Thu.Jul 30, 2020

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Qlik Sense vs. Tableau: Self-service analytics tools compared

CIO

Business intelligence (BI) and analytics platforms have long been a staple for business, but thanks to the rise of self-service BI tools, responsibility for analytics has shifted from IT to business analysts, with support from data scientists and database administrators.

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7 Steps to Build a More Courageous, Innovative Culture

Let's Grow Leaders

Are you looking to build a more courageous, innovative culture? Do you want an innovative culture where the default is to speak up – where everyone at every level consistently shares ideas and best practices? A courageous, innovative culture where: Teams at […]. The post 7 Steps to Build a More Courageous, Innovative Culture appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Increased scrutiny forces tech to clean up its language

The Parallax

Hackers generally love to embrace change, from executing new exploits to reconsidering past paradigms. But like most of the technology world, the cybersecurity companies that use it have been slow to abandon exclusionary language that has returned to the spotlight, thanks to the Black Lives Matter protests. Terms such as “whitelist” and “blacklist,” which refer to lists of approved or blocked websites, IP addresses, privileges, and services—or “master&#x

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New Relic Makes Revamped APM Platform More Affordable

DevOps.com

New Relic has revamped its application performance management (APM) platform as part of an effort to make observability more accessible and affordable. Bill Staples, chief product officer for New Relic, said New Relic One has been updated to provide a new user interface designed to make it easier to navigate and explore an observability platform […].

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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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Increased scrutiny forces tech to clean up its language

The Parallax

Hackers generally love to embrace change, from executing new exploits to reconsidering past paradigms. But like most of the technology world, the cybersecurity companies that use it have been slow to abandon exclusionary language that has returned to the spotlight, thanks to the Black Lives Matter protests. Terms such as “whitelist” and “blacklist,” which refer to lists of approved or blocked websites, IP addresses, privileges, and services—or “master” and 

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Why 47% of Agile Transformations Fail!

scruminc

A good time was had by all at Scrum Day India 2020. My talk on “Why 47% of Agile Transformations Fail!” was well received. My slides are posted here - Why 47% of Agile Transformations Fail. A recent Forbes survey indicated to me that about 47% of Agile Transformations fail and 77% of Agile Transformations are Scrum transformations so most of the failures are due to bad Scrum.

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SAP Aligns With Tricentis on Continuous Testing

DevOps.com

Tricentis this week announced an alliance with SAP under which a continuous testing platform that employs machine learning algorithms is being incorporated into the SAP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) portfolio. Jonathan Boswell, director of strategic content for SAP and packaged applications for Tricentis, said via this initiative SAP customers will be able to take advantage […].

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Time’s Running Out to Save Your Network! Enter Our Sysadmin Day Contest Now!

Kaseya

Are you well prepared to save your network and steady the ship in the new normal? If you aren’t, we’re here to help you. Sysadmins the world over have been working tirelessly trying to set up seamless remote work, providing access to virtual private networks (VPNs) and protecting remote systems from cyberattacks. To show our appreciation for all the indomitable sysadmins out there, we’ve come up with an exciting “Back to the Future of IT” contest that features some amazing prizes.

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Pandemic Provides IT Teams a Chance to Shine

DevOps.com

Few would argue that the novel coronavirus pandemic hasn’t dramatically changed enterprise IT. This is especially so when it comes to both the management of IT as well as the very relationship between IT staff and the rest of the business. But how many would have predicted that the relationship between IT and business leaders […]. The post Pandemic Provides IT Teams a Chance to Shine appeared first on DevOps.com.

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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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MapCamp 2020: Saving Your Business With Wardley Maps

Cory Foy

On July 29th, 2020, I had the privilege of presenting at Map Camp Germany 2020. My talk was entitled “Saving Your Business With Wardley Maps” and goes through a fictional case study based on real-world events with my clients in navigating strategic threats and situational awareness to create winning gameplays. A PDF of my slides […].

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Making the Move to Edge Computing? Consider This 

DevOps.com

Edge computing has exciting potential, but there are certain considerations to thrive in today’s competitive landscape Data is king, especially in the current era of the data-driven business, where a data mindset and analytical capabilities are significant factors in determining future success. With so much data to be mined and monetized, more companies are recognizing […].

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Error'd: Please Reboot Faster, I Can't Wait Any Longer

The Daily WTF

"Saw this at a German gas station along the highway. The reboot screen at the pedestal just kept animating the hourglass," writes Robin G. . "Somewhere, I imagine there's a large number of children asking why their new bean bag is making them feel hot and numb," Will N. wrote. . Joel B. writes, "I came across these 'deals' on the Microsoft Canada store.

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GitLab Extends Scope, Reach of CI/CD Platform

DevOps.com

The latest update to the GitLab continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform adds a bevy of additional capabilities spanning multiple capabilities, from being able to manage application development and deployment projects in smaller chunks to allowing remote teams to work more efficiently. Brendan O’Leary, senior developer evangelist for GitLab, said a Minimal Viable Change (MVC) capability […].

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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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Four Leadership Tools for Developing Trust and Collaboration

CEO Insider

You can spend piles of money on leadership development workshops and seminars and still end up with leaders who have more knowledge than wisdom. But wisdom is what it takes to build the trust that strong leadership requires, and that trust comes from building relationships on the job, day by day, week by week, one […]. License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article Four Leadership Tools for Developing Trust and Collaboration are those of the author Jill Ratliff alone and not

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15 Common Angular Questions Answered

Gitprime

Angular expert and Pluralsight author John Papa recently hosted two live events where he shared his tips and tricks for succeeding with the Angular framework. We’ve compiled some of the most popular questions here with John’s answers. If you’re trying to understand inputs and outputs, emitters or are just having trouble deciding between Angular and React, this is a good place to start.

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4 Things You Need To Know Before Starting With Shopify

MagmaLabs

Reading Time: 6 minutes. Working for the first time with Shopify? Do you need a refresher? Read this to get some tips for those newcomers who want to work with the popular e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems. Hello everyone! In this new blog post, I’m going to talk about Shopify. I had the opportunity to work with this e-commerce platform for the first time, and there are many things that I would like to share with you.

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2020 Scrummer Reading List+

scruminc

2020 Scrummer Reading List. We all know this is a very different kind of summer (or winter for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere). One where the need to escape, learn, grow maybe even more acute. Our annual tribute to great reads (and listens) is here to help. . We asked the team what books they are currently nose-deep in, or that they highly recommend others check-out.

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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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Special report for OODA network members: What Executives Need To Know About The Report of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission

CTOvision

One of the many benefits of OODA Network membership is access to premium content designed to provide competitive insights to decision-makers. For an overview of this reporting see our OODA […].

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34 Top Productivity Tools for Nonprofits

TechSoup

Note: We've updated this post from last year with seven new tools. Enjoy! Whether you're working solo or with a team at your nonprofit, there are many kinds of resources that can help push you to achieve your overall goals. Productivity tools are types of software — often available via a mobile app — that help you stay organized, streamline workflows, and ultimately, get more done at your organization.

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Panzura Named ‘Market Leader’ in File-Based Cloud Storage and ‘Fast Mover’ in Unstructured Data Management by Gigaom

DevOps.com

Technical capabilities, product roadmap, execution and ability to innovate drive Panzura’s highly rated recognition CAMPBELL, Calif., July 30, 2020 — Panzura, creator of the fastest global cloud file system on the planet, was today named a ‘market leader and outperformer’ in file-based cloud storage and ‘challenger and fast mover’ in unstructured data management by Gigaom.

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ACM Queue Magazine: How To Improve Your Scrum

scruminc

ACM Queue Magazine: How To Improve Your Scrum. by Jeff Sutherland | July 14 , 2020 | Blog. The lightweight nature of Scrum makes it flexible, adaptable, and easy to understand. . That is by design. . Overly prescriptive frameworks kill creativity and problem-solving. They are the opposite of Agile. . However, as we wrote in the Scrum Guide, ‘Scrum is easy to understand but difficult to master.

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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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From B2B Marketing to Building Robots | How Suzanne Allen Gained Confidence & a New Career

Coding Dojo

Pre-Dojo : Wanted to be challenged & have upward career mobility. Worried a bootcamp wouldn’t provide enough credibility to get. … Read more >>. The post From B2B Marketing to Building Robots | How Suzanne Allen Gained Confidence & a New Career appeared first on Coding Dojo Blog.

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Infrastructure as code, part 3: automate Kubernetes deployments with continuous integration and deployment

CircleCI

In this series, I’ll demonstrate how to get started with infrastructure as code (IaC). My goal is to help developers build a strong understanding of this concept through tutorials and code examples. Here are the topics this series will cover: Part 01: create a Kubernetes cluster. Part 02: build Docker images and deploy to Kubernetes. Part 03: automate deployments with CI/CD.

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Rise of No-Code: Rewriting the Standards of Developers

Dzone - DevOps

Ten years ago, traditional data centers dominated the infrastructure space. Today, we have no-code IaaS, where you can build an entire infrastructure, without the chaos of code. What was considered an impossible endeavor, has come to become the standard of operations now. The growth and adoption of no-code platforms in every field have accelerated innovation — because you’re skipping the most time-consuming part of the process.

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Announcing Headless Commerce Summit

Netlify

They say that time is money. That’s why site performance and the ability to iterate quickly are so critical for e-commerce. And because speed is one of the biggest benefits of the Jamstack architecture, e-commerce is often cited as the quintessential use case for a Headless architecture on the Jamstack. With more businesses going online and competing in the e-commerce marketplace , we want to help you understand the benefits of a headless model, how to architect your Headless Commerce applicatio

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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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Twitter insiders are out of control, SecOps alumni allege

TechBeacon

After last week’s appalling Twitter hack, questions remain over the permissions given to Twitter support staff. Allegedly, thousands of contractors can access DMs and other private data, with no effective oversight.

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Quality Sense Podcast: Michael Bolton — Software Testing and Automation

Dzone - DevOps

Carrying on the work of some of his personal mentors and the great thinkers in software like Cem Kaner and Jerry Weinberg is no easy task! But, that is what software testing consultant and trainer, Michael Bolton has set out to do. With James Bach, he’s co-authored the Rapid Software Testing classes and methodology. Over the course of his career, Michael has traveled over a million miles to over 30 countries around the world as a keynote speaker and instructor.

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Four steps to digital resilience

Beyond B2B

There are many lessons to be learned from the pandemic, but the main one is “be prepared for the next crisis;” here are four steps that can help.

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