TechBeacon
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Surprise! It's your lucky day. Your colleagues have dropped off a present: an almost-finished code project, just begging for a last polish. They could finish it themselves, they say, but they've been assigned other tasks. It could be really useful to you, too. It just needs a few more features to make it complete.
Edge Perspectives
DECEMBER 19, 2019
I love paradox. Today I’m going explore not just one, but two, paradoxes. Both are related to the role of leadership in our changing world. The first paradox: in a world of mounting performance pressure, we seek “strong” leaders with all the answers, when what we need are leaders with powerful questions. The second paradox: those who have become disillusioned with the status quo are becoming champions of highly decentralized, leaderless “organizations,” when in fact we need leaders more than eve
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Dzone - DevOps
DECEMBER 16, 2019
Here's what to consider in your DevOps adoption. Every company has to remain competitive in order to survive and succeed. This means your business must innovate and constantly improve your products and internal workflows. Whether you sell physical merchandise, provide some online services, or deliver values through a web-based application, your business definitely has to build some code, run it in production and manage some IT infrastructure at an ever-growing rate.
DevOps.com
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Without wheeling out all the usual clichés, 2019 has been another whirlwind of disruptive innovation and opportunity–with plenty of challenges to tackle and circumvent along the way. The threat landscape mutated with predictable unpredictability, multi-cloud app deployments are becoming mainstream fixtures and DevOps methodologies started exerting a newfound influence on business plans.
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Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts
DECEMBER 18, 2019
Episode 34. To be a modern manager, you must manage yourself first. In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest, Johanna Rothman discuss how you must learn to manage yourself to be effective at managing other people. They will discuss some common mistakes managers make and some important values to instill in yourself that will make you a better manager, such as integrity, vulnerability, and congruence.
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DevOps.com
DECEMBER 18, 2019
It is interesting to watch the growth of an idea over time. The idea of using flags in code to do different things is as old as programming itself. Old-school configuration files used them, and they worked, so they were adapted. Thing is, given an idea that works, humanity inevitably takes it too far, and […]. The post The Use of Feature Flags in Code: Too Many Flags?
Let's Grow Leaders
DECEMBER 16, 2019
It’s that time of year. All around the world teams are being handed stretch goals that feel more like a delusion than a challenge. If this is happening to you, and you don’t know whether to laugh or cry, don’t give up […]. The post Stretch Goals: How to Motivate and Challenge Your Team appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
O'Reilly Media - Data
DECEMBER 18, 2019
Roger Magoulas recently sat down with Rob Thomas and Tim O’Reilly to discuss Thomas’s AI framework called the AI Ladder, which, according to his recent paper , is a framework that describes “the increasing levels of analytic sophistication that lead to, and buttress, a thriving AI environment.” Thomas notes both in his paper and in a recent keynote discussion he had with O’Reilly that “there is no AI without IA [information architecture].
Career Advancement
DECEMBER 16, 2019
“Celebrate what you want to see more of.”. ~Tom Peters. Simon wanted to have an extremely productive upcoming year. He reached out for executive coaching so he could take the necessary steps to help him improve his work performance. With advanced planning, he knew he would be prepared to start the New Year with a significant advantage. This is the plan that I completed with Simon and other clients over the years.
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.
Change Starts Here
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Another year is coming to a close! The following are the most popular posts of 2019 at the Enclaria blog. Which were your favorites, and what did you miss? Thank you for reading and sharing! What topics would you like to see covered next year? Please reply in the comments. 1.
DevOps.com
DECEMBER 16, 2019
Cloud computing was one of the hottest topics in the technology and business media throughout 2019. This is no surprise as the cloud sector has been growing rapidly for the last few years. Synergy Research Group recently reported a 37% overall growth year-over-year in public cloud. They also note that it has taken just two […]. The post The Top Six Cloud Computing Trends of 2019 appeared first on DevOps.com.
TechBeacon
DECEMBER 18, 2019
A penetration test can uncover hidden security vulnerabilities and exposures on your network. It can also help you verify that your prevention and detection controls are working as intended and identify areas you might need to strengthen.
Kaseya
DECEMBER 16, 2019
This blog is the second one in a 3-part series on “ how to improve productivity at work.” Here, we want to help you identify effective ways of handling distractions at work, improving your focus on the important tasks at hand and being more productive. A recent study by Udemy says that more than a third of Gen Z and millennial employees surveyed revealed that they spent nearly two hours or more browsing through their smartphones on any given workday.
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Dzone - DevOps
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Here's where software testing is going in 2020. We’ve reviewed the prominent trends in the software testing landscape throughout 2019. As the test automation industry is ever-evolving and the new year is all but here already, our team has cast a few predictions on what is going to turn out in 2020.
DevOps.com
DECEMBER 18, 2019
To keep up with the pace of innovation, testing must play a larger role in the software development life cycle The speed of digital transformation is already staggering, and it’s only going to increase. To put this into some very concrete terms, consider that: There are 7.7 billion people in the world. 5 billion have […]. The post DevOps Places Software Testing in the Crosshairs appeared first on DevOps.com.
TechBeacon
DECEMBER 19, 2019
And you thought ransomware was only about losing your files when a bad guy encrypted them? Think again: Now the perps are copying your data and threatening to leak it if you don’t pay.
Netlify
DECEMBER 15, 2019
What? Angular didn’t have a static site generator (SSG) yet? But, it does now! The awesome team at HeroDevs has just released the alpha version of Scully : Scully pre-renders each page in your app to plain HTML & CSS. To do this, Scully uses machine learning techniques to find all of the routes in your project. Scully then visits each route, rendering the view and saving it to an HTML file.
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.
Dzone - DevOps
DECEMBER 20, 2019
What Is Application Lifecycle Management? Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is used to manage and track the application development process. A plethora of ALM tools are available which help in handling all the aspects of a project like requirements management, customer support, IT service delivery, and quality assurance (QA), to name a few. To increase the efficiency of a project, it is crucial to find the right ALM tool.
DevOps.com
DECEMBER 19, 2019
According to Gartner, 85% of big data initiatives end in failure. In 2020, organizations are out of budget and operational runway, and need to start executing and getting the big data recipe right. It is not just about big data; it is about using data differently. Rather than rearward-facing business intelligence, leading companies are driving […].
UruIT
DECEMBER 16, 2019
In 2018, 70% of the people around the globe worked remotely at least once a week and it was estimated that 3.9 million Americans worked from home at least half the week. Remote work has grown in popularity over the years and with it, the possibility of outsourcing. Within the IT industry, it’s a great option for companies to get high-quality development at lower rates, by having teams in a different country.
Netflix Tech
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Andreas Andreakis , Ioannis Papapanagiotou Overview Change-Data-Capture (CDC) allows capturing committed changes from a database in real-time and propagating those changes to downstream consumers [1][2]. CDC is becoming increasingly popular for use cases that require keeping multiple heterogeneous datastores in sync (like MySQL and ElasticSearch) and addresses challenges that exist with traditional techniques like dual-writes and distributed transactions [3][4].
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MagmaLabs
DECEMBER 16, 2019
Reading Time: 5 minutes As a mobile developer, cross-platform development can be hard. Using different codebases for the voice apps development world. Each project can be a real pain, that’s why React Native is one of the best options for many developers. Here in Magmalabs, we are not the exception, we are truly JavaScript lovers, and if you are up to date in the software development industry, you know JavaScript is everywhere.
DevOps.com
DECEMBER 17, 2019
At John Hancock, we use Test-Driven Design (TDD) for all our new initiatives. TDD has three simple steps: Before you write functional code, write a test that proves if the implementation works or fails. Write the code and watch the test pass. Check if the added functionality changes your holistic approach and if you want […]. The post The Benefits of Test-Driven Design appeared first on DevOps.com.
Dzone - DevOps
DECEMBER 20, 2019
So many choices. Test automation is gradually taking over manual testing as it saves time and improves the quality of testing. Especially in the case of regression testing , automation can improve efficiency by manifold. It is a waste of time and resources to do repetitive testing manually. Also, there is a scope for an error as repetitive testing can be exhausting but the chances of errors occurring in automation are slim.
Netflix Tech
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Andreas Andreakis , Ioannis Papapanagiotou Overview Change-Data-Capture (CDC) allows capturing committed changes from a database in real-time and propagating those changes to downstream consumers [1][2]. CDC is becoming increasingly popular for use cases that require keeping multiple heterogeneous datastores in sync (like MySQL and ElasticSearch) and addresses challenges that exist with traditional techniques like dual-writes and distributed transactions [3][4].
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thoughtLEADERS, LLC
DECEMBER 18, 2019
Sabrina Smith, thoughtLEADERS’ Principal, sat down with Jim and Jan of The Leadership Podcast to discuss ownership. In continuation of our new collaboration with The Leadership Podcast, Sabrina goes into detail about taking ownership in this short form “chalk talk.” These chalk talk series are bitesize sessions on a common (but challenging) leadership issue.
DevOps.com
DECEMBER 16, 2019
The chief digital officer has always been a position that has struck me as a bit awkward as part chief marketing officer and part chief information officer. Since the CDO position started gaining traction about five years ago, most industry watchers have pegged it as a temporary role that would be displaced after the urgency […]. The post Chief Digital Officers Driving Digital Transformation appeared first on DevOps.com.
CTOvision
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Read Jay Chapel list six cloud computing trends of 2019 on DevOps : Cloud computing was one of the hottest topics in technology and business media throughout 2019. This is no surprise as the cloud sector has been growing rapidly for the last few years. Synergy Research Group recently reported a 37% overall growth year-over-year […].
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