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Best practices for DevOps Continuous Integration /Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) — Aqonta

J Macmillan | 26 July 2020

Using version control: In collaborative development environments with simultaneous development there will be multiple challenges:

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Creating an adaptable people strategy for today’s changing workplace norms — COVID19 vs HR leaders

J Macmillan | 26 July 2020

Economic and operational pressures are affecting HR leaders in new and different ways. Significant challenges are rippling across the HR function that range from changing cultural norms to regulatory complexity since the COVID-19 pandemic. And also include the labor market squeeze, growing health insurance cost, leave management and a struggle to increase revenue.

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The basics of Big Data and its history | Aqonta

J Macmillan | 25 July 2020

The term Big Data refers to a new discipline that is at the crossroads of several others: statistics, technology, databases and business functions (marketing, finance, HR, etc.). A new discipline that owes its existence to technological power has rendered possible things that until now remained in the realm of the theoretical. The things that we talk about here are mainly associated with two challenges: data volume and data complexity.

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Building and managing a Six Sigma team — Aqonta

J Macmillan | 24 July 2020

Six Sigma is typically managed on two levels within an organization. First, the culture of Six Sigma must be managed at an enterprise-wide level, usually by a group or council of senior managers, such as executives, with the guidance of a Master Black Belt or Black Belt. Ultimately, this group sets the tone for Six Sigma within an organization, provides final approval on projects, and holds others accountable for metrics, performance, and success. While many of these individuals might also work as sponsors or champions on projects, as a group they don’t tend to get involved in the day-to-day project details.

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Big data — key sources and characteristics | Aqonta

J Macmillan | 24 July 2020

Big data has many interpretations and definitions across industries, academics, organizations, and individuals. It’s a very broad and evolving field, and many organizations are adopting big data in some shape or form to supplement their existing analysis and business tools. Big data systems are primarily used to derive meaningful value and hidden patterns from data. They are also implemented to supplement different types of traditional workloads for economies of scale that lower costs. The three key sources of big data are people, organizations, and sensors.

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