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A Glimpse into the AI-Enabled Future

CTOvision

Where is AI heading in the future? Read Ronald Schmelzer’s article in Forbes talking about the vision for the AI-Enabled Future: The pace of artificial intelligence continues inexorably forward. Every […].

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Measuring DevOps Performance

DevOps.com

As IT becomes increasingly central to our organizations, it is increasingly important to improve our ability to deliver innovations efficiently and safely. DevOps is a movement to reimagine the way we deliver software, with an emphasis on delivering value to end users through automation and collaboration. In the midst of complex changes to complex processes, […].

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How to Co-Create a Better Future

Let's Grow Leaders

There’s no going back, but a better future is possible It should be clear to every leader at this point: there’s no getting back to “normal.” The pandemic has unalterably shifted the economic landscape and business operations. The racial equity movement sweeping […]. The post How to Co-Create a Better Future appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Why DevOps and Federal Agencies Need Each Other

DevOps.com

In times of crisis, the U.S. government needs to bring in tech tools fast to help solve the problem. First, now is a vulnerable time and weaknesses are exposed in telework infrastructure as the government rapidly shifted to remote work. Cyberattacks are up as adversaries try to exploit the weaknesses. Second, federal agencies are also […]. The post Why DevOps and Federal Agencies Need Each Other appeared first on DevOps.com.

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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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6 vital workplace skills you’ll need to succeed in the future

Career Advancement

“The day you convince yourself that you’ve mastered your craft or profession or even your relationships, is the day you cease to live.” ~ Carlos Wallace. Many employees believe that if they continue doing what’s expected of them, they’ll always have a job. However, with the major changes that are already occurring across countless organizations, that’s not necessarily the case.

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Protecting Unmanaged & IoT Devices: Why Traditional Security Tools Fail

CTOvision

Read why traditional security tools fail to protect unmanaged and Internet of Things devices on Threat Post : We are currently experiencing the single largest explosion of network-enabled devices that […].

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Did We Lose Something With The Adoption Of Containers? And Can We Get It Back?

Dzone - DevOps

The subject of containers probably doesn’t need much of an introduction. Since the launch of Docker in 2013 containers have become almost ubiquitous, with 89% of IT Professionals confirming their organizations used containers in some way during 2019. That is no surprise. Docker itself calls the container “a standardized unit of software”, which is a nice way of saying that a typical container packages up all the relevant code, system tools, dependencies and libraries within an application, and e

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13 Evolving And Emerging Uses For Blockchain Technology

CTOvision

Many consumers may have heard of blockchain technology, especially in relation to cryptocurrency. However, they may not be aware of its full potential and impact across industries. Blockchain has the […].

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The five best web application frameworks: How to choose

TechBeacon

As application development continues to evolve, the demand for teams to rapidly deliver software that can scale and evolve to meet customer needs has never been higher. Front-end development frameworks are key to making that happen.

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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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Bobbie Stempfley of Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute

CTOvision

The leadership team at OODA have had the pleasure of working with and learning from Bobbie Stempfley since her leadership of the Department of Defense Computer Emergency Response Team (DoD […].

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Kafka Replication — Manipulate Your Topics and Records in Mirror Maker V1.0 and V2.0

Dzone - DevOps

In this article, we will be working with both mirror maker v1.0 and v2.0. Therefore, we are doing some abbreviations. Mirror maker v1.0 -> mmv1. Mirror maker v2.0 -> mmv2. Find the Project. Find all the docker images and code over here.

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6 Steps to Securing Production File Data in the Cloud

CTOvision

Read Russ Kennedy list six ways in which you can secure production file data in the cloud on Security Boulevard : Unstructured file data is the fastest-growing segment of enterprise […].

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Building Large Sites on Netlify

Netlify

Sites typically grow in size and complexity; over time, teams add new content and new sections. With the Jamstack architecture , sites are pre-built as static assets and hosted on a CDN. So as more content is added to the site, the build times can grow. This also depends on the kind of processing you do in the build phase (processing images takes a really long time), the static site generator you use to build the site and the infrastructure you build the site on.

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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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Role of Healthcare AI and IoT in Fighting the COVID Pandemic

Cabot Solutions

The world is going through an unprecedented crisis In this article we take a look at the role of healthcare AI and IoT in fighting the COVID pandemic

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INSPIRE 20 podcast: Michael Fieldhouse, social impact practice leader, DXC

TechBeacon

Michael Fieldhouse was hosting a dinner party one evening when he noticed that a guest's child had become intrigued by a Japanese urn surrounded by pebbles. As he watched, the child, named Andrew, began picking up the pebbles and dropping them, one by one, into the urn. As Fieldhouse was making a mental note to himself to fish out the pebbles later, he noticed that the boy was dropping in each pebble at exactly the same time interval.

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Feature Flags vs. Deployment Automation vs. Config Files

LaunchDarkly

Recently, I’ve had a number of conversations around the benefits of and differences between feature flags, deployment automation, and config files. Several folks have asked me, “why do I need feature flags if I can just have a deployment pipeline that manages percentage rollouts?” There are two parts to my answer. Part one is, “not all rollouts start with a canary and are intended to reach 100%.

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3 Strategies for Backing Up Remote Worker Machines

Arcserve

Though many businesses are reopening after shutting down due to COVID-19, companies like Facebook plan to allow some employees to work remotely on a permanent basis. Are you prepared to keep critical data safe for end-users who don’t return to the office? With workers geographically scattered, backups are more important than ever. But the challenge.

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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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Big data: Four ways to make your projects run better

CTOvision

Read Mark Samuels explain the four ways in which you can run your Big Data projects better on ZDNet : Organisations continue to collect more data than ever before. While […].

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How TripleLift Built an Adtech Data Pipeline Processing Billions of Events Per Day

High Scalability

This is a guest post by Eunice Do , Data Engineer at TripleLift , a technology company leading the next generation of programmatic advertising. What is the name of your system and where can we find out more about it? The system is the data pipeline at TripleLift. TripleLift is an adtech company, and like most companies in this industry, we deal with high volumes of data on a daily basis.

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What could be better than free?

Beyond B2B

Who loves a free software trial? You programmers, integration specialists and business “citizen developers,” that’s who.

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Top 6 Security Products Available to Nonprofits Through TechSoup

TechSoup

Effective digital security requires more than antivirus software. You also need to think about other aspects, such as secure account management for your staff, secure file storage, and training to help your staff and volunteers spot bad actors and would-be cybercriminals. Here is a selection of the security products and services that TechSoup offers to nonprofits and libraries.

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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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Cloud computing overload: How many apps is too many?

CTOvision

Read Steve Ranger take a look at the cloud computing overload on ZDNet : Cloud computing apps have been the glue that has enabled many organisations to remain connected and […].

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5 Ways Innovative Workflows Reduce Banking Errors

Docuphase

Mistakes happen. It’s a fact of life. We’ve even created language around our ability to own and wave off mistakes like “it happens to the best of us,” “it’s all good” and “no worries.” But it doesn’t work that way when banks make mistakes.

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Race to the Edge: Dynamic Solutions for Demanding Edge Applications

Dell EMC

Edge is here. And it is here to stay. However, there is great ambiguity in how to define it. Well, Dell Technologies defines it as the unbounded and ephemeral place where the digital and physical worlds intersect and data is securely collected, generated, and processed to create new value. But what type of server works best at the edge? And what industries are key use cases for the edge?

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CodeSOD: Dates Float

The Daily WTF

In a lot of legacy code, I've come across "integer dates" It's a pretty common way to store dates in a compact format: an integer in the form "YYYYMMDD", e.g., 20200616 It's relatively compact, it remains human readable (unlike a Unix epoch). It's not too difficult to play with the modulus and rounding operators to pick it back into date parts, if you need to, though mostly we'd use something like this as an ID-like value, or for sorting.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

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.

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Isolated but Never Alone: Starting at Modus Create During COVID-19

Modus Create

Just like many of my fellow high school seniors across Virginia, I was stunned to hear Governor Northam’s announcement on March 23: classes were cancelled for the rest of the school year due to COVID-19. Along with this, senior rites of passage such as prom, graduation, and summer beach trips were to be cancelled, leaving me with no obligations and lots of time.

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How to use Voice Tech during Covid-19

Capgemini

For years, brands and agencies have hyped voice technology as a marketing game-changer. Still, even as the number of consumers using audio on smart speakers rises, voice has remained a minor player for uses like shopping. But the tech is poised to enter the mainstream with COVID-19 making consumers touch-averse, prompting marketers to find ways to make ordering as simple and contact-free as possible. “Up until this crisis, voice technology was the technology looking for a business purpose,

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5 Skills to Master High-Stakes Communication

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Communication is not only a necessary skill, but it can be the difference between getting the job, saving your company millions, and ultimate workplace harmony. Today’s post is by Katy Kvalvik. To be an effective leader, you must be an effective communicator. To be an effective communicator, you must believe in the value of every conversation. Improving the way you communicate can evoke a greater connection in all of your personal relationships and have a positive impact on your professional int

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