Mon.Oct 23, 2023

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Five Workplace Nightmares That’ll Send Chills Down Your Spine

Agile42

Step with us into the world of Workplace Nightmares, where the horrors are real and the stakes are high. Dark secrets lurk behind office doors, and this spooky season, it’s up to you to save yourself. But you’re not alone. We have some tricks to help you survive as you face the ghouls and goblins of the corporate world. Vampiric Meetings It’s 4pm and the light is fading.

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5 Ways Companies Gamified FinOps To Drive A Cost-Aware Engineering Culture

CloudZero

Getting engineers to take action to optimize spending can feel like an eternal struggle for many cloud-based companies. In fact, this particular issue is consistently considered to be one of the number-one cost challenges modern companies face.

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Transforming IT for digital success

CIO

CIOs and their IT teams have enjoyed a bump in power and prestige in recent years, as the C-suite has embraced continuous transformation, digital everything, and a host of emerging technologies — all enabled by IT. As a result, most IT functions have seen budget increases, support for more staff, and higher involvement in shaping enterprise strategy , according to multiple reports.

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From Fiasco to Opportunity: How to Reframe a Team Setback With Better Words

Let's Grow Leaders

What to Say Next After a Team Setback: Beyond the ‘F’ Word We’ve been there too—project outcomes that don’t meet expectations, missed deadlines, or even complete strategy breakdowns. On the heels of a colossal team setback, it can be tempting to throw around words like “failure,” “fiasco,” or “disaster.” But what if you could be the one to change the conversation—to focus on the path forward instead of dwelling on setbacks?

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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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5 steps for making tech ethics work for your company

CIO

Generative AI breakthroughs over the past year have crystalized a significant issue that IT leaders have long been aware of but few have addressed programmatically: tech ethics. And the stakes are beginning to mount. Of 119 CEOs polled at the Yale CEO Summit this summer, 42% said they believe AI has the potential to destroy humanity within the next decade.

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Future First: Sustainability at Equinix

CIO

At Equinix, sustainability means Future First. It encompasses everything from the environment to social governance, to green technological innovation. Future First is about action, acting with social responsibility, and actively empowering people in communities to be their very best. Equinix believes when people and technology come together to protect our climate and preserve our resources, anything is possible.

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Project Managers, Unlock the Power of Timeboxing

Harvard Business Review

Modern work is inherently project-based and collaborative. We are all project managers to some extent. From film directors and restaurant owners to lawyers and accountants, many professions involve managing projects. For everyone, not just project managers, mastering timeboxing can be a gateway to bridging the gap between intention and execution. You’re probably already timeboxing, at least a little.

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ESG in Action: The Dell Technologies FY23 ESG Report

CIO

At Dell Technologies, we put sustainability at the core of everything we do, setting strong commitments and taking the right actions to address climate change, minimize negative environmental impact, and drive positive outcomes for business and society. From how we make our innovative products to what our customers, partners, and communities can do with them, our technology is helping to create a better, more sustainable future.

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Old Formulas Won’t Help You Solve Today’s Business Problems

Harvard Business Review

Formulas may be road-tested approaches to business challenges, but formulas have flaws. What worked yesterday might not be applicable or even plausible today. There are three primary weaknesses to relying on formulas to address business issues in a constantly changing environment: 1.) they don’t work the same in all contexts; 2) they can be replicated by the competition; and 3) they can have hidden risks.

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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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Elevate your digital transformation with impactful sustainability

CIO

Today, IT leaders are tasked with finding solutions that meet at the intersection of business growth and environmental responsibility. Customer sentiment, evolving corporate values, and government regulation have converged to make sustainability a strategic priority for nearly every business. And the importance of energy efficiency for enterprise IT cannot be overstated.

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How to Navigate Feelings of Confidence and Self-Doubt After a Promotion

Harvard Business Review

Successfully transitioning to a higher-level leadership role requires self-confidence, but many leaders display too much or too little early on. In this article, the author outlines strategies to help you find the optimal level of confidence. If there is one thing that defines effective leadership as you move from a manager to executive to CEO, it’s that your results become increasingly less about you and more about the attention you place on others so you can deliver through them.

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Accelerating digital transformation with sustainable solutions

CIO

Environmental sustainability Dell Technologies and Equinix have developed joint solutions to support our customers in this critical area by enabling businesses to deploy their infrastructure on Dell architecture within Equinix’s low-carbon colocation infrastructure covered by 96% renewables globally1. From there, we can dynamically connect to industry-leading cloud and network providers around the world via software-defined interconnection, gaining maximum choice, flexibility, cost control, and

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Are You the Pessimist on Your Team?

Harvard Business Review

Raining on people’s parade is rarely welcome. How can you moderate your pessimism so that you can be effective — and have healthy relationships with your colleagues? In this article, the author outlines practical, research-backed strategies to try. You may not be able to change your outlook — particularly if you’re someone who has a prevention focus — but remind yourself that you do have agency.

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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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Balancing latency and sustainability

CIO

Today’s enterprises face a mandate to make their operations more sustainable, from customers and regulators alike. In the Equinix 2023 Global Tech Trends Survey (GTTS), 68% of global IT leaders said that the environmental impact of their IT equipment and infrastructure is something they measure and actively try to limit. Many companies are simultaneously looking to implement compute-intensive technologies like AI, which can make their sustainability efforts even more challenging.

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Why, How, and What of AI-Powered Decision Intelligence

IDC

Decision intelligence can increase your speed and control in the decision making process when it comes to data and analytics.

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Data-driven sustainability: Dell’s commitment to industry standards

CIO

Industry dynamics around sustainability are constantly evolving, which makes them tough to navigate, with few guidelines, little oversight, and conflicting opinions on the “right approach” to climate action. As a global technology company with decades of sustainability leadership , Dell Technologies has a strong point of view informed by data and science, and we’re working with others to chart the path forward.

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Perficient: Gold Sponsor at Vercel’s Next.js Conference 2023 – Join Us In-Person or Virtually!

Perficient

At Perficient, we’re thrilled to announce that we are a Gold Sponsor of this year’s Next.js Conference , hosted by Vercel. This much-anticipated event will take place on October 26th at the iconic SF Jazz in San Francisco, and just like last year, it will feature a vibrant virtual component for attendees to stream for free. In 2022, more than 50,000 enthusiasts joined us virtually, and this year promises to be even bigger and better.

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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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Embracing sustainable IT unlocks environmental, business, and financial benefits

CIO

Norway is a leader in sustainability. Its use of renewable energy, sustainable technologies, and recycling is common in homes and businesses throughout the country, as well as the neighboring Nordic region, making Norway a role model of environmental stewardship. Cegal , a Norwegian global IT services business, is a great example of this leadership.

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Data Reliability Needs to Shift Left

DevOps.com

The challenge for every modern data team is to shift left data reliability as early as possible in the data journey to create optimized pipelines.

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How we’re driving sustainable impact for business and society

CIO

Considering the broader impact — across business, people, and the planet — of how we run our business isn’t new for Dell Technologies. For decades, we’ve been investing in innovation, partnerships, and programs that apply our technology, scale, and talented workforce to drive human progress – all intending to have a measurable influence on some of the complex challenges important to our business, customers, the communities we serve and society at large.

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Maximizing Data Insights: How OLAP Empowers Modern Data Stacks

DevOps.com

OLAP's multidimensional data model with pre-aggregation cubes enables efficient data processing and analysis, delivering faster insights.

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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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Becoming the sustainability partner our customers need

CIO

At Equinix, we recognize that meeting key sustainability targets is one of our customers’ top concerns—now and into the future. This means doing what’s right for the planet, making a positive impact on people and communities, and acting with integrity. Our customers are pursuing these goals because they want to future-proof their operations, setting themselves up to drive business value for decades to come.

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Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities

DevOps.com

Looking for a great new DevOps job? Check out these available opportunities at Tesla, Johns Hopkins and more!

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DEAC and DLC: Delivering sustainable cloud services to the Baltics and beyond

CIO

Andris Gailitis, the CEO of European Data Center Operator DEAC and Data Logistics Center ( DLC ), is quick to point out that the companies’ commitment to sustainability is heartfelt and genuine. Part of Baltic Rezo, both companies provide enterprises in the Baltics, Northern Europe, and beyond with high-performance data centers and a robust suite of cloud computing and IT solutions.

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Unlocking Productivity: The Power of Effective Conversations in Meetings

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Meetings shouldn’t be obligations; they should be opportunities for growth and collective progress. By embracing the right conversations, you can turn your meetings into transformative experiences. Today’s guest post is b y Chuck Wisner, author of The Art of Conscious Conversations: Transforming How We Talk, Listen, and Interact (CLICK HERE to get your copy).

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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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Unlock sustainability and efficiency with Dell APEX

CIO

In today’s uncertain economic landscape, it is no surprise that organizations are driven to optimize business costs. IT professionals can play a pivotal role by strategically leveraging as-a-service models as a key part of their organizations, enabling them to contribute not only to cost efficiencies but also to their organizations’ sustainability goals.

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Azure DevOps vs. AWS DevOps: Comparing Two Powerhouses in Cloud Development and Operations

Dzone - DevOps

Have you ever wondered which cloud service provider can elevate your software product engineering to new heights with their powerful DevOps offerings? If you haven’t so, get ready!

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Accelerating sustainability to build stronger businesses

CIO

Environmental sustainability has emerged as a significant concern and a business imperative for organizations today. A poll of public and private sector leaders in the latest World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2022 found that environment-related threats, including climate action failure and extreme weather events, topped the lists of short and long-term global risks.