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10 tips for speeding up Python programs

InfoWorld

By and large, people use Python because it’s convenient and programmer-friendly, not because it’s fast. The plethora of third-party libraries and the breadth of industry support for Python compensate heavily for its not having the raw performance of Java or C. Speed of development takes precedence over speed of execution.

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Bio digital twins and the future of health innovation

CIO

Healthcare technology innovation is poised to revolutionize the medical landscape. At the forefront of this transformation lies biological digital twin (bio digital twin) technology. This technology will help to improve personal, social, and economic outcomes, and help to build a healthier, more prosperous and sustainable future for all. The promise of bio digital twin technology The groundbreaking work underway in the development of bio digital twin technology holds immense promise in both savi

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How to Make Small Talk with Anyone from Anywhere

Harvard Business Review

Meet-and-greet conversations can be uncomfortable. And they can feel especially daunting when you’re paired with strangers from different cultures, like when networking in a global business context. In this setting, light and introductory-style conversations (what some of us know as “small talk”) can be very helpful, and even necessary. Small talk is a quasi-universal tool for initiating conversations with strangers from different cultures, for building a quick rapport, and for planting the seed

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Atos deal to sell its legacy service business falls through

CIO

French IT services company Atos has put an end to its attempts to sell its ailing legacy managed infrastructure services business after failing to reach an agreement with a prospective buyer, and will now have to glue the two halves of its business back together. Exclusive talks with EP Equity Investment over the sale of the Tech Foundations business ended after the two parties failed to agree on deal terms and pricing.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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What Employees Need from Leaders in Uncertain Times

Harvard Business Review

It’s one thing to lead through a normal range of uncertainty with its ups and downs. But how do you lead when the inflections, disruptions, dislocations, and other threat conditions pile up, as they have in the last few years? While the leader has little to no control over the external competitive environment, they have astonishing influence over the internal performance environment, including employee engagement, morale, and productivity.

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The Difference Between Startup Valuation And Round Pricing

Crunchbase News

By Dan Gray On Aug. 20, 2011, Marc Andreessen published the definitive manifesto for a generation of technologists and investors, with “ Why Software Is Eating the World.” It kicked off an era of immense enthusiasm for software startups, coinciding with a period of historically low interest rates. The pace of investment accelerated over the next decade, and without sifting too finely through recent history we can reflect back on a quote from Andreessen’s essay: “Too much of the debate is still a

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Why cloud evolution needs a cohesive approach to succeed

CIO

Many organisations in India are migrating to the cloud, and there is no shortage of cloud providers. But if you want cloud to revolutionise your business, it won’t help to get stuck with a basic cloud configuration that works by default but doesn’t keep pace with your evolving goals. This is what Mobicule Technologies , an independent software vendor (ISV) in fintech, realised as they expanded their client base in India’s financial services industry.

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The Key to a Fulfilling Career? Variety.

Harvard Business Review

If you feel bored or unfulfilled by a job you once relished, you might be succumbing to what scientists call habituation: our brain’s tendency to react less and less to things that don’t change, so that what once brought joy and meaning can stop doing so over time. The antidote is to pursue variety, both inside and outside of work, since ample research shows that people are most engaged and satisfied when they are learning something new.

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Ecco come i CIO stanno ripensando alle strategie sul cloud

CIO

Dopo anni di marcia al ritmo della migrazione al cloud, i CIO stanno diventando sempre più cauti riguardo al mantra cloud-first, comprendendo la necessità di estromettere alcuni carichi di lavoro dal cloud pubblico verso piattaforme in cui verranno eseguiti in modo più produttivo, più efficiente e più economico. “La ‘Cloud exit’ è diventata un tema importante nel 2023 e ci sono buone probabilità che si trasformi in una vera tendenza per il 2024.

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Streamlining Database Compliance with CI/CD Integration

IT leaders know the importance of compliance at every level, but the database often gets left behind as other environments are automated for robust protection. This whitepaper emphasizes the importance of robust, auditable, and secure database change management practices for safeguarding organizational compliance. Learn how automating database compliance: Mitigates risk Protects against security vulnerabilities Helps avoid regulatory penalties Aligns database workflows with app lifecycle Turns d

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Morgan Stanley Supercharged Its Customer Journey. Learn How at Adobe Summit 2024!

Perficient

Adobe Summit 2024 is right around the corner, and we’re excited to sit down with the executive director of marketing applications at Morgan Stanley Dorothy Joseph on March 27 at 11:30 A.M PST at The Grand Lux Café in The Palazzo. Perficient’s Jay Jackson, director of Adobe Digital Marketing and CDP, will host a fireside chat with Joseph about the global financial services leader’s successful journey to consolidate and optimize the Adobe Experience Platform.

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Navigating the future: the rise of SD-WAN in India

CIO

In the realm of Wide Area Networks (WANs), traditional routers have long been the backbone of network infrastructure, albeit with their limitations. The conventional approach involves configuring and maintaining each router individually, which often lacks the flexibility required for the dynamic needs of modern businesses. However, a transformative technology known as Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) is making significant waves in India and globally.

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How to Beat the Average When it Comes to Cybersecurity

IDC

Let's face it: The sad-but-true reality of modern cybersecurity is that doing what lots of organizations do means you're probably doing something wrong. You need to do it better.

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The multi-faceted digital transformation of Barcelona City Council

CIO

A holistic digital transformation of its services, comprised of many technological initiatives, earned Barcelona City Council a place as a finalist for Public Entity of the Year at the CIO 100 Awards Spain 2023 in December. And as its CIO, Nacho Santillana Montiel was the central figure of this distinction due to a series of innovative projects including integrating various emerging technologies into daily life at the City Council and for Catalan citizens.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Much Ado About OpenTelemetry

Honeycomb

There is so much good work that OpenTelemetry has done in the software industry, specifically around the domain of observability, in the last five years. Bringing users and vendors together to define the future of telemetry? Check! Unify logs, traces, and metrics under a completely vendor-neutral API? Check! Deprecate other standards by bringing their collaborators to the table to ensure their use cases are met?

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CIO?AI??????5????

CIO

ジェネレーティブAIの急速な普及と民主化は、約150年前に電気と同じことをした電球と比較されてきた。電気の発明(1831年)から数十年後の1879年に発明された電球が、大衆や企業に実用的なユースケースをもたらしたように、ジェネレーティブAIはAIにも同じことをもたらそうとしている。 テクノロジーが研究室から日常生活へと移行するとき、主流への採用は通常、ますます強力になり、証明された初期のユースケースに乗る。このような急速な採用には、可能性の芸術に対する興奮が伴う。これが、ガートナーのハイプ・サイクルにおいて、AIが現在、期待のピークに達している理由の一部である。 実際、ChatGPTは昨年、わずか2ヶ月で1億人以上の月間アクティブユーザーを獲得し、テクノロジー採用のライフサイクルにおける位置づけは、ハイプ・サイクルにおける位置づけを上回っている。

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Amazon Aggregator Thrasio Files For Bankruptcy Protection After Raising Billions From Investors

Crunchbase News

Thrasio , a startup that rolls up third-party sellers on Amazon , on Wednesday said it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and entered a restructuring agreement that includes reduced debt and fresh capital. The bankruptcy filing marks a dramatic reversal for Thrasio, which once bore a $10 billion valuation after raising $3.4 billion from investors including Silver Lake , Oaktree Capital Management and Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

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The role of data centers in building a sustainable future

CIO

Data is the fabric of our connected world. The rise of streaming and enterprise cloud adoption have driven an explosive surge in computing demand, giving rise to data centers around the world. Now, a new wave of demand driven by data-hungry generative AI applications is arriving, and it’s bringing with it increasing environmental pressures. From 2020 to 2025, data usage is expected to quadruple.

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Top 5 Challenges in Designing a Data Warehouse for Multi-Tenant Analytics

Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.

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Dockerization of Java applications using Google Jib Plugin

InnovationM

Prerequisites Basic docker knowledge & commands, can go through this blog Docker-For-Beginners by InnovationM. Introduction In this blog I will guide you step-by-step how to use google jib plugin with docker. What is Jib ? Jib is part of Google Container Tools which builds optimized Docker and OCI images for your java application and push them to your public or private docker repositories without the need for Docker daemon.

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Celebrity Crypto Backers Hit Pause On Startup Deals

Crunchbase News

Things haven’t worked out well for promoters of FTX. The company is in bankruptcy, its founder is in jail, and its venture backers have written off the investment. Celebrities who endorsed the company are also regretting their choice. Beyond the reputational damage and shortfall in expected compensation, they’re also defending themselves in what could be a costly class-action lawsuit.

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High-risk open source vulnerabilities on the rise, Synopsys reports

InfoWorld

Nearly three-quarters of codebases assessed for risk by Synopsis in 2023 contained open source components with high-risk vulnerabilities, according to a just-released report from the company, a provider of application security testing tools. While the number of codebases with at least one open source vulnerability remained consistent year over year at 84%, Synopsis said, the number that contained high-risk vulnerabilities increased dramatically, from 48% in 2022 to 74% in 2023.

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Laravel Table Relationship Methods With Example

Php,Mysql,Jquery Tutorial And Interview Question

This Laravel tutorial helps to understand table Relationships using Elequonte ORM. We’ll explore laravel table Relationships usage and best practices with examples. Understanding Laravel Table Relationships There are the following types of table relationships supported by Laravel: One-to-One One-to-Many Many-to-One (Inverse of One-to-Many) Many-to-Many Let’s assume you have an “employees” and a “departments” table, and […] The post Laravel Table Relation

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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ServiceNow, Hugging Face, and Nvidia expand StarCoder2 coding LLM

InfoWorld

ServiceNow, Hugging Face, and Nvidia have released StarCoder2, the next generation of their open-access and royalty-free large language model ( LLM ) trained to generate code, in an effort to take on AI-based programming tools including Microsoft-owned GitHub Copilot, Google’s Bard AI , and Amazon CodeWhisperer.

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Bringing Sustainability and Security to the Edge

Dell EMC

Keep your data local and support ultra-low latency applications with Vodafone Business and Dell Technologies.

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Observability Best Practices in Software Development

Apiumhub

Observability best practices in software development are fundamental pillars that enable developers to gain profound insights into the internal dynamics of a system by scrutinizing its outputs, logs, and other external indicators. In an era where software systems are becoming increasingly intricate and multifaceted, observability serves as a critical tool for comprehending, troubleshooting, and refining these complex structures.

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Breaking Down The Reddit IPO

Crunchbase News

By John S. Kim It is now official: After a false alarm in 2021, the Reddit IPO is finally coming. And the market looks far different than it did the last time. What should we expect both from Reddit and the larger IPO market? After collaborating with Reddit for a number of years (Reddit was one of the earliest customers at my company Sendbird ), here’s my take.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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How to Recruit the Right People For Your Team

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Recruiting the right people involves creating appropriate role descriptions and knowing where to look. One of the most exciting aspects of building a high-performing team is recruiting people to be members of that team. There’s nothing better than finding that really talented person who wants to come work with you. So as you think about doing this recruiting and finding the right people, you need to understand how to create role descriptions based on the team’s skill needs.

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Simplifying SQL Server and Kubernetes Across Hybrid/Multi-Cloud

Dzone - DevOps

The complexity of managing business-critical Microsoft SQL Server workloads with Kubernetes, especially across hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure, can stall many organizations’ modernization plans. However, DH2i 's new DxOperator tool aims to change that dynamic with automated deployment and simplified management capabilities purpose-built for SQL Server availability groups in Kubernetes environments.

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How Much Testing is Too Much?

DevOps.com

Advances in automated testing have great potential, but there are also downsides to consider as the technology matures.

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