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Sam Ingalls is an award-winning writer and researcher covering enterprise technology, cybersecurity, data centers, and IT trends, for eSecurity Planet, TechRepublic, ServerWatch, Webopedia, and Channel Insider.
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Top IT Consulting Firms
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In an era where digital transformation is essential to maintaining a competitive edge, thousands of companies look to IT consulting...
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Two professionals sit across from one another in a discussion over their laptops. This article is about the top IT consulting firms and how they're helping client companies achieve digital transformation today.
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Burn Up vs Burn Down Charts
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Burn up and burn down charts are visual representations of progress in the scope of a project, showing the amount...
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A hand points to a graph on a piece of paper sitting on a wood table. The graph is similar to what a burn up chart looks like as this article is about burn up and burn down charts used in Agile and Scrum methodologies for project planning.
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Venture Capital
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Venture capital (VC) offers startups and developing businesses growth opportunities with funding from private investors for an agreed-upon stake in...
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A picture of two professionals shaking hands in an office setting as one smiles. It pertains to the article because an essential ingredient to venture capital is the presentation of pitches from entrepreneurs and startup founders to VC firms which can offer funding for an equity stake in the company.
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Smartsheet
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Founded in 2005, Smartsheet is a leading cloud-based project management solution that offers robust features, workflows, and automations to help...
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What is Smartsheet project management software?
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LogMeIn Rescue
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LogMeIn Rescue is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that offers remote desktop software and communication technology support. Founded in 2003 as...
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LogMeIn Rescue Logo.
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Qualcomm
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Qualcomm is a global technology company specializing in telecommunications intellectual property (IP), including next-generation networks, smart devices, semiconductors, and mobile...
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Qualcomm Logo
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Alibaba Group
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Alibaba Group is an international technology company with a deep portfolio of companies offering global buyers and sellers platforms to...
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Alibaba Group logo.
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NVIDIA
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The NVIDIA Corporation is a multinational technology company known for its visual computing and graphics processing solutions for consumers and...
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Nvidia logo.
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Roll Your Own Crypto Mining Rig
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Cryptocurrency has quickly become a digital alternative to state-backed traditional currencies thanks to distributed crypto mining rigs built to validate...
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A picture showing several cryptocurrency coin logos as this article is all about the crypto mining rigs used to process blockchain transactions and how to build your own cryptocurrency mining rig.
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Arctic Wolf Networks
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Arctic Wolf Networks (AWN) is a cybersecurity company offering cloud-native managed security operations solutions as an alternative to a traditional...
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Arctic Wolf logo.
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Fortinet
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Fortinet is a cybersecurity vendor with two decades of experience and an extensive stack of solutions for channel partners, service...
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Fortinet logo.
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Sucuri
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Sucuri is a web application security company specializing in comprehensive website security for individual sites up to enterprise web content...
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Sucuri logo.
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Raspberry Pi
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Raspberry Pi (RP) is the educational charity and namesake line of microcomputers offering customers a low-cost, single-board computer for lightweight...
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Raspberry Pi logo.
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Imperva
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Imperva is a cybersecurity company focused on protecting web applications, APIs, data, cloud networks, and edge networks for business clients....
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The Imperva logo.
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Barracuda Networks
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Barracuda Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company specializing in email and web security with industry-recognized web application firewalls (WAF) and...
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Barracuda logo
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Merkle Proof
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Merkle proofs describe the verification process for identifying the components of cryptographic data structures known as Merkle trees. Merkle proofs...
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A picture of a person holding up a lightbulb in the sky as this article is about how a Merkle proof works in the context of verifying and validating data within a distributed data structure known as a Merkle tree.
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Merkle Tree
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Merkle trees—or hash trees—are cryptographic algorithms allowing for the efficient validation of large data structures and are critical to the...
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A picture of a ferris wheel showing individual cars contributing to a center of operation in the middle, not unlike a Merkle tree which represents the hash value of hash branches and hash leaves for data structures used in distributed systems.
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Indicators of Compromise
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When a system administrator finds anomalous or malicious behavior within network traffic, evidence could show it is an indicator of...
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A picture of a person holding a laptop that reads "You've been hacked!" because this article is about digital forensic evidence known as Indicators of Compromise or IOCs which show network administrators how an attacker may have exposed a vulnerability and the impact on the company.
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