Fri.Apr 27, 2018

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Risk vs. Reward: A Guide to Understanding Software Containers

Toptal

Software delivery has come a long way. And, somewhere between the transition from physical media to software containers, we have changed the way we try to manage them. In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Jonathan Bethune explores how software containers have motivated us to treat servers as more dispensable, and the risks and rewards involved.

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How to Get Creative, Organized, and Productive Using Paper at Work

Women on Business

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Why It’s Important For Your Organization to Know The Difference Between a Data Scientist and Data Engineer

CTOvision

Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to become a focus for many enterprises and these organizations are increasing realizing how important it is to have the right people and skills in place. In particular, there has been a significant increase in demand for data scientists. Companies are searching and competing for increasingly scarce data scientists as the […].

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Interview With GitLab CEO Sid Sijbrandij

Dzone - DevOps

Earlier this month, I was fortunate to have a one-on-one interview with GitLab CEO and co-founder Sid Sijbrandij. My focus was to talk about the last twelve months at GitLab and to inquire on some future enhancements that may be in the works. John Vester: I remember sitting down with Job van der Voort just over a year ago, talking about the latest features with GitLab 9.0.

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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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Government Matters TV Explores Email Security Standards, DoD IT and Cloud Security with Bob Gourley

CTOvision

The Global Cyber Alliance continues to coordinate smart guidance, tips and approaches for improving security posture. They are an international, cross-sector organization designed to confront, address, and prevent malicious cyber activity (it is led by the gracious and sociable cyber champion Phil Reitinger). Their most recent report is titled "Top Federal IT Contractors Leave Emails […].

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An Agile Approach to Change Management

Agile42

Last month I took part in the first Regional Scrum Gathering Canada , on March 26 & 27at the Hyatt Regency Toronto, where I presented the talk Why stop at your IT department? Or an Agile approach to Change Management. Business agility is more than the organization’s IT shop adopting an agile delivery method. Business agility depends on three core capabilities: rapid delivery, strategic sensing, and customer rapport.

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RSA 2018 recap: GDPR, Increasing Visibility and Transparency of Cloud Security

Coalfire

RSA 2018 is in the books! The event welcomed 42,000 attendees to San Francisco, including cybersecurity professionals, vendors, media, and analysts. The themes of visibility and transparency repeatedly came up in discussions and presentations as organizations grapple with ever-increasing data flows across multiple technology platforms and cloud ecosystems.

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20 Smart Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Mobile App Or IOT Solution

VironIT

Fueled by mobile internet and smartphone growth, mobile apps for business, and IOT solutions have become a strong force in the mobile app sector. The apps allow businesses to grow and expand customer interaction with existing products. So, if you want to build a mobile app for your business, but you still doubt, read the […].

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3 Ways Your Company Is Using Technology Wrong

Strategy Driven

As a business owner, you’re probably fed up of hearing about how important technology is for your business. You know that by now and you’ve probably made some updates to the tech in your office and started to see some of the benefits. But a lot of business owners end up adopting technology because they’ve been told that they should, without really understanding how to use it properly.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

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.

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FinTech and Blockchain: Where Silicon Alley meets Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Nutanix

You may not have heard of the term Silicon Alley, but I am sure you are aware of the game-changing financial technology (FinTech) that is emanating from it. “Silicon Alley” was initially coined in the mid-1990s as a way to group media startups housed around the Flatiron neighborhood of Manhattan.

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How Facebook fights fake news with machine learning and human insights

The Parallax

SAN FRANCISCO—In the wake of the recent high-school shooting in Parkland, Fla., stories started cropping up on fringe right-wing blogs and conservative news outlets reporting that the kids fighting for stricter gun laws were actually paid “crisis actors” posing as student survivors. People who expressed their skepticism of those stories in Facebook comments helped Facebook flag them as fake news—or what Facebook employees call “false news,” says Michael McNally, the company’s director of enginee

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Testing Without Mocks: A Pattern Language

James Shore

27 Apr 2018. James Shore/Blog. For example code demonstrating these ideas, see my example on GitHub. When programmers use test-driven development (TDD), the code they test interacts with other parts of the system that aren't being tested. To test those interactions, and to prevent the other code from interfering with their tests, programmers often use mock objects or other test doubles.

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Testing Without Mocks: A Pattern Language

James Shore

27 Apr 2018. James Shore/Blog. For example code demonstrating these ideas, see my example on GitHub. When programmers use test-driven development (TDD), the code they test interacts with other parts of the system that aren't being tested. To test those interactions, and to prevent the other code from interfering with their tests, programmers often use mock objects or other test doubles.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.