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CIOs contend with gen AI growing pains

CIO Business Intelligence

MIT event, moderated by Lan Guan, CAIO at Accenture. Progress — and challenges Accenture’s work with Saudia Airlines involves a “travel companion” model that is far more than an online travel agency, reservation agent, or travel guide, Guan said.

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Counter-Strike pros agree to safety protocols so they can return to LAN competition

The Verge

The Counter-Strike Professional Players’ Association announced a new series of protocols , created in conjunction with two major tournament organizers — the ESL and DreamHack — that could see players return to LAN tournaments early this year. With this protocol now in place, we move one step closer towards returning to LAN.”.

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What Is: Packet Loss

Spearline Testing

Packet loss is when “packets” or pieces of data traveling across a network do not reach their end destination. Spearline helps verify paths from the customer’s vantage point into the private LAN/WAN network space. Packet Loss. Packet Loss Explained. What Causes Packet Loss? Recognizing Packet Loss.

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Overwatch League cancels its in-person playoff events

The Verge

Due to significant changes in the environment affecting travel for some teams, we’ve decided to pivot away from originally scheduled live events in Dallas and Los Angeles,” the League wrote in a statement on Twitter. The 2021 Overwatch League playoffs have hit a slight snag.

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Understanding Packet Loss

Spearline Testing

Packet loss occurs when one or more packets of data traveling across a computer network fail to reach their destination. Spearline helps verify paths from the customer’s vantage point into the private LAN/WAN network space. Network monitoring will focus on the internal network.

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What Is: Jitter

Spearline Testing

Packet switching networks do not ensure that packets travel the same path to their destination. Jitter happens when the RTP packet stream traverses the network (LAN, WAN, or Internet) because it has to share network capacity with other data. Another common and equally frustrating annoyance that affects phone calls is jitter.

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Do your VoIP services have a case of the 'jitters'?

Spearline Testing

Jitter happens when the RTP packet stream traverses the network (LAN, WAN, or Internet) because it has to share network capacity with other data. Ideally, over a normally functioning network, packets travel in equal intervals, with a 10ms delay between packets. Data packets contain the: Source and destination IP addresses and ports.

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