I don’t think I’ve ever seen these words in an
initial breach announcement.
Passport
System Down, Thousands Delayed At Airports Around The Country
Thousands of passengers reported being stranded at
airports across the United States, in a delay that was caused because
the passport system across the country was down Monday.
… According to the stranded passengers, the
delay was because the computer system to check passports, operated by
the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, had failed. CBP later put
out a statement on its Twitter page, saying all the airports were
back online after a brief outage of its processing systems.
"During the disruption, CBP had access to
national security-related databases and all travelers were screened
according to security standards," it added and also said that
disruption
did not appear to be of a malicious nature.
… Strangely, a quite similar incident took
place on Jan.2, 2017, almost one year to the date, where extensive
delays were caused due to computer outage affecting customs
procedures.
At the time, the U.S. Customs and Border
Protection agents were forced to process travelers through a slower
backup system when the computers went down, NY Daily News said.
A big data example.
What vehicle is most strongly associated with
Republican voting districts? Extended-cab pickup trucks. For
Democratic districts? Sedans.
Those conclusions may not be particularly
surprising. After all, market researchers and political analysts
have studied such things for decades.
But what is surprising is how researchers working
on an ambitious project based at Stanford University reached those
conclusions: by analyzing 50 million images and location data from
Google Street View, the street-scene feature of the online giant’s
mapping service.
Social Media is not simple.
Over 90%
of medium and large businesses have used social media in their
marketing for five years or longer. Yet the CMO Survey reveals that
nearly half of marketers are unable to show the impact of their
social media investments. That’s why, no matter what your social
media strategy is, it’s always a good idea to go back and make sure
you have the basics covered. Your company may discover that it needs
a strategic do-over.
It’s no longer sorting punch cards, mounting
magnetic tapes, and separating six part (carbon) printed reports.
It’s
going to be a Happy New Year for Artificial intelligence and robotics
experts in 2018
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the buzz in the
jobs bazaar as machine learning and the Internet of Things (IoT)
increasingly influence business strategies and analytics. Human
resource and search experts estimate a 50-60% higher demand for AI
and robotics professionals in 2018 even as machines take over
repetitive manual work.
"Machines are taking over repetitive tasks.
Robotics, AI, big data and analytics will be competencies that will
be in great demand," said
Shakun Khanna, senior director at Oracle for the Asia-Pacific region.
Because…
My students have the same kind of car!
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