Fri.Jan 03, 2020

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Leadership Role in Adding Test Automation to Existing Environments

DevOps.com

Leadership is the foundation for all agility. I’ve written elsewhere extensively on a model that works well for the new environment in which we find ourselves: the need for tens or hundreds of very smart people, doing things that have never been done before with new tools, working with people they may not be familiar […]. The post Leadership Role in Adding Test Automation to Existing Environments appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Bootcamps won't make you a coder: Here's what will

TechBeacon

Changing careers isn't easy. I have a lot of respect for people who can learn a completely new discipline later in life and become a professional in that field. When I tried to become a professional programmer, I had several advantages going in. It still wasn't enough.

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GitLab Open Sources Monitoring Tools

DevOps.com

GitLab has decided to make its monitoring and observability tools available as part of its core open source platform to help reduce the total cost of DevOps. Previously, the tools were available as part of the commercial tools in GitLab’s DevOps platform. Kenny Johnston, director of product/Ops products for GitLab, said that as responsibility for […].

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CEO Spotlight: Interview with Cyril Samovskiy, CEO and Founder of Mobilunity

CEO Insider

Question: Why did you start your company? Even back to 2010, Ukraine was already known for the Development talent it has. With its very much engineering-like traditional educational system, with dozens of thousands of highly educated and very sharp-minded people getting to the “wild” market of the 90s, it was obvious such a talent capital […].

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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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The Complete Process of Update Testing

InnovationM

Update Testing? Update Testing is the process of testing the newer version of an application over it’s older versions. A lot of people have not an exact understanding of what we test while doing update testing. Let’s discuss it in more detail with examples. Testing the update procedure from the current store version to the newer release candidate is important.

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Chills… Thrills and Picnic Frills: Radixweb Ushers to the ‘Twenties’ with Goodwill

Radixweb

Welcoming the Twenties with Radixweb Swag on our adrenalined picnic. A day that we will reminiscence for long. Check out all our fun times.

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Office Space Cathedrals

Marcus Blankenship - Daily Writing

I’m going to try something new this week. I’ve been feeling stuck writing the book lately. I’ll spare you the gory details, but needless to say, the publishers are getting pretty antsy about the project. Frankly, I think I’m spending more time avoiding writing than actually writing. So, in the spirit of eating my own dog food, I’m going to practice “living by experiment” and try a new way of writing.

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Bridging The Business Gap Between Office And Production

Strategy Driven

No employer wants to deal with workplace divides that impact everything from efficiency to general atmosphere. It’s no wonder, then, that the majority of modern employers implement anti-bullying and discrimination policies, as well as taking fast action when disagreements do arise. Yet, despite your efforts, there may be a divide within the workplace that you’re forgetting to account for.

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TechSoup's Nonprofit Tech Trends for 2020

TechSoup

We predict that it's going to be a big year in nonprofit technology in 2020. In just fundraising alone there are a ton of new innovations that you'll have to know about. GoFundMe Charity will be a game changer, smart speakers will become an important fundraising medium, and the controversial new ImpactMatters rating system will cause some spirited debate on the value of your nonprofit.

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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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Refining Your Craft: 4 Aspects of Business Every Restaurant Owner Can Improve

Strategy Driven

Many restaurateurs get started with visions of rave reviews and prestigious awards dancing before their eyes. Running a real restaurant, though, almost always turn out to be more difficult and demanding than expected. Fortunately, there are a number of proven ways for restaurant owners and operators of all kinds to raise the bar higher. There are at least four important facets of the restaurant business that can almost always use some attention. 1.

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Breaking Down the OWASP API Security Top 10, Part 2

DevOps.com

Due to the widespread usage of APIs, and the fact that attackers realize APIs are a new attack frontier, the OWASP API Security Top 10 Project was launched. From the beginning, the project was designed to help organizations, developers and application security teams become increasingly aware of the risks associated with APIs. This past September, […].

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2 Ways to Take Your Business to the Next Level

Strategy Driven

You didn’t start your business just to see it flounder and struggle at the foot of its market. You took the plunge and brought your organization to life because you wholeheartedly believed that it would one day be capable of reaching the pinnacle of its industry. If your business is to scale these incredibly lofty heights, you need to start taking action today.

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Four Mega-trends Disrupting Data Protection (Part 1)

Dell EMC

As data grows and becomes more critical to organizations, ensuring its protection has become a business imperative. However, there are significant transformations taking place across the information technology landscape exerting tremendous pressure on how traditional data protection services are delivered. In this blog series, I will describe four mega-trends that will disrupt data protection as we know it, and what organizations need to do to prepare for the new realities of the 2020s and beyon

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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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Building a Reputation For Excellence in the Construction Industry

Strategy Driven

When you’ve dedicated your whole professional life to working in the construction industry , it’s entirely reasonable to want to make your mark in the industry by starting a firm of your very own. That is, after all, the dream isn’t it? To take the skills you’ve spent decades honing and go into business with yourself, taking on the industry on your own terms and shattering the ceiling that your current job places over your pay and prospects?

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The Path to 10G: 2020 Update

CableLabs

The future of connectivity holds technical enhancements that are meant to change the way we live, work, learn and play. A fully realized connected network that enables all the different use cases and provides ubiquitous coverage through a seamless experience will need to rely on multiple access technologies and choices. Seeing this paradigm shift in the future of connectivity, the broadband industry came together to announce the 10G Platform in January 2019, led by CableLabs, NCTA and GIGAEurope

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Avoid Feast or Famine with Demand Planning

Strategy Driven

How do grocery stores know how much food to buy and when to buy it? This has been a long-standing problem for the retail food industry, but data analysis techniques are coming to the rescue. Demand planning is a process whereby data gathered on many variables can be analyzed to make a forecast of future sales. Planning vs. Forecasting. There is a difference between planning and making predictions.

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Datadog Adds Support for Microsoft Azure DevOps

DevOps.com

Datadog has added support for Microsoft Azure DevOps to its namesake monitoring and analytics platform. Ilan Rabinovitch, vice president of product and community for Datadog, said Microsoft Azure DevOps, formally known as Visual Studio Team Services, is gaining traction as a continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform that can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud. […].

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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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GitTip: Skip WorkTree

Dzone - DevOps

Use skip-worktree to sneak in modifications git won't notice. GitTip: Skip WorkTree. This tip is simple and powerful in equal parts. What we want to achieve is to modify a local file that git could not identify as having been modified despite being already tracked. For this example, I have a file “config.txt” with the content: “secret.” This file works well in all environments, but in the local environment, I need to change it for testing.

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Improve How You Enforce Security Policies with the Panorama Plugin for Cisco TrustSec

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks customers can now use Panorama, our network security management tool, for even greater network visibility, with a new plugin for Cisco TrustSec. Enterprise networks have become increasingly vulnerable to advanced threats because of fundamental shifts in the way diverse groups of users access the network from multiple endpoints. Once an adversary breaches their way into the network through any of these endpoints, they move laterally to gain access to sensitive data.

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[Webinar] Mobile application hardening for business-critical apps

Synopsys

Mobile apps often protect themselves via internally developed controls and commercial products. Learn about how some controls work and how to sidestep them. The post [Webinar] Mobile application hardening for business-critical apps appeared first on Software Integrity Blog.

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Update to Thoughts on EPM 11.2 Certification Matrix

Datavail

I recently wrote a blog post regarding the Oracle EPM 11.2 Certification Matrix and some questions I had on the information contained therein. I have since had a conversation with a senior person at Oracle who requested to remain anonymous but was kind enough to read through this post thoroughly and provided a thoughtful response. I’m very grateful for this as we now have much more clarity.

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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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2020 Progress Update: The 10G Platform

CableLabs

The global technology community is about to descend on Las Vegas next week for CES 2020 and one common element of just about every device, service and technology that will be featured is how connectivity – and increasing bandwidth – are powering a whole range of immersive consumer experiences. This trend isn’t surprising, new or groundbreaking but underscores the need for powerful networks to keep up with our digital demands.

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AI Experience Singapore: Embracing AI

DataRobot

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Revealed: Who is meeting the official development assistance targets?

Strategy Driven

Foreign aid is one of those topics that always divides opinion but like it or not, most of the world has signed up to official development assistance targets. What does this mean? It means that countries should be aiming to provide at least 0.70% of their GNI towards foreign aid. Well, perhaps unsurprisingly, a new infographic from Wristband has shown that this isn’t necessarily the case.

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