Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: One of the three Google employees who created Kubernetes — the open source container-orchestration platform now maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation — was software engineer Brendan Burns. But in 2016 Burns became an engineer at Microsoft (where since March he’s been a corporate vice president at Microsoft). This week in a new podcast interview…
Tag: Productivity
Why Remote Work Is So Hard — and How It Can Be Fixed
Cal Newport, writing at the New Yorker: Technological transitions often stumble when we expect them to sprint. In 1989, the Stanford economist Paul David wanted to understand why so many companies were so slow to adopt computer technology; for historical perspective, he turned to the history of the electric dynamo, which had been invented around a hundred years before, and which,…
Coursera for Business Helps Organizations Drive Business Value with 746% ROI, According to IDC
By Leah Belsky, Chief Enterprise Officer at Coursera An IDC whitepaper unveiled today, sponsored by Coursera, explores the business value and benefits of skills development through Coursera for Business. With the recent shift to distributed work, companies are focused on scaling digital transformation across their workforce. Equipping employees with the right skills will be essential […]
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Helping Companies Respond to Employee Well-Being and Digital Readiness during COVID-19
By Leah Belsky, Chief Enterprise Officer, Coursera The spread of COVID-19 has profoundly affected the way companies operate. In a matter of days, organizations around the world transitioned millions of employees to remote working to keep their communities safe. How businesses respond during this crisis will have a lasting impact on employee engagement, productivity, and […]
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Gaining New Knowledge, Skills, and Techniques for his Construction Career: Meet Mark Anthony
What edX course or program did you take and what were your goals in taking it? Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt: Quantitative Tools for Quality and Productivity. My goal in taking this Professional Certificate program is to gain new knowledge, tools, and techniques that I could use in my construction project. I also want to improve my professional profile by getting…
Resources to Support your Learners: Stay Informed & Productive During the Coronavirus Crisis
By Alison Lands, Skills Transformation Consultant As companies scramble to secure the health and safety of employees, virtualize their operations, and check-in with their customers (not to mention find a quiet + comfortable + decent-looking nook from which to work virtually in their homes!), a new level of leadership is being demanded from every individual […]
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Bosses Panic-Buy Spy Software To Keep Tabs On Remote Workers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: With so many people working remotely because of the coronavirus, surveillance software is flying off the virtual shelves. “Companies have been scrambling,” said Brad Miller, CEO of surveillance-software maker InterGuard. “They’re trying to allow their employees to work from home but trying to maintain a level of security and productivity.” Along with InterGuard,…
Oracle Announces Java 14
Java “remains the world’s most popular programming language,” notes ZDNet, reporting on Oracle’s release this week of Java Development Kit (JDK) 14, Oracle’s “reference implementation of the Java 14 programming language spec.”
Rolling out in line with Oracle’s six-monthly release schedule that began with Java 9 in 2017, JDK 14 includes enhancements that Oracle says will improve developer productivity… According to Georges…
Google’s G Suite Cracks 2 Billion Users
Google’s G Suite, which includes Gmail, Google Docs, Hangouts, Meet and other apps, quietly passed a major milestone at the end of last year: It now has more than 2 billion monthly active users, G Suite boss Javier Soltero told Axios Wednesday. From a report: Long seen as the upstart challenger to Microsoft Office, Google’s productivity suite is now one of…
What’s new on Coursera for Business – February 2020
By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant February was a special month at Coursera: we officially launched Rhyme Projects for enterprise. Coursera acquired Rhyme Softworks last year to augment our abilities to create and share hand-on projects with learners. Projects allow learners to work on a task in their browser while following a self-paced or […]
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