Virtual News Digest 15.05 - May 2023

From the Virtual News Desk

Hi to all the Virtual News readers (This is the LinkedIn edition). Well change is definitely in the air. I recently joined a fantastic startup as Co-Founder and COO called?Kredit . I?was very excited to get this opportunity as I?have been keen to rejoin the startup world since I last spent some quality time there in the?early 00’s. That was certainly a different time. The app I wrote and marketed at the time was on a magazine CD to help it get distributed. I imagine that to so many people this would sound like the opposite of what they would want, but as you may remember this was a great way to get your software out to people 20+ years ago. I must admit while it was fun it is much easier and SaaS is a real gift. Please check it out and let me know your thoughts. I have joined as we are entering into our “Seed Funding” round which is truly exciting as this is something new for me to be on the front line.

So a little trip down memory lane and onto new and greater things. Enjoy the newsletter all and please reach out anytime.

Kind regards

Neil Isserow

FEATURED ARTICLE

I thought I?would feature something different this month related to my new venture,?Kredit . I hope you enjoy some slightly different content.

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AI NEWS

MIT News

• Researchers use AI to identify similar materials in images
• A robot manipulating objects while, say, working in a kitchen, will benefit from understanding which items are composed ...
• Using data to write songs for progress
• A three-year recipient of MITa€?s Emerson Classical Vocal Scholarships, senior Ananya Gurumurthy recalls getting ready to ...
• Is medicine ready for AI? Doctors, computer scientists, and policymakers are cautiously optimistic
• The advent of generative artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT has prompted renewed calls for AI in health care, a...
• An AI challenge only humans can solve
• The Dark Ages were not entirely dark. Advances in agriculture and building technology increased Medieval wealth and led ...
• A better way to study ocean currents
• To study ocean currents, scientists release GPS-tagged buoys in the ocean and record their velocities to reconstruct the...

Google AI Blog

• Making ML models differentially private: Best practices and open challenges
• Posted by Natalia Ponomareva and Alex Kurakin, Staff Software Engineers, Google Research Large machine learning (M...
• Sparse video tubes for joint video and image vision transformers
• Posted by AJ Piergiovanni and Anelia Angelova, Research Scientists, Google Video understanding is a challenging ...
• Responsible AI at Google Research: PAIR
• Posted by Lucas Dixon and Michael Terry, co-leads, PAIR, Google Research PAIR (People + AI Research) first launched ...
• Using reinforcement learning for dynamic planning in open-ended conversations
• Posted by Deborah Cohen, Staff Research Scientist, and Craig Boutilier, Principal Scientist, Google Research As virt...
• Larger language models do in-context learning differently
• Posted by Jerry Wei, Student Researcher, and Denny Zhou, Principal Scientist, Google Research There have recently be...

Mark tech Post

• CMU Researchers Propose STF (Sketching the Future): A New AI Approach that Combines Zero-Shot Text-to-Video Generation with ControlNet to Improve the Output of these Models
• The popularity of neural network-based methods for creating new video material has increased due to the internet’...
• This AI Paper Shows How Diffusion Models Memorize Individual Images From Their Training Data And Emit Them At Generation Time
• In recent years, image diffusion models such as DALL-E 2, Imagen, and Stable Diffusion have gained considerable attenti...
• Meet BLOOMChat: An Open-Source 176-Billion-Parameter Multilingual Chat Large Language Model (LLM) Built on Top of the BLOOM Model
• With some great advancements being made in the field of Artificial Intelligence, natural language systems are rapidly p...
• How To Use ChatGPT To Chat With Any PDF Document
• Step 1 Open?https://chat.openai.com/ ?Step 2 Click on the left bottom three dots and then click on settings...
• Best 10 AI Tools for Google Sheets (2023)
• In the ever-evolving world of data analysis and automation, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a game-changer. Wit...

Unit AI Blog

• 10 Best AI Graphic Design Tools (May 2023)
• The digital design realm is witnessing an upheaval, thanks to the unprecedented influence of artificial intelligence (AI...
• Can Artificial Intelligence Ever Be Truly Creative?
• When Jane Goodall discovered chimpanzees using tools a€” bending sticks into just the right shape to penetrate a termite m...
• ReMotion: The New Robotic Telepresence by Cornell Researchers
• It's no secret that nonverbal cues play an essential role in our daily interactions, often offering a sense of engagemen...
• The Trust Dilemma in the Age of Advanced AI
• The advent of increasingly realistic AI presents a complex predicament: As these digital entities become more sophistica...
• Understanding How Immersive Mixed Reality Will Power the Metaverse
• The way in which businesses, enterprises, industry leaders and consumers utilize technology for everyday tasks is set to...

AI Hub

• Writing with AI help can shift your opinions
• By Patricia Waldron Artificial intelligence-powered writing assistants that autocomplete sentences or offer a€?smart repl...
• AI is helping astronomers make new discoveries and learn about the universe faster than ever before
• By Chris Impey, University of Arizona The famous first image of a black hole just got two times sharper. A research tea...
• The Good Robot Podcast: live from the AI Anarchies conference in Berlin
• Hosted by Eleanor Drage and Kerry Mackereth, The Good Robot is a podcast which explores the many complex intersections ...
• A list of resources, articles, and opinion pieces relating to large language models
• Teresa Berndtsson / Better Images of AI / Letter Word Text Taxonomy / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0. We’ve collected some ...
• Mitigating biases in machine learning
• Machine Learning (ML) is increasingly being used to simplify and automate a number of important computational tasks in ...

Becoming Human

• Train Your First Deep Q Learning based RL Agent: A Step-by-Step Guide
• https://www.analyticsvidhya.co... ?Learning (RL...
• AI-Generated Art: The Ethical Implications and Debates
• If you are curious about the ethical considerations and debates surrounding AI-generated art, then this blog post is for...
• Revolutionary AI Use Cases In The Logistics Industry
• The transportation and logistics industry has undergone a massive change with the introduction of artificial intelligenc...
• Top Use Cases of AI in the Banking Sector
• The banking sector is one of the most significant industries and is heavily dependent on technology to meet customer nee...
• 10 Features of ChatGPT: Unleashing the True Potential of This AI-Language Model
• ChatGPT is a sophisticated language model that has taken the world by storm. With its advanced natural language processi...

My Great Learning - AI and ML

• ChatGPT for Data Analysts
• Introduction As a data analyst, you are constantly swimming in a sea of data, looking for patterns, trends, and insights...
• ChatGPT Alternatives
• In the world of artificial intelligence (AI), language models and chatbots have been gaining immense popularity in recen...
• How to use chatGPT?
• Introduction OpenAI’s ChatGPT is a cutting-edge language model that can provide detailed responses to a wide range...
• ChatGPT for Digital Marketing
• Introduction Digital marketing has become an indispensable part of modern business strategies, with companies constantly...
• Revolutionize Your Business Communication with ChatGPT
• As technology continues to evolve, businesses are constantly seeking ways to streamline their communication processes to...

Singularity Weblog

• ?‰mile Torres on Transhumanism, Longtermism and Existential Risks
• My goal with this podcast has always been to be a bit of a gadfly to your as well as my intellectual growth and, hopeful...
• Nikolas Badminton on Facing Our Futures: Futurism is Activism
• My podcast guest today is Nikolas Badminton. Nik is the Chief Futurist at?futurist.com . He has worked with over 300 orga...
• My NBF Contest Pitch: The Greatest Leadership Opportunity of the 21st Century
• This is my 4 min video pitch for the 2023 Nordic Business Forum Speaker Contest. Hope you enjoy it but feel free to let ...
• Massimo Pigliucci on Story, Virtue, Character and AI
• Prof. Massimo Pigliucci is one of those very rare people who manage to combine the pursuit of deep science and the livin...
• Ukrainian Transhumanist Alex Padalka: A War Against Our Democratic Values
• When the war in Ukraine started, I asked myself if I could do anything to help. I have no friends or family in Ukraine, ...

Big data Analytics News

• Website Performance Optimization Tips for Faster Loading Times
• In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, having a high-performing website is crucial for online success. Visi...
• Decoding the Latest Blockchain Buzz: A Comprehensive Guide
• The world of blockchain technology is abuzz with excitement, as it continues to revolutionize industries and redefi...
• Youth Banking 101: A Guide to Opening Accounts for Minors
• Finances are one of the most sensitive topics that many people avoid. However, on the contrary, children should be ...
• How To Switch to G Suite with Ease: The Most Comprehensive Migration Solution
• Switching to G Suite can be a smooth and comprehensive process with the right migration solution. Gsuite migration ...
• Does Using a€?Curse Wordsa€? Negatively Impact Your SEO?
• A very common question that people ask about SEO is whether Google will actively penalise you for using curse words...

DEVOPS NEWS

DevOps.com

• History of the Internet
• The post History of the Internet appeared first on?DevOps.com . ...
• Red Hat Adds Generative AI and Event-Driven Capabilities to Ansible
• Red Hat today unveiled a technical preview of Ansible Lightspeed with IBM Watson Code Assistant, a generative artificia...
• Red Hat Moves to Secure Software Supply Chains
• Red Hat today announced a portfolio of cloud services designed to better secure software supply chains. The expanded po...
• The Role of SBOMs in Software Supply Chain Security
• The software supply chain has become increasingly complex and dynamic with the rise of cloud computing, open source sof...
• 8 Hot Takes: Will We See a Monolithic Renaissance?
• Is the DevOps world slowly backing away from microservices and to a monolithic renaissance? After years of proselytizat...

DZone

• Redefining DevOps: The Transformative Power of Containerization
• In the rapidly evolving digital age, DevOps has emerged as a crucial paradigm reshaping the software development landsca...
• Tomorrowa€?s Cloud Today: Unpacking the Future of Cloud Computing
• In the rapidly evolving landscape of technology, the role of cloud computing is more significant than ever. This revolut...
• Modernizing Monolith to Microservices
• Keep it modern. This is a pretty good question to ask before dedicating the time and resources needed to move...
• DevOps and SRE, Chapter 3: Models for Cultural Change
• This is how change happens Cloud-native applications are a type of complex system that depe...
• Mitigating Deployment Risk in Microservice Architectures: The Quarantine Operational Pattern
• Enterprises are increasingly organizing themselves around self-managing teams that develop in parallel and embrace rapid...

Devops Online (UK)

• Most Recent Trends of Digital Transformation
• Digital transformation has been one of the most significant trends in the business world for the past few years, and it ...
• Future of DevOps and Cloud
• It is undeniable that DevOps and cloud go hand-in- hand. DevOps is implemented in the vast majority of cloud developmen...
• Running PostgreSQL Database in a Cloud Native Environment with Kubernetes
• PostgreSQL has become the open source relational database of choice among organizations. For modern application d...
• DataOps isna€?t DevOps plus data? So, what is it?
• What is DataOps? We know ita€?s gaining popularity among modern businesses, but is it simply? DevOps plus data? No! DataOps...
• Cloud Migration
• We’ve covered a lot, from the importance of good planning to the inevitability of compromises. Of course, everyone...

InfoQ Devops Blog

• Article: Data-Driven Decision Making - Software Delivery Performance Indicators at Different Granularities
• Optimizing a software delivery organization is not a straightforward process standardized in the software industry. Gett...
• Article: Learning eBPF for Better Observability
• This article shares insights into learning eBPF as a new cloud-native technology which aims to improve Observability and...
• Article: DevEx, a New Metrics Framework from the Authors of SPACE
• Researchers behind DORA and SPACE have published a new measurement framework for improving developer productivity. This ...

DynaTrace Blog

• Software vendors must accelerate DevSecOps adoption for reliable, resilient product delivery
• Software industry IT leaders face constant pressure to deliver innovation faster to stay ahead of their competition. End...
• How Dynatrace boosts production resilience with Site Reliability Guardian
• To ensure high standards, ita€?s essential that your organization establish automated validations in an early phase of the...
• Retailers must embrace DevSecOps to deliver a modern, resilient shopping experience
• The explosive demand for online shopping and the dilution of brand loyalty are here to stay. IT leaders in the retail se...
• DevOps monitoring tools: How to drive DevOps efficiency
• With the world’s increased reliance on digital services and the organizational pressure on IT teams to innovate fa...
• Digital transformation strategies: Success stories from three digital transformation journeys
• Organizations in every industry are engaged in some form of digital transformation, integrating technology into all area...

AWS Devops Blog

• How Cirrusgo enabled rapid resolution with Amazon DevOps Guru
• In this blog, we will walk through how Cirrusgo used Amazon DevOps Guru for RDS to quickly identify and resolve their ...
• S3 URI Parsing is now available in AWS SDK for Java 2.x
• The AWS SDK for Java team is pleased to announce the general availability of Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) U...
• The history and future roadmap of the AWS CloudFormation Registry
• AWS CloudFormation is an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) service that allows you to model your cloud resources in template ...
• Integrating DevOps Guru Insights with CloudWatch Dashboard
• Many customers use Amazon CloudWatch dashboards to monitor applications and often ask how they can integrate Amazon DevO...
• DevSecOps with Amazon CodeGuru Reviewer CLI and Bitbucket Pipelines
• DevSecOps refers to a set of best practices that integrate security controls into the continuous integration and deliver...

Amazic DevOps Blog

• It is time to Go: our journey into grown-up code Part 11
• Welcome to the eleventh article in our series on learning GO; All the previous articles in this series can be found on t...
• Sustainability to Become Next Big DevOps Metric
• Increased focus on sustainability is driving a wave of additions and upgrades to monitoring and observability tools that...
• How to build an air-tight cloud-based DevOps environment thata€?s resilient to cyber-attacks
• DevOps is popular among developers for its cross-functional collaboration across the software development lifecycle (SDL...
• 8 best practices for managing secrets & sensitive data in a DevOps environment
• In the world of DevOps, sensitive data is any information that, if revealed, might hurt a company or its clients. To tha...
• How to ensure your DevOps tools & processes comply with security regulations and standards
• The DevOps culture enables the development and operations teams to collaborate closely during the Software Development ...

App Developer Magazine

• Software developer shortage remains top challenge in 2023
• Even amidst recent layoffs in the tech industry, recruiting developers with the right skills rema...
• Q CTRL names Dave Kielpinski as Principal Quantum Control Scientist
• Q-CTRL recently announced the addition of industry trailblazer Dave Kielpinski as Principal Quant...
• Software delivery trends to watch for according to OpsMX
• As businesses around the globe face ongoing economic uncertainty, most are focused on rapidly ada...
• AI VS code extension from Metabob speeds up code review
• Metabob announced a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered virtual studio code (VSCode) extensi...
• AI e learning is becoming popular
• After years of steadily picking up steam, online learning is experiencing undeniable explosive gr...

DevOps Done Right

• Cloud Cost Estimation with Infracost
• Introduction Estimating costs can be a nightmare for many enterprises. Cloud cost estimation is important for organizati...
• Unlocking the Power of AIOps
• In today’s complex and rapidly evolving IT landscape, organizations face increasing challenges in managing their I...
• Azure CDN
• How it works? Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a CDN service provided by Azure Cloud Platform that enables storin...
• Hybrid Cloud vs Multi-Cloud Management: Which Offers Greater Flexibility and Scalability?
• Cloud computing has revolutionized the way businesses operate, offering unparalleled scalability, flexibility and cost-e...
• How to Setup SSO in Jenkins?
• Introduction Providing OAuth 2.0 user authentication directly or using Google+ Sign-in helps us to achieve a modern auth...

Atlassian DevOps Blog

• Atlassian joins the Value Stream Management Consortium
• Subscribe to Work LifeGet stories about tech and teams in your inboxSubscribe The digital economy is global and affe...
• 3 key takeaways from our Open DevOps webinar
• Subscribe to Work LifeGet stories about tech and teams in your inboxSubscribe Our webinar on how to optimize the dev...
• Atlassian Open DevOps could net teams a potential ROI of 358%
• Subscribe to Work LifeGet stories about tech and teams in your inboxSubscribe For developer and operations teams tha...
• Why greater autonomy is the future of software development
• Subscribe to Work LifeGet stories about tech and teams in your inboxSubscribe There’s a lot that our industry ...
• Introducing Open DevOps
• Subscribe to Work LifeGet stories about tech and teams in your inboxSubscribe Ask one hundred development teams the ...

CLOUD TECH NEWS

Cloud Tech Blog

• Jotelulu raises a??4M to help IT companies easily deliver cloud services to SMEs
• Jotelulu, a platform that helps transform IT companies into cloud service providers, has closed a??4 million in a Series A...
• AWS to put $13 billion into India cloud infrastructure by 2030
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced plans to invest 1,05,600 crores (US $12.7 billion) into the Indian cloud infrast...
• Informatica deepens partnership with Google Cloud
• Informatica, an enterprise cloud data management specialist, has launched its Intelligent Master Data Management Softwar...
• Snowflake opens UK office amid strong momentum across EMEA
• Snowflake, the Data Cloud company, is opening a new UK office and Customer Experience Centre (CEC) in London, providing ...
• Cloud professionals a€?overly attached to password-based securitya€?
• Most cloud professionals remain overly attached to the use of passwords despite their inherent security vulnerabilities,...

TechRepublic Cloud Blog

• Della€?s Project Helix is a wide-reaching generative AI service
• Dell and NVIDIA joined forces to put generative AI into the hands of Dell's software-as-a-service customers. The post De...
• Dell reveals new edge as-a-service portfolio, NativeEdge
• Dell also zeroed in on zero trust and introduced a modular deployment service as part of its new edge offerings. The pos...
• Become your companya€?s certified AWS expert with these courses
• Take a deep dive into DevOps for just $34.99. The post Become your company’s certified AWS expert with these cours...
• How to manage and share files online using NordLocker
• With NordLocker, you can store, manage and share individual files. Learn how with this step-by-step guide. The post How ...
• Dell brings more cloud products under APEX umbrella
• APEX Navigator for Kubernates and more join Della€?s hybrid and multicloud software-as-a-service family. The post Dell bri...

AWS Cloud Blog

• AWS Week in Review a€“? AWS Documentation Updates, Amazon EventBridge is Faster, and More a€“ May 22, 2023
• Here are your AWS updates from the previous 7 days. Last week I was in Turin, Italy for CloudConf, a conference Ia€?ve had...
• Amazon SageMaker Geospatial Capabilities Now Generally Available with Security Updates and More Use Case Samples
• At AWS re:Invent 2022, we previewed Amazon SageMaker geospatial capabilities, allowing data scientists and machine learn...
• New a€“ Simplify the Investigation of AWS Security Findings with Amazon Detective
• With Amazon Detective, you can analyze and visualize security data to investigate potential security issues. Detective c...
• Retiring the AWS Documentation on GitHub
• About five years ago I announced that AWS Documentation is Now Open Source and on GitHub. After a prolonged period of ex...
• AWS Week in Review a€“ New Open-Source Updates for Snapchange, Cedar, and Jupyter Community Contributions a€“ May 15, 2023
• A new week has begun. Last week, there was a lot of news related to AWS. I have compiled a few announcements you need to...

Cloud Tweaks

• Episode 20: Why inbound telephone calls are still vital to your business
• A conversation with David Anandraj, manager of Product Management for the ecommerce segment of BCM One People like to th...
• What Is the Kubernetes Ingress Controller?
• Kubernetes Ingress Controller is a component within a Kubernetes cluster that manages the routing of external traffic to...
• AI-powered identity verification: what businesses need to know in 2023
• AI-powered identity verification Even if you dona€?t want to admit it, doing business online in todaya€?s environment poses ...
• What is the cloud pyramid: the layers of DevOps services
• The layers of DevOps services We use cloud computing services quite a lot nowadays, yet many people dona€?t have a clear p...
• Tech-Savvy Workforce: Redefining Corporate Communication
• Passing the Torch Updated: 05-15-2023 In 2016, millennials surpassed the Baby Boomers as the largest generation in Ameri...

Azure Blog

• New and upcoming capabilities with Elastic Cloud (Elasticsearch)a€”An Azure Native ISV Service
• Microsoft and Elastic partnered together in 2020 to build an Elastic Cloud (Elasticsearch)—An Azure Native ISV Ser...
• Whata€?s new with Azure Files
• Azure Files provides fully managed file shares in the cloud that you can access from anywhere using standard protocols s...
• Insights from the 2023 Open Confidential Computing Conference
• I had the opportunity to participate in this year's Open Confidential Computing Conference (OC3), hosted by our soft...
• Microsoft Cost Management updatesa€”April 2023
• Whether you're a new student, a thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you...
• Preparing for future health emergencies with Azure HPC?
• A once-in-a-century global health emergency accelerates worldwide healthcare innovation and novel medical breakthrou...

Cisco Cloud Blog

• Simplify multi-cloud operations: How to optimize AWS,a€ˉAzure, and GCP workloads with IWO
• This is the final blog in a series on cloud optimization. Also see a€?Reduce Public Cloud Spend with Intersight Workload O...
• Cisco Intersight Workload Optimizer Named a Leader in GigaOm Radar for Cloud Resource Optimization
• In a December 2022 article in Data Center Dynamics, Luca Collacciani hits the nail on the head regarding public cloud sp...
• Getting to the Cloud: How IWO can help you plan cloud migration
• This blog is the second in a series on public cloud optimization. Also see a€?Reduce Public Cloud Spend with Intersight Wo...
• Reduce Public Cloud Spend with Intersight Workload Optimizer
• This blog is the first in a series on cloud optimization. Join us the next few weeks as we explore why moving applicatio...
• Application Resource Management in Healthcare
• Four Ways Healthcare Providers Have Benefited from Intersight Workload Optimizer IT operations teams are like doctors. ...

Compare The Cloud

• Designated Driver: Why Complex Technology Environments Require a Steady Hand
• Monitoring software is designed to run in the background, operate quietly and only intervene when needed, much like a d...
• Building the Business Case for Satellite IoT??
• The Operational IoT market continues to expand as organisations across the world imagine an extraordinary range of oppo...
• Using Cloud To Avoid Bloated Business Models
• There has been an exponential rise in the volume of cloud-based business tools and cloud-first businesses, which has be...
• Elevating healthcare services with cloud computing
• Healthcare is going digital as a route to improving patient care and use of clinician time. Everyone gains through fast...
• Top 5 trends impacting multicloud management
• An effective multicloud strategy can improve quality of service while enhancing security and strengthening partner conn...

Cloud Security Alliance

• 5 Essential Components of a Cloud DLP Solution
• Originally published by Dig Security. Written by Yotam Ben-Ezra. The DLP landscape has taken a long time to catch up wit...
• How Can 3DS Authentication Enhance My Payments Flow?
• Originally published by TokenEx. As the rapid growth of ecommerce platforms and digital payments continues, the amount o...
• Why Lateral Movement Protection is Critical for Best Cybersecurity Practices
• Originally published by TrueFort. A fortress of protection A castle has many layers of protection. A moat, a vallum, dra...
• CSAa€?s Enterprise Architecture: Information Technology Operation & Support
• Written by CSAa€?s Enterprise Architecture Working Group. The Enterprise Architecture is both a methodology and a set of t...
• Cyber Tetris: Making Security Fall Into Place
• Originally published by CXO REvolutionaries. Written by Ben Corll, CISO - Americas, Zscaler. Security is often a thankle...

Cloudwards

• How & Where to Watch Knives Out and Glass Onion in 2023: Stream Both Films From Anywhere
• Ita€?s time to get your sleuth hat on for this pair of murder-mystery movies. Whether youa€?re new to the a€?whodunnita€? film ...
• Netflix Password Sharing: Canada Crackdown in 2023
• If you have been leeching off your parent’s, sibling’s, cousin’s or employer’s Netflix account,...
• Understanding Cloud Storage Pricing in 2023
• Cost is one of the most important things to consider when making a purchase, and that goes doubly so for services that ...
• Asana Tutorial 2023: Beginnera€?s Guide to Getting Started
• Asana is one of the best free project management software options for organizing and managing your workflows, tasks and...
• What Is OneDrive? A 2023 Guide to Microsofta€?s Cloud Storage
• What is OneDrive? Ita€?s one of the best cloud storage services, known especially for its integration with Microsoft 365....

Cloud Academy Blog

• Updates to the Microsoft 365 Certification Portfolio
• With job roles and technologies constantly changing, Microsoft regularly reviews its certification and exam offerings f...
• Updates to the AWS Certified Security a€“ Specialty (SCS-C02) Exam
• In April 2023, AWS announced that the current version of the AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam (SCS-C01) w...
• 4 Steps to Hiring Top Tech Talent
• The prevalence of digital transformation has increased significantly over the past decade, creating a heightened need f...
• Get 40% Off Individual Plans at Cloud Academy
• Unlock your full career potential with Cloud Academya€?s advanced training and expert guidance Are you feeling stuck i...
• Google Cloud Run: Automatically Scale Stateless Containers
• Modern software development relies heavily on containers as a portable, standardized method of packaging apps and their...

NEGOTIATION BLOGS

Harvard Program on Negotiation

• Tired of Liars? Promote More Ethical Negotiation Behavior
• Promoting ethical negotiation behavior is one of the steps we can take to reduce the odds that someone will try to decei...
• How to Counteroffer in Business Negotiation
• Imagine youa€?ve received a salary offer for a new job thata€?s less than youa€?d hoped for, or a client has delivered a a€?take...
• A Case Study of Conflict Management and Negotiation
• Group negotiations are a fact of managerial life, yet the outcomes of teamwork are highly unpredictable. Sometimes, grou...
• Dealing with Cultural Barriers in Business Negotiations
• If you negotiate regularly on the job, you probably have engaged in multiple business negotiations with counterparts fro...
• Ask A Negotiation Expert: How Conversational Receptiveness Might Bridge Our Divide
• In the United States and elsewhere, people with very different worldviews on politics seem hopelessly and dangerously di...

K&R Negotiaiton

• K&R Negotiation Associates: Our Guiding Philosophy Revisited
• Everything we do at K&R Negotiation is based on our philosophy, honed over several decades of helping the worlda€?s l...
• Negotiating Contracts In A Volatile Economic Environment
• For firms delivering services on long-term contracts, rising inflation has hit like a sledgehammer. The inability to rai...
• Agenda Management Can Be Your Difference Maker (or Game Changer) in Negotiations
• In one of my previous articles, I wrote about the a€?time factora€? a€” not only how you can manage it against other considera...
• Three Essential Negotiation Doa€?s and Dona€?ts
• During our conversation on the Sales Reinvented podcast, host Paul Watts asked me what I considered to be the three most...
• Five Reasons Soft Skills Are Crucial To Successful Negotiation
• In a previous article, Negotiate Like a Pro: Ask the Right Questions, I wrote about the importance of understanding how ...

Kluwer Mediation Blog

• From theory to practice a€“ BATNA in the spotlight
• As long ago as 1981, in the very first edition of Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, Roger...
• The art of the possibilist
• I recently had the pleasure of taking part in a workshop led by William Ury in which small teams of participants were in...
• Reflections on Mediation in Practice and Bringing Parties Together
• Ita€?s been a long time since I wrote a blog just about mediation practice. Other things always seem more important! Howev...
• Dear President Putina€|.a thought experiment
• I have been musing about what a mediator might say to President Putin given the opportunity. That led me to compose a le...
• Opening Statements in Mediation: what world are we making?
• “The world is made, not found.” (W Barnet Pearce) I had been a mediator for about 10 years before I heard pa...

Positive Purchasing Blog

• The top tactics to become a negotiation master
• Be yourself and play to your strengths, advises global negotiation master Jonathan Oa€?Brien, and it is OK to bluff –...
• Dealing with price increases in 4 easy steps
• Amid todaya€?s unprecedented inflationary environment, Jonathan Oa€?Brien considers a four-step sequence of tactics that pro...
• Negotiation tactics: How having a decoy in your repertoire can get you the result you want.
• Jonathan Oa€?Brien, CEO of Positive Purchasing, explores the concept of repertoire in negotiation and use of the decoy tac...
• Mastering negotiation: Conquer the enemy within
• Perhaps the most important challenge in mastering negotiation is the one closest to home. Human nature, specifically o...
• Negotiation: It isna€?t just what you saya€|
• Positive CEO Jonathan Oa€?Brien, considers the importance of language during a negotiation, and how tone of voice and phra...

MENTORING BLOGS

Chronus Mentoring Blog

• Enterprise Mentoring: Benefits and How to Implement
• A company’s success depends on its people. For an organization to prosper in the long term, they need a workforce ...
• 5 Reasons Why Workplace Mentorship Programs Fail
• Workplace mentorship programs can be an effective tool for employee development, connectivity and overall organizational...
• Employee Resource Groups: Examples & Best Practices
• Employee resource groups (ERGs) have been a part of corporate life since the 1960s, but they are growing in popularity. ...
• Aid Knowledge Transfer with People-Centric Learning
• Employees have always been a company’s greatest asset. Yet historically, only a few companies have designed their ...
• Long-Term Career Goals [Examples & How to Succeed]
• Setting goals is the first step to achieving anything you want out of life, and your career is no exception. Long-term c...

Mentoring.org

• Mentoring and the Foster Care System: Alyssaa€?s Story
• Alyssa S. entered the foster care system at the age of 13. Now a young adult in her 20s, she shares the story of how me...
• Mentoringa€?s Impact on Mental Health: Koriaunaa€?s Story
• Koriauna Criswell is a senior at Bear Lake High School. She shares her experience working with a mentor as part of a sc...
• MENTOR Texas Names Lauren Love Richard CEO
• Richard to Serve as Founding CEO, Lead Organizationa€?s Development and Growth April 12, 2023 a€“ MENTOR announced today...
• A Conversation With the Director of Workplace Mentoring, Jeronima Nix
• Jeronima Nix is the Director of Workplace Mentoring at MENTOR. She shares her insights on mentoring, partnerships, and ...
• MENTOR Announces the 2023 National Corporate Mentoring Honor Roll
• Recognizing Corporations Across the Country Dedicating Outstanding Support for the Youth Mentoring Movement April 4,...

VIRTUALIZATION BLOGS

Open Source Blog

• Deprecating an Open Source Project, Part 2
• Signs that the Open Source Project is Reaching End-of-life In Part 1 of this blog series, a€?When and How to Deprecate an...
• Exploring Generative AI in Open Source
• Since the release of OpenAIa€?s ChatGPT in November 2022, large language models (LLMs) have gone mainstream and are slowl...
• Comparing Container Scanners for Detection Accuracy
• In this blog post, Ia€?ll share my findings regarding scanner detection accuracy of open source inventory for containers ...
• Dependency Management: Prioritizing Risk Over Crisis Management
• This past March, we had the privilege of delivering our talk entitled a€?Dependency Management: Risk versus Crisis Manage...
• Blooming and Booming: Amsterdam Hosts KubeConEU
• For visitors to Amsterdam two weeks from now, the City will seem slightly out of balance. While tulips will be top of m...

Network Virtualization Blog

• Announcing VMware HCX+ Initial Availability
• If you had to sum up multi-cloud management in a single word, “complex” would be a fair choice. Although mul...
• Introducing VMware Secure App IX
• Today, we are thrilled to announce VMware Secure App IX, a new offering designed to help cloud IT and Cloud Center of Ex...
• Learn How to Conquer Lateral Cybersecurity Risks with VMware at RSAC 2023
• In a world without neatly defined network perimeters, lateral securitya€”means detecting and mitigating threats from mali...
• NSX Multi-Tenancy Journey
• From Data-plane Multi-tenancy to a Complete Multi-tenancy Framework We are delighted to announce Projects in NSX, a new ...
• Securing the NSX management plane against exploits
• Helping organizations protect their assets and infrastructure from evolving attack tactics and techniques is a priority ...

vSphere Blog

• vSphere 8 Update 1 Achieves General Availability
• vSphere 8 Update 1 was released as Initial Availability (IA) on April 18th.? The vCenter component was released straight...
• Supervisor Services with vSphere 8 Update 1 | Breakroom Chats Episode 20
• Introduction to the vSphere Breakroom Chat Series a€?In this series, we share vlogs with industry-recognized experts from ...
• Announcing Photon OS 5.0 a€“ General Availability
• We are delighted to announce the General Availability (GA) of Photon OS 5.0. This release is available in pre-packaged b...
• Introducing VMware Skylinea?￠ Health Diagnostics version 3.5.2
• This blog was authored by Abhilash Kunhappan, VMware Technical Support Director for Skyline Health Diagnostics. When ma...
• Centralize and Simplify your Lifecycle Management with VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager | Breakroom Chats Episode 19
• Introduction to the vSphere Breakroom Chat Series a€?In this series, we share vlogs with industry-recognized experts from ...

Cloud management Blog

• Announcing Google Cloud VMware Engine and VMware Aria Operations for Logs
• Authored by Cheryl Young and Sehjung Hah As customers expand their infrastructure to multi-cloud, they will find ...
• Change Project feature in VMware Aria Automationa?￠
• Being a customer-centric company, with each new feature our focus is to fully meet the business needs of our clients. Du...
• Integrating Google VMware Cloud Engine with VMware Aria Operations for Logs SaaS
• With our May release of VMware Aria for Logs SaaS, one of our principal new features is the ability to send logs from Go...
• Everything you need to know about Maintenance Windows in VMware Aria Operations for Applications
• With the recent release of the VMware Aria Operations for Applications product we have made some improvements to Mainten...
• GMOOs for May! Get More Out of Aria Webinars
• It’s that time again, and we have two more great technical webinars coming up for you VMware Aira power users (and...

EUC Blog

• Delivering exceptional employee experience: Join VMware at the Gartner Digital Workplace Summit 2023
• The VMware End-User Computing (EUC) team is excited to announce that we will be at the Gartner Digital Workplace Summit ...
• How to manage the alphabet soup of XR with VMware Workspace ONE UEM
• Enterprise applications of extended reality (XR) are growing at an exponential rate. Theya€?re transforming how we work, t...
• Top 5 ways improved visibility enhances performance and user experience in the Horizon Cloud next-gen platform
• We launched our VMware Horizon Cloud next-gen platform at VMware Explore US in 2022, which provides customers delivering...
• Ready, set, check: The Horizon Installation Pre-req Checker is here!
• Attention, current a€” and future a€” VMware Horizon administrators! Are you ready to level up your installation game? The V...
• Remediate IT issues faster with Workspace ONE Intelligence: How to build an automation workflow
• Massive technological advances have created new ways to work, more accessible information, and easier-to-use devices and...

Cloud Foundation Blog

• Announcing VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.1
• Today VMware is pleased to announce the availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.1. Cloud Foundation 4.5.1 follows th...
• How To Build A Private Cloud that Delivers on Your Modernization Goals
• If youa€?re a datacenter systems engineer you have any number of challenges from aging infrastructure, to sprawling tools ...
• Overcoming Challenges in the Path of Infrastructure Modernization with VMware Cloud Foundation
• In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, staying ahead requires organizations to embark on infrastructure mo...
• VMware Validated Solutions a€“ April 2023 Update
• Welcome to the April 2023 update for VMware Validate Solutions. Highlights for this update include: Update to Cloud-...
• Why Data Center Modernization is the Key Outcome of Your IT Strategy
• In today’s digitally-driven world, data center modernization has become the cornerstone of any successful IT strat...

VMware on VMware Blog

• How VMware Moved to Digital Workspace
• by: VMware Sr. Director of Client Services Alexander Price and VMware Director of Client Experience Aju Sukumaran In Ma...
• How VMware Event Hub Drives Adoption of Event-Driven Architecture
• by: VMware Enterprise Integrations Architect Jitendra Nath and VMware Technical Architect, Business IT Architecture Eri...
• Hybrid Agile: Aligning Agile with the Way People Really Work??
• By VMware Information Security Strategy Manager Bhupendra Singh Agile is a great way for teams to accelerate thei...
• Multi-Cloud Solution for Databases: How VMware IT Improved Data Availability
• by: VMware Lead Application DBA Jino Jose, VMware Sr. Enterprise DBA Yadukula Chengappa, VMware Lead Application Admini...
• Sustainability Innovation: Highlights from the VMware IT Performance Annual Report 2022, Part Five of Six
• Part one of this series provided an overview of the VMware IT Performance Annual Report 2022 and VMware IT innovation. ...

EXTERNAL NEWS FROM 3RD PARTY BLOGGERS

Mystic Marvin

• The traditional vSphere 8 update 1: a€?Whata€?s new?a€?
• VMware recently announced the release of vSphere 8.0 Update 1 (build 21495797) bringing several new features and improv...
• MysticMarvin: The Blog Strikes Back
• We’re excited to announce our return to the world of blogging after a brief hiatus. While we were away, a lot has...
• ChatGPT is not the only AI!
• While #chatGPT holds sway over the media, we shall not forget that other artificial intelligences are busy in the shado...
• The VMware Entire Portfolio in 1-click a€“ February 2022
• March 2020, I published the 1rst article “VMware ENTIRE portfolio“- easy to use – in just 1-click! Si...
• Denisa€?s Trek For Lisa: a Phenomenal Sporting and Solidarity Challenge
• I met Denis back in 2016, when we were both new at VMware. Journey with VMware starts with START Onboarding Training...

David Stamen

• Using Bicep to Deploy a Microsoft SQL on Azure VM with Cloud Block Store Volumes
• This blog will showcase how to deploy an Azure VM that has a configured Microsoft SQL Instance that is connected to a Cl...
• Using Bicep to Deploy an Azure Virtual Machine
• Welcome to another blog on Automation! This one will be focused on deploying resources in Azure using Bicep. Follow alon...
• Using CloudFormation to Manage EC2 in AWS
• An update to a topic I previously covered! How can we automate management of virtual machines in AWS? Cloud Formation (C...
• Using the AWS CLI to Collect Amazon S3 Bucket Object Information
• Data collection is the theme of the month! This next ask was to easily identify S3 bucket objects, based on name, class ...
• Using the AWS CLI to Collect Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Information
• Most of my recent blogs have been focused on not just how to “do” something, but provide some information on...

Virtual Simon

• Streamlit powered What To Watch App
• Streamlit powered What To Watch App A comon conversation in the house after we’ve finshed work and eaten begins, &...
• Data Information Knowledgea€| Wisdom?
• Data is the new oil Data is the new oil, or so it is stated almost everywhere.? What that means is open to interpretatio...
• Revisiting VMware PowerShell Find VMs with Memory Reservations
• Revisiting VMware PowerShell Find VMs with Memory Reservations Back in March 2021 I wrote a quick one line PowerShell sn...
• Police API Stop and Search lookup with Streamlit
• Police API Stop and Search lookup with Streamlit Following on from the quick API demo I built for the Vehicle Enquiry Se...
• Vehicle Enquiry Service API Lookup Demo
• Vehicle Enquiry Service API Lookup Demo The Goal To build a web based application that allows the retrieval of vehicle i...

ESX Virtualization

• Zerto 10 announced with a Real-Time Ransomware Detection and Air Gap Vault with immutability
• Zerto 10 launch event was excellent. Having a Kevin Mitnick as one of the presenters really helps indeed, but Zerto 10 l...
• StarWind V2V Converter (PV2 Migrator) FREE utility
• Many of our readers already know this FREE tool called StarWind V2V Converter (P2V Migrator), however not well known for...
• VMware vCenter Converter 6.4 GA Released
• Latest VMware vCenter converter standalone v 6.4 software made its apparition, after a brief period of beta. The latest ...
• Nakivo Backup and Replication 10.9 will be adding Backup Malware scan and more
• Nakivo Backup and Replication 10.9 is currently in beta. You can download and test it by yourself by heading to this pag...
• Hornetsecurity VM Backup V9 for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V a€“ Product Review
• Hornetsecurity VM Backup V9 is a powerful and reliable data protection solution designed for virtualized environments ru...

Cormac Hogan

• VMware Data Services Manager Overview (en fran?§ais)
• La semaine derni?¨re, nous avons eu une tr?¨s belle pr??sentation de ma coll?¨gue, Chaima Berrachdo. C’??tait au sujet ...
• Aria Operations for Logs integration with VMware Data Services Manager
• In my most recent post on VMware Data Services Manager (DSM), we saw how it was possible to integrate the PostgreSQL dat...
• Aria Operations integration with VMware Data Services Manager
• This is a post to address a query that I recently received? regarding the use of Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Oper...
• New Book: VMware vSAN 8.0U1 Express Storage Architecture now available
• I am delighted to announce the availability of a new book, VMware vSAN 8.0U1 Express Storage Architecture. Along with my...
• New Fling a€“ VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Configuration File Generator
• Its been some time since I wrote an article on VMware Cloud Foundation. However, I recently caught up with my good pal G...

Scott's Weblog

• Technology Short Take 168
• Welcome to Technology Short Take #168! Although this weekend is (in the US, at least) celebrated as Mother’s Day w...
• Technology Short Take 167
• Welcome to Technology Short Take #167! This Technology Short Take is a tad shorter than the typical one; I’ve been...
• Creating a Talos Linux Cluster on Azure with Pulumi
• A little over a month ago I published a post on creating a Talos Linux cluster on AWS with Pulumi. Talos Linux is a re-t...
• Technology Short Take 166
• Welcome to Technology Short Take #166! I’ve been collecting links for the last few weeks, and now it’s time ...
• Creating a Talos Linux Cluster on AWS with Pulumi
• Talos Linux is a Linux distribution purpose-built for running Kubernetes. The Talos web site describes Talos Linux as &l...

vSphere-land

• Update on vSphere version adoption
• I recently published some metrics on which version of vSphere customers were running which highlighted that a large perc...
• The Past, Present and Future of VASA and VMware vVols
• VMware Virtual Volumes has been in development for quite a long time, almost 10 years now if you count the development b...
• Why are so many VMware customers still on vSphere 6.5 & 6.7?
• vSphere 6.5 and 6.7 is set to go end of support next week and vSphere 7.0 has been released for over 2 and a half years ...
• vVols 2022 Adoption Update: Current barriers and will it ever go mainstream?
• It has been over 7 years now since VMware Virtual Volumes (vVols) was released as part of vSphere 6.0 but adoption remai...
• My thoughts and observations on VMworld 2021
• Another VMworld here and gone, blink and you might have missed it with it being a all virtual event again this year. I p...

NTPRO.NL

• New Technical White Paper - Lower Infrastructure Costs with VMware vSAN 8 and vSAN Express Storage Architecture
• VMware vSAN 8 can lower HCI TCO by up to 40% through a variety of new capabilities, and this is achieved in no smal...
• New Book - VMware vSAN 8.0 U1 Express Storage Architecture Deep Dive
• VMwarea€?s vSAN has rapidly proven itself in environments ranging from hospitals to oil rigs to e-commerce platforms,...
• vSphere 8 Update 1 What's New?
• Learn about the exciting new features and enhancements that vSphere 8 Update 1 brings to improve operational ef...
• VMware Labs has released a new Fling - Power Actions
• Power Actions is a remote plug-in that enables you to run PowerCLI scripts from the vSphere Client, and implement c...
• VMware Multi-Cloud Briefing April 2023
• The VMware Multi-Cloud Briefing is a quarterly online series designed to help organizations succeed with their ...

Virten.net

• ESXi on 13th Gen Intel NUC Pro (Arena Canyon)
• Intel's Raptor Lake-based 13th Gen "Arena Canyon" NUC Professional series is now available to purchase. This article tak...
• vSphere 8 vCLS Machines High CPU Usage
• Yesterday, vSphere 8.0 Update 1 has been released and as usual, before reading any release notes, I hit the update butto...
• 10" Rackmount Kit Collection for Intel NUC (3D Printer Models)
• In the last 10 years, I've purchased plenty of Intel NUCs to run my VMware home lab. Keeping all the equipment organized...
• 10" Rackmount Kit for 7th Gen Intel NUC
• Last week I published 3D models for a 12th Generation NUC 10-inch Rack Kit. This was only the start of a series I'm goin...
• 10" Rackmount Kit for 12th Gen Intel NUC
• With all the equipment that is necessary to run a homelab, it can be challenging to keep the space organized. I'm runnin...

vSwitchZero

• Synology Active Backup for Business
• Synology’s Active Backup for Business is a powerful, license-free backup tool included with many of their higher ...
• Synology Storage Console for VMware
• Ia€?ve been playing around with Synologya€?s DS1621+ in my home lab the last couple of weeks and have been thoroughly impre...
• Synology DS1621+ iSCSI Configuration
• In my previous post on the Synology DS1621+, I configured storage pools and volumes. Now that our storage is ready ...
• Synology DS1621+ Storage Pool and Volume Creation
• In my previous post, I got the hardware all setup on the DS1621+ test unit that Synology was gracious enough to loa...
• vCenter VAMI Login Fails Due to Expired Password
• A few years back, VMware implemented a password expiry policy of 90 days for the root account on the vCenter Server...

vNinja

• VMware Updates vSAN 8 ESA Requirements
• These tweets from Duncan Epping caught my eye: There recently was a change for vSAN ESA when it comes to selecting diffe...
• IT Architect Series: Stories From the Field, Volume 2
• Another book in IT Architect series has finally been released: IT Architect Series: Stories from the Field, Volume 2 Thi...
• Upgrading to vCenter 8 Update 1: Invalid Type, expected String, instead got NoneType
• vCenter 8.0 Update 1 was released on April 18th, and I quickly jumped to upgrading my existing home lab vCenter, but ran...
• Are Your (old) ESXi Hosts Publicly Available? a€” They won't be for long.
• Back in February 2021, I published a post named Is Your VMware vCenter Publicly Available?. It is February 2023, and her...
• VMware Explore 2023 Dates and Venues
• Info Update 5. jan 2023: The dates and location for US and EMEA hs now been made official by VMware at?vmware.com/explor ...

VMExplorer

• VMware Workstation 17 Nested Home Lab Part 7: Setting up vSphere Environment
• In Part 7 we start the setup of our vSphere environment and get it ready for the vSAN ESA Install. The steps we’ll...
• VMware Workstation 17 Nested Home Lab Part 6: Installation of ESXi 8 Hosts
• We’ve turned the corner on our series and in Part 6 we install ESXi 8 on to our Workstation 17 deployment. Additio...
• VMware Workstation 17 Nested Home Lab Part 5: Installation of VCSA 8
• In Part 5, I show you all the tips you’ll need to successfully install VCSA 8 on to Workstation 17. #Optane #Intel ...
• VMware Workstation 17 Nested Home Lab Part 4A/B
• In Part 4A, I cover installing Windows 2022 Server, setting up AD, and DNS. Part B we complete the installation of Windo...
• VMware Workstation 17 Nested Home Lab Part 3
• In Part 3 Building a Nested Home Lab, I go into some post OS install items, and setting up networking in Workstation 17....

KB Articles

• New KB articles for VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC on AWS) in April 2023.
• ESXi host, NSX-T, VMC on AWS, PSOD, DFW L7 Context Profile, FQDN attribute, The post New KB articles for VMware Cloud o...
• New KB articles for VMware Horizon and Workspace ONE, in April 2023.
• Tweet In this blog post, we will explore newly created knowledge articles, providing detailed descriptions and insights...
• New Knowledge Base Articles for issues included problems with NSX, ESXi and HCX in April 2023.
• All of these KB articles were newly created in the month of April and cover a range of issues related to problems with...
• Whata€?s New in VMware Skyline Advisor: May 2023
• Tweet Wea€?rea€ˉpleaseda€ˉtoa€ˉannounce the latest enhancements to VMware Skyline Advisor Pro. A summary of the new featur...
• New KB articles created in April for VMware vSAN, VMFS6, vSphere Web Client, and NFSv3 datastore.
• Tweet Stay up to date with our latest knowledge articles. These new articles provide additional information to help you...