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Article: The Evolution of Lean Thinking - Transitioning from Lean Thinking to FLOW Thinking

InfoQ Culture Methods

The Flow System provides a re-imagined system for organizations to understand complexity, embrace teamwork, and autonomous team-based leadership structures. It is a holistic FLOW based approach to delivering Customer 1st Value. It is built on a foundation of TPS and LEAN, plus a new triple helix structure known as the DNA of Organizations. By Nigel Thurlow.

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The power of working agreements: How to drive your agile team

TechBeacon

Teamwork is such a fundamental part of the human experience that you would think that, after 200,000 years of human evolution, we would have it figured out. Unfortunately, the secret formula for building great agile teams still eludes us, and probably always will, because teams are made up of people—and people are complex and dynamic.

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DevSecOps Requires Teamwork for Success

DevOps.com

While the manifestos surrounding the current development pipelines may differ, there is one concept that remains constant: teamwork. All the various frameworks populating the development landscape bring together teams of people to build and deliver applications. This is especially true of DevOps, which focuses on a technical culture with defined roles on a quest for […].

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How to Help Your Team Reflect on Their Accomplishments

Let's Grow Leaders

Last week we talked about mistakes managers make when delivering performance feedback. So, today let’s flip the conversation around. Let’s talk about how to make these conversations extraordinary. Start by giving your employees a structured way to reflect on their accomplishments. And, […]. The post How to Help Your Team Reflect on Their Accomplishments appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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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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2020 Tech Trend: Designing systems for machines instead of people

DXC

For businesses to be agile and respond quickly to changing market conditions, they need to provide business users with real-time and near-time operational data. That means harnessing data from devices and tackling the latency challenge. In 2020, we will see more organisations shift their design thinking from services and systems for people to services and […].

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DDoS: An Underestimated Threat

CTOvision

Read why Marc Wilczek says distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have become more common, more powerful, and more useful to attackers on Dark Reading. On the flip side of the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the quest for increased connectivity and bandwidth (think 5G) and skyrocketing cloud adoption, IT is increasingly being weaponized to […].

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DevOps Chat: App Attention Index and The Era of Digital Reflex, with AppDynamics

DevOps.com

Application performance company AppDynamics (acquired by Cisco in 2017) recently released its 2019 edition of the App Attention Index Report. The 2019 report is subtitled The Era of Digital Reflex. Joining me on this episode of DevOps Chats is Steve Long, AppDynamics regional CTO and technology strategy. Digital connections are a near-constant. Interacting with our […].

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How to excel at secured cloud migrations through shared responsibility: A guide

CTOvision

Read Louis Columbus explain how to excel at secured cloud migrations through shared responsibility on Cloud Computing : These and many other fascinating insights are from the recent Centrify survey, Reducing Risk in Cloud Migrations: Controlling Privileged Access to Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments, downloadable here. The survey is based on a survey of over 700 […].

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Ask the Experts: What are the biggest cyber security threats for 2020?

Synopsys

What are the biggest cyber security threats in 2020? We asked some experts, who warned us about insider threats, disinformation, privacy, IoT, 5G, and more. The post Ask the Experts: What are the biggest cyber security threats for 2020? appeared first on Software Integrity Blog.

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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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Command and control – Google on its vision of the cloud, privacy, data and security

CTOvision

There are a raft of platforms and services jostling for business when it comes to getting organisations up on the cloud and changing the way they operate. At the heart of this market is the big three cloud platforms – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. Digital transformation, AI, security, big data, IoT, and […].

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Automating Enforcement and Response in 2020

Lacework

In 2019, organizations adopted containers, embraced DevSecOps, and shifted security focus to earlier in the software development lifecycle. “Secure by Default” became the new goalpost. We now see the various places we need to insert security into our CI/CD pipelines. But with so many new areas for security to keep tabs on, how will teams [.]. Read More.

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Microsoft says new Dexphot malware infected more than 80,000 computers

CTOvision

Microsoft security engineers detailed today a new malware strain that has been infecting Windows computers since October 2018 to hijack their resources to mine cryptocurrency and generate revenue for the attackers. Named Dexphot, this malware reached its peak in mid-June this year, when its botnet reached almost 80,000 infected computers. Since then, the number of daily infections […].

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CodeSOD: An Utter Mockery

The Daily WTF

Today's submitter gave us their name as simply ImminentBurnout. IB works at a company that uses Python and has strong opinions about unit testing. They don't have much understanding to go with those opinions, but they definitely have opinions. One opinion is that every object- every object must have a stub version to facilitate unit testing.

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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 Debate Over How to Encrypt the Internet of Things

CTOvision

Read Lily Hay Newman take a look at the encryption protocols for the Internet of Things on Wired : Internet-connected gadgets like light bulbs and fitness trackers are notorious for poor security. That’s partly because they’re often made cheaply and with haste, which leads to careless mistakes and outsourcing of problematic parts. But it’s also […].

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Scheduled Notifications

MagmaLabs

Reading Time: 5 minutes Have you ever wondered how apps like Tinder, Facebook, Reddit and many more send annoying recurrent notifications to remind you haven’t read your messages or to let you know there are new people near you? Well, in this post I am going to show you my approach to creating your own annoying notifications. This is not so hard to do, however, there are multiple steps involved, so let me break it up for you: Create a simple database that will keep the user information.

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Okta Leads The Access Management Market, According To Gartner

CTOvision

Gartner has identified Okta as the leader in the access management market, clearly dominating both on its ability to execute and the completeness of its vision. Access management (AM) has emerged as a critical corporate capability as organisations seek to provide seamless and secure access for employees and customers alike across an ecosystem of applications.

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Technology Induced Attention Deficit Disorder

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Technology has been an integral part of our lives for years now, but what happens when technology starts to make doing work even more difficult. Today’s post is by Dr. Brian Smith, author of Individual Advantages (CLICK HERE to get your copy). Patience is waning in all aspects of human interaction; impatience is being felt throughout the whole of society.

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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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Intel is losing against AMD

CTOvision

When AMD launched its third-generation Zen 2 Ryzen processors earlier this year, Intel had to be sweating. Its rival had developed an all-new architecture with improvements to clock speed, core count and instructions per clock and promised performance that matched — and even beat — Intel’s CPUs. Then, along came AMD’s mainstream 12-core and 16-core Ryzen […].

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Top 10 Worldwide Enterprise Infrastructure 2020 Predictions

IDC

This blog lists the top 10 worldwide predictions for enterprise infrastructure. These technology predictions are meant to help the enterprise with strategic planning within a typical five-year business planning cycle. As more enterprises move to more data-centric business models, the nature of business competition is changing significantly. The race is on to capture and effectively leverage data about target markets and customers to drive innovative business insights that lead to competitive adv

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Three Ways Blockchain Is Improving Our Lives Now

CTOvision

Read Garratt Hasenstab list three ways in which blockchain is improving our lives on Forbes : Blockchain is radically disrupting almost every industry given its inherent capacities for immutable, transparent, decentralized and highly efficient means for recording and sharing data and transactions. This is highly significant for business, be it for global supply chain management, […].

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Interconnection Trends: Cutting Complexity with Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Megaport

With hybrid and multicloud environments representing the future of all IT infrastructures, there’s a risk that leaders will find themselves saddled with a level of complexity beyond the on-premises tech they were trying to escape from. As soon as you introduce multiple discrete components to your environment – cloud solutions from multiple vendors, on-premises data centres, public cloud services –.

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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 Analytics in the Cloud: It's Not Just Lift and Shift

Teradata

The cloud’s flexibility is becoming an essential success factor for businesses. But moving your data analytics to the cloud isn't just lift and shift. Read more.

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ApacheCon Berlin, 22-24 October 2019

Instaclustr

ApacheCon Europe, October 22-24, 2019, Kulturbrauerei Berlin #ACEU19 [link]. What’s better than one ApacheCon ? Another ApacheCon! This year there were two Apache Conferences, one in Las Vegas and then again in Berlin. They were similar but different. What were some differences between ApacheCon Berlin and Las Vegas? The location. In contrast to the hyper-real gambling oasis in a bone dry desert of Las Vegas, Berlin is a real capital city steeped in history.

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Adopting a polynimbus cloud strategy to meet customer demands

Gitprime

See how data giant Acxiom made the quick—and safe—transition to the cloud with continuous upskilling.

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Digital Realty Strengthens Partnership with Nareit

Digital Realty

At Digital Realty, we are building the trusted foundation for the digital world.

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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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One-Click IoT and AI-based Smart Supply Chain Solutions by Hardis Group and Nutanix

Nutanix

We are excited to announce a new supply chain optimization solution that harnesses the power of IoT (internet of things) and AI (artificial intelligence) from the edge to the cloud.

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Garage-Industry: Manufacturing Your Own Products From Start To Finish

Strategy Driven

A lot of modern business have turned their focus away from factories overseas, opting to make their products closer to home. Of course, this is a great selling point for a business. And, it’s one that a lot of businesses use to get customers interested in their goods. Tactics like this can often offset the extra costs of manufacturing at home. Especially if you can do it from your garage.

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5 metrics to measure the success of a developer assessment platform

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

It’s no secret that developer assessment platforms enable organizations to successfully hire top tech talent. But is there a way to measure this success? Here are 5 metrics that prove how developer assessment platforms such as HackerEarth helps organizations streamline their screening process. 1. Time to hire. Time to hire indicates the time taken for an applicant to move through the hiring funnel and land a job offer.

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