Net Objectives
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
I often hear that you can get people to do Scrum but it won’t last unless they learn to “be” Agile. I suggest Scrum often fails because teams never learned how to do Agile. When teams learn to write small, well-defined stories with clear acceptance criteria in their initiatl workshop they will continue to do … Continue reading "Why You Must “Do” Agile Before “Being” Agile".
The Daily WTF
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
"There are premium translation services, and then, well, there are the rest," Dave P. writes. . "More like Mumbo-Jumbo Mail if you ask me," writes Alicia. . Stefan H. wrote, "Green checkmark. Successful completion message. Just.don't look any closer." . Paul S. writes, "So apparently London is now part of the United States.
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CTOvision
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
We have written before about the incredible virtuous Spookstock, a battle of the bands type event which raises money for two very important and worthy charities, the CIA Officers Memorial Foundation and the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. JJ Green at WTOP News produced a segment on Spookstock which I would like to draw your attention to. JJ’s choice of […].
Altexsoft
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
This is a guest story by tech blogger Camille Peters. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is taking an increasingly central role in the logistics industry. As the world’s logistical requirements continue to become even more complex, big-data driven applications have already stepped in to streamline logistics on a global scale. Supply Chain 24/7 put it best in 2016 when they explained that “The impact of data-driven and autonomous supply chains provides an opportunity for previously unimaginable leve
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Women on Business
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
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Women on Business
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
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Infinidat
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Infinidat at AWS re:Invent – Time for a New Public Cloud Conversation. Eric Klinefelter. Fri, 11/02/2018 - 8:16am. INFINIDAT delivers storage solutions for some of the largest organizations in the world, with IT teams that often manage hundreds of petabytes of data or more. Almost all of those customers are thinking about the public cloud, exploring a whole spectrum of scenarios: Replacing second- or third-site disaster recovery and data archive environments.
O'Reilly Media - Ideas
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Jane Adams examines the ways data-driven recruiting fails to achieve intended results and perpetuates discriminatory hiring practices. Continue reading The misinformation age.
High Scalability
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Wake up! It's HighScalability time: Here's a dystopian vision of the future: A real announcement I recorded on the Beijing-Shanghai bullet train. (I've subtitled it so you can watch in silence.) pic.twitter.com/ZoRWtdcSMy. — James O'Malley (@Psythor) October 29, 2018. "The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed." — William Gibson.
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Rapid BI
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
A little laugh before the weekend – When your computer self destructs, sometimes, just sometimes… Friday Fun – Office and password security #414 #ff This cartoon has been produced by Jon Carter www.cartertoons.com with thanks Oh Yeah, While you were on vacation I.T. changed all the passwords […]. The post Fun Friday – Security Self destruct #HRBlog #414 appeared first on RapidBI.
O'Reilly Media - Ideas
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Colorizing Photos, Evolving Space Invaders, Is It Too Late?, and Decision-Making. DeOldify -- Deep learning-based project for colorizing and restoring old images. Impressive, and open source. InvaderZ -- Space invaders, but the invaders evolve with a genetic algorithm. The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Create It. But Is It Already Too Late? -- Alan Kay lecture.
Hypergrid
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
I started the great cloud migration blog series with “ The Why “ I talked about all the different questions that need to be answered to understand if it makes operational sense to move to the cloud. In this blog, I follow up with the next big consideration for enterprises: “The What” of the great cloud migration. After they answer the question why, they need to finalize some specific application that they want to migrate to the public cloud as the second step in the cloud
O'Reilly Media - Ideas
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Kris Nova looks at the new era of the cloud native space and the kernel that has made it all possible: Kubernetes. Continue reading The freedom of Kubernetes.
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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.
ProtectWise
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Blog post by Veronica Setzke, Head of ProtectWise People Ops. Everyone I know pays attention to Outside’s Best Places to Work List. Everyone. We live in Colorado, after all. My professional peers use it to find out how to help their organizations get better at attracting and retaining amazing talent. Benefits, perks, and fun are all showcased here, making it a great resource for insight into creative, valued perks other revered companies are offering.
O'Reilly Media - Ideas
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Martin Kleppmann shows how recent computer science research is helping develop the abstractions and APIs for the next generation of applications. Continue reading What changes when we go offline-first?
Newgen Software
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Integrating and connecting across all channels and thereby ensuring an omnichannel experience, ensures no potential customer is overlooked. The post The Journey From Prospect to Customer Should Be Anything but Tedious appeared first on Newgen Software. Related posts: Insurance Companies to Rethink Modern Communications. What does it take to be ahead of customer expectations?
O'Reilly Media - Ideas
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Claire Janisch looks at some of the best biomimicry opportunities inspired by nature’s software and wetware. Continue reading Learning from the web of life.
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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.
Ivanti
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
The best of all worlds for iOS security. sraikow. Fri, 11/02/2018 - 16:09. While the focus of security has historically lived within the enterprise, the proliferation of mobile devices and cloud computing has shifted that focus to endpoints. This blog discusses how MobileIron and Cisco are working together to bring the benefits of old-world security to the brave new world of iOS mobile endpoints.
Daniel Bryant
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Some of the Datawire team were in San Francisco last week, and so we popped into HashiConf , which is the premier conference run by the HashiCorp team. There were a lot of great conversations, some superb breakout sessions, and many interesting HashiCorp product announcements too. The Fairmont Hotel was also a fantastic location, and the food and drink supplied throughout day (coffee++) were awesome too!
Successful Software
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Let me say up front that I am a big fan of the Qt framework. I have been working with it continuously since the late 90s. Both of my commercial products ( PerfectTablePlan and Hyper Plan ) are written on top of Qt. But Qt is quite broken on macOS right now. In fact I struggled to find a version of Qt 5 that supported recent versions of macOS and didn’t have a showstopper bug.
Six Disciplines
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
From the new landmark research study recently released from Six Disciplines, and detailed in this 30-page research paper, " 7 Key Findings About What Employees Say Drives Performance and Engagement ", survey results find that getting strategy right - and executing on that strategy - are the toughest areas for CEOs to implement.
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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.
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
As an adult, the most confusing thing we often have to get used to in our lives is dealing with money and being responsible for a whole lot of things. We never get taught how to manage money in school so when we hit adulthood the terminology can be super confusing and it is no wonder so many of us are left in debt. If you are new to adulthood and need a few easy tips on managing money, here are the basics.
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
In order to succeed and thrive in modern society, all private and public sector entities must live by codes of ethics. In an era that encompasses mistrust of business, uncertainties about the economy and growing disillusionments within society’s structure, it is vital for every organization to determine, analyze, fine-tune and communicate their value systems.
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Information technology (tech) is at the epicenter of the world’s economy. Apple, Microsoft, and Google are the foremost companies in the world. But women in tech, as in other industries, face obstacles from entry-level positions to the C-suite. If industry truly wishes to fix this, it must stop retreating into seemingly noble expressions of sentiment, and instead evaluate and adopt specific procedures and programs.
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