Log4j, Open Source Maintenance, And Why SBOMs Are Critical Now
Forrester IT
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Over the weekend, security pros took to social media to understand and dissect the Log4j vulnerability. The fact of the […].
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Google is releasing an open source harassment filter for journalists
The Verge
MARCH 8, 2022
Google’s Jigsaw unit is releasing the code for an open source anti-harassment tool called Harassment Manager. The tool, intended for journalists and other public figures, employs Jigsaw’s Perspective API to let users sort through potentially abusive comments on social media platforms starting with Twitter.
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The Radiant Group Acquires HumanGeo to Advance Data Analytics and Open Source Capabilities
CTOvision
JULY 14, 2015
a premier provider of technical solutions and services to the Federal Government, announced today that it has acquired The Human Geo Group, LLC, a data analytics and software development company, for cash and stock. ARLINGTON, VA--(Marketwired - Jul 13, 2015) - The Radiant Group, Inc., About HumanGeo. About The Radiant Group.
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What is NLP? Natural language processing explained
CIO Business Intelligence
AUGUST 11, 2023
NLP applications Machine translation is a powerful NLP application, but search is the most used. Transformer models take applications such as language translation and chatbots to a new level. It was primarily developed at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Apply the technology to voice and the pool gets even larger.
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The importance of WebRTC monitoring for enterprises
Spearline Testing
JULY 4, 2022
WebRTC is an open source project that gives developers the tools to embed live communications streams like voice, video and chat directly into any web page, with relative ease. And, of course, as an open source project, WebRTC is constantly evolving and improving, with new use cases being found every day.
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Introducing Ferret, the LLM that Apple doesn’t want everyone to know yet
Dataconomy
DECEMBER 26, 2023
Released quietly on GitHub, Ferret LLM signifies Apple’s subtle stride towards openness, beckoning developers and researchers to unravel its potential. Ferret, an open-source multimodal large language model (LLM) developed by Apple Inc.
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After ‘protestware’ attacks, a Russian bank has advised clients to stop updating software
The Verge
MARCH 21, 2022
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine draws on, consequences are being felt by many parts of the technology sector, including open-source software development. In addition, various content and malicious code can be embedded in freely distributed libraries used for software development.
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Scott Lowe
JANUARY 19, 2024
A set of vulnerabilities in the open source reference implementation of the UEFI specification has been uncovered. I think I’ve linked to Ricardo Sueiras’ “AWS open source newsletter” before; it’s such a useful resource. pertaining to administrative credentials. This looks interesting.
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10 most in-demand generative AI skills
CIO Business Intelligence
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Most relevant roles for making use of NLP include data scientist , machine learning engineer, software engineer, data analyst , and software developer. TensorFlow Developed by Google as an open-source machine learning framework, TensorFlow is most used to build and train machine learning models and neural networks.
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Empowering Change: Digital Library Solutions for Nonprofits
Kitaboo
MARCH 30, 2024
Top Features of Digital Library Solutions for Non-Profit Organizations Digital Asset Management (DAM) Systems Open-Source Digital Library System Cloud-Based Digital Library System II. Thus opening new avenues to collaborate with donors, volunteers, and supporters and improving their promotional and fundraising efforts.
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DARPA Open Catalog: A repository of DARPA-sponsored software and publications
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 7, 2014
The DARPA Open Catalog organizes publically releasable material from DARPA programs, beginning with the XDATA program in the Information Innovation Office (I2O). XDATA is developing an open source software library for big data. A description of the project is followed by the applicable software license.
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Regulatory uncertainty overshadows gen AI despite pace of adoption
CIO Business Intelligence
AUGUST 24, 2023
There’s also congressional hearings and petitions to pause AI development, inclusive of gen AI. When it comes to ChatGPT, the only utilization in my practice is the way we go about creating our marketing strategy on social media—getting ideas, generating scripts, seeing what it can provide us as inspiration for new content.
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Groq sparks LPU vs GPU face-off
Dataconomy
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
This week, Groq’s LPU astounded the tech community by executing open-source Large Language Models (LLMs) like Llama-2, which boasts 70 billion parameters, at an impressive rate of over 100 tokens per second. Furthermore, it demonstrated its prowess with Mixtral, achieving nearly 500 tokens per second per user.
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Is AI in the enterprise ready for primetime? Not yet.
CIO Business Intelligence
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Further improvements can be made by restricting queries to proven prompts as well as incorporating open source tools such as Langkit and Guardrails, or proprietary products like Galileo. These tools and frameworks are still in the early stages of development, and users will need to experiment with multiple approaches and solutions.
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5 reasons to shift from Flash to HTML5 for Mobile Learning
Kitaboo
AUGUST 22, 2023
Besides, it could easily be misused by malware developers. In fact, in one of his articles, he said, “new open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and on PCs too)”. However, HTML5 includes media tags that allow developers to embed these files directly in the code.
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How to improve candidate experience using developer assessments
Hacker Earth
JULY 18, 2019
David Heinemeier, the creator of Ruby on Rails tweeted: Several organizations still use whiteboard interviews as a standard process to hire developers. . In a whiteboard interview, developers are given a problem statement for which they have to provide the solution on a whiteboard. . This is where developer assessments come into play.
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How to improve candidate experience using developer assessments
Hacker Earth
JULY 18, 2019
David Heinemeier, the creator of Ruby on Rails tweeted: Several organizations still use whiteboard interviews as a standard process to hire developers. . In a whiteboard interview, developers are given a problem statement for which they have to provide the solution on a whiteboard. This is where developer assessments come into play.
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Los Angeles IT secures the vote with open source and the cloud
CIO Business Intelligence
AUGUST 11, 2023
Aman Bhullar, CIO of Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, has heeded the call, having led a widespread overhaul of antiquated voting infrastructure just in time for the contentious 2020 presidential election — a transformation rich in open source software to ensure other counties can benefit from his team’s work.
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Hackers exploit Apache Struts vulnerability to compromise corporate web servers
Network World
MARCH 9, 2017
Apache Struts is an open-source web development framework for Java web applications. It's widely used to build corporate websites in sectors including education, government, financial services, retail and media.
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Amazon’s online store sales dip below 40% of net sales for first time, and other earnings notes
GeekWire
AUGUST 4, 2023
Online sales: “Includes product sales and digital media content where we record revenue gross. We leverage our retail infrastructure to offer a wide selection of consumable and durable goods that includes media products available in both a physical and digital format, such as books, videos, games, music, and software.
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Scribble Diffusion: From rough sketches to beautiful images
Dataconomy
JUNE 21, 2023
This is made possible by Scribble Diffusion, an open-source web application powered by AI. Scribble Diffusion , developed by Zeke, a replicate engineer, is a web app that utilizes AI to convert hand-drawn art , accompanied by a text prompt , into visually appealing paintings. What is Scribble Diffusion?
Finding the Best Torrent for Mac
Galido
MARCH 12, 2020
Torrents are the easiest way to access large media, such as images, applications or videos. Nevertheless, it can be frustrating to find the best torrent application for your Mac. This update will only be available to Mac users on the Catalina version since Apple has decided not to support 32-bit applications like BitTorrent.
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Splunk and Cloudera working together: A strategic alliance to bring together Big Data expertise
CTOvision
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
By working together, Splunk and Cloudera deliver big data analytics that span the needs of any organization,” said Bill Gaylord, senior vice president of business development, Splunk. ” SNAP Interactive, Inc. (“SNAP”) (OTCBB: STVI), is a leading social application developer and a joint customer of Splunk and Cloudera.
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Comprehending Machine Intelligence: Research and Graphic by Shivon Zilis
CTOvision
JANUARY 18, 2016
From their manual that includes: Machine intelligence : Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, including both core technologies and industry applications. New organizational models: Bringing software development methodologies to other applications (e.g., Media distribution: Over-the-top television.
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How to hire a developer for a startup
Hacker Earth
MARCH 15, 2019
With the world accepting the fact that every company now is a tech company, no matter what its size or what product or service it offers, hiring the best developers is crucial to survival. “Be So, you see, hiring a developer for a startup isn’t as easy as you think it is. Meetups and Developer events. Know who you need.
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Top 16 business process management tools
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 16, 2022
Because of this, BPM tools can be conceived of as a nexus that sucks in data from an array of business applications, tracking everything that happens in a given business process — what some have come to describe as “building a digital twin.”. Open-source options are also available for use by companies that have the developers to support them.
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Character AI API: Your roadmap to the best alternatives
Dataconomy
JULY 10, 2023
As a result, the approved method of interacting with the model employed by Character AI is solely through their official web or mobile applications. These workarounds, albeit unofficial, are ingeniously designed, and they leverage the potential of Character AI to enrich user experience and enhance application functionality.
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Discount Code for Strata and Hadoop World NYC is 28-30 Oct 2013
CTOvision
OCTOBER 2, 2013
More on the conference from their website: Strata + Hadoop World is where big data’s most influential decision makers, architects, developers, and analysts gather to shape the future of their businesses and technologies. Learn how to take big data from science project to real business application. American Public Media.
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What is data analytics? Analyzing and managing data for decisions
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 7, 2022
Prescriptive analytics is a type of advanced analytics that involves the application of testing and other techniques to recommend specific solutions that will deliver desired outcomes. For example, how might social media spending affect sales? In business, predictive analytics uses machine learning, business rules, and algorithms.
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The next generation of computer interfaces will bring together the physical and digital worlds
Trends in the Living Networks
DECEMBER 15, 2009
Pranav Mistry of MIT Media Lab's SixthSense has made his mission integrating our gestures in the physical world with the digital world. In the video, Pranav tells of his plans to open source the technologies he has developed to provide broader applications for them. The video is well worth seeing.
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Technology Short Take 164
Scott Lowe
JANUARY 27, 2023
I’ve got another collection of links to articles on networking, security, cloud, programming, and career development—hopefully you find something useful! Operating Systems/Applications Dewan Ahmed has a great run-down on options for documentation-as-code. Welcome to Technology Short Take #164! That’s all for now!
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Attend the 6 Feb @Cloudera Federal Forum: For the Analyst, Data Scientist, #BigData Technologist in DC
CTOvision
JANUARY 23, 2014
4:15 PM Adjourn/ Networking SocialTrack 2 – Business Track – Big Data Applications and Use Cases. 3:30 PM The Art and Application of Hadoop. 4:15 PM Adjourn/Networking SocialTrack 3 – Hadoop App Development Lab (Pre-Registration Required, Limited Space Available). 1:00 PM Hadoop App Development Lab.
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294 The critical role of portable large screen devices in enabling mobile media
Trends in the Living Networks
JULY 21, 2008
The intention is to design it, then open source the design and software so anyone can build it, thus making an inexpensive web tablet available to many. This directly addresses one of the key points in our Future of the Media Lifecycle framework , illustrated below (full explanation at the link).
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Federal Big Data Community Convenes 6 Feb at Apache Hadoop Forum
CTOvision
DECEMBER 21, 2013
This is a must attend event for any organization or agency looking to be information-driven and give access to more data to more resources and applications. The Art and Application of Hadoop. Hadoop App Development Lab. Join us on Thurs., 6, as leaders from government and industry convene to share Big Data best practices.
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25 Feb Cloudera Federal Forum in Tysons Corner: Amazing agenda filled with lessons learned and best practices
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
CTOvision is very proud to be a media sponsor of the 4th annual Cloudera Federal Forum. This popular gathering is designed to enable dialogue about business and technical strategies to leverage today’s big data platforms and applications to your advantage. Engaging the Hadoop Developer. By Bob Gourley. 9:30 – 10:00 AM.
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150 December Tech Trends Report and 2016 Enterprise Tech Projections
CTOvision
DECEMBER 30, 2015
And the agility of this model is helping innovators innovate and developers develop. AI and related disciplines like Machine Learning are enabling computers to assist humans in performance of their jobs now, and with AI being coupled with incredibly low cost cloud computing we see rapid development of capabilities continuing.
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Report Reveals Top Cyber Threats, Trends of 2023 First Half
SecureWorld News
JUNE 13, 2023
The Critical Start Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) team analyzed a range of intelligence sources, such as customer data, open-source intelligence, vulnerability research, social media monitoring, and Dark Web monitoring to identify the most pressing cybersecurity threats of the first half of 2023.
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Join Architects, Planners, Program Managers, Data Scientists at 4th Annual Cloudera Federal Forum in DC 25 Feb
CTOvision
JANUARY 18, 2015
This popular gathering is designed to enable dialogue about business and technical strategies to leverage today’s big data platforms and applications to your advantage. Engaging the Hadoop Developer — Deep-dive with industry experts into the key projects, technology, and emerging trends driving the enterprise adoption of Hadoop.
MongoDB and PHP, The Book : spf13.com
SPF13
FEBRUARY 13, 2012
Reilly Media and a bunch of other sites, available in both print and as an ebook. From the introduction: What would happen if you optimized a data store for the operations application developers actually use? ll learn how to build elegant database applications with MongoDB and PHP. Media Reviews. Reilly Media.
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Tech Blogs – Best Must Read Tech Resources 2019
Galido
MAY 1, 2019
Technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. It involves advances in computer technology, machinery, and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge and a branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences. TechCrunch. Dark Reading.
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Why NoSQL Is The Wrong Choice For A CIO — Sometimes
The Accidental Successful CIO
AUGUST 21, 2013
Open source noSQL databases seem to appear to be the solution to all of their data processing needs. This is where the door of opportunity opens for noSQL databases. This means that developers need to become more flexible when dealing with this much information. However, it turns out that this just isn’t the case….
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15 must-try open source BI software for enhanced data insights
Dataconomy
MAY 10, 2023
Open source business intelligence software is a game-changer in the world of data analysis and decision-making. With open source BI software, businesses no longer need to rely on expensive proprietary software solutions that can be inflexible and difficult to integrate with existing systems.
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71 Best Tech Blogs – Must Read Tech Resources 2019
Galido
MARCH 22, 2019
Technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. It involves advances in computer technology, machinery, and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge and a branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences. TechCrunch. Dark Reading.
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Top 8 customer data platforms
CIO Business Intelligence
APRIL 21, 2022
A customer data platform (CDP) is a software system that pulls together data from a wide array of sources — such as websites, ecommerce and ad platforms, social media applications, retail software, and more — to create a centralized customer database, as well as detailed profiles of each customer. SAP Emarsys.
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