O'Reilly Media - Ideas

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Alon Kaufman on the interplay between machine learning, encryption, and security. In this episode of the Data Show , I spoke with Alon Kaufman , CEO and co-founder of Duality Technologies , a startup building tools that will allow companies to apply analytics and machine learning to encrypted data. In a recent talk , I described the importance of data, various methods for estimating the value of data, and emerging tools for incentivizing data sharing across organi

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Coding Horror

OCTOBER 22, 2018

I sometimes get asked by regular people in the actual real world what it is that I do for a living, and here's my 15 second answer: We built a sort of Wikipedia website for programmers to post questions and answers. It's called Stack Overflow. As of last month, it's been 10 years since Joel Spolsky and I started Stack Overflow. I currently do other stuff now , and I have since 2012, but if I will be known for anything when I'm dead, clearly it is going to be good old Stack Overflow.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 25, 2018

A tech stack is how you create web and mobile applications. It’s a combination of different programming languages, frameworks, and tools to form the frontend and backend, also known as the client and server side. You can think of a tech stay like a series of layers built on top of each other. This helps […].

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OverOps

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Today, there is little dispute that software is indeed eating the world. Every part of our life includes software, from the way we watch movies, to the way we rideshare, reserve hotels, communicate, shop, etc. Marc Andreessen’s article, “Why Software Is Eating the World”, tells the story and uncovers why all companies are now software companies. Shifting to a software-driven mentality has caused a lot of challenges as net new competition and pace of innovation creates pressure and stress on lead

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Criticism: Gift or Garbage? “David, I hear what you’re saying about getting the feedback you need to make good decisions. I get it – I really do. But my problem isn’t getting enough feedback – I get too much. Everybody has an […]. The post How Leaders Can Get the Most from Criticism appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Agile Alliance

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Premier Agile Alliance technical event to be held April 29 – May 1 in Nashville, Tennessee PORTLAND, Ore., October 23, 2018 — Agile Alliance announced today that registration is now open for the deliver:Agile 2019 technical conference.

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The Crazy Programmer

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Cisco Corporation offers a scope of products and conveys coordinated solutions to create interface networks around the world. The organization’s exchanging items offer different types of availability to end clients, workstations, Internet Protocol (IP) telephones, wireless access points, and Servers and furthermore work aggregators on Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Change is Inevitable, Strategic Change is a Choice It’s a hard truth that confounds many leaders: continued success requires continued change. But change isn’t easy. For most people (and therefore most of your team) it’s more comfortable to do what you did […]. The post 6 Smart Steps to Help Your Team Navigate Change appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Xebia

OCTOBER 23, 2018

A couple of weeks ago we decided to continue building all FarmBot parts. After constructing these in large segments, we would assemble them together on top of the supportive construction, which was still missing. To get more speed, I asked Sjuck – our house carpenter – to create a temporary solution made of wood. Since […]. The post FarmBot (Part 2): ‘Temporary’ raised bed appeared first on Xebia Blog.

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Change Starts Here

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. Socrates I occasionally see the quote above posted on social media feeds. I shake my head each time, because I don’t agree with it. But, it’s Socrates! How can I argue with him? Well, […].

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 25, 2018

I have seen some real rage mobs on Twitter. Some of them get really horrid and full of hate. But I just saw one that was polite. Maybe this is the way people should exchange ideas on Twitter. The interaction I’m talking about was discussed in a Cyberscoop post by Sean Lyngaas titled “Ex-NSA employees […].

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OTS Solutions

OCTOBER 25, 2018

How chatbots are redefining customer experiences. In the traditional customer service setup, there were customer service personnel taking calls and responding to customer queries on emails. Unfortunately, they would suffer from burnout. They were forced to repeat the same instructions, cool down angry customers, and had to work for long hours. Fortunately, chatbot application development has revolutionized things.

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Xebia

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Ever since Siri became a standard feature on iOS, voice commands and conversational interfaces have gone through a renaissance of sorts, finally passing a threshold from gimmicky tech demos or science fiction to actual usability. They started out rough at first, being little more than voice command runners, but soon after they became fully conversational […].

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OverOps

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Take our 5 minutes survey about DevOps, tools and error resolution practices and you might win an Amazon Gift Card worth $300! There has long been a divide between development and operations. But recently, there has been a movement to break down these metaphorical walls and build bridges of shared accountability between the two. Over the past few years, we have seen the emergence of DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), introducing a more collaborative approach to delivering reliable so

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Career Advancement

OCTOBER 22, 2018

“The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn’t even thought of – and then meet it.”. ~Eli Broad~. Nora received a job offer for the position of her dreams. She was ecstatic. She wasn’t even focused on the salary. Fortunately, she shared the news with one of her mentors, who had also been her very first boss.

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Symantec

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Twitter bots and botnets sparked much discussion in the run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election. With the midterm elections rapidly approaching, we ask: What is a Twitter bot? How can you detect what’s real and what's not?

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Xebia

OCTOBER 22, 2018

We design, model, and create software to solve a problem for our customer (this can also be a customer from within the same company). Only when we do so, we focus naturally on solving the happy path and want to deliver that value as soon as possible. The only problem here is that we will […]. The post EventStorming and how to monitor Domain Events for product management appeared first on Xebia Blog.

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Dell EMC

OCTOBER 22, 2018

For the third straight year, Dell EMC has been recognized by Gartner as a leader in the 2018 Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage. We feel the report evaluates Distributed File and Object Storage vendors that help enterprises manage the rapid growth in unstructured data. Per Gartner, by 2022, more than 80% of enterprise data will be stored in scale-out storage systems in enterprise and cloud data centers, up from 40% in 2018.

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Toptal

OCTOBER 24, 2018

If you're searching for the holy grail of bug-free code in JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Swift, and/or Scala, look no further! This monad tutorial by Toptal Freelance Functional Programmer Alexey Karasev takes you from category theory to the practical implementations of the Option/Maybe, Either, and Future monads, plus a sample program—in all five languages.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Read Mike Russell explain how the Internet of Things is transforming the manufacturing industry on Dynamic Business : In a highly competitive global marketplace, businesses are searching for and adopting revolutionary technology and processes to stay relevant. Today, many enterprises believe that The Internet of Things (IOT) is the key driver of digital initiatives, placing it […].

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Xebia

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Big projects take forever, never get done, and lose relevancy for before anyone uses them. Building things nobody uses is a waste of time, and money, but we spend fortunes doing it, over and over again. There is a better way. This article describes the five reasons why big IT projects don’t get done, and […]. The post The 5 reasons why big IT projects don’t get done appeared first on Xebia Blog.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 24, 2018

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Toptal

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Solidity is the programming language of choice for Ethereum and the de facto industry standard for smart contract development. In the second article of our three-part series, Toptal Blockchain Developer John R. Kosinski takes a closer look at Solidity quirks and features, explaining how to make the most of it.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Read JB Lee explain how should businesses effectively harness the disruptive potential of blockchain technology on e27: The blockchain revolution is going full steam ahead, and as we move away from the bitcoin-as-blockchain conversation, the more we uncover the scope of what this technology can really do for businesses, governments, and everyday people.

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A List Apart

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Imagine, if you will, that you’re behind the wheel of a gorgeous 1957 Chevy Bel Air convertible, making your way across the desert on a wide open highway. The sun is setting, so you’ve got the top down, naturally. The breeze caresses your cheek like a warm hand as your nose catches a faint whiff of … What was that? The car lurches and chokes before losing all power.

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Speaker: Shreya Rajpal, Co-Founder and CEO at Guardrails AI & Travis Addair, Co-Founder and CTO at Predibase

Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT offer unprecedented potential for complex enterprise applications. However, productionizing LLMs comes with a unique set of challenges such as model brittleness, total cost of ownership, data governance and privacy, and the need for consistent, accurate outputs. Putting the right LLMOps process in place today will pay dividends tomorrow, enabling you to leverage the part of AI that constitutes your IP – your data – to build a defensible AI strategy fo

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Flexagon

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Oracle’s E-Business Suite (EBS) is a powerful ERP/CRM/SCM application that provides options for configurations and customizations to meet a company’s needs. But it can quickly become a challenge to make ongoing changes, apply patches, and execute upgrades – let alone adopt new methodologies like agile and continuous delivery with a legacy system.

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Toptal

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Billions are lost by businesses due to poor UX. This article outlines key UX statistics and insights that stress the importance of “knowing your user” (with infographic).

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Nearly half of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) experience a day of downtime resulting from a breach or cyber-security incident – and are much more likely to pay out following a ransomware attack. This is according to a new report from Cisco that questioned 1,816 SMBs in 26 countries. It found that breaches of customer data […].

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