October, 2020

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What is the Role of a Solutions Architect

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Improving Postgres Connection Scalability: Snapshots

The Citus Data

I recently analyzed the limits of connection scalability , to understand the most effective way to improve Postgres’ handling of large numbers of connections, and why that is important. I concluded. that the most pressing issue is snapshot scalability. This post details the improvements I recently contributed to Postgres 14 (to be released Q3 of 2021), significantly reducing the identified snapshot scalability bottleneck.

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PORTL Hologram raises $3M to put a hologram machine in every home

TechCrunch

What does a hologram-obsessed entrepreneur do for a second act after setting up a virtual Ronald Reagan in the Reagan Memorial Library, or beaming Jimmy Kimmel all the way from Hollywood to the Country Music Awards in Nashville? If that entrepreneur is David Nussbaum, the founder of PORTL Hologram , the next logical step is to build a machine that can bring the joy of hologram-based communication to the masses.

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The Shape of Things to Come: What’s the Future of Computer Programming?

The Crazy Programmer

What will computer programming look like in the future? Will, there even be programming jobs, and what will they entail? Is there still a point to going into a computer programming career? These questions are weighing heavily on the minds of both established programmers and newcomers to the field. Computer programming has always been an ever-changing environment.

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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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Agile2021 Planning and Submissions Update

Agile Alliance

At the end of every Agile Conference, we hold a retrospective (of course!). The conference chair, program, and track chairs, marketing, etc., all take part. One of the recurring items from previous years has been that we should “treat the program like an Agile product”. This year of embracing uncertainty over following a plan presents … Continued.

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Centripetal wins historic $2.6-$3.2 Bil vs. Cisco Systems; largest US patent infringement award to date

CTOvision

Editor’s note: I am proud to say I have a history with Centripetal Networks serving on their board and then later as an advisor. It was horrible to learn that […].

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Top 5 Things Every Kafka Developer Should Know

Confluent

Apache Kafka® is an event streaming platform used by more than 30% of the Fortune 500 today. There are numerous features of Kafka that make it the de-facto standard for […].

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Video creation and editing platform InVideo raises $15 million

TechCrunch

InVideo, a Mumbai-based startup that has built a video creation and editing platform, has raised $15 million as it looks to court more users and customers worldwide. The startup offers a freemium web-based editing tool that allows users to create videos that are fit to be published on popular social media platforms (such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube).

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D2iQ Takes the Next Step Forward

d2iq

When I co-founded D2iQ more than seven years ago, only a handful of the world’s leading organizations were beginning to embark on their cloud native journeys. We empowered many of these brands with our DC/OS offerings and support, enabling them to scale deployments in production environments and become truly cloud-driven organizations. Over the past year and a half our focus has been providing our customers with a path that enables Kubernetes adoption that meets the demanding needs of the enterp

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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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SREs: Stop Asking Your Product Managers for SLOs

DevOps.com

One of the fundamental premises of software reliability engineering is that you should base your reliability goals—i.e., your service level objectives (SLOs)—on the level of service that keeps your customers happy. The problem is, defining what makes your customers happy requires communication between software reliability engineers (SREs) and product managers (PMs) (aka business stakeholders), and […].

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One Way to Cultivate a More Resilient and Creative Team

Let's Grow Leaders

A creative team starts with room to think The rocky mountain air was crisp with fall chill–a perfect time for a fire in the wood-burning stove. We placed the logs on top of the kindling, held the flame beneath the wood, and…nothing […]. The post One Way to Cultivate a More Resilient and Creative Team appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Most enterprises struggle with IoT security incidents

CTOvision

According to new data released by Cybersecurity Insiders, 72% of organizations experienced an increase in endpoint and IoT security incidents in the last year, while 56% anticipate their organization will […].

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Scrum Guide Release 2020 – Scrum Guide Celebrates 25

scruminc

The. 2020 Scrum Guide Launch. Celebrating 25 Years of Scrum. Join Dr. Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber for a live event featuring the release of the updated Scrum Guide and celebrating 25 years of Scrum. Save Your Spot. Key Changes. The event will feature insights from Jeff and Ken, plus expert Scrum practitioners discussing the updates in the Scrum Guide.

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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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Why you have to pay attention to the Indian startup scene

TechCrunch

This is The TechCrunch Exchange, a newsletter that goes out on Saturdays, based on the column of the same name. You can sign up for the email here. Back in August during Y Combinator’s two-day demo extravaganza , TechCrunch noted a number of startups from India that stood out from the batch. Names like Bikayi (e-commerce tools), Decentro (consumer banking APIs), Farmako Healthcare (digital health records) and MedPiper Technologies (helping hire health professionals) joined our list of favorite

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Where should you start on your digital transformation journey?

TechBeacon

Since the start of the pandemic, companies have been feeling the pressure to upgrade their technology capabilities. For some, it was a forced pivot, such as moving to an online ordering model or shifting the workforce to remote working capabilities. Many organizations that underwent initial digital transformations when the pandemic began have now identified additional areas to address.

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How to Successfully Integrate Security and DevOps

DevOps.com

As digitalization transforms industries and business models, organizations increasingly are adopting modern software engineering practices such as DevOps and agile to become competitive in the modern marketplace. DevOps enables organizations to release new products and features faster, but this pace and frequency of application releases can conflict with established practices of handling security and compliance. […].

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How to Promote Leaders Who Build a Positive Culture

Let's Grow Leaders

Promote leaders who show their commitment to relationships and results One of the most important leadership decisions you’ll ever make is the choice to promote someone into a leadership role. Who you promote into leadership sends a powerful message of what matters […]. The post How to Promote Leaders Who Build a Positive Culture appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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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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Gain Decision Advantage With Innovative Enterprise Software

CTOvision

For over 10 years CTOvision has consistently provided strategic context on the nature of technology and how to best leverage it for your personal and business objectives. We maintain the […].

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39 Shirts – Leaving Mozilla

David Walsh

In 2001 I had just graduated from a small town high school and headed off to a small town college. I found myself in the quaint computer lab where the substandard computers featured two browsers: Internet Explorer and Mozilla. It was this lab where I fell in love with Mozilla — a browser that gave developers actual tools to solve dev problems.

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

European entrepreneurs who want to launch startups could do worse than Switzerland. In a report analyzing Europe’s general economic health, cost of doing business, business environment and labor force quality, analysts looked for highly educated populations, strong economies, healthy business environments and relatively low costs for conducting business.

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The cybersecurity resource problem: 4 ways to get proactive

TechBeacon

Resources have always been a problem when it comes to cybersecurity. You are not always rewarded for doing security they way you are when you develop a new business application quickly. This usually leads to security teams being understaffed and overworked. At the same time, skilled cybersecurity professionals are in high demand, and there is significant turnover in cybersecurity positions.

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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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Survey Sees Surge in Demand for DevOps Skills

DevOps.com

The Linux Foundation and edX, a provider of an online learning platform, jointly released an annual report today that for the first time finds organizations are looking for more IT personnel with open source DevOps skills (65%) than developers (59%). Clyde Seepersad, senior vice president and general manager for training and certification at The Linux […].

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How Do I Change My Leadership Approach Without Losing Credibility?

Let's Grow Leaders

We were nearing the end of our live-online leadership program with an amazing group of start-up CEOs at Bulb Africa in Nigeria, and it was time for Q&A. Or, as I like to call it, “Asking For a Friend.” When one brave […]. The post How Do I Change My Leadership Approach Without Losing Credibility? appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Why Cognitive Technology May Be A Better Term Than Artificial Intelligence

CTOvision

Read this article by Kathleen Walch in Forbes about why cognitive technology may be a better term than artificial intelligence. One of the challenges for those tracking the artificial intelligence […].

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cookieStore: Async Cookie API

David Walsh

One pattern in the JavaScript API world that web development veterans will notice is that we’ve been creating new methods to accomplish what older, grosser APIs once achieved. XMLHttpRequest became the fetch API, some APIs like Battery became async, and there are dozens of other examples. Another API desperately in need of updating is the cookie API…and we’ve finally go it: cookieStore.

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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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Should your SaaS startup embrace a bottom-up GTM strategy?

TechCrunch

Caryn Marooney. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Caryn Marooney is general partner at Coatue Management and sits on the boards of Zendesk and Elastic. In prior roles she oversaw communications for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus and co-founded The OutCast Agency, which served clients like Salesforce.com and Amazon. More posts by this contributor.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: 5 ways to get your org up to speed

TechBeacon

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is upon us again, but the pandemic makes this October like no other in the 17 years that cybersecurity firms and associations have used the month to prompt businesses to think about their approach to cybersecurity.

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Harness to Apply AI to DevOps

DevOps.com

Harness, at its {Unscripted} 2020 conference today, announced its plans in the fourth quarter to make available as a beta a module that leverages machine learning algorithms to optimize build and test cycles on the Harness Continuous Integration (CI) Enterprise platform. At the same time, Harness is adding a beta of a Continuous Features module […].

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