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Managing machine identities can be just as important as managing human identities, especially in a zero-trust environment.
Machine identities are a large, and fast-growing part of the enterprise attack surface. The number of machines-servers, devices, and services-is growing rapidly and efforts to secure them often fall short..?more
When Cybersecurity meets Artificial Intelligence, companies and organizations have many new challenges and potential threats to consider. Here are some examples of how AI can help combat a cyber-attack.
In the case of a Vision ML model, tasked to detect a panda, you can modify the input image to fool the algorithm into predicting a gibbon. While the image remains strictly identifiable as a panda for the human eye. It could fool an autonomous car into mis-identifying a stop sign with a speed limit road sign, with critical consequences. It can also be developed for speech recognition...?more
Red Team Exercises are one of the best ways for CISOs to validate the security controls effectively. By simulating a real-world attack, Red Team exercises help organizations identify their vulnerabilities and determine how well their security controls stand up against a malicious actor.
Today 82% of companies conduct Red Team exercises as part of their overall security program, and of those, 71% believe that Red Team exercises have improved their security posture..?more
Workspot announced a survey report conducted by Dimensional Research, which reveals that in the past year, due to remote work, 83% of IT leaders expanded or accelerated their cloud strategies, while still facing increasing challenges with security (71%), and concerns about employee compliance to new controls (60%). With that in mind, budgets are expected to increase throughout the year to improve remote work technologies.Hybrid work has impacted technology, solutions, and strategies IT leaders relied on..?more
Join us as we continue to explore lessons learned from the pandemic and how tech can lead the way forward.
Now in its third year, Techstrong Con continues to serve as a testament to the ways in which technology can improve human existence.
Digital transformation, DevOps, cloud-native and cybersecurity all have played major roles in enabling organizations to move beyond survival mode and offer transformative and experiential services and environments that are shaping the new normal...?more
After careful consideration, we have decided to run Gartner Digital Workplace Summit virtually, taking place over the same dates of June 21 - 22, 2022. Gartner remains committed to delivering actionable, objective insights to help you and your team tackle your most critical priorities.
Hybrid work today has given digital workplace leaders a glimpse into the future of work tomorrow.
At the crossroads, the new work patterns we formed in crisis may become our next normal. Enabling a workplace that is innovative, inclusive and insightful demands a strategy to adopt and use technology to its full potential. Rethink how work gets done at Gartner Digital Workplace Summit 2022, June 21 - 22, Americas, Virtual, and forge the path to an employee experience that readies your workforce for the future...?more
ITEXPO is the annual event where buyers of communications and technology solutions meet resellers/MSPs, carriers and solutions providers to conduct business and form partnerships.
ITEXPO and the collocated events that comprise the #TECHSUPERSHOW all feature educational sessions presented by industry-leading experts. The conference program covers Digital Transformation in all of its forms: UC/UCaaS, Messaging, Collaboration, SD-WAN, Service...?more
Seminar Topics include: Infrastructure: Leveraging current trends in hybrid and multicloud platforms; Data: Migration, access, and storage to help increase value for customers and employees.IT practitioners today need an agile infrastructure to help promote innovation, manage costs, and mitigate risk.
And while the changes in business environments over the past two-and-a-half years accelerated many enterprises' digital transformation and cloud journeys, IT is beginning to recalibrate modernization efforts...?more
Increased use of AI can drive efficiencies and reduce costs in compliance management. Here's what that means for CIOs in highly regulated industries.
While regulations are created to protect consumers and markets, they're often complex, making them costly and challenging to adhere to... more
The AI world is still figuring out how to deal with the amazing show of prowess that is DALL-E 2's ability to draw/paint/imagine just about anything...
...but OpenAI isn't the only one working on something like that. Google Research has rushed to publicize a similar model it's been working on - which it claims is even better.
Imagen (get it?) is a text-to-image diffusion-based generator built on large transformer language models that. okay, let's slow down and unpack that real quick... more
By mimicking the human brain, deep learning offers a way to rapidly recognize, classify, and organize data, and make predictions with incredible accuracy.
Deep learning is a type of machine learning that has rapidly emerged to become the cornerstone of many modern artificial intelligence applications. 'Deep learning provides a significant improvement in accuracy relative to previous approaches on a wide range of AI tasks, sometimes even exceeding human accuracy,' notes Vivienne Sze, an MIT associate professor and lead instructor of the MIT Professional Education course, Designing Efficient Deep Learning Systems. 'This has allowed for the practical use and widespread deployment of AI in a wider variety of applications over the past few years.'?more
Peak, a leader in Decision Intelligence (DI), released a new 'State of AI, 2022' report highlighting that a number of organizations are making investments in both data and AI - without connecting the two.
Surveying 775 decision makers (senior managers and above) from the US, UK or India, the report further reveals that when businesses are failing to prepare their data for future AI adoption, they risk needing to retrofit their infrastructure later down the road..?more
As the Great Resignation, or Great Reshuffling, continues to make headlines, HR's attention has been on job seekers, job hoppers and job offers.
Finding and retaining talent has been at the forefront, but those are short-term priorities, and current approaches have failed to account for future needs of the post-pandemic workforce...?more
Skills shortages are forcing more companies than ever to tap into the market for freelance talent. But keys to success are quite different than hiring full-time help.
A record 4.5 million people quit their jobs in March in the U.S. alone, and the ratio of unemployed people to job openings hit a record low.
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While the 'great resignation' will eventually run its course, the attitude changes engendered by the COVID-19 pandemic are likely permanent...?more
Since the onset of COVID-19, many articles have made reference to the Great Resignation. Employees across industries are changing jobs at a clip the world hasn't seen since.well, ever, and IT is no exception.
Most of the discussion has focused on how enterprises can do better to attract and retain talent, but The Great Resignation has major implications from an operations perspective that IT teams can't afford to ignore...?more
The prevalence of Wi-Fi has been accelerating for two decades, but in the last two years, it's surged even further as so many people were forced to work from home. That trend led to many strengthening the performance of their Wi-Fi networks. But security remains a problem.
Modern Wi-Fi networks are certainly more secure than early versions, as Wi-Fi security standards have evolved over the years, from Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) to Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), WPA2, and now WPA3 with its improved security..?more
Containerized and serverless applications might be the future, but VMs are today's reality. How do you keep them secure in a public cloud environment?
In many companies, moving to the cloud means shifting existing VM or server workloads from on-premise data centers to AWS, Azure, GCP, or other cloud vendors. The implications for cloud security architecture and architects: protect VM workloads adequately! Containerized and serverless applications might be the future, but VMs are today's reality - though with one tricky twist... more
VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop are two of the top considerations for desktop virtualization on macOS devices, with multiple editions for small business to enterprise infrastructure needs.
Virtualization has long been a valuable tool for individuals, businesses, and enterprise organizations looking to maximize existing hardware through virtual machines (VMs)...?more
More people will find their way to Python for data science workloads, but there's a case to for making R and Python complementary, not competitive.
As data science becomes critical to every organization, it has become just as important to determine the right tools to help master it. The two most popular languages for tackling data science problems are Python and R. Both programming languages are open source with big communities. But, Python and R also bring their own unique strengths to data science, making it harder to decide which to use.?more
There are various authentication methods for REST APIs, ranging from basic credentials and token encryption to complex, multilayered access control and permissions validation.
Over the past decade, REST APIs have become a de facto architectural approach for modern web and mobile application platforms. They separate data and presentation layers, allowing systems to scale in size and feature sophistication over time...?more
Nicolas will lead HP's worldwide supply chain organization. The company's supply chain delivers more than 100 million products to customers each year through a sophisticated network of ODM factories, manufacturing partners, commodity suppliers, logistics providers and a wide variety of other valued partners. He will also oversee social and environmental sustainability efforts tied directly to HP's global reputation and business growth.
Nicolas succeeds Antoine Simonnet who has made the decision to retire after a nearly 40-year esteemed career in the IT industry... ?more
Latest capabilities in Oracle Utilities Flex SCADA help utilities securely control and manage all of their distribution automation, distributed energy resources, and sensors
Sensors, distribution automation equipment, and the growing array of distributed energy resources (DERs) are adding ever-increasing complexity to the energy grid. To help utilities address this challenge, Oracle Energy and Water today announced new capabilities in Oracle Utilities Flex SCADA and introduced Oracle Utilities Generation Asset Management Cloud Service...?more
New capabilities fortify defenses across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and the Oracle applications stack to help customers protect their applications and data
Oracle is expanding the built-in security services and capabilities of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to help customers protect their cloud applications and data against emerging threats. Five new capabilities round out OCI's already comprehensive security offering, including a new built-in and cloud-native firewall service and enhancements to Oracle Cloud Guard and Oracle Security Zones... more
Oracle Named #1 In AI For Distributed Energy Resources Integration By Guidehouse Insights
Oracle Energy and Water tops new AI report Leaderboard including leading competition in strategy, execution, and visionThe proliferation of distributed energy resources (DERs) and new data sources has made managing the energy grid infinitely more complex... more
Talent Center of Excellence joins EY and IBM capabilities and technologies; AI and hybrid cloud solutions to be developed for HR service transformation
EY and IBM announce an alliance expansion through a new initiative to help businesses around the world address some of the most pressing workforce challenges in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, including employee recruiting, retention, upskilling and the need to transform HR systems technology at speed and scale...?more
Collaboration will focus on three key pillars: Natural Language Processing (NLP) including Arabic, AI applications in the healthcare industry, and sustainability
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) - the world's first graduate, research university dedicated to Artificial Intelligence (AI) - has announced plans for a strategic collaboration with IBM (NYSE: IBM). Senior leaders from both organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at advancing fundamental AI research, as well as accelerating the types of scientific breakthroughs that could unlock the potential of AI to help solve some of humanity's greatest challenges.?more
EnduroSat, leading provider of software-defined NanoSats and Space services for business and academia, announced that open source, hybrid cloud and AI technologies from IBM and Red Hat are part of its second mission
An Earth Observation and in-orbit Edge Computing payloads from IBM were integrated on EnduroSat's software-defined NanoSat and are due to launch from Cape Canaveral, FL. These solutions use a minimal footprint distribution project of Red Hat OpenShift, which is optimized to work directly on edge devices to run containers in space...?more
Company recognized for achievements in building collaborative, diverse, and high-performing workplace environments
While many companies wrangle with whether and how to implement flexible work, Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) has been recognized as a leader in enabling it. The company today announced that it has been honored for its achievements in building collaborative, diverse, and high-performing workplace environments with a 2022 Running Remote Flexible Workplace Award... ?more
Without the proper troubleshooting process, IT would have to guess what the issue might be. However, a clear and consistent approach can provide fast and accurate results.
Issues with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops can harm operation efficiency and hinder an organization's ability to achieve its goals, so troubleshooting any problems is critical for IT...?more