Wed.Aug 16, 2023

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Kubernetes Workload Management Using Karpenter

Dzone - DevOps

What if we didn’t have to worry about configuring Node Groups or right-sizing compute resources beforehand in our Kubernetes infrastructure? You read it right, Karpenter does not use Node Groups to manage the workload. Instead, it uses Launch Templates for nodes and manages each instance directly without configuring any orchestration mechanism. Karpenter allows you to take full advantage of the cloud’s flexibility.

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Final parts of the cost bottleneck of scaleups

Martin Fowler

Sofia Tania and Stefania Stefansdottir complete their examination of how to overcome the bottleneck that costs impose on a scaleup. In this final installment, they look at how to review and govern the technology portfolio, optimize rates, and provide a general view of cost efficiency initiatives during the life-cycle of a scaleup.

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An Agile focus on value

Agile Alliance

If you implement Scrum ceremonies, you are technically doing Scrum, but are you embracing an Agile philosophy? Is your team engaged in productive work valued by the stakeholders? What do we mean by productive? We will define productivity in terms of value. Value has a broader definition than just commercial value. It also makes the … Continued The post An Agile focus on value first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Strategic directions: minimizing risk and being data driven

Martin Fowler

Time for two more strategic directions from Sarah Taraporewalla. These look at the questions that need to be investigated when reducing cost, minimizing operation risk, and enabling data-driven decision making.

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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, CTO of Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI prototypes into

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How Svevia connects roads, risk, and refuse through the cloud

CIO

Nearly 15 years ago, the then Vägverket Produktion was incorporated so road maintenance on Sweden’s national road network could be put on the competitive open market. Today, state-owned Svevia is the country’s largest company in the operation and maintenance of roads and bridges, and manages over 50% of the road network yet, just like in the construction industry, it’s been relatively late to digitization.

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4 reasons this year’s Google Cloud Next ’23 is a must-attend event

Lacework

Google Cloud Next ’23 is a global conference that brings together developers, decision makers, and other professionals to discuss the latest innovations and advancements in cloud technologies. This year, the conference is being held in person in San Francisco at the Moscone Center from August 29 to 31.

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App Modernization in the Digital Age: The Role of AI and ML in Application Modernization

OTS Solutions

In today’s fast-paced digital age, one way to achieve transformation in existing services is through app modernization, which involves updating or transforming existing apps to meet current industry standards and user demands. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have been at the forefront of app modernization, helping businesses to streamline workflows, enhance user experience, and improve app security measures.

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PowerHell: Active Flaws in PowerShell Gallery Expose Users to Attacks

Aqua Security

Recent findings by Aqua Nautilus have exposed significant flaws that are still active in the PowerShell Gallery's policy regarding package names and owners. These flaws make typosquatting attacks inevitable in this registry, while also making it extremely difficult for users to identify the true owner of a package. Consequently, these flaws pave the way for potential supply chain attacks on the registry's vast user base.

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How Observability and Explainability Benefit the SDLC

DevOps.com

Software systems require continual modification to meet changing requirements, address errors, improve performance and enhance reliability. Yet, maintaining and modifying complex and distributed software systems as they change and grow can present challenges. When systems are designed with observability and explainability in mind, adapting, expanding and troubleshooting software becomes easier and more effective.

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12 Reasons Snowflake Costs Get Out of Control — And How to Solve It

With no barriers to entry you can get started with Snowflake for next to nothing, but as you may already know, costs can quickly spiral out of control. While usage costs can be better managed for your internal BI use case, Snowflake costs skyrocket for SaaS providers because the need to deliver real-time, interactive analytics in a multi-tenant environment is always on.

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What Is Provisioning? A Simple Guide For 2023

CloudZero

Your IT infrastructure, resources, and components play a crucial role in your system performance, security, and overall health. Provisioning is often one of the very first steps toward setting up the right environment for your workload requirements - both locally and in the cloud.

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Top 5 Key Considerations for Selecting Your Perfect Technology Platform

Perficient

In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, staying ahead of the curve is crucial, but so is selecting the right platform. If you find yourself overwhelmed by the multitude of options and the complexities involved in the selection process, you’re not alone. To help you make an informed decision and find the ultimate technology platform for your organization, here are the top five factors you need to consider: Prioritize Your Requirements: To ensure seamless alignment with your orga

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What is a Stealth Startup?

Existek

How to launch a successful startup when the market gets so competitive? What effective strategies could be leveraged? What is your well-matched type of startup? In this article, we’d like to focus on a stealth startup, how it differs from a regular one, and why some businesses prefer it. List of the Content What is a stealth startup? What does a stealth startup mean for businesses?

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CIOs Deal With The Problem Of Older Workers

The Accidental Successful CIO

Older workers struggle with new technology. CIOs have to help them out. Image Credit: Scott Lewis If you think about it, CIOs are responsible for everyone who works for the company. They need to make sure that the right technology gets placed into the right hands. However, their responsibilities go even further than that. They are also responsible for making sure that every worker is able to use the technology that they provide them with.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Low-Hanging Fruit, 2023 Edition: Part Two

DevOps.com

Last time, we discussed setting up a comparative inventory system for your growing API footprint. The idea is that as security catches up to new technology deployments, enterprises will have to step up their game and implement those new technologies.

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Top Generative AI Use Cases in the Healthcare Industry

Daffodil Software

In the healthcare domain, there are two significant challenges that come into view: the concern of high costs and the ongoing effort to enhance patient experiences. Despite the abundance of data gathered from various sources like health records, insurance claims, medical trials, and interconnected devices, finding practical insights to improve patient outcomes and operational efficiency remains a hurdle.

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Keep Your Team on Track Amid Cost-Cutting, Layoffs, and Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

It’s natural for workers to feel distracted and lose their drive when times are tough. In this article, the author shares insights from three experts on management and motivation. Their recommendations include keeping team meetings short and quick and devoting more attention to one-on-one check-ins; seeking out ways to provide team members with more autonomy, growth experiences, and opportunities to do meaningful work; and offering space and time to talk openly about your employees’ concerns.

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Exploring Seamless Integration: Jakarta Data and Jakarta Persistence in Jakarta EE 11 With Open Liberty

Dzone - DevOps

In the ever-evolving landscape of enterprise Java , the seamless interaction between various specifications plays a pivotal role in shaping the architecture of modern applications. One such integration that garnered significant attention is between Jakarta Data and Jakarta Persistence, the latest evolution of the former Java Persistence API (JPA). The integration of Jakarta Data and Jakarta Persistence brings forth a unified approach to handling data, making application development more efficien

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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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System Initiative Open Sources Digital Twin Tool for DevOps

DevOps.com

System Initiative is making the digital twin tool it developed to manage DevOps workflows available under an open source Apache 2.0 license.

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Deploy MuleSoft App to CloudHub2 Using GitHub Actions CI/CD Pipeline

Dzone - DevOps

In this post, I will provide a step-by-step guide on deploying a MuleSoft application to CloudHub2 using GitHub Actions. Prerequisites GitHub account and basic knowledge of git. Anypoint Platform account. Anypoint Studio and basic knowledge of MuleSoft. Before we start, let's learn about GitHub Actions. GitHub Actions is a versatile and powerful automation platform provided by GitHub.

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OpenELA Commits to Building RHEL-Compatible Operating Systems

DevOps.com

CIQ, Oracle and SUSE are forming a trade group committed to developing Linux distributions compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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How To Install Istio Using Helm Chart

Dzone - DevOps

Istio service mesh helps DevOps engineers and architects manage the network and security of distributed applications without touching the application code. In a previous blog, we explained How to get started with Istio in Kubernetes in 5 steps , where Istio’s command line tool, Istioctl, is used to install Istio. Here, let us see the steps to install Istio using Helm chats.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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Building a Culture Where Employees Feel Free to Speak Up

Harvard Business Review

When employees at every level speak up, they circulate local knowledge, expand the universe of useful ideas, and prevent collective tunnel vision. And not infrequently, minority views turn into novel solutions. But you can’t speak a speak-up culture into existence — doing so in the absence of true psychological safety is an abdication of leadership and an admission of failure.

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Top 10 Microservices Frameworks

Dzone - DevOps

Microservices are a type of service-oriented architecture that is used to develop multifunctional and complex applications. Instead of creating a complete software unit, developers can add small services to create software. Is it confusing to know what framework to use for creating applications with microservices? Find out what the latest frameworks have to offer.

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How Reading Successful Grant Proposals Can Help Your Nonprofit

TechSoup

Grant writing and proposal-development skills can be learned and developed over years of practice and enhancement. In this two-part blog series, I will share some ways to improve your proposal-writing skills for free.

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Securely Managing, Distributing, and Scaling Secrets Across Multiple Kubernetes Clusters

Dzone - DevOps

A secret is any piece of information that you want to keep confidential, such as API keys, passwords, certificates, and SSH keys. Secret Manager systems store your secrets in a secure, encrypted format, and provide you with a simple, secure way to access them.

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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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New Accreditations for Cloudera Partners

Cloudera

Remember when we announced our redesigned partner program Cloudera Partner Network (CPN) last year? Our goal was to create a more competency-based approach and more comprehensive tools and support to help partners guide their customers adopting modern data strategies based on the Cloudera hybrid data platform. In addition, CPN helps our partners go to market faster, and provides industry-leading incentives and promotions aligned with partner business and sales models.

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FeatureFlag 101

Dzone - DevOps

In the dynamic landscape of modern software applications, catering to millions of users is a norm, and multiple teams work on various components concurrently. With the Agile development approach, new features are continuously onboarded to enhance application capabilities. However, releasing these features to all users simultaneously can lead to potential issues, such as exposing buggy features, performance regressions, and user dissatisfaction.

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Supporting the Shift to Renewable Energy with Virtualized Architecture

Dell EMC

Dell Validated Design for Energy Edge gives grid operators security and control in dynamic, diverse renewable energy environments.

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