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4 Steps to Better Technical Hires

CodeSignal

Technical recruiting placements can be a blessing and a curse for companies of all sizes. On one hand, companies have an ever-growing need for highly qualified developers, system architects, database engineers, network administrators, and other technical talent. Demand for application developers is particularly high, as verified by a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics forecast that projects 31% growth by 2026.

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Top Five Futuristic Technologies That Will Transform The World

OTS Solutions

Forecasters in the 1950s predicted that airborne robots and flying cars would be part of everyday life by the 2000s. Instead, social media networks, smartphones, and live streaming have dominated the world. While the timing of these futurists wasn’t right, their predictions became true. The world is currently on the brink of another revolution in the tech world, where robot assistant, self-driving vehicles, and mobile application development will transform the way people go about their daily wor

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Refactoring 2nd Ed sent to printers

Martin Fowler

The files for the book were sent to the printers today. The printed books should arrive in warehouses late October - early November. I need to work on getting the web edition ready for then, and will start on that in a couple of weeks. more….

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Java 11 is Here, Are You Ready to Make the Switch?

OverOps

A year after the Java 9 release was supposed to “rock our worlds”, the LTS version we’ve ACTUALLY been waiting for is finally here. Most of the developers, teams, companies, etc. that we know haven’t updated past Java 8 yet. Even with the release of module Java 9 last year, and the quick release of Java 10 that followed in March. It’s a bit shocking, though not surprising, that two new versions of the JDK were released in the last year and that relatively few people are using them.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Handling real-time data operations in the enterprise

O'Reilly Media - Data

Getting DataOps right is crucial to your late-stage big data projects. At Strata 2017 , I premiered a new diagram to help teams understand why teams fail and when: Early on in projects, management and developers are responsible for the success of a project. As the project matures, the operations team is jointly responsible for the success. I've taught in situations where the operations team members complain that no one wants to do the operational side of things.

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How do we get better at our jobs? Practice, practice, practice …

Agile Alliance

I’ve asked this question a lot over the last few years to a wide range of professionals across different occupations and get similar answers. We can read, take classes, attend seminars, find a mentor, or attend conferences. If I change up the question slightly and ask, “How would you get better at sport or playing … Continued.

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Why health care cybersecurity is in ‘critical condition’

The Parallax

SAN FRANCISCO—Between the destructive cyberattacks WannaCry and NotPetya , which wreaked havoc across health care and beyond, the U.S. government-sponsored Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force delivered more than 100 recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security to make medical technology more resistant to hackers. But in the 15 months since the report was published, only one recommendation has been adopted, according to two task force members.

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Why it’s hard to design fair machine learning models

O'Reilly Media - Data

The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Sharad Goel and Sam Corbett-Davies on the limitations of popular mathematical formalizations of fairness. In this episode of the Data Show , I spoke with Sharad Goel , assistant professor at Stanford, and his student Sam Corbett-Davies. They recently wrote a survey paper, “A Critical Review of Fair Machine Learning,” where they carefully examined the standard statistical tools used to check for fairness in machine learning models.

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A Powerful, Proven Technique for Overcoming Negativity at Work

Let's Grow Leaders

Your team’s rightfully discouraged and a little stymied. Their negativity is rooted in facts. The truth is, you’re frustrated too. The struggle is real. So as a leader, how can you stay positive without looking out of touch? How do you harness […]. The post A Powerful, Proven Technique for Overcoming Negativity at Work appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Revolutionize QA: GAPs AI-Driven Accelerators for Smarter, Faster Testing

GAP's AI-Driven QA Accelerators revolutionize software testing by automating repetitive tasks and enhancing test coverage. From generating test cases and Cypress code to AI-powered code reviews and detailed defect reports, our platform streamlines QA processes, saving time and resources. Accelerate API testing with Pytest-based cases and boost accuracy while reducing human error.

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Servant Leadership at Vistaprint

Agile Alliance

At Agile2018, I had a conversation with experience report authors David Grabel and David Reichert. I met with them along with Serena Godfrey (who the report was about) and some members of her leadership team. Earlier in the day, Serena and three members of her leadership team — Bryan Stewart, Nigel Thomas, and Randy Malcom — were … Continued.

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New botnet Torii showcases next stage of IoT abuse, researchers say

The Parallax

Security researchers have caught hackers lashing together Internet-connected devices in a botnet they’re calling Torii, which uses techniques not seen in an IoT botnet before—including intercepting and stealing data, and using the Tor Project network to hide its network traffic. The Torii botnet, which researchers named with the Japanese word for “gate” after discovering the botnet uses Tor and its network of anonymously linked computers to obscure Internet traffic, was first discovered by Bulg

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What Is VPS Hosting And Why Do You Need It?

The Crazy Programmer

A VPS is a virtualized server that has the tendency to mimic the dedicated server within the environment of hosting. In simple words, it is technically a virtual shared hosting but has the characteristics of a dedicated hosting. To have your website running at its full potential online, you need to have a good hosting environment. VPS hosting is one of the major three types of hosting that businesses these days preferred to opt for. .

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A Practical Guide to Finding a Great Place to Work

Let's Grow Leaders

Don’t Accept that New Job Until You Ask These Important Questions You’re looking for a great place to work; with people you admire and where jerks don’t survive. A place where you can get results, without losing your soul. A great place […]. The post A Practical Guide to Finding a Great Place to Work appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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Life in the POCLAC

Agile Alliance

At Agile2018, I had a conversation with Nienke Alma about her experiences as a member of a POCLAC leadership team at ING. POCLAC stands for Product Owner, Chapter Lead, and Agile Coach (pronounced Pok-lack). In 2015, ING decided to base it new organizational structure on small teams, or squads, containing no more than nine people. … Continued.

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The biggest insights and trends in digital transformation for 2019

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Many organizations have embarked on the journey of digital transformation over the last several years to sustainably reinvent themselves in modern terms. The first crop of lessons learned should now be evident but have been challenging to isolate and capture until recently. It's also clear that those lessons learned have been hard won, so we must build on them.

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5 Essential Tips for Writing Computer Science Research Project

The Crazy Programmer

Working on computer science research projects can be a difficult task, partly because computer science projects are unlike research projects in any other discipline. Depending on the area of study, a research project can be defined differently. A general definition of a research project states that a research project aims to take old research (done by others) and either expand on it or create something new with the discovered research.

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Visual Designers vs. Graphic Designers – Who Does What and Why (with Infographic)

Toptal

Because graphic design and visual design both focus on aesthetics, the line between the two disciplines is often blurred, especially when referencing digital designs (includes infographic).

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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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Will blockchain revolutionize the Internet of Things?

CTOvision

Read why Megan Ray Nichols says that blockchain technology can be used to revolutionize the Internet of Things on Euro Scientist : Here is an interesting convergence no one is talking about – blockchain technology and Internet of Things. Blockchain technology is essentially a secure, distributed ledger that can serve as the foundation for many systems. […].

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Code Refactoring Best Practices: When (and When Not) to Do It

Altexsoft

This is a guest story by Sydney Stone, a writer for a software development company iTechArt. Code refactoring is a process used in the DevOps software development approach that involves editing and cleaning up previously written software code without changing the function of the code at all. Refactoring is not unlike the editing process of a writer.

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What is Python used for?

The Crazy Programmer

In this article you will get to know what is python used for or its applications. Python is an ubiquitous scripting language. Of course many of us might be aware of the magical things we can do with the help of python, that is another story all the way and we will talk about this sometimes later for sure. These days python has found its way to web development, app development, scientific and numeric field, business applications, GUI designing, automation, artificial intelligence, machine learnin

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YouTube API Integration: Uploading Videos with Django

Toptal

Uploading a video to YouTube seems like a simple enough task, but non-existent documentation and unmaintained libraries can make even the simplest of tasks seem daunting. In this post, Toptal Freelance Django Developer Ivan Carmo da Rocha Neto guides you through how to post YouTube videos from your Django app.

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4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient

Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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An interview with Robert Fink, Architect of Foundry, Palantir’s open data platform Part One: Open Data Architectures

CTOvision

Editor’s note: This post is the first of a series of three capturing the result of recent interview/discussions I had with Robert Fink of Palantir. The conversation was wide ranging, hitting on topics of design, development environments and a bit on the philosophy of enterprise tech. Several common themes emerged in those topic areas, including […].

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CFOs Need Mavericks to Boost Data Analytics

Dell EMC

We are moving from an era of data scarcity to an era of data abundance. This is being driven by the Digital age we live in. But data is not made equal, some of it is far less useful or trustworthy than other data. This is a huge challenge for society and our education systems. Zooming in on what I know best – the finance function in corporations – big data can become a curse, if you allow yourself to drown in it.

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Wife, Mother, Entrepreneur? 6 Tips to Help You Get Started in 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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Zeplin Sketch Plugin – The Workflow Bridge Between Design and Engineering

Toptal

Creating a dynamic, organized, and collaborative workflow between design and development teams is essential to building great digital products. This tutorial outlines how Sketch, working in tandem with Zeplin, can facilitate this collaboration seamlessly.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

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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Information Age Presents A CTO guide: Cyber security best practice tips

CTOvision

Like probably all technologists we keep our own lists of best practices. We have shared them multiple times (but hey here they are again: Crucial Point Cybersecurity Best Practices). But we love staying up with what others think and really enjoyed reading the roundup produced by Information age. They do more than just recap a […].

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Dell EMC and Microsoft Deliver for the Data Center with Windows Server 2019

Dell EMC

Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd running Windows Server 2016 and SQL Server 2017 processed 6.7 times as many orders per minute and lowered average application latencies by 88 percent.[i] Promising seamless integration on-premise, in the cloud and everywhere in between, the new Windows Server 2019 is designed to support you at every stage in your transformation journey.

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How to Properly Conduct an OKR Evaluation to Keep Your Team Aligned

Evolution4all

At least two weeks before the quarter ends, it’s time to assess the OKRs of you team in your department. Has your team been successful? As a department, have you achieved your goals? Were your team’s key results effective? Also, you need to plan for your OKRs in the next quarter. If you want to have an effective way of assessing the OKR of your department, there are two ways/methods to do this.