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Why DevOps Implementation is Often Unsuccessful – and How to Fix It

DevOps.com

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How to Hold a Team Mastermind Problem Solving Meeting

Let's Grow Leaders

Nothing beats a great mastermind group to challenge your thinking, spark new ideas, and help you grow. Most of the time, we think of these mastermind groups as people from different organizations with similar levels of ambition and experience who meet to […]. The post How to Hold a Team Mastermind Problem Solving Meeting appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Investing in Career Growth & Team Development – Advice From 3 Engineering Leaders

Gitprime

As engineering managers and leaders, our job of course is to help our teams deliver value to the organization and its customers. That’s our sprint-by-sprint purpose in a nutshell. Yet from a higher level, our role is to ensure that both engineers and teams continue to grow and develop. With an eye on the long-term health of our teams, our engineers, and our companies, that latter responsibility is at least as critical as the products we deliver.

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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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How we do Agile - principle-led & context-dependent

Marcusoft

Agile is soon (?) to be forgotten and ditched like yesterdays clothes if you ask some agilistas that I follow. I think the reason is that we have watered down the meaning of the concept by applying the name to more and more un-agile things. Soon we will be able to become agile without letting its ideas and principles changing a thing about what we do or how we act.

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Cloud Software Development: Planning the Journey

Actian

For software companies developing new solutions in the cloud, the overall mission can be a daunting proposition. Cloud is an ever-evolving landscape, where one piece of technology may be popular one day, only to be replaced for something better a little while later. Then, there is a slew of tech jargon along with an endless list of acronyms which one must learn and constantly keep up in order to remain technologically adept and to have a chance, at a minimum, at contributing to a discussion with

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Software Engineers: Confidence Matters Just as Much as Ability

Stackery

Software engineering is a skilled task; those who obtain the experience and credentials necessary to become engineers know this, as do their employers. Engineers have an overarching goal of using these skills to construct experiences that enable end-users to complete a task successfully and they hope to provide enjoyment and comfort along the way. Anyone who has written software used by a decent number of people knows how daunting this task is.

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Current Trends and Predictions for Software Development and Delivery

Kovair - DevOps

The only constant thing in this world is ‘change’ and the only industry that makes a quick shift in innovation and technology is IT software. The post Current Trends and Predictions for Software Development and Delivery appeared first on Kovair Blog.

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I test in prod

Honeycomb

Increment magazine features an article written by Honeycomb’s CTO and co-founder Charity Majors. She writes about testing in prod and states “Testing in production is a superpower. It’s our inability to acknowledge that we’re doing it, and then invest in the tooling and training to do it safely, that’s killing us.” Read more of what Charity has to say in “I test in prod.” The post I test in prod appeared first on Honeycomb.

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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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Principles Patterns Follow: Liskov Substitution

Net Objectives

Barbara Liskov (1987) stated, “Clients that use base classes must be able to use objects of derived classes without changing” (paraphrased). When a class is derived from a base class, traditionally we call this an “is-a” relationship. But Liskov suggests we should instead consider it to be a “behaves-like” relationship and, when this determined to … Continue reading "Principles Patterns Follow: Liskov Substitution".

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The Importance of Proper Feedback

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

Episode 16. Do people really crave feedback? That’s the assumption a lot of managers make, so in this episode we’ll talk about what feedback really means and how you can give it in a meaningful, productive manner. Show Notes. What is the history of feedback? Your output becomes their input. The limits of perception. Using attention properly. Your people are NOT rose bushes.

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Labeling, transforming, and structuring training data sets for machine learning

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Alex Ratner on how to build and manage training data with Snorkel. In this episode of the Data Show , I speak with Alex Ratner , project lead for Stanford’s Snorkel open source project; Ratner also recently garnered a faculty position at the University of Washington and is currently working on a company supporting and extending the Snorkel project.

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How closely are your priorities tied to your company’s strategy?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: How closely are your priorities tied to your company’s strategy? Very. Everything I work on links directly to the strategy: 41% Somewhat. Links exist, but I also have some unrelated priorities: 38% Not very. Most of my work has no clear link to the strategy: 10% Not at all. I don’t even know what […]. This is only the beginning of the thought.

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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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Practical techniques for increasing team success

Lead on Purpose

Practical techniques for increasing team success Teamwork is a key factor when it comes to creating workplace success. No doubt individuals with incredible talent can accomplish great things on their own.

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The 4 Ways Your Data Storage Strategy Must Evolve

Arcserve

The companies that thrive over the next few years will be the ones harnessing the power of data, yet most companies don’t analyze much more than a third of the data they have. With data so critical to business success, your clients should think about data intelligence along with data storage. But does your current. Read more » The post The 4 Ways Your Data Storage Strategy Must Evolve appeared first on StorageCraft Technology Corporation.

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Career-building Opportunities at.NEXT you Don’t Want to Miss

Nutanix

NEXT Europe is a once-a-year chance to build your skills and knowledge in hyperconverged infrastructure and hybrid clouds, as well as gain insights in new technologies for Enterprise IT. From educational classes and seminars to hands-on labs and certification programs, our education program is designed to help you advance your career.

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New Azure Courses and Hands-On Labs

Linux Academy

At Linux Academy, we continually invest in updating our training content. Azure training is at the top of our most-requested list, so we are proud to announce that we’re addressing the demand. We have opened multiple positions for Azure experts and are looking to hire more Azure content creators. We recognize your needs when it comes to comprehensive Azure training, and so we have released multiple new Azure courses and hands-on labs.

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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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What are the Security Risks of Multi-Cloud Computing?

Nutanix

As if there weren’t enough security risks in the realm of traditional IT, the cloud presents some unique vulnerabilities. “The cloud,” although a deceptively singular phrase, is many things and comes in many forms.

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O.MG USB cable will pwn your Mac or PC, PDQ

TechBeacon

A security researcher miniaturized a malicious Wi-Fi microcontroller inside the tiny housing of a USB connector. What looks like a regular phone cable actually pretends to be a keyboard that an attacker can remote-control.

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Top 3 Benefits of End-User Computing (EUC)

Nutanix

The top three benefits of end-user computing (EUC) that drive business value around virtual desktops.

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Tips For Being A Better Boss & Manager

Strategy Driven

Being in charge is nice because you get to call the shots but can also be a very difficult position to be in. You have other people relying on you to improve the business and to make sure you’re all achieving your goals. There’s a lot to think about and attend to, and it can be tempting to have your ego get in the way of doing what’s right. If you want to truly be a better boss and manager, then you have to commit to following through in a couple of areas in particular.

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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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New Research Shows How “The Internet is Unavailable” to Blind Users

DevOps.com

Study Commissioned by Deque Systems Finds 70 Percent of Internet Websites in Certain Industries Inaccessible to the Vision-impaired, Missing a $6.9 Billion Market HERNDON, VA – August 15, 2019 – Deque Systems, a leading accessibility software company specializing in digital equality, today announced the results of a study conducted by Nucleus Research showing a pervasive […].

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Top 10 Acronyms: ITIL 4 Terms to Remember

Samanage

Implementing ITIL practices can be a big experience for your organization, but the true test of understanding the longstanding best practice framework is the vast sea of acronyms to remember. Three- and four-lettered gibberish can leave your mind reeling and take you back to the anxiety filled days of spelling bees and memorization tests. However, these terms are helpful to understand as an IT pro and easier remember once you get the basics.

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Why predictable cyber security practices are less secure

DXC

Have you ever tried to catch a fish with your bare hands? I have, and it is nearly impossible. By the time your hands enter the water, the fish has already moved away. What makes this near instantaneous reaction possible is the fish’s escape response. When a fish detects a predator approaching, it does a […].

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3 Ways That Service Providers Are Changing the IT Market

IDC

Cloud, hyperscale and digital service providers already account for 20% of IT infrastructure hardware spending, with 75% of that spending from the 8 largest hyperscalers alone. Add in colocation and managed services hosting providers, plus communications service providers, and by 2023 more than 60% of infrastructure hardware spend will come from the overall service provider segment.

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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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Agile Anti-Pattern #23

DevOps.com

The post Agile Anti-Pattern #23 appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Error'd: What About the Fish?

The Daily WTF

"On the one hand, I don't want to know what the fish has to do with Boris Johnson's love life.but on the other hand I have to know !" Mark R. writes. . "Not sure if that's a new GDPR rule or the Slack Mailbot's weekend was just that much better then mine," Adam G. writes. . Connor W. wrote, "You know what, I think I'll just stay inside." . "It's great to see that an attempt at personalization was made, but whatever happened to 'trust but

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2019 DEVOPS WORLD | JENKINS WORLD AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

DevOps.com

15 organizations and individuals honored for outstanding DevOps achievement, open source contributions and channel partner performance DEVOPS WORLD | JENKINS WORLD, SAN FRANCISCO – AUGUST 15, 2019 – CloudBees, the enterprise DevOps leader powering the continuous economy, today announced the winners of the 2019 DevOps World | Jenkins World Awards.

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