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An Introduction to Key Data Science Concepts

Dataiku

Here at Dataiku, we frequently stress the importance of collaboration in building a successful data team. In short, successful data science and analytics are just as much about creativity as they are about crunching numbers, and creativity flourishes in a collaborative environment.

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Branching Pattern: Mainline Integration

Martin Fowler

Developers integrate their work by pulling from mainline, merging, and - if healthy - pushing back into mainline. more….

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Must-watch technology courses

Gitprime

Using insights from the Pluralsight Tech Index—which shows the relative popularity of the world’s top technologies—we’ve curated some of Pluralsight’s must-watch courses in one easy-to-navigate place so you can get started on the most in-demand skills.

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CEO Marketing Priorities

N2Growth Blog

COVID-19 has made CEO marketing priorities synonymous with survival. CEOs who have a focused, crisp, creative, and clear message, and who understand how to best communicate that message, will navigate the pandemic better than their less-skilled peers. The following are five tips to help CEOs refine and distribute their message during the coronavirus pandemic.

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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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Branching Pattern: Mainline

Martin Fowler

The second branching pattern in my article is Mainline: a single, shared, branch that acts as the current state of the product. more….

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Root Cause

DevOps.com

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Sustainability: Key to Success

Agile Alliance

This entry was written as part of the Supporting Agile Adoption program, an Agile Alliance initiative dedicated to supporting organizations and their people become more Agile. When the Supporting Agile Adoption workgroup met for a workshop in Stockholm in December, we started out by sharing our top insights from the year. This post reflects my … Continued.

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Patterns for Managing Source Code Branches

Martin Fowler

In my conversations with software developers, a regular topic of controversy is how manage source code branching. Tools like git make it easy to create branches, but managing them to improve coordination and minimize the costs of integration unearths plenty of difficulties. I find it useful to think of the trade-offs around branching as a series of patterns, and have spent the last couple of months writing these patterns into a coherent shape.

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Building a PC, Part IX: Downsizing

Coding Horror

Hard to believe that I've had the same PC case since 2011, and my last serious upgrade was in 2015. I guess that's yet another sign that the PC is over , because PC upgrades have gotten really boring. It took 5 years for me to muster up the initiative to get my system fully upgraded! ?? I've been slogging away at this for quite some time now. My PC build blog entry series spans 13 glorious years: Building a PC, Part VIII: Iterating (2015) Building a PC, Part VII: Rebooting (2011) Building a PC,

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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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Leaders Share Support Resources for Times of Crisis: A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

During this extremely challenging time, it’s so heartwarming to see so many people doing all they can to be helpful. We’ve been so grateful to receive the amazing support resources coming from our Frontline Festival contributors. The array of quality tools and […]. The post Leaders Share Support Resources for Times of Crisis: A Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Handling Conflict at a Distance

Agile Alliance

Things are not what they used to be. Many are now working remotely for the first time in their lives – away from those they are used to being with five days a week. One of the challenges of working remotely is dealing with conflict when we’re apart. During the first weeks of working from … Continued.

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Branching Pattern: Healthy Branch

Martin Fowler

On each commit, perform automated checks, usually building and running tests, to ensure there are no defects on the branch. more….

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Dell Technologies Extends $9B in Financing and 0% Interest Rates to Energize IT Investment

Dell EMC

Today, your business needs a trusted advisor as you reevaluate IT priorities to drive business continuity in “the new normal.” Dell Technologies has rolled out the Payment Flexibility Program, which includes 0% interest rates and up to a 180-day payment deferral**. We’re also making $9B in financing available this year to help fund your critical technology needs.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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How to Be a Better Leader as Your Responsibilities Scale

Let's Grow Leaders

Transitions in scope and scale are tricky. If you continue to approach your work exactly the same as you did at the last level, you will surely fail. On the other hand, if you abandon all your best characteristics and approaches that […]. The post How to Be a Better Leader as Your Responsibilities Scale appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Agile2020 Update

Agile Alliance

In March, the World Health Organization officially declared the novel coronavirus COVID-19 a pandemic. This global health crisis presents vast unique challenges that have impacted many members of the Agile community. We would like to express our concern and support for all of our members, staff, families, and colleagues throughout the world and all others … Continued.

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Creating A Successful Pricing Strategy As An IoT Business

CTOvision

Read Nathan Shinn explain how you can implement a successful pricing strategy for the Internet of Things business on Forbes : The appeal of the internet of things (IoT) remains strong for businesses. And while a great business idea is an essential initial component of your IoT strategy, an equally creative pricing and monetization strategy […].

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Enable Gatsby Incremental Builds on Netlify

Netlify

Gatsby recently released incremental builds , an improvement that reduces the amount of work required to build a Gatsby site. In this post, we’ll learn how to enable Gatsby incremental builds on Netlify. Step 1: Upgrade to Gatsby v2.20.4 or higher. Gatsby introduced incremental builds in version 2.20.4, so make sure to upgrade your Gatsby site to the latest version. # this will upgrade to the latest version of Gatsby npm install gatsby@latest.

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A Tale of Two Case Studies: Using LLMs in Production

Speaker: Tony Karrer, Ryan Barker, Grant Wiles, Zach Asman, & Mark Pace

Join our exclusive webinar with top industry visionaries, where we'll explore the latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence and the incredible potential of LLMs. We'll walk through two compelling case studies that showcase how AI is reimagining industries and revolutionizing the way we interact with technology. Some takeaways include: How to test and evaluate results 📊 Why confidence scoring matters 🔐 How to assess cost and quality 🤖 Cross-platform cost vs. quality tr

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10 Ways to Manage Energy and Avoid Leadership Burnout

Let's Grow Leaders

Feeling tired, burned out, or listless? You might just need a good night’s sleep – or you may need to make some changes to how you manage your energy as a leader. In this episode, you’ll get ten ways to manage […]. The post 10 Ways to Manage Energy and Avoid Leadership Burnout appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Feeling tired, burned out, or listless?

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CodeSOD: Bad Code and Taxes

The Daily WTF

Here in the US, “tax season” is extended into the summer. No one likes dealing with taxes, obviously, but we agree that the social benefits outweigh the costs. I can’t speak to how folks feel in Italy. But Riccardo B was perusing the Italian Revenue Service’s (INPS) website, and was having a bad time of it. This website was recently “modernized”, which Riccardo tells us cost €300M (I wasn’t able to track down much on this, and since I don’t speak Italian, I’ll take Riccardo’s word on it), so “ha

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The Seven Patterns Of AI

CTOvision

Read Kathleen Walch’s article about the seven patterns of AI. From autonomous vehicles, predictive analytics applications, facial recognition, to chatbots, virtual assistants, cognitive automation, and fraud detection, the use cases for AI are many. However, regardless of the application of AI, there is commonality to all these applications. Those who have implemented hundreds or even […].

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Five Attributes of a Great DevOps Platform

DevOps.com

As we move toward 2020, the expectations are high, the software industry is moving faster and the demand for rapid and continually improving digital experiences have raised the standard. To match the needs and demands of the market, firms around the world are embracing the DevOps culture to ensure and streamline the development, packaging, testing, […].

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“Build vs Buy Analytics?” The Question ALL SaaS Leaders Need to Answer in 2024

As a SaaS leader, you know that the more metrics, insights, and analytics you add to your products, the more engagement you’ll have – and the stickier your product will become with customers. At what point do you decide to keep building your analytics in-house or invest in an embedded analytics solution? Read our Build vs. Buy Analytics guide to learn: Top 4 benefits of embedded analytics A quick cost comparison of in-house analytics development vs embedded analytics 10 considerations to help yo

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Confluent Raises $250M and Kicks Off Project Metamorphosis

Confluent

Confluent Raises $250M and Kicks Off Project Metamorphosis It’s an exciting day for Confluent, in the middle of a very unusual and difficult time in the larger world. Nonetheless, I […].

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GitHub Protips: Tips, tricks, hacks, and secrets from Alyson La

Github

This is the fourth in a series of posts featuring protips from GitHubbers for improving productivity, efficiency, and more. When I started working at GitHub, I was hired as the first staff accountant and had never even seen code prior to joining the company in 2012. I remember filling out a tax form that required me to describe what GitHub does and I wrote, “Social Repositories”.

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Artificial intelligence is key to understanding clients & competitors

CTOvision

Read how artificial intelligence can be used to better understand your clients and competition on Business Matters : One of the latest steps within this digital transformation has been the implementation of artificial intelligence within eCommerce. Globally, recent studies have revealed that 37% of companies have implemented some form of artificial intelligence during 2019 – […].

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Accelerating IoT by Switching Gears to 5G

DevOps.com

Unprecedented breakthroughs in technology have often resulted in the emergence of disruptive technologies and outstanding innovations. A major development in one technology always fuels the growth and advancement of several other technology domains and industries that take advantage of it, resulting in a need to transform businesses to address new opportunities.

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IDC Analyst Report: The Open Source Blind Spot Putting Businesses at Risk

In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.

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7 Quick and Easy Ways to Prioritize Your Mental health & Wellbeing

Career Advancement

“It’s up to you today to start making healthy choices. Not choices that are just healthy for your body, but healthy for your mind.” ? Steve Maraboli. The spread of COVID-19 has brought dramatic changes upon workplaces around the world. Every day, I’ve been working with my coaching clients to help illuminate the best course of action. While I’ve been sharing a lot of advice on how to lead people remotely and engage in strategic planning, I can’t emphasize the importance of prioritizing your

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When Time Really Matters: One Physician's Journey to Leveraging Data Science for Better Outcomes

Dataiku

While medicine and treatment options for patients are constantly evolving and improving, the healthcare field as a whole grapples with seamlessly incorporating data science, machine learning, and AI into their workflows. By making AI accessible to a wider audience and equipping medical professionals with the technology and processes that ensure AI efforts are collaborative, transparent, and explainable, there is significant potential to decrease costs and improve patient outcomes.

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Microsoft, Cisco Integrate Their Cloud and IoT Services

CTOvision

Microsoft and Cisco this week announced the “seamless integration” of the two companies’ Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud products, enabling more edge computing scenarios. According to a blog post Tuesday by Tony Shakib, an IoT business acceleration leader for Microsoft Azure, the integration will be beneficial for IT and operations personnel who are trying to set […].

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