Tue.Jul 23, 2019

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4 Practical Steps for ‘Shift Left’ Security

Palo Alto Networks

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How to Assess if Your Company is Agile With These 6 Questions

Planbox

There is no simple way to assess whether your company is agile or not, because agile exists on a continuum. In many cases, an organization is agile in some ways while being rigid in others. Therefore, you might find yourself in a situation where you need a scale to prove or evaluate how agile your business is in order to move forward. Luckily, there are questions you can use to evaluate just how agile your company is.

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Don’t Use Kubernetes Until You’ve Asked This Question

Linux Academy

If you run Kubernetes in production, you must be incredibly intelligent. That’s not a compliment; it’s a requirement. — Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig) April 25, 2019. Kubernetes technology has skyrocketed in popularity for the last few years. More and more organizations are using it to power their infrastructure, and as a result, there’s an influx of individuals learning how to use the technology in order to get a new job, upskill for an existing job, or simply to stay up-to-date with the latest tech.

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ASF Moves OpenWhisk Serverless Computing Forward

DevOps.com

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) announced today that the OpenWhisk serverless computing framework has now become a high-level open source project. Matt Rutkowski, CTO for serverless technologies and advocacy for IBM, said with this announcement, organizations looking to implement an open source serverless computing framework on-premises or in a public cloud now can have confidence […].

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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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Fish Heads and The Value of Great Leadership: An Unforgettable Lesson

Terry Starbucker

“Terry, don’t you see? A fish stinks from its head down”. It was three months into my maiden voyage as a cable TV executive, at age 27. I was in the middle of going over a laundry list of problems with my boss that had been vexing me for weeks. They were all coming from one particular region, and because of these problems the region’s financial performance was lagging all the others.

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3 Reasons Why Ephemeral Access is Best for DevOps

DevOps.com

Recently, we worked with a customer, MOST Digital, whose developers were struggling with a common workflow challenge we hear from many companies. The company is in the software robotics automation space—it essentially makes little robots that automate all sorts of business processes for a company, such as HR report filing or routine emails. MOST Digital […].

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A Deep Look at JSON vs. XML, Part 3: XML and the Future of JSON

Toptal

In Part 1 and 2, we took a closer look at the evolution of the web, how XML and JSON arose, and the differences between the two standards. In this final part of our series on JSON vs. XML, Toptal Freelance Full-stack Developer Seva Safris looks at XML as a data interchange format and how well it supports complex requirements. And finally, he will discuss the future of JSON as well as explore solutions that bring the strengths of XML to JSON.

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Consider the Role of Programmers as Storytellers

DevOps.com

Every time I speak with the programmers of our team in casual conversation, I ask what they’re working on. Every time, I get the same kind of answer, “I’m building a dashboard,” or “I’m optimizing a database,” or “I’m testing the user interaction.” In other words, I get the same answer as the proverbial masons, […].

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Microsoft Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence Startup OpenAI

CTOvision

Microsoft is investing $1 billion in OpenAI, a San Francisco-based research lab founded by Silicon Valley luminaries, including Elon Musk and Sam Altman, that’s dedicated to creating artificial general intelligence (AGI). The investment will make Microsoft the “exclusive” provider of cloud computing services to OpenAI, and the two companies will work together to develop new technologies. […].

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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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Micro Focus Lays DevOps Foundation for RPA

DevOps.com

Micro Focus has announced the general availability of Micro Focus Robotic Process Automation (RPA), which sets the stage for employing DevOps processes to construct highly automated business processes. Thanks to the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital business transformation initiatives, interest in RPA has increased significantly. However, rather than merely using RPA to build […].

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An essential guide to the 2019 serverless ecosystem

TechBeacon

Serverless computing has been maturing gradually. Large platform providers have released tons of new capabilities over the last few years, and small startups are offering new products that can help your organization start its serverless journey more easily. It's no wonder that more and more companies are exploring and investing in serverless technologies.

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Uber open-sources Plato for developing and testing conversational AI

CTOvision

Designing conversational AI isn’t as Sysiphean as it sounds. Tools like Google’s Dialogflow, Microsoft’s Bot Framework, and Amazon’s Lex make it easier than it used to be, and the folks at Uber hope to eliminate any remaining barriers with a development platform all their own. It’s called Plato Research Dialog System, and it was released […].

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Reduce Shrinkage with Live Face Matching

Hu's Place - HitachiVantara

This week I had a chance to meet with Chris Henderson a Biometric specialist who recently joined Hitachi Vantara in Australia. Chris was no stranger since we had worked together in the past and he has been working on some biometric projects for Hitachi Australia around Finger Vein identification and Live Face Matching (LFM) systems as a contractor. Chris has been working on a Live Face Matching system with a large retailer in Australia to reduce shrinkage using video analytic technology from Hit

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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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How Companies Are Augmenting Human Intelligence With AI

CTOvision

Among fictional buzzwords like “telepathy,” “cyberspace,” “parallel universe,” and so on – what’s undeniably popular and real is “AI” — artificial intelligence. The idea that a machine can exhibit the same level of intelligence and sentience as a human being has captured much interest today. This idea has increasingly become popular in the workplace: The […].

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Forrester Wave for data security: 4 key report takeaways

TechBeacon

Companies looking for holistic solutions to satisfy their data security needs may want to take a close look at the debut Forrester Wave analysis of data security vendors.

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Facebook pairs its Map With AI service OpenStreetMap project

CTOvision

Facebook said it will open its Map With AI service to the OpenStreetMap project, which aims to be an open source mapping data source. In conjunction with the Map With AI service, Facebook also said it would release RapiD, an AI version of the OpenStreetMap editing tool iD. Mapping data is increasingly critical and Google currently dominates […].

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What Should Your Enterprise Expect from its Cloud Analytics Vendor?

Teradata

Large enterprises are investing heavily in cloud-based analytics technologies. What qualities should they be looking for in these cloud vendors? Find out more.

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How Embedded Analytics Helps Product Managers Exceed Their KPIs

Embedded analytics can help you deliver cutting-edge analytics experiences to your end-users that align with KPIs that are critical to the growth and success of your business. Read this eBook to learn how an embedded analytics platform, like Qrvey, can help PMs exceed the following KPIs: Growing revenue while improving customer retention rate Delivering rapid time to value Earning a high net-promoter score Increasing Gross Margin / Profitability Conversion rate from trial to paid Don’t just meet

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How Brands Can Deliver the Experiences Customers Actually Want

CEO Insider

Lots of business executives claim to be focused on delivering a better customer experience, but the reality is that meaningful experiences are a product of strong relationships. And unfortunately, relatively few companies can truly say they maintain strong customer relationships. By and large, customers simply don’t feel valued. In the not-too-distant past, whether customers felt […].

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Powering the Human-Machine Workforce in the Data Era

Dell EMC

175 zettabytes, 175×1021 or 175 Billion 1TB drives …or put another way, more than 13 Empire State buildings. For the non-engineers out there – that is the amount of data IDC forecasts will exist by 2025.[1] It’s becoming widely understood that data is an organization’s greatest resource – their data capital. And it’s that data that when applied to analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, can give lead to new applications, solutions and services that can drive a better busine

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How to teach developers secure coding without slowing them down

Synopsys

Secure coding training isn’t required in most computer science programs. How can you fill the gaps in your developers’ education without slowing them down? The post How to teach developers secure coding without slowing them down appeared first on Software Integrity Blog.

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Data ROI Today and Tomorrow: Is your Data strategy ready for AI

Dell EMC

In the year 500 BC, Heraclitus the Greek philosopher said, “There is nothing permanent except change,” maintaining that change is the only reality in nature. Little did he know that more than 2,000 years later, the rate of change would increase exponentially in frequency, velocity and volume. In business today, the speed of change is creating all new challenges for IT organizations to effectively compete, maintain industry and customer relevance, drive innovation and ultimately grow their organi

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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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4 conseils pour stimuler la créativité dans un groupe

DXC

Stephen Bayley et Roger Mavity dévoilent la vérité cachée derrière la créativité dans leur ouvrage « How to steal fire », où la créativité n’est pas impulsée par l’équipe entière, mais par chacun des membres de l’équipe.

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How Use Cases Help Sell Digital

IDC

This post originally appeared on IDC’s UK Blog, and concentrates on European data. To see the original post, click here. “ Digitally determined ” organizations no longer ask if something is possible. They assume it is. Corporate leaders identify what they wish to achieve. Those goals are broken into use cases. The organization then works backward to determine what technologies are needed.

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Aspen Security Forum: Malware Gets Smarter, Faster and More Destructive

Symantec

As attackers try out new technologies and stratagems to catch their victims off guard, many companies still haven’t got the memo

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OEM Database Preferred Credentials

Datavail

Fact: Credentials are an essential part of Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) security. Named credentials can be used to connect to targets and are saved. Credentials, which are stored in the repository, are also used for default connectivity which allows for easy access and provides another layer of security. A new feature of OEM Cloud Control 12c is the ability to share credentials.

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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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BEC Scams Remain a Billion-Dollar Enterprise, Targeting 6K Businesses Monthly

Symantec

Symantec examines the latest trends and themes in BEC scams in the last 12 months.

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Taking the Leap: Dallas Graduate Austin Parham, Former Cruise Director Turned Amazon QA Technician

Coding Dojo

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. –Henry. … Read more >>. The post Taking the Leap: Dallas Graduate Austin Parham, Former Cruise Director Turned Amazon QA Technician appeared first on Coding Dojo Blog.

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How a Man Who Didn’t Think He Was up to the Job Helped Put Man on the Moon

Experience to Lead

Repost from Trainingindustry.com Imagine this situation: the vice president of the United States asks you to take an important executive job, but you have limited experience, don’t feel qualified and refuse to take it. The job? Leading a team of thousands in a $20 billion, decade-long effort to put man on the moon. That was [ ] The post How a Man Who Didn’t Think He Was up to the Job Helped Put Man on the Moon appeared first on Experience to Lead.