 Greetings, It's the weekend of the Super Bowl and although I'm not a football fan, I watch the game for the commercials. With tech, that's no longer necessary. I don't even have to wait until Sunday; I can follow the Super Bowl Ad Tracker. And if I wanted to watch the "Big Game" but couldn't be near a television, I can watch it on any device. However, maybe if I was invited to the Oculus Super Bowl party, I might become a fan. Ahhh, technology. Enjoy the game and may your favorite team win. All the best to you,
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What Is "Machine Intelligence" and Why Should We Care?
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ShivonZilis who is an Investor at Bloomberg Beta has spent months learning about startups associated with what she is calling "machine intelligence". She sees machine intelligence transforming the enterprise, industries, and humans with an advantage for large companies and opportunities for entrepreneurs. What she says this means for job skills is this: "The talent crunch in machine intelligence will make it look like we had a glut of data scientists" and you know we currently have a shortage of data scientists. Surely your interest is piqued to read The Current State of Machine Intelligence on Medium by Shivon Zilis.
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Ray Kurzweil's Mind-Boggling Predictions for the Next 25 Years
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Ray Kurzweil has many accomplishments and accolades, too many to mention here. He is also noted for making technology predictions,which at the time he makes them seem farfetched. Yet, he gets so many right, people now pay attention. Here are some of Ray Kurzweil's predictions for the next 25+ years.
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Mobile App Hackathon - Hawaii
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The 24 hour mobile app development challenge, sponsored by AT&T, the University of Hawaii, and Blue Startups looks like it's going to be a good one. In addition to the development experience and great prizes, there are free sponsored tutorials scheduled for the week before with PCATT friends Burt Lum of Hawaii Open Data and Bytemarks Cafe and Jason Sewell with DevLeague and Sudokrew. And best of all, you'll hear a presentation by Monir Hodges of PCATT. Perhaps we're a bit biased on that one, but she's great.
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The Crown Jewel of Security Certifications
Certification Magazine named CISSP "the crown jewel of security certifications". Why? "CISSP certification is an almost mandatory rite of passage in the career of information security specialists and a prerequisite for many advanced roles in the profession. Earning the credential requires demonstrating a combination of experience and knowledge across a wide range of material." PCATT teaches CISSP with an excellent instructor. Let us know if you're interested and we'll personally keep in touch with you with upcoming schedules.
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Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA)
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MVA, Microsoft Virtual Academy, offers free online courses taught by experts in 14 different languages. Topics are selected to keep you, the professional, current in new technologies. The next MVA session starts on February 1. As Microsoft says, "Know It, Prove It." |
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February is for Lovers (of Learning)
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PCATT teaches tech of many types, and repair and maintenance of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles is one of those technologies. With increasing sales of hybrid and electric vehicles, this will be a valuable skill to have. A new program is starting on February 19. Mention you heard about it in the PCATT eZine for a great promotional rate.
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Today, we end with a very interesting and scary real-time posting of live security attacks. You can see who is attacking whom by country, you'll see the attack types, and because it's real-time, it keeps changing. The volume is mind-boggling.
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