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TikTok bans explained: Everything you need to know
The United States debates a ban on the viral video sharing application TikTok.
18 of the best large language models in 2024
Large language models have been affecting search for years and have been brought to the forefront by ChatGPT and other chatbots.
Marketing in the metaverse: What marketers need to know
The key to marketing is to stay in front of the target audience. With the evolving metaverse, companies can learn new ways to market to customers in this immersive, digital world.
Tech sector layoffs explained: What you need to know
Large tech layoffs continue through 2024 with headlines showing thousands of people losing their jobs. Here is why the economy, interest rates and pandemic hiring are to blame.
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Ultimate guide on enterprise unified communications strategy
When formulating a unified communications strategy, enterprises need to consider several key elements. This step-by-step guide helps businesses plan their UC deployment.
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What is BCDR? Business continuity and disaster recovery guide
Business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) are closely related practices that support an organization's ability to remain operational after an adverse event.
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What is data governance and why does it matter?
Data governance is the process of managing the availability, usability, integrity and security of the data in enterprise systems, based on internal standards and policies that also control data usage.
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What is DevOps? The ultimate guide
The word 'DevOps' is a combination of the terms 'development' and 'operations,' meant to represent a collaborative or shared approach to the tasks performed by a company's application development and IT operations teams.
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How to design and build a data center
Designing an efficient data center is no small feat. Review data center facility and infrastructure components as well as different standards and suggestions before you begin.
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What is incident response? A complete guide
Incident response is an organized, strategic approach to detecting and managing cyberattacks in ways that minimize damage, recovery time and total costs.
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data protection as a service (DPaaS)
Data protection as a service (DPaaS) involves managed services that safeguard an organization's data. See More.
- Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018)
- storage as a service (STaaS)
- local area network (LAN)
- identity management (ID management)
- schema
- Google Analytics
- fraud detection
- single sign-on (SSO)
Tech News
Meta's new silicon shows a growing trend for AI hyperscalers
The new hardware highlights a growing trend of hyperscalers designing custom chips for internal use. This move will help vendors rely less on ...
Storage, infrastructure downplayed at Google Cloud Next '24
GenAI took center stage at Google Cloud Next, but a smattering of storage updates and an emphasis on AI workloads have some infrastructure experts ...
Supply chain attack abuses GitHub features to spread malware
Checkmarx warned developers to be cautious when choosing which repositories to use, as attackers are manipulating GitHub features to boost malicious ...
Index Engines' customized alerts aim at detecting bad actors
Index Engines' latest CyberSense observability software update features a new cloud console and user-controlled alerts to combat ransomware ...