Fri.Apr 19, 2019

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The 3 deadly sins of insecure programming

TechBeacon

Over time, experienced security professionals see the same programming mistakes occur over and over again. In application security, these are usually found either in the design of the software or in the way that this design is implemented—in how the code is written.

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5 Myths About Combining Purpose With Profit

Strategy Driven

How do we put aside the connotation that purpose and profit can’t co-exist? Let’s start with addressing these 5 myths: 1. Purpose doesn’t resonate. According to Forbes’ analysis on Cone Communications’ 2017 CSR Study , letting employees lead around social and environmental sustainability issues from within helps a company evolve into a true leader.

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Remote Pair Programming: A Guide for Distributed Teams

Agile Alliance

Learn how to implement remote pair programming so that you can realize the benefits of pairing and address some challenges of distributed development.

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Launch Your First Ansible Hands-On Lab For Free

Linux Academy

What are Hands-On Labs? Hands-On Labs is a key feature when it comes to learning practical skills. Instead of simply watching videos, Hands-On Labs deploy real environments with real-world scenarios for you to complete. By completing those scenarios, you are building skills that can be used directly on the job. If you have a paid membership at Linux Academy, you can launch any of the 700+ Hands-On Labs available on our platform for as many times as you want, at no additional cost.

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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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OODA Produces A Traveling Executive’s Guide to Cybersecurity

CTOvision

We have written before about the importance of all of us recognizing that we are in a cyber conflict. The fact is that we are all targets. We all have to keep our wits about us. This includes tracking the cyber threat and best practices to mitigate the threat. A period of significantly enhanced vulnerability […].

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Blockchain Set to Revolutionize Banking Sector

CTOvision

Read Pratip Biswas explain how blockchain technology can revolutionize the banking sector by using the Hyperledger on Dzone Blog : The banking sector forms the backbone of any economy. With the technology innovations making way into the arena, the banking sector has been moving away from traditional methods. It has shown steady acceptance of modern […].

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Double Your Impact with the TechSoup Board of Directors DPO Challenge Match

TechSoup

Back in November, TechSoup launched its Direct Public Offering (DPO). There are many reasons why we're enthusiastic about this effort. First, it gives us a chance to gather the capital necessary to do big investments in our strategic vision, providing a new opportunity to engage our community. But we also believe that TechSoup is the first nonprofit to be qualified by the Securities and Exchange Commission for a Reg A+, Tier 2 debt securities offering.

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Samsung SDS and Mahindra to collaborate in blockchain

CTOvision

Samsung SDS and Tech Mahindra will collaborate to expand the South Korean company’s Nexledger platform, the companies have announced. The Indian IT consulting firm will offer the blockchain platform to its local market, it said. It will also take part in developing the Nexledger platform going forward. The two companies also have plans to commercialize […].

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Sea Turtle DNS Hijacking Campaign Utilizes At Least Seven Patched Vulnerabilities

Tenable

The Sea Turtle campaign exploits seven patchable vulnerabilities dating from 2009 to 2018 to breach organizations and hijack their DNS name records. Background. On April 17, researchers at Cisco’s Talos Intelligence Group published a blog entitled DNS Hijacking Abuses Trust In Core Internet Service. This blog provided additional details about a two-year attack campaign targeting a variety of businesses and government organizations, particularly those located in the Middle East and North Africa.

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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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Intel exits 5G handset market as Qualcomm and Apple make peace

CTOvision

In a surprise move, Apple and Qualcomm finally agreed to end their long-term beef, and sign a six-year license agreement deal. Apple will also pay an undisclosed amount to the chipmaker as part of the settlement. Hours after this announcement, Intel said that it’s exiting mobile 5G modem market, paving way for a Qualcomm–modem powered iPhone […].

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PMP Training and How to Choose the Right Provider to be Taught

Women on Business

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Exclusive: Apple in talks with potential suppliers of sensors for self-driving cars – sources

CTOvision

Apple Inc has held talks with at least four companies as possible suppliers for next-generation lidar sensors in self-driving cars, evaluating the companies’ technology while also still working on its own lidar unit, three people familiar with the discussions said. The moves provide fresh evidence of Apple’s renewed ambitions to enter the autonomous vehicle derby, […].

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Simple, Scalable, Containerized Deep Learning using Nauta

Dell EMC

Deep learning is hard. Between organizing, cleaning and labeling data, selecting the right neural network topology, picking the right hyperparameters, and then waiting – hoping – that the model produced is accurate enough to put into production. It can seem like an impossible puzzle for your data science team to solve. But the IT aspect of the puzzle is no less complicated, especially when the environment needs to be multi-user and support distributed model training.

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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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Post-Trajectory Reading List

LaunchDarkly

One of the things I like the most about attending conferences is learning new things. I learn from the speakers, attendees, and sponsors. After the conference, I don’t want the learning to stop so I always look for book recommendations at events. I’m an avid reader. My “want to read” list on Goodreads currently is at 116 books.

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Meet the Coach: Elrich Faul

Agile42

How did you first start your agile path and end up coaching with agile42? After leading a set of software development teams from 2006 to 2008 using traditional methodologies I came to the insight that there had to be a better way to deliver high-quality software and create more opportunities for innovation and creativity in teams. I was introduced to Scrum by one of my mentors and started doing experiments immediately after.

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An Inside Look At AWS Secrets Manager vs Parameter Store

Linux Academy

An Inside Look At AWS Secrets Manager vs Parameter Store. About a year ago (April, 2018), AWS introduced AWS Secrets Manager. Secrets Manager is a service that helps you protect access to your applications, services, and IT resources. This service enables you to easily rotate, manage, and retrieve database credentials, API keys, and other secrets throughout their lifecycle.

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Celebrating the Nonprofits That Protect the Earth

TechSoup

On April 22, 2019, people in more than 193 countries around the world will hold public events celebrating Earth Day. This year, the focus will be on protecting species from extinction because, as Silent Spring author Rachel Carson once wrote, "In nature, nothing exists alone.".

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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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Learn AWS by Doing with New AWS Hands-On Training!

Linux Academy

AWS is one of the fastest growing cloud service platforms offered today. It is used worldwide by millions of users! Whether you’re an experienced AWS user or just starting out, there’s always more to learn. Check out our newest AWS hands-on training content below! With engaging features like live AWS cloud sandboxes and servers, Interactive Diagrams, Hands-On Labs in live cloud environments, customizable flashcards, study groups, direct access to our expert Training Architects, downloadabl

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How to Create a Culture of Innovation

Experience to Lead

How can you create a culture of innovation within your company? Try taking a step inside companies developing commercial space travel. Companies such as NASA, Blue Origin, and SpaceX must create a deep innovative culture in order to reach new heights of space exploration. You can harness their methods to create your company’s next innovative [ ] The post How to Create a Culture of Innovation appeared first on Experience to Lead.

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How to integrate with eCommerce delivery and shipment carriers: DHL, FedEx, UK Royal Mail, UPS, USPS, Canada Post, Amazon

Altexsoft

Let’s be honest. When ordering online, customers only care about one thing – getting their package fast. They even agree to pay more to get the order in two days – more than 100 million Amazon Prime members gladly pay $119 per year for the shipping benefits. Of course, we’re talking about Amazon with its wide range of delivery perks – tracking the order, choosing a weekend delivery, combining orders, and now even picking one delivery day per week to decrease your ca

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These 6 companies are hiring the most AI workers right now

DXC

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not a future technology. It’s here, right now! That means organizations are eagerly trying to find AI workers who can help them launch initiatives that can leverage the power of smart machines and algorithms capable of learning and making decisions. From governments and global mega-corporations to SMBs, enterprises of all sizes […].

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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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Four short links: 19 April 2019

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

AI Music, Mind-Controlled Robot Hands, Uber's Repo Tools, and Career Resilience. AI and Music (The Verge) -- total legal clusterf*ck. A Robot Hand Controlled with the Mind -- student uses open source hand and trains brain-machine interface, and holy crap we live in an age when these kinds of things are relatively easy to do rather than requiring massive resources.

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TDD and Dynamically-Typed/Interpreted Languages

Net Objectives

One controversy in software development is the relative value of strong, static typing (as in compiled languages like Java) vs. dynamic typing (as seen in interpreted languages like JavaScript). No attempt will be made here to engage in this debate, but it is interesting to note the role of TDD in languages that are not … Continue reading "TDD and Dynamically-Typed/Interpreted Languages".

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5 Ways To Earn Repeat eCommerce Customers

KitelyTech

Every business knows that the best customer is the one you’ve already sold to. Maintaining a base of loyal customers is essential in today’s ever-changing e-commerce landscape. Below we discuss some top tips on how to keep your customers coming back. 1.Make your customer feel special. Shopping online can actually be an impersonal and lonely experience, so it’s important not to neglect your customer care.

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Determination is Not Enough; Content Creators Need Blockchain on Their Side

Strategy Driven

Imagine earning a living as a writer, artist, freelance reporter, photographer or any other content creator trying to scratch out a living in today’s overcrowded, hyperactive digital landscape. You may have something to say; you may have something to share. Now what? What can you do to ensure your work is discovered? Before answering, consider these stats : Wikipedia users publish 600 new pages every minute.

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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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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For April 19th, 2019

High Scalability

Wake up! It's HighScalability time: Spirit? Smoke? Lightning? Nope. It's a gorgeous LIDAR image showing 1500 years of Willamette River movement ( @Blacky_Himself ). Do you like this sort of Stuff? I'd greatly appreciate your support on Patreon. I wrote Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10 for people who need to understand the cloud. And who doesn't these days?

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4 Reasons Your Business Should Move to Office 365

Strategy Driven

Lots of companies are still using outdated technology, despite there being plenty of new solutions and platforms that can fully transform and improve the way that they work. There are a number of reasons why many are resistant to change, including the need to re-train staff to learn how to use new technology, and the belief that it will be a struggle to migrate data from one platform to another.

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Make Your Business Event A Real Success!

Strategy Driven

One of the great things about running a business in the modern world is that there have never been so many different ways for you to promote your business. The sheer number of marketing methods available to you means that you’re never going to be in a position where you can’t find the customers that you want to connect with. Of course, just because the marketing options are there doesn’t mean that you’re going to find all of them useful.

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