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Equifax Is an Enron Moment, But Not the Way You May Think
Enron changed how U.S. public companies audit and report their financial
data. There is also an opportunity to use the Equifax data breach to create a
framework for better protection of our data in future.
The credit reporting agency reported one of the largest data breaches in the
history. Hackers were able to steal sensitive information from its internal
servers. The stolen data include name, Social Security Number (SSN), date of
birth, and also credit card numbers and driver license numbers in some cases.
A massive breach like this can haunt the victims for years to come.
What makes this specific breach even more damaging is the type of the stolen
data. If someone steals your credit card number, you call your bank and get a
new card hopefully before the hacker is able to make use of the stolen card.
But, if... (more)
Open Source Tool Chains for Continuous Testing
The goal of Continuous Testing is to shift testing left to find defects
earlier and release software faster. This can be achieved by integrating a
set of open source functional and performance testing tools in the early
stages of your software delivery lifecycle.
There is one process that binds all application delivery stages together into
one well-orchestrated machine: Continuous Testing. Continuous Testing is the
conveyer belt between the Software Factory and production stages. Artifacts
are moved from one stage to the next only after they have been tested and
approved to continue. New code submitted to the repository is tested upon
commit. When tests fail, the code is rejected. Subsystems are approved as
part of periodic builds on their way to the delivery stage, where the system
is being tested as production ready.... (more)
20th International Cloud Expo, taking place June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits
Center in New York City, NY, will feature technical sessions from a rock star
conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world.
Cloud computing is now being embraced by a majority of enterprises of all
sizes. Yesterday's debate about public vs. private has transformed into the
reality of hybrid cloud: a recent survey shows that 74% of enterprises have a
hybrid cloud strategy. Meanwhile, 94% of enterprises are using some form of
XaaS - software, platform, and infrastructure as a service.
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Cloud Expo is the single show where delegates and technology vendors can meet
to experience and discuss the entire world of the cloud.
Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your
enterprise is as "Cloud-Ready" as it can be!
Sponso... (more)
As organizations abandon the waterfall method of software development for
Agile, many are stuck in what Hasan Yasar terms Water-Scrum-Fall. That is,
the organization has not effectively embraced Agile and DevOps principles and
remains in silos with no links to business goals. Enter DevOps, an extension
of Agile thinking. While Agile embraces constant change and embeds the
customer into the process, DevOps embraces constant testing and delivery and
embeds operations into the team to internalize expertise on deployment and
maintenance.
This is how Hasan started his talk, Multi Security Checkpoints on DevOps
Platform, at the All Day DevOps conference.
In his talk, Hasan lays out a plan to get organizations to DevSecOps. Really,
DevOps is a risk mitigation strategy, built on situational awareness,
automation, and repetition. But, security is where a lot of DevOps
imp... (more)
SYS-CON Events announced today that SourceForge has been named "Media
Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo, which will take place on
Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara,
CA.
SourceForge is the largest, most trusted destination for Open Source Software
development, collaboration, discovery and download on the web serving over 32
million viewers, 150 million downloads and over 460,000 active development
projects each and every month.
For more information, visit https://sourceforge.net/.
With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing Cloud
strategies, now is the perfect time to attend 21st Cloud Expo, October 31 -
November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, and June 12-14,
2018, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, and learn what is going on,
contribute to the discussions, a... (more)
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Freeze the Pond vs Take the Hill: Two Metaphors for Enterprise Agile
Transformation
It is ironic, but perhaps not unexpected, that many organizations who want
the benefits of using an Agile approach to deliver software use a waterfall
approach to adopting Agile practices: they form plans, they set milestones,
and they measure progress by how many teams they have engaged. Old habits die
hard, but like most waterfall software projects, most waterfall-style Agile
adoption efforts fail to produce the results desired. The problem is that to
get the results they want, they have to change their culture and cultures are
very hard to change. To paraphrase Peter Drucker, "culture eats Agile for
breakfast." Successful approaches are opportunistic and leverage the power of
self-organization to achieve lasting change.
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Finally Getting the Most out of the Java Thread Pool
By Eugen Paraschiv
First, let's outline a frame of reference for multithreading and why we may
need to use a thread pool.
A thread is an execution context that can run a set of instructions within a
process - aka a running program. Multithreaded programming refers to using
threads to execute multiple tasks concurrently. Of course, this paradigm is
well supported on the JVM.
Although this brings several advantages, primarily regarding the performance
of a program, multithreaded programming can also have disadvantages - such as
increased complexity of the code, concurrency issues, unexpected results and
adding the overhead of thread creation.
In this article, we're going to take a closer look at how the latter issue
can be mitigated by using thread pools in Java.
Why Use a Thread Pool?
Creating and starting a thread ... (more)
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CloudFoundry + Watson Services = Bluemix = The Perfect Cloud Operating System
for the Enterprise
In his opening keynote at 20th Cloud Expo, Michael Maximilien, Research
Scientist, Architect, and Engineer at IBM, discussed why realizing the full
potential of the cloud and social data requires artificial intelligence. By
mixing Cloud Foundry and the rich set of Watson services, IBM's Bluemix is
the best cloud operating system for enterprises today, providing rapid
development and deployment of applications that can take advantage of the
rich catalog of Watson services to help drive insights from the vast trove of
private and public data available to enterprises.
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Speaker Bio
Michael Maximilien, better known as max or Dr. Max, is a computer scientist
with IBM. At IBM Research Triangle Park, he was a principal e... (more)
Interested in leveling up on your Cloud Foundry skills? Join IBM for Cloud
Foundry Days on June 7 at Cloud Expo New York at the Javits Center in New
York City. Cloud Foundry Days is a free half day educational conference and
networking event. Come find out why Cloud Foundry is the industry's
fastest-growing and most adopted cloud application platform.
Opening Remarks/Welcome
3:30-3:40 PM
Dr. Michael Maximilien, Research Scientist, IBM
The Makers of Marvels: How Developers Are Rebuilding the Enterprise, One
Brick at a Time
3:40-4:00 PM
Chip Childers, CTO Cloud Foundry Foundation
History teaches us that astonishing feats occur not when a singular leader
envisions them, but when a mass of skilled workers collaborates to transform
that vision into something material. The Pyramids of Giza, for example, were
not built overnight by a Pharaoh, but constructed by tens of thous... (more)
Dell EMC Announce Azure Stack Hybrid Cloud Solution
Dell EMC have announced their Microsoft Azure Stack hybrid cloud platform
solutions. This announcement builds upon earlier statements of support and
intention by Dell EMC to be part of the Microsoft Azure Stack community. For
those of you who are not familiar, Azure Stack is an on premise extension of
Microsoft Azure public cloud.
What this means is that essentially you can have the Microsoft Azure
experience (or a subset of it) in your own data center or data
infrastructure, enabling cloud experiences and abilities at your own pace,
your own way with control. Learn more about Microsoft Azure Stack including
my experiences with and installing Technique Preview 3 (TP3) here.
What Is Azure Stack
Microsoft Azure Stack is an on-premise (e.g., in your own data center)
private (or hybrid when connected to Azure) cloud pl... (more)
Most large organizations require dozens and sometimes hundreds of specialized
software tools to manage the lifecycle of the physical products or software
applications they create. It isn't hard to imagine the monumental waste these
organizations incur in attempting to manually coordinate the efforts of the
teams that use these many disparate tools to create a single product. Open
Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) is an open community for creating
specifications for integrating lifecycle activities across tools to address
this problem. Now imagine how much more happy and productive an organization
would be if all those tools could integrate via standard interfaces. In broad
strokes, this is the goal of the OSLC community.
The technical foundation for OSLC is based on the W3C Linked Data method of
publishing and accessing information and inspired by how the W... (more)
@ThingsExpo Stories By Pat Romanski  SYS-CON Events announced today that Taica will exhibit at the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Pavilion at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
ANSeeN are the measurement electronics maker for X-ray and Gamma-ray and Neutron measurement equipment such as spectrometers, pulse shape analyzer, and CdTe-FPD. For more information, visit http://anseen.com/. Oct. 2, 2017 03:45 PM EDT Reads: 849 | By Elizabeth White  SYS-CON Events announced today that SIGMA Corporation will exhibit at the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Pavilion at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
uLaser flow inspection device from the Japanese top share to Global Standard! Then, make the best use of data to flip to next page. For more information, visit http://www.sigma-k.co.jp/en/. Oct. 2, 2017 02:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,359 | By Liz McMillan  SYS-CON Events announced today that Japan External Trade Organization & Six Prefectures of Japan have been named “Pavilion Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Meet the leading Japanese cloud computing companies from six prefectures of Japan. The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) is a non-profit organization that provides business support services to foreign companies... Oct. 2, 2017 01:45 PM EDT Reads: 850 | By Pat Romanski  SYS-CON Events announced today that B2Cloud will exhibit at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
B2Cloud specializes in IoT devices for preventive and predictive maintenance in any kind of equipment retrieving data like Energy consumption, working time, temperature, humidity, pressure, etc. Oct. 2, 2017 01:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,322 | By Pat Romanski  SYS-CON Events announced today that NetApp has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
NetApp is the data authority for hybrid cloud. NetApp provides a full range of hybrid cloud data services that simplify management of applications and data across cloud and on-premises environments to accelerate digital transformation. Together with their partners, NetApp em... Oct. 2, 2017 12:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,362 | By Liz McMillan  Join IBM November 1 at 21st Cloud Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, and learn how IBM Watson can bring cognitive services and AI to intelligent, unmanned systems.
Cognitive analysis impacts today’s systems with unparalleled ability that were previously available only to manned, back-end operations. Thanks to cloud processing, IBM Watson can bring cognitive services and AI to intelligent, unmanned systems. Imagine a robot vacuum that becomes your personal assistant th... Oct. 2, 2017 11:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,379 | By Elizabeth White  Smart cities have the potential to change our lives at so many levels for citizens: less pollution, reduced parking obstacles, better health, education and more energy savings. Real-time data streaming and the Internet of Things (IoT) possess the power to turn this vision into a reality. However, most organizations today are building their data infrastructure to focus solely on addressing immediate business needs vs. a platform capable of quickly adapting emerging technologies to address future ... Oct. 2, 2017 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 709 | By Pat Romanski  SYS-CON Events announced today that Taica will exhibit at the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Pavilion at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Taica manufacturers Alpha-GEL brand silicone components and materials, which maintain outstanding performance over a wide temperature range -40C to +200C. For more information, visit http://www.taica.co.jp/english/. Oct. 2, 2017 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 988 | By Elizabeth White  SYS-CON Events announced today that Yuasa System will exhibit at the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Pavilion at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Yuasa System is introducing a multi-purpose endurance testing system for flexible displays, OLED devices, flexible substrates, flat cables, and films in smartphones, wearables, automobiles, and healthcare. Oct. 2, 2017 08:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,017 | By Elizabeth White  SYS-CON Events announced today that Taica will exhibit at the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Pavilion at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
TAZMO technology and development capabilities in the semiconductor and LCD-related manufacturing fields are among the best worldwide. For more information, visit https://www.tazmo.co.jp/en/. Oct. 2, 2017 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 839 | By Elizabeth White  Digital innovation is the next big wave of business transformation based on digital technologies of which IoT and Big Data are key components, For example:
Business boundary innovation is a challenge to excavate third-party business value using IoT and BigData, like Nest
Business structure innovation may propose re-building business structure from scratch, as Uber does in the taxicab industry
The social model innovation is also a big challenge to the new social architecture with the design fr... Oct. 2, 2017 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,592 | By Elizabeth White  What is the best strategy for selecting the right offshore company for your business?
In his session at 21st Cloud Expo, Alan Winters, U.S. Head of Business Development at MobiDev, will discuss the things to look for - positive and negative - in evaluating your options. He will also discuss how to maximize productivity with your offshore developers.
Before you start your search, clearly understand your business needs and how that impacts software choices. Oct. 1, 2017 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,055 | By Liz McMillan  SYS-CON Events announced today that Suzuki Inc. will exhibit at the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Pavilion at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Suzuki Inc. is a semiconductor-related business, including sales of consuming parts, parts repair, and maintenance for semiconductor manufacturing machines, etc. It is also a health care business providing experimental research for... Sep. 29, 2017 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,328 | By Liz McMillan  SYS-CON Events announced today that Ryobi Systems will exhibit at the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Pavilion at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Ryobi Systems Co., Ltd., as an information service company, specialized in business support for local governments and medical industry. We are challenging to achive the precision farming with AI. For more information, visit http:... Sep. 28, 2017 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,176 | By Pat Romanski  SYS-CON Events announced today that mruby Forum will exhibit at the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Pavilion at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
mruby is the lightweight implementation of the Ruby language. We introduce mruby and the mruby IoT framework that enhances development productivity. For more information, visit http://forum.mruby.org/. Sep. 28, 2017 04:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,318 | By Elizabeth White  SYS-CON Events announced today that Nihon Micron will exhibit at the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Pavilion at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Nihon Micron Co., Ltd. strives for technological innovation to establish high-density, high-precision processing technology for providing printed circuit board and metal mount RFID tags used for communication devices. For more inf... Sep. 28, 2017 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,259 | By Liz McMillan  SYS-CON Events announced today that Mobile Create USA will exhibit at the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Pavilion at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Mobile Create USA Inc. is an MVNO-based business model that uses portable communication devices and cellular-based infrastructure in the development, sales, operation and mobile communications systems incorporating GPS capabi... Sep. 28, 2017 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,216 | By Liz McMillan  SYS-CON Events announced today that Keisoku Research Consultant Co. will exhibit at the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Pavilion at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Keisoku Research Consultant, Co. offers research and consulting in a wide range of civil engineering-related fields from information construction to preservation of cultural properties. For more information, vi... Sep. 28, 2017 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,209 | By Elizabeth White  SYS-CON Events announced today that MIRAI Inc. will exhibit at the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Pavilion at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
MIRAI Inc. are IT consultants from the public sector whose mission is to solve social issues by technology and innovation and to create a meaningful future for people. Sep. 28, 2017 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,256 | By Elizabeth White  SYS-CON Events announced today that Fusic will exhibit at the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Pavilion at SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Fusic Co. provides mocks as virtual IoT devices. You can customize mocks, and get any amount of data at any time in your test. For more information, visit https://fusic.co.jp/english/. Sep. 28, 2017 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,331 |
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