Martin Fowler
JANUARY 24, 2024
Tim and Premand begin their discussion of how to get out of the difficulties of onboarding by explaining how to create a path to effectiveness for new hires. Such a path outlines the needs of employee and how the onboarding process should fulfill them.
CIO
JANUARY 24, 2024
Organizations can’t afford to mess up their data strategies, because too much is at stake in the digital economy. How enterprises gather, store, cleanse, access, and secure their data can be a major factor in their ability to meet corporate goals. Unfortunately, the road to data strategy success is fraught with challenges, so CIOs and other technology leaders need to plan and execute carefully.
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CEO Insider
JANUARY 24, 2024
Human resource departments are bedeviled by the scourge of addiction. It is estimated that 10% of Americans are suffering from some form of a debilitating addictive disorder. Many millions of dollars have been spent attempting to treat valuable employees struggling with addiction, only to result in frequent and heart-breaking failures. Doctors now view addiction as […] The post Addressing Addiction Treatment in the Workplace appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.
CIO
JANUARY 24, 2024
German tech major SAP has announced a 2 billion euro ($2.17 billion) restructuring program for 2024, impacting 8,000 employees as it focuses on AI. “In 2024, SAP will further increase its focus on key strategic growth areas, in particular Business AI. It also intends to transform its operational setup to capture organizational synergies, AI-driven efficiencies and to prepare the company for highly scalable future revenue growth,” SAP said in a press statement.
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Dialogview is revolutionizing VoIP services with its AI-powered platform, which is now available for white labeling. Our solution autonomously resolves over 68% of customer queries in more than 40 languages, dramatically reducing your team’s workload. With advanced conversational AI, Dialogview understands customer sentiments and queries in real time, without any button presses needed by users.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 24, 2024
Why do DEI leaders burn out so quickly? Research finds that this job demands constant emotional labor and surface acting, particularly for professionals of color. As a result, frustration and exhaustion mount. One solution stems from the way DEI programs are designed. The authors found that when programs take what’s known as a discrimination-and-fairness paradigm approach, DEI leaders experience more burnout because the organization’s focus assumes employee differences are sources of problems th
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Ooda Loop
JANUARY 24, 2024
While it is promising to see that these areas are being addressed at the highest levels of government, there is still one glaring omission that has yet to be treated with the same level of seriousness by the Executive Office – data privacy. The United States has various laws at both the state and federal levels that address different aspects of data privacy.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 24, 2024
U.S. employers have struggled to curb soaring health care costs. But there is an approach that could help them: involve workers in the design and implementation of health care benefits. There is a model that proves this approach can work: Taft-Hartley health plans, which arise out of collective bargaining, have succeeded in engaging employees and delivering efficient care.
DevOps.com
JANUARY 24, 2024
A survey found only 20% of IT and security professionals are confident in their ability to detect a vulnerability before an app is released.
Crunchbase News
JANUARY 24, 2024
Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on the state of seed startup investing at the start of 2024. Check back tomorrow for Part 2. Despite a broad pullback in global startup investment over the past two years, investors say the U.S. seed funding environment was the most vibrant compared to other funding stages during the downturn. In fact, U.S. seed funding in 2022 grew by close to 10% in terms of dollars invested, in contrast to a downturn at all other funding stages.
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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
Dzone - DevOps
JANUARY 24, 2024
Starting a new project is always a mix of excitement and tough decisions, especially when you're stitching together familiar tools like Google Docs with powerhouses like GitHub Pages. This is the story of building gdocweb , a tool that I hoped would make life easier for many. I'll be diving into why I chose Java 21 and Spring Boot 3.x, ditched GraalVM after some trial and error, and why a simple VPS with Docker Compose won out over more complex options.
Crunchbase News
JANUARY 24, 2024
Bilt Rewards , a loyalty rewards startup, raised a $200 million round led by General Catalyst at a $3.1 billion valuation — more than double the number after its last fundraising in 2022. The round also included participation from Eldridge Industries , Left Lane Capital , Camber Creek and Prosus Ventures. The New York-based startup allows consumers to earn rewards on the rent they pay.
CO2 Business Leadership
JANUARY 24, 2024
In the whirlwind of today’s business world, effective leadership is akin to conducting a symphony of minds. It’s less about having all the answers and more about posing the right questions. Imagine a leadership approach, let’s call it “Just Ask Leadership,” that pivots on sparking curiosity and nurturing open conversations.
Crunchbase News
JANUARY 24, 2024
Among startup categories, travel has followed one of the more unusual investment trajectories. Funding to the space hit a peak in 2019, amid buzz around a likely Airbnb IPO. At the time, investors were also enthusiastically backing businesses targeting business travel, customized online trip planning, and new models for upscale accommodations. Then COVID hit, and travel spending dried up.
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If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.
InfoWorld
JANUARY 24, 2024
Large language models like ChatGPT and Bard have raised machine learning to the status of a phenomenon. Their use for coding assistance has quickly earned these tools a place in the developer’s toolkit. Other use cases are being explored, ranging from image generation to disease detection. Tech companies are investing heavily in machine learning, so knowing how to train and work with models is becoming essential for developers.
DevOps.com
JANUARY 24, 2024
Agile doesn’t excuse bad communications, and DevOps is not short for 'random change on a whim.' Don MacVittie explains the importance of a clear product roadmap.
Perficient
JANUARY 24, 2024
Before I begin, I just want to caveat everything with the fact that HIPAA is a complex regulation open to interpretation, and in the end your legal and compliance teams need to be comfortable with how you handle data and the risk associated with those methods. With that being said, I’ve had a lot of experience with healthcare companies, both payers, providers and life sciences organizations dealing with HIPAA regulations over the last decade and having seen the direction Sitecore has been
InfoWorld
JANUARY 24, 2024
If there's any one tool a software developer needs, it's an editor. An editor can be as simple as Notepad++, or as full-blown as the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE. But wouldn't it be great if you could choose as much or as little editor as you need, depending on the project, and not have to switch programs? In 2015, Microsoft launched its answer to that question: Visual Studio Code.
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Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.
Dzone - DevOps
JANUARY 24, 2024
Distributed computing, also known as distributed processing, involves connecting numerous computer servers through a network to form a cluster. This cluster, known as a " distributed system ," enables the sharing of data and coordinating processing power.
DevOps.com
JANUARY 24, 2024
CaC allows for a version-controlled, reproducible and automated method of managing environments, leading to more consistent and reliable systems.
Dzone - DevOps
JANUARY 24, 2024
Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) offers a range of tools to help users manage their resources effectively, ensuring they are secure, well-performing, and cost-optimized. One such tool is AWS Trusted Advisor, an application that inspects your AWS environment and provides real-time recommendations in various categories, including cost optimization. While many AWS customers are familiar with the essential cost-saving tips Trusted Advisor provides, a wealth of more profound insights and advanced strategi
InfoWorld
JANUARY 24, 2024
Application security company Mobb has released an automatic vulnerability fixer for GitHub users. The tool monitors GitHub pull requests and offers code fixes within software development workflows. Unveiled January 23, Mobb Fixer provides developers with code fixes for security alerts when code is committed in GitHub pull requests. Developers do not need to leave their code repository.
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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.
The Hustle
JANUARY 24, 2024
It’s been a hard four years for the restaurant industry. When the pandemic hit, restaurants were some of the most impacted businesses. In the US, an estimated 72.7k closed due to covid. But now, there are signs of regrowth: Yelp listings show that ~53.8k new restaurants opened last year, representing 16.1 new restaurants for every 100k people, per Axios.
Dell EMC
JANUARY 24, 2024
In honor of Data Privacy Week, Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer Sommer Coutu shares Dell's privacy by design approach.
InfoWorld
JANUARY 24, 2024
Microsoft has introduced MSTest runner, a lightweight, portable runner for the MSTest unit testing framework. Unveiled January 24 , MSTest runner is extensible and makes tests more portable and reliable as well as making them run faster. Described as “a performant, hostable, extensible, reliable, and integrated solution” for running MSTests, MSTest runner is based on a barebones testing platform and an extensibility model designed to make it easy to extend or override aspects of test execution.
Dell EMC
JANUARY 24, 2024
Organizations turn to automation for data protection, addressing cybersecurity skill gaps amid rising threats.
Speaker: Shreya Rajpal, Co-Founder and CEO at Guardrails AI & Travis Addair, Co-Founder and CTO at Predibase
Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT offer unprecedented potential for complex enterprise applications. However, productionizing LLMs comes with a unique set of challenges such as model brittleness, total cost of ownership, data governance and privacy, and the need for consistent, accurate outputs. Putting the right LLMOps process in place today will pay dividends tomorrow, enabling you to leverage the part of AI that constitutes your IP – your data – to build a defensible AI strategy fo
Dataiku
JANUARY 24, 2024
Let’s face it — Generative AI will continue to be the star of the show in 2024. Our commissioned study with Forrester surveyed 220 AI decision makers at large companies in North America in November 2023, and a whopping 83% of them are already exploring or experimenting with the technology.
thoughtLEADERS, LLC
JANUARY 24, 2024
Assessing your negotiations can help you identify what’s really important to the other party. Throughout a negotiation, you should be assessing what’s happening. Track major negotiating points over time. See what’s a plus or a minus versus the last round of negotiations. If you go back to your initial goals and what the other party’s initial goals were, their must-haves, want-to-haves, nice-to-haves and also evaluate it for your end, you can track over time where are you
Apiumhub
JANUARY 24, 2024
The Transactional Outbox Pattern is a design pattern used in distributed systems to ensure consistency and reliability when dealing with distributed transactions. In a distributed system, transactions may involve multiple services or components, and coordinating them can be challenging. The Transactional Outbox Pattern provides a solution to this problem by introducing an outbox table in the database.
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