Fri.Jun 12, 2020

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A Review of Open Source Software Supply Chain Attacks

Xebia

Likely, a lot of the code you run is not code you wrote. But what does that mean in terms of security? In this post, we will discuss how long it takes to detect a malicious package, what happens if you include one of these packages, and what you can do about it. I’ll provide […]. The post A Review of Open Source Software Supply Chain Attacks appeared first on Xebia Blog.

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10 Tips to Improve Your Accounting Department

Docuphase

Whether we like it or not, the accounting department, controller position, and even the CFO are all parts of the business environment that won't be going anywhere anytime soon.

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The Human Story Behind Our Digital Marketing Campaigns

Dell EMC

Growing up in rural Ireland, one of my dad’s favourite sayings was “Necessity is the mother of invention,” usually in the context of some newfangled farming equipment! At the time, I didn’t always appreciate what he meant. But Dad, as usual, was 100 percent right. In fact, I’ve seen his words come beautifully to life in recent months amongst my own marketing team at Dell Technologies OEM | Embedded & Edge Solutions.

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2020 Tools, Techniques & Trends: What’s the Next Big Thing in Software Quality?

OverOps

The 2020 State of Software Quality Report provides a glimpse at the people, processes and tools that make up the modern DevOps pipeline. This post breaks down a few of the trends we can expect to see gain momentum in 2020. It seems like every day there is a new engineering technique or tool popping up that could be “the next big thing.” Sometimes it’s difficult to decipher which are over-hyped, and which ones organizations are actually using and finding valuable.

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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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6 proven metrics for DevOps success

TechBeacon

Many teams struggle to identify the key performance indicators that will demonstrate to management why DevOps matters and how it affects business results. Not having the right metrics is just one of the many ways that DevOps initiatives fail.

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Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) 101 With DevOps vs SRE

Dzone - DevOps

Consider the Scenario Below. An Independent Software Provider (ISV) developed a financial application for a global investment firm that serves global conglomerates, leading central banks, asset managers, broking firms, and governmental bodies. The development strategy for the application encompassed a thought through DevOps plan with cutting-edge agile tools.

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Hiring trends in a post COVID-19 world

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the daily lives of people around the world. In the midst of the pandemic, the world is facing uncertainty across industries, and the recruitment industry is no different. Experts believe that the pandemic will have long-lasting effects on the recruitment industry even after it is left behind us. It will change how organizations attract, hire, and retain talent.

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Threat Modelling Tools Analysis 101

Dzone - DevOps

Abstract. An interconnected world with an increasing number of systems, products and services relying on the availability, confidentiality, and integrity of sensitive information is vulnerable to attacks and incidents. Unfortunately, the threat landscape expands and new threats, threat agents and attack vectors emerge at all times. Defending against these threats requires that organizations are aware of such threats and threat agents.

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Make Space and Listen

Let's Grow Leaders

So many people are hurting, frustrated, traumatized, scared, or, at the very least, uncertain. That includes your team – and they’re looking at you. In this episode, we talk about fundamental ways to make space and listen. Your team needs you. […]. The post Make Space and Listen appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. So many people are hurting, frustrated, traumatized, scared, or, at the very least, uncertain.

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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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COVID-19, the New Normal and the Indisputable Importance of Mobile App Security

DevOps.com

As the United States emerges from COVID-19 lockdown, it’s not back to business as usual. COVID-19 remains a very serious risk, and until a vaccine or treatment arrives, we will all need to remain vigilant. Further, it’s also certain that the new normal post-COVID-19 world represents a fundamental transformation in how businesses operate, with mobile […].

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Every Branch Gets a Stack: A How-To Guide

Dzone - DevOps

Turbocharge your team’s development workflow with this strategy that provides quick feedback in a collaborative, no-risk environment. Last year SingleStone set out to build its first SaaS solution. We decided to do things differently and lean into a branching strategy. We’ve built plenty of custom software in our 23-year history, but always for clients.

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How Definition of Done Delivers The Best Product Ever

MagmaLabs

Reading Time: 5 minutes. When teams understand and adapt the Definition of Done they can develop the best product ever. Look at how your team can aim to develop and deliver products through collaboration, accountability, and iterative progress when working with Agile. Have you ever heard about “Definition of Done” (DoD)? If you are a team member in a project and you work with the Agile methodology, I’m pretty sure you know what I mean.

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Scaling Apache Kafka to 10+ GB Per Second in Confluent Cloud

Confluent

Apache Kafka® is the defacto standard for event streaming today. The semantics of the partitioned consumer model that Kafka pioneered have enabled scale at a level and at a cost […].

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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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Launching an EC2 Instance on AWS

Dzone - DevOps

To be able to host your web application, you will need a hosting solution. You can easily get started with AWS and commission an EC2 instance to be able to host your web application. Step 1: Create an AWS Free Tier Account. AWS provides 1-year access to the Free Tier Program which can allow you to play around with various services free of charge. For this just register with a new email address and you are good to go.

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How to Figure Out if Your Model Sucks

Dataiku

We’ve spoken before about basic concepts in data science and machine learning algorithms , so by this point, you might have already created a machine learning model. But now the question is: how can you tell if it’s a good model?

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Deploying Only the Interaction Model for OU Alexa Skill

Dzone - DevOps

In the new ASK CLI 2.x that has just been recently released, I found that the choice to deploy only the interaction model seems to have disappeared. In this article, I will show you how to regain this powerful time-saving capability back. The Value of Deploying Only The Interaction Model. This option is important to me as I do a lot of local debugging.

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Writing Production-Ready Code in the Machine Learning Era

Dataiku

“The essence of abstractions is preserving information that is relevant in a given context, and forgetting information that is irrelevant in that context.” - John V. Guttag.

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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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Build a Hybrid Mobile App in Jenkins/Travis and Test in AWS Device Farm – Part 1 of 3

Modus Create

Developers are always looking for a better way to test hybrid mobile applications’ performance across devices. Modus teams use Travis , Jenkins , and AWS Device Farm to run these tests. That’s the beauty of Continuous Integration (CI) and it is something we strongly adhere to here at Modus Create. For this article, we will assume you have an Android Package (APK) built.

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Diagnosing and changing organizational culture

Agile42

By Konrad Pogorzala. One of the main aspects of any agile transformation program is cultural change. During times of working from home it’s even more important than ever. . Based on the 1st ORGANIC agility principle, “Increase Cultural Awareness and Coherence”, the main challenge is how to understand your organizational culture and how to create coherence based on shared principles without losing diversity.

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3 Ways SD-WAN Can Benefit Industrial Control System Environments

Palo Alto Networks

As communication technology has advanced, businesses have gained more options for connecting satellite facilities, resulting in a culture shift around how things get done. Modern business models are in the midst of another change, driven by another technology beneficial to enterprises’ IT and operational technology (OT) networks alike: software-defined wide-area networks (SD-WAN).

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U.S. Consumer Technology Spending is Beginning to Slow

IDC

Consumer spending on technology and services is starting to slow down in the face of COVID-19. Explore the latest consumer results with IDC's David Myhrer.

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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 to Approach Leading in Times of Uncertainty

CO2 Business Leadership

In the last few months, the world has been learning devastating lessons from uncertainty. It comes at a grave cost of life, health, wealth, and psychological wellbeing. If someone tells you that there is a playbook for this level of disruption, they are sadly mistaken. We can and should learn, however, from key trends, historical precedents, and wise prognosticators.

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How to Migrate to Microservices (And Recognize When You Need Them)

Perficient

Microservices can become a strong pillar of innovation, but the process of adopting them can bring organizations to a standstill if handled incorrectly.While microservices bring many advantages, such as solving issues with complexity or accelerating.

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Capex or Opex – The Perfect Fit for your Organization

Newgen Software

Deciding between a Capex or Opex procurement model requires careful consideration of the benefits and challenges related to both options, especially in relation to your vision. The post Capex or Opex – The Perfect Fit for your Organization appeared first on Newgen Software. Related posts: 5 aspects you should take care of before investing in SAAS based applications.

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Outsourcing Trends: The Past Decade in Review

Perficient

Over the past ten years, organizations have increasingly realized the value that technology brings to their processes, resulting in a growing demand for outsourced software development partners that can help reach business objectives.Today's sof.

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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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Easy Data Transform v1.6.0

Successful Software

I have been working hard on Easy Data Transform. The last few releases have included: a 64 bit version for Windows. JSON, XML and vCard format input. output of nested JSON and XML. a batch processing mode. command line arguments. keyboard shortcuts. various improvements to transforms. Plus lots of other improvements. The installer now includes 32 and 64 bit version of Easy Data Transform for Windows and installs the one appropriate to your operating sytem.

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[Webinars] DoS attacks in Node.js, SAST in DevSecOps

Synopsys

Learn how to protect Node.js apps against denial-of-service attacks, and how to integrate static application security testing into DevSecOps pipelines. The post [Webinars] DoS attacks in Node.js, SAST in DevSecOps appeared first on Software Integrity Blog.

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Help is on the way. Oracle assistance for COVID preparation.

Apps Associates

On March 27th, 2020 The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law. There is over $2 trillion of economic relief targeted to US citizens and business. There are some specific attributes of this act that are targeted to many businesses that are Oracle customers from a HR, Payroll and Benefits … Continue reading "Help is on the way.

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