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How to Create Secure, Collaborative and Productive Digital Workspaces Whitepaper, powered by HP

Satish Upadhay — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 05:18:21 +0000

Overview:
The workplace has changed significantly over the past few years with the rapid adoption of hybrid work. Organizations across all industries can leverage digital workspaces to implement hybrid work models that (1) provide employees with a superior user experience, (2) meet security, productivity and employee satisfaction goals for the business, and (3) are manageable for IT.

4 Key Takeaways:

How to Deploy Digital Workspaces & Address Hybrid Challenges
Adding Layers of Security with Digital Workspaces
4 Best Practices & 6 Use Cases of Digital Workspace Success
2 Digital Workspaces Success Stories
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Mathew Payne, GitHub: Protecting code while nurturing user experience

Satish Upadhay — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 05:08:38 +0000

Developer caught up with Mathew Payne, Principal Field Security Specialist at GitHub, to discuss the platform’s security strategies and how they aim to strike a balance between robustness and a seamless user experience.

At the heart of GitHub’s security philosophy lies a commitment to safeguarding user code. Payne emphasised that a major focus is on securing the code created by both users and developers.

“The first thing that we focus on at GitHub is the security of our users,” says Payne. “My focus has always been on securing the code that my users and customers write.”

Balancing security features with user experience is a challenge GitHub acknowledges. Payne highlighted the significance of reducing false positives, which can discourage developers from using security tools.

“If I’m producing too many [false] results from my tool, my developers are going to start really pushing back,” explains Payne. “And we want to be partners with those developers, not against them.”

GitHub’s integration of security processes into developers’ daily activities helps streamline the experience. This includes automatically detecting vulnerabilities during pull requests and promptly communicating potential issues before they reach production.

Addressing emerging security threats, GitHub acknowledges the escalating concern over the software supply chain. Payne gives the example of the Moq library, which drew criticism earlier this month for including the data-collecting ‘SponsorLink’ in its latest release.

GitHub remains vigilant against unauthorised access to repositories and the inadvertent exposure of sensitive data. By the end of this year, GitHub will require all developers to enable one or more forms of 2FA after compromised accounts led to package takeovers......Read more.

Google’s latest APIs focus on fighting climate change and its effects

Satish Upadhay — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 05:02:49 +0000

In a bid to further its commitment to environmental sustainability, Google has announced the launch of a suite of new sustainability APIs at the Google Cloud Next event.

The new APIs provide developers with real-time insights into solar potential, air quality, and pollen levels, aiming to collectively reduce carbon emissions by 1 gigaton annually by 2030.

One of the highlights is the Solar API, an evolution of Google’s 2015 Project Sunroof. This initiative harnessed location, sunlight, and navigation data to estimate the energy generation of solar panels installed on roofs worldwide.

Building upon this foundation, the Solar API employs advanced AI models and modern mapping techniques to analyse rooftop angles, slopes, shade from nearby trees, and historical weather data. This enables accurate predictions of solar energy production without the need for on-site inspections, benefitting both homeowners and solar installation companies.

Yael Maguire, VP and GM of Geo Sustainability at Google, said: “Demand for solar has been rising a lot in recent years… we saw a lot of opportunity to bring this information and technology to businesses around the world.”

Expanding on its environmental initiatives, Google is also extending the Air Quality layer into a dedicated API.

The Air Quality API, initially proven crucial during the 2021 California Wildfires, aggregates data from various sources—including government monitoring stations, meteorological data, sensors, and sate....Read more.

How to Increase Website Traffic & Site Visitors in 2023

Satish Upadhay — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 04:45:24 +0000

Website traffic is a vital driver of overall business growth, so it’s important to learn multiple methods to increase your website traffic.

It improves your rankings, which in turn generates even more traffic. Traffic allows you to measure marketing methods, improve search engine credibility, gather audience insights, and the most important benefit, gain more customers. Yet when searching for how to increase traffic to your website, you’ll quickly realize there are countless methods and ideologies out there. Where do you even begin?

In order to understand how to increase traffic to your eCommerce website the right way, you need to focus on attracting quality website traffic. Traffic means nothing if your engagement is stagnant and conversion rates are plummeting. That’s where we come in. The following are 15 effective ways you can boost traffic in a way that will ultimately impact the bottom line and also increase online sales numbers.

Use SEO to Increase Your Website Traffic
Search engine optimization (SEO) is one of the most impactful and valuable things you can do to drive organic traffic to your website. There are countless tactics you can use on each webpage to increase its rank in search engines, resulting in more visitors.

Consider every aspect of your site and do thorough keyword research. Ensure you’re producing optimized, high-quality content that your potential customers are searching for (more on this a bit later). Make sure you’re making the most of every bit of text on your...Read more.