Mon.Nov 13, 2023

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Generative AI – The End of Empty Textboxes

TechEmpower CTO

We recently completed a web-based application that uses a unique algorithm to match professionals with new career opportunities. As part of the onboarding process, the app asks both job seekers and employers what they’re looking for - in a text box - while providing a few suggestions in a pop-up. If you’ve ever used a similar application, (or if you’ve ever used the Internet at all) you’ve probably seen this approach before.

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10 digital transformation roadblocks — and 5 tips for overcoming them

CIO

In today’s fast-paced business world, companies are striving to harness the power of digital technologies to reinvent their operations, enhance customer experiences, drive innovation, and thereby create value for stakeholders. But the hard truth is that many digital initiatives fail to deliver results. Transformation efforts can be derailed for any number of reasons, but there are several common themes as to why digital initiatives fall short — and most revolve around leadership.

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Surround Yourself with Colleagues Who Boost Your Performance

Harvard Business Review

When it comes to building a network, new research shows that there is no one-size-fits-all strategy; different kinds of people benefit from different kinds of networks. The key challenge, then, is to figure out the right kind of network for you. In this article, the authors share the findings of their research, which shows that the key to building a performance-boosting network is to include people who support you in areas where your cognitive style is not naturally suited.

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4 steps to connect change management and DevOps

CIO

It’s no secret that companies are committing to DevOps. In fact, according to a recent survey, three-quarters of leaders have adopted DevOps into their operations. DevOps delivers speed and agility to the development process. By cross-training operations and engineering, development teams can move faster through better collaboration, making continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) a reality for organizations.

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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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4 Strategies to Cultivate an Authentic Corporate Purpose

Harvard Business Review

In today’s corporate sphere, a growing disparity exists between companies’ declared values and their actions, leading to stakeholder skepticism. This divide prompts discussions about the feasibility of genuine societal contributions within capitalist frameworks. Companies can tread three paths: transactional (profit-focused), toxic (misaligned actions under a guise of societal benefit), or transcendent (true alignment of values and operations).

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Retaining the Best of Your Culture Amid Organizational Change

Harvard Business Review

While leaders are often focused on how to transform their organizations — and, specifically, their cultures — an equally difficult challenge is keeping a culture steady. As companies go through big changes, they need to retain the best elements of their shared assumptions, values, and common behaviors. Based on the author’s work as an organizational and social psychologist and 20 years of advising firms and leaders on culture, soft skills, and performance, she offers four tactics to keep the cul

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Bringing together DevOps and mainframe security

CIO

The DevOps ecosystem of today is becoming increasingly more complex. No matter the industry, organizations are increasingly looking for ways to optimize mission-critical software development processes. Businesses are under constant pressure to adopt new processes and platforms to achieve the goals set out by business leaders. As development teams grapple with the challenge of modernizing their DevOps toolchains, a number of concerns and challenges have followed closely behind.

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XSIAM 2.0: Continuing to Drive SOC Transformation

Palo Alto Networks

The Challenges of Today’s SOC Security teams have an important and difficult job – protecting their organizations from a threat landscape that is constantly changing. Based on investigations conducted by our Unit 42 team, we know that threat actors are carrying out end-to-end attacks faster, from initial compromise, all the way to data exfiltration in just a matter of hours.

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Where do IT leaders stand on securing the mainframe?

CIO

Mainframes are a critical piece of the technology infrastructure for countless enterprises. They are leveraged by 71% of Fortune 500 companies , which emphasizes just how pivotal they are in large-scale business operations. Whether it’s buying groceries, making a bank transfer, or booking a flight, the mainframe is powering how consumers interact with organizations and is behind millions of transactions that take place every day.

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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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Research: The Benefits of a Pet-Friendly Workplace

Harvard Business Review

As leaders consider what their organization should look like in our hybrid world, one area they may not be considering is the benefit that pets can have in the office. But a new research study indicates that there’s a lot of upside for developing a pet-friendly workplace, including increased employee well-being and collaboration, as well as playing a key role in recruitment and retention.

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Are You Uplifting Your Team? 4 Ways Leaders Create Positivity

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Dr. Sam Adeyemi offers insights to business executives and C-suite professionals on creating positivity as a team leader. Today’s guest post is b y Dr. Sam Adeyemi, author of Dear Leader: Your Flagship Guide to Successful Leadership (CLICK HERE to get your copy). Here is something not every leader is ready to hear: You are the most powerful force behind the positivity in your workplace.

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Dialing-in Your AI with Optimizely Feature Experimentation

Perficient

If you’re in technology, AIs are everywhere nowadays. At work, I use an AI to help me make proofs of concept, sometimes in communicating with other AIs. At home, I use Google’s Bard to help with those day-to-day mental chores such as meal planning. Even at play, when indulging in some Gran Turismo there’s an AI to race against. I can’t do anything about the AIs I use more casually (aside from being aware of them).

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Who Should Have Access to Production?

DevOps.com

In a perfect world, no one would have access to production, as that’s the safest way to make sure there won’t be any issues.

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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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Detecting Speech and Music in Audio Content

Netflix Tech

Iroro Orife , Chih-Wei Wu and Yun-Ning (Amy) Hung Introduction When you enjoy the latest season of Stranger Things or Casa de Papel (Money Heist) , have you ever wondered about the secrets to fantastic story-telling, besides the stunning visual presentation? From the violin melody accompanying a pivotal scene to the soaring orchestral arrangement and thunderous sound-effects propelling an edge-of-your-seat action sequence, the various components of the audio soundtrack combine to evoke the very

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Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities

DevOps.com

Looking for a great new DevOps job? Check out these available opportunities at Walgreens, the American Red Cross and more!

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Top Software Architecture Publishers

Apiumhub

Staying up-to-date in the world of software development and software architecture is crucial, and reading books is one of the many ways to achieve this. Many software architecture publishers and platforms produce high-quality content related to software development, programming, and software architecture. Here are some of the top software architecture publishers we recommend: Software Architecture Publishers O’Reilly Media : O’Reilly is well-known for its technical books and online l

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Myths & Truths Working With Personal Data in Analytics & AI Projects

Dataiku

The use of data across roles and industries will only become increasingly restricted, but that doesn’t have to mean a pause or paralyzation in data use. This blog breaks down a few myths and realities of working directly with personal data in analytics and AI projects.

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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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Introduction to Team Extension

Dzone - DevOps

Statistics show that 86% of software developers currently work remotely. This ability for engineers to work from their various remote locations has given rise to several business models that may allow organizations and development teams to collaborate on projects, regardless of location. Team extension is one such strategic business model born of the rise of remote software development, where companies enhance their internal teams by temporarily integrating external professionals, typically thro

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So Many Feelings. Too Many?

Harvard Business Review

How to share with purpose, recover from an outburst, set boundaries, and provide solace.

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Dell Joins Ultra Ethernet Consortium to Revolutionize AI Fabrics

Dell EMC

Building high speed, high-capacity fabrics critical for future AI.

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Data Integration in Multi-Cloud Environments: Strategies and Approaches

Dzone - DevOps

In today's hyper-connected world, data is often likened to the new oil—a resource that powers modern businesses. As organizations expand their operational landscapes to leverage the unique capabilities offered by various cloud service providers, the concept of a multi-cloud strategy is gaining traction. However, the real power of a multi-cloud approach lies in the ability to seamlessly integrate data across these diverse platforms.

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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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Harness Hybrid Quantum Computing with Dell Technologies and NVIDIA

Dell EMC

Explore the power of hybrid quantum computing with Dell's PowerEdge and NVIDIA's cuQuantum.

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Tenable Cyber Watch: Average Org Fails to Prevent 43% of Attacks, AI Models Lack Transparency, and more

Tenable

This week's edition of Tenable Cyber Watch unpacks why organizations fail to prevent more than 40% of cyberattacks and addresses how the White House plans to tackle AI. Also covered: Study shows AI models lack transparency. Why do organizations fail to prevent more than 40% of cyberattacks? How does the White House plan to maximize AI’s benefits while reducing its risks?

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Should I Continue to Climb the Corporate Ladder?

Harvard Business Review

A leader who is questioning the leadership track she’s on must learn how to redefine what gives her meaning at work.

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Join Prisma Cloud at AWS re:Invent 2023 in Vegas

Prisma Clud

It’s that time of year again. AWS re:Invent is around the corner, and Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks will be there. Make sure to connect with us at Booth #832 in Las Vegas November 27 through December 1, 2023. Booth #832 is the place to be. Visit Palo Alto Networks to discover how our recent Darwin release of Prisma Cloud reimagines cloud security.

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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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CodeSOD: All Roads

The Daily WTF

A conditional statement represents a branch in our code. A place where things could go one way, or they could go the other. That, at least, is traditionally what they are. Adam 's co-worker took a different approach. if user: if user.is_owner(): self.template_values[ 'login_url' ] = users.create_login_url(self.request.uri) else : self.template_values[ 'login_url' ] = users.create_login_url(self.request.uri) else : self.template_values[ 'login_url' ] = users.create_log

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Data Excellence Unveiled: Mastering Data Release Management With Best Practices

Dzone - DevOps

In today's data-driven world, business enterprises extensively count on data warehouses to store, process, and analyze vast volumes of data. Thanks to data warehouses , the foundation of business intelligence and analytics, enterprises can make informed decisions and gain an edge over competitors. Managing data and its release processes, on the other hand, can be a complex and challenging operation.

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How to Determine Bonuses for Offshore Developers?

TurnKey Labs

Have you ever considered the true cost of losing a skilled developer? Surprising as it may be, reports reveal that the average cost of employee turnover might be from one-half to two times the employee’s annual salary.