Sun.May 12, 2019

article thumbnail

10 Exceptional Strategies For Extraordinary Executives

N2Growth Blog

Most extraordinary executives would agree that business practices evolve over time, and our experiences turn into knowledge. My such experience has inspired this article, 10 exceptional strategies for extraordinary executives. As a coach, my goal is always to see my client succeed. I want to high-five them when they hit a home run or score a touchdown.

Strategy 149
article thumbnail

How to automate testing for Google Assistant Apps?

Xebia

The best way to avoid regressions and get fast feedback during development is automated testing. Especially if you’re testing manually by speaking to your voice app. The logic of your voice app is implemented in a webhook called a fulfillment. Since fulfillments are regular JSON APIs they are tested using existing technology. The JSON request […].

Testing 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

CVE-2019-5021: Alpine Docker Image ‘null root password’ Vulnerability

Aqua Security

A new vulnerability that impacts Alpine Docker images was published last week. The vulnerability is due to the ‘root’ user password which is set, by default, to NULL on Alpine Docker images from version 3.3 or higher.

103
103
article thumbnail

DevOps Chat: OPA and the CNCF, With Torin Sandall

DevOps.com

The Open Policy Agent (OPA) was accepted for incubation by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. In this DevOps Chat we spoke with one of the founders of the project, Torin Sandall, about OPA and why the CNCF is the right place for OPA. We also discuss the company he works for, Styra, which works with […]. The post DevOps Chat: OPA and the CNCF, With Torin Sandall appeared first on DevOps.com.

DevOps 97
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

R.I.P. Kenilworth Trail

Joel Crabb

This may be slight deviation from normal, but the end of the Kenilworth Trail is coming today (May 13, 2019), which is a bike path that has featured highly in my life. Whatever you think of the light rail that will be built in the corridor for the next three years, it will destroy one of the most highly used bike paths in the US so that suburban commuters can get downtown faster and bypass Minneapolis.

More Trending

article thumbnail

R.I.P. Kenilworth Trail

Joel Crabb

This may be slight deviation from normal, but the end of the Kenilworth Trail is coming today (May 13, 2019), which is a bike path that has featured highly in my life. Whatever you think of the light rail that will be built in the corridor for the next three years, it will destroy one of the most highly used bike paths in the US so that suburban commuters can get downtown faster and bypass Minneapolis.

article thumbnail

Systems thinking and complexity

Net Objectives

Systems thinking tells us to attend to the relationships between the components of a system more than the components themselves. The challenge is as the number of components increase the number of relationships between them increases exponentially. And, when these relationships have to do with human behavior they are only somewhat predictable. But this complexity … Continue reading "Systems thinking and complexity".

System 40
article thumbnail

Advanced Load Balancing and Sticky Sessions with Ambassador, Envoy and Kubernetes

Daniel Bryant

As we wrote in the Ambassador 0.52 release notes , we have recently added early access support for advanced ingress load balancing and session affinity in the Ambassador API gateway, which is based on the underlying production-hardened implementations within the Envoy Proxy. It’s been my experience that how load balancing is implemented within Kubernetes Services is not always intuitive.

article thumbnail

What is Iran’s Next Move?

The Cipher Brief

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is calling for unity and says that his country is facing ‘unprecedented’ pressure as the U.S. continues to ratchet up sanctions. . Tehran said last week it will no longer comply with portions of the negotiated nuclear agreement, an agreement which the U.S. left last year, while several European countries remain committed to the deal.

Report 37
article thumbnail

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

article thumbnail

Have You Strategised How Productive Your Business Is? Time To Focus

Strategy Driven

When you start a business, no one can really prepare you for the steps that you may need to take. It can consume you in those early days, and you may put all of your efforts into it. But as your business progresses you find that you spin too many plates and are not able to focus on the priorities. This is when you need to strategize to ensure that your business is more productive.

Media 25
article thumbnail

Russia’s Global Ambitions: A Member Briefing with Steven Hall

The Cipher Brief

The Cipher Brief regularly provides opportunities for members to engage with experts via exclusive member-only briefings and webcasts. . Our latest briefing was presented by Steve Hall, who retired from the Central Intelligence Agency in 2015 after 30 years of running and managing intelligence operations in Eurasia and Latin America. He finished his career as a member of the Senior Intelligence Service, a very small cadre of officers who serve as the senior most leaders of the CIA’s cland

article thumbnail

CodeSOD: The National Integration

The Daily WTF

Sergio works for a regional public administration. About a decade ago, the national government passed some laws or made some regulations, and then sent a software package to all the regional administrations. This software package was built to aggregate reports from the local databases into a single, unified, consistent interface on a national website.

Course 40