Essential Guides

TechTarget editors have curated a collection of “essential” articles on key IT topics. These articles have been packaged into guides which offer our readers comprehensive, problem solving content to help inform and guide their research.

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Mobile software guide to BI, ALM and development

This cross-site mobile guide covers business intelligence, ALM and development news for architects, developers, users and managers. Continue Reading
SaaS applications integration: Strategies and best practices for success

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Red Hat 2013: Conference coverage news

Get the latest news from the Red Hat 2013 summit with coverage on mobile, cloud and all things open source. Continue Reading

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AWS Direct Connect tiers address planned network spikes

AWS Direct Connect pivots toward higher bandwidth requirements and cuts prices on lower tiers to handle customers' seasonal ...

Maximize Amazon S3 reliability with shrewd choices

IT organizations moving to AWS might have data protection concerns. However, with replication across regions and versioning ...

Accelerate data migration with AWS DataSync

Dig into the details of AWS DataSync, such as deployment options and availability. Compare it to similar AWS services and see how...

TheServerSide.com

Find the right model for developing AI applications

Developing AI apps isn't a walk in the park. Here's a guideline on how it differs from traditional application development and ...

Detect attacker intent with Elasticsearch security plugins

Harden your enterprise with security plugins for Elasticsearch that target hacker behaviors, patterns and goals to limit issues, ...

Fix this runC vulnerability to prevent unwanted root access

Examine a recent vulnerability to the runC container code and what you need to do to prevent unwanted root access and container ...

SearchHRSoftware

AI improves the HR hiring process for recruiters, candidates

Companies can benefit from using AI in the hiring process to target applicants that an ATS might overlook or to direct candidates...

3 types of AI recruiting tools HR can use to find top talent

Forward-thinking recruiters are using AI to improve the hiring process, with tools that streamline screening and give candidates ...

11 hiring process best practices to improve recruitment

While there isn't one right way to approach the hiring process, certain best practices -- from using software to training ...

SearchBusinessAnalytics

Tableau-VoiceBase deal brings speech analytics data to users

Tableau's partnership with AI speech analytics vendor VoiceBase enables users both inside and outside of the contact center to ...

NYPD's Patternizr crime analysis tool raises AI bias concerns

The NYPD has rolled out Patternizr, a machine learning algorithm that helps analysts identify crime patterns but highlights the ...

Users find data preparation tools vital to BI strategies

Data preparation isn't the sexiest topic, but it's critically important to IT and business users, according to a study by Dresner...

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AWS DCX Competency vets cloud customer experience partners

The AWS Digital Customer Experience Competency for content management, e-commerce, service and marketing automation certifies ...

Adobe Experience Platform likely to get boost, Adoption Scoring debuts

Adobe Experience Platform (formerly Adobe Cloud Platform) focus of Summit, as analytics, AI and open-data initiatives with ...

Microsoft Government Community Cloud adds Teams, Dynamics 365

U.S. government agencies are undergoing a digital transformation, and Microsoft hopes that upgrades to its Government Cloud ...

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How Philanthropy Cloud streamlines workplace giving

Perpetual Energy used Salesforce.org's Philanthropy Cloud to create content, track charitable donations and better engage with ...

Salesforce strategy focuses on integration, customer data

Salesforce's strategy for 2019 and beyond includes better data integration and more plans for MuleSoft, Customer 360 and ...

AAA discovers benefits of Salesforce Service Cloud software

Using Salesforce Live Agent and Salesforce Service Cloud, AAA Carolinas increased member engagement by 330% and reduced service ...

DevOpsAgenda

How to bust security silos and secure your operation

DevOps means velocity, though, not at security's expense. Rapid7's Jen Andre thinks automation and orchestration strategies can ...

The first step from Agile to DevOps is a pilot project

Agile to DevOps isn't as perilous as Waterfall to Agile, but it will take measurable goals and an efficient pilot project to ...

Best practices for DevOps compliance and reusability

You know you want to scale with a model-driven process. So how do you make it work? Start with these best practices for ...