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Atlassian lays off 5% of staff to refocus on cloud, ITSM
The collaboration software company follows in the footsteps of big tech companies including Microsoft, Facebook, and Google in cutting staff to position itself for the long term, focusing on cloud migration and IT service management...
Alation’s Connected Sheets brings data governance to spreadsheets
Connected Sheets, which can be accessed via the company’s Data Catalog, can be used to import or feed governed data from various sources into spreadsheets including Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel.
AWS releases Wickr, its encrypted messaging service for enterprises
The release of the enterprise version of the encrypted messaging service, announced at AWS re:Invent, is designed to allow secure collaboration across messaging, voice, video and file sharing.
Microsoft relaunches Syntex with broad set of AI-based content management tools
Defining a new category of technology labeled “content AI,” Microsoft has relaunched Syntex with a set of artificial intelligence and low-code tools to automate content creation, indexing, and discovery.
Slack outage stymies some business users
The team channels platform went down at mid-morning in the US; Slack worked for several hours to find and fix the problem.
Review: 6 top videoconferencing services put to the test
We compared Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, Google Meet, BlueJeans, and GoToMeeting in real-world tests to see which videoconferencing platforms perform best for business users. Here’s how they stack up.
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AI, machine learning, and deep learning deep dive
Download this 26-page in-depth guide to AI, machine learning, and deep learning for easy reading at your convenience
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Get started with Angular
A step-by-step guide to installing the tools, creating an application, and getting up to speed with Angular components, directives, services, and routers
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Python megaguide: The best frameworks and IDEs
Only on InfoWorld: A hands-on, in-depth look at 13 Python web frameworks and six Python development toolkits
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Quick guide: Digital transformation and the agile enterprise
Enterprise transformation is hard. But when you build a platform for continuous change, putting new ideas into production becomes a lot easier
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Career hacks: Professional do’s and don’ts for developers
The hot skills to master, the secrets to breaking into management, the career mistakes to avoid -- here's how to refactor yourself as the developer every organization wants
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Deep Dive how-to: Office 365 document sharing
Office 2016, OneDrive, and Office 365 together offer powerful document collaboration capabilities across Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, and the web -- but only if you set them up and manage them properly. This how-to guide walks you...
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Machine learning megaguide: Amazon, Microsoft, Databricks, Google, HPE, IBM
Download InfoWorld's massive roundup of Amazon, Microsoft, Databricks, Google, HPE, and IBM machine learning toolkits
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The Essential Guide to Microservices
How to create modern Web and mobile applications that scale.
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The essential guide to PowerShell for Windows, Windows Server, and Exchange
Make the most of Microsoft’s command line by mastering the nuances of the PowerShell language
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Public cloud megaguide: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM, and Joyent compared
The top five public clouds pile on the services and options, while adding unique twists
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Monitoring in the age of devops
A combination of cultural transformation and automation is redefining the way developers and operations work together. But for devops to succeed, comprehensive, real-time monitoring must be in place
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