SaaS is seen as one of the best things that have ever happened in the world of software in terms of costs and ease of usage. But it’s not enough to embrace its advantages alone. There are two sides to a coin, and even SaaS has a lesser-known side that can harm businesses if left unattended. The dark side of SaaS involves shadow IT, security and compliance risks, and SaaS wastage. We’ve started this podcast series, “SaaS Whispers,” to focus on the inefficiencies and cost overruns posed by inc ...
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Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the official podcast for the Concourse Benefits Platform, hosted by Marc Palud, one of the Co-Founders and Chief Marketing Officer of Concourse Benefits LLC. A benefits game-changer, the Concourse Benefits Platform is a comprehensive, end-to-end, customizable benefits management eco ...
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Jade Global is well-positioned to be your strategic IT services partner. We create value through our vast portfolio of IT services delivered by highly skilled and experienced consultants. Our services include business application implementations, integrations, software product engineering, Cloud services, technology advisory, testing, and managed services. We have domain expertise in a variety of industries including manufacturing, high-tech, energy, pharmaceuticals and warehouse distribution.
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Welcome to our monthly podcast co-hosted by the Radio Bros - Dan and Shaz. Not only are they good friends, the Radio Bros are experienced in developing and consulting for a particular cloud software. Or, as they like to put it, they are Consultant Developers. Every month, they go offline from the daily grind and wind down, casually discussing topics around their work and own experiences with anything that touches the cloud: like web dev, gadgets and everything in between. Dan and Shaz will b ...
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Welcome to the Invent Like An Owner Podcast, where I’ll talk with the Amazonians who helped build Amazon.com into one of the world’s most valuable companies. This weekly podcast is for entrepreneurs, future business leaders, and all students of history (not to mention, people interested in getting hired at Amazon!). The goal of the podcast is to capture the Amazon Creation Stories and create a historical archive... before we forget all the details -- that’s it. My name is Dave Schappell (and ...
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Alex Jenkins from NestEggs Retirement Plan Services
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15:52Send us a text In this episode, we welcome Alex, a partner at NestEggs, to discuss how their firm supports privately held businesses and trade associations with comprehensive retirement plan solutions. Alex shares his journey from medical device sales to becoming an investment advisor and details NestEggs’ unique approach as one of the last private…
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Press Release Audio Transcript: Concourse Benefits launches new Affinity Network Platform at Web Summit Vancouver
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3:46Send us a text Concourse Benefits is transforming how business organizations, like chambers of commerce and trade associations, can deliver more value to their members. Today, the company announced its investor proposal and valuation analysis, highlighting a funding round to accelerate platform development and rapid market expansion. Concourse Bene…
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Beginning with the news round, featuring the UK government's secret order for a backdoor to Apple's iCloud, AI comes up again with a new contender making waves and with another enraging users. We do share some guidance of what not to do with AI tools. The main topic looks at the state of the open source software world. Is it in trouble? References:…
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Campaign Compass on Concourse Benefits with Nancy Cooke
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14:50Send us a text Learn about Campaign Compass in this podcast interview with Founder, Nancy Cooke. Connect with Nancy on her LinkedIn Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the o…
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Send us a text Colin Schmidt's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-schmidt/ Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the official podcast for the Concourse Benefits Platf…
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SquareStack in Concourse Benefits with Bill Furlong
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22:16Send us a text Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the official podcast for the Concourse Benefits Platform, hosted by Marc Palud, one of the Co-Founders and Chief Marketing…
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VirtualE on Concourse Benefits with guest Marco Macrì
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4:06Send us a text Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the official podcast for the Concourse Benefits Platform, hosted by Marc Palud, one of the Co-Founders and Chief Marketing…
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Privacy Pillar for Concourse Benefits Users with guest Rinto John
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5:43Send us a text Automate trust and transparency with a privacy-by-design platform. Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the official podcast for the Concourse Benefits Platfor…
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Send us a text Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the official podcast for the Concourse Benefits Platform, hosted by Marc Palud, one of the Co-Founders and Chief Marketing…
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Marketplace Vendor Episode: Cybersecurity Posture Assessments, with Hernan from POPP3R Cybersecurity
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13:47Send us a text Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the official podcast for the Concourse Benefits Platform, hosted by Marc Palud, one of the Co-Founders and Chief Marketing…
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Send us a text Connect with Marcie on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcie-o-dwyer-b29197129/https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcie-o-dwyer-b29197129/ Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the …
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Send us a text Connect with Susan on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-ellender-222b2365/ Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the official podcast for the Concou…
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Send us a text A wonderful conversation with one of our Co-Founders, Boyd Stough on the journey to Concourse Benefits. You can connect with Boyd on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boyd-stough-j-d-1b851042/ Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value f…
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Association Use Case Episode with the Concourse Benefits Platform
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4:45Send us a text Welcome to the Association Use Case Podcast for the Concourse Benefits Platform where we’ll provide a high-level overview on what Industry or Trade Associations can expect when using the Concourse Benefits platform to run their member value-added benefits programs while extending added value to your members all the say down to employ…
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Chamber of Commerce Use Case with the Concourse Benefits Platform
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4:26Send us a text Welcome to the Chamber of Commerce Use Case Podcast Episode for the Concourse Benefits Platform, where we’ll provide a high-level overview of what your Chamber of Commerce or Board of Trade can expect by using the Concourse Benefits platform to run your member value-added benefits programs and extend additional value to your members …
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Origin Story of the Concourse Benefits Platform
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2:27Send us a text In this episode, we share the short version of Concourse Benefits’ origin story. (Future episodes will dig deeper into each co-founding member with one on one interviews.) The Concourse Benefits entity we have today is a collaboration between two companies and a team of seven individuals geographically located across North America. E…
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We're back with a news round recording made in July 2024, covering Musk and newly awarded billions, Adobe's Ts and Cs regarding AI, Microsoft Copilot+ Recall feature. and Apple's stirrings with ChatGPT. Then we turn to the main topic of the day that the Duck went down and the search for a backup search engine. Read more show notes over at Buy Me A …
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In this episode, Dan and Shaz look at the announcements made at the Apple "Let Loose" event, the pricing and a particular fallout. Everyone's doing it, so we would like to share our opinion on it, too. Dan's relationship with Alexa has got complicated, then Shaz has an announcement of the Windows kind. Oh, and, there's another special announcement.…
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RB44: These subscriptions are getting too much
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46:20Today is a bit of a rant day. We revisit some interesting news what with Tesla issues and range anxiety. There's also Microsoft's continued advertising experiments, leading to talks about ditching it. Shaz has created his own music streaming experience. Then finally the rant about subscriptions are becoming central to our lives. News references CNN…
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We're back and finally got this recording produced. In this episode we've got a loooot of catching up to do... starting with a potential success story for Google's RCS, but not for the reasons you think. Then following it with an article about Discovery leaving the Playstation platform, we have to get real. You don't own anything in this age of dig…
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The Radio Bros revisit some news and then based on recent-ish news regarding on-demand video streaming, Shaz reveals his efforts to get free television. But it does come at a cost. References: (BBC News) The race to buy AI website addresses (BBC News) Elon Musk tells Rishi Sunak AI will put an end to work (The Verge) WhatsApp head confirms in-app a…
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This episode is a little different. We thought we'd try a little news roundup. Then Shaz shares a change in his fondness for gadgets. References: (y! news) Northumbria Police: Drones ready to 'catch criminals and improve safety' (Proton Blog) The Online Safety Act doesn’t protect encryption, but Ofcom can (TechCrunch) X, formerly Twitter, tests cha…
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Dan recalls a prediction to do with iPhone and USB Type C, Shaz has a new gadget, and then they talk about some gaming shenanigans. References: (Consumer Reports) iPhone 15 Pro Max Passes CR's Drop Test (JerryRigEverything @ YouTube) Be gentle with Apples new Titanium iPhone 15 Pro Max ... Yikes! (Benzinga) How Much Titanium Is Really In Apple's Ne…
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Starting with a rant of new-ish behaviour of delivery drivers, the RadioBros a quick dip into the world of supermarket loyalty schemes and what the potential tradeoff is. Then sharing interesting discovery in the world of competitive computing. Not just eSports. References: (BBC) Fifa esports World Cup finalists respond to penalty row (The Verge) E…
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Yes! We admit it. We're lazy. The latest episode is overdue and Shaz asked AI to create a script on quantum computing. The results were, well... we'd let you be the judge of that. References: Financial Times Tech Tonic Season 6: Episode 1 (BBC) Using AI for loans and mortgages is big risk, warns EU boss (Windows Central) Microsoft reportedly replac…
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Shaz has a confession to make which leads to him thinking we may have reached peak phone design. Then there's something about AI taking jobs. BBC: BT to cut 55,000 jobs with up to a fifth replaced by AI TechSpot: Company says it will replace creative workers with ChatGPT-like generative AI The Verge: Sorry Bing, Samsung’s sticking with Google as it…
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What's a Radio Bros episode without a rant? Boring. Website designs are nice but do they come at a usability cost. There's also discussion around getting off the cloud. Then we finally unbottled our rant about the Chief Twit. If you're more than willing we are gonna experiment with Mastodon, so you can reach us on @[email protected] and educ…
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SaaS Operations in the Cloud Era with Michele Liberman
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40:02Michele Liberman has a bachelor’s degree in computer sciences and a post-graduate degree in Information Systems Management from Liverpool University. She has been working with Smart Communications for the past 16 years in different departments, from development, through enterprise architecture, enjoying the journey from small to enterprise as the c…
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It all started with this Hyundai ad. So, Shaz asks would you talk to your phone assistant in public like an idiot, and then experiences shenanigans with his. Dan eloquently rants about the darn freemium game ads on his phone. Then the conversation just spirals into advertising chaos on the phone and in the browser, settling on a tricky subject of e…
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Shaz summarises his web browser experiment with Vivaldi. Then we discuss concept phones after seeing OnePlus's recent concept of liquid cooling, while risking an argument against MKHB (sorry!). On the topic of phones we have a glance into the world of batteries and lost the plot by swinging over to chatting about electric cars. References: (Wikiped…
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Safeguarding your SaaS Apps with Kenneth Corriveau
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27:32Kenneth Corriveau leads Omnicom Media Group’s global technology operations in North America, Europe, the Middle East/Africa, Asia Pacific, and Latam. He also oversees the digital transformation initiative on a global basis. As a seasoned professional, Ken offers three decades of success in a series of high-level roles at top-tier companies, includi…
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An apologetically late episode this. However, the shenanigans continue. Now that Apple has announced more devices based on the M2 chip, we look at the trade-in values. Then we revisit phones again, but for a different reason. Aaaand the shenanigans continue with browser issues. References: (BBC) Date set for universal phone charger (CBS News) Micro…
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Significance of Cyber Security in SaaS with Tyler Young
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31:35As Chief Information Security Officer at BigID, Tyler is responsible for developing and implementing BigID’s security strategy and developing security use cases for BigID’s products. He also serves as a Board Member on Glilot Capital, GTM Capital, and Team 8’s Security Advisory Boards, as well as an advisor for several early-stage Security startups…
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Shaz has lost his voice, so it's up to Dan to share seasons greetings. Wherever you are, we hope you enjoyed your December holidays and wish you all the best for 2023. Send us a message Support the show
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In this episode we look at the dilemmas of the online world. From security checks when onboarding into a new job, more Musk-related shenanigans with Twitter, extra music for Amazon Prime subscribers, right through to a careless discussion around downloading: peer-to-peer versus BitTorrent versus just streaming what's online. News references: Bloomb…
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Strategies to Optimize SaaS Apps with Amit Mizrahi
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48:48Amit is leading the improvement of core services and financial optimization at Wix. He has over a decade of experience with entrepreneurship, innovation, startups, and social impact. As a serial entrepreneur and a SaaS founder turned corporate, Amit is implementing new innovative methodologies to improve SaaS management in an enterprise environment…
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RB30: Get that message and more Apple Poking
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47:43Interesting news regarding cloud gaming. Plus, Apple can't stay out of the news can they? References: MacRumours: No chance of RCS on iPhone Wired: Google Stadia Shutting Down Game Rant: Netflix Streaming Video Games The Guardian (UK): iPhone USB C connectors Apple EU rules iOS Hacker: iPad lack Apple Pencil 2 support Send us a message Support the …
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Risks, Security, and Governance of SaaS Apps with Torbjörn Andersson
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24:24Torbjörn Andersson is an IT security leader with over 20 years of experience in the IT Industry. He has gained broad knowledge from consulting and supporting organizations in their security journey. He holds the position of CISO at Medius, a leading global provider of cloud-based accounts payable (AP) automation. With a passion for cyber security, …
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Impact of SaaS on Organizations with Scott Conn
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31:04Scott Conn became the Chief Information Officer for the City of Modesto on May 24, 2022, where he currently puts his 40+ years of C-level private sector, Executive Consulting, and local government Information Technology (IT) experience to work. Before joining the Modesto team, Scott was a member of the IT Team at the City of Concord, fulfilling mul…
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Staying Secure in a SaaS-first Workplace with Mark Houpt
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36:32As Chief Information Security Officer of DataBank, Mark brings over 30 years of extensive information security and information technology experience in a wide range of industries and institutions. Mark is a successful and sought-after security speaker, blogger, podcaster, and entrepreneur. He has been responsible for security and compliance solutio…
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In this episode the Radio Bros are joined by another Dan. This Dan specialises in cybersecurity and let's say this interview is an eye opener, from talking about his project with IoT and staying safe online. Send us a message Support the show
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RB28: Choose your favourite online stalker
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58:23The RadioBros tread through the various 'analytical' technologies that track your activities. Starting from cookies it gets a little scary, but some tools are presented that help. Then there's that thing with DuckDuckGo and Microsoft References: The Cookie Law ICO: What is the 'legitimate interest' basis? gdpr.eu: What is GDPR? TechRadar: Google is…
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Oh no. The podcast got hijacked by non-other than Chuck Tomasi. A two time author, co-host and producer of a number of podcasts (including for ServiceNow) and is a ServiceNow legend. Let the shenanigans begin. Chuck's shameless plugs: Chuck's Website: chucktomasi.com Chuck's podcasts: chuckchat.com Podcasting for Dummies: amzn.to/3PGEYnG (not an af…
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It's all about retro. For the Radio Bros it's the good old days for the... err... modern day. Why? It all started when we saw an YouTube video of a very old system. We then look at how television and on demand streaming is changing and needs change. There's also a bit about Musk References: BBC Archive - Commodore Amiga (YouTube) Retroblast Coffee …
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Yep. Sustainability is still a hot topic. Shahed describes his experience with the Fairphone. For right to repair, iFixit has announce some partnerships. Then there's a mention of a search engine that plants trees and a discussion around mining materials from existing devices. References: Nova Launcher - Custom Launcher for Android Offline Extra: F…
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Shahed gets schooled on NFTs. We also what it's gotta do with the blockchain and how we feel about cryptocurrency. Then we tangent onto the idea of re-decentralising the Internet. References: The Independent: Side-eying Chloe meme sold by family as NFT BBC Bitesize: What is Bitcoin? BBC Sounds: The Missing Crypto Queen BBC: Blockchain: The revoluti…
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RB23: The Linux Experience and the Apple repair
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49:11Shahed finally gets around to sharing his experience with working in a Linux only environment. The RadioBros dig (well, rant... a lot) into Apple's Nov 2021 announcement of the Self Service Repair. Fairphone are not the only ones in the sustainability game. And about that Fairphone... well listen and find out. And we have an announcement. Links: Ap…
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Ecowarriors in the making. The RadioBros rant about eWaste. It's your fault... and ours. It's not just about our habits as individuals , but there are other organisations out there that have built a model around sustainability. References: (Intel) 2021: Time to Stop the E-Waste Crisis (iFixIt) Apple is locking iPhone batteries to discourage repair …
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The Radio Bros rant about meetings, and when we say rant, we reeaally mean rant. Yeah, they're important. But, when not done properly, they're a pain. References: Forbes: Why most meetings fail before they begin https://www.forbes.com/sites/soulaimagourani/2021/05/06/why-most-meetings-fail-before-they-even-begin/ Conference Call Bingo https://metho…
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RB20: Unleash the bots and breaking the Twitter jar
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47:44The Radio Bros' topics traverse from chatbots (or virtual agents or whatever you call them), to another rant about right-to-repair, project related shenanigans, and finally settling on the tipped Twitter Jar exposing user data. References: Virtual Agent (ServiceNow) https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/rome-now-intelligence/page/administer/virtual-ag…
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