Tue.Sep 19, 2023

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How is GenAI different from other code generators?

Martin Fowler

How is code generation with GenAI different from more "traditional" code generators? The newest memo in Birgitta Böckeler's explorations of GenAI talks about abstraction levels in software engineering, and on which levels GenAI sits in the translation of our thoughts into zeros and ones.

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Oracle’s Fusion Cloud CX, ERP, and SCM get generative AI features

CIO

Just months after partnering with large language model-provider Cohere and unveiling its strategic plan for infusing generative AI features into its products, Oracle is making good on its promise at its annual CloudWorld conference this week in Las Vegas. Nearly all of Oracle’s Fusion Cloud suites — including Cloud Customer Experience (CX), Human Capital Management (HCM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) — are being updated with the company’s Oracle Cloud Infr

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How to Have a Successful Meeting with Your Boss’s Boss

Harvard Business Review

Taking the time and effort to invest in upward relationships, such as those with skip-level managers, requires strategy, humility, and diligence. After all, leadership is not only about managing those below you, but also navigating the complexities above. In this article, the author offers practical tips for holding a successful skip-level meeting.

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12 most popular AI use cases in the enterprise today

CIO

Organizations all around the globe are implementing AI in a variety of ways to streamline processes, optimize costs, prevent human error, assist customers, manage IT systems, and alleviate repetitive tasks, among other uses. And with the rise of generative AI, artificial intelligence use cases in the enterprise will only expand. To gain a better understanding of how companies are putting AI to practical use, consultancy Deloitte surveyed 2,620 global business leaders, across 13 countries, as par

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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It’s Time for a New Model for Operations Management

Harvard Business Review

Covid-19 was the death knell for traditional hierarchical command-and-control operations management. In its place a new model has emerged that’s far better equipped to deal with today’s disruptive, volatile, and unpredictable environment. In this model, decision-making responsibility is broadly dispersed to where it makes the most sense, resulting in faster, more accurate decisions in response to changing conditions.

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How Companies Can Recommit to Their DEI Goals

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with Darden’s Laura Morgan Roberts on why giving workers agency matters to your organization.

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The future of ERP: With composable ERP, interoperability and integration are not optional

CIO

Analysis There are many facets to interoperability and integration, and any of them can derail your success with composable ERP. Interoperability embodies the ability of solution components to exchange and use data. Not only must the ability to integrate (pass data back and forth) exist, but data must be usable by the various components — and not onerously so!

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Video Quick Take: What Finance Leaders at Midsize Firms Need to Succeed - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SAP

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor Content from SAP.

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NVIDIA and VMware make AI accessible to enterprises with full-stack accelerated computing

CIO

Enterprises are increasingly realizing the impact and value AI has on their overall digital transformation strategies. For NVIDIA, AI is at the core of digital transformation and business growth. With new technology, collaboration, and accelerated computing, AI is poised to enable businesses to make better decisions faster than ever. “NVIDIA is all-in on AI, whether it’s generative or traditional.

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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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Buildkite Acquires Packagecloud to Streamline DevOps Workflows

DevOps.com

Buildkite acquired Packagecloud to tightly integrate package management tools with its CI/CD platform.

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Ship Of Fools

Successful Software

I recently had a 3 week holiday in Florida with my family. My 17 year old son is interested in rocketry and my wife is interested in wildlife. We got to see plenty of both and had a great time. There is a lot to like about America and Americans. But the sheer waste of resources on show everywhere was pretty shocking. In Europe we absolutely aren’t doing enough to protect the environment and avert the impending climate catastrophe (I flew to Florida and drove a car there, so I am no environ

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What DevOps Teams Should Know About Phishing and the Supply Chain

DevOps.com

DevOps engineers are prime targets for phishing as cybercriminals look to infiltrate and disrupt the software supply chain.

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The Crucial Role of ID Verification in the Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

At its core, ID verification tools prove your information – name, address, age, phone number – is valid and linked to you. Many different technologies can be used to achieve that one goal. The author, the CEO of Mastercard, explores how the technology works, where it’s used, and the potential pitfalls of digital IDs.

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

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

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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New detection capabilities bring deeper insight and broader context for enhanced threat identification

Lacework

How did the cloud attacker escape? They ransomware. Cloud threat detection is often overlooked when considering the full spectrum of capabilities in cloud infrastructure and security tools. IT and security teams see a problem like an over-provisioned user, or access to a web server from an unauthorized IP address, and immediately want to address it; how the attacker got there and when the risk first surfaced can feel far less important in the day-to-day of business operations.

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Top 10 Reasons Why Dell Telecom Infrastructure Blocks Rock

Dell EMC

Dell Telecom Infrastructure Blocks featuring Wind River Studio let you deploy your telco cloud with ease.

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Why giving talks at Postgres conferences matters? Highlights from a podcast

The Citus Data

With so many Postgres conferences coming up soon, it seemed fitting to share some highlights from a past episode of the Path To Citus Con about why to give talks at Postgres conferences. This episode was recorded back in May 2023 and shares an hourlong conversation between some wonderful Postgres engineers— Álvaro Herrera and Boriss Mejías —along with my co-host Pino de Candia and me.

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Structural Evolutions in Data

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

I am wired to constantly ask “what’s next?” Sometimes, the answer is: “more of the same.” That came to mind when a friend raised a point about emerging technology’s fractal nature. Across one story arc, they said, we often see several structural evolutions —smaller-scale versions of that wider phenomenon. Cloud computing?

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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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Modus Create Welcomes Mike Dobbs as Vice President of Sales

Modus Create

We’re excited to announce a new team member who will continue to grow the exceptional service Modus Create provides our clients. Mike Dobbs has joined the growth team as Vice President of Sales. In his new role, Mike will lead Modus’ sales efforts and work closely with the executive team to accelerate the company’s growth. Mike’s extensive expertise in sales leadership and digital transformation will further bolster our client service organization.

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Just Released and Ready for Download — Software Firewalls for Dummies

Palo Alto Networks

If you want to protect applications and workloads throughout today’s complex and interrelated environments, you need software firewalls. But, what exactly are they, and which kinds do you need for particular settings and use cases? You can better understand the extensive need and numerous use cases for virtual firewalls, container firewalls and managed cloud firewalls with our essential guide, “ Software Firewalls for Dummies.

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Machine Learning in Plain English: AI Algorithms Are Your Friend

Dataiku

We often talk about machine learning in the context of predictive analysis and AI. Machine learning is, more or less, a way for computers to learn things without being specifically programmed. But how does that actually happen?

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The Emergence of Cloud-Native Integration Patterns in Modern Enterprises

Dzone - DevOps

In a constantly evolving enterprise landscape, integration remains the linchpin for seamless interactions between applications, data, and business processes. As Robert C. Martin aptly said, "A good architecture allows for major decisions to be deferred," emphasizing the need for Agile and adaptable integration strategies. The advent of cloud technologies has fundamentally reimagined how businesses approach integration.

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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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Think Your Company Doesn’t Need a Chief Data Officer? Here Are 7 Reasons Why It Does

Cloudera

Perhaps your C-suite is already a bit crowded. The typical hierarchy will include a CEO, COO, CFO, CTO, CMO, CIO, and a few more. Adding another position may not be terribly appealing, but there is one C-suite role every company should consider—chief data and analytics officer (CDO or CDAO). The CDO is the point person for your data strategy: the leader who oversees how data is collected, managed, and put to use to improve the organization; the person who ensures that wherever there are opportun

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Freedom to Code on Low-Code Platforms

Dzone - DevOps

All low-code platforms offer some or full code access, visibility, extensibility, and proprietariness. These vary significantly from vendor to vendor. Professional developers can realize their full potential on low-code platforms only with complete freedom to access and modify the code. Low-code development platforms have gained significant popularity recently, allowing users to create applications with minimal coding knowledge or experience.

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SSA Express - Guaranteed All-Flash Experience on the InfiniBox®

Infinidat

SSA Express - Guaranteed All-Flash Experience on the InfiniBox® Adriana Andronescu Tue, 09/19/2023 - 07:09 InfiniBox® is an award-winning hybrid storage array that leverages our powerful, patented Neural Cache technology, combining the performance of DRAM and Flash with the capacity of hard disk. After 8+ years in Infinidat, I am still in awe of how our customer-used systems continue to achieve a greater than 95% cache hit rate(!

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Ready, Set, 4.0: Tooling Up for DOCSIS Technology’s Rollout

CableLabs

DOCSIS® 4.0 deployment is almost here. Are you ready? Fortunately, CableLabs is getting more prepared every day. A DOCSIS 4.0 Tools and Readiness working group has been hard at work, focused solely on this new technology and aiding operators in deploying it. The working group, part of SCTE’s Network Operations Subcommittee , has been preparing for deployment for several months and will continue that work as the industry learns more about how to build, deploy and operate services on DOCSIS 4.0 ne

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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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More Capacity, More Consolidation, Better Watts/TB = More Savings!

Infinidat

More Capacity, More Consolidation, Better Watts/TB = More Savings! Adriana Andronescu Tue, 09/19/2023 - 07:12 The InfiniBox® SSA II family of all-flash-arrays (AFA) just added another member, the F4316T, doubling the capacity of this powerful, low-latency platform! That position used to belong to the F4308T with 3.280PB effective. The new 4316T boasts 6.635PB effective, all within the same floor space and without any additional power requirements.

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Top 5 Benefits of TechSoup Web Services

TechSoup

If you are neglecting your online presence, you're leaving donor dollars on the table. As specialists in nonprofit website solutions, the TechSoup Web Services team is uniquely positioned to assist your organization in all aspects of web management. We offer website development , ongoing support options , and hosting services tailored to fit your organization's technological needs and goals for your online presence.

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Upgrading PHP 8.0: Upgrade Paths and Considerations

Zend

Need to upgrade off PHP 8.0? Get an overview of upgrade paths and considerations, including considerations for upgrading from PHP 8.0 to 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3.

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