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Meltdown and Spectre: What they are, and what to do

The Parallax

Two newly discovered critical security vulnerabilities are very likely affecting your laptop and phone, security researchers revealed on Wednesday. The good news is that patches are coming to protect your devices. The bad news is that because the vulnerabilities are in the hardware architecture of the chips that power them, patched devices may run slower.

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5 Ways Leaders Can Focus When Everything Is Important

Let's Grow Leaders

“Mark, What’s your M.I.T.?” Mark pushed back from his desk. “That’s a great question. I’ve so much flying at me…” He sighed. “I don’t have a clue.” Mark’s calendar might look familiar: wall-to-wall meetings, often with two or three appointments competing for […].

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Plotting author statistics for Git repos using Git of Theseus

Erik Bernhardsson

I spent a few days during the holidays fixing up a bunch of semi-dormant open source projects and I have a couple of blog posts in the pipeline about various updates. First up, I made a number of fixes to Git of Theseus which is a tool (written in Python) that generates statistics about Git repositories. I’ve written about it previously on this blog.

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10 New Year Resolutions For A Great Leadership Year

Terry Starbucker

There’s nothing better than kicking a new year off with the wind at your back and a core set of resolutions to guide you to greatness. Indeed my fellow leaders, it’s that time again to ready ourselves to embody the very definition of “lead”, and show the way. I’ve found that the best way for me to do that is to commit myself to these 10 resolutions, and if I can stick to them diligently, especially in the first couple of months, I know I’ll be in the best position t

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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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At Chaos, a chaotic response to assault allegations

The Parallax

LEIPZIG, Germany—Just before the 34th annual meeting of Europe’s largest hacker conference got under way on December 27, its organizers seemed quite mixed on how to respond to assault accusations among its participants. According to emails obtained by The Parallax, the Chaos Communication Congress on December 19 banned Netherlands-based Finnish programmer Teemu Hukkanen from attending Chaos.

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Plotting author statistics for Git repos using Git of Theseus

Erik Bernhardsson

I spent a few days during the holidays fixing up a bunch of semi-dormant open source projects and I have a couple of blog posts in the pipeline about various updates. First up, I made a number of fixes to Git of Theseus which is a tool (written in Python) that generates statistics about Git repositories. I’ve written about it previously on this blog.

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Digital Transformation in 2018: Sustainably Delivering on the Promise at Scale

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

In 2017, we witnessed organizations take up the mantle of digital transformation with more conviction and effort than any time before. Funding, commitment, and leadership support was at its highest level ever and only showed signs of increased dedication. Ongoing success stories from many leading organizations showed that large scale technological and business transition was also possible for the typical company, not just industry leaders.

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Work-Life Balance Tips for Women Entrepreneurs

Women on Business

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New Year, New Influence: An Easy Way to Show Up Stronger

Let's Grow Leaders

“Brad” was a solid manager with stagnated results. He was great at constructive feedback and holding his team accountable, but recognition did not come naturally to him. “Why should I say thank you to someone for just doing their job?” He was frustrated […].

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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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Growing Companies Can Still Excite Employees with Startup Energy Even When No Longer a Startup

Steve Farber

Those early days are a blast but at some point, the fun becomes work. This entrepreneur figured out how to maintain the same excitement in later stages.

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Vulnerabilities In Almost Every Chip: “Could Something Like This Really happen?”

CTOvision

I've been tracking computer security issues, including vulnerabilities for decades, and have never seen anything quite like this. Newly announced vulnerabilities, which were publicly disclosed by the Register on Tuesday, are in almost every modern computer chip. The vulnerability cannot be changed in hardware of course (you would have to buy new hardware that is designed differently), […].

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20 SEO Techniques You Should Use in 2018 [Infographic]

Women on Business

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Collaborative Design – A Guide to Successful Enterprise Product Design

Toptal

For designers, working in enterprise is a challenge because of all the different stakeholders and moving parts. This guide reviews the collaborative design process for working better in that environment.

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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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Listen Up: Here’s how you change the world (for free)

Steve Farber

Can you really change the world? I mean, it’s a pretty big place, it has quite a few problems, and you are, after all, just one person. This “change the world” thing can seem like an overly ambitious order, right? I think you can, and I want to tell you how … in my own words … in my own voice … for free. That’s right … for free. The Radical Edge , my second book, explains how you can stoke your business, amp your life, and change the world.

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Organizations Threatened by Lack of Cybersecurity Talent Available

CTOvision

Data breaches regularly make headlines, and every time a company discovers a weak point in its network, executives scramble to hire people who can find out what went wrong — and fix it. However, that task isn’t as easy as you might think. The fact is, there aren’t enough cybersecurity experts to fill all the […].

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Five Quick Posts on How to Be Successful in 2018

Next Level Blog

Happy new year everyone! Here’s hoping that 2018 is everything you want it to be. To give you some fuel for the journey, here are five quick posts about how to set yourself up for success this year. These posts cover strategies and tactics that have worked for both my clients and me so I’m confident they’ll work for you too. For the big-picture, strategic point of view, take a look at these two posts on how creating your own Life GPS® can help you create the outcomes you want in the three big ar

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Tel Aviv Business Travel Tips

Women on Business

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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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Four Key Areas for Routines … Even if You’re Spontaneous

Steve Farber

Routines are a normal part of life for most successful people – even for those who consider themselves spontaneous. And speaking as someone who considers himself spontaneous, let me just say this: Thank goodness, we can rule over our routines rather than allowing them to rule over us. Routines don’t have to be rigid. They don’t have to become boring.

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All Companies Who Interact With European Citizens Must Check Architecture For Compliance With New Data Rules

CTOvision

The European Union's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years. This is not just important for firms that operate in Europe, but any firm that interacts with European citizens. Any company that holds data on EU citizens must comply. The new rules were approved […].

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Design the Future: The Tools and Products That Await Us

Toptal

New design tools are emerging at an incredible rate, but the future promises a vast array of astonishing tools that will forever change the way designers think and work.

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4 Skills Great Innovators Share by Greg Satell

QAspire

If creativity is about having unique ideas and new ways to do things, innovation is all about making those ideas happen. In that sense, the bridge between creativity and innovation is made from the bricks of execution. That is when the rubber meets the road. One of the key characteristics of someone who innovates is that they run small pilots to test their hypothesis.

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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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2018 Best Places to Find a Job and Earn a Decent Salary [Infographic]

Women on Business

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Connected Devices, Remote Security: Data Encryption and Security in the Cloud

CTOvision

Security” used to mean worrying about HTTPS certificates on your websites. The notion of a “device” was a browser and all you really had to do was to guarantee that traffic between it and your web servers was encrypted. Then the “bring your own device” (BYOD) phenomenon caused system administrators to worry about things like […].

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Sacramento Municipal Utility District: Safely and Securely Enabling Their Workforce

Sailpoint

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is the sixth largest community-owned power company in the United States, servicing more than 600,000 customers in and around Sacramento. They have been recognized as an industry leader and award winner for their innovative energy efficiency programs, renewable power technologies and sustainable solutions for a healthier environment.

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When to use an abstract class vs. interface in C#

InfoWorld

When designing applications, it is important to know when to use an abstract class and when to use an interface. Although abstract classes and interfaces seem similar in some ways, there are key differences that will determine which is the best choice for what you’re trying to accomplish. In this blog post I’ll discuss those differences and how to decide when to use which.

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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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Succeeding Behind the Scenes: Becoming a Female Chef

Women on Business

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5 Online Resources for Learning AngularJS

CTOvision

If you’re a confident front-end web developer, fluent in HTML, CSS, and Javascript, you may wish to expand what your web apps can do without writing custom code yourself. Learning AngularJS can help speed up the development of web apps dramatically, but before diving into Angular development, you’ll need a bit of background knowledge of […].

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The Importance of Good Identity Management and DevOps

Sailpoint

When most people think of DevOps, identity management isn’t usually quick to come to mind. Usually, it’s aspects of software development and IT management such as continuous integration and delivery, application security, or increased collaboration among teams. That’s all spot-on, for sure, as DevOps does all of those things. But the impact DevOps has on security doesn’t stop there, and improving security in a DevOps environment can be better achieved when paying special attention to identity ma

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