TechBeacon
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Despite its importance in creating a proactive posture toward cyber attacks, threat modeling remains largely misunderstood by many organizations. To clarify matters, a group of 15 security community leaders released the Threat Modeling Manifesto to inform and educate other practitioners as well as to inspire them to adopt threat modeling and improve security and privacy during software development.
DevOps.com
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
As a relatively new practice, chaos engineering has plenty of myths surrounding it, from randomly shutting down production systems to requiring huge investments of time and money. There’s a lot of confusion over the purpose, the value and the practice of chaos engineering. This presents a problem for DevOps teams, especially since more than half […].
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Allison Xu. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Allison Xu is an investor at Bain Capital Ventures, where she focuses on investments in the fintech and property tech sectors. In the wake of COVID-19 this spring, construction sites across the nation emptied out alongside neighboring restaurants, retail stores, offices and other commercial establishments. Debates ensued over whether the construction industry’s seven million employees should be considered “essential,” while regulations continued to shif
Martin Fowler
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
We've come across many clients who are interested in taking the computational notebooks developed by their data scientists, and putting them directly into the codebase of production applications. My colleague David Johnston points out that while data science ideas do need to move out of notebooks and into production, trying to deploy that notebooks as a code artifact breaks a multitude of good software practices.
Advertisement
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
Agile Alliance
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
’Tis (almost) the season.for code freezes and hot fixes! During the winter holidays and shopping season, many companies institute a code freeze — halting all production deployments. Although the efficacy of code freezes is hotly debated, they are a reality for many technologists. This can be confusing. If there are no production deployments, what should … Continued.
CTO Universe brings together the best content for CTOs from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Airbnb filed to go public today , bringing the well-known unicorn one step closer to being a public company. The financial results show a company on the rebound, but smaller than it was. Its more granular financial results also make clear how hard the pandemic was on the travel-reliant unicorn. Regarding Airbnb’s worth, investors will have to balance how they value recovery and recent profits over the company’s disrupted historical growth arc.
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) used to be an emerging trend in the workplace, one that allowed professionals a bit more flexibility and comfort by using their personal computers and […].
Agile Alliance
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
With everything going on in this world right now, I’ve found myself using the phrase “I don’t know” more than ever and I’m guessing that you’re probably feeling the same way. As mentioned in a previous post, planning a great conference when it seems the answer to every question is “I don’t know” is a … Continued. The post Agile2021: 20 years of “Responding to Change Over Following a Plan” first appeared on Agile Alliance.
Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
How do you exit your job with grace? You’re on to the next thing. Perhaps it was your call. Maybe not. Maybe you’re happy. Perhaps you’re not. In fact, perhaps “not happy” is an understatement. But it’s not about you. It’s about […]. The post How to Exit Your Job With Grace and Support Your Successor appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Oliver Kharraz, MD. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Oliver Kharraz, MD is the CEO and founder of Zocdoc , a digital healthcare marketplace for in-person or virtual care. Telehealth has taken off. Spurred by the pandemic, many doctors in the U.S. now offer online appointments, and many patients are familiar with getting live medical advice over the internet.
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
AT&T, the third largest mobile operator in the United States in terms of subscribers, has deployed a next-gen open dis-aggregated IP edge routing platform with support from Broadcom, Cisco, and […].
N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Recently I taught a brand new class on leadership at the Yale Law School. Despite popular misconceptions, young lawyers are hungry to become more self-aware and to sharpen their leadership competencies. One of the best leaders I’ve met is a lawyer named Wim Dejonghe. In this interview, you’ll hear his advice to aspiring lawyers who wish to become better leaders.
Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
? Your new leaders – the ‘green’ ones, are an incredible resource and the literal future of your business. If you are a new leader, the lessons to learn and the natural influence you see from more senior leaders can feel overwhelming. […]. The post Leading While Green – Interview with Pierre Quinn appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Advertisement
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.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
For years, founders and investors in China had little interest in open source software because it did not seem like the most viable business model. Zilliz ‘s latest financing round shows that attitude is changing. The three-year-old Chinese startup, which builds open source software for processing unstructured data, recently closed a Series B round of $43 million.
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
We enjoyed these insights from friend John Trauth of Bricata: The goal was to increase network visibility and eliminate the blind spots that exist in every company. My vision was […].
DevOps.com
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
It takes considerable expertise to not only build, integrate and maintain an AIOps platform In the wake of the economic downturn brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, investments in digital business transformation have accelerated. The applications that drive those processes are not only highly distributed, but they also operate at a level of scale that […].
Confluent
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Building data pipelines isn’t always straightforward. The gap between the shiny “hello world” examples of demos and the gritty reality of messy data and imperfect formats is sometimes all too […].
Advertisement
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.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Deep Vision , a new AI startup that is building an AI inferencing chip for edge computing solutions, is coming out of stealth today. The six-year-old company’s new ARA-1 processors promise to strike the right balance between low latency, energy efficiency and compute power for use in anything from sensors to cameras and full-fledged edge servers.
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Wasabi, the hot cloud storage company, today announced a new partnership with DataCore Software, the authority on software-defined storage (SDS), to provide customers with a fast, practical, and cost-effective solution […].
DevOps.com
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Low-code development is not a new concept, but since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, it has become increasingly popular. Low code helps businesses adapt to ever-changing environments quickly by allowing them to build, customize and deploy apps with little to no coding. It enables organizations to accelerate their innovation, automation and transformation […].
TechBeacon
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
When quality issues arise, many Scrum teams look to testing and technical development practices to address the problems. What they often miss is that poor implementation of Scrum has directly contributed to their quality issues.
Advertisement
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.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Snapchat helped pioneer the use of lenses on faces in photos and videos to turn ordinary picture messages into fantastical creations where humans can look like, say, cats, and even cats can wear festival-chic flower crowns. Now it sounds like the company might be turning its attention… to sound. The company appears to have acquired Voisey , a U.K. startup that features instrumentals that you overlay with your own voice to create short music tracks (and videos), and also lets musicians uplo
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Ping Identity, the intelligent identity solution for the enterprise, today announced the launch of a Consumer Data Right (CDR) Integration Kit enabling Australian banks and fintech company data holders to […].
DevOps.com
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Taking a holistic approach to cloud optimization and application modernization can help keep cloud spend in check There’s a fine line between cloud spend and cloud sprawl. Most companies today are using cloud technologies to power their most important products and services, communications and collaboration, but it’s easy to cross the line from spending smartly […].
TechBeacon
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Companies looking for more efficient software development—and to head off security threats—are increasingly integrating security with a DevOps-style pipeline, but budget issues and a shortage of knowledgeable application security professionals are hindering efforts, a survey of nearly 1,200 IT and software-security leaders found.
Advertisement
“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.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Activity and fitness tracking platform Strava has raised $110 million in new funding, in a Series F round led by TCV and Sequoia, and including participation by Dragoneer group, Madrone Capital Partners, Jackson Square Ventures and Go4it Capital. The funding will be used to propel the development of new features, and expand the company’s reach to cover even more users.
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Read Asa Fitch take a look at how Intel Corporation has ended up outsourcing its chip-making business on Wall Street Journal: The Silicon Valley pioneer long held it had to […].
DevOps.com
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
The FinTech space has grown dramatically this year as more consumers shift their financial transactions online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Financial services companies are learning how to ship better code, faster by adopting DevOps methodologies. DevOps helps companies develop fast, fail fast and learn fast so they can fulfill customer expectations and deliver quality […].
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
132 
Let's personalize your content