Fri.Feb 22, 2019

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5 IT service management trends to watch

TechBeacon

If there was a big subject in 2018, it was artificial intelligence (AI). Expect more in 2019. Machine learning is going to have an enormous, life- and work-changing effect on us all, and IT service management (ITSM) is along for the ride.

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‘DevOoops’ Moves: Poorly Defined KPIs

DevOps.com

DevOps’ ultimate aim is to create efficiencies in the software delivery process. But, it doesn’t always work out that way. Sometimes DevOps initiatives lead to mistakes—something we lovingly call a “DevOoops.” CloudBees recently polled some colleagues and came up with five examples of a DevOoops in action. The following is a discussion submitted by product […].

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Dell Technologies Set to Drive 5G Transformation

Dell EMC

Don’t blink – yes, you read the headline correctly. But just to clarify, we’re not announcing our intention to compete with industry telecom giants like Ericsson, Samsung and Nokia. Connected everything revolution Of course, it is an exciting, brand new foundational architecture for the telecom world, but for Dell Technologies, 5G is far more than just a telecom play.

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Top 5 Reasons You Should Hire Professional Cleaning Services for Your Office

Women on Business

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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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15 Key Product Management Metrics and KPIs

Altexsoft

Let’s make a bold assumption: Every software product you regularly use is data-driven. Example? Uber, Spotify, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, the AltexSoft website you’re viewing right now – just to name a few. To deliver the most value, encourage your return and loyalty, executives of companies like these start their weeks with looking at metrics – pieces of quantifiable data that illustrate the changes in revenue and customer behavior.

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How Data Science Can Be Used to Power Civil Society Across the World

TechSoup

Nonprofits exist in an environment that demands they operate efficiently while keeping pace with a rapidly changing world. But there's a new tool to help nonprofits make decisions in the face of these realities: data science.

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Azure Storage Account Networking: When to Use Firewalls and Service Endpoints

Linux Academy

Recently, when building content for one of my upcoming courses, Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies – Exam AZ-300 , I found the Microsoft documentation wasn’t immediately clear on the exclusivity of Storage Account Firewalls, and Service Endpoints. Do I need to use them together, or can they used completely independent of one another?

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Member of the Band – Senior Manual QA Engineer Tracy Villafuerte Hernandez

Gorilla Logic

Much like a pod of whales or a pack of wolves, did you know that a group of gorillas is called a band? In this blog series, we’re going to introduce you to members of our band – engineers, technical recruiters, PMs, designers, and more who make up the most important asset in Gorilla Logic…our talent! Are you Gorilla material? Join the band today!

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Enabling Clients to Cope with ASV Scans

Coalfire

Gathering evidence, applying patches, and configuring your systems in preparation for submitting your vulnerability disputes can be a nerve-wracking and daunting task. To better enhance your understanding of the Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV) process, I’ve outlined some coping mechanisms and tools to use.

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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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Lacework for GCP: Security for Orchestration, Multicloud, and Kubernetes

Lacework

This week, Lacework announced support for Google Cloud Platform (GCP), which further establishes our commitment to customers running workloads in multicloud environments. It comes on the heels of our recent support for Azure, and before that, support for Kubernetes. The net of all of this is that as organizations increase the reach of their data, [.].

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Four short links: 22 February 2019

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Decentralized Comms, Multiple Screens, HTTP/S Troubleshooting, and Early Adopter. Matrix -- an open standard for interoperable, decentralized, real-time communication over IP. (via LWN ). RAMSES -- Rendering Architecture for Multi-Screen EnvironmentS: It implements a distributed system for rendering 3D content with a focus on bandwidth and resource efficiency. htrace.sh -- a shell script for http/https troubleshooting and profiling.

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Cloud Security This Week – February 22, 2019

Lacework

New from Lacework Lacework Extends Multicloud Support With Workload And Account Security For Google Cloud Platform Lacework has released a new version that provides support for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). This latest version allows customers to apply threat detection and deep visibility into cloud events for workloads and accounts across multiple [.].

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Error'd: No Scandinavian Pets Allowed

The Daily WTF

"I guess this is the price I pay for giving my Golden Retriever a unique (and secure) name," writes Robert N. . "C'mon Microsoft, everyone knows that NaN isn't allowed to have an ordinal," wrote Douglas M. . Geoff O. wrote, "This list of values is practically PLEADING to be translated." . "If Robert Reich said all that 4 decades, 9 years ago, he must have been REALLY ahead of his time!

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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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Channel Scoop – February 22, 2019

Palo Alto Networks

. Palo Alto Networks will again be redefining how security teams protect endpoints, hunt down and stop threats. Register today for the Sales Insights training on February 26 and 27 to learn more. NextWave Enhancements – Build With and For Our partners. The feedback we received from our partners was paramount in helping us identify the enhancements that would better fuel current as well as future success.

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RPNAO partners with Planbox to promote Nursing Innovation

Planbox

The Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario (RPNAO) has selected Planbox as their. system of record for innovation management. The selection and procurement process lasted. about seven months, and two other vendors were considered. “We believe Planbox provides. the innovation management domain and strategic expertise as well as network needed to. position us for success,” explains Barbara Jones, Director of RPN Innovation and Impact at.

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When technology is something to sing about

Enterprise.nxt

Writing about music is like dancing about systems architecture.

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For February 22nd, 2019

High Scalability

Wake up! It's HighScalability time: Isn't inetd a better comp? ( link ). Do you like this sort of Stuff? I'd greatly appreciate your support on Patreon. Know anyone who needs cloud? I wrote Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10 just for them. It has 39 mostly 5 star reviews. They'll learn a lot and love you forever. 2% : of sales spent by consumer packaged goods companies on R&D (14% for tech); 272 million : metric tons of plastic are produced each year around the globe; 100+ fp s: Google's Edge TPU

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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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Improving Stream Data Quality with Protobuf Schema Validation

Confluent

The requirements for fast and reliable data pipelines are growing quickly at Deliveroo as the business continues to grow and innovate. We have delivered an event streaming platform which gives strong guarantees on data quality, using Apache Kafka ® and Protocol Buffers. Just some of the ways in which we make use of data at Deliveroo include computing optimal rider assignments to in-flight orders, making live operational decisions, personalising restaurant recommendations to users, and prioritisi

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Redesigning our Docs – Part 2 – Making Technical Content Readable for Everybody

Algolia

This is the second article in a series of blogs that describe our most recent changes to the architecture and content of our documentation. We focus here on the writing choices. Many docs are written by and for developers. This works fine when your readers are developers who require straightforward, immediate information, like details about method parameters, code snippets, and error messages.

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Why Consensual AI Improves Problem Solving

CableLabs

A version of this blog post was published on February 21, 2019, on the S&P Global Market Intelligence site. . We are surrounded by embedded sensors and devices with more processing power than many of the computers standing on our desks. Machine learning modules inside phones, home control systems, thermostats, and the ubiquitous voice operated gadgets, constitute a whole technological species that now coexist with us through the same Internet environment we populate with our own communicati

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What is a Microservice?

Progress

A microservice is a service that can be deployed independently, often in support of just a single step in a business process or the entirety of one simple business process. Microservices Are a Critical Component of a Serverless Architecture. Microservices have been around for a lot longer than serverless architecture. Although microservices are not unique to serverless architecture, they are a critical building block of it and they have very specific characteristics.

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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.