InfoQ Culture Methods
AUGUST 12, 2019
Empathy, like software, is a deeply technical topic that can challenge you in the best way while making your life richer and more rewarding. This article explores how an empathy-focused approach to software development can help pay down technical debt, increase automated test coverage, build trust among team members, and contribute to the overall health of a software system.
Gitprime
AUGUST 15, 2019
As engineering managers and leaders, our job of course is to help our teams deliver value to the organization and its customers. That’s our sprint-by-sprint purpose in a nutshell. Yet from a higher level, our role is to ensure that both engineers and teams continue to grow and develop. With an eye on the long-term health of our teams, our engineers, and our companies, that latter responsibility is at least as critical as the products we deliver.
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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User
AUGUST 13, 2019
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.
Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 12, 2019
Limited perspective traps leaders and drives apart teams Recently, I’ve watched an organization of passionate and caring people disintegrate. The limited perspective of leaders and team members has frustrated communication and problem solving. They’ve devolved into camps of us vs them. It […]. The post Don’t Let Limited Perspective Destroy Your Team appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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Next Level Blog
AUGUST 14, 2019
As I’ve written here before , effective leadership communications involves two distinct activities – transmitting and receiving. You can think of it like a two-way radio or a smartphone. They only work when they both transmit and receive. For your leadership communications to be inspirational and influential, you need to do both as well. Too many people in leadership roles overemphasize the transmission and underemphasize the reception.
DevOps.com
AUGUST 13, 2019
When it comes to near-term survival, organizations know they are fighting for their digital existence. Still, despite 80% of organizations moving forward with their digital transformation efforts, very few have experienced the heights of success they hoped. In Digital Transformation: Coming from Behind, we reported consultancy McKinsey & Company found less than one-third of digital […].
OverOps
AUGUST 12, 2019
All the data in the world means nothing if it’s not the right data. But when it comes to delivering reliable software and troubleshooting issues, what is the right data? To answer this question, we recently created a framework that helps organizations pinpoint critical gaps in data and metrics that are holding them back on their reliability journeys.
Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 15, 2019
Nothing beats a great mastermind group to challenge your thinking, spark new ideas, and help you grow. Most of the time, we think of these mastermind groups as people from different organizations with similar levels of ambition and experience who meet to […]. The post How to Hold a Team Mastermind Problem Solving Meeting appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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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.
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 11, 2019
Most high-performing leaders concern themselves with that which other people value most and if they do it well those leaders usually climb the corporate ladder fast. We have produced an order which is designed to reward these natural hierarchies and sometimes leaders become disillusioned in the process, they hit the summit of success, and that’s where teams and organizations can start to suffer.
DevOps.com
AUGUST 16, 2019
IT is in a state of change on a consistent basis, but never more so than now. With the increasing importance of the digital customer experience across all industries, technology is at a new inflection point in how it can fundamentally impact executive priorities. And while nobody can speak for the direction of IT as […]. The post Three Insights from the World’s Leading IT Organizations appeared first on DevOps.com.
TechBeacon
AUGUST 12, 2019
A recent Gartner report claims that 28% of spending in key IT segments will shift to the cloud by 2022. While that growth signals an increased desire for the flexibility of the cloud, the fact is the remainder of the IT budget, representing the bulk of organizations' workloads, still resides in the secure confines of the corporate data center.
CEO Insider
AUGUST 14, 2019
As the home of Silicon Valley and global success stories from Google to Apple, the United States tops the global ranking of the best countries to be an entrepreneur. With a highly-skilled workforce, competitiveness and openness for business, as well as having easy access to capital for entrepreneurs, the U.S. rates highly across the board. […].
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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.
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 11, 2019
Most high-performing leaders concern themselves with that which other people value most and if they do it well those leaders usually climb the corporate ladder fastest. We have created an order, particularly in western societies, which is designed to reward the natural business hierarchies we see across our corporate landscape. Sometimes leaders become disillusioned in the process of climbing the corporate, and when they hit the summit this is where teams and organisations can start to suffer.
DevOps.com
AUGUST 15, 2019
The rise of DevOps has broken down silos and brought database administrators (DBAs) and application developers closer together to deliver software faster and in a more agile manner. This near-constant change driven by DevOps is reflected in the results of the Redgate 2019 State of SQL Server Monitoring Report. It reveals that 73% of organizations […].
TechBeacon
AUGUST 14, 2019
Adding security controls into a DevOps pipeline is a challenge on a good day. Often, the security organization might request to add functionality such as static analysis and security testing (SAST) scanners, open-source software scanners, and other tool sets—possibly with little or no understanding of the delivery process.
Toptal
AUGUST 13, 2019
Integration tests provide a lot of value considering the time and effort required for testing. React integration tests improve code maintainability, yet they don’t slow down development. In this article, Toptal Software Developer Anton Rublev demonstrates how you can harness the power of react-testing-library to create superior code without wasting time.
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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.
Change Starts Here
AUGUST 13, 2019
In this episode, Erika Mookerjie, founder of Change Leadership Advisors, shares her experience developing Change Agent Networks – groups of advocates within organizations who carry the torch of change.
Kaseya
AUGUST 14, 2019
Time is running out for support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008/R2. End of life for these operating systems is January 14, 2020. Has your organization begun preparing for the Windows 7 end of life? If not, it is crucial to start planning now for how your organization will handle the devices running this operating system (OS). In 2017, the infamous WannaCry ransomware attack infected 200,000 computers globally, causing a total of $4 billion in damages.
TechBeacon
AUGUST 16, 2019
Writing high-quality success metrics, key performance indicators, benefit hypotheses, résumés, self-assessment paperwork, and the like can be difficult. To make things easier, I created a technique I call IDEEM, after the five steps involved in the model: increase, decrease, enable, eliminate, and maintain. My technique was inspired by an approach I learned from Mahan Khalsa and Randy Illig's book, Let's Get Real or Let's Not Play.
CTOvision
AUGUST 10, 2019
OODA Loop provides actionable intelligence, analysis, and insight on global security, technology, and business issues. Our free newsletter keeps our readers up to date on a daily basis, and our special reports and advisories provide insights for those that need deeper insights into key markets and topics of executive interest. OODALoop offers additional insights and […].
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
scruminc
AUGUST 16, 2019
2019 Scrummer Reading List. It’s that time of year again - and our annual reading list is back with a twist. For 2019 we’re expanding the suggestions from the Scrum Inc. Team to include podcasts and even some TV shows. We’re hoping to add your suggestions to the list. What book/podcast or TV show do you binge on at the beach (or by the fire for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere)?
Actian
AUGUST 15, 2019
For software companies developing new solutions in the cloud, the overall mission can be a daunting proposition. Cloud is an ever-evolving landscape, where one piece of technology may be popular one day, only to be replaced for something better a little while later. Then, there is a slew of tech jargon along with an endless list of acronyms which one must learn and constantly keep up in order to remain technologically adept and to have a chance, at a minimum, at contributing to a discussion with
TechBeacon
AUGUST 14, 2019
Software may be taking over the world, but web APIs are taking over software. Behind nearly every SaaS product and web application is a web API. These APIs control everything from your banking transactions to which videos you like.
Career Advancement
AUGUST 12, 2019
“Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.” —Vince Lombardi. Renae Asks: I’m trying to use my time wisely, and that means being strategic in the leadership training opportunities I pursue, as well as the ones I set up for the team I manage.
Speaker: Liran Meir Frenkel, Performance Management and RPA Sr Product Marketing Manager at NICE; Harpreet Makan, Practice Director at Everest Group; & Santhosh Kumar, Practice Director at Everest Group
As contact centers navigate the challenges of delivering excellence within budget constraints and adapting to evolving employee expectations, optimizing agent tasks becomes crucial. Discover a holistic approach across three pillars - people, process, and technology - that is essential to excel in this dynamic landscape, and explore how next-gen technologies such as generative AI, performance analytics, and process intelligence play a pivotal role in transforming contact centers into advanced CX
Kaseya
AUGUST 14, 2019
In recent years, a dynamic shift in the skills students require to be career-ready has led to colleges and universities looking for ways to better prepare students for the workforce. Building deeper relationships with companies has become an essential component of career readiness. Over the past several years, Kaseya has been an acknowledged leader in fostering such partnerships, working with local universities and community organizations to prepare students for a challenging, fast-moving, highl
Datica
AUGUST 14, 2019
Digital transformation initiatives continue to push the envelope and deliver immense benefits to stakeholders in the healthcare industry. Healthcare providers are using digital solutions to make better treatment decisions for improved patient outcomes, reduced operational costs, and better patient data management. Increasingly, cloud technology serves as the underlying framework that supports and enables these digital transformation initiatives. ## Increased Global Spending on Cloud.
Teradata
AUGUST 11, 2019
Contrary to popular belief, in today's technology-enabled, digitally-disrupted world, it's the human element that matters the most in business. Read more!
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