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Exploring the Journey to Digital Resiliency

IDC

COVID-19 highlights the importance of adaptability and pivoting in the digital economy. Learn more about the journey to digital resiliency with IDC.

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Testing Bandwidth Usage of Popular Video Conferencing Applications

CableLabs

This year we have seen a shift toward working and learning from home and relying more on our broadband connection. Specifically, most of us use video conferencing for work, school and everyday communications. With that in mind, we looked at how much video conferencing a broadband connection can support. In the U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) defines broadband to be a minimum of 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream.

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B2B marketplaces will be the next billion-dollar e-commerce startups

TechCrunch

Merritt Hummer. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Merritt Hummer is a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where she invests in the fintech, e-commerce and proptech sectors. Startups involved in B2B e-commerce such as Faire and Mirakl have burst out of the gates in 2020. Almost overnight, these startups transformed into consequential platforms, earning billion-dollar valuations along the way.

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Radical Innovation

Agile Alliance

Radical Innovation. Tuning leadership approach to the situation and context – what is holding us back? PLEASE LOG IN To view this content must be a Member of the Agile Alliance. To become a Member, please visit our Membership Options. Username Password Remember Me Forgot Password. The post Radical Innovation first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

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.

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Privacy advocates split on California’s Prop. 24

The Parallax

In 2021, technology companies whose businesses are based on the user data they collect might face financial penalties from a new California state agency. Regulatory oversight of consumer privacy is often pushed for and broadly lauded by consumer privacy advocates. Yet some of the most vocal privacy advocates oppose the Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act Initiative (PDF), also known as the California Privacy Rights Act, also known as Proposition 24.

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WeWork employees used an alarmingly insecure printer password

TechCrunch

A shared user account used by WeWork employees to access printer settings and print jobs had an incredibly simple password — so simple that a customer guessed it. Jake Elsley, who works at a WeWork in London, said he found the user account after a WeWork employee at his location mistakenly left the account logged in. WeWork customers like Elsley normally have an assigned seven-digit username and a four-digit passcode used for printing documents at WeWork locations.

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Remembering Tamsen Mitchell

Agile Alliance

The Agile Alliance community was deeply saddened to learn that Tamsen Mitchell passed away on October 28, 2020. A gifted coach and visual facilitator, Tamsen was a cherished friend and mentor to many in the Agile community. Renowned for her wit, vision, and edgy humor, she inspired many Agilists to pick up a marker to … Continued. The post Remembering Tamsen Mitchell first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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The Death of Goldman Sachs

Martin Fowler

A misleading title to draw readers into an occasionally true story. A couple of weeks ago Cindy was woken in the wee hours by sounds of animals fighting in our garden. As she investigated, she saw two coyotes run off, leaving our cat's body behind. A state of nature is a state of violence, and our feline predator was quickly turned into prey. Yet our garden has high fences all around, making it an unlikely spot for coyotes to explore.

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How to Prevent Politics From Destroying Work Relationships

Let's Grow Leaders

According to Glassdoor’s 2020 Politics at Work Research, most U.S. employees believe political discussions are “unacceptable” at work. And yet, one in two employees have done so. In fact, twenty-eight percent report: a co-worker has tried to persuade them to change their […]. The post How to Prevent Politics From Destroying Work Relationships appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Streamlining Database Compliance with CI/CD Integration

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

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3 tips for SaaS founders hoping to join the $1 million ARR club

TechCrunch

David Cancel. Contributor. Share on Twitter. David Cancel, a five-time entrepreneur and author of the book "Conversational Marketing," is CEO and founder of Drift. More posts by this contributor. Video and messaging enable remote work. But is it right for your company? 3 key secrets to building extraordinary teams. Building a SaaS company from the ground up is never easy.

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5 Ways to Live and Study Web Development in Great Britain Next Summer

The Crazy Programmer

In a time of mass unemployment due to Covid-19, web development is the career of the future. Companies across all sectors rely on computers for every aspect of their work, whether remotely or in-person, and the demand for skilled computer experts is higher than ever. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says that, “employment of web developers is projected to grow 13 percent from 2018 to 2028, much faster than the average for all occupations” With the expansion of remote and digital w

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Japan Times Indicates Japan considers using AI for speedy policy decisions

CTOvision

The government is considering introducing an artificial intelligence-based big data analysis system developed by an American firm in order to enable speedier policy decisions, according to government sources. It has started […].

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Findings on Remote Work Study

Agile Alliance

Findings on Remote Work Study. Tuning leadership approach to the situation and context – what is holding us back? PLEASE LOG IN To view this content must be a Member of the Agile Alliance. To become a Member, please visit our Membership Options. Username Password Remember Me Forgot Password. The post Findings on Remote Work Study first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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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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How startups can shake up their first idea and still crush the market

TechCrunch

When Quibi announced it was shutting its doors recently after raising $1.75 billion , it begged an obvious question: If the original idea didn’t work, why not adjust its model or do something completely different while it still had capital? It wouldn’t have been the first company to decide to shift gears. Perhaps because of the unusually large amount of money it burned through in just six months of public operation, pivoting wasn’t an option for Quibi, but it has been for count

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Predictive vs. Prescriptive Analytics: What’s the Difference?

Dataiku

The bulk of an organization’s data science, machine learning, and AI conquests come down to improving decision-making capabilities. Teams may aim to achieve new levels of agility, expedite the time to insights, or refine the process leading up to the business value extraction so that it’s more efficient. When during this process, though, should data executives get either predictive or prescriptive?

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Cisco: Long-Term Cybersecurity Changes Afoot

CTOvision

The COVID-19 pandemic will usher in long-term changes to corporate cybersecurity policies and investments — largely due to the rapid onset of remote work — according to a Cisco report. For […].

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How to Secure Fintech Applications and Protect Customer Data

DevOps.com

All industries are feeling the pain of preventing rising risks to their applications, private information and customers’ data, and it is not surprising that this is especially true in the financial services sector. In fact, fintech companies on average spent more than $18 million in 2019 battling cybercrime, while other markets’ companies spend an average […].

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Top 5 Challenges in Designing a Data Warehouse for Multi-Tenant Analytics

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.

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Why Florida residents may soon be seeing jet-powered ‘flying taxis’

TechCrunch

Florida is renowned for its strange news stories. In recent weeks alone, one resident reported an alligator in her garage that turned out to be a pool floatie ; another discovered a python in her washing machine ; and a horse needed to be pulled out of a septic tank by firefighters. Still, don’t dismiss Orlando residents who report seeing flying taxis overhead, because they may just be coming.

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Automating Kubernetes Security Reporting with Starboard Operator by Aqua

Aqua Security

Back in June 2020, we released Starboard – an open source toolkit that integrates security tools into a Kubernetes environment. We’re now happy to announce a new Starboard Operator that automates the generation of security reports in your K8s cluster. Using Starboard Operator, you can rely on the tools you’re already familiar with, like kubectl, to easily access security information about your running workloads.

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Mission Possible: Fighting Today’s Biggest Security Threats from Every Angle

CTOvision

Join Bob Gourley, Matt Devost, and Emily Crose in a panel moderated by Google’s Dr. Anton Chuvakin which will explore today’s cyber threats and mitigation strategies from the perspective of […].

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Building a Node.js/TypeScript REST API, Part 1: Express.js

Toptal

Learn practical TypeScript patterns with interfaces and extended classes. Avoid messy console.log() statements with Winston and the Node.js debug module. Create an Express.js-powered REST API back end from scratch!

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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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UK report spotlights the huge investment gap facing diverse founders

TechCrunch

New research looking into how U.K. VC has been invested over the past decade according to race, gender and educational background makes for grim reading — with all-ethnic teams and female entrepreneurs receiving just a fraction of available funding versus all-white teams and male founders. The finding of baked-in bias holds true across all funding stages, per the findings.

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How to drive digital transformation with an agile IT service desk

TechBeacon

Practically every organization is either working on digital transformation or has plans to do so, and this trend has accelerated during the pandemic. IT has a big role in any digital transformation, so it is not surprising that a survey by McKinsey shows that having a strong technology organization is widely seen as both a competitive edge and a growth engine.

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RiskIQ PassiveTotal Integrates Directly With Microsoft Security Solutions

CTOvision

RiskIQ, a global leader in attack surface management, announced that RiskIQ PassiveTotal now integrates directly with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Azure Sentinel. The integration brings Defender for Endpoint and […].

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Survey Sees Faster Shift to Open Source Software

DevOps.com

A survey of 638 IT professionals finds the economic downturn brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is, like other slumps, driving increased adoption of open source software. Conducted by Tidelift, a provider of commercial support and maintenance for open source projects, the survey finds 44% of respondents reporting their organizations are now more likely to […].

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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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Crypto wallet app ZenGo to launch debit card

TechCrunch

ZenGo , a mobile app to manage your cryptocurrencies, is about to launch a Visa debit card in the U.S. This isn’t the first crypto-powered debit card — Coinbase announced a U.S. expansion for its debit card just last week. But ZenGo is a non-custodial wallet, which means that you’re in control of your crypto assets. When you leave your crypto assets on an exchange, somebody could log in to your account and send your assets to other wallets.

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Cyber resilience: 4 key trends SecOps team leaders need to know

TechBeacon

A number of developments in the threat landscape have induced security leaders to pay more attention to cyber resilience, and is fueling several trends.

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Imperva’s Mobile Security App

CTOvision

Read Michael Wright take a look at Imperva’s mobile security App on Security Boulevard: How many apps do you currently have on your mobile device? Is this number a total across […].

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