Thu.Aug 06, 2020

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Distributed Systems Pattern: Leader and Followers

Martin Fowler

In a distributed system, it's often best to not make all the nodes equal. Unmesh shows how a leader can simplify coordination across a cluster, and how choosing that leader is often tricky.

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How to Overcome One of the Biggest Challenges of Working From Home

Let's Grow Leaders

The Harvard Business Review article, The Implications of Working Without an Office covers great research about the benefits and challenges of working from home. I highly recommend it. If nothing else to validate those mixed emotions you’re having. Because if you’re like […]. The post How to Overcome One of the Biggest Challenges of Working From Home appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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The Transformation of a Transformation Agent: How becoming an agile coach challenged everything I thought I knew

Agile Alliance

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Serverless: Helping the Enterprise Scale DevOps

DevOps.com

Serverless is the paradigm shift that allows engineers to innovate and move faster DevOps has been around for more than 10 years and it’s still misunderstood by many companies. You can’t buy “a DevOps,” but DevOps is critical to your business. In some ways, serverless is similar: a name that markets well but creates confusion […]. The post Serverless: Helping the Enterprise Scale DevOps appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Embrace AI: Make Your VoIP Service Stand Out

Dialogview is revolutionizing VoIP services with its AI-powered platform, which is now available for white labeling. Our solution autonomously resolves over 68% of customer queries in more than 40 languages, dramatically reducing your team’s workload. With advanced conversational AI, Dialogview understands customer sentiments and queries in real time, without any button presses needed by users.

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How Traditional Machine Learning Is Holding Cybersecurity Back

CTOvision

Read why Stephen Salinas says that tradition machine learning is holding back cybersecurity innovation on Infosec Magazine : While global cybersecurity spending now surpasses $100 billion annually, 64 percent of […].

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What’s New in Apache Kafka 2.6

Confluent

On behalf of the Apache Kafka® community, it is my pleasure to announce the release of Apache Kafka 2.6.0. This another exciting release with many new features and improvements. We’ll […].

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VMware Brings Hybrid Cloud Computing to Virtual Desktops

DevOps.com

VMware has updated its desktop and application virtualization platform to make it easier for IT teams to support end users who need to regularly shift between working in the office and from home. The latest version of VMware Horizon adds support for an instant clone capability that rapidly provisions personalized virtual desktops and applications enabled […].

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NSA warning on location tracking: ‘Stop using your phone’

TechBeacon

The US National Security Agency published advice this week, aimed at the military and related roles. The guidance basically amounts to, “Phones are insecure.”.

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Sumo Logic Expands Observability Platform Scope, Reach

DevOps.com

Sumo Logic announced today it has extended the reach of its monitoring platform to provide deeper insights across application and infrastructure logs, metrics, traces and metadata in real-time. The latest additions to the company’s suite of software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings include Sumo Logic AWS Observability Solution, which focuses exclusively on AWS services, and additions to the […].

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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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6 Remote and Home Office Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make

Arcserve

Home offices, remote offices, and branch offices (ROBO) are becoming ubiquitous in the wake of COVID-19. Admins must adapt if they hope to keep remote workers productive while still keeping data secure. Remote offices demand the same level of care as headquarters but admins rarely have the time or budget keep close tabs on them. Read more » The post 6 Remote and Home Office Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make appeared first on StorageCraft Technology Corporation.

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Survey: Organizations Knowingly Deploy Vulnerabilities

DevOps.com

A survey published today by Synopsys, a provider of electronic design automation (EDA) and application security tools, finds nearly half (48%) of respondents admit they consciously push code with known vulnerabilities into production because of time constraints. Based on a survey of 378 cybersecurity professionals conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) on behalf of Synopsys, […].

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Quality Assurance Testing Perfected – A User Flow Tutorial

Toptal

As products and services deploy faster and faster, quality assurance (QA) has to adapt and deliver more coverage in less time while maintaining high quality. In this article, Toptal Software Engineer Jade Russel Hancox examines how we can use the user flow to boost the speed and efficiency of QA processes without compromising on quality.

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The IT Admin’s Checklist for a Newly Remote Company

DevOps.com

A few simple tips can help keep your remote workers productive and relatively stress-free during the new WFH paradigm Months into adjusting to COVID-19 impacts, organizations are now living in the day-to-day that was built on—let’s be honest—somewhat rushed plans to get everyone remote as quickly as possible. The image of repairing a bus while […].

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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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OODA Training: Counter-Disinformation Tradecraft For Professionals And Leaders

CTOvision

This is another opportunity where OODA Loop membership can provide a deep discount. OODA is pleased to offer this unique online training event with OODA Expert Marc Ambinder. OODA Network […].

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Darktrace OT threat finds: Defending the widening attack surface

Darktrace

This blog looks across a database of hundreds of customers to reveal the extent of ICS protocol use within IT environments. With increasing IT/OT convergence, the need for a unified security platform with visibility and detection capabilities across both realms has never been more critical.

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AI is struggling to adjust to 2020

CTOvision

Read why Andrea Gagliano says that artificial intelligence is struggling to adjust to 2020 on Techcrunch : 2020 has made every industry reimagine how to move forward in light of […].

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Upcoming Webinar: Scrum In Construction

scruminc

Scrum in Construction: A Better Way To Design, Plan, and Build. This free webinar explores how and why construction projects done with Scrum are safer, come in under budget, and finish early. We‘ll also share strategies you can implement right now to give you an advantage and the lead in your market. When: Aug 28, 2020, 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada).

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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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AWS Cloud Robotics Summit 18-19 Aug 2020

CTOvision

This will be an awesome event, virtual of course: Accelerate your robotics application development and testing Join technical experts from across the robotics industry for a complimentary educational event. We’ve […].

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6 Top Reasons Why Companies Fly Private

CEO Insider

No matter what is happening in the world executives must still be able to carry on their work as usual, and it’s imperative this happens as time is money. Now more than ever, safety is a feature for any business, securing human capital is critical, no matter how smart computers are without top-class executives, there […]. License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article 6 Top Reasons Why Companies Fly Private are those of the author Sophie Ireland alone and not the CEOWORLD ma

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How AI can alleviate data lifecycle risks and challenges

CTOvision

Read Kris Lahiri explain how artificial intelligence can alleviate data lifecycle risks on Help Net Security : The volume of business data worldwide is growing at an astounding pace, with […].

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The DevOps Toolchain

Dzone - DevOps

Introduction. We’ll be looking at the core technology categories and specific technologies that help you realize your DevOps objectives. About DevOps and Tools.

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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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7 Steps to a Successful Outreach Strategy

MagmaLabs

Reading Time: 4 minutes. Are you part of a sales team and want to learn new ways to approach clients in a remote way? This blog is for you then! In this first series from the Outreach Ops department, we share how we’ve been generating new strategies when COVID-19 impacted our 2020 sales plans. Keep reading! Here at MagmaLabs , we’re always in the latest trends when it comes to lead generation: that’s why we like to call ourselves Outreach Kickstarters.

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Risks of Cloud Computing Make Incident Management Necessary

xmatters

Every business wants to provide continuous service to its customers. In other words, digital services are always on the clock. So it’s critical to catch any service-disrupting issue. To meet this challenge, enterprises are adopting cloud infrastructures to house digital assets and run digital services. As they do, they have to meet the risks of cloud computing too.

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Automation Rising 2020: Join the Ultimate Playbook Building Challenge!

Palo Alto Networks

Do you have a brilliant security orchestration playbook idea? Want a chance to earn renown and bring home cash prizes, while contributing to the security community? Read on to learn more about Automation Rising 2020, the ultimate playbook building challenge! The Cortex XSOAR Marketplace launched earlier this week, making it easier than ever for security teams to discover and share security orchestration innovations built by the world’s largest SOAR ecosystem – and boost the use of automation wit

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CodeSOD: A Slow Moving Stream

The Daily WTF

We’ve talked about Java’s streams in the past. It’s hardly a “new” feature at this point, but its blend of “being really useful” and “based on functional programming techniques” and “different than other APIs” means that we still have developers struggling to figure out how to use it. Jeff H has a co-worker, Clarence, who is very “anti-stream”. “It creates too many copies of our objects, so it’s terrible for memory, and it’s so much slower.

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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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The Importance of Reliability Engineering

Dzone - DevOps

If you’ve spent any time in tech circles lately, there are three letters you’ve surely heard: SRE. Site Reliability Engineering is the defining movement in tech today. Giants like Google and Amazon market their ability to provide reliable service and startups are now investing in reliability as an early priority. But what makes reliability engineering so important?

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Announcing AWS PrivateLink Support in Confluent Cloud

Confluent

We’re happy to announce that Confluent Cloud, our fully managed event streaming service powered by Apache Kafka®, now supports AWS PrivateLink for secure network connectivity, in addition to the existing […].

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6 Best Practices for Insider Threat Protection and Prevention during COVID-19

CTOvision

Insider threats are one of the top ten threats faced by organizations today. Before we dwell further into this, let’s understand what “Insider” threat is. An insider threat is caused […].