map of the 2010s at the end of the decade

Trends in the Living Networks

Ten years ago I released my map of the 2010s , consisting of 14 “ExaTrends” (Exa being the cube of Mega). Click through on the images for the full size pdf. The complete text describing the ExaTrends on pdf is also on the post below the images. What are your thoughts on how well I did at anticipating the decade just past? Overall the themes seem to be pretty accurate, though the pace of some may have been a little off, and among other misses, the key theme of social polarization, whi

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Windows 10 Rollback Uninstall Updates Enhanced Diag Options

Anoop

Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get latest updates. [link]. In this post, Learn How to reduce the Windows 10 rollback rate, Diagnosing install failures, and Uninstall Updates. These are the information shared by Suma Sagane Gowda & Steve Diacetis in the MS Ignite session. More details about session below. Introduction We will see more details about Windows Rollback, Diagnosing install failures, and uninstall updates. […].

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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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Command and control – Google on its vision of the cloud, privacy, data and security

CTOvision

There are a raft of platforms and services jostling for business when it comes to getting organisations up on the cloud and changing the way they operate. At the heart of this market is the big three cloud platforms – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. Digital transformation, AI, security, big data, IoT, and […].

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2020 Marketing Trends

Forrester IT

In the past three weeks, I have shared the key findings of our predictions research to different clients and at some Forrester events in London and in Amsterdam. It is always interesting to challenge clients on some of their assumptions, discuss what trends will accelerate next year or to be challenged on some of the […].

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The open source decade, fueled by cloud and GitHub

Tech Republic Cloud

Commentary: The last decade has been open source's most productive by far. Find out why Matt Asay considers it a Cambrian explosion of choice and innovation.

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New Android bug targets banking apps on Google Play store

Tech Republic Security

Labeled "StrandHogg," the vulnerability discovered by the mobile security vendor Promon could give hackers access to users' photos, contacts, phone logs, and more.

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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.