The IRS in an internal memo Friday identified a range of forms for which it will temporarily allow required signatures in electronic or digital form. The forms are fileable only on paper but otherwise require a handwritten signature. Allowing them to be e-signed remotely before being printed out and mailed to the Service will help […]
Archives for August 2020
Critical Slack Bug Allows Access to Private Channels, Conversations
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Blockchain not seen transforming accounting processes — yet
One of the common misconceptions about blockchain is that it’s one technology. You may have heard or seen references to companies tracking supplies on the blockchain or smart contracts being executed on the blockchain. Fact is, there are many blockchains. The original blockchain was created to facilitate and record transactions of the digital currency bitcoin. […]
Cradlepoint releases State of Wireless WAN Report 2020
The report highlights confidence in the future of 5G, coronavirus-related wireless WAN adoption, and more. Image: iStock/metamorworks On Monday, Cradlepoint released the State of Wireless WAN Report 2020. Cradlepoint in partnership with IDG surveyed 499 “IT-decision makers” including directors, vice presidents, and managers across the US, Canada, and the UK. Overall, the report was designed […]
Advancing a culture of reliability at the pace of Azure
“Customers value cloud services because they are agile and adaptable, scaling and transforming to meet the changing needs of business. Since the velocity of change can work against the tenets of reliability, our Azure engineering teams have evolved their culture, processes, and frameworks to balance the pace of innovation with assurance of performance and quality. […]
Throw Out That 3-Year Business Plan
Here’s why real-time forecasting rules in 2020 (and how retraining your machine learning models can help with that). Before the pandemic, companies had several tools to predict future outcomes. They could plan from several weeks to several years in advance and shape their machine learning models to deliver insights on what the future may hold […]
Throw Out That 3-Year Business Plan
Here’s why real-time forecasting rules in 2020 (and how retraining your machine learning models can help with that). Before the pandemic, companies had several tools to predict future outcomes. They could plan from several weeks to several years in advance and shape their machine learning models to deliver insights on what the future may hold […]
Standards hold the key to unlocking the connected home
In light of the current pandemic, global technology market advisory firm ABI Research estimates that Connected Home devices could see a 30% year-on-year sales surge in the coming months. Not only this, says Daniel Egger, Axiros GmbH and Project Stream Lead for Broadband User Services (BUS) Data Modeling Project Stream, smart home devices are expected to […]
Azure Cost Management + Billing updates – August 2020
Whether you’re a new student, thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you’re spending, where, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Azure Cost Management + Billing comes in. We’re always looking […]
Google Announces a New, More Services-Based Architecture Called Runner V2 to Dataflow
Google Cloud Dataflow is a fully-managed service for executing Apache Beam pipelines within the Google Cloud Platform(GCP). In a recent blog post, Google announced a new, more services-based architecture called Runner v2 to Dataflow – which will include multi-language support for all of its language SDKs. The company redesigned the Dataflow runner for Apache Beam […]