Thu.Aug 22, 2019

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Applying Netflix DevOps Patterns to Windows

Netflix Tech

Baking Windows with Packer By Justin Phelps and Manuel Correa Customizing Windows images at Netflix was a manual, error-prone, and time consuming process. In this blog post, we describe how we improved the methodology, which technologies we leveraged, and how this has improved service deployment and consistency. Artisan Crafted Images In the Netflix full cycle DevOps culture the team responsible for building a service is also responsible for deploying, testing, infrastructure, and operation of t

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Putting the Emotion Into EQ with Etienne de Bruin

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

Episode 17. Emotional intelligence is essential to good leadership, but many CTO’s stress the importance of IQ instead. To move from contributor to manager, it’s a good idea to invest the time to explore EQ, as well as personality profiles to better understand how to manage people. Show Notes. Managing expectations. Emotional Intelligence 2.0. DISC profiles.

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When machine learning is hacked: 4 lessons from Cylance

TechBeacon

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become all the rage in cybersecurity circles, but a recently discovered universal bypass of a machine-learning (ML) algorithm in BlackBerry's Cylance cybersecurity suite offers some valuable lessons for organizations mulling AI security solutions.

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5 Tips to Eliminate Knowledge Gaps in Dev and QA

DevOps.com

To create and release high-quality software, the software development lifecycle (SDLC) was established using different roles and processes designed to work seamlessly together. This approach is of critical importance because it spans the initial planning phase, all the way through production release and monitoring. Roles vary within projects but typically include designers, business analysts (BA), […].

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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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5 Pitfalls to Avoid During your Cloud Migration

Dell EMC

A purpose-built cloud operating model needs to be an integral part of every organization’s technology strategy. Some organizations have implemented a cloud operating model and made substantial cloud investments. Many, however are still in the early phases of their cloud journey. Early cloud adopters sometimes moved with much exuberance towards the cloud and paid the price when the wrong workload was moved; either due to escalating costs, poor performance, or service levels.

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Cloud Trends of 2019 Including Repatriation, Hybrid and Multi-Cloud

OTS Solutions

Cloud computing can have multiple benefits for your business. It can make remote and flexible work arrangements possible while maintaining communication and data integrity. Cloud computing helps keep your data safe from hackers and accidents on-site, and it can provide avenues for more efficient application development and use. As the capabilities of the cloud continue to grow, the ways you can leverage cloud computing to meet your business goals also increase.

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A New Way To Calculate ROI

CEO Insider

There was once a day when we were happy to have a place to sit at the office. Now, the expectation is for office space and furniture to do much more. They must enable growth, reduce costs, increase productivity, attract people, promote collaboration, spark creativity, support health and allow for flexibility. That’s a big ask. […].

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What’s been your experience with individual contributors moving into management roles?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: What’s been your experience with individual contributors moving into management roles? I’ve always seen it work out great: 4% Sometimes it works well; other times, not so much: 85% Usually it’s been a disaster: 12% Set them up to succeed. Promoting an individual contributor to a manager role often seems like […]. This is only the beginning of the thought.

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If ETL Is Integration Hell, How Do I Avoid It and Go to Heaven?

Actian

Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) is the process that has been used to share data between applications, transactional systems, and data warehouses for decades. It essentially works like this; you define an integration, pull the data out of the source system, use some mapping and aggregation rules to transform the data into the format needed by the target system and then you load (save) the data in the target system’s database.

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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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The Fast Track to Engineering Leadership - In Conversation with Christian McCarrick

BeautifulCode

Christian McCarrick, VP of Engineering at Auth0, talks about his journey from an engineering to an engineering leader, his motivation behind hosting the popular podcast Simpleleadership and how he has built high performing engineering teams.

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DORA Report: DevOps Maturity Levels Rise

DevOps.com

The annual DORA report on DevOps shows a marked increase among Elite performers compared to last year The DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) arm of Google Cloud today published the results of an annual survey that suggests there have been marked gains in the level of DevOps maturity. The “2019 Accelerate State of DevOps Report,” […].

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Great Leaders Step Back To See Patterns - An Interview with Melissa Leffler

BeautifulCode

Melissa Leffler, VP of Engineering at Drift share her thoughts on being an engineering leader, how working with Drift was different and the lessons she learned as an engineering manager.

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Be Ready Before Disaster Strikes: The 3-2-2 Backup Rule and Beyond

Arcserve

Last year, technical failures due to defects and cyberattacks were so widespread that ZDNet termed it “miserable,” and MIT Technology Review called it a “bumper year” for misfires. The hope was that 2019 would be much better. Unfortunately, that’s not been the case. From various cities being held for ransom by cyberattacks to IT outages.

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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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Going Cloud-Native with IBM Z as a Hybrid Cloud Platform

DevOps.com

When people use the phrase “they don’t make ‘em like that anymore,” 100-year-old bridges, Jon Snow’s sword and American muscle cars often come to mind. If the topic of discussion happens to be computer technology, however, mainframes are without a doubt the Valyrian steel of the enterprise and lucky for us, are still in production […]. The post Going Cloud-Native with IBM Z as a Hybrid Cloud Platform appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Bringing Together Tech and Curriculum Leaders with Edtech to Drive Student Success

PowerSchool

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Python Numpy Matrix Multiplication

The Crazy Programmer

In this tutorial we will see python matrix multiplication using numpy (Numerical Python) library. For using numpy you must install it first on your computer, you can use package manager like pip for installing numpy. Numpy provide array data structure which is almost the same as python list but have faster access for reading and writing resulting in better performance.

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Data Quality Assurance – Backbone of a thriving enterprise

Zensar

It’s no secret that data is the foundation of any functional organization. Given this fact, a couple of questions arise. First, is the business making the most optimal decisions possible with the data that is available? Second, how can a business ensure that its data is of the highest quality? It turns out that on an annual basis, the average organization loses a whopping $8.2 million due to bad data!

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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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Data privacy: The heart and soul of your compliance strategy

TechTalk

If you ask a group of IT professionals what regulatory compliance is all about, at least some of them are likely to answer “security.” It’s the way we think, because security is a technological mechanism and we are, after all, techies. If you ask members of the legal department what compliance is all about, at […].

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Leading Virtual Teams and Non-Traditional Workgroups: A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival! This month, our contributors share their thoughts about leading virtual teams and non-traditional workgroups. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! The September Frontline […]. The post Leading Virtual Teams and Non-Traditional Workgroups: A Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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"Games" are afoot at.NEXT Europe

Nutanix

Our philosophy on.NEXT keynote presentations—much like our products—is all about disruption and delight. We seek presenters who share a passion for shaking up the status quo. Who are resilient and creative in the face of adversity.

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Comment on The Smart Side of Rewards and Recognition by admin

QAspire

Thank you Elaine! Glad it resonated with you.

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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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A Hybrid Cloud Approach to Securing Public Cloud

Nutanix

If you are struggling with on-premise security, you would also struggle with cloud security! IT teams are now realizing that my moving to public cloud can amplify your security shortfalls. But thankfully these can also be easily addressed.

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Update: How CircleCI processes over 30 million builds per month

CircleCI

This is a follow-up post from How CircleCI Processes 4.5 Million Builds Per Month. It was originally published on Stackshare here. CircleCI is a continuous integration and delivery platform that enables you to automate your development process quickly, safely, and at scale. Engineers around the world at companies of all sizes trust us to run their tests and deploy their software.

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Don’t Put Backup on the Backburner

Nutanix

Our philosophy on.NEXT keynote presentations—much like our products—is all about disruption and delight. We seek presenters who share a passion for shaking up the status quo. Who are resilient and creative in the face of adversity.

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Defining the Best Endpoint Security

Symantec

Symantec delivers a broader and more effective endpoint defense

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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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Bringing Together Tech and Curriculum Leaders with Edtech to Drive Student Success

PowerSchool

Edtech helps teachers get students engaged, track their success, and reveal where they need support. However, it’s up to K-12 leadership (especially from technology and curriculum departments) to collaborate and maximize the impact of edtech tools. Successful planning and implementation ensure teachers and students get the tech tools they need to improve classroom success.

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Kaseya Looks to Strategic Community Partnerships to Develop Top Talent

Kaseya

Last week’s blog ?— Kaseya Forges Strategic Partnerships for Career Opportunities and Community Engagement ?— showcased Kaseya’s best practices in partnering with universities for maintaining a robust talent pipeline while creating exciting career opportunities for young professionals. This week’s blog showcases Kaseya’s strategic partnerships with multiple community partners as they work collaboratively to develop top talent and foster Miami’s entrepreneurial tech ecosystem.

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Where are high-paying tech jobs located?

DXC

While Silicon Valley has been (and will continue to be) a mecca for technology talent, not every ambitious tech pro wants to see their exorbitant salary eaten up by even more exorbitant housing costs. Granted, Boston and New York — two other tech-talent magnets — aren’t much better in terms of affordable living. But plenty […].