Fixing Surface Pro 3 USB Drive Drop

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Here’s an interesting one. I couldn’t back up my Surface Pro 3 lately, because Macrium Reflect keeps failing right as the backup completes. In fact, the external USB drive I plug into the Surface Pro dock disappears from Explorer at the same time. Bizarre! That’s what had me figuring what’s involved…READ MORE

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Ripple acquires Swedish open source start-up Towo Labs

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Towo Labs, a Swedish startup aimed at simplifying ‘crypto self-custody’, has announced an investment from Xpring, Ripple’s developer initiative.

Xpring is described as an initiative by Ripple that will invest in, incubate, acquire and provide grants to companies and projects run by entre…READ MORE

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Plush giraffe perturbation

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A robot hand has been taught by OpenAI to successfully solve a Rubik’s Cube in an average time of four minutes.
“So what?” you ask, being the unbearable Rubik’s Cube expert you are. It’s true, mere mortals have been known to make light work of the puzzle in less than four minutes, and it …READ MORE

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What developers need to know about an Alexa vulnerability

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A security vulnerability was discovered in July 2019 that showed Amazon’s cloud servers contained voice recordings of Alexa interactions from customers. Furthermore, improper handling of records retained by Amazon, along with this Alexa vulnerability, could expose users’ private data to a potentia…READ MORE

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Appian & UiPath connect neurons on robotic workforce tools

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Low-code software company Appian has announced the availability of the Appian Robotic Workforce Manager for UiPath, the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) specialist.

The software optimises coordination between robots and humans.

Incorporating Appian Robotic Workforce Manager, users can use thi…READ MORE

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Financial services firms reveal their fintech status in major study

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While traditional financial services firms are waxing lyrical about the benefits of fintech only a third (34%) have a C-suite executive leading technology/digital strategies.

This is according to a survey of 248 finance firms, of which 73% have annual revenue over $1bn. The Crossing the Lines sur…READ MORE

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Turbocharging Full Fibre/5G Broadband

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Turbocharging is the new post-Boris buzzword. It is apt for the £5 billion pound boost to broadband roll out announced at the Conservative party conference. It does not really matter how much is new money and what the details are. That is likely to emerge during this year’s INCA  conference on the…READ MORE

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Parsing the Iaas and PaaS divide for microservices

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By Alan Earls

Infrastructure as a services (IaaS) and platform as a services (PaaS) are both potential deployment paths for microservices. But there are big differences, and picking the right path for your project or organization involves a range of tradeoffs.

The problem with PaaS is that it …READ MORE

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The future of work and enterprise IoT

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IoT is exploding. According to Gartner, there will be 20.4 billion IoT devices by 2020. No longer just a pipe dream, IoT is shaping up to be the backbone of our technological future. Not only will it drive some really cool improvements in the way we live and work, but it will also generate between $…READ MORE

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What is Page Life Expectancy?

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If you’ve been a DBA for a while, you’ve heard people talking about PLE.  PLE stands for Page Life Expectancy; most DBAs (and really anyone that works with SQL Server for more than 5 seconds) called it PLE. I think this is for two reasons; 1 Expectancy is hard for a lot of people to say; 2 we�…READ MORE

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Software development spires and foundations

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CCS Insight has predicted that by 2023, psychometric testing of software developers will become commonplace.

The analyst firm believes that ethical psychometric testing will appear more regularly as part of the interview process, particularly in areas where software developers are being hired for…READ MORE

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5 questions to ask about open data centers

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Editor’s note: In this opinion piece, industry analyst Zeus Kerravala shares his thoughts on open data centers and Extreme Networks’ approach. Extreme Networks is a client of Kerravala’s ZK Research, a consulting firm based in Westminster, Mass.

Open is an overused word in the networking industr…READ MORE

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Interesting Insights from Video Game Archeology

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It’s amazing how much computer scientists of today are learning from the stored data in old video games.

As you may recall, a couple of years ago some British researchers went to all sorts of efforts – including baking old tapes in an oven – to read the data from a series of text-based adve…READ MORE

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Hidden files

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If you suspect there are hidden files in a folder you can use the Attributes parameter to discover them:

PS> Get-ChildItem -Path c:\test -Attributes H

OR

PS> Get-ChildItem -Path c:\test -Attributes h

OR

PS> Get-ChildItem -Path c:\test -Hidden

If you want to see all files i…READ MORE

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Six Tips to Save Time on Marketing

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As a marketer, you need to stay focused because you are usually faced with many distractions. For example, social media is an effective marketing tool but can also take up all your time.

By optimizing your workflow, focusing on tasks that have the most impact and using the right tools, you will b…READ MORE

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MSPWorld 2019: Five things I learned at the conference

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Here are several observations from MSPAlliance’s MSPWorld 2019 conference, which wraps up today in Las Vegas.
1. The industry wants to reframe the MSPs-as-target discussion
MSPAlliance leadership is aiming to turn the negative publicity surrounding managed service provider security incidents into …READ MORE

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Calling all data storage products for the 2019 Products of the Year

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Do you have a great data storage product that first shipped or was significantly enhanced this year? If yes, we want to hear about it. There’s just one week left to enter your outstanding product in Storage magazine and SearchStorage’s 2019 Storage Products of the Year competition.

We’ve just ext…READ MORE

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Why businesses should be concerned by the notion of ‘data lock-in’

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This is a guest blogpost by James Fisher, SVP of data firm Qlik

A little over a year ago we, at Qlik, started to outline our vision for the “third generation” of BI and analytics, which we predicted would be based around three key pillars: the democratisation of data, augmented intelligence a…READ MORE

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IT leaders must recognise and acknowledge the growing mental health issues from working in tech

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As Computer Weekly readers will know, there are many great reasons for working in tech – it’s fast-moving and creative, it’s changing the way we live and work, and mostly it’s well remunerated. Feel free to add your own.

But IT can also be a highly pressured environment – running critic…READ MORE

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When does the state of quantum computing become relevant for CIOs?

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Is there a reason normal CIOs should be thinking about the state of quantum computing? It depends on how one defines normal, was Brian Hopkins’ answer. Hopkins is a Forrester Research analyst who focuses on emerging tech.

“It’s very much dependent on the industry you’re in. We think the first bre…READ MORE

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