Participants of a brainstorming session throw the ideas that come to their minds, and everything gets messed up. However, there is a solution to this problem, and the business world calls it an affinity diagram or affinity process. No matter how long a brainstorming session is, how many participants are there, and how large the data collected as the output of the session, if everything goes through an affinity process, it becomes easy to organize the ideas and structure them to make informed decisions....

Contrary to their size, these GIFs can be useful in many ways. Here’s a detailed analysis of why you should consider GIFs in your video projects and a list of the best YouTube to GIF Converters. What are GIFs? Contrary to what most people believe, GIFs are not a video format but an image format. It would be better to call them a short compilation of images or frames rather than a video....

Zipping files is the most convenient way to save on disk space and transfer files using less bandwidth. You can even ZIP a file and password protect it for better protection, but what happens when you forget a ZIP password? Unzipping a password-protected ZIP file without its password is a challenging job without specialized tools. Some common scenarios when a password-protected ZIP can become a menace: Sabotage by a team member– A password-protected ZIP becomes a massive problem if a team member leaves without telling others the password....

Companies worldwide use Agile in their project management and software development processes due to its benefits. According to a report, agile is used in 80% of IT projects globally, which includes many Fortune 500 companies. Also, agile projects have shown greater success rates than traditional project management or software development methodologies such as a waterfall. These methods take significant time, are less flexible to changes, and involve many other challenges....

Software development and deployment have become an integral part of business operations. As users and clients demand quick product delivery, companies implement DevOps to optimize the product development process. However, it does not include continuous testing and improvement necessary for maintenance. But with an Agile framework, teams can work on constant product development. As you can see, both methodologies play key roles in the software development lifecycle. Hence, businesses can leverage Agile and DevOps for successful product development and focused delivery....

How do you view the EPUB files on unsupported platforms? That is where converters come into play. These tools can effortlessly convert your files with EPUB extension to PDF, compatible with almost all digital devices. If you love reading books on digital platforms, you must be knowing what EPUB files are. By any chance, you did not come across these files until now; we’ll explain them to you. Electronic Publication or EPUB is one of the several formats that store eBooks....

Today, in this tutorial, we will learn about Docker Hub, including how to use it, how to create our own image, and how it helps in publishing and pulling images to and from Docker Hub. And, we will also spend some time exploring some of the popular repositories on Docker Hub. Prerequisites You require a basic understanding of Docker, familiar with Windows and Linux environment. This tutorial will use the Docker Desktop tool for practicing ongoing exercise, i....

Over the past few years, the number of internal and external fraud cases targeting private, public, government, and other organizations has been on an upward trend. While the banking and healthcare sectors account for the most online frauds, other industries such as e-commerce and others are also vulnerable. As the attack surface expands, cybercriminals are increasingly using new and sophisticated techniques to exploit security gaps in applications, networks, authentication, and other areas....

The basic tenets of AI-enabled programs are that they can collect data, analyze it, make a decision with an understanding of outcomes, and learn from the results. That is why applying AI to cybersecurity brings new defensive promises and offensive challenges to cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is taking center stage because the exponential increase in data (consumer and business) has made data breaches more common. Some of the most common causes of data breaches are;...

Having server requirements in multiple locations means I have to consider the internal latency as a server will talk to each other to deliver the requested content from the requested location. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is known for its low latency, and I am happy with Geekflare performance which is hosted on GCP. You can check the latency to GCP over the Internet by using online latency tools such as Cloud Harmony....

This also applies when you log into online services using your Facebook or Google accounts. In this article, we are going to build a Nodejs API with JWT (JSON Web Tokens) authentication. The tools that we are going to use in this tutorial are: Expressjs MongoDB databaseMongooseDotenvBcryptjsJsonwebtoken Authentication Vs. Authorization What is Authentication? Authentication is the process of identifying users by acquiring credentials like email, password, and tokens. The given credentials are compared to the registered user’s credentials, that is available in the file of the local computer system or any databases....

The highly skilled career path of a tradesman-ship began with the construction of wood mills in the ancient days. The modern millwright or journeyman millwright profession includes construction and maintenance of metal and precision machinery tools, factories based on machine tools, etc. You will find tradespeople in hydroelectric plants, nuclear power plants, food processing factories, and anywhere else where the business needs to handle power supplies, conveyor systems, piping, machinery repairing, and so on....

Python is one of the most versatile programming languages. With it, you’ll be able to build from a small CLI (Command-line interface) program to a complex web application. However, one of its most underrated features is the capability to interact with operative systems. Managing OS operations with Python can save you tons of time when creating automation processes. Let’s see how Python interacts with the OS. How Python interacts with the OS?...

Creating a cluster in IBM WAS ND is one of the essential tasks for WebSphere administrator and necessary to provide application high-availability & workload balancing. There are a lot of benefits in having an application deployed in cluster mode, like: Ensure application is always available from one of the cluster members High-availability if one or more JVM is down No issue if one of the cluster JVM’s physical server is down No or minimum downtime during restart Easy maintenance No need to deploy on multiple JVM instead just select the cluster as target...

In $5 plan, you get 512 MB RAM, one virtual CPU, 20 GB SSD, 1 TB transfer By looking at pricing, looks like direct completion with DigitalOcean. However, in this article, – I will focus on Joomla. Some of the notable features. Static IP addressScalable and access to AWS servicesSSH terminalServer monitoringHigh-performing SSD storageSnapshotsSpeedy & secure networkThe first month free Let’s get it started. Creating a Lightsail account Create a Joomla Instance Assuming you are still logged in, select the “Joomla” from the list...

Background Turning old PCs into nifty Chromebooks was originally the idea of NYC-based Neverware. They had developed CloudReady, an operating system based on open-source Chromium OS. This was almost similar to using a Chromebook with some limitations. The motive behind CloudReady was to revive old Windows and Macs with an easy transition into a Chrome OS-like environment. CloudReady had a free version for personal use and paid enterprise editions. That was an interesting proposition for Google for pushing its Chrome OS to the masses without any hardware purchase....

Puppet is one of the most enterprise adopted configuration management tools in the DevOps world. As a DevOps engineer, you must know how to set up a puppet on your system. But before we begin, let me tell you that installing a puppet is not an easy task at all. If you miss a single step or if you change the flow of steps mentioned in this tutorial, even at one place, you might be scratching your head all day with a lot of error, but your setup would be incomplete....

On high-level, you need to do following in order to implement managed web server. Following abbreviations are used in this article. IHS – IBM HTTP Server WAS – WebSphere Application Server ND – Network Deployment IM – Installation Manager This assumes you have IHS and WAS installed on Linux environment. The following demonstration is based on WebSphere ND 8.5.5 and IBM HTTP Server 8.5.5. You may use IBM WAS with other web servers like Apache, Nginx or IIS as well....

All of a sudden everyone is replacing their profile pictures with computer-generated pixelated characters. Everyone from crypto enthusiasts to actual celebrities seems to have dipped their toes into this trend. These pixelated art collections are most commonly known as NFTs or Non-Fungible Tokens. And in this article, we’re going to talk about NFTs extensively. Most importantly, we are looking to answer the question, “What is an NFT?”. And, how you can make your own and publish it for sale....

No matter how customers interact with you: online, through mobile apps, or in person, they expect their data to be protected. A security breach that compromises their information damages the trust you have worked so hard to build and may jeopardize your business. Fragmented identity management puts companies and their clients at risk of costly security breaches. It is critical for your business to have Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) solutions in place because they protect the data of your customers and ensure a consistent customer experience at each level of your organization....