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New botnet Torii showcases next stage of IoT abuse, researchers say

The Parallax

Security researchers have caught hackers lashing together Internet-connected devices in a botnet they’re calling Torii, which uses techniques not seen in an IoT botnet before—including intercepting and stealing data, and using the Tor Project network to hide its network traffic. The Torii botnet, which researchers named with the Japanese word for “gate” after discovering the botnet uses Tor and its network of anonymously linked computers to obscure Internet traffic, was first discovered by Bulg

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What Is VPS Hosting And Why Do You Need It?

The Crazy Programmer

A VPS is a virtualized server that has the tendency to mimic the dedicated server within the environment of hosting. In simple words, it is technically a virtual shared hosting but has the characteristics of a dedicated hosting. To have your website running at its full potential online, you need to have a good hosting environment. VPS hosting is one of the major three types of hosting that businesses these days preferred to opt for. .

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CFOs Need Mavericks to Boost Data Analytics

Dell EMC

We are moving from an era of data scarcity to an era of data abundance. This is being driven by the Digital age we live in. But data is not made equal, some of it is far less useful or trustworthy than other data. This is a huge challenge for society and our education systems. Zooming in on what I know best – the finance function in corporations – big data can become a curse, if you allow yourself to drown in it.

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Hotel Channel Managers: Key Providers and How to Choose a Channel Manager

Altexsoft

In one Hotel Hell episode, lodge guests had to search for a front desk employee by themselves. Eventually, a bartender checked them in with a pen and notebook…The property owners didn’t have an online booking system and were losing a significant amount of revenue they could have used for development. This situation is more an exception than a rule.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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At Oracle OpenWorld, See How You Can Optimize Oracle DB Performance

TidalScale

For Oracle DBAs, the growth of data is proving to be an unrelenting problem, with data volumes persistently overwhelming the amount of memory that’s available to process them. That impacts the performance of Oracle In-Memory Database, delaying insights and hampering productivity.

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What’s the most significant key to digital transformation success?

Cutter Consortium

A significant proportion of digital transformation failures — that is, not achieving the anticipated value — can be traced directly to a failure to appreciate and address the human behavior associated with the transformation. In Part 1 of their multi-part Business Technology & Digital Transformation Strategies Advisor series “Putting the Human in Digital Transformation,” Cutter Consortium Senior Consultant Greg Smith , and his coauthors, Mandeep Dhillon, Raf Postepski, Chandler Hatton, and L

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Talking Innovation, Disruption and Software Defined Cloud Routing with Steve Mullaney

Aviatrix

Steve Mullaney recently joined Aviatrix as a board member and investor. He’s a winner with a ton of energy. We are excited he is onboard here. Steve was the CEO of Nicira Inc., a network virtualization and software-defined networking company, from 2009 until it was acquired in 2012 by VMware for $1.26 billion. Mullaney became the senior vice president and general manager of VMware’s Networking and Security business unit following Nicira’s acquisition.

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Friday Fun – Project Management – On time delivery #409 #ff

Rapid BI

A little something before the weekend, Deliver that project on time. Friday Fun – Project Management – On time delivery #409 #ff This cartoon has been produced by Jon Carter www.cartertoons.com with thanks. The post Friday Fun – Project Management – On time delivery #409 #ff appeared first on RapidBI.

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Who's responsible when IT fails?

Loom Systems

Who doesn’t love the glory days at the onset of a new IT project? Enthusiasm bubbles, techies and managers alike are optimistic, certainly no one expects the possibility of a failure. Unfortunately, many long-term and especially complex projects fail to come to completion, or at the very least, don’t live up to their expectations upon completion. How can this happen?

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Refactoring 2nd Ed sent to printers

Martin Fowler

The files for the book were sent to the printers today. The printed books should arrive in warehouses late October - early November. I need to work on getting the web edition ready for then, and will start on that in a couple of weeks. more….

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An infrastructure audit that tests the health of your whole system

TXI

Infrastructure is the framework running under your entire business — so it only makes sense that an infrastructure audit would look at the whole picture. If your infrastructure touches your email, applications, timesheets, employee communication and anything else, the audit should as well. Unfortunately it doesn’t always work that way in practice. We’ve seen firsthand […].

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3 Disruptive Ideas Banks Can Take from Tesla Model 3

Newgen Software

Lauded for its minimalistic design and selling like hotcakes, the Tesla model 3 is not your average set of wheels. The post 3 Disruptive Ideas Banks Can Take from Tesla Model 3 appeared first on Newgen Software. Related posts: 5 Takeaways for Banks from the Under-17 FIFA World Cup Final. India’s Quantum Shift from Traditional On-Premise Model to On-Demand SaaS Model.

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Waiting, Waiting, Waiting. Is There a Right Time for Breach Notification?

Coalfire

Recently, a popular online retailer revealed a month-long data breach. Card-skimming code was found capturing customer credit card data from the payment page of its website and sending that data to what appeared to be a legitimate server (with a similar domain name and a valid HTTPS certificate). The company has not yet determined which customer accounts may have been affected, so the extent of the damage is yet to be determined.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For September 28th, 2018

High Scalability

Hey, it's HighScalability time: @danielbryantuk : "A LAMP stack is a good thing. Never inflict a distributed system on yourself unless you have too." @mipsytipsy #CloudNativeLondon. Do you like this sort of Stuff? Please support me on Patreon and you'll get 100 free cloud credits in heaven. Know anyone looking for a simple book explaining the cloud?