CIO

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Despite a recent push to address diversity issues in IT, the industry as a whole has a long way to go. From hiring practices to advancement opportunities, most IT organizations are falling short, despite their best intentions, when it comes to fostering diverse workplaces where individuals of all backgrounds can thrive. As a response to this ongoing lack of diversity in IT, several organizations dedicated to fostering diversity and advancing IT careers have been founded.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Rajan “Raj” Moonesinghe (right) and his brother Johann Moonesinghe (left) pictured with their cousin (center). Image Credits: Johann Moonesinghe. For years, Austin has made headlines as an evolving tech hub where startups, large companies and investors alike have flocked to set up a presence. But as 2022 closes, the Texas capital is in the news for a very different, tragic reason — being home to the sudden death of a startup founder at the hands of a police officer.

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DevOps.com

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Over 1.3 billion people live with some form of disability. This accounts for almost 20% of today’s workforce in the U.S. While great strides have been made in closing the disability inclusion gap in the workforce, more needs to be done. As the popularity of hybrid and remote work continues to grow, workers who live […]. The post 4 Ways to Build With an Accessibility-First Mindset appeared first on DevOps.com.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Milk is polarizing: To some, it’s a refreshing beverage that pairs well with cookies. For others, it’s a cursed liquid that causes tummy troubles. Even with the shelves of alt milks crowding grocery store coolers these days, the U.S. milk industry is a $15 billion category with 90% penetration, according to John Talbot, the CEO of the California Milk Advisory Board.

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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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TechBeacon

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Kubernetes is like pizza. There is a virtually endless variety of ways to configure it, and the approach you take determines whether you end up with an optimal hosting environment or the software equivalent of kiwi-and-mozzarella pie.

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TechSoup

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Donations from individual supporters are an extremely important part of a diversified fundraising strategy for many nonprofit organizations. Increasing donations is an important goal for most organizations. However, maintaining the right cadence of communication can be difficult. Drip campaigns are an effective tool to ensure that your organization stays top-of-mind for potential donors and past donors throughout the year.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Anand Shah. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Anand Shah , CEO and co-founder of Databook , has more than 15 years of experience in helping Fortune 500 CXOs develop strategic relationships with prospects to drive top-line growth for the enterprise. More than 150,000 workers lost their jobs this year as layoffs swept across the tech landscape since June.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Turn Your Visitors into Paying Customers and Boost Your Sales! Businesses LOVE to generate inbound traffic. They run ads, deploy SEO, send out emails, blast on social media, and use paid advertising to drive traffic – To bring MORE visitors! . However, when starting an ecommerce business, many business owners overlook conversion rate optimization, which is not unusual.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2022

We’ve seen attempts at gathering all cards (credit, debit, loyalty, etc.) in one before, but Card Blanch claims to have a fresh take on the concept and closed just shy of half a mil worth of angel investments with a very elegant deck. The company gets a few parts of the slide deck right that we rarely see done well, so that’s wonderfully refreshing.

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The Daily WTF

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As we grind towards closing out this year, we have a roundup of a variety of the usual sorts of bugs, including some regular old just plain bad labelling. The penultimate submission is particularly puzzling. Starting us off, Kevin B. has found an example of "new Date(0)" or its equivalent. Says Kevin. "I noticed Anonymous is among the top 10 posters of all time on the AT&T Community Forums.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Bonds are having a “meme moment” on Reddit, Bloomberg reported. A caveat first: The trend is not on par with WallStreetBets and its meme stock frenzy. The r/bonds subreddit forum only has some 8,000 members not 13 million. But the fact that laypeople are discussing bonds is still a noteworthy development for an asset class that never raised much enthusiasm from retail investors — or from anyone, to be honest.

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The Agile Monkey

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Are you a backend developer looking to significantly boost your productivity , or an iOS (or mobile) developer wanting to become a full-stack developer in no time? Keep reading! The Problem When choosing a backend stack for a new app, developers often use no-code or low-code platforms like Firebase because they offer a variety of features. However, these tools may not be suitable for more complex data or situations requiring scalability and robust business logic.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Ryan Petersen. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Ryan Petersen is CEO of Flexport. More posts by this contributor. The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automate millions of jobs. How DHL Pioneered The Sharing Economy. Compared to last year’s holiday season, major maritime trade routes are operating relatively smoothly, while shipping rates are returning to Earth and ports are moving cargo at a steady clip.

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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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Tenable

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Patch Tuesday’s Impact on Cybersecurity Over the Years Dive into the history of Patch Tuesday and learn how it continues to influence the ways security teams manage patches. Background on MS Patch Tuesday. In 2022, rumors of Patch Tuesday’s death circulated widely, but ultimately such talk was greatly exaggerated. Yet, these rumors led to soul searching among many IT, security and DevOps teams.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Founders and investors alike are bracing for a tough 2023 as the economy shows few signs of improving. But there are a lot of questions up in the air: Will the truckload of dry powder VCs have make its way to the market? Are there going to be more layoffs if the pressure on valuations persists? What’s in store for AI? We can answer some questions, though: Some trends are bound to stay, like interest in artificial intelligence, and crypto will continue to be under scrutiny, even as the market loo

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CloudZero

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Microsoft Azure was a relative latecomer to the public cloud market: AWS preempted everyone in 2006, and Google GCP came next, in 2008. By the time Azure launched in 2010, the public cloud market had already grown to more than $24 billion.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Our reader poll today asks: How well do you define accountabilities when the team is listing out all the work that needs to get done but no names are being put next to the tasks? Extremely well: We don’t end the conversation until there’s a name next to every item 31.29%. Very well: We resolve most accountabilities immediately but some slip by 27.61%.

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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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Synopsys

DECEMBER 22, 2022

A look in the rearview can tell you a lot about the future, so we revisited the top cyber security stories of 2022 with experts in the field.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

DECEMBER 22, 2022

I recently sat down with David (Ledge) Ledgerwood from the Leaders of B2B podcast to discuss improving leadership skills through better planning and decision-making. On this episode of the Leaders of B2B podcast, David Ledgerwood and I discussed some leadership lessons that can help B2B business leaders become more successful. We talked about the importance of making decisions quickly but rationally.

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QBurst

DECEMBER 22, 2022

BigQuery is a serverless, highly scalable storage and processing solution fully managed by Google. It offers a lot of flexibility in computation and a variety of technology and pricing models. However, to leverage this platform and effectively utilize the infrastructure, adequate planning, monitoring, and optimization are required. Estimating the cost impact of any query is […].

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Palo Alto Networks

DECEMBER 22, 2022

On December 22, 2022, Gartner named Palo Alto Networks a Leader for the eleventh consecutive time in its Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls for 2022. We’re extremely proud of this recognition and firmly believe that it confirms our approach to enterprise security and ability to deliver best-in-class cybersecurity to our customers.

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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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InfoQ Culture Methods

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Invisible illnesses, including sleep disorders, are prevalent in the workplace. Teams that are open and accepting of those with sleep disorders benefit in their planning accuracy and quality practice from diverse viewpoints. An open and welcoming team culture plays a large part in helping team members overcome challenges. By Dermot Canniffe.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Meet Harshal Rajguru, Senior Technical Consultant from Nagpur, India. Harshal Rajguru is a colleague who has directly reaped the benefits of Growth for Everyone. As someone who has always been personally and professionally independent, Harshal has leveraged this mindset to rapidly grow his career in the three years he’s been with Perficient. READ MORE: Perficient Supports Colleagues Through Growth for Everyone.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Strategies to help you get the support you need to do your best work.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 22, 2022

It’s always exciting to open a pack of Starburst and see a few pinks and reds in a row. Pinks and reds are so renowned they can be purchased in stand-alone bags! But what about the yellows? There have been statistical studies done to prove yellow ranks last among the classic flavors, which may cause some to save them for last or discard them completely.

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“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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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Applying lessons from the Black feminist tradition.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Perficient continuously grows but we consistently prioritize collaborating with one another to deliver the best results. As we grow, so do our organization’s overall capabilities. Together, Perficient’s thought leaders told our end-to-end story of how we enable game-changing solutions to drive adoption every step of the way, and gained recognition from industry analysts at Forrester, Gartner and IDC as a significant player in the technology services market.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Online ad platforms make it easy to obtain data-backed insights.

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