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• IDG Contributor Network: Lifting big data to the sky: Hadoop-as-a-Service is gaining rapid traction

  01-12-2017 15:00
  Hadoop is an open source-based software framework that enables high throughput processing of big data quantities across distributed clusters.What started as niche market several years ago is now entering the mainstream. With the rapid expansion of the digital universe, Hadoop provides ample use cases allowing big data processing utilizing plain commodity hardware.It’s also highly scalable from a single server to multiple server farms with each cluster running its own compute and storage. H
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: 3 steps to greatness

  01-12-2017 14:21
  Growing up I heard the adage: “that’s the straw that broke the camel’s back” and never thought how profound it was.  What prompts people to act?  I dreamed about doing something transformative, creating inclusion by removing gender bias, and empowering women to achieve greatness.  But, my actions did not reflect my passion.  If I had not been required to act, I would have maintained status quo. Why?In making decisions, I tend to avoid conflict.  I
  
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• Investing in women: How The Helm is shaking up the VC world

  01-12-2017 12:15
  On Oct. 12, 2017, the venture capital (VC) world was introduced to The Helm, a company and new VC community that offers seed-round funding to female business founders. The Helm, founded by Lindsey Taylor Wood, Erin Shipley and Emily Verellen Strom, takes a radical new approach to change the pipeline of capital available to women founders. By giving investors bespoke opportunities to see how their money is put to work, The Helm’s community aims to attract a new type of investor — men
  
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• What is the H-1B visa? Requirements, processes and FAQs

  01-12-2017 12:00
  The H-1B visa program is controversial. Few people like it. Businesses say it’s too restrictive. Labor organizations complain that it displaces U.S. workers and lowers their wages. Some politicians use it to appeal to their base with scant ability to fix the process to the benefit of all.The following overview of the H-1B visa is accurate as of the publication date. Beware that the rules and internal business processes of the H-1B visa are complex. Either could be changed by legislation, e
  
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• 12 tips for using DevOps to fuel digital transformation

  01-12-2017 12:00
  Successful digital transformation requires internal disruption, and CIOs intent on embracing a digital future must often alter their IT operating models to get there. Nowhere is this more evident than when it comes to developing software and services.To build software faster, CIOs are kicking old waterfall habits in favor of agile methodologies in which they partner with business stakeholders to build applications rapidly in iterative sprints. And some believe they can accelerate software develo
  
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