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The 10 Laws of Testing

Dzone - DevOps

Words we as developers should live by: “Quality comes not from inspection, but from the improvement of the production process.” — W. Edwards Deming Axiom: “Tests are code.” Too many organizations treat anything that isn’t coded as disposable. It is obvious that testing is indispensable, yet time and time again we find teams who treat test automation and related material as second-class citizens.

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3 Ways to Achieve Faster App Development Without Compromising Security

DevOps.com

DevOps teams must maximize development speed without compromising security. Here are three ways to accomplish that.

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What is the optimum size for a tech team?

CTO Academy

Price’s law (competence is linear, incompetence is exponential) pertains to the relationship between the literature on a subject and the number of authors in the subject area, stating that half of the publications come from the square root of all contributors. If 100 papers are written by 25 authors, five authors will have contributed 50 […] The post What is the optimum size for a tech team?

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How to Pick the Best Nearshore Software Development Partner

TurnKey Labs

When you’re running a startup or tech company, it’s hard enough keeping the cogs of your software development efforts turning without worrying about adding new partners and vendors to that mix.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Despite Concerns, AI Increasingly Used to Build Software

DevOps.com

A GitLab survey found AI is increasingly used to build software despite concerns about introducing it into the SDLC.

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Stop Leaking Secrets!

DevOps.com

All too often, software teams trip over complexities and inadvertently leave secrets exposed in private and public software repositories.

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People First Excellence: Guiding Actions and Evaluating Outcomes

CEO Insider

“It’s easy – All you need is love” –– Lennon & McCartney. At the height of the Vietnam War, the Beatles sang their iconic song on June 25, 1967, in a television special, a live and international satellite production called “One World.” Their simple message was intended to end the war. Similarly, “People First” excellence can […] The post People First Excellence: Guiding Actions and Evaluating Outcomes appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Do you need an Operational Data Store?

Perficient

I often work with organizations that have a need to move data out of their transactional operational systems to a repository in real-time. These organizations usually have a need to reduce query, reporting, and analytics loads on operational systems while increasing the real-time query and analytics applications to make better data-driven decisions.

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We Were Built for This Moment

Dataiku

Today, Dataiku announced several milestones. One was about the scale of our business: passing $230 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR). Another was about the geographic balance of our business: passing $100 million in ARR in both our Americas and EMEA regions. And a third is about preparing for the coming decade: hiring Wall Street and software veteran Krish Venkataraman in the newly created role of President.

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Revolutionize QA: GAPs AI-Driven Accelerators for Smarter, Faster Testing

GAP's AI-Driven QA Accelerators revolutionize software testing by automating repetitive tasks and enhancing test coverage. From generating test cases and Cypress code to AI-powered code reviews and detailed defect reports, our platform streamlines QA processes, saving time and resources. Accelerate API testing with Pytest-based cases and boost accuracy while reducing human error.

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Unleashing the Power of Microservices With Spring Cloud

Dzone - DevOps

The rise of microservices architecture has changed the way developers build and deploy applications. Spring Cloud , a part of the Spring ecosystem, aims to simplify the complexities of developing and managing microservices. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore Spring Cloud and its features and demonstrate its capabilities by building a simple microservices application.

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X, formerly Twitter, caught running unlabeled ads in users’ Following feeds

TechCrunch

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has been caught running unlabeled ads in users’ Following feeds, TechCrunch has learned and was able to confirm firsthand.

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7 tough IT security discussions every IT leader must have

CIO

Talk may be cheap, but when it comes to IT security, strategic conversations with colleagues, business partners, and other relevant parties can be priceless. The value of addressing cybersecurity issues through ongoing discussions is getting corporate alignment on effective and robust strategies, says Roger Albrecht, co-lead of the cybersecurity unit at technology research and advisory firm ISG.

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Xef 0.0.3 Adds Google Cloud Platform Integration and More

Xebia

We are excited to announce the release of xef version 0.0.3! Here are the notable changes and improvements: Features & Improvements Introduced CoreAIScope as Autocloseable which has now been renamed to Conversation for simpler access. Thanks, @victorcrrd! Various Java examples have been added including SQL examples by @adam47deg, GPT-4 examples by @Zevleg, and more.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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4 Skills the Next Generation of Data Scientists Needs to Develop

Harvard Business Review

As reliance on data and analytics continues to expand across industries from agriculture to manufacturing, health care to financial services, it stands to reason that the next generation of data leaders will have far-reaching roles that impact strategy, decision-making, operations, and countless other functions.

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Are AI models doomed to always hallucinate?

TechCrunch

Large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s ChatGPT all suffer from the same problem: they make stuff up. The mistakes range from strange and innocuous — like claiming that the Golden Gate Bridge was transported across Egypt in 2016 — to highly problematic, even dangerous.

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What AI already does well in supply chain management

CIO

Supply chains perform a series of actions starting with product design and proceeding to procurement, manufacturing, distribution, delivery, and customer service. “At each of these points lie big opportunities for AI and ML,” says Devavrat Bapat, Head of AI/ML data products at Cisco. That’s because the current generation of AI is already very good at two things needed in supply chain management.

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Tenable's Plan to Acquire Ermetic Will Accelerate Customer Value in CNAPP and Exposure Management

Tenable

The acquisition of cloud security innovator Ermetic, once completed, will add unified, elegantly integrated CNAPP and market-leading CIEM capabilities to the Tenable portfolio. Today, Tenable announced our intent to acquire Ermetic, an innovator in the cloud security market with deep expertise and capabilities in the complex discipline of securing cloud identities and entitlements.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Is India the World’s Next Great Economic Power?

Harvard Business Review

Is India’s economic rise inevitable? There’s good reason to think that this latest round of Indo-optimism might be different than previous iterations, but the country still has major challenges to address to make good on this promise. In terms of drivers, demand — in the form of a consumer boom, context appropriate innovation, and a green transition — and supply — in the form of a demographic dividend, access to finance, and major infrastructure upgrades — are helping to push the country forward

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OpenAI will host its first developer conference on November 6

TechCrunch

OpenAI will host a developer conference — its first ever — on November 6, the company announced today.

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Price shock: IBM to increase cloud costs by up to 26% from 2024

CIO

IBM is all set to increase its cloud services costs by up to 26% from January 2024. The new price rise will affect infrastructure-as-a-service ( IaaS ) and platform-as-a-service ( PaaS ) offerings, the company said in a GitHub post. International customers will witness a steeper price hike compared to their US peers. IBM PaaS services — slated for a 3% price hike globally — include IBM’s Kubernetes Services, RedHat OpenShift, all security services, and all cloud database offerings including Mes

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Globetrotting Telecom: Unveiling Connectivity’s Worldwide Potential

Dell EMC

Do you have questions about open telecom networks? We’re bringing answers to your part of the world.

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4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient

Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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Smaller Companies Must Embrace Risk Management

Harvard Business Review

SMEs do not have the same regulatory pressures that can lead larger companies to measure and mitigate their risks, but they also have fewer buffer resources to resist unexpected shocks. They are one large potential incident away from bankruptcy. That’s why SMEs can benefit from taking three actions: designing controls proportionate to the risks at stake, analyzing the lessons from success (not only from failures), and using risk management to boost and protect business performance.

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Nigerian embedded finance platform Anchor raises $2.4M to expand product offerings

TechCrunch

Anchor, a Nigerian banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider, has raised $2.4 million in seed investment. Justin Kan’s Goat Capital led the financing round which also welcomed participation from FoundersX, Rebel Fund and some existing investors, including Y Combinator and Byld Ventures. The fintech emerged from stealth a year ago with over $1 million in pre-seed funding.

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Governance for responsible AI: The easy things and the hard ones

CIO

By Charna Parkey and Steven Tiell, DataStax. Companies developing and deploying AI solutions need robust governance to ensure they’re used responsibly. But what exactly should they focus on? Based on a recent DataStax panel discussion, “ Enterprise Governance in a Responsible AI World ,” there are a few hard and easy things organizations should pay attention to when designing governance to ensure the responsible use of AI.

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Oracle Bill is 5x Client’s Budget ¦ Toyota Out of Space

DevOps.com

In this week’s The Long View: Birmingham looks like the Detroit of the UK—is it Oracle’s fault? Plus: Was Toyota’s factory failure caused by running out of disk space?

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Stop Overworking After Vacation

Harvard Business Review

After a vacation, it can be tempting to double down on work in an attempt to make up for “lost” time, or to try to hurry through the time it takes to get back up to speed. Other times, the urge to overwork stems from a well-meaning effort to relieve team members of the extra work they were covering for you, or a desire to demonstrate that even though you were away, your commitment remains high and you’re still valuable to the organization.

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Kotani gets $2M pre-seed to help African workers send money home via crypto — without the internet

TechCrunch

Of the many lofty promises of cryptocurrency, one of the most commendable ones is its potential to bring financial inclusion to underserved users. Nairobi-based Kotani Pay is a crypto payments startup with a vision to make cross-border remittances easier for the large underbanked populations in Africa.

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6 signs an IT manager is struggling — and how to help

CIO

IT managers increasingly find themselves oversubscribed, challenged, and in many cases floundering, and it’s little wonder why. Pressured to do more with less, faster, in flatter organizational structures, IT middle managers serve as a company catchall, with too much time spent on lower-value tasks such as administrative work and planning rather than high-value work such as actually managing and executing plans, according to a recent survey from McKinsey.