Sat.Jan 11, 2014 - Fri.Jan 17, 2014

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7 habits of highly overrated people - managing over communicators and self promoters

Collaboration 2.0

'Stopping smart self promoters from dominating collaborative processes is far more important than most realize - overcommunicators can wreck workflows and digital commons, causing them to fail. Enterprise 2.

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Google Buys Nest

John Battelle's Searchblog

'The post Google Buys Nest appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Today comes the news that Google is buying Nest , a move that, upon reflection, should have been obvious (the price tag of more than $3 billion, not so obvious!). If the company is truly executing its mission of helping us organize the world’s information and make it available, it makes sense to have a major play in the Internet of Things, in particular, those things that consumers view as extremely valuable.

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DB2 for z/OS: Answering Some Questions About Adding and Dropping Table Columns

Robert's Db2

From the very beginning, you've been able to add a column to an existing DB2 for z/OS table by way of the SQL statement ALTER TABLE with the ADD COLUMN option. In fact, relative ease of logical database design modification had a lot to do with DB2 becoming a very widely used DBMS. Of course, there are times when what you want to do is remove a column from an existing table.

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President Obama Calls for Major Changes in National Security Surveillance Programs

Hunton Privacy

In a major speech delivered at the U.S. Department of Justice on January 17, 2014, President Obama addressed the call for reforms to government surveillance programs following disclosures regarding National Security Agency (“NSA”) activities leaked by Edward Snowden since June of last year. The President discussed the need to advance national security while strengthening protections for privacy and civil liberties, improving transparency in intelligence programs, engaging in continual oversight

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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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7 habits of highly overrated people: Managing self-promoters

Collaboration 2.0

'Stopping smart self promoters from dominating collaborative processes is far more important than most realize; over-communicators can wreck workflows and digital commons, causing them to fail. Enterprise 2.

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Northern Virginia Enterprise Architects - NVTC.org B&EA Committee - EA and Startups in Northern Virginia & Loudoun County

Interactive Information Management

(Reposted from the NVTC B&EA LinkedIn Group for Members) Thanks so much to the attendees of the recent NVTC.org Business and Enterprise Architecture Committee meeting, with guest star Filippo Morelli (of the 9Starts Loudoun Tech Startup group, plus Chris, Ted and Tom from the Loudoun County Startup Community ) discussing the intersection of Enterprise Architecture and the Northern Virginia startup community.

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UK High Court Rules in Cookies Claim Against Google

Hunton Privacy

On January 16, 2014 the High Court in London rejected submissions made on behalf of Google Inc. (“Google”) that the case brought against it by three UK-based users of Apple’s Safari browser should be heard in the U.S., rather than before an English court. The decision means that the case could be heard before a court in England, although media reports suggest Google will appeal the decision.

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7 habits of highly overrated people: Managing self-promoters

Collaboration 2.0

'Stopping smart self promoters from dominating collaborative processes is far more important than most realize; over-communicators can wreck workflows and digital commons, causing them to fail.

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Ukraine Adopts New Data Protection Regulations

Hunton Privacy

As reported by Bloomberg BNA , on January 13, 2014, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Valeriya Lutkovska (the “Ombudsman”) announced the adoption of new data protection regulations. The Ombudsman became the new data protection authority in Ukraine as of January 1, 2014, when amendments to abolish the previous data protection authority became effective.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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7 habits of highly overrated people: Managing self-promoters

Collaboration 2.0

'Stopping smart self promoters from dominating collaborative processes is far more important than most realize; over-communicators can wreck workflows and digital commons, causing them to fail.

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Criminal Background Checks: Reviewing the Year in FCRA Class Action Settlements

Hunton Privacy

As reported in the Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives Blog : While much attention has been paid this year to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC’s”) agenda and litigation over criminal background checks (the agency asserts such background checks have a disparate impact on minority groups), a parallel challenge kept pace in the form of private class action litigation under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). 2013 saw a number of significant class action settlements ag

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Senators Renew Efforts to Pass Data Privacy Legislation

Hunton Privacy

On January 8, 2014, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chair of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, reintroduced the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014, comprehensive information security legislation that would establish a national standard for data breach notification and require businesses to safeguard customers’ sensitive personal information from cyber threats.

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FTC Settles with Apple for Kids’ In-App Purchases

Hunton Privacy

On January 15, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed settlement with Apple Inc. stemming from allegations that the company billed consumers for mobile app charges incurred by children without their parents’ consent. Specifically, the FTC’s complaint alleges that Apple violated the FTC Act by not informing account holders that, for a 15-minute window after entering their password to approve a single in-app purchase, their children could make unlimited purchases without further a

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.