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What is Data Sharing, Anyways? Why is it Cool? And how is it Re-Shaping how we Interact with Data?

Apps Associates

There’s been a flurry about Snowflake in the marketplace. The purpose of this blog is to provide an overview of Snowflake, to describe how it’s changing the way we think about modern analytics, and to highlight the strides that Apps Associates is taking alongside Snowflake as a premier partner. Overview At its core, Snowflake has … Continue reading "What is Data Sharing, Anyways?

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What the Best Developers Do to Be Great at Their Jobs

DevOps.com

Good developers are in demand—great ones, even more so. With software development employment in the U.S. expected to grow by 21% by 2028, the need for engineers is only going to surge further. But this doesn’t mean that the labor landscape will become uncompetitive: Now more than ever, individuals with a passion for software are entering […]. The post What the Best Developers Do to Be Great at Their Jobs appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Cloud-to-Cloud Migration

CloudSphere

F act: product life cycles are not forever. Any experienced IT manage r knows that. No matter how cutting edge that new data storage solution is , regardless of or how much incredible value the sales engineer of the newest HCI platform to hit the market claims you will realize, at some point, there comes a point when it is time to move on. So , why would the cloud then be any different?

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Trust is the key to high-performing (remote) teams

Xebia

By Pim Smeets & Evelyn van Kelle A real team is more than just a collection of individuals?. It provides members of that team with a common purpose, identity and a safe-to-fail environment where people can thrive together and creativity flows freely. Building a team is hard work, requires significant (emotional) investment and takes time. […].

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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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Sparse Matrix in C

The Crazy Programmer

In this tutorial, we are going to learn about the sparse matrix in C. . Before we start let us first discuss what a little bit about two-dimensional arrays. A matrix is represented by 2D arrays where the first index represents the number of rows and the second index represents the number of columns in the matrix. An m*n matrix is represented by a 2D array. arr[m][n] Sparsity : A matrix is said to be sparse matrix if most of the elements (More than half) elements in the matrix are zero and the nu

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The World Needs Designers Now More Than Ever

Scott Berkun

When Dr. Jan Mikulicz-Radecki designed the first surgical mask, he was questioned by his peers: they didn’t believe that by creating something so simple, millions of lives could be saved. And when chief nurse Caroline Hampton complained about her hands after assisting with surgery, William Halsted was inspired to design the first surgical gloves and asked her to be the first to test them.

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Why AI Is The Future Of Cybersecurity

CTOvision

These and many other insights are from Capgemini’s Reinventing Cybersecurity with Artificial Intelligence Report published this week. You can download the report here (28 pp., PDF, free, no opt-in). Capgemini Research Institute surveyed 850 senior executives from seven industries, including consumer products, retail, banking, insurance, automotive, utilities, and telecom. 20% of the executive respondents are […].

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Small Teams Focused on Delivering Outcomes Produce the Best Results

DevOps.com

The days of big team consulting are over. Technology organizations are aligning their budgets to get projects done faster and more agilely. More applications are being built by small teams of cross-functional engineers moving fast, providing higher quality code, designing away waste and cutting out processes that don’t add value. It’s becoming apparent that engagements […].

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COVID-19 incites crimes of opportunity

Coalfire

Cybercriminals don't care that you're worried about a global pandemic. They are opportunistic, and we should expect them to take advantage of COVID-19 in a variety of creative ways. With our economy essentially shut down and one in five Americans ordered to stay home, millions of people are less mobile and will ultimately spend more time than ever on the internet.

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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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Explaining machine learning models to the business

CTOvision

Read Patrick Hall article explaining the machine learning models to businesses on Info World : Explainable machine learning is a sub-discipline of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning that attempts to summarize how machine learning systems make decisions. Summarizing how machine learning systems make decisions can be helpful for a lot of reasons, like finding […].

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Online Testing Helps You Get AWS Certified From Anywhere

Linux Academy

Recently, AWS announced all exams will now be online-proctored exams. -a huge win for our global community of at-home learners. It’s important to note that online exams are virtually monitored to ensure the integrity and credibility of the test. All you need to make sure you meet their requirements are these items: A computer with webcam, microphone, and speakers or headphones.

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Candidate Management During a Crisis

N2Growth Blog

I am no stranger to the challenges of candidate management during a crisis. I started my career in executive search right out of college over 13 years ago, so recruiting is work that I’ve always done and always loved. While in the second year of my profession the great recession hit and had a significant impact on my area of expertise including venture capital, and private equity-backed technology companies.

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How to build a rock-star QA team using test coverage methodology

TechBeacon

Growing your quality assurance (QA) team can be daunting. You may need to consider dozens of different options that span multiple dimensions, such as languages or functionality. It may seem like an impossible task to find—and hire—those few candidates who can do everything.

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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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OverOps Allies With SonarQube To Improve Application Quality

DevOps.com

OverOps, a provider of tools for dynamically analyzing code at runtime, has partnered with SonarQube, a provider of static analysis tools for source code, to enhance application quality by unifying code analytics. Chen Harel, vice president of product for OverOps, said the two companies have collaborated to create a plugin through which DevOps teams can […].

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Expert Tips for Online Learning at Home

BrainStation Technology

In 2019, BrainStation expanded our online learning options – which we call Online Live – making online digital skills training accessible to learners around the world. . Online Live has since delivered over 150,000 hours of live online instruction to Learners in 50 cities and 17 countries around the world. The future of education, we believe, is online, and the challenges presented by the COVID-19 outbreak have made that increasingly clear. .

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Free Remote Endpoint Protection Solution From Qualys

DevOps.com

Qualys today announced it is offering a completely free, 60-day version of its cloud-based remote endpoint protection solution. The product is fully featured, with nothing turned off in the free version. It’s also cloud-based, so there are no worries about hosting the solution. This comes at a perfect time, with so many workers working remotely. […].

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Delivering information and eliminating bottlenecks with CDC’s COVID-19 assessment bot

CTOvision

In a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s not only important to deliver medical care but to also provide information to help people make decisions and prevent health systems from being overwhelmed. Microsoft is helping with this challenge by offering its Healthcare Bot service powered by Microsoft Azure to organizations on the frontlines of the COVID-19 […].

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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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Agile Goes Virtual

Accenture

Virtual work has recently received a lot of attention for obvious reasons, but the truth is remote work has been hot the last few years. Check out this quote from HBR: “Despite a few high-profile retreats from remote work policies in recent years, data on the U.S. workforce suggests that remote work is increasing. A 2017 Gallup poll reported that 43% of employed Americans had spent at least some time working remotely, and U.S.

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Google open-sources framework that reduces AI training costs by up to 80%

CTOvision

Google researchers recently published a paper describing a framework — SEED RL — that scales AI model training to thousands of machines. They say that it could facilitate training at millions of frames per second on a machine while reducing costs by up to 80%, potentially leveling the playing field for startups that couldn’t previously […].

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Difficult Times Call for Operational Excellence

Beyond B2B

In these challenging times, it can be hard to think ahead. When companies operate in a state of emergency, they are affected in three sensitive areas: health and availability of employees, a decline in demand, and the interruption of logistics chains for procurement and distribution.

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COVID-19 Pandemic: Appian Offers Free HR App

DevOps.com

Appian, a provider of a low-code platform for building applications, has decided to make available a free application to help organizations with 1,000 or more employees track healthcare incidents stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Designed mainly for human resources (HR) professionals, the COVID-19 Response Management application is designed to track the health and work status […].

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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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Building Confluent Cloud – Here’s What We’ve Learned

Confluent

In July 2017, Confluent launched a private preview of what would later be known as Confluent Cloud. This platform as a service product has grown rapidly; less than three years […].

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Le plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

DevOps.com

The post Le plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose appeared first on DevOps.com.

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The Rise of Telemedicine Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Daffodil Software

As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases spikes, several countries have found lockdown as a solution to control this pandemic. As hundreds and thousands of people stay at home following this emergency protocol to prevent COVID-19 spread, they are avoiding visits to medical clinics or in-person physician consultation for acute illness.

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Data Theorem Delivers Advanced API Security through Google Cloud Marketplace

DevOps.com

Data Theorem’s API Security Solutions Give Customers Ability to Uniquely Automate Continuous API Security Analysis and Vulnerability Inspection on Google Cloud Platform PALO ALTO, Calif., March 24, 2020 – Data Theorem, Inc., a leading provider of modern application security, today announced its availability on Google Cloud Marketplace (GCP Marketplace), providing customers with differentiated API security […].

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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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Resetting Your Operating Rhythm for the “New Normal”

Next Level Blog

Let’s start by acknowledging the obvious. There is no new normal yet. The COVID-19 crisis brings another “new normal” every day. The situation is too fast-moving, fluid and unprecedented for any of us to settle in for whatever the long haul is and keep on truckin’ with the same operating rhythm we’ve used up until now. That doesn’t mean, though, that we shouldn’t take a step back to assess our operating rhythm as leaders and professionals who still need to get stuff done.

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Take Risk Management Seriously

CEO Insider

During the time I served as a pathologist and Deputy Coroner in Los Angeles, I learned to look past the disaster-of-the-moment to the root causes of a crisis so that others can avoid a similar fate. A sign, above a double doorway at the end of a hallway, announced in Latin, “Mortui Vivos Docent.” It’s […].

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Cloud-to-Cloud Migration

Hypergrid

F act: product life cycles are not forever. Any experienced IT manage r knows that. No matter how cutting edge that new data storage solution is , regardless of or how much incredible value the sales engineer of the newest HCI platform to hit the market claims you will realize, at some point, there comes a point when it is time to move on. So , why would the cloud then be any different?

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