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DIY cloud cost management: The strategic case for building your own tools

CIO

The dynamic nature of the cloud — and the need for continually optimize operations — often drives requirements unique to a CIO’s enterprise, meaning that even some popular third-party cloud cost optimization tools may no longer fit an enterprise’s specific requirements.

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Low code/no code tools reap IT benefits—with caveats

CIO

Low-code/no-code visual programming tools promise to radically simplify and speed up application development by allowing business users to create new applications using drag and drop interfaces, reducing the workload on hard-to-find professional developers. So there’s a lot in the plus column, but there are reasons to be cautious, too.

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Darktrace threat finds: Abusing off-the-shelf tools to deploy ransomware

Darktrace

The increased use of off-the-shelf tools is lowering the barrier to entry for cyber-criminals. This blog explores an incident in which a low-skilled threat actor was able to successfully deploy ransomware in a retail organization by connecting to the domain controller.

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What’s the Difference Between Off-the-Shelf vs. Custom E-Learning Software

KitelyTech

When it comes to e-learning software, companies generally have two choices: off-the-shelf e-learning software and custom e-learning software. In this article, learn more about the differences between off-the-shelf and custom e-learning software so you can figure out which one is best for your company.

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How to evolve your DTC startup’s data strategy and identify critical metrics

TechCrunch

If you’re the founder of an e-commerce startup, there’s a pretty good chance you’re using a platform like Shopify, BigCommerce or WooCommerce, and one of the dozens of analytics extensions like RetentionX, Sensai metrics or ProfitWell that provide off-the-shelf reporting. Don’t rely on them after you’ve outgrown them.

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Foxglove raises $15M to build dev infrastructure for robots

TechCrunch

While at Cruise, Macneil says that he saw firsthand the lack of off-the-shelf tooling for robotics and autonomous vehicle development; Cruise had to hire entire teams to build tooling in-house, including apps for visualization, data management, AI and machine learning, simulation and more. Image Credits: Foxglove.

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Giving more tools to software engineers: the reorganization of the factory

Erik Bernhardsson

It's a popular attitude among developers to rant about our tools and how broken things are. Note: I'm going to use the term “tool” throughout this post to refer to all kinds of things: frameworks, libraries, development processes, infrastructure.). I once ran a web shop and spent a week implementing credit card payments.