Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User
JUNE 24, 2019
Whenever you are building and deploying a complex system, there are always going to be bugs, defects, and unforeseen problems with usability — commonly referred to as Production Support issues. Today, our ScrumMaster and their Team grapple with these issues, to help you understand how they affect a Scrum Team and what you can do to prevent them from dragging you down.
DevOps.com
JUNE 24, 2019
We are at an inflection point in the rise of big data. Enterprise IT infrastructure is producing data at a scale like the world has never seen before. IT operations (ITOps) management has accelerated past the notion of data storage and processing (vis a vis the Hadoop model) and into the world of analytics-as-a-service. We […]. The post How Systemic Approaches to ITOps Impact the Business Culture appeared first on DevOps.com.
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Agile Alliance
JUNE 24, 2019
Daily Scrum? It’s a waste of time and interrupts my work. Daily Scrum is just a chance for the Scrum Master to show up and micromanage. Daily Scrum is for reporting status, but I could do that in an email. Do any of these complaints sound familiar? These days, it’s become rather trendy to deride … Continued.
Hacker Earth Developers Blog
JUNE 24, 2019
When it comes to understanding computing processes, especially in today’s front end and backend development world, most of the times everything revolves heavily around analyzing the algorithmic architecture in tools, applications, or more complex pieces of software. In fact, a thorough analysis of what concerns the algorithmic side of things within the computing processing industry has led to a common conclusion— algorithmic functions are moving with architectural rendering languages to b
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.
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 24, 2019
Have you ever dealt with a passive-aggressive turkey like this? On Monday your passive-aggressive peer says, “We girls have to stick together. You know there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t support other women. I’ve got you.” And then […]. The post How Do I Deal With a Passive Aggressive Co-worker? appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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IDC
JUNE 24, 2019
While we’ve discussed the disruptive power that artificial intelligence (AI) applications bring to enterprise organizations, the truth is that AI adoption is still low for these businesses. However, adoption level is at a tipping point; investment in AI has tripled, and recent technical innovations promise to make AI not just an underlying technology capability, but a fundamental business tool.
Toptal
JUNE 24, 2019
When productivity wanes, the most effective solution is to get motivated. However, this is easier said than done. Motives might be deep-rooted, but once uncovered, they can trigger productive behavior. Neuroscientific research links motivation to self-sustaining productivity.
Kaseya
JUNE 24, 2019
Small and medium businesses (SMBs) have become more vulnerable to cyber attacks. About 43 percent of cyber attacks are aimed at SMBs since they do not always have the best defenses in place to secure their business. The primary challenges for most SMBs are limited IT budget for security tools ?and the lack of cybersecurity expertise ?— for monitoring and managing the security of the IT infrastructure.
Toptal
JUNE 24, 2019
Many brands overshoot the subtleties of virtue signaling. They preach, posture, and alienate the people they’re trying to impress. We explore how companies can bang their virtue drums better.
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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.
Edge Perspectives
JUNE 24, 2019
We are becoming more connected with each other and less connected with each other at the same time. The Big Shift that we're experiencing on a global scale is full of paradox – this is just one of many, but a particularly important paradox to acknowledge and address. Let’s explore the forces that are shaping both dimensions of the paradox. More connection.
DevOps.com
JUNE 24, 2019
“Continuous” is one of the operative words of DevOps. A major goal of DevOps is to make all processes continuous, which means having them proceed smoothly and constantly to avoid delays or pauses within the software delivery process. You’ve probably already heard of the importance of continuous integration and continuous delivery. But the importance of […].
TechBeacon
JUNE 24, 2019
Deciding on a cloud transition in the enterprise is about much more than choosing a new hosting technology. At Maersk, the move to cloud presented our IT organization with a golden opportunity to review our internal processes and ways of working. We re-engineered our policies for cloud delivery.
KitelyTech
JUNE 24, 2019
Mobile applications are not just for major brands like Amazon and Domino’s Pizza. Small and mid-sized businesses are following in the footsteps of major brands to have mobile apps for their business. Having an effective mobile strategy for your business includes much more than simply ensuring your website is mobile-friendly. Mobile apps are for any business that is serious about reaching more consumers, improving their customers’ brand experience, and developing brand loyalty.
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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.
Linux Academy
JUNE 24, 2019
When it comes to security, the more information we have, the more easily we can pinpoint malicious activities. Keeping track of all of this information requires security logging. A few years ago when I started in the world of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), I found that I was missing data that I thought should be there. How naive I was at that point in my career.
Women on Business
JUNE 24, 2019
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DXC
JUNE 24, 2019
Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into your enterprise takes a lot more than registering a bunch of shared devices with Alexa for Business. AI initiatives require a purpose and strategy if they’re going to succeed in the long run. Here are five steps that are essential when preparing an organization to implement and leverage smart machines […].
Hu's Place - HitachiVantara
JUNE 24, 2019
In a time, long past, when we went to a bank to deposit or withdraw money, we had a passbook where a bank teller or post master would write, by hand, the date and amount of the transaction, the updated balance, and enter his or her initials. We also wrote checks to make payments, and the bank would send us back the cancelled check for our records. All this was done on paper and it served us well for validating payments and transactions.
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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.
Lacework
JUNE 24, 2019
When a new CVE comes out there is a dilemma between releasing and not releasing proof of concepts (PoCs). This dilemma is exacerbated by the potential impact of the vulnerability. Nothing illustrates this more than the anticipation surrounding BlueKeep, a vulnerability if exploited with RCE that could have major impacts. To date, there have been [.].
Synopsys
JUNE 24, 2019
The AMCA breach hammers home the need for supply chain security. Here’s how to vet your vendors so you can keep from becoming the next Quest or LabCorp. The post More medical mega-breaches thanks to third-party insecurity appeared first on Software Integrity Blog.
Professor Beekums
JUNE 24, 2019
Estimates are inevitably going to become inaccurate. There are simply too many factors to take into account to create an accurate estimate in a reasonable manner. As much as we want to try and make our estimates more accurate, a better use of our efforts would be to look at how we handle things when an estimate is missed. Photo by Ugo Mendes Donelli The best way to handle a missed estimate is to find out sooner rather than later.
thoughtLEADERS, LLC
JUNE 24, 2019
Women leaving companies is for their families, it is because they don’t feel valued or listened to within their work environment. Today’s post is by Rania H. Anderson, author of WE (CLICK HERE to get your copy). I hear the lament all the time, “Women leave at mid-career.” “We do well hiring women, but most of them […]. This is only the beginning of the thought.
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Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.
DXC
JUNE 24, 2019
You often hear digital transformation described as a disruptive force — on markets, on business models, on processes, and more. In this context, disruption is viewed as a positive thing that creates new opportunities, and even new industries. For example, here’s a business-specific definition of disrupt from Cambridge Dictionary: to change the traditional way that an […].
Arcserve
JUNE 24, 2019
The risk associated with artificial intelligence (AI) is a popular topic these days. Will AI take human jobs and become an enemy of the people? Will AI develop killer robots with no moral compass? Will AI become a superpower with greater control over humans? These are all important issues, but those tasked with cybersecurity currently. Read more » The post Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity: What’s the Risk?
O'Reilly Media - Ideas
JUNE 24, 2019
Wacky Timestamps, Computers and Spies, Surveillance Capitalism, and Twitter Adventures. NTFS Timestamps -- a 64-bit value representing the number of 100-nanosecond intervals since January 1, 1601 (UTC). WTAF? Computers Changed Spycraft (Foreign Policy) -- so much has changed—eg., dead letter drops: It is easy for Russian counterintelligence to track the movements of every mobile phone in Moscow, so if the Canadian is carrying her device, observers can match her movements with any location that l
Sailpoint
JUNE 24, 2019
It has been a whirlwind of activity at SailPoint these last few weeks. We wrapped up our annual Navigate conference in Austin two weeks ago, giving me a chance to connect with many of our customers, partners and prospects. It also gave me the distinct honor of formally unveiling our vision for the future of identity – SailPoint Predictive Identity – during my keynote on day one.
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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.
The Daily WTF
JUNE 24, 2019
One of my first teenage jobs was to work as an office assistant. As this was the 90s, that meant I had to use and understand a fax machine. I… did not. The fax machine forever was a dark mystery to me, something that required strange incantations to work. As our summer break continues, at least I never caused this much trouble with the damn thing. Original -- Remy.
Haft of the Spear
JUNE 24, 2019
Be careful around companies that charge to recover a computer from a ransomware attack. A sting operation has uncovered evidence that one such ransomware recovery provider in the UK has simply been paying off the hackers to release the computers — and then charging clients to pay an inflated fee. The provider, Red Mosquito Data Recovery, specializes in rescuing machines infected with ransomware and has earned rave reviews from thankful clients.
Megaport
JUNE 24, 2019
As the cloud continues to expand and develop, organisations are becoming increasingly more empowered with the tools they need to optimise day-to-day workloads as well as innovate to stay ahead of the game. Microsoft and Oracle Cloud recently announced a cloud interoperability partnership enabling businesses to run one part of a workload within Azure and another part of the same workload within.
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