Month: January 2023

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Security Operations Center Trends for 2023

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What Is a Security Operations Center and What Does It Do?

A Security Operations Center (SOC) includes the people, processes, and technology responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and maintaining the security of an organization's IT systems. 

The SOC acts as a hub that collects data from an organization's networks, servers, endpoints, and other digital assets and uses automated and manual processes to detect cybersecurity threats, prioritize potential cybersecurity incidents, and effectively respond.

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Why is social media a necessary part of marketing

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In todays business world, social media is no longer an option its a necessity. From building brand awareness to generating leads to engaging customers, social media plays a critical role in the success of any marketing initiative. Still not convinced? Here are some reasons why you should make social media a cornerstone of your marketing strategy

Nearly every business today uses some of the top social media marketing companies to market its product or service. But why is social media such an essential part of marketing? Here are three reasons:

  1. Its a great way to connect with customers and create a connection with them.

  2. Its a great way to showcase your product or service.

  3. Its a great way to get your name out there.

In todays digital age, its nearly impossible for companies to succeed without the help of top social media marketing companies and a strong presence on social media. Platforms like Facebook and Instagram have become essential for connecting with customers and advertising products or services.

In addition to promoting brand awareness, social media allows businesses to gather valuable data on their audiences demographics and behaviour, allowing them to tailor their marketing strategies to specific target markets.

And with the ability to directly engage with customers and respond to their feedback in real-time social media helps build customer loyalty and trust in a brand. But, not utilising social media as part of a marketing strategy is no longer an option for businesses looking to stay competitive and successful.Digital marketing for small business can be extremely effectiveif you know how to use it.

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Workload-Centric Over Infrastructure-Centric Development

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This article is meant to be a starting point for sharing observations, experiences, and ideas to begin and build a conversation, exchange experiences, discuss, and shape a product vision we can work towards as a community.

Our initial product vision and definition reads as follows:

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5 Challenges in Building Distributed Systems

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Distributed systems are all the rage these days.

Whenever I visit a tech publication on the internet, I usually find a flurry of posts going on about the benefits of distributed systems. Everyone seems to be enthralled with the general idea of distributed systems and the seeming advantages they bring to the table.

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Type Variance in Java and Kotlin

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“There are three kinds of variance: invariance, covariance, and contravariance…”

It looks pretty scary already, doesn’t it? If we search Wikipedia, we will find covariance and contravariance in category theory and linear algebra. Some of you who learned these subjects in university might be having dreadful flashbacks because it can be complex stuff.

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395: The Most Hearted of 2022

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Marie and I hop on the show to discuss our recently released Most Hearted of 2022 Pens. We only did the calculations the day before, so this is more of a first reaction than a deep dive.

  • Congrats to Hyperplexed for #1 and a massive year on CodePen. Last year, just one entry on the Top 100, and this year, nine. “Full layouts” like this appeared a number of times, including Aysenur Turk, last year’s winner, at #13 with Liquid Transition Effect, and there were two NFT-themed landing pages (1, 2) in the Top 100.
  • A lot of Pens attract attention when they have that “I could use this” feel to them, demonstrated by Ryan Mulligan’s Logo Wall at #2!
  • High five to Greensock for taking #3 with a re-creation of Brian Cross’ lovely Pen. The tag “gsap” was used a ton in the Top 100.
  • Jon Kantner took #4 and 10 other spots making this the most appearances on the Top 100 list ever, and also took a spot with a Pen made on December 13th! Aaron Iker and Yoav Kadosh both had 4 spots.
  • Perhaps my favorite because of the deep CSS trickery involved was Scott Kellum’s Apple inspired pride clock. Scott has the oldest account of anyone in the list, over 10 years old! Huge fan of Steve Gardener’s joke, though as well.
  • 11 of the Top 100 were created for CodePen Challenges.

Time Jumps

  • 00:23 The rules of the game
  • 05:13 Grinch style hearting reminder
  • 06:34 Number one on the list
  • 10:24 Sponsor: Notion
  • 11:12 Logo wall
  • 12:52 Greensock scrolling site pen
  • 14:40 NFT landing pages
  • 16:25 11 appearances by John
  • 17:30 Shaw made the list
  • 19:09 Challenge pens made the list
  • 22:16 New CodePen members on the list
  • 23:25 Longest CodePen member on the list
  • 25:09 Elements that are popular
  • 27:44 Spider pens
  • 29:37 Snowball pen

Sponsor: Notion

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C# Attributes Basics

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Attributes are a powerful method of associating metadata or declarative information with code.

You can think of attributes as adding tags/notes to code:

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Create a Product Page with Interactive Colors in HTML, CSS3 & jQuery

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This post is originally published on Designmodo: Create a Product Page with Interactive Colors in HTML, CSS3 & jQuery

Create Product Page with Interactive Colors in HTML, CSS3 & jQuery

Topic: HTML / CSS3 / jQuery Difficulty: Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes In this tutorial, we are going to create a website product page using HTML, CSS3 and jQuery. You can use it for product presentations on your shop …

For more information please contact Designmodo

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The Data Whisperer

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The data whisperer is the function sitting between the business and the technologists. Bridging the gap between the builders and the users of AI and finding the proper management structure for AI governance. They are experts in using data analysis to help organizations better understand their customers and make more informed decisions. They have the ability to interpret large amounts of data and transform it into actionable insights that can inform business decisions. They are also skilled at visualizing data in ways that are easy to understand and interpret. They often work closely with marketing and sales teams to help them identify trends in customer behaviors, develop targeted campaigns, and optimize their overall performance. 

This is, in essence, the program manager who is very familiar with the technology enterprises landscape, with the foundational ability to understand, work with, and analyze data.

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Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine

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What Is a Virtual Machine?

It is a computer file known as an image that functions much like a real computer. One of the folders that contain everything is that one. Windows, Linux, and other operating systems can all run it. As a result, you have the flexibility to run several machines on a single physical computer. In addition, different operating systems are possible for various systems.

The virtual hardware that each of these virtual machines offers includes CPUs, RAM, hard drives, network connections, and other similar components.