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Does Marissa Mayer’s Choice Limit Yours?

Let's Grow Leaders

I wasn’t going to weigh in on Marissa Mayer’s choice to take a 2 week maternity leave, because quite frankly, I’m conflicted. I know the choices I’ve made (and continue to make) as a working mom leave some of my friends scratching their heads. “Why would she want to travel like that?” “All this time working on that book can’t be good for her kids.” Sometimes they say it, sometimes I just see it in their eyes, or hear it as subtext to their q

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7 Skills for Becoming An Emotionally Intelligent Leader

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “If your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.”.

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What Is The Difference Between Data Governance and Big Data Governance?

CTOvision

The video at this link and embedded below starts with a great question: What is the difference between data governance and big data governance? Well we all know that the theory should be that there should be no difference. But the reality is that Hadoop and Spark and the many new approaches around those platforms require more thought and actions to optimize data governance.

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Five Ways to Equip People to Change

Change Starts Here

As change agents at work, we spend much of our effort on motivating people to change. However, even if someone is motivated to do something differently, they still need to be able to do it. Much of resistance is not a lack of motivation, but being daunted by the task ahead. It’s not that they won’t, but that they can’t. Our job as change agents is not just to convince people to change, but to enable them to do it.

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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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4 Tips for Building a Positive Online Presence

Women on Business

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Kubi: Adding Life to Teleconferencing

CTOvision

Dan Cybulski, CTO of Cognitio, appears on Katie Kennedy's Kubi device. Traditional video conferencing can be frustrating. In this virtual environment, not having the ability to see whom you are conversing with can be a great disadvantage. Speaking directly to each person in the group, like you are physically present, can be the presence needed to lead or be a part of an impactful meeting.

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How to Turn Your Raspberry Pi Into a Development Server

Toptal

The Raspberry Pi is a little computer that you can get for as low as US $35 and on which you can run many different types of software and build many different projects. In this article, I'm going to guide you through the process of setting it up as a home development server and deploying a full-stack JavaScript application that you can access from outside your network.

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3 Tips to Match Your Message to Your Market

Women on Business

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Tune in Tonight! – 9pm Eastern – SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125!

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. It’s that exciting time of the month again when you have the opportunity to interact with us LIVE on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 at 9pm Eastern (8 Central, 7 Mountain, 6 Pacific) Wednesday, 2 Sep 2015.

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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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Fed Tech Roundup September 4

CTOvision

The following are some of the hot topics in the federal technology ecosystem (from FedTechTicker.com and TopTechTicker.com ): Fed Tech Ticker. Mitre to Support Auburn University’s Drone Pilot Training Program. New Guidelines Require Warrants For Federal Surveillance of Cellphones - Yahoo Tech. Feds Will Need Warrant to Use Cellphone Scanning Technology Known as 'Stingrays' - ABC News.

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Why Accessibility Is A CIO’s New Responsibility

The Accidental Successful CIO

CIOs need to start to consider the needs of disabled workers Image Credit: Leo Reynolds. CIOs need to understand that the environment in which their company operates is changing. Two important things are happening at the same time. The first is that a lot of us are becoming older. As we age, things like mobility and vision start to degrade and this means that we are starting to become more and more like disabled users and coworkers.

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4 Ways to be Productive at Work – Always

Women on Business

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Things To Watch Out For While Working Remotely

Toptal

Remote jobs can be good for you, but depending on your character, they can also have some unpleasant side-effects. Burnout affects people in all walks of life and in all industries, so what makes remote workers different? Recognising burnout symptoms early on is of vital importance and I cannot stress this enough. The deeper you sink into it, the longer it will take to recover, it’s as simple as 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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Manage Those Keys

CTOvision

An unavoidable fact of life is that data breaches can and will occur. The jury is still out on when and to what extent we will be able to reverse this situation. However, in the meantime, to avoid appearing on the “wall of shame” of major breaches that expose confidential information, you had better make sure that all the data you use, store and transmit, is encrypted.

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Skills For Future Success in a Disruptive World of Work

QAspire

My dad retired as a Library Science professional soon after which the profession of Library management was transformed by digital forces. With the rise of digital content, we now needed different kind of librarians who could help us walk through this maze of information and find what we need, not just deal with only physical books. The way libraries are structured and run has completely changed (and it continues to evolve).

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Entrepreneurs: Some Quick Tips on Writing for Marketing

Women on Business

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Automation in Selenium: Page Object Model and Page Factory

Toptal

Proper test automation is not always easy to achieve and requires almost as much design and thought as needed for the software itself. In the agile way of development tests are an essential ingredient in ensuring quality of software. However, unless these test codes are maintainable, they can prove to be more of a nuisance, especially when it comes to automated testing of modern web applications.

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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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Integrate (26-30 Sep 2015 in Santa Clara) is the largest conference 100% focused on integrating technologies

CTOvision

Thanks to the organizers of the Integrate + API World 2015 Conference ( Sept. 26-30 , Santa Clara) we are able to give away up to 50 free OPEN passes to this very powerful event. Claim your Integrate OPEN pass here ($300 value). OR Get 30% off your Integrate PRO Pass ( see pass types here ). Integrate + API World 2015 is the nation’s largest integration + API conference featuring participants such as Google, IBM, Facebook, Linkedin, HP, Slack, HipChat, Zendesk, and 200+ more companies.

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Mackert and Garfield Named to Board of Examiners for 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Six Disciplines

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named Casey Mackert, Director of Baldrige Services and Dr. Jan Garfield, Baldrige Client Coach at Six Disciplines Consulting Services in Findlay, Ohio, to the Board of Examiners for the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The Baldrige Award is the nation’s highest honor for organizational innovation and performance excellence. .

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Australia’s Fight for Gender Equality

Women on Business

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Embracing Sass: Why You Should Stop Using Vanilla CSS

Toptal

CSS preprocessors have been around for quite a while now. These tools, among many things, promise convenience in writing style sheets for the web. However, not everyone is taking advantage of these utilities, and is still resorting to writing vanilla CSS. In this article, Toptal engineer Marcelo Mazza discusses some of the reasons why he thinks Sass is the way to go and why you should be using it in your projects.

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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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Fed Tech Roundup September 3

CTOvision

The following are some of the hot topics in the federal technology ecosystem (from FedTechTicker.com and TopTechTicker.com ): Fed Tech Ticker. Improved defense the key for FCW - MyWebTimes.com. Federal grant to aid enrollment under Affordable Care Act; Delcross. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Federal Sony data breach lawsuit settled, lawyer says - Centre Daily Times.

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The ADDIE Instructional Design Model #HRBlog

Rapid BI

You are expecting this piece to say how to use the ADDIE Instructional Design Model, but ADDIE is not a model – it is a conceptual framework. What does this mean for its use and validity? ADDIE Training Design Model ADDIE is often used as a model in the design of training. It is believed […]. The post The ADDIE Instructional Design Model #HRBlog appeared first on.

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Managing Shift Workers and Their Special Needs

Women on Business

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3 Simple Words to Revolutionize the World

Mills Scofield

2.5 weeks til the magic of BIF2015. I am blessed with the gift of my network and can't wait to see my students and clients and friends and friends-to-be. Thank you Nicha Ratana-Apiromyakij & Saul Kaplan for this honor from TIME magazine. "How many people end business meetings with an “I love you” and a hug? Venture capitalist and former AT&T Labs scientist Deb Mills-Scofield does.

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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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Three-Part Vodcast for the Latest Updates and Enhancements of Version 7.1 of Bright Cluster Manager

CTOvision

In this three-part vodcast , Ian Lumb, Product Marketing Manager, discusses Version 7.1 of Bright Cluster Manager for HPC. In part one, Lumb walks the viewers through the most significant improvement in version 7.1. The new improvements add to the completeness and robustness of the product. The improvements help users deploy, use and maintain HPC clusters on the ground or in the cloud. https://www.youtube.com/watch?

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Fun Friday – weekly office cartoon #311 #ff Facebook recruitment

Rapid BI

Some office fun for a Friday afternoon – Facebook recruitment Fun Friday – weekly office cartoon #311 “I need your Facebook password before I can hire you. If you’re not on Facebook, I need you to join and post a bunch of personal stuff you don’t want me to know about!” Facebook Recruitment! Office cartoons […]. The post Fun Friday – weekly office cartoon #311 #ff Facebook recruitment appeared first on.

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The Power of PCAP & Retrospection in Practice.

ProtectWise

One of the core benefits of our Cloud Network DVR is that it creates a full fidelity network memory. This memory provides two powerful capabilities: The ability to validate and reconstruct security events quickly using full PCAP; and, The ability to continuously ‘go back in time' to uncover previously unknown threats using the latest intelligence (what we refer to as retrospection).

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