{"id":40812,"date":"2020-05-04T08:46:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T08:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=31213fda78d56a98f8cf525e22f63534"},"modified":"2020-05-04T08:46:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T08:46:03","slug":"it-pro-20-20-living-at-the-mercy-of-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/it-pro-20-20-living-at-the-mercy-of-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Pro 20\/20: Living at the mercy of technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field-name-field-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"field-item even\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudpro.co.uk\/authors\/cloud-pro\">Cloud Pro<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">4 May, 2020<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"short-teaser\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudpro.co.uk\/\" title=\"\" class=\"combined-link\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body\">\n<p><span data-cke-copybin-start=\"1\">\u200b<\/span>Welcome to the fourth\u00a0issue of IT Pro 20\/20, our\u00a0brand-new digital magazine that brings all of the previous month&#8217;s most important tech issues into clear view.<\/p>\n<p>Each month, we\u00a0will shine a spotlight on the content that we feel every IT professional should be aware of, only in a condensed version that can be read on the go, at a time that suits you.<\/p>\n<p>This month we&#8217;re taking a look at how technology is reshaping our lives, for better and for worse. While it&#8217;s something of a cliche to say, we really are at the mercy of technology. The coronavirus has pushed the majority of businesses to extreme limits, and without technology to keep us connected and productive, many would surely have collapsed by now. It&#8217;s this idea of technology continuing to reshape how we interact with the world around us that is at the core of this month&#8217;s theme.<\/p>\n<p>Our lead feature takes a look at what Microsoft is doing to help repair the damage caused by the launch of Tay, a chatbot so ill-suited to its purpose that it would serve as a warning for anyone developing AI for public consumption. We also highlight how technology has influenced management styles in recent years, and how overbearing cyber security training has the potential to turn employees against a business.<\/p>\n<p>As ever, you\u2019ll also find a roundup of the four biggest stories of the month that are likely to reverberate throughout 2020.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/dennistrk.cvtr.io\/click?lid=13723&amp;pid=52&amp;sid=%20E\" >DOWNLOAD THE APRIL ISSUE OF IT PRO 20\/20 HERE<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div id=\"file-7676\" class=\"file file-image file-image-jpeg file-content-full-width\">\n<div class=\"content\">    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.cloudpro.co.uk\/sites\/cloudprod7\/files\/styles\/insert_main_wide_image\/public\/2020\/05\/20_april_issue_cover_teaser_copy.jpg?itok=VAeOP8Fd\" alt=\"\" \/>  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The next IT Pro 20\/20 will be available on Friday 29\u00a0May. Previous issues can be\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itpro.co.uk\/it-pro-2020\" >found here<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoy reading this month&#8217;s issue. If you would like to receive each issue in your inbox as they release, you can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itpro.co.uk\/magazine-signup\" >subscribe to our mailing list\u00a0here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>      Cloud Pro<\/p>\n<p>        4 May, 2020    <\/p>\n<p>      \u200bWelcome to the fourth\u00a0issue of IT Pro 20\/20, our\u00a0brand-new digital magazine that brings all of the previous month&#8217;s most important tech issues into clear view.<br \/>\nEach month, we\u00a0will shine a spotlight&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":404,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40813,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40812\/revisions\/40813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}