Codegiant

APRIL 14, 2020

Agile vs Waterfall: Key Differences And Definition?—?Which Model Is Better? Picking the right method for managing your tasks can either make or break the success of your projects. Either you’ll produce twice more work, or you will miss your deadlines. In this article, you’ll find out whether Agile or Waterfall is more suitable for your team. NOTE: If you are running late, you can check the simple infographic below?

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Martin Fowler

APRIL 14, 2020

Most programmers have personal projects that do important things for them personally, but never have enough time and energy to keep them in good condition. Clare is no exception, and needed to spend time getting such an unruly codebase back into line. Here she shares the first part of her refactoring: breaking down a class that had become too big. It's a messy situation, because that's what real refactoring is like - yet when done in a controlled way, with lots of tiny steps, we can make real pr

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Agile Alliance

APRIL 14, 2020

Recientemente me uní al Agile Alliance en mi nuevo rol de Desarrollador de la Comunidad para Latinoamericana. Previamente a este rol serví por seis años como miembro del Board de Directores del Agile Alliance. Mi objetivo en este nuevo rol es doble: primero, crear contenido en castellano, y segundo, crear puentes de comunicación entre los … Continued.

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Xebia

APRIL 14, 2020

Microsoft just shipped an update for Microsoft Teams. It has the option to insert one of a set of predefined images. And a hidden one to add your own! With a lot of people working from home now, we’re giving the world a peek into our homes. It may not always be the most representative. […]. The post Enable your custom background on Microsoft Teams appeared first on Xebia Blog.

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David Walsh

APRIL 14, 2020

As a huge fan of media on the web, I’m always excited about enhancements to how we can control our media. Maybe I get excited about simple things like the <video> tag and its associated elements and attributes because media on the web started with custom codecs, browser extensions, and Flash. The latest awesome media feature I’m excited about on the web is Picture-in-Picture, a native web API that displays docked video.

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CTOvision

APRIL 14, 2020

Read James Morra explain what a secure vault system for Internet of Things devices is and how it can secure your data on Electronic Design : The Internet of Things is one of the most vulnerable targets for hackers trying to infiltrate computer networks, loot information, or remotely control of factory equipment and critical infrastructure. […].

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DevOps.com

APRIL 14, 2020

As we expand our digital world, there is an ever more urgent need to look after businesses that need to operate faster and with more agility. Because of this, DevOps has grown quickly and become central to a lot of organizations as they pursue a competitive advantage. However, some organizations struggle to implement DevOps as […]. The post Six Tips for a Successful DevOps Implementation appeared first on DevOps.com.

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CTOvision

APRIL 14, 2020

Read Dhriti Datta take a look at whether blockchain based biometric systems can solve our privacy concerns on Digit : Blockchain is a disruptive technological advancement designed specifically to ensure data of individuals or corporations remains secure. It is a decentralized database that is secured using cryptography. This means sensitive data does not need to […].

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DevOps.com

APRIL 14, 2020

Throughout the history of IT, we’ve had our share of purists. OS purists, language purists, etc. The stark one was the “That is not Object Oriented Programming” crowd. While the poster-children of IT purity, we don’t really hear from them anymore—and thank goodness for that. But a new crowd has reared its head in DevOps […]. The post In IT, Purity Is Not Necessarily a Virtue appeared first on DevOps.com.

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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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TechBeacon

APRIL 14, 2020

Terminology in the data protection world is often surprisingly imprecise. "Encryption" is something we all understand, or at least think we do: "A reversible algorithm that uses a key [some secret material] to make data unusable.".

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DevOps.com

APRIL 14, 2020

Zero-configuration hosting solutions such as Zeit Now and Netlify are taking the frontend community by storm due to their ease of use. If we add static site generators such as Gatsby/Next.js/Nuxt.js/Hugo/Jekyll to the mix and deploy our statically generated pages to a content delivery network (CDN), we get something highly desired with minimal effort: distributed […].

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CTOvision

APRIL 14, 2020

Read Yinglian Xie explain how you can use big data for business intelligence on Forbes : That data is central to the functioning of our modern digital economy is, at this point, a given. However, the mere existence of data does not automatically translate to actionable business intelligence, nor does it automatically lead to progress […].

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DevOps.com

APRIL 14, 2020

As more organizations use feature flags and experiments, it’s critical to understand that some of these changes should exist for only a short or specific period of time, and then be removed from your codebase. Removing flags when appropriate avoids technical debt and complexity that can make your code fragile, harder to test and more […]. The post Prevent Technical Debt by Knowing When to Remove Feature Flags appeared first on DevOps.com.

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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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Dell EMC

APRIL 14, 2020

Aligning data protection with business needs A clear, unambiguous and widely-communicated data protection strategy is critical to the successful IT transformation of an organization, and the importance of aligning IT more closely with your current business needs cannot be emphasized enough. In fact, companies spend countless hours, and most of their tech budget, on keeping systems running.

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DevOps.com

APRIL 14, 2020

Scalyr today announced that its log analytics cloud service is now capable of ingesting over 200TBs of data per customer per day in real-time. Company CEO Christine Heckart said the goal is to make as much log data available at a price point that will continue to be less than $5 per GB at scale. […]. The post Scalyr Alters Log Analytics Economics appeared first on DevOps.com.

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CTOvision

APRIL 14, 2020

Read why Dr. Raul V. Rodriguez says that removing bias in artificial intelligence is not an easy task on Data Quest : Google’s algorithm for detecting hate speech tended to punish tweets written by African Americans, classifying 46% of non-offensive messages as hate language, even if they were not, according to a report by MIT […].

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DevOps.com

APRIL 14, 2020

We just released the seventh annual DevSecOps Community Survey. We captured the pulse of over 5,000 developers in 102 countries. What we learned about trends in DevSecOps will surprise you—especially the parts about how happiness influences company culture, software security and business competitiveness. When we tallied up the results we quickly saw some interesting correlations. […].

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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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CTOvision

APRIL 14, 2020

After weeks of lobbying, fintech companies are officially allowed to take part in the U.S. government’s emergency lending program. PayPal and Intuit QuickBooks announced Friday evening that they were approved by the Small Business Administration to take part in the Paycheck Protection Program. The emergency government loans are meant to help small businesses survive the economic […].

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DevOps.com

APRIL 14, 2020

By Ross Mauri, GM of IBM Z In September 2019, IBM announcedIBM z15™, delivering industry-first data privacy capabilities with the ability to manage the privacy of customer data across hybrid multicloud environments, and to scale from one to four frames. For our clients on their journey to cloud, IBM z15™ and IBM LinuxONE IIIwas a major step forward around encrypting […].

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CTOvision

APRIL 14, 2020

Read Kim Severson explains how AI algorithms are being trained to consider the variations in shape, seasonality, sweetness and texture of food products, to optimize the food supply chain on New York Times : Processing food is an intimate act. Consider the hands-on skills it takes to determine if a strawberry is ripe enough for […].

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Tenable

APRIL 14, 2020

Microsoft's April 2020 Patch Tuesday includes 113 CVEs, including a patch for two zero-day flaws (CVE-2020-0938 and CVE-2020-1020) in Adobe Type Manager Library disclosed on March 23. Microsoft addressed 113 CVEs in the April 2020 Patch Tuesday release, marking the second month in a row that Microsoft has patched over 100 CVEs; the March 2020 Patch Tuesday contained fixes for 115 CVEs.

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“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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CTOvision

APRIL 14, 2020

According to IDC, global spending on public cloud services and infrastructure is expected to increase from $229 billion in 2019 to almost $500 billion in 2023. With cloud budgets set to skyrocket, here are tips to help enterprise organizations save money when using a public, private, hybrid, or multi-cloud approach. Public cloud: Enterprises should design for a […].

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Tenable

APRIL 14, 2020

Oracle’s second Critical Patch Update of 2020 addresses 450 CVEs across a record-breaking 397 security patches, including critical vulnerabilities in Oracle Fusion Middleware products. Background. On April 14, Oracle released its Critical Patch Update (CPU) Advisory for April 2020 as part of its quarterly release of security patches. This update contains fixes for 450 CVEs in 397 security patches across multiple Oracle products.

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Change Starts Here

APRIL 14, 2020

In this episode, Lena Ross, author and Founder of Change Hacks, shares how the practice of change management needs to adapt itself to the current business environment. Listen in to hear the key skills you should develop to stay relevant as the pace of change continues to increase.

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Palo Alto Networks

APRIL 14, 2020

Sadly, one of life’s proven realities is, when a technology becomes popular adversaries will target it. With so many people switching to video conferencing, it’s no surprise that adversaries have started to give it their focus. Indeed, as the capacity of video conferencing in the cloud is being tested , reports of misuse have already begun, and this should be a warning flag of more to come.

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Next Level Blog

APRIL 14, 2020

As I write this, most of us in the United States are marking one month of stay at home and work from home orders to mitigate the public health impacts of the coronavirus. Those of us who are working from home recognize it’s a privilege to do so and have enormous gratitude and admiration for the health care workers, grocery store clerks, delivery people, first responders and so many others who are going to work so the rest of us can stay home.

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Dell EMC

APRIL 14, 2020

Just like in Gene Roddenberry’s “Star Trek,” where the Borg subsumed all other races with the tag line “resistance is futile,” programmable fabrics are fast becoming the inevitable way of the future; and whether we consume them underneath a more traditional full stack router or more directly using modern day programmable fabric controllers, they are set to become a part of the networking fabric.

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Confluent

APRIL 14, 2020

If you’re like me, you may be accustomed to reading articles about event streaming that are framed by large organizations and mountains of data. We’ve read about how the event […].

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