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It's time to establish big data standards

O'Reilly Media - Data

The deployment of big data tools is being held back by the lack of standards in a number of growth areas. Technologies for streaming, storing, and querying big data have matured to the point where the computer industry can usefully establish standards. As in other areas of engineering, standardization allows practitioners to port their learnings across a multitude of solutions, and to more easily employ different technologies together; standardization also allows solution providers to take advan

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Distributed Tracing with Java “MicroDonuts”, Kubernetes and the Ambassador API Gateway

Daniel Bryant

Distributing tracing is increasingly seen as an essential component for observing microservice-based applications, and many of the modern microservice language frameworks are being provided with support for tracing implementations such as Open Zipkin , Jaeger , OpenCensus , and LightStep xPM. Google were one of the first organisations to talk about their use of distributed tracing in a 2010 paper that described their Dapper implementation, and one of the requirements that they concluded essentia

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4 Reasons Log Files Suck and How to Enrich Your Splunk with Code-Aware Machine Data

OverOps

Most organizations know of and probably use, Splunk. It helps aggregate and simplify machine data for dev and ops teams, allowing them to capture, index, and correlate real-time data in a searchable repository. Splunk helps organizations understand where things go wrong in applications, how to optimize the customer experience and to identify the fingerprints of fraud.

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What is change management and why is it essential for digital transformation

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

“When it comes to change management, “implementation” isn’t the end—it’s just the beginning.” –Beth Banks Cohen. What is change management? Change management may be defined as a structured process that ensures that required changes are thoroughly and smoothly carried out, and that the long-term benefits of the change are realized.

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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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Radical Candor: Love your work and the people you work with

Agile Alliance

Kim Scott discusses Radical Candor, a framework that helps you improve your feedback by both caring personally and challenging directly at the same time.

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Effective Leadership requires Key Ingredients

General Leadership

The more humble and transparent a leader is, the more effective he or she will be. Michael Hyatt. Across my leadership journey, I have worked with and for many leaders. Some were very good, some good, and some not-so-good. As I have reflected on each of those experiences, I recognized traits, skills, or abilities that each leader either possessed or was lacking.

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EventStorming the perfect wedding

Xebia

Arranging a wedding is an exciting time to look forward to, but also comes with a lot of stress, especially when planning for it. For most of us, it will be the first time to plan our wedding, and, at least for me, hopefully, also the last. We can, of course, always hire a party […]. The post EventStorming the perfect wedding appeared first on Xebia Blog.

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How to Communicate Remarkably Clear Leadership Expectations

Let's Grow Leaders

“These guys are seasoned managers, and these are fundamental leadership expectations. Shouldn’t they just know the right thing to do?” “I’m so frustrated, my team is just not executing on what I consider fundamentals.” “There’s just no accountability here. If someone is going […]. The post How to Communicate Remarkably Clear Leadership Expectations appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Business secrets from terrible people

Erik Bernhardsson

I get bored reading management books very easily and lately I’ve been reading about a wide range of almost arbitrary topics. One of the lenses I tend to read through is to see different management styles in different environments. It turns out that some truly f—ng horrific people have some smart management ideas. This is not maybe surprising. If you have some twisted goals, you can’t have incompetent leadership or you won’t get anywhere.

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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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My Favorite Command-Line Shortcuts

Henrik Warne

I use a shell every day. Almost always, I want to repeat a previous command, or repeat it after a slight modification. A very convenient way is to use arrow-up to get the most recent command back. Another common trick is to type ctrl-r and incrementally search for a previously used command. However, there are two other tricks for repeating previous commands that I use all the time, which are not as well known.

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Simplifying machine learning lifecycle management

O'Reilly Media - Data

The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Harish Doddi on accelerating the path from prototype to production. In this episode of the Data Show , I spoke with Harish Doddi , co-founder and CEO of Datatron , a startup focused on helping companies deploy and manage machine learning models. As companies move from machine learning prototypes to products and services, tools and best practices for productionizing and managing models are just starting to emerge.

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Life of a C# Developer: How to build and test an AWS Lambda locally

Xebia

Today Serverless is a thing. Although everyone can write a blog post about how Serverless run on servers, I share the same visions as Mathias Verraes: If you want to tweet or blog about how serverless actually runs on servers, let me save you some time: Nobody thinks that serverless doesn't run on servers. Nobody. […]. The post Life of a C# Developer: How to build and test an AWS Lambda locally appeared first on Xebia Blog.

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Business secrets from terrible people

Erik Bernhardsson

I get bored reading management books very easily and lately I’ve been reading about a wide range of almost arbitrary topics. One of the lenses I tend to read through is to see different management styles in different environments. It turns out that some truly f—ng horrific people have some smart management ideas. This is not maybe surprising. If you have some twisted goals, you can’t have incompetent leadership or you won’t get anywhere.

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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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Top 10 things to keep in mind for data security in building mobile apps.

OTS Solutions

Top Ten Things to Keep in Mind for Data Security in Building Mobile Apps. When the first mobile phone was invented in 1973, nobody knew that this small hand-held device would one day change the world. Nowadays, mobile phones can do anything:from checking one’s blood pressure to monitoring one’s heart beat. Some mobile applications even allow the user to make current account transactions without physically going to the bank.

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Understanding Event & Log Management Best Practices

The Crazy Programmer

Log management is considered one of the key elements when it comes to managing, maintaining and troubleshooting IT systems. However, the success that you can reap from log management will trickle down to the practices that you indulge in. Without setting the best practices in place, it can be quite easy for your staff to be overwhelmed with managing your logs, which could end up putting your business at risk of system or application issues.

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Is the OKR Approach the right Goal Setting Framework for your company?

Evolution4all

OKR approach – Objectives and Key Results , popularly known as OKR, is a contemporary leadership principle that helps organisations set, communicate, and measure their goals. Its primary function is to connect a member’s personal objectives with the team and the company as a whole in a hierarchical approach. Through OKRs, your team will work together in a defined direction which is moulded or shaped by measurable factors.

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Leaders Share about Courage, Influence and Hope: August Frontline Festival (with video)

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival on courage, influence, and hope, celebrating our new book for kids, Glowstone Peak. We asked thought leaders from around the world to share their very best post on these topics. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of […]. The post Leaders Share about Courage, Influence and Hope: August Frontline Festival (with video) 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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The Role of Color in UX

Toptal

A well-thought-out color palette can elevate a design from “good” to “great” while a mediocre palette can detract from a user’s experience and even interfere with their ability to use a site or app.

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Do Companies Need a Chief AI Officer (CAIO)?

CTOvision

The short answer to the above question is “no”. But let’s get into the specifics. Clearly for many companies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the range of Cognitive Technologies are strategic to their businesses and organizations. Indeed, for many companies, AI is as fundamentally important to their long-term well being as their IT organizations and finances.

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Solutions to Common Problems Scrum Teams Face

SCRUMstudy

Scrum Team, also referred to as the development team, is responsible for developing the product and they possess all the essential skills required to carry out the work of the project. They have a high level of collaboration to maximize productivity, so that minimal coordination is required to get things done. To minimize dependency, team members are experts in chosen domain, but also possess basic knowledge and skills about other domains.

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WordPress Resources at SiteGround

Let's Grow Leaders

WordPress is an award-winning web software, used by millions of webmasters worldwide for building their website or blog. SiteGround is proud to host this particular WordPress installation and provide users with multiple resources to facilitate the management of their WP websites: Expert WordPress Hosting. SiteGround provides superior WordPress hosting focused on speed, security and customer service.

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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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Dive into React Native for Android Development

Toptal

Despite initial skepticism, React Native is very much in demand today! In this article, Toptal Freelance React Native Developer, and former React Native skeptic, Alexander Pataridze talks about why he became a React Native advocate instead and introduces us to the technology by illustrating four use-cases.

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CodeSOD: Isn't There a Vaccine For MUMPS?

The Daily WTF

Alex F is suffering from a disease. No, it’s not disfiguring, it’s not fatal. It’s something much worse than that. It’s MUMPS. MUMPS is a little bit infamous. MUMPS is its own WTF. Alex is a support tech, which in their organization means that they sometimes write up tickets, or for simple problems even fix the code themselves. For this issue, Alex wrote up a ticket, explaining that the users was submitting a background job to run a report, but instead got an error.

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React Emoji Picker

David Walsh

When emojis first hit the web scene I rolled my eyes — they seemed like a lame communication method for giggling kids. After years more experience working remotely, managing open source communities, and communicating with people that may not get my sense of humor, I’ve realized that emojis go a long way in representing the tone of comment.

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Leaders Share about Courage, Influence and Hope: August Frontline Festival (with video)

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival on courage, influence, and hope, celebrating our new book for kids, Glowstone Peak. We asked thought leaders from around the world to share their very best post on these topics. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of […]. The post Leaders Share about Courage, Influence and Hope: August Frontline Festival (with video) appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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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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The Tried and True Laws of UX (with Infographic)

Toptal

Just as there are cause and effect relationships, there are the laws of UX: predictable outcomes and human behaviors in UX a designer can use to design superior products. This infographic explains it all.

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The 2nd Biggest Leap You’ll Ever Take in Your Business

Women on Business

We've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] If you haven't already done so, update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. [link].

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Coding Dojo Alumni: From Business Management and Marketing to A Full Stack Engineer

Coding Dojo

Refayat Haque is one of our Coding Dojo alumni of our Washington D.C. bootcamp. He used to work in the … Read more >>. The post Coding Dojo Alumni: From Business Management and Marketing to A Full Stack Engineer appeared first on Coding Dojo Blog.