Wed.May 29, 2019

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Is High Quality Software Worth the Cost?

Martin Fowler

A common debate in software development projects is between spending time on improving the quality of the software versus concentrating on releasing more valuable features. Usually the pressure to deliver functionality dominates the discussion, leading many developers to complain that they don't have time to work on architecture and code quality. But the counter-intuitive reality is that internal software quality removes the cruft that slows down developing new features, thus decreasing the cost

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How to ensure your tech talent pool is poaching proof

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

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4 Ways to Optimize Database Operations

Datavail

Organizations are not only collecting ever greater amounts of data, they’re actively looking for ways to extract and use the data to gain information about their business The average company now manages more than 160 terabytes of information. Much of this information is structured data that must be contained in highly complex databases, perhaps reaching hundreds of tables and dozens of attributes for each one.

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Textbook DevOps vs. Real-World DevOps

DevOps.com

DevOps is one of those things—like Marxism or baking macarons—that is easy to understand in theory, but much messier to implement in practice. Real-world DevOps rarely aligns with textbook DevOps or the DevOps practices that organizations should follow in theory. That is true for a number of reasons. Let’s walk through some of the biggest […].

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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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Why my QA team says no to test cases

TechBeacon

The year was 2013. Candy Crush was at the top of the App Store, Grumpy Cat was making rounds on the Internet, and I was introduced to a better way to test software that doesn't involve using test cases.

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Design Talks: Better Designer and Developer Collaboration with Aarron Walter of InVision

Toptal

Designers often struggle to work with developers and vice versa. In this Design Talk, we explore how designers and developers can collaborate better in order to make them stronger and more capable.

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Tricentis Disrupts RPA Market with Resilient Model-Based Automation

DevOps.com

Model-based automation technology trusted by 1600+ enterprise organizations now drives a dedicated Tricentis RPA offering Mountain View Calif., May 22, 2019 – Tricentis today announced the availability of Tricentis RPA, which is differentiated by its award-winning model-based automation technology and radically simplified bot pricing model. Tricentis’ model-based automation technology has over 12 years of research […].

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State of Agile Report : 4 key trends to watch

TechBeacon

This year has seen an increase in the importance of DevOps, as well as a growing intersection between agile and DevOps, according to the 13th annual State of Agile report.

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CEO Advisory: Speaking Truth to Power in Reverse

CEO Insider

CEOWORLD magazine. CEO Advisory: Speaking Truth to Power in Reverse. A number of years ago, I developed a presentation for a Seton Hall University symposium. It covered a familiar, yet important topic for the mid-to-senior level executives in attendance. The title: Speaking Truth to Power. It included a brief history of speaking truth to power, which as you may imagine, included everything from “kill the […].

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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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Perfecting Private Accommodations–Airbnb vs. Expedia

Toptal

As Airbnb may soon IPO, how does it compare against more traditional businesses in the travel space? We compare it to another top company in the travel sector, Expedia, and analyze how their originally divergent strategies are slowly converging.

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Why Does Hardware Matter in a Software-Defined Data Center?

Dell EMC

Today, organizations with a modernized infrastructure (aka “modernized” firms) are much better positioned to handle emerging technologies than their competitors with aging hardware. Modernized firms can quickly scale to meet changing needs. They understand the importance of flexibility, especially when it comes to handling demanding applications and processing the insane amount of data inundating us from all angles!

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Data: the New Currency That Accelerates Business

DevOps.com

The amount of data created every day is staggering: 2.5 quintillion (that’s 18 zeros) bytes, to be exact. And that number is growing exponentially, thanks to mass deployments of internet of things (IoT) networks and devices. Cisco Systems estimates that by the end of 2019, IoT will generate more than 500 zettabytes of data per […]. The post Data: the New Currency That Accelerates Business appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Tips to Fostering and Appreciating Employee Longevity as a Business Woman

Women on Business

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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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Accenture | SolutionsIQ Expands Business Agility Into Europe

Accenture

Today, we are taking a huge step towards strengthening our Business Agility Transformation offering. We couldn’t be more excited to announce our expansion into what we call the ASGR region, which includes Austria, Switzerland, Germany, and Russia. Expanding our brand reach and service delivery this way will help us better serve clients in the region, helping them to realize and sustain their full potential no matter how the environment changes around them.

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Exploring Domain-Driven Design at CircleCI

CircleCI

How DDD has enabled more productive conversations and cleaner code. My team at CircleCI, which focuses on plans and payments, has gone through many organizational changes over the last year as we’ve grown.One thing that has helped us maintain a sense of consistency throughout these changes is to adopt a different approach to writing software: Domain-Driven Design, also known as DDD.

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Increasing the memory capacity for Netlify Functions

Netlify

Almost a year and a half ago, we released Netlify Functions , our method of building and deploying serverless functions. We are proud to support hundreds of thousands of functions that have been created since. Today, we want to encourage you to be even more creative with running on-demand, server-side code, by increasing the functions memory capacity from 128MB to 1024MB ??

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How to Get Your Micromanager Boss to Back Off

Next Level Blog

If dealing with a micromanager for a boss isn’t the number one complaint I hear from high potential leaders, then it’s certainly in the top three. Pretty much every leader I’ve ever coached or spoken to has worked for a micromanager at least once in their career. The question that everyone always asks is a version of, “How do I get my micromanager boss to back off?”.

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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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750+ Hands-On Labs and Counting

Linux Academy

A couple of years ago, I wrote a post called “ 116 Hands-On Labs and Counting ” and today we have over 750 Hands-On Labs across 10 content categories — Linux, AWS, Azure, Big Data, Cloud, Containers, DevOps, Google Cloud, OpenStack, and Security. Since then, we’ve also launched a Community Edition of Linux Academy which lets members take some content for free.

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Devo Technology Announces Devo Service Operations to Address Enterprise Monitoring Gap

DevOps.com

New machine learning-based solution addresses monitoring gap created by complex, multi-cloud application architectures for IT and DevOps teams Cambridge, Mass., May 21, 2019 – Devo Technology, the data operations company, today announced the tech preview of its Service Operations solution purpose-built for complex IT and application environments. In an era where enterprises are becoming completely […].

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A Connect IT retrospective, and a peek at your 2020 future

Kaseya

For those who joined us at Connect IT Global early in May, thank you for making our inaugural conference the biggest and best in Kaseya’s history. There’s more to come around the world, with our upcoming Connect IT Europe (Amsterdam, November 2019) and Connect IT Asia Pacific (Sydney, October 2019). And it’s time to get pumped for 2020!

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The Visibility Challenge for Network Overlays

Kentik

Kubernetes and Docker are increasingly familiar to DevOps and SRE teams, but still relatively unfamiliar to network teams even though the network interactions are complex. In order to maintain reliable applications in these new architectures, network teams must become more involved to proactively identify issues. Those working in network operations or development are well used to the “blame game”: The network is most often at fault… until the network team provides proof that it’s not.

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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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TechSoup's Growing List of Hardware Offers

TechSoup

TechSoup continues to expand our offerings of affordable new and remanufactured IT hardware. We've got laptops, desktops, servers, monitors, networking equipment, hotspots, hard drives, audiovisual gear, headphones, and even flash drives you can brand with your logo. We think it's a good time to show you all we have for you to choose from when you need to upgrade your IT.

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Cortex XDR and Traps Outperform in MITRE Evaluation

Palo Alto Networks

We are pleased to announce the results of an independent test that demonstrate the value of our recently launched Cortex XDR product in combination with Traps. The evaluation, which used the MITRE ATT&CK framework, shows that Cortex XDR and Traps provide the broadest coverage with fewest missed attack techniques among 10 Endpoint Detection-and-Response (EDR) vendors.

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Logz.io Raises $52 Million in Series D Funding Led by General Catalyst

DevOps.com

Dedicated to Building a New Open Source Experience for Developers, Logz.io will Use Funds to Extend Product Portfolio and Expand Internationally Boston and Tel Aviv – May 29, 2019 – Logz.io, an intelligent and scalable machine data analytics platform based on open source ELK and Grafana, today announced it has raised $52 million in Series […].

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Software AG: Surfing the California Waves at 50

Beyond B2B

Software AG is on the crest of a wave yet again. It is fitting that on its 50th anniversary the company is on the cusp of a major IT revolution - the most significant and far-reaching IT revolution ever.

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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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Vive l’innovation: Celebrating Innovation across Europe at VivaTech 2019

Algolia

Living in Paris, I often get asked by venture capital (VC) companies about how attractive the investment environment is in Europe — especially in Paris. When Algolia was founded in 2012, Paris was perceived quite negatively by U.S. VCs. I heard all of the typical stereotypes and misconceptions about the work culture in France — from 35-hour work weeks to long vacations during the summer months.

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The Benefits of a Host-Based IDS for Cloud Environments

Lacework

There are significant benefits to using a Host-Based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS) to monitor system activities in cloud environments. Traditionally, most organizations struggled to choose between deploying a Host Based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS) and a Network Based Intrusion Detection System (NIDS). Each of these intrusion detection systems provided strengths and weaknesses.

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Moogsoft AIOps 7.2 Optimizes Ease of IT Operations with New Transparency, Efficiency & Customization Enhancements

DevOps.com

AIOps Platform Pioneer and Leader Transforms Service Assurance with Workflow Engine, other New Features SAN FRANCISCO – May 29, 2019 – Moogsoft, a pioneer and leading provider of artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps), announced today the release of Moogsoft AIOps 7.2, the latest version of its enterprise platform. Release 7.2 features groundbreaking new […].