Tue.May 21, 2024

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Test-Driving HTML Templates

Martin Fowler

When building a server-side rendered web application, it's valuable to test the HTML that's generated through templates. While these can be tested through end-to-end tests running in the browser, such tests are slow and more work to maintain than unit tests. My colleague Matteo Vaccari has written an article on how to use TDD to test drive these templates using xunit-style tools which can be run easily from the command line or as part of build scripts.

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Reducing CIO-CISO tension requires recognizing the signs

CIO

CIOs and CISOs operate in high-stress environments that can at times place additional strain on their relationship, further distracting them from achieving beneficial outcomes. In my own career, I’ve been a CIO and a CISO, so I have firsthand experience with this issue from both perspectives. Defusing the situation so that the relationship is workable, healthy, and respectful for both parties can be challenging, especially for CISOs, who often reportto the CIO.

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Using markup for fallbacks when fetching data

Martin Fowler

Juntao Qiu's next data fetching pattern looks at how to specify fallback behavior using markup. This allows developers to pull such declarations out of the JavaScript components and into the markup they use while laying out the rest of the page. Juntao's React example shows how this works with the Suspense element, with a similar approach in vue.js.

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IT leaders look beyond LLMs for gen AI needs

CIO

With the generative AI gold rush in full swing, some IT leaders are finding generative AI’s first-wave darlings — large language models (LLMs) — may not be up to snuff for their more promising use cases. LLMs, with their advanced ability to comprehend and generate text, have become a near stand-in for generative AI in the collective mindshare. Along with code-generating copilots and text-to-image generators, which leverage a combination of LLMs and diffusion processing, LLMs are at the core of m

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Implementing SQL Merge functionality into Entity Framework Core

Xebia

In the previous article Extending Entity Framework Core , we touched upon the subject of extending Entity Framework Core (EF core) to automatically generate custom statements. We wrapped up the previous article with a basic solution that you can build upon to create your own custom code to be generated. In this article, we will be implementing a SQL merge statement in EF core.

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Modernizing on AWS: Strategies, Benefits, and Partnerships with Xebia

Xebia

Cloud modernization has become a prominent topic for organizations, and AWS plays a crucial role in helping them modernize their IT infrastructure, applications, and services. Many companies across various industries prioritize modernization in the cloud for several reasons, such as greater agility, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency, enabling them to innovate faster and stay competitive in today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape.

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Porsche Carrera Cup Brasil gets real-time data boost

CIO

In the annual Porsche Carrera Cup Brasil, data is essential to keep drivers safe and sustain optimal performance of race cars. Until recently, getting at and analyzing that essential data was a laborious affair that could take hours, and only once the race was over. Today, with the help of Microsoft Fabric, Enzo Morrone, director of operations for Porsche Cup Brasil (pictured), says he and his team of engineers can access that data in real-time during races, transforming everything.

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You Need New Skills to Make a Career Pivot. Here’s How to Find the Time to Build Them.

Harvard Business Review

With any significant change in your career comes the need for new skills. But that’s even more true when you want a radical career change. In these situations, it’s going to take more than listening to a few webinars to build the knowledge you need get to where you want to go. You must set aside a significant amount of time for self-directed learning, formal training, or even a second job to gain the skills for the big leap.

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La Comunidad de Madrid busca, a través de una alianza con Microsoft, impulsar la IA en los servicios públicos

CIO

La C omunidad de Madrid busca, a través del protocolo de colaboración firmado con Microsoft, impulsar la modernización de los servicios públicos, mejorar la personalización de la atención al ciudadano y optimizar los procesos administrativos gracias a la aplicación de la inteligencia artificial (IA). El acuerdo, rubricado por Miguel López-Valverde, consejero de Digitalización del Ejecutivo regional, y Alberto Granados, presidente de Microsoft España, contempla el trabajo conjunto en la definició

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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A Great Sales Pitch Hinges on the Right Story

Harvard Business Review

When you’re working in sales, you need to master the art of persuasion and that involves being able to tell a compelling story that explains why your product or service will meet someone’s needs. It involves listening, making an emotional connection, and thinking from the customer’s point of view. The earlier you can learn how to communicate in this way, the faster you will likely grow in your role.

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IBM showcases Gen AI-driven Concert to monitor and manage enterprise applications

CIO

IBM has showcased its new generative AI -driven Concert offering that is designed to help enterprises monitor and manage their applications. Showcased at the ongoing annual Think conference, IBM Concert will be generally available in June and is underpinned by the watsonx platform. It will serve as the “nerve center” of an enterprise’s IT operation, the company said, adding that the offering will generate insights across an enterprise’s folio of applications to help reduce risk and compliance pr

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How 20 Minutes empowers journalists and boosts audience engagement with generative AI on Amazon Bedrock

AWS Machine Learning - AI

This post is co-written with Aurélien Capdecomme and Bertrand d’Aure from 20 Minutes. With 19 million monthly readers, 20 Minutes is a major player in the French media landscape. The media organization delivers useful, relevant, and accessible information to an audience that consists primarily of young and active urban readers. Every month, nearly 8.3 million 25–49-year-olds choose 20 Minutes to stay informed.

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VMware Cloud on AWS – here today, here tomorrow

CIO

Customers around the world have seamlessly migrated their enterprise applications to VMware Cloud on AWS to combine the scale and agility benefits of public cloud with the security, resiliency, and performance benefits of private cloud. VMware first launched this offering with AWS almost seven years ago and it continues to serve customers’ needs today.

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2024 Salary Guide

Procom’s 2024 Salary Guide provides critical insights into the latest hiring trends, in-demand IT roles, and competitive pay rates across Canada and the U.S. It highlights key market dynamics such as the growing demand for remote work, skills-based hiring, and flexible staffing solutions. With detailed pay rate data for top IT positions like Cybersecurity Consultants, Cloud Engineers, and Salesforce Developers, this guide is an essential resource for companies looking to stay competitive in toda

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Prowling the Wilds — Upgrade Your SOC and Hunt Down Threats

Palo Alto Networks

It would be nice to imagine our SOC analysts as the apex predators of the IT jungle, stalking the network perimeter and tracking the scent of trespassing attackers. But, for most SOCs and their analysts, that’s far from the reality of their operations. Most are overwhelmed by data points and ill-equipped to correlate and analyze them. Analysts, who wish they could proactively hunt down threats and remediate vulnerabilities, are too busy churning through alerts and documenting false positives.

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Memcyco Report Reveals Only 6% Of Brands Can Protect Their Customers From Digital Impersonation Fraud

CIO

Memcyco Inc., provider of digital trust technology designed to protect companies and their customers from digital impersonation fraud, released its inaugural 2024 State of Website Impersonation Scams report. Notably, Memcyco’s research indicates that the majority of companies do not have adequate solutions to counter digital impersonation fraud, and that most only learn about attacks from their customers.

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HHS Launches $50 Million ARPA-H Program to Improve Hospital Cybersecurity

Ooda Loop

In the wake of the Ascension and Change/United Healthcare ransomware attacks, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) recently “announced the launch of the Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous DEfense (UPGRADE) program, a cybersecurity effort that will invest more […]

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A Glance at the Intelligent Network Plans from Huawei Analyst Summit 2024

CIO

In today’s digital economy, networks are the backbone of digital productivity. They are crucial in enabling the intelligent transformation of industries by facilitating high-quality digital services. These networks cover all the scenarios of enterprise services, including the access network, the transport network in the wide area, and the data center network.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Spreading The Risk: How To Strategically Diversify For Sustainable Company Growth

Crunchbase News

In the risky realm of entrepreneurship, putting all your eggs in one basket can lead to precarious situations, both in your short-term commercial success and your long-term growth trajectory and exit potential. As companies expand, they often face increased risks due to over-dependence on limited customers, geographic markets, supply chains and more.

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John Snow Labs Achieves New State-of-the-Art Medical LLM Accuracy Benchmarks Outperforming GPT-4, Med-PaLM2, and Hundreds of Others

John Snow Labs

The Company’s Commitment to Delivering Novel, Responsible, Production-Ready Models is Reflected by Three New Milestones in Accuracy of Medical LLMs John Snow Labs , the AI for healthcare company, announced it has achieved new state-of-the-art (SOTA) medical LLM accuracy on the benchmarks used in the Open Medical LLM leaderboard, surpassing hundreds of other high performing models.

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Megadeals Explode Early In The Year As US Startups Gobble Up More $100M+ Rounds

Crunchbase News

Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2024 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. Although venture funding seems to be stagnating , more and more startups seem to be having an easier time securing really big funding rounds — that seemed to dry up last year — from investors.

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OpenSSF Siren: Security for One, Security for All

DevOps.com

The OpenSSF Siren is a fresh, new take on ye old security mailing list.

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success. That’s why we developed this white paper to give you insights into four key open-source technologies – Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, Apache Spark™, and OpenSearch® – and how to leverage them for lasting success. Discover everything you’ll want to know about scalable, data-layer technologies: Learn when to choose these technologies and when to avoid them Explore h

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IBM previews watsonx Code Assistant for Enterprise Java Applications

InfoWorld

IBM has previewed its upcoming watsonx Code Assistant for Enterprise Java Applications at its annual Think conference. The generative AI -based code assistant is aimed at accelerating Java application lifecycle with capabilities such as code generation, code explanation, and test generation, underpinned by IBM’s open source Granite family of large language models (LLMs).

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Introducing Confluent Cloud OpenSearch Sink Connector

Confluent

Confluent’s OpenSearch Sink Connector lets you easily send events to AWS OpenSearch and others—enabling fraud detection, log analytics, social media monitoring & GenAI w/RAG.

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C# 13 enhances params, introduces extension types

InfoWorld

C# 13, a planned update to Microsoft’s popular general purpose language for.NET development, is set to enhance params parameters to give developers more flexibility, and to introduce extension types, a new kind of type that provides extension members for an underlying type. Microsoft detailed the plans for C# 13 on May 21. Beginning with C# 13, the params parameter type can be any of the types used with collection expressions such as Span<T> , List<T> , and IEnumerable<T>

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Scale AI Raises $1B In Accel-Led Round; Hits $13.8B Valuation

Crunchbase News

Scale AI raised $1 billion in a round led by Accel that values the data labeling and evaluation startup at a stunning $13.8 billion. The valuation is nearly double the $7.3 billion the San Francisco-based startup hit after a $325 million raise in April 2021. The new financing included some of the biggest names in tech, with Nvidia , Meta and Amazon all investing.

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IT Leadership Agrees AI is Here, but Now What?

IT leaders are experiencing rapid evolution in AI amid sustained investment uncertainty. As AI evolves, enhanced cybersecurity and hiring challenges grow. This whitepaper offers real strategies to manage risks and position your organization for success.

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Microsoft Copilot Studio to build AI agents

InfoWorld

Microsoft revealed at its Build 2024 developer conference today that it was working to enable new agent building capabilities in Microsoft Copilot Studio, the company’s low-code tool for creating copilots. “Developers provide their copilot with a defined task, equip it with the necessary knowledge and actions, post which the Copilot Studio orchestrates dynamic workflows and acts behind the scenes to integrate them to automate the task,” Charles Lamanna, Microsoft corporate vice president of busi

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May Security Update

Ivanti

At Ivanti, our top priority is upholding our commitment to deliver and maintain secure products for our customers. We invest significant resources to ensure that all our solutions continue to meet our own high standards and industry best practices. In April, we announced important security enhancements that will better enable us to anticipate, prevent, and protect against future threats.

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Microsoft Azure AI gains new LLMs, governance features

InfoWorld

Microsoft today at its annual Build conference introduced several updates to Azure AI , the company’s cloud-based platform for building and running AI applications. Azure AI competes with similar offerings from rival cloud providers such as AWS, Google, and IBM. The updates include the addition of new governance features, new large language models (LLMs) , and Azure AI Search enhancements.

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