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A Four-Day School Week? Here Are the Costs and Benefits

The Rand Blog

Hundreds of small school districts across America have cut one day a week from their calendars. A shorter school week helps them compete for teachers and reduce costs. Teachers and parents love it. But is it really in the best interests of students?

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CRS Report on Building Codes

Recovery Diva

From the Congressional Research Service, this report on Building Codes, Standards, and Regulations: Frequently Asked Questions.

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DCIG: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud a “Top 5” Microsoft 365 backup solution

Acronis

In a new report from the Data Center Intelligence Group (DCIG), a prominent technology research and analysis firm, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud was named a “Top 5” backup solution for Microsoft 365.

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Money, Markets, and Machine Learning: Unpacking the Risks of Adversarial AI

The Rand Blog

The consequences of ignoring the problem of adversarial attacks in algorithmic trading are potentially catastrophic. In a world increasingly reliant on machine learning models, the financial sector needs to shift from being reactive to proactive to ensure the security and integrity of our financial system.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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BCM Basics: “Continuity” Defined

MHA Consulting

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. People new to our field are often puzzled by one of its key terms: “continuity.” Today we’ll provide a comprehensive definition of this foundational word. Related on MHA Consulting: Mark My Words: Commonly Confused Business Continuity Terms The Meaning of “Continuity” If you’ve been to MHA’s home page , you know what our firm is all about.

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SIA New Member Profile: Risk Mitigation Technologies, LLC

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Risk Mitigation Technologies, LLC , is an independent security and public safety consulting company, headquartered in Massachusetts and serving clients in the United States and beyond. SIA spoke with Joseph Paul Manley, founder and principal of Risk Mitigation Technologies, LLC, about the company, the security industry and working with SIA.

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How Leaders Can Build Trust and Transparency with Chatbots and AI

Pure Storage

How Leaders Can Build Trust and Transparency with Chatbots and AI by Pure Storage Blog For conversational AI interfaces to take root and create real return on investment (ROI) for organizations, chatbots need more human-like traits—and that means training models with a greater volume of validated data. Here’s a look at this trend and what organizations need to succeed.

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Does Humidity and Heat Index Affect Air Conditioning Performance?

Constellation

Summer can bring intense weather and extreme heat waves, often coupled with humidity. In some areas, these trends are on the upswing. The post Does Humidity and Heat Index Affect Air Conditioning Performance? appeared first on Constellation Residential and Small Business Blog.

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Enhancing Business Continuity with HITRUST Certification

BryghtPath

Discover how business continuity and HITRUST certification can bolster your organization's security posture. Learn about its benefits and challenges. The post Enhancing Business Continuity with HITRUST Certification appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Small Business Expense Categories to Write Off

Constellation

Knowing the small business expense categories and what you can and cannot deduct will ensure your business pays the right amount of tax on your revenue, while avoiding over-payment. As part of running your business, you have to shell out money to pay for what you need to operate. The post Small Business Expense Categories to Write Off appeared first on Constellation Residential and Small Business Blog.

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Preparedness Starts With a Threat and Vulnerability Assessment

Alert Media

Any threat can pose risks to your business. With a threat and vulnerability assessment, learn how to get ahead of disruptions and damages.

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What’s New: Enhanced PagerDuty Analytics for Faster Insights and Smarter Recommendations by Cristina Dias

PagerDuty

Data has become the lifeblood of businesses, empowering organizations to make more informed decisions, drive innovation, and gain a competitive edge. McKinsey touts the benefits of adopting data-supported capabilities, referring to the various ways data is utilized to enable and enhance the functioning of an organization. These capabilities enable faster and more powerful insights, leading to “better decision making as well as automating basic day-to-day activities and regularly occurring decisi

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Democratize Automation with AI-Generated Runbooks by Ranjana Devaji

PagerDuty

Operational efficiency is as critical within the IT and engineering teams as any other part of the business. Automating repetitive tasks and reducing escalations within and to these teams is of immense value. While automation saves time and boosts productivity, the complexity of developing automation can be a limiting factor and bottleneck. Generative AI is a paradigm shift here, in that it brings consumer-style simplicity to assisting in the development of enterprise-grade automation.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.