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Patterns of Legacy Displacement

Martin Fowler

My colleagues do a lot of work that involves replacing legacy software systems. Three of my colleagues - Ian Cartwright, Rob Horn, and James Lewis - have started to capture their experience and advice for this is a collection of patterns. We begin with an overview article that lays out four main categories of activity that need to be done for a successful legacy displacement.

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Paystand banks $50M to make B2B payments cashless and with no fees

TechCrunch

It’s pretty easy for individuals to send money back and forth, and there are lots of cash apps from which to choose. On the commercial side, however, one business trying to send $100,000 the same way is not as easy. Paystand wants to change that. The Scotts Valley, California-based company is using cloud technology and the Ethereum blockchain as the engine for its Paystand Bank Network that enables business-to-business payments with zero fees.

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3 Cybersecurity Technologies You Should Know

The Crazy Programmer

Cybersecurity is more critical than ever in today’s modern world, especially with news of ransomware attacks and other forms of malware on the rise. To keep your systems secure and your files out of the hands of cybercriminals takes an increasingly comprehensive knowledge of cybersecurity technology. Cyber-attacks have escalated to the point where, according to studies, nearly 60% of firms will face or experience service failure owing to a lack of IT security during the year.

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Tableau certification guide: Cost, training, salaries, and value

CIO

Data visualization platform Tableau is one of the most widely used tools in the rapidly growing business intelligence (BI) space and individuals with skills in Tableau are in high demand. Market intelligence and advisory firm Mordor Intelligence forecasts the global data visualization market to achieve a compound annual growth rate of 9.69% between 2021 and 2026 as businesses seek to become more analytically driven.

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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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Extract Product Lines

Martin Fowler

To do effective legacy displacement, we need to figure out how to break down the problem into manageable pieces. Extract Product Lines does this by identifying product lines and using them as the basis for migration. more….

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History of Computer Graphics – 1950s to 2010s

The Crazy Programmer

In this article, we will study how the present graphics have evolved over time, thus helping us interact with such great interfaces and enriching our user experience. 1950s. So, the development of computer graphics started in the early 1950s, when projects like Whirlwind and Sage developed the Cathode Ray Tube which was used to display visual graphics and a light pen was used as an input device to write on the board.

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Top 10 Most Read Leadership Blog Posts of First Half 2021

Let's Grow Leaders

Your Favorite Leadership Blog Posts So Far This Year. One of the interesting parts of being regular leadership writers (we’ve been blogging here at Let’s Grow Leaders since 2012), is to see which of our leadership blog posts resonate the most with our readers and why. We normally wait until the end of the year to share the top 10 leadership blog posts of the year (you can see the 2020 collection here).

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Kaseya Ransomware Attack: What to Know About Supply Chain Security

CTOvision

Despite warnings about the dangers to software supply chains following the cyberespionage campaign that targeted SolarWinds and the company’s customers, organizations in the U.S. and around the world are dealing with the fallout of yet another attack that took advantage of security weaknesses in these IT ecosystems. Read more about the Kaseya ransomware supply chain […].

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Last-mile delivery in Latin America is ready to take off

TechCrunch

Bob Ma. Contributor. Bob Ma is an investor at WIND Ventures , where he invests in energy, retail and mobility startups. Prior to joining WIND, he was an investor at Soma Capital , where he invested venture capital globally across the consumer and enterprise sectors. In the United States, same-day and next-day Amazon Prime deliveries have become the de facto standard in e-commerce.

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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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The Move Away from Monolithic Application Development

DevOps.com

Shifting from monolithic application development Businesses need agility to deliver better services, meet changing requirements, and seize new opportunities as they arise. At the heart of many efforts are applications based on modern development strategies and techniques. Specifically, many businesses are moving away from monolithic applications of the past that are hard to modify and take […].

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The 12 Inch Rule of Leadership with Dr. Kaliym Islam

Let's Grow Leaders

The 12 Inch Rule of Leadership: Confidence, Humility, Influence, and Career Success. In this wisdom-packed interview, former Wallstreet executive Dr. Kaliym Islam shares the many leadership moments that transformed his career. This is practical, research-based, (and hard-won) leadership wisdom that will help you have more influence, achieve better results with your teams, and achieve the career recognition you desire.

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Daniel MacGregor On: Will Biden’s EO Drive the Digital Supply Chain?

CTOvision

Read why Daniel MacGregor says that the U.S. administration’s recent Executive Order could boost competition in rail and maritime shipping and improve supply chains drastically on Railway Age : U.S. transportation regulatory agencies have been asked to crack down on anti-competitive conduct and opaque fee structures in both rail and maritime, to drive down consumer […].

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How we built an AI unicorn in 6 years

TechCrunch

Alex Dalyac. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Alex Dalyac is the CEO and co-founder of Tractable , which develops artificial intelligence for accident and disaster recovery. Today, Tractable is worth $1 billion. Our AI is used by millions of people across the world to recover faster from road accidents, and it also helps recycle as many cars as Tesla puts on the road.

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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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4 key IT operations management capabilities every team should use

TechBeacon

The need to automate the systems that manage your IT operating model (ITOM) has never been greater because the demand for digital systems has increased beyond the ability of many IT teams to support the network.

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Programmability is Key to Agile Transformation

DevOps.com

Enterprise agility has rapidly become one of the most crucial variables for a business’s long-term resiliency. With the COVID-19 pandemic, never-ending disruptions to the global supply chain and nearly every industry’s typical processes flipped upside down, there has never been a more important time to prioritize agility than now. While the rewards of agility are […].

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Kaseya Software Hack Highlights Small Business Security Squeeze

CTOvision

A hack targeting software made by Kaseya Ltd. shows how damaging supply chain attacks can be for small and medium-sized businesses that often outsource their information technology support. Rather than maintaining an in-house IT function, these businesses usually hire consultants known as managed service providers. Kaseya makes software that the service providers use, and that […].

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Serverless Stack raises $1M for open-source application framework

TechCrunch

Open-source framework startup Serverless Stack announced Friday that it raised $1 million in seed funding from a group of investors that includes Greylock Partners, SV Angel and Y Combinator. The company was founded in 2017 by Jay V and Frank Wang in San Francisco, and they were part of Y Combinator’s 2021 winter batch. Serverless Stack’s technology enables engineers to more easily build full-stack serverless apps.

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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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Dark Mode in One Line of Code!

David Walsh

Dark mode has seemingly become the desired visual mode for websites and mobile apps alike. Dark mode is easier on the eyes, especially for those like me who like to burn the midnight oil by coding and reading tutorials. Unfortunately not all websites offer dark mode, so it’s up to me to remedy the situation. Though it’s not a true “dark mode”, you can use CSS’ filter to create dark mode of your own: html { filter: invert(1); }.

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3 Reasons Your Digital Transformation Stalled

DevOps.com

The more a company modernizes, the more value it gets from the cloud, but not all digital transformation efforts are created—and executed—equally. According to Gartner, “87% of senior business leaders say digitalization is a company priority, yet only 40% of organizations have brought digital initiatives to scale … [and] without a shared vision across the […].

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Visa to approve Bitcoin spending card for Australian startup CryptoSpend

CTOvision

Global payment giant Visa is moving forward with its commitment to digital currency adoption by approving the issuance of a new Bitcoin (BTC) debit card in Australia. Sydney-based crypto spending app CryptoSpend announced Wednesday that Visa has approved the issuance of a physical debit card that will allow Australians to spend their Bitcoin at local merchants. […].

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Founders: How well do you really understand seed-stage financing?

TechCrunch

Yin Wu. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Yin Wu, a three-time YC alum, is founder of Pulley , which offers cap table management tools that help companies better understand and optimize their equity. More posts by this contributor. How to start a company in 4 days. I’ve fundraised a lot. Tactically, fundraising is a skill like any other. You get better the more you do it.

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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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5 CI/CD challenges—and how to solve them

TechBeacon

While the practice of CI/CD (or continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment) is not new, the ways to implement it continue to evolve along with cloud-native architecture, site reliability engineering, and DevOps. As challenges arise with maturing CI/CD, enterprises can learn from past mistakes and industry expertise. These challenges come from all vectors of software delivery, from risk/compliance and monitoring to data management and team collaboration.

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Why IT Should Focus on Quality Over Velocity

DevOps.com

Quality assurance (QA) isn’t a new phrase for developers. Most know it as a staple part of the software process that is crucial for producing quality code. But throughout the pandemic, with extreme pressure for businesses to digitally transform quickly, it’s a discipline at risk of being dismissed by organizations and tech leaders as a […]. The post Why IT Should Focus on Quality Over Velocity appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Larry Dignan Says: Palantir guns for startups, launches Palantir Foundry for Builders

CTOvision

Read Larry Dignan take a look at how Palantir Technologies, Inc.’s Palantir Foundry for Builders is helping startups and small and medium businesses on ZDNET : Palantir Technologies launched Palantir Foundry for Builders, an initiative designed for startups and smaller companies, as it tries to expand its customer base beyond large enterprise and public sector […].

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Epic Games acquires Sketchfab, a 3D-model sharing platform

TechCrunch

New York-based startup Sketchfab has been acquired by Epic Games , the company behind Fortnite and Unreal Engine. Sketchfab has been building a platform to upload, download, view, share, sell and buy 3D assets. Essentially, it is the leading repository for 3D files on the web. Epic Games isn’t disclosing the terms of the deal. Sketchfab will still operate as a separate brand and offering.

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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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Building Digital Resiliency in Smart Cities and Communities

IDC

Unlock the strategies and technologies needed to build digital resiliency in smart cities to improve services in response to disruptions with IDC's Ruthbea Yesner.

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NS1 Touts a Common Delivery Platform for Devs and Ops

DevOps.com

NS1 has extended the capabilities of its DNS and network management platform with the release of NS1 Connect. The platform is designed to serve as a delivery platform that integrates developer and network operations teams’ tasks for the creation and management of applications across highly distributed cloud-native and on-premises environments. While DevOps teams typically rely […].

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One of the nation’s top lines of cyber defense runs through this company in Davis Square

CTOvision

Read Pranshu Sharma review threat intelligence company, Recorded Future’s future prospects on Boston Globe : As the United States grapples with a sharp rise in cyberattacks, one of the nation’s first lines of defense operates out of an unlikely location: a former laundromat in Somerville, where an army of private-sector analysts track the world’s most […].

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