CTO Academy
APRIL 18, 2023
A Fractional CTO is a chief technology officer who provides on-demand services to a company or organization. In other words, it is a freelance contract that implies working for a fraction of the time and cost and just on the part of the project as opposed to full- or part-time CTO positions. The post What is a Fractional CTO and How Do You Become One?
Dataiku
APRIL 19, 2023
One of the most fundamental concepts to master when getting up to speed with machine learning basics is supervised vs. unsupervised machine learning. This blog post provides a brief rundown, visuals, and a few examples of supervised and unsupervised machine learning to take your ML knowledge to the next level.
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Dell EMC
APRIL 18, 2023
Understanding why organizations repatriate from the public cloud can inform workload placement in your own multicloud strategy.
CIO
APRIL 19, 2023
It has been three years since COVID sent us into remote work, and we now find ourselves with a new challenge: employees who have never met in person. The hybrid work paradigm has exposed the importance of getting in front of evolving changes in the way employees will work together in the future, accelerating IT leaders’ need not only to address the impact of hybrid work and sharpen their tech strategies to support it , but also to help shape the future workplace culture, in large part through e
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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.
TechCrunch
APRIL 18, 2023
Global fintech funding totaled $15 billion in the first quarter of this year, growing 55% from the fourth quarter, according to CB Insights’ latest State of Fintech report. While this generally may seem like a win, it’s important to note a few things. First, 2020 and 2021 were unique years where investment in fintech broke records. By comparison, fintech funding amounted to $75.2 billion in all of 2022 , down 46% compared with a staggering $131.5 billion raised in 2021.
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The Crazy Programmer
APRIL 18, 2023
Barbara was born on November 7, 1939, in Los Angeles, California. She has done great work in the field of programming languages. In 2008, she received the prestigious Turing Award in computer science. She is the second woman to receive the Turing Award. The Liskov Substitution Principle, developed by her, states the basic nature of data abstraction and is used in type theory and object-oriented programming.
CIO
APRIL 18, 2023
What is a fractional CIO? Fractional CIOs operate in a sphere that’s significantly different from their traditional, full-time counterparts. A fractional CIO is a technology leader hired on a temporary or part-time basis, explains Peter Kirkwood, corporate strategy leader at management consulting and strategy advisory firm Zinnov. A fractional CIO is typically an experienced IT leader who is external to the enterprise yet acts as an accountable leader and extension of the executive team, says Da
TechCrunch
APRIL 21, 2023
The growing compute power necessary to train sophisticated AI models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT might eventually run up against a wall with mainstream chip technologies. In a 2019 analysis, OpenAI found that from 1959 to 2012, the amount of power used to train AI models doubled every two years, and that the power usage began rising seven times faster after 2012.
Agile Alliance
APRIL 19, 2023
Energize your career and make a lasting impact by volunteering with your favorite association. Discover 9 solid reasons why volunteering benefits you, your employer, and the community. The post Volunteer with your favorite association and everyone wins! first appeared on Agile Alliance.
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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
DevOps.com
APRIL 18, 2023
In today’s fast-paced digital world, organizations are constantly looking for ways to accelerate their software development processes and ensure the seamless integration of their development and operations teams. DevOps has emerged as a popular methodology to achieve this goal, but even with its adoption, many companies still face challenges in their transformation journey.
CIO
APRIL 19, 2023
Thanks to cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G technologies, every link in the retail supply chain is becoming more tightly integrated. These technologies are also allowing retailers to capture and gather insights from more and more data – with a big assist from artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies – to become more efficient and achieve evolving sustainability goals.
TechCrunch
APRIL 19, 2023
While Generative AI is buzzy right now, what OpenAI, Microsoft and Google are doing may be only part of the story. There is also the process of using biology: the idea of using stem cells to create biocomputers that could potentially be smarter and more energy efficient than what we are used to today. Australian startup Cortical Labs popped up on the radar after Amazon CTO Werner Vogels flew down to Australia to visit their lab recently, and he even wrote about it, calling it “ intriguing ”.
Aqua Security
APRIL 21, 2023
We have recently discovered the first-ever evidence that attackers are exploiting Kubernetes (K8s) Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in the wild to create backdoors. The attackers also deployed DaemonSets to take over and hijack resources of the K8s clusters they attack. Our research suggests that this campaign is actively targeting at least 60 clusters in the wild.
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.
DevOps.com
APRIL 17, 2023
The world of technology is evolving at a rapid pace, and the past few years have introduced a new shift in digital transformation and software development. The traditional business model is no longer viable, and to remain relevant in the extremely competitive business landscape, organizations need DevOps. As more and more companies explore what it […] The post 11 Steps to a Successful DevOps Career appeared first on DevOps.com.
CIO
APRIL 17, 2023
As consumers embrace ecommerce, digital banking, and online payment applications, the risk of fraud and other financial crimes has increased dramatically. Every new portal and mobile app expand the attack surface and give hackers new opportunities to exploit vulnerabilities. The stakes for financial organizations are growing as well. In 2021, U.S. fraud losses amounted to $5.9 billion, a 436% increase over 2017 levels, according to McKinsey.
TechCrunch
APRIL 17, 2023
A UK credit card rewards startup aimed at millennials and Gen Z consumers has stumbled upon a combined business model that has now secured it £12.5 million ($15.4m) in an equity round from investors. Yonder is a credit card closest in operation to AMEX or Chase Sapphire in the US, however, it combines that credit card shopping model with a points-based rewards scheme to use at London venues such as cinemas, wine merchants, and eateries.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 21, 2023
If your managers of managers are struggling to hold their teams accountable, dig a level deeper into the root cause This Asking for a Friend question came in from a manager of managers in one of our executive development programs. I’ve got a manager of managers on my team, let’s call her “Sue.” Sue’s an incredible leader.
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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.
DevOps.com
APRIL 18, 2023
Over time, as organizations, networks and technologies have changed, the way enterprises think about managing networks has shifted as well. Enterprises are continuing to evolve their networking strategies, specifically with regard to how they expand their efforts to adopt infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices. Looking ahead, the industry will continue to see the proliferation of solutions that […] The post The Rise of NetDevOps and CI/CD Pipeline Solutions appeared first on DevOps.com.
CIO
APRIL 20, 2023
Over 90 wildfires ravaged Spain’s Asturias principality in March this year. Though not as cold and wet as northern Europe, March is still the tail end of winter in northwest Spain, a region not typically considered a tinder box. But the climate emergency is steadily changing that. But Spain’s predicament isn’t unique. Across the world, climate change has bitten hard into the economies of tech-centric California, again due to wildfires.
TechCrunch
APRIL 19, 2023
Stability AI , the startup behind the generative AI art tool Stable Diffusion , today open-sourced a suite of text-generating AI models intended to go head to head with systems like OpenAI’s GPT-4. Called StableLM and available in “alpha” on GitHub and Hugging Spaces , a platform for hosting AI models and code, Stability AI says that the models can generate both code and text and “demonstrate how small and efficient models can deliver high performance with appropriate tra
InfoQ Culture Methods
APRIL 21, 2023
Topics like “you build it, you run it” and “shifting testing/security/data governance left” are popular. Moving things to earlier stages of software development, empowering engineers. Yet, what is the cost? What does it mean for the developers who are involved? What are the solutions that can help you keep DevOps and Shifting Left? What can we do to break a grip of the dark side?
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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.
DevOps.com
APRIL 21, 2023
It was a rainy day in Seattle at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America in December 2018 when I first encountered the term ‘OpenTelemetry.’ At that time, I was an active member of a working group focused on developing W3C Trace Context, a standard now extensively employed for context propagation in distributed systems. It is likely […] The post The Best (and Worst) Reasons to Adopt OpenTelemetry appeared first on DevOps.com.
CIO
APRIL 21, 2023
The speed at which enterprises adopt emerging technology is widely acknowledged as a key driver of success. As a result, organizations often rush to adopt new technology believing it will make them operationally more efficient and enhance their competitiveness. Proponents of early technology adoption further argue that it enables companies to build informal relationships with leading technology providers, develop deeper understanding of the latest technologies, and lure better talent.
TechCrunch
APRIL 17, 2023
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Happy Monday Crunch! Haje is wrapping up this newsletter before heading to TechCrunch Early Stage 2023 in Boston on April 20. It’s not too late to get your ticket! Meanwhile, on the Equity podcast today, the pod crew wonders, What’s an Angry Bird worth?
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 17, 2023
As tensions mount between China and the U.S., India’s role in global innovation — and who it partners with — becomes increasingly important.
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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.
DevOps.com
APRIL 17, 2023
Lineaje, a provider of a platform for securing software supply chains, today published an analysis of 41,989 open source components embedded in the top 44 popular projects managed by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). That analysis found more than a quarter (26%) of vulnerabilities are not patchable by the application development team that deployed them. […] The post Report: Most IT Teams Can’t Fix Open Source Software Security appeared first on DevOps.com.
CIO
APRIL 20, 2023
Making the shift from project- to product-based IT requires more than just an operational map of capabilities and the cross-functional teams that will own them. It takes an organization-wide shift in mindset that gets people thinking and working in ways that align with the client’s definition of value. Salumeh “Sal” Companieh, chief digital and information officer of Cushman & Wakefield, has done exactly that since she signed on in March 2022 to lead the global real estate services company’s
TechCrunch
APRIL 17, 2023
Heads-up, early-stage startup experts. Your chance to apply to lead a session at TechCrunch Disrupt on September 19–21 in San Francisco ends on Friday April 21 at 11:59pm PT. That’s this Friday! Apply to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 You’ve worked hard to hone your skills, and Disrupt is the perfect place to share and show what you know. It’s your opportunity to help startup founders, builders and entrepreneurs up their game and drive their business forward — and pump up your street cred as a
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