Head in the Clouds: SaaS, PaaS, and Cloud Strategy

January 2017

Is IoT turning into the Internet of Thugs?
Joel Shore - News Writer 30 Jan 2017

Hackers hold a hotel's guestroom cardkey access system for ransom. And it's not the first time. Now, the hotel reportedly is planning a return to good, old-fashioned metal keys.

Why to use APIs, explained in 18 words
Joel Shore - News Writer 19 Jan 2017

18 words is all you need: "Every feature, function, and use is transmitted through APIs, which gives us the ability to grow our platform."

Is application code walking out your door when developers jump ship?
Joel Shore - News Writer 03 Jan 2017

Departing employees routinely stuff their pockets with Sharpies and paper clips to stock their home offices. Are they walking out with application code, too?

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AWS termination protection acts as resource safety belt

In the push to get applications to production quickly, mistakes can happen. But you can avoid potentially disastrous AWS resource...

How AWS Fargate reduces container management burdens

Enterprises face a number of management challenges when they adopt containers. While AWS Fargate eliminates some of these hurdles...

Pave a lasting AWS career path

While cloud certifications might help you land an AWS job, most employers look for IT pros with a mix of training and hands-on ...

TheServerSide.com

Jenkins vs. Maven: Compare these build and integration tools

DevOps advocates are often asked for a Jenkins vs. Maven comparison. But those asking often discover that Maven-Jenkins ...

Jenkins environment variables list for shell script build jobs

The Jenkins environment variables list outlines the various properties that developers can inject into advanced Jenkins shell ...

Top Java programming tools used in application development

What are the top Java programming tools used in application development? Here, we compile a Java tools list featuring the tools ...

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How to create an effective employee retention plan

The unemployment rate is low, and your workers are likely being courted by other companies. Here's how to create retention ...

Recruiting with social media: Tips, tools and challenges

Using social media in your company's recruiting efforts can help you find hidden talent pools and both active and passive ...

AI sentiment analysis system helps gauge employees' feelings

Based on the Xander AI platform, Ultimate Software's Perception system guides Valvoline corporate franchisee in gauging employees...

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Data-driven strategy grooms dog care franchise for growth

Camp Bow Wow is growing its day care and boarding business for dogs with the help of a data-driven approach that's powered by a ...

Tableau acquisition of MIT AI startup aims at smarter BI software

Tableau acquires AI startup Empirical Systems in a plan to provide users with automated data modeling capabilities and enable ...

Choosing the right data discovery platform for the enterprise

Obviously, cost and scalability factor into data discovery platform buying decisions, but other features, like visualizations and...

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Data migration software coming for SAP CRM

At Sapphire Now, SAP unveiled C/4HANA, a suite of applications that brings together ERP and CRM. To make it easier to switch, ...

Separating customer service chatbot hype from reality

Vendors claim consumers want self-service chatbots. Turns out they'd rather scrub toilets or go to the dentist than converse with...

Tips and tricks for interacting with customers on social media

To customers, all channels are equal: phone, email, voice, video, chat, text messaging and social media. But managing social ...

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Salesforce Interaction Studio unveiled at Connections 2018

At Salesforce Connections, Salesforce builds off its Google partnership announced at Dreamforce by releasing new integrations ...

Sales Cloud implementation transforms sales tracking, analysis

Salesforce Sales Cloud has made Thompson Pump's once manual, paper-backed tracking, analyzing and crediting processes fast and ...

Salesforce's GDPR DPO preps partners, customers for compliance

Salesforce's data protection officer discusses GDPR compliance challenges and strategies for customers and partners, along with ...

DevOpsAgenda

How the three phases of automation dictate human employment

Automation might end human employment as we know it. The final result is in question, but we can draw clues from the relationship...

Why DevOps development depends on continuous testing

To gain efficiencies with sped up application development, rewrite the process with continuous testing.

Four tips for a successful DevOps spring cleaning

It's time to shake up your DevOps team with a thorough spring cleaning. Perfecto's Eran Kinsbruner shares his plans for a fresh ...