Wed.Sep 21, 2022

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Business Purpose Alignment: How to Connect People to Your Purpose

CO2 Business Leadership

Today, workers expect more from their jobs than ever before—they want purpose, a sense of belonging, and personal fulfillment. In response, organizations have started contemplating questions like: Why do we exist? What are we doing? Are we a force for good? Yet, for all the buzz about purpose, business purpose alignment remains one of the most challenging concepts for businesses.

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Block Party, a tool to combat online harassment, raises a $4.8M seed

TechCrunch

If you’ve experienced any form of harassment on Twitter in the last couple of years, then you’ve probably heard of Block Party. And if you haven’t, lucky you! Developed by software engineer and tech diversity advocate Tracy Chou, Block Party helps people curate a safer experience on Twitter. By building on top of Twitter’s API, Block Party lets users automate the process of blocking bad actors and creating block lists on Twitter.

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The Org That BAPO Built

Agile Alliance

Conways Law - the concept that your product resembles your org structure - is a double-edged sword. If your organization is intentionally structured to optimize your strengths, it’s great! The post The Org That BAPO Built first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Synthetic speech startup Murf lends a voice to content creators of all sizes 

TechCrunch

Synthetic speech tech startup Murf gives a voice, literally, to content creators of all sizes. Murf, which now has a library of more than 120 human-parity AI voices across 20 languages, announced today it has raised $10 million Series A funding led by Matrix partners. Participation came from returning investors Elevation Capital and several prominent angel investors like Ola founder Ankit Bhai; Disney Streaming SVP of product; Ashwini Asokan, the founder of Mad Street Dap; and Pushkar Mukewar, f

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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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Useful Metrics for Agile Teams

Agile Alliance

If you want to know that you are making progress, you need to measure. You have to be able to compare your current state to a prior state in order to know if you are progressing toward the desired (or expected) outcome. The post Useful Metrics for Agile Teams first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Developing a CLEAR Agile Product Roadmap

Agile Alliance

When will it be done!? It doesn't matter whether it's a complex, multi-national product rollout or a simple localized app. The post Developing a CLEAR Agile Product Roadmap first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Berlin’s Kaiko Systems nets €2M to help maritime technical operations go paperless

TechCrunch

From healthcare to manufacturing, traditional industries have been getting a digital makeover over the past decade. But some sectors have been left behind. Maritime shipping, argued Fabian Fussek, CEO and co-founder of Kaiko Systems, is the “last frontier of digitzation.” Kaiko Systems is a Berlin-based startup trying to digitize operations on commercial vessels.

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Modeling Better Decisions

Agile Alliance

In this skit-based presentation, follow "Skylar" through a day in their life as they face one problem after another. After they navigates each issue, we'll pause to reflect. The post Modeling Better Decisions first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Knoetic lands $36M to unify diverse sources of HR data

TechCrunch

In the last decade, so-called chief people officers (CPO) have seen a dramatic expansion of their day-to-day responsibilities. The role has evolved from an administrative HR function to a more strategic position, particularly as the pandemic has shined a spotlight on the importance of retention, upskilling and recruiting during a crisis. But despite the increased interest — the CPO is the third-fastest growing C-level position, according to LinkedIn — CPOs are often behind sales, mar

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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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Example Mapping: Slice Any Story into Testable Examples

Agile Alliance

Example mapping is a simple but powerful technique for structuring the conversation you need to have before a user story goes into development. The post Example Mapping: Slice Any Story into Testable Examples first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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5 Best Practices for Optimizing Your Unstructured Data

TechBeacon

When it comes to unstructured data, businesses face something of a paradox. On the one hand, they have more unstructured data—and, by extension, more potential for gaining critical insights from data—than ever before. On the other hand, IT leaders report a variety of challenges in putting all of their unstructured data to good use. Problems like figuring out how to move unstructured data without disrupting users, poor visibility into unstructured data, and legal constraints are all common barrie

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Survival Metrics: Helping Teams Pivot to Change Instead of Planning to Failure

Agile Alliance

How do you know if your team is focused on the right thing? Product teams often know that a project needs to change direction, but they don’t have a way to make that change quickly and safely, especially when so much work has gone into the product, so far. The post Survival Metrics: Helping Teams Pivot to Change Instead of Planning to Failure first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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The Real Pipeline

DevOps.com

I’ve made no secret of the fact that DevOps was a game-changing advance in how the business of IT was done. But people tend to get religious about the methodology and forget the point. That’s okay, DevOps has its roots in that mentality. After years of thinking bad things about the authors of The Phoenix […]. The post The Real Pipeline appeared first on DevOps.com.

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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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Environmental Impact of Digital Products

Agile Alliance

Do you know what are the sustainability targets for your organization? Do you believe going digital is good for our climate and environment? The post Environmental Impact of Digital Products first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Compliance Synergy – DevOps Unbound EP 25

DevOps.com

Achieving compliance might be challenging when embracing DevOps due to the rapid pace of development. However, the agility and automation associated with DevOps might actually simplify compliance. When integrating compliance into the SDLC, DevOps teams may have to use different tools or slightly modify part of their processes to adapt to specific requirements.

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Keep Your Head in the Clouds: Learning in Times of Stress, Crisis, and Change

Agile Alliance

If the last two years have shown us anything, it's that things around us can change almost overnight. Our routines can be disrupted, how we perform our jobs, even how we get our food can be turned upside down. The post Keep Your Head in the Clouds: Learning in Times of Stress, Crisis, and Change first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Driving Innovation Through Data and Analytics

Dataiku

When we think about innovation, most of us default to innovation on product/servicing offerings. While offering innovation is very much part of the innovation process, it’s not the only type of innovation, and some might even argue it’s the easiest for competitors to copy. And regardless of what we think innovation is, many of us may wonder how to innovate beyond just relying on the instincts of talented individuals.

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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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25 Azure Monitoring Tools And Best Practices For 2022

CloudZero

Microsoft Azure is the most popular cloud computing platform after Amazon Web Services (AWS). With over 200 services and resources available, there are plenty of ways to use Azure. This means the Azure public cloud allows for hundreds, if not thousands, of unique configurations.

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Article: Agile Hiring: a Joint Venture between the Talent Acquisition and Product Development Teams

InfoQ Culture Methods

The demand for IT professionals is far higher than the offer. Nowadays the challenge is not just to attract and acquire, but to retain the best professionals in the sector. Let's enable dev team members to acquire and secure the best candidates for their teams and the company, collaborate with talent acquisition, and respect candidates as professionals and maintain open communication with them.

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Event-Driven Microservices with Python and Apache Kafka

Confluent

A deep dive into how microservices work, why it’s the backbone of real-time applications, and how to build event-driven microservices applications with Python and Kafka.

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#Clouderalife Volunteer Spotlight: Barry Laide

Cloudera

Cloudera’s September Volunteer Spotlight is Barry Laide, accounting manager for LATAM, based in Cork, Ireland. . Barry volunteers with Kerry Mountain Rescue to provide first aid and rescue in the uplands of southwestern Ireland. The organization was founded in 1966 following the deaths of two climbers on the mountains there, and since then has come to the assistance of numerous climbers and walkers in distress. .

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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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The Four Aspects of Leadership

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Internalizing these four aspects of leadership is a great first step in developing your personal leadership philosophy. When articulating your leadership philosophy, you need to think beyond the leader led diad. A lot of times we get focused on, “Well, this is how I interact with a person and that’s what leadership is about.” As a leader, you need to look at yourself more completely as an individual in a variety of domains.

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Modern Extortion: Detecting Data Theft from the Cloud

Darktrace

Now one of the most popular talking points in the security world, the ransom industry continues to see growth. First ransomware, then double extortion and now simple data theft have been used to meet threat actors’ extortion needs. This blog highlights an example of this in a US customer’s SaaS environment.

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KPIs Every Nonprofit's Website Reporting Should Include

TechSoup

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are metrics that provide insight into the performance of any given process or tool. When it comes to nonprofit websites, these metrics can help you determine how effective the site is at driving donations, volunteer sign-ups, awareness, or other organizational goals. With the proper tools, there is a wealth of data available regarding your website's performance.

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Rising to the Challenge of a Green Data Center

Dell EMC

When it comes to creating a green data center, it is imperative to have a partner who can help you see the forest for the trees.

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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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Moving a Family Business Beyond the Founder’s Vision

Harvard Business Review

How the next generation can embrace the future — while respecting the past.

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Calling all Secureworks Taegis Titans

SecureWorks

Calling all Secureworks Taegis Titans Meet the everyday cybersecurity heroes defending cyberspace Meet the everyday cybersecurity heroes defending cyberspace. We believe cybersecurity is a team sport — and we want to celebrate our team’s MVPs.

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The Perils of Innovation by Acquisition

Harvard Business Review

It’s an easy trap to fall into when money is cheap. But it’s rarely a good idea.