Wed.Oct 31, 2018

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The Top 5 Things That’ll Scare Every Developer

OverOps

Halloween is here, and there’s nothing we like to do more than buy loads of candies, dress up and try to spook our friends. While each one of us have a different spook tolerance level, there are some we can all agree that are scary. Happy Halloween The Top 5 Things That’ll Spook Every Developer [link] pic.twitter.com/d1puXWaXzZ. — OverOps (@overopshq) October 31, 2018.

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Opinion: Anyone with desire and a computer can have a successful career in AI

CTOvision

An opinion on Artificial Intelligence. Everything I have observed for decades leads me to believe that with hard work anyone can succeed in a career in AI. Of course this is a technical field, but it is actually not the most technical field. Everything a person needs to know about the tech of AI can […].

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What Recruiters Can Learn from Job Seekers

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

I have just learned that 30% of vacancies are filled by recruiters. You probably already knew that. But it underscores the influence that recruiters have with employers and job seekers. To write my book, “ Fired: How to Manage Your Career in the Age of Job Uncertainty ” I interviewed 65 people who had lost jobs. I asked them about their experiences—how they lost their jobs, how they coped, how they recovered, and what advice they would give others.

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The Top 5 Things That’ll Scare Every Developer

OverOps

Halloween is here, and there’s nothing we like to do more than buy loads of candies, dress up and try to spook our friends. While each one of us have a different spook tolerance level, there are some we can all agree that are scary. Happy Halloween The Top 5 Things That’ll Spook Every Developer [link] pic.twitter.com/d1puXWaXzZ. — OverOps (@overopshq) October 31, 2018.

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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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Working in Cybersecurity: Life on the front lines, in the C-suite, and everywhere in-between

CTOvision

I am excited to announce a new book by Michael Tanji titled “Working in Cybersecurity” (and very happy to be among those profiled in the book). Michael has been a pioneer in modern cyber security and digital risk mitigation. He is a former soldier and intelligence officer who at one point managed the how the […].

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Why Should You Try To Find The true cost of a data breach?

CTOvision

It can be really hard to calculate the true cost of a breach. You can add up the numbers on things like total work hours spent responding or total new buys of hardware or software, but how can you calculate lost business or brand damage? Or loss in stock value? This gets hard. But it […].

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The Project Management Blueprint Part 1: A Comprehensive Comparison of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean

Toptal

Have you ever wanted to have all of the Software Development Methodologies explained in one place? If so, here is an ultimate blueprint about what is Lean, Agile, Scrum and Kanban. This is the first part of the series where we explain all the different methodologies used in Software Development.

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Google introduces more customizable, less annoying reCAPTCHA v3 to stop bots

CTOvision

For now, Captcha is one of the most important tools that webmasters wield against bots and spam traffic. Google has now released the all-new reCAPTCHA v3 API that is more customizable and runs adaptive risk analysis in the background to alert webmasters of suspicious traffic. As bots that try to pass as actual humans become more […].

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Paper (Size), Please

The Daily WTF

Terje worked for an IT firm that serviced the purchasing department of a global corporation. To manage purchases, the department used an enterprise shipping and warehousing system that shall be called BLA to protect the guilty. The system ran on a Citrix farm in Norway with all the most impressive resources at its command. Just after a major upgrade of BLA, sporadic performance issues began cropping up in the Brazil and Perth offices.

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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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How Traditional Training Is Weakening Businesses’ Cybersecurity

CTOvision

Read why James Hadley (CEO of training company Immersive Labs) says that instead of orthodox methods, companies need to come up with out of the box solutions to deal with cybersecurity: Just a decade ago, cybersecurity was a relative myth to the public – something taken care of by any old antivirus and certainly nothing […].

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Inclusive Leaders Create Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive

Symantec

Inclusive leadership begins with an inner commitment to self development. When we are more mindful of the impact of our biases, perspectives, and interactions, we create a more inclusive environment for everyone.

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Insider Threats: Keeping the Cyber Boogeyman Out

CTOvision

We write quite a bit on insider threats here and over at OODAloop.com as well. Read Meni Farjon’s article about how companies can keep the insider threats at bay on Techspective : There’s a reason why National Cybersecurity Awareness Month coincides with the Halloween season. After all, what’s scarier than a cybercriminal making his way […].

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Partnering with a Private Equity Firm: Is It a Smart Business Move?

Women on Business

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“Build vs Buy Analytics?” The Question ALL SaaS Leaders Need to Answer in 2024

As a SaaS leader, you know that the more metrics, insights, and analytics you add to your products, the more engagement you’ll have – and the stickier your product will become with customers. At what point do you decide to keep building your analytics in-house or invest in an embedded analytics solution? Read our Build vs. Buy Analytics guide to learn: Top 4 benefits of embedded analytics A quick cost comparison of in-house analytics development vs embedded analytics 10 considerations to help yo

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Biggest data breach penalties for 2018

CTOvision

2018 has already seen companies hit with sizable fines and settlements due to data breaches. Uber’s handling of its 2016 breach has cost it close to $150 million. Weakly protected and heavy-regulated health data has cost medical facilities big, resulting in the US Department of Health and Human Services collecting increasingly large fines. There could be […].

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How Customer Feedback Spawned a Global Business

Dell EMC

A lot of companies claim to listen and act on customer feedback but how many can actually back that up? Fact check! Did you know that a division of our company – now over a $4 billion business in its own right – was set up 21 years ago in direct response to customer demand? Seriously – it’s true. OEM started with Industrial Automation Back then, when we visited Emerson Automation Solutions, located close to our global headquarters in Texas, they told us that they wanted to keep their existing ha

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5 Reasons Why U.S. Voting Systems Are Getting Harder to Hack

Symantec

America’s elections aren’t fail safe, but Americans can have far more confidence in integrity of election outcomes

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What Can CIOs Do In Order To Increase Diversity In The IT Department?

The Accidental Successful CIO

CIOs know that a more diverse IT department operates better Image Credit: Oregon Department of Transportation. Would it be ok if we took a moment and talked about diversity? Let’s face it, the world of IT and most of our IT departments are not really models of diversity. For some reason, it sure seems like white males (and a lot of Asians) are the ones who seem to populate most of an IT department and get to work on the importance of information technology.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Four short links: 31 October 2018

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Who Gets What, Kindle Notes, Advertising in Young Children's Apps, and Hidden Data. Rethinking Who Gets What and Why -- Tim O'Reilly's latest talk. Read the presenter notes for the meat. Klipbook -- convert highlights and notes on your Kindle to nice HTML, Markdown, or JSON. Advertising in Young Children's Apps: A Content Analysis -- Of the 135 apps reviewed, 129 (95%) contained at least one type of advertising.

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This Halloween, Don’t Get Spooked by Cloud Visibility Myths

Kentik

We’ve heard both sides of the story: To some, moving to the cloud is like a trick. But to others, it’s a real treat. So in the spirit of Halloween, we wanted to break down two of the spookiest (or at least the most common) cloud myths we’ve heard of late. From there, we hope to help you remove the mystery of maintaining visibility, performance, and security — no matter where you are in your cloud journey.

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Securing Sensitive Data for Nonprofits Around The World

Symantec

Symantec expands software donation partnership with TechSoup

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Witches on brooms? No, The Most Common IT Scares

Loom Systems

Technology is amazing. Wouldn't you agree? We live in a Technological era where everything is progressing so quickly (just think of Tim Urban's 1750 Guy Introduced to our Time ) that change can get quite scary. Innovation is often given a role as the bad guy. However, and this is very general, tech nightmares sometimes roll out due to the absence of learning or being messy, namely: human.

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Addressing Top Enterprise Challenges in Generative AI with DataRobot

The buzz around generative AI shows no sign of abating in the foreseeable future. Enterprise interest in the technology is high, and the market is expected to gain momentum as organizations move from prototypes to actual project deployments. Ultimately, the market will demand an extensive ecosystem, and tools will need to streamline data and model utilization and management across multiple environments.

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Cloud Management Platforms Aren’t Dead

Hypergrid

The only thing scarier than the trick-or-treaters knocking on your door this month is the belief that standalone cloud management platforms (CMP) are dead or dying. I read an article on Forbes last month that highlighted Flexera’s acquisition of RightScale. While it’s been interesting to see the recent changes in the cloud industry, one change noted in the article is actually manifesting into something else entirely.

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Everyone a Beginner?

The Agile Manager

I had an exchange with Dan North about the subject I wrote about last month, Beginner's Mind. Dan asked an interesting question: what would it take to make work like this every day for everyone, everywhere? It's a serious question that deserves serious consideration. To start, it's worth asking: why isn't work like this today, every day, for everyone, everywhere?

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Meet Us at Guide Share Europe UK And Learn About Hitachi Vantara Solutions for Mainframes In the IoT Age.

Hu's Place - HitachiVantara

GUIDE SHARE EUROPE is holding their 2018 GSE UK Conference which will take place at Whittlebury Hall on November 5th, 6th and 7th 2018 , in Whittlebury, UK. This conference will provide 3 days of intensive education across a broad range of mainframe topics. GUIDE SHARE EUROPE , GSE for short is a European user group for IBM mainframe hardware and software.

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AI-Generated 'Deep Fakes': Why it’s the Next Front in Election Security

Symantec

Experts warn deep fakes could wreak domestic and even international havoc.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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Here’s Why Your SEO Strategy Isn’t Working

Strategy Driven

In modern business, there is one thing that can either make or break your business: marketing. More specifically, digital marketing. If you don’t get it right – and a lot of businesses simply don’t – it can mean the loss of profit, poor brand exposure and ultimately stilted business growth. As simply put, people are more and more interested in what a business is doing online in the modern age.

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What IT is Digging

Nutanix

We’ve learned a lot of interesting things about IT teams’ infrastructure needs, pain points, and challenges in our conversations with IT pros around the globe. But along the way, we’ve also learned some pretty interesting things about what IT pros are into in the world beyond the datacenter.

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CollabNet VersionOne?Fall 2018 Release?

CollabNet VersionOne

We are excited to announce the?Fall 2018?Release. With this release,?CollabNet?VersionOne launches new capabilities?for all of its products?that provide?development?teams greater flexibility for planning and managing their software development and delivery processes. With a combination of tool integration, value capture, value creation and value delivery—as well as analytics and governance—CollabNet VersionOne has the enterprise value stream management solutions to help your organization deliver