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Your old router could be a hacking group’s APT pawn

The Parallax

VANCOUVER—If you’ve been looking for another reason to replace your old Wi-Fi router, here it is: A group of hackers could be using it to hide the origins of its online attacks. Inception Framework’s attack methodology has evolved since it was first detected in 2014 in part by Waylon Grange, senior threat researcher at computer security company Symantec.

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Town Hall Meetings: 6 Mistakes to Avoid in Your Leadership Message

Let's Grow Leaders

When done well, corporate town hall meetings are an inspiring way to get everyone on the same page, to communicate your MIT priorities, to hear what’s on the minds of the people closest to your customer, and to say thank you. We’re […]. The post Town Hall Meetings: 6 Mistakes to Avoid in Your Leadership Message appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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The Ethics Of Big Data: Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Are Writing New Case Studies For Us All

CTOvision

The term “Big Data” has been around quite a while (see a short history of Big Data here), but really came into mainstream discussion in 2007 (which also happens to be the first year CTOvision used the word). The phrase had an important role in helping many of us think through new architectures for how […].

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Why Change Management is Still Needed for a “No-Brainer” Project

Change Starts Here

A change manager was struggling to gain support for change management activities because the project was deemed a “no-brainer.” In other words, the project owners felt that the new system was such an improvement over the current way of doing things that no one could possibly have a problem with it. It was assumed that […].

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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.

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Process Efficiency in Scrum – Why it Matters and How to Measure it

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The process efficiency of executing a story on a Scrum team is the most important metric for team performance, because a team can easily double velocity in one sprint by driving process efficiency up over 50%. A team from India asked me what KPIs they should use and I told them just use process efficiency. They drove it to 80% within three days and on the fourth day had completed all work for a two-week sprint.

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How to Overcome Burnout

Women on Business

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The Fundamentals of Website Redesign – A Case Study

Toptal

Polished design wireframes are great but don't reveal the work that goes into research and content organization. See how a thorough approach to early project planning leads to successful website redesign.

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Blockchain Capital: One of the earliest and most active investors in blockchain technologies

CTOvision

Founded in 2013, Blockchain Capital is one of the earliest and most active investors in the blockchain technology industry and the crypto ecosystem. Blockchain Capital has raised and deployed several venture funds, including the first ever ICO of a venture fund (BCAP) in April of 2017. The firm is based in San Francisco and was […].

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How to Increase Employee Engagement

Career Advancement

“It is easier to motivate people to do something difficult than something easy.” ~Sheri L. Dew~. Lydia Asks: I don’t know how to make some of my people feel more invested in their work. I would have thought success alone would be the best motivation, but apparently not. How can I get people to care more about their work? Joel Answers: Increasing employee engagement is vital to retaining your people and succeeding as a company.

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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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Registering A Company In The UK Need Not Be Tricky – Follow These 5 Simple Steps

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Integration and End-to-end Tests Made Easy with Node.js and MongoDB

Toptal

Dealing with a real database for integration and end-to-end testing can pose some challenges. One way of working around them is to use an in-memory database that integrates well with the testing framework and provides APIs to manipulate its state from test code. In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Mikhail Angelov shows how you can write integration and end-to-end tests easily for your Node.js and MongoDB application without having to write complicated setup/teardown code.

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These Cloud Services are CTO Favorites

CTOvision

Editor's note: This post by Larry Cynkin was first published at his Green Bar site. Larry is a highly respected CTO delivering consulting services to startups and writes with the credibility that comes from real experience. -bg In a previous post I looked at how the adoption of not only cloud-based software platforms but ancillary cloud-based services has really taken off, supported […].

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How to Increase Employee Engagement

Career Advancement

“It is easier to motivate people to do something difficult than something easy.” ~Sheri L. Dew~. Lydia Asks: I don’t know how to make some of my people feel more invested in their work. I would have thought success alone would be the best motivation, but apparently not. How can I get people to care more about their work? Joel Answers: Increasing employee engagement is vital to retaining your people and succeeding as a company.

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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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5 Hidden Pitfalls in Hiring Freelancers

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Professional Sports Franchise Valuation

Toptal

Professional sports franchises continue to see record sale prices. But what drives a team like the Dallas Cowboys, who haven't won a Super Bowl in over 20 years, to top the list of the most valuable sports franchises in the United States? In this article, Toptal Finance Expert David Turney provides an overview of professional sports economics, unique valuation considerations, and a team valuation example.

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5 Examples of the Best Workplace Tech Available in 2018

CTOvision

Over the past decade, the concept of work has transformed. From coworking spaces to remote work retreats, productivity in the workplace is no longer dependent on sitting in an office for eight hours a day, seven days a week. One of the biggest outcomes from this shift has been the rapid development of technology that […].

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Designing for Research

A List Apart

If you’ve spent enough time developing for the web, this piece of feedback has landed in your inbox since time immemorial: “This photo looks blurry. Can we replace it with a better version?”. Every time this feedback reaches me, I’m inclined to question it: “What about the photo looks bad to you, and can you tell me why? ”. That’s a somewhat unfair question to counter with.

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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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Understanding the Common Pitfalls in Scrum – Part 1

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Scrum is a highly viable software development methodology, and the teams implementing Scrum seldom experience failure. However, it would be wrong to assume that Scrum is a panacea for all sorts of problems and impediments surfacing during the development process. As a matter of fact, if the team implementing Scrum fails to deliver, Scrum is not to be blamed as a process by itself never goes wrong; instead, the shortcomings and flaws lie in the implementation of that methodology.

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Python Logging: An In-Depth Tutorial

Toptal

As applications become more complex, having good logs can be very useful, not only when debugging but also to provide insight in application issue/performance.

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Scaleworks: A new model of finance they call “Venture Equity”

CTOvision

Scaleworks has a unique model for investing in and scaling companies they call Venture Equity. They seek to acquire B2B SaaS product companies and then invest in the people and scale good companies to be great companies via an array of growth activities. What is Venture Equity? Here is how it is described by Ed […].

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A Look at the IFA’s Driving Toward Equality Report

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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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Are you a leader or a manager?

Lead on Purpose

Business owners and entrepreneurs are often asked this leader vs. manager question regarding their management style. For many, these two words are synonymous; both are important for motivating people to work towards a common goal.

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Never Call Yourself a UI Designer: UI is UX

Toptal

UI and UX are two design terms that often get used in the wrong context. Designers who call themselves “UI designers,” or design for trends rather than users, could be harming their reputation.

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What Bitcoin Can Teach us About Web Security in 2018

CTOvision

Bitcoin’s here to stay - there’s no doubting that at this point. Despite the wild price fluctuations the cryptocurrency underwent in late 2017, and despite the fact that other blockchain-based digital currencies are much less expensive to both buy (and to mine), the primacy of the grandaddy of all cryptocurrencies is intact. Aside from the […].

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25 Top Fintech Startups to watch in 2018 [Infographic]

Enlume

Fintech is rapidly expanding with technology advancements almost in real-time. This made us come up with a new version of our last year’s viral infographic, ‘ Fintech startups to watch in 2017 ‘ Countries like India witnessed a quantum increase in digital transactions over the previous years. Many Fintech start-ups have introduced innovative solutions targeting the unbanked segment with digital wallets and have expanded their platform-level use cases.

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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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The Data Science Iceberg Companies are Ignoring at Their Own Peril – And 3 Ways to Keep Afloat

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Never Call Yourself a UI Designer: UI is UX

Toptal

UI and UX are two design terms that often get used in the wrong context. Designers who call themselves “UI designers,” or design for trends rather than users, could be harming their reputation.

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White House Takes Action Against Chinese Intellectual Property Theft

CTOvision

On March 21, 2018 the New York Times reported that the White House was going to take aggressive action against China for illegal trade practices as well as intellectual property theft. The administration is right to do so. Drive thru middle America and you’ll see closed factories whose products are now manufactured in China. For […].

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