Thu.Sep 03, 2020

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How Continuous Transformation Can Deliver More Value

DevOps.com

Continuous transformation in IT operations is more than just an industry buzzphrase. In fact, continuous transformation is a critical survival tool for any cloud and IT solution landscapes today. To achieve continuous transformation, innovation must continue well beyond a migration to the cloud. This continuous innovation during day-to-day IT operations is the most critical aspect […].

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Kubernetes Security Risks and Protection Methods

The Crazy Programmer

Kubernetes are tools that organizations can implement into their containers to automate a wide range of app deployments. However, being able to deploy these applications so effectively and efficiently comes with the downside of potential risks. These risks are often in the form of attacks from hackers who are looking to steal data, mine cryptocurrencies, disrupt services, and more.

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Beyond the Basics: Online Meetings that Don’t Suck Your Soul

Let's Grow Leaders

We don’t hate online meetings – we hate soul-sucking wastes of time After months of online meetings, video conferences, Zoom, and Teams meetings, you’ve mastered the basics: You’ve got light in front of you (not behind you) so we can see you […]. The post Beyond the Basics: Online Meetings that Don’t Suck Your Soul appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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DockerHub News — And the Impact for Us Developers

Dzone - DevOps

But First: What's the News? So what is this DockerHub? DockerHub is a cloud-based repository where popular Docker images can be published and used by other users for their needs. So far it is the central repository similar to the maven-Central for the Java world. Access was free, and there were no further restrictions on storage space and duration of storage.

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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 question you may ask yourself is: what does it take?

CEO Insider

In this crisis, leaders are faced with an unprecedented set of simultaneous challenges. They have had and are having to deal with human, health management, operational, financial, strategic challenges, as well as sometimes public policy and public opinion challenges, for which there is no playbook and there has been no training. As a result, they […].

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Operationalizing Kubernetes Virtual Summit Speaker Spotlight: James Strachan, Liz Rice, Priyanka Sharma and Tim Hockin

DevOps.com

The Operationalizing Kubernetes Virtual Summit will bring together Kubernetes and cloud-native community members for a unique learning experience focused on the tools and best practices you need in order to successfully secure and manage Kubernetes. Presented in a virtual reality environment, the event will take place on Oct. 1, at 10 a.m. EDT. The […].

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How to thrive as a QA pro in an agile organization

TechBeacon

As the adoption of agile practices has increased in the last few years, the relationship between QAs and developers has evolved. The increasingly nebulous distinction between the two roles is a good example of this evolution.

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Lenovo Updates Diverse HCI Platform Portfolio

DevOps.com

Lenovo today announced a bevy of updates to its server portfolio that expand the number of options organizations have when it comes to bundling stacks of software with Lenovo hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platforms to reduce the total cost of on-premises IT. For example, Lenovo in collaboration with Nutanix and AMD, today launched a Lenovo ThinkAgile […].

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What Is DevOps and Is Enterprise DevOps Any Good?

Dzone - DevOps

DevOps is a new catalyst that is rapidly spreading throughout the tech industry. Over the years it has gained much popularity and everyone has their own interpretation of it. It emerged a few after agile programming practices, and nowadays people are trying to figure out the relevance of enterprise DevOps. Before we move on to that, we first need to understand DevOps, its culture, and some other aspects.

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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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Recommendation Engines 101

Dataiku

Recommendation engines are everywhere today, whether explicitly offered to users (e.g., Amazon or Netflix, the classic examples) or working behind the scenes to choose which content to surface without giving the user a choice. And while building a simple recommendation engine can be quite straightforward, the real challenge is to actually build one that works and where the business sees real uplift and value from its output.

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Here are the Important Differences Between SLI, SLO, and SLA

Dzone - DevOps

When embarking on your SRE journey, it can seem daunting to decipher all the acronyms. What are SLOs versus SLAs? What’s the difference between SLIs and SLOs? In this blog post, we’ll cover what SLI, SLO, and SLA mean and how they contribute to your reliability goals. What’s the Difference Between SLI, SLO, and SLA? Below are the definitions for each of these terms, as well as a brief description.

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Decide. Commit. Execute: An Entrepreneur’s Journey Of The Heart With Mauricio Mejia

Steve Farber

Born in San Francisco, raised in Los Angeles, and educated in the Silicon Valley, Mauricio Mejia has the best of three worlds all in one. A trailblazer in his own career, Mauricio created his. Read more. The post Decide. Commit. Execute: An Entrepreneur's Journey Of The Heart With Mauricio Mejia first appeared on Steve Farber.

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Finding the ‘good’ in 2020 and beyond

Cloudera

I think we can all agree that it would be nice to have some good news in 2020, which is why the Data for Good category in this year’s Cloudera Impact Awards is such a pertinent one. The awards program is an annual corporate competition celebrating game-changing data-implementation projects. The Data for Good category recognizes organizations that have tackled some of the most challenging issues affecting society and the planet, making what was impossible in the past, possible today.

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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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Top Trends in Patient Engagement Solutions for 2020-21

Cabot Solutions

Advancements in technology have greatly improved the healthcare industry In this article we outline the top trends in patient engagement solutions for 2020-21

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Error'd: We Must Explore the Null!

The Daily WTF

"Beyond the realm of Null, past the Black Stump, lies the mythical FILE_NOT_FOUND," writes Chris A. . "I know, Zwift, I should have started paying you 50 years ago," Jeff wrote, "But hey, thanks for still giving leeches like me a free ride!" . Drake C. writes, "Must.not.click.forbidden.newsletter!" . "I'm having a hard time picking between these 'Exclusives' It's a shame they're both scheduled for the same time," wrote Rutger. . 

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How Executive Culture Can Compromise Your Security

Palo Alto Networks

Dear Executive, . Last night, your company was breached, and it was potentially you who allowed that to happen. . “How is this possible?” you say. “ I spent the money. I hired the people. I bought [insert flavor-of-the-year security solution]. I attended the conferences and went to the classes. We were locked down!”. Your manifold millions of dollars of security solutions and personnel were subverted in a savvy feat of technomancy by threat actors and, instead of some new zero day, they exploit

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The Power of Data and Analytic Processing Gravity

Teradata

Taking the definition of physical gravity & extending it to data analytics, we explore the opportunities to combine data gravity with analytic processing, at scale with Vantage.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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Enabling the Deployment of Event-Driven Architectures Everywhere Using Microsoft Azure and Confluent Cloud

Confluent

Hybrid cloud architecture and accelerated cloud migrations are becoming the norm rather than the exception, as our increasingly digital world introduces certain challenges along the way, including modernizing existing application/architecture, […].

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Interview with Honeycomb Engineer Chris Toshok: Dogfooding OpenTelemetry

Honeycomb

At Honeycomb, we talk a lot about eating our own dogfood. Since we use Honeycomb to observe Honeycomb, we have many opportunities to try out UX changes ourselves before rolling them out to all of our users. UX doesn’t stop at the UI though! Developer experience matters too, especially when getting started with observability. We often get questions about the difference between using our Beeline SDKs compared with other integrations, especially OpenTelemetry (abbreviated “OTel”).

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How to Implement a Data Quality Process

Toptal

Data quality is a crucial element of any successful data warehouse solution. As the complexity of data warehouses increases, so does the need for data quality processes. In this article, Toptal Data Quality Developer Alexander Hauskrecht outlines how you can ensure a high degree of data quality and why this process is so important.

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Interview With Tarik Dwiek, Director of Technology Alliances at Snowflake

Dataiku

Upon engaging in a strategic partnership earlier this year, the teams at both Dataiku and Snowflake have continuously untapped new ways to drive value for organizations as they aim to build robust, end-to-end data science workflows and accelerate their data science and AI initiatives, infusing agility and collaboration along the way.

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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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How do you allocate your time spent with your direct reports?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: How do you allocate your time spent with your direct reports? I spend most of my time with my high performers. 17% I spend an equal amount of time with everyone. 62% I spend most of my time with my low performers. 22% Spend time where it’s needed. While it may seem “fair” to give everyone on your team the same amount of your time, you’re doing them (and yourself) a disservice.

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Is Data Virtualization the New Database?

Data Virtualization

We’ve all heard the common expressions of the form “thing A is the new thing B.” Often spoken in a whimsical tone, this expression is meant to denote that “thing B” is being replaced in usage and popularity by “thing.

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Convert a Jenkinsfile to CircleCI config

CircleCI

As developers, we can all relate to the experience of getting up to speed on a new tool or framework, and the frustrations (and joys!) that come with it. Speaking personally, I can easily recall my first experiences building CircleCI config.yml files, both 1.0 and 2.0, and the many iterations I went through while having the CircleCI configuration reference open on a separate screen.

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Mining for logic bugs in the Citus extension to Postgres with SQLancer

The Citus Data

Many of you rely on databases to return correct results for your SQL queries, however complex your queries might be. And you probably place your trust with no questions asked—since you know relational databases are built on top of proven mathematical foundations, and since there is no practical way to manually verify your SQL query output anyway.

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A Tale of Two Case Studies: Using LLMs in Production

Speaker: Tony Karrer, Ryan Barker, Grant Wiles, Zach Asman, & Mark Pace

Join our exclusive webinar with top industry visionaries, where we'll explore the latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence and the incredible potential of LLMs. We'll walk through two compelling case studies that showcase how AI is reimagining industries and revolutionizing the way we interact with technology. Some takeaways include: How to test and evaluate results 📊 Why confidence scoring matters 🔐 How to assess cost and quality 🤖 Cross-platform cost vs. quality tr

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Support Your App Dev Team With Dell EMC PowerOne

Dell EMC

In this blog series, we have been exploring why so many global organizations are reoptimizing their infrastructure for what they consider to be their most critical workloads. First we went through the benefits of embracing power and simplicity, as well as the benefits of future-proofing. After that we discussed optimizing your hybrid IT infrastructure from end-to-end, from edge to core, and all the way through our innovative cloud platform.

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School Is Back: 4 Steps You Need to Take to Protect Sensitive Student Data

Arcserve

Cyberattackers are targeting educational institutions more frequently. In fact, ransomware was used to attack 966 government agencies, educational establishments, and healthcare providers in 2019 according to Emsisoft. These attacks potentially cost more than $7.5 billion. In one recent case, the University of Utah paid more than $450k to cyber scammers who used ransomware to lock up an.

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Burndown Charts: Types, Examples, Benefits, Limitations [2020]

Codegiant

From the desk of a brilliant weirdo #1: Burndown charts. We’ve all heard of them. They are easy to understand. And make your team effective. But what are their flaws? What happens with a burndown chart when scope creep occurs? What about burnup charts? Find the answers to these questions and alike below. Without further ado: What is a burndown chart?