Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Passion is good. Passion for your customers, passion for excellence, and the team’s passion to support one another all lead to great results. But there’s a dangerous problem with passion that can undermine your culture and ruin your leadership. In this […]. The post The Leadership Problem with Passion appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Scott Berkun
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
I posted on twitter recently asking for recommendations. Specifically for non-designers who need some design literacy, but without the goal of becoming a professional designer. Not UI design, not UX, but focusing on aesthetics. Often pro designers recommend books from their degree program, but that’s not quite what I’m after, as those books tend to assume you’re going to be a practicing designer.
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Altexsoft
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
“ TypeScript is like JavaScript but with no surprises.” This is how developers often describe the open-source programming language introduced in 2012 by Microsoft. As for 2020, the close relative of JS is among the top ten most wanted programming languages, according to GitHub. In this article, we’ll explore what fuels the popularity of TypeScript and which factors make it less attractive in the eyes of engineers and businesses.
DevOps.com
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Full disk encryption (FDE) is a critical security measure in today’s modern networks. With data security being more critical than ever, many IT admins are wondering how they can enforce full disk encryption across their fleets of cross-platform systems. Many organizations are also subject to compliance regulations including PCI DSS, which require FDE as a […].
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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.
Dzone - DevOps
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
What the Game of Thrones Night’s Watch Can Teach Us About DevOps Security. If you are reading this, you probably got sucked into watching Game of Thrones when it first aired on HBO in 2011. It is amazing how much has changed during the eight seasons of the series, but, as a developer and security guy, I find the Night’s Watch story the most interesting.
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DevOps.com
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
IT environments have become more dynamic and complex, which has created the need for robust monitoring tools. As a result, companies are increasingly adopting more than one platform, catapulting us into the multi-cloud era. Technology professionals are also embracing and acknowledging the need for comprehensive, full-stack application monitoring and management, bringing application performance management (APM) […].
CircleCI
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Today marks the official launch of our free, developer-focused learning platform, CircleCI Academy. Through our different technical training courses, both new and seasoned CircleCI users can learn the basics of building, testing, and deploying on CircleCI, and learn how to use our features to increase speed to market. Each course has been designed by our team of developers, and ranges in complexity from beginner-level to advanced training material.
CEO Insider
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Angela Roberts is the Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Money Reserve. U.S. Money Reserve is not just one of the largest private distributors of U.S. government-issued gold, silver and platinum coins, but it is the only company in the precious metal industry being led by a female CEO. Roberts has put an enormous amount […]. Related posts: E.S.G. 2020 has arrived with a Bang!!
InfoQ Culture Methods
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
This article is a guide to organizing a Gemba sprint; a sprint where teams, leadership, and management work together with the ultimate goal of coming together as an organization. Ahmad Fahmy explores what is needed to set up a Gemba sprint, how to organize and run one and provides some dos and don'ts to make a Gemba sprint effective. By Ahmad Fahmy.
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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
Confluent
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
We are pleased to announce the release of ksqlDB 0.7.0. This release features highly available state, security enhancements for queries, a broadened range of language/data expressions, performance improvements, bug fixes, […].
Kaseya
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
IT efficiency is a priority for businesses in competitive markets. One area of IT that can always benefit from increased efficiency and productivity is the helpdesk and support staff. But, how can we drive IT efficiency? According to a study by Zendesk , internal support teams receive an average of 492 tickets per month. And the average number of tickets a support person receives per month ranges from 135 to 157 for midsize businesses (those between 100 and 5,000 employees in this study).
Dzone - DevOps
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
DevOps being the center stage of the software development lifecycle today has gained enough momentum and has a massive community around the world. Industry conferences and events worth attending are the ones that enhance the. usefulness. of the. communities. that have taken shape around any particular technology or trend. Conferences help enthusiasts gain knowledge, network, and share ideas.
CEO Insider
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Nina Vaca is the Chairman and CEO of Pinnacle Group, a Dallas-based workforce solutions provider. Over the past 19 years, Vaca has propelled the company forward, transforming it into the workforce solutions powerhouse it is today. Through her leadership, Pinnacle Group now offers a suite of business lines that address a range of workforce challenges […].
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.
High Scalability
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Wake up! It's HighScalability time: Visualize the huge scale of Deep Time by identifying key reference points along the way. Do you like this sort of Stuff? Without your support on Patreon Stuff won't happen. I also wrote Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10 for everyone needing to understand the cloud (who doesn't?). On Amazon it has 93 mostly 5 star reviews (152 on Goodreads).
Netflix Tech
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Essential Suite?—?Artwork Producer Assistant By: Hamid Shahid & Syed Haq Introduction Netflix continues to invest in content for a global audience with a diverse range of unique tastes and interests. Correspondingly, the member experience must also evolve to connect this global audience to the content that most appeals to each of them. Images that represent titles on Netflix (what we at Netflix call “ artwork” ) have proven to be one of the most effective ways to help our members discover th
Infinidat
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Infinidat Is Purchasing’s Best Friend, and NOT Just for an Amazing ROI! Drew Schlussel. Fri, 02/14/2020 - 6:16pm. Introduction. Organizations that are captive to one or two storage vendors often put Purchasing in the difficult position of trying to negotiate competitive discounts without any leverage. Infinidat understands the problem and is here to help transform IT Operations’ view of Purchasing from being a speed bump in the pathway to their getting the storage they need to a partner that hel
Battery Ventures
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Just like your business can’t run without cash, your product won’t succeed unless it genuinely fits your target market. Product-market fit is particularly essential for enterprise-software companies transitioning from an idea to a minimum viable product (MVP) and beyond. Who determines product-market fit? Customers. Enterprise software customers usually feel overworked and under-resourced.
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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.
Dzone - DevOps
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
I recently had a use case where I wanted to clone another Bitbucket repository during a Pipelines execution. Doing this is very simple, but there is a lot of conflicting information online, so I thought I would document the steps here.
Agile42
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Team size is often talked about when it comes to establishing a high performing team. How many people should be included in a software project? If you are using agile methodology, The Scrum Guide will tell you that your scrum team size should be 3-9 members. But why should this be the case? Think of the teams you may have worked on in the past.
Dell EMC
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Because of the international nature of my work, I’m often traveling for four days out of every week, and I might connect from as many as ten different places a day. Between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m., I use internet connections at airports, coffee bars and hotel lobbies, and the amount of time I spend online in each case can vary between five minutes and two hours.
CircleCI
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Have you ever run an application through your CI/CD pipeline and seen all of the tests pass, only to have the application not function as expected when you deploy it to a live target environment? This situation is very common and plagues many teams - you can’t always anticipate what will happen when your application is pushed live. Smoke tests are designed to reveal these types of failures early by running test cases that cover the critical components and functionality of the application.
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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.
CEO Insider
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
As an avid entrepreneur, business developer, and real estate investor, Mark Holyoake has amassed over twenty-five years of experience within various business endeavors, leveraging a unique perspective on international relations, business scaling, and growth, unifying traditionally segmented sectors, and the ability to keenly recognize fruitful investments.
Zensar
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
SAP S/4HANA or SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA is the fourth version of the SAP Business Suite, which runs exclusively on SAP HANA. Built using SAP’s flagship in-memory database technology, HANA, the tool enables the processing of massive amounts of real-time data in a short period, making it indispensable for most business organizations. Why Migrate to S/4 HANA.
CEO Insider
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Throughout the previous few generations, educated consumers began to develop a clear and concise understanding of the importance of a healthy and well-balanced diet. This newly growing interest in the nutritional quality of consumed foods sparked trends within the food industry, and eventually pushed manufacturers to create healthier products continuously rising in demand.
Marcusoft
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
My current role is awesome - I get do do some agile coaching, quite a lot of teaching, reading up on new tech and from time to time some programming. Yesterday evening someone just blurted out: what if all of us died at once?! All the code and documentation would be hidden in a cloud somewhere and we will not be able to get it. That cloud is GitHub and I’m sure it would be safe and that the risk that we all die at the same time is relatively low.
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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.
Strategy Driven
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
The life of an entrepreneur is many things, but relaxed and leisurely it is not. Rarely do entrepreneurs get to enjoy downtime in the same way that their salaried peers do. The entrepreneurial mind is never at rest and is constantly striving for new challenges and new ways in which to hone its skills while developing new ones. Entrepreneurs exist in a constant state of self-improvement and self-development.
Nutanix
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Modern enterprises live and die by their applications, many of which are housed in datacenters. If a datacenter goes down, the applications go down with it, crippling IT, and by extension, the business. Consequently, business viability today is a function of information technology (IT). The implications are sweeping and clear: to protect IT is to protect the business.
Strategy Driven
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
If you’ve never heard of a mentorship program, look no further. Mentorship programs are often overlooked by business owners because they’re seen as an expense instead of a beneficial investment. You should understand the importance of mentorship because it will help you and your company. Mentors can provide a plethora of benefits to employees and business owners that allow them to make better decisions and improve their workspace.
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