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How do you explain the unreasonable effectiveness of cloud security?

High Scalability

With the enormous attack surface of cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP, why aren't there more security problems? Data breaches and cyber attacks occur daily. How do you explain the unreasonable effectiveness of cloud security? Google has an ebook on their security approach; Microsoft has some web pages. Both are the equivalent of that person who is disgustingly healthy and you ask them how they do it and they say "I don't know.

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What Is Kubernetes? A Guide to Containerization and Deployment

Toptal

As we start transitioning to microservice-based architectures, a question arises: What should I choose to make my service stable as well as easy to manage and deploy? The short answer is: Use Docker!

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There is no longer any such thing as Computer Security

Coding Horror

Remember "cybersecurity"? Mysterious hooded computer guys doing mysterious hooded computer guy. things! Who knows what kind of naughty digital mischief they might be up to? Unfortunately, we now live in a world where this kind of digital mischief is literally rewriting the world's history. For proof of that, you need look no further than this single email that was sent March 19th, 2016.

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8 innovative business models to navigate the digital era

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

If you look at the Apple’s revenue break-up, you will come across a comparatively small segment called “other services”. This small segment of other services, including itunes, App store, Apple pay, etc., generated $8.5 billion for Apple in 2017 and over $110 billion since 2008. What appeared to be yet another mp3 player in the market had a solid business model behind it in the form of itunes.

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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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Triaging modern medicine’s cybersecurity issues

The Parallax

Hackers often talk about practicing good “cybersecurity hygiene” : making sure that basic standards, such as using unique passwords for each log-in, are met. And they say it’s high time for the entire health care ecosystem, from clinicians to hospital systems to insurers, to scrub in and get to work on better protecting medical data and devices. Cybercriminals today are intent on holding hospital databases hostage with ransomware, or stealing patient data for resale on the Dark Web.

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Agile2018 Diversity and Inclusion Experiences

Agile Alliance

At the AgileTonight event on Tuesday, August 7, 2018, four Agile Alliance members shared stories about the direct effect of Diversity and Inclusion on their lives with a room full of other members. It was a first and I am very appreciative to be a part of that experience. It was a beginning of a … Continued.

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5 ways to fix software entropy for startups

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

“A ‘startup’ is a company that is confused about – 1. What its product is, 2. Who its customers are 3. How to make money.” – Dave McClure, Founder 500 Startups . During its journey, a tech startup has three levers of success: cost, speed, and quality. Unfortunately, you can choose only two at a time. So, if you pick speed and cost, you might have to sacrifice quality.

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To prevent EHR breaches, stop using them (Q&A)

The Parallax

The idea behind electronic health records seems sound: Bring a patient’s paper chart into the Digital Age. But the reality, says Twila Brase, a public-health nurse who is also the president and co-founder of the patient advocacy group Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom, is that EHRs are a disaster for patients and doctors alike—and in more ways than we might suspect.

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Practical Ideas for Fostering True Collaboration: A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

This months topic, collaboration, is particularly poignant for me, as the Frontline Festival has now been an active collaborative adventure including thought leaders around the world for five-and-a-half years. In March of 2013, while still working at Verizon and having been blogging […]. The post Practical Ideas for Fostering True Collaboration: A Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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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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Splunk.conf 2018: The Top 7 Sessions You Can’t Miss

OverOps

Splunk conference is just around the corner, and we’ve got your back with the top news and sessions you won’t want to miss out on. Splunk Conference 2018 is opening its gates in the most magical place on earth: Disney World. While Mickey and Minnie are attractions on their own, Splunk is offering some worthy contenders that’ll catch your attention, and teach you a thing or two about your application, workflow, logs and much more.

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Flow of Value and Forecasting: An Interview with Daniel Vacanti

Agile Alliance

This is an interview with Daniel Vacanti, Co-founder and CEO at ActionableAgile. Daniel, along with Pradeep Singh, who presented the experience report, Ultimate Kanban: Scaling Agile Without Frameworks at Ultimate Software. We discuss flow and how paying attention to the amount the work you have in progress can lead to dramatic improvements in what you are able to deliver.

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Ransomware attacks against hospitals: A timeline

The Parallax

Ransomware attacks are serious business for hackers?and often completely avoidable. Hospitals and health care systems, now in the business of collecting patient data as a side effect of treating physical maladies, struggle to keep that information secure. While there’s no ransomware-specific cost estimate to the health care business, Verizon’s annual Data Breach Report for 2018 estimates that ransomware is included in 85 percent of the successful malware attacks against hospitals.

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Django Project Tour

The Crazy Programmer

In this tutorial, we’re going to take a look on each file that exists in our django project folder. Let’s say, we’ve created a project named as my_website on our desktop. Now open that folder you can see another folder (directory) with the same name inside our project folder. Along with this directory, we’ve other two files db.sqllite3 and manage.py.

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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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A guide to modern mobile app development strategy

OTS Solutions

A guide to modern mobile app development strategy. Digital communication and marketing have been changing a lot over the past decade. One of the areas that a lot of focus has been laid on is mobile application development. This is informed by the fact that close to 90 percent of the population, which translates to 6 billion people, have access to mobile phones.

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Artificial Intelligence Sells, But Machine Learning Delivers

CTOvision

There is an old adage in the world of computing. If you want money for your project say it is Artificial Intelligence. But if you want talent to deliver on your capabilities remember to hire Machine Learning experts. Seems Artificial Intelligence sells. But Machine Learning Delivers. Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning are all […].

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No Estimates

Agile Alliance

Estimates in software are ubiquitous. Some love estimates, some hate estimates. Woody asks questions. This is an invitation to find the right questions.

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A Guide to Effective Web Design for E-Commerce

The Crazy Programmer

As anyone who has ever bought anything on Amazon will know, there’s money to be had in ecommerce. In 2017 alone, global ecommerce sales amounted to over 2.3 trillion dollars , and that number is expected to more than double by 2021. It’s a giant pie, and one that everyone can have a piece of if they’re savvy enough and possess a certain know-how, and a certain eye.

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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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Tips for a Productive Design Critique

Toptal

Design critiques are a key part of the product design process that encourage collaboration and improve ideas. This guide will help designers conduct productive, efficient critiques for actionable feedback.

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The AI Industry Series: Top Healthcare AI Trends To Watch

CTOvision

CB Insights sets the standard when it comes to analysis of the tech industry. We love their views on all things tech. Here is some recent insightful AI work: The importance of artificial intelligence in healthcare is a subject of research but that is not stopping companies and individuals from investing in healthcare AI startups. […].

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15 Useful Team Management Software for Maximizing Team Productivity

Apiumhub

Boosting your team’s productivity is very essential for producing wholesome results and high-quality work. It goes beyond just allocating time, creating to-do lists or assigning tasks. Simple tools and team management software can come in handy when it comes to boosting the productivity of a team. Today, there are several hundreds of apps and tools in the market, but not all of them are meant for you.

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What is prioritization in SCRUM?

SCRUMstudy

The Scrum framework is driven by the goal of delivering maximum business value in a minimum time span. One of the most effective tools for delivering the greatest value in the shortest amount of time is prioritization. Prioritization can be defined as “Determination of the order and separation of what must be done now, from what needs to be done later”.

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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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Unearthing ClojureScript for Front-end Development

Toptal

ClojureScript and its multiparadigm approach (with an emphasis on functional programming) may sound esoteric to some front-end developers. But it's amazing to work with, and getting started with it is far simpler than one might imagine. In this tutorial, Toptal Freelance Clojure Developer Luke Tomlin shows off some key features, getting straight into a React demo using Reagent and the Hiccup syntax.

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9 essential cybersecurity tips to protect your small business

CTOvision

Read Jareth’s tips on how small and medium businesses can protect themselves from hackers on Security Boulevard : As a small enterprise owner, it’s easy to fall into the trap of assuming that cybercriminals won’t target you. After all, why would anyone waste their time going after your business when there are much juicier fish […].

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4 Books to Help You Grow Professionally

Women on Business

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Three Concurrent Paths to Influence Change at Work

Change Starts Here

All the different things we do to influence change at work can seem convoluted. But when you break it down, there are only three paths for driving change from the current state to the future state. The following ways to influence must happen concurrently to get real results. Path 1: Create Conditions that Influence Change […].

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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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Ditch MVPs, Adopt Minimum Viable Prototypes (MVPr)

Toptal

Learn the value of minimum viable prototypes (MVPr), a quick and affordable way to create, launch, test, and improve digital products based on real-world insights.

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Don’t Worry, We Now Have Three Old Ideas for Solving the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

CTOvision

The Wall Street Journal proves once again that anyone can claim to be an expert in cybersecurity challenges and even provide us with solutions to enduring problems. One enduring problem is that businesses need more cybersecurity talent. The Wall Street Journal cites a career website for cybersecurity professionals in saying there are 300,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs […].

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How to Survive Your First Year in Business

Women on Business

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