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• BrandPost: Cloud Migration Must-Haves: Security, Compliance, Availability

  11-10-2018 22:25
  “Look before you leap” may be an old proverb, yet it’s as pertinent as ever when it comes to cloud migrations. The better prepared the organization is, the better the business outcomes.To better understand the considerations businesses must take into account, we spoke with William Bell, Executive Vice President of Products at phoenixNAP, a global IT services provider with expertise in helping organizations migrate to the cloud.Bell said that among the challenges, “First
  
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• BrandPost: Building Multi-Layer Defense to Cope with New AI Security Challenges

  11-10-2018 18:16
  With the accumulation of big data, dramatic improvements in computing power, and continuous innovation in Machine Learning (ML) methods, Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as image recognition, voice recognition, and natural language processing have become ubiquitous. Meanwhile, the security of AI systems is becoming vitally important and has gone beyond our traditional understanding of security boundaries and frameworks.Unlike security vulnerabilities in traditional systems, the ro
  
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• How to fix your sales forecasting process

  11-10-2018 12:05
  Sales forecasting is a surprisingly risky thing, which is ironic since its whole purpose is to identify risk areas in time to apply corrective action.  While everyone agrees that an accurate forecast would be a good thing, there are a surprising number of incentives – financial and political – to forecast with too much optimism. Want to know the definition of impossible?  A sales forecast that is too conservative.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story
  
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• Leadership lessons from Linus Torvalds: 7 dos and 3 don'ts

  11-10-2018 11:53
  In mid-September of this year, Linux creator Linus Torvalds announced he was taking time off from his day-to-day job leading Linux kernel development efforts to, as he put it, "get some assistance on how to understand people’s emotions and respond appropriately." Torvalds is notoriously abrasive on LKML, the email list that is, in essence, the workplace for Linux kernel development, often unleashing profanity-laden diatribes against code—and people—he deems unhelpful. It's a m
  
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• The 15 most valuable IT certifications today

  11-10-2018 01:27
  Certifications and skills can help boost your salary, set you apart from the competition and help you land promotions in your current role. A survey from Global Knowledge found that 83 percent of IT professionals in the U.S. and Canada hold an IT certification — and in the U.S. the average salary for a certified IT professional is on average $8,400 (or 11.7 percent) higher.Hiring certified professionals is also beneficial for employers. Of those surveyed, 44 percent of IT decision-makers
  
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