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An air raid alert has just started when Victoria Itskovych joins a Zoom call from Kyiv. “It’s, like, a usual situation,” she says. “But really, it’s not usual.” February 24 will mark the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. For nearly two years now, Kyiv has been under bombardment. Some weeks, people have to trudge to their shelters night after night, checking text alerts and Telegram channels to figure out where the missiles are falling and when it’s safe to come out—although, it’s never really safe.

That relentless stress, and the trauma of losing family, friends, and colleagues on the front, has taken its toll. A poll by the city government last year found that 80 percent of residents reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has exposed the whole of Ukrainian society to battle shock. “We’ve all suffered from this,” says Itskovych, who is director of the Kyiv City Council’s IT department. “Almost every person has somebody who was injured or died during the war, or lost their home or lost their health.”

In the face of such widespread injury, the Kyiv government has turned to Ukraine’s now-famous civic tech infrastructure for help. As the war enters its third year, the municipal government is starting to build a citywide system for providing mental health support to citizens. It’s a vast challenge, but also a unique opportunity—the first time that such a mass-trauma event has happened to a society that has already built the tools of digital government. Dealing with the mental health impacts of the invasion will be absolutely vital to keep society resilient, functioning, and committed enough to repel the invaders. It’s also the key to Ukraine’s postwar recovery, laying the groundwork now for a society that can rebuild itself physically and psychologically from the horrors of war. “This is the future of our society,” Itskovych says. “We are building the basis for the resilience of the community itself.”

At the heart of the plan is the Kyiv government’s digital platform, Kyiv Digital, which it launched in 2017. Before the invasion, it was largely used to manage parking and public transport, and to notify residents of disruptions to services such as road closures or power outages. When the war began, those notifications became more urgent: incoming attacks, the locations of bomb shelters, and the safest routes to reach them. Like other parts of Ukraine’s civilian technology, the city pivoted its tools to keep people safe and support the war effort, bootstrapping and rewiring the systems at pace.

“The first changes to the notifications we did in hours,” says Oleg Polovynko, adviser on digitalization to Kyiv’s mayor. Since then, the digital teams have been engaged in a constant cycle of innovation, trying to figure out what services they can bring online. The war has pushed them to act more quickly, to adapt tools they have and invent things that don’t exist.

They’ve expanded tools for civic participation, letting citizens vote on petitions, send feedback to the city government, and ask for help, such as financial support to repair bomb-damaged homes. And they’ve collected a lot of data, which is how the Kyiv government has been able to measure the scale of the city’s distress—and people’s reluctance to seek help. Of the 80 percent of residents who show signs of trauma, “40 to 45 percent are afraid to have contact with doctors who can help,” Polovynko says.

But this is only half of the problem that needs solving. For those who do want to seek treatment, there simply aren’t enough resources to help them. Clinical psychologists are supposed to limit the number of patient consultations they do in a day, so they don’t burn out. Before the full-scale invasion, Inna Davydenko saw a maximum of four patients daily. Today, Davydenko, a mental health specialist at the City Center of Neurorehabilitation in Kyiv, sees twice that number. When we speak, she’s just finished a video call with a soldier stationed near the front, whom she’s helping cope with stress and anxiety.

Even before the war massively increased the number of people dealing with trauma, depression, and anxiety, Ukraine’s medical system suffered from an underinvestment in mental health provision. “In most hospitals, you have maybe one psychologist. In good hospitals, it’s maybe two,” Davydenko says. “A lot of people need psychological help, but we can’t cover everything.” There is simply no way that the current system can grow to match the enormous jump in demand. But, Davydenko says, “almost every Ukrainian person has a smartphone.”

This is exactly what Polovynko and Itskovych want to exploit, using Kyiv Digital’s platforms and data to digitize mental health support for the city, and so close the gap between need and resources. Their project will focus first on those they’ve identified as being most vulnerable—war veterans and children—and those most able to help others: teachers and parents. The next six months of the project will be a “discovery stage,” Polovynko says. “We need to understand the real life of our veterans now, of the children, of the parents, what’s their context, how they survive, what services they use.”

The project will track people through the process of recovering from trauma, monitoring the treatments they ask for and the ones they receive, their concerns as they move through the mental health system, and their outcomes. Once the team has a detailed map of services and bottlenecks, and data on what’s working and what’s not, they can match individual needs with treatments. A full roll-out is scheduled for early 2025.

“It doesn't mean that the whole chain of the service will be absolutely digital,” Itskovych says. Some patients may be directed to group therapy or one-on-one meetings with psychologists, others will be given access to online tools. The aim, she says, is to create efficiency, to close the service gap, but also to provide comfort, meeting people where they are. “For a big part of our clients, there is more comfort with getting the service online, in different ways. Some people are not comfortable meeting a specialist one-on-one; they prefer a digital way to get the service.”

The project is being supported financially and operationally by Bloomberg Philanthropies, a charitable organization created by former New York mayor and Bloomberg founder Michael Bloomberg. James Anderson, head of government innovation at the organization, says that the project comes at a critical time for Kyiv, where people continue to suffer even though global attention has shifted away to other crises.

“There's always a tremendous amount of attention when the immediate crisis hits,” Anderson says. “But mayors continue to have to deal with the human costs of crises, long after the newspapers have turned to new subjects. That’s certainly what we sense and see in Kyiv.”

The size of the challenge in Kyiv is clearly daunting. But, Anderson says, there are reasons for optimism. Cities have got better over the past two decades at responding to common crises, such as Covid-19, which also required rapid, mass digitization of services. “Every crisis is distinct and different, and awful, in its own way,” Anderson says, “but there are lessons learned.” The Kyiv government, and Ukrainian society more widely, have demonstrated a capacity for rapid innovation to meet urgent needs, and Anderson hopes that success in this project could see it replicated internationally. “This is not the last war. This is not the last crisis,” he says. “I think Kyiv has lessons that they can share with cities around the globe.”

For Kyiv, and Ukraine, the crisis won’t end when the war does. “Psychological health is the number one problem for Ukraine,” Davydenko says, before correcting herself. “Number one is Russia, number two is our psychological health,” she says. “PTSD is our future.”

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1, 7, 11, & 21 for Valentine :>

tyyyy for the ask :3

1. are they associated with a certain color? what color do they wear the most?

The color I associate her is a bright red, but when she does actually pick out her own clothing rather than wearing the company uniform (or using some sort of corpo fashion service) she really gravitates to bright candy colors. Particularly blue or green.

7. favorite animal? why?

I guess I should say cicada– and V does love them and would be over the moon to ever see one in person... but she dearly loves cats, which are an animal she does have more experience with. Abernathy had one (a really fluffy one, I've just decided!) and he was an extremely friendly lap cat. V herself has never had enough money to afford owning a pet but if she could a cat would be her first choice. Extremely adorable mutual-annoyance-as-affection creatures. :3

11. what do they have in common with you? how are they different? would you get along with them?

Whoo boy. Valentine does share many traits with me, with the most obvious discrepancy being that she does not have anxiety. But the ADHD, Not Being Surprised, argument avoidance, spite, and yes, even her innate desire to be someone's henchman– those are all similar to me, although for story interest's sake she has them all a lot Worse than I do lol.

Would we get along? Hm. We would work together very well, having the same strongly held opinions about How Things Should Go. That'd be a riot actually. Interpersonally... 50% chance we'd become inseparable friends, 50% chance we'd try to kill each other. Highly dependent on the exact circumstances of our meeting.

21. their favorite place to be?

Any place with lots of tech (particularly infrastructure stuff) without anyone else around. Data centers, tech labs filled to the brim with humming power supplies and blinking lights, that kind of thing. She finds those kinds of places very soothing, and almost a little divine.

[questions here]

#ask game #valentine #the henchman's temperament is similar to a knight's temperament except you're not into virtue #and you enjoy being a Bastard #who would win the battle? well she has a major height advantage so probably her #Sad. what a rude overgrown menace I've created

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yournightowl · 8 months

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Your NightOwl #032

For most people when they think of Tethys they think of their delivery infrastructure. Maybe because of all the automated trucks and cargo ships and airplanes and buzzing drones surrounding us, blasting their logo in our eyes and our ears everyday every week now and for forever.

But what i'm curious about are their warehouses. ( ◎ ﹏ ◎ ) It's insane that they can do same-hour delivery, yes, but what's more insane is that they can do it from a relatively small number of buildings. Every major city has a Tethys warehouse and

That's about it.

With just that, they can deliver a pack of batteries or some dumb plastic toy anywhere on earth in minutes. It probably helps that it's all low-quality garbage that gets thrown out next week anyway ლ(◕▂◕)ლ but how do they store it all? How do they source it all?

And dear god (⋑ఠ్ఠܫఠ్ఠ)∫⋑ how do they keep track of it all?

Robots have their limits, especially when they're run 24/7. Androids are just as limited as robots except they sometimes bleed, too. Maybe no one wants to think about it this way but the only way any of this works is if it's all running on manpower.

Lots of it.

That's not to say that Tethys is low-tech, of course. They use androids and automated dependents at every step of their process. Fun! But mostly they use them to police their own workers.

When people dreamed about the future, they'd sometimes dream of utopian paradises where machines do all the work.

And they sometimes had nightmares of dystopian hells where machines force us to do all the work.

Did anyone ever imagine that we'd have humans giving orders to machines supervising humans? That instead of robot overlords we'd have

Robot middle-managers? ( ͝סּ ͜ʖ͡סּ ) It's more depressing than it is scary. ╮(╯ل͜╰)╭

And scary dreams are the only ones we seem to remember when we wake up.

Currently in transit, your nightowl

#unfiction

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Interactive and Conversational Search with Google Cloud and Elasticsearch

These days, where we have such a lot of online information, it’s truly essential to find what you really want rapidly and precisely. That is the very thing that this blog post is about. We will discuss a better approach for looking and searching online, utilizing something many refer to as interactive and conversational search.

This method makes searching more like having a chat, and it uses some cool tools from Google Cloud and Elasticsearch. We’ll take a gander at how these better approaches for looking are unique in relation to the old ones, and how Google Cloud’s most recent tech improves looking through even. We’re likewise going to look at Elasticsearch, which is a search engine web index, and perceive how it cooperates with Google Cloud to make your searches fast and simple.

What is Interactive and Conversational Search?

A flow method for looking for information that goes beyond the usual practice of inputting keywords into a search engine is interactive and conversational search. All things being equal, it empowers clients to communicate with the search system in a more normal and conversational manner, using text or voice.

This technology utilizes progress in artificial intelligence, especially in natural language processing and machine learning, to comprehend, interpret, and answer client inquiries in a way like that of a human. The objective is to further develop the search experience by making it more automatic, productive, and easy to understand.

Users can get clarification on pressing issues or make demands in natural language, and the system is intended to comprehend the context and intent behind these searches, resulting in more accurate and relevant replies.

This technology is particularly helpful in applications requiring fast and exact information retrieval, such as customer service bots, personal digital assistants, and sophisticated data analysis tools.

Google Cloud – Powering Advanced Search Capabilities

What is Google Cloud?

Google Cloud is a Google cloud computing service that provides a variety of server and computation choices for web applications. It offers computing, storage, and Application Development Services that are provided on Google hardware, allowing developers and organizations to develop, test, and roll out applications on Google’s highly scalable and dependable infrastructure.

Let’s discuss various aspects of Google Cloud

The AI and Machine Learning Edge of Google Cloud

At its core, Google Cloud uses the force of power of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to offer extraordinary abilities in information handling and analytics. These technologies are significant in understanding and interpreting the vast amount of data generated day to day. Google Cloud’s sAI and ML services are intended to be available and adaptable, making them reasonable for organizations, all things considered.

The strength of Google Cloud lies in its complex calculations and neural networks, which are continually learning and evolving. This consistent improvement considers more precise expectations and insights, essential for making a proficient and intelligent search experience.

Enhancing Search Functionalities with Google Cloud

Google Cloud significantly enhances search functionalities in several ways, most notably through natural language processing (NLP). NLP is a branch of AI that focuses on the interaction between computers and human language. It enables machines to understand, interpret, and respond to human language in a useful and meaningful way.

One of the key applications of NLP in search is understanding the context and intent behind user queries. Traditional search engines might struggle with complex or conversational queries, but with Google Cloud’s NLP capabilities, search engines can interpret these queries more effectively. This means users can ask questions in natural, conversational language and receive more accurate and relevant results.

For example, if a user searches for “best strategies for online marketing in 2023,” Google Cloud’s NLP tools can analyze the query to understand the specific intent – in this case, looking for recent and effective online marketing strategies. The search engine can then prioritize content that is not only relevant to online marketing but also current and strategy-focused.

Real-World Applications and Future Potential

The applications of Google Cloud’s search capabilities are vast and varied. From powering sophisticated recommendation engines in e-commerce platforms to enabling efficient document search in large corporate databases, the potential is limitless. The real power lies in its adaptability and how businesses can leverage these tools to meet their specific needs.

As we look to the future, the integration of AI and ML in search is only set to deepen. With advancements in AI and machine learning, particularly in areas like deep learning and predictive analytics, Google Cloud is well-positioned to lead this charge. The potential for creating even more personalized, intuitive, and intelligent search experiences is immense, paving the way for a new era in digital information access and management.

Elasticsearch – The Backbone of Search Engines

Elasticsearch stands out as a pivotal technology. Originally released in 2010, it has rapidly grown to become a key player in the search engine landscape, renowned for its speed, scalability, and robust set of features.

What is Elasticsearch?

Elasticsearch is an open-source, distributed search and analytics engine, designed for horizontal scalability, reliability, and easy management. It is built on top of Apache Lucene, a high-performance, full-text search engine library. This foundation enables Elasticsearch to not only perform complex searches but also to handle large volumes of data in real time.

Also Read: Explore Elasticsearch and Why It’s Worth Using?

Core Features of Elasticsearch

Full-Text Search: At its core, Elasticsearch excels in full-text search. It breaks down texts into individual terms or phrases and allows for complex query types including fuzzy matching, wildcard searches, and synonym handling. This makes it extremely powerful for searching through large volumes of text-heavy data.

Scalability: One of the most amazing elements of Elasticsearch is its capacity to scale. It can deal with petabytes of structured and unstructured information, and its appropriate nature implies that it can develop with your necessities. Whether you’re a little startup or a huge endeavor, Elasticsearch adjusts to your data requirements without compromising on performance.

Real-Time Data and Analytics: Elasticsearch works progressively. As soon as a document is indexed, it’s searchable. This feature is critical for applications that require immediate insights from their data, like monitoring tools, financial analysis, and e-commerce platforms.

Distributed Architecture: Its distributed architecture ensures that your data is always available and accessible. Elasticsearch automatically replicates data to ensure resilience and high availability, meaning that even in the case of hardware failure, your search system remains operational.

Powerful API and Ecosystem: Elasticsearch comes with a rich set of APIs that allow for seamless integration with numerous languages such as Java, Python, PHP, JavaScript, and more. The Elastic Stack, which includes Kibana for data visualization and Logstash for data processing, complements Elasticsearch to provide a comprehensive search and data analysis solution.

Applications of Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch is used across various industries for different purposes:

E-commerce: For product searches and personalized recommendations.

Logging and Monitoring: For analyzing and visualizing logs in real-time.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM): For threat hunting and security analytics.

Search Applications: As the underlying engine for custom search applications across websites and enterprise systems.

Integrating Google Cloud with Elasticsearch

Integrating Google Cloud with Elasticsearch represents a significant advancement in search and data analysis. This integration combines Google Cloud’s cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities with Elasticsearch’s robust, scalable search engine framework.

The result is a powerful synergy that enhances search functionalities, enabling more intuitive, accurate, and real-time responses to complex queries. Businesses can leverage this integration to analyze large datasets, gain actionable insights, and provide users with an unmatched search experience.

Whether it’s processing natural language queries, delivering personalized search results, or offering predictive analytics, the combination of Google Cloud and Elasticsearch paves the way for innovative and efficient data-driven solutions.

Use Cases and Applications

The integration of Google Cloud and Elasticsearch significantly enhances search capabilities across various sectors. In e-commerce, it improves product discovery through natural language queries, enhancing both user experience and sales.

Customer service benefits from AI-powered conversational bots that can handle complex inquiries efficiently. In healthcare, it streamlines access to patient records and medical information, aiding in faster decision-making.

Additionally, for data analytics, this combination simplifies extracting insights from large datasets, making the process more intuitive and efficient. This synergy of Google Cloud’s AI and Elasticsearch’s search functionality marks a leap in creating more user-friendly, intelligent search experiences across diverse industries.

Conclusion

The integration of Google Cloud and Elasticsearch marks a transformative step in search technology. More than a technical feat, it’s a portal to a future where search engines evolve into intelligent partners, adept in processing natural language and delivering precise, efficient results.

This synergy heralds a new wave of innovation across sectors, making our interactions with the digital world more intuitive, responsive, and centered around user needs. As we advance, this blend of Google Cloud’s AI and Elasticsearch’s search prowess promises to redefine not just how we search, but also how we experience the digital landscape. The future of search is conversational, intelligent, and here to revolutionize our digital interactions.

Originally published by: Interactive and Conversational Search with Google Cloud and Elasticsearch

#InteractiveSearch #ConversationalSearch #GoogleCloud #Elasticsearch #IntelligentSearchSolutions

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BENEFITS OF RENTING A LUXURY CAR IN DUBAI - 1937 CAR RENTALS

When we talk about the most stunning cities in the world, Dubai pops into our heads right away. It's a place many people dream of visiting to enjoy the luxurious lifestyle it offers. Dubai has great facilities, modern infrastructure, and everything is well-organized. It's hard to resist the charm and elegance of the region. A lot of foreigners visit Dubai for work and business because it's a big hub for business in Asia. Some people also visit just to add some extra excitement to their lives.

Dubai is also a really interesting place for tourists and people who love adventure. And one big reason for that is the easy and affordable access to renting luxury cars.

In Dubai, you're lucky to find a huge variety of rare and expensive cars from brands like Rolls Royce, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Audi, Bentley, and more.

There are also incredible things to see in Dubai, like impressive buildings, man-made oceans, and luxury villas. But how can you explore all of this on your trip? Well, I've got the answer for you!

Why Renting a Luxury Car in Dubai is a Great Idea:

There are lots of good reasons to rent a fancy sports car in Dubai. Here's a list of them:

1. It's affordable and easy to get.

2. The cars are comfortable and reliable.

3. You'll be safe and secure.

4. There are lots of choices and options.

5. You'll look stylish and leave a great impression.

6. You'll have the freedom to explore the city on your own.

Affordable and Easy:

Renting a luxurious car in Dubai doesn't have to cost a fortune. There are many companies offering car rentals, and because they're competing, the prices are reasonable. You can enjoy driving amazing high-end cars without spending a lot of money.

Comfort and Reliability:

Renting a car means you can go on long trips without feeling tired. Dubai has extensive, well-maintained roads, making it easy to get around. Driving is on the right-hand side of the road, as in the United States. Additionally, all rental cars come with comprehensive insurance policies, making it easy to remedy any issues that may arise while driving. This further ensures your safety and security while exploring the city in your luxurious vehicle. These cars are not only fast but also very comfortable and dependable. They even come with features like massage seats to make your ride even more enjoyable. These cars provide a smooth and reliable ride even on bumpy roads.

Safe and Secure:

Luxury cars are also very safe. That's why important people like government officials and celebrities often choose them. They come with safety features for kids, strong locks, and soundproofing to make you feel safe, especially when you're in a foreign country.

Beyond the stylish appearance and high-class feel, luxury car rentals offer several benefits. With a luxury car rental, you'll enjoy air conditioning, comfortable seats, high-tech audio, and navigation systems. Additionally, rental cars come with advanced safety features, such as blind spot detection and high-beam assist, which make driving more enjoyable and safer.

Lots of Choices:

People in Dubai love luxury cars, so you'll find plenty of options. You can see cars here that you might rarely see in other places. You can choose from brands like BMW, Mercedes, Lamborghini, Range Rover, and more, depending on your budget and preferences.

Elegance and Power:

Luxury sports cars not only get attention but they also offer incredible speed and cool sounds. Driving one of these cars is not just a ride; it's a stylish experience. So if you get the chance to drive one in Dubai, don't miss out. It's a way to treat yourself and enjoy something special.

Freedom to Explore:

Once you rent a car in Dubai, you don't have to rely on others for transportation. You can plan your own trips and explore the city at your own pace. No more waiting for public transport or taxis. You have complete independence and freedom to roam around the city, making your trip even more exciting. Your main concern will be having a great time. Imagine wanting to go somewhere, grabbing your car keys, and off you go!

In conclusion, renting a luxury car will make your Dubai trip even better. But getting a well-maintained car from 1937 Car Rentals in Dubai will make your experience even more amazing. Our skilled team is here to help with all your tourism needs in Dubai, from renting luxury cars and yachts to booking hotels and arranging desert safaris. We're dedicated to providing the best for our customers.

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Checklist of IT Staff Augmentation: A Complete Guide for 2024

Introduction

The business landscape has turned upside down in the recent past. Organizations need to cope with the changing needs of the business landscape.

The changing needs have led the businesses to become more competitive.

As per Harvey Nash’s survey, the last three-quarters of IT companies reported an increase in technology expenditure.

Recently, the UK’s tech sector saw six times more growth than the rest of the economy. The same, changes were reflected in other parts of the world.

But, the question remains the same, i.e. are there enough IT specialized professionals available to meet the technological changes?

No, there aren’t many resources available to meet the skill shortage of IT talent. This skill shortage makes a lot of companies think their way out to bridge the skill gaps.

The organizations that look to bridge these gaps have two options, either they should expand their in-house team or hire remote developers.

If they make the latter choice, there is a bigger question to be answered. How to hire the most skilled remote developers to bridge the skill shortage.

We will cover everything you need to know about IT Staff Augmentation in this checklist.

What is IT Staff Augmentation?

IT staff augmentation is a hiring practice that is designed to enhance a company's workforce by integrating external talent to complement its existing staff.

This flexible approach allows organizations to address skill gaps promptly without the commitment of hiring full-time professionals.

In situations where companies experience a sudden increase in demand for specific skill sets but are constrained by time or resources to run an extensive recruitment process, IT staffing augmentation emerges as the most useful solution.

This practice allows businesses to rapidly adapt to evolving needs, ensuring they can meet project requirements and maintain operational excellence without the delays associated with traditional hiring processes.

Now, let’s understand a few advantages of IT Staff Augmentation.

What are the advantages of IT Staff Augmentation?

There are several different definitions of outsourcing. The term can vary from organization to organization & from industry to industry.

Let’s learn a few advantages of IT Staff Augmentation Services.

Infrastructure support:

The external vendor will be responsible for handling every onboarded task starting from legal to payroll.

Relevant experience:

Based on the requirements the IT staff augmentation service can help you hire remote developers that meet your requirements.

Professional Development:

Outsourcing companies are also responsible for upscaling the IT specialists.

Possible Upscaling:

Based on your business, you might need to hire and expand more professionals to meet the changing needs. IT staff augmentation can help you find the right fit that suits your requirements.

Higher employee engagement:

The external agency would be responsible for providing all the employee benefits to the hired team of remote developers. These benefits can include paid leaves, maternity leave, birthday leave, etc.

Now, let’s understand a few disadvantages of IT Staff Augmentation.

What are the disadvantages of IT Staff Augmentation?

Dependency on External resources

Reliance on an external team of developers can prove to be a hindrance for the organization.

The organization must find ways to integrate its in-house team and remote team.

Security Risks:

The staff-augmented developers would have all the access related to company data given to them during the onboarding process.

As they have access to all the sensitive information there are chances that they might misuse the data.

Before, onboarding any IT Staff augmentation service the organizations should ensure and analyze all the security measures taken by the vendor company.

Knowledge Transfer & Retention:

Knowledge sharing is one of the most important aspects of professional growth.

It becomes difficult for organizations to integrate knowledge transfer while outsourcing the software development process.

Conducting webinars and sessions inside the organization can help the companies in sharing expert knowledge more smoothly.

Now, let’s understand the different types of IT Staff Augmentation, a company can use to meet its software development requirements.

What are the different types of IT staff augmentation?

Let’s dive deep and understand the different types of IT Staff Augmentation models available

Project-Based IT Staff Augmentation:

This type of augmentation is done when an organization wants to outsource a specific project to an external team of IT professionals.

Skill-Based:

In this type of augmentation, the organization hires a group of skilled IT professionals to form external resources to meet their requirements.

Time-based augmentation:

When an organization wants to hire an external team for a specific time duration then this type of augmentation method would be very feasible.

Hybrid Staff Augmentation:

This method allows the company to hire IT professionals by combining two or more of the above approaches to meet their requirements.

Onshore Staff Augmentation:

By using this model the organization is on the lookout to hire IT professionals from the same country.

It is most useful when you need a high level of communication between the external staff and the organization.

Nearshore Augmentation:

When an external team is hired from a nearby country that has the same time zone then it is termed as a Nearshore Augmentation.

Offshore IT Augmentation:

This refers to the hiring of professionals from a different country, typically with a huge time difference. This is one of the most cost-effective methods of IT augmentation.

Dedicated team augmentation:

In this method, the organization hires an external team that exclusively works for them.

Now, let’s understand the process of IT Staff Augmentation.

What are the steps in IT Staff Augmentation?

Step 1: Identify the need:

As the name itself suggests, the organization should first identify the need and based on their requirement should look out for hiring external developers.

The needs can be the following shortage of resources, lack of professionals with specific skills, etc.

Step 2: Determine the Scope:

The second step involves defining the project's parameters, including defining the roles & responsibilities of external IT personnel, determining the duration of the engagement, etc.

Step 3: Choose the Right Candidates:

This can be done through different channels such as based on referrals, recruitment agencies, job postings, etc.

It is important to run an interview process to hire the best fit for the specified role.

Step 4: Onboarding and integration:

In the workforce augmentation process, the fourth stage involves the incorporation of new staff into the current IT team.

This includes granting them access to essential systems, tools, and resources, while also facilitating their introduction to the existing team members.

Step 5: Regular analysis of work:

Throughout the project tenure, it is crucial to supervise and guide external IT professionals.

This involves conducting regular check-ins, providing feedback, and ensuring that they meet expectations and fulfill project requirements.

Let’s finally jump onto understanding “How you can Choose the Best IT Staff Augmentation Service Provider”

How to choose the best IT Staff Augmentation Services?

If you want to make sure that the IT Staff Augmentation provides you the professionals with the necessary skill set then follow the list of seven practices

Look for relevant experience:

While choosing staff augmentation look for hiring an agency that has years of relevant experience and expertise in your industry also it should be the one that understands your needs and provides you with the best team.

Assess Technical Expertise:

An excellent staff augmentation service provider should have a team of skilled professionals and a proven history of successful projects. This guarantees that you'll have top-notch resources for your project.

Check for cultural fit:

This is the most important point in the checklist when choosing an augmentation partner. You need to make sure that the external prospective company’s values align with your company to ensure a smooth transition of collaborative work with your internal team.

Evaluate communication skills:

Hiring an outsourcing partner who has excellent communication skills is a necessity. Both parties should be able to communicate effectively to ensure that both are on the same page.

Review Security and Data Privacy policies:

When hiring technical help, your information must stay safe and confidential. Imagine working with a company that has really strong rules to protect your data. They make sure your data is safe and give you confidence that everything is secure.

Connect with References:

Always have a background check before choosing the right IT staff augmentation company. Talk to the past clients of the vendor and learn about their experiences to rest assured about whether the service provider can provide project completion on time.

Evaluate the cost:

This is the most important parameter to consider. Compare the prices charged by all the prospective service providers to choose the best fit that meets your budget.

Now, let’s understand how Acquaint Softtech can help in hiring remote developers by using IT Staff Augmentation method.

Acquaint Softtech is a Custom Software Development Company. Our team of experts can help you find the best fit for remote developers to meet your software development needs. We can help you hire remote developers using IT staff augmentation, based on your requirements and specifications.

Wrapping Up!

Building an efficient remote team can be challenging for an organization. But, using a proper checklist like the one mentioned above can help the companies in hiring the right talent pool to meet their software development requirements.

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The party in Phantom Liberty is a fun concept, a journey to the heights that game only touches on existing here and there. Literally, as it were.

Getting there through diving was a nice touch. It's a nice spy movie set piece, a chance for the player to do something cool that, gameplay-wise, isn't complex. It could have had more puzzle aspects but it's so unique within the game that I don't mind. It's nice to have Johnny drop a hint if you take too long figuring out the minor puzzle near the end of that bit. He has thalassophobia, that's established in Pyramid Song, and he's probably not a fan of this but he understands the necessity.

Doing PL before Johnny is more over his revenge kick makes less sense, as the plot has nothing to do with messing with Arasaka or killing Smasher, yet he is very supportive of saving Songbird and the potential of her cure for V, even when it involves things he thinks are really dangerous and stupid.

I've written before that Kerry should have been at the party and Rogue as well. They function on that level. We know they had the VAs back because of some of the new dialogue options and Kerry, especially, could have been funny as hell with varying interactions depending on if you've done the Silverhand Farewell Tour or not, as well as Johnny commentary. Kerry and Johnny insulting each other with V as Johnny's intermediary is underutilized.

I kept an eye out for Jago and Bennett this time in everything to with Barghest. Jago is around- he's actually at the gate when you first meet Songbird, as well as is managing arrangements for the party, in Hanson's VIP area chatting, and chasing down a rumored security breach in the laundry room (V and Reed) as you leave the party. He's an interesting character to me. Bennett is standing guard it seems at Hanson's VIP area, for some reason, instead of living it up, and he is at the fight in Balls to the Wall. So, interestingly, is Rinder. I think he's actually on that convoy op, too. That whole thing took place a week prior, which means Rinder got abandoned by Barghest real fast after being very much in its good graces.

Hansen is a character whose motives I want more light on. Power, of course, is a big one, but I felt like the things with Myers was personal. He's angry at the way the Unification War ended and I think it's implied- you don't chat much to Barghest qua Barghest but you talk a lot to NUSA about them- that from Hansen and the unit's point of view they were abandoned to die, a little like Reed's team. Barghest runs a functional ship, if not a tight one, and there's a degree of enforcement of order. Could they kill you if you were just in the vicinity of the wrong thing? Yes. Do they ignore stuff, especially if it involves some deal or one of their own? Yes. But the ambient chatter makes clear they also keep the gangs on a leash to an extent and maintain Dogtown's infrastructure. The Stacks are not the shittiest place to live in Night City. It's functional and, for many there, perhaps more functional than they would find otherwise. You can find a cat just chilling which is something of an indicator that Dogtown is not just a shithole. One of Hansen's broadcasts is an alert for a cyberpsycho (I don't think this a veiled reference to you or Reed or anyone). This isn't a defense of Barghest and Hanson, just a nod to the nuance in the writing of them. People flee to Dogtown when they have no other options, but when people proclaim pride for Dogtown, it isn't just because of propaganda.

The gigs in Dogtown have a lot of personality. Most gigs in the game do, small stories and occasional dilemmas, but I think Dogtown's are more elaborate than many. I hadn't noticed before how some things presented as gigs are actually side stories- namely Dazed and Confused and Shot by Both Sides.

Dazed and Confused plays perfectly on some of what BD tech can do to someone, just a ridiculous yet not unserious exploration of the tech's impact on human life. Johnny congratulates you on helping out Tool, and even finds his stupid fan mail letter touching ("Kind of wishing I hadn't burned all my fan mail"; he was such an asshole celebrity back in the day). Tool is not a particularly useful person to any end, pitiful but not in a big-eyed starving kid way, stupid, the kind of person an activist would call 'part of the problem', but Johnny still doesn't want the guy to be left like this. There's an argument that could be made that Tool might want to be left like this-he's very much not a fan of being himself and very much a fan of being Lina- but Johnny doesn't make it. Would never make it.

Shot by Both Sides is an interesting one, tied to the main plot and possibly the only bit of the Cynosure you get to see. The bit in the apartment is fun, more banter, and the facility itself is interesting. They did a nice writing trick with the emails and shards where you got a sense of the staff's humanity- messages between a husband stationed there (the guy in the logs) and his wife, an older email from a father asking his son if he's dead in a 'you never call' way and the son saying to not email him at his work email, the netrunner Lisa asking people to clean the bathroom dammit, another email where the user purchased tickets to one of Johnny's solo concerts. This helps make choosing between Dante and the journalist actually more difficult. She's your client but she's unpleasant, clearly on the take when you investigate her apartment, claims she's fighting against Militech but her getting this info, Dante says (which is true), will get the former staff killed. Dante is interesting and has interesting things to say. His character description in the database is, too. He joins Jago and Tiny Mike in my list of really intriguing minor character from this game.

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webivalue · 10 months

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IOS App Development in Bulgaria

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developersbiz · 10 months

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How to Hire Developers in New York?

Developing a website is difficult, especially when there is no knowledge of technology. Therefore, it is necessary to hire developers in New York. We all know New York is a cyber hub, so hiring professionals from this country is a good idea. With years of expertise and in-depth knowledge, they will provide you with the best solutions.

But hiring dedicated developers is a challenge. In order to hire experienced developers, it is necessary to do research and check their experience and knowledge. Undoubtedly, all developers claim to provide the best solutions at a budget-friendly price. But all are not the same.

Therefore, when hiring developers in New York, you must keep some essential factors in mind. Today, we will discuss the complete procedure to hire dedicated developers and the challenges you may face while hiring professionals for your next project. Without wasting your time, take a look at this blog.

We all are aware that hiring dedicated developers is a challenging task. But you know that by hiring professional developers from top IT companies in New York, you can get lots of advantages. Some of the perks are listed below:

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Hiring dedicated developers from the top IT firms in New York can avoid costs like administrative expenses, HR, recruiting fees and extra office infrastructure. Therefore, it is a great choice to hire mobile app developers.

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These are some advantages of hiring the best developers. However, it is extremely difficult to hire developers in New York. In such a case, you must keep some important things in mind. This will help you in hiring dedicated developers for your next project.

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ferrellhickman89 · 10 months

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Saas Advertising Insights Fluidity Software Options

For years, Full Stack has seen mobile software as a multi-context environment. It is as probably for use on the sofa within the evening, like first thing within the morning. Many productiveness apps saw blended-use between their desktop, web and app clients. The research has also found that the service provider can be dependent on in-house IT to make certain that there are contracts in place and infrastructure to allow the delivery of a high quality and speedy service to the shopper. Misalignment of processes between the service supplier and the in-house IT impacts the service response time negatively. In-house IT is prepared to present reliable and quality IT services to the business with the help of the outsourced service provider. According to Chou and Shao (2014), IT services discuss with the supply and assist of IT operations and actions to be able to satisfy business requirements and to handle IT infrastructure for organisations. Service is about delivering value to customers by facilitating the outcomes they want to obtain without taking prices and threat ownership (Drevland, Lohne & Klakegg 2017). According to Valiente, Garcia-Barriocanal and Sicilia (2011), the idea of service is understood in one other way depending on the area or software area, and this has led to confusion. Make running your organization a breeze – streamline operations and combine main cloud methods. “There’s this false impression that if we look abroad, we'll get better services, however in my expertise, that is undoubtedly not the case. You have to contemplate a couple of challenges such as the language limitations you will encounter,” he says. “I have tried to outsource tech work before, and what I discovered is that there could be a lot of remodeling that needs to be accomplished due to this communication hole. After garnering a wealth of native and worldwide expertise with FNB specifically, Nirshan left the financial institution and moved to Durban to work as a marketing consultant for some years, however returned to the financial services sector as CIO for Ithala SOC Limited. Never once more be involved about staff leaving – our job is to make sure total continuity of your techniques and software. There are many reasons why you must outsource your customized software development needs to SovTech. For one, we now have a group of experienced professionals who can get the job done quickly and effectively. Plus, we’re conversant in a wide range of programming languages and platforms, so we will create an answer that’s tailored to your particular needs. outsource development services Think about which aspects of this area you’d prefer to outsource, corresponding to cellphone, e mail and/or stay chat, then consider options like Zendesk , for instance. Also consider outsourcing this service at certain occasions, for instance, on public holidays, after hours or over weekends, so your buyer can have 24/7 contact with you. Whether it is a cell app, desktop software or web utility, safety isn't an afterthought, Security modules are a part of our planning section. Most essential, a company contemplating outsourcing should understand that the answer may be solely as good as the outsourcing agency that provides the service. Netgen offers with all forms of software and applications and we additionally combine into a quantity of completely different techniques utilizing net services and APIs which we both custom design or use current know-how. Embedded methods & customized applications in C# for Web and SQL databases guarantee nice system development. We present our prospects with an integrated outsourcing service that allows them to give attention to their core enterprise, by architecting complete business centric service solutions with a single level of responsibility and accountability. Most individuals shared that the availability of the incident administration system and the 24/7 service desk helps them to manage buyer requests in addition to internal processes to handle new business necessities from their buyer. We provide 24×7 monitoring and management, vulnerability scanning, intrusion prevention, detection and response services, data leak prevention and virus safety. In addition to proactively monitoring your techniques, we additionally focus on enhancing your IT security processes and policies to scale back IT risk and guarantee your business remains safe and likewise compliant.

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couriermitra · 1 year

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Benefits of Automated Shipping Solution and How does It Works?

There are many different types of automation, and as technology develops, more of them will emerge. Automated shipping is one type form of automation in the e-commerce business. Basically, automated shipping solution makes businesses’ shipping process simpler so that they have less work to do and need to spend less time on repeated activities.

As ecommerce businesses expand, automating key procedures assists businesses in scaling up to fulfill the expanding requirements of their consumers. However, companies can expand more quickly if they automate as much as they can in the beginning. Although there may be a larger initial investment, it can be worthwhile for Courier Automation. Automated shipping solution can improve the efficiency of your company's supply chain and help you save time and money if it is properly implemented. We go right into how to achieve it below.

What is an Automated Shipping Solution?

Automated shipping refers to the automation of commercial shipping processes when new orders are placed. This includes selecting products from inventory, packaging boxes, and sending packages to customers. In the race for the fulfillment, speed will put you ahead of the pack. The goal of an automated shipping solution is to reduce the amount of manual work required by placing orders that need to be filled in a queue automatically. It might be as elaborate as introducing the usage of robots or as basic as adding a layer of software or putting up infrastructure like conveyor belts.

How Automated Shipping Solutions Can Boost Your Business Growth

Automated shipping solution processes provide increased effectiveness, which raises productivity. This enables businesses to process orders more quickly or to fulfill more orders. Therefore, automated shipping aids in supply chain optimization. Let's examine the specific advantages that companies can get from utilizing automated delivery.

1. Adapt Resources

In shipping procedures, automation greatly lowers the need for human interference. This is because automation tools can be used to complete duties like order verification and the development and printing of shipping labels. Business owners can reassign team members to tasks that shouldn't be automated as a result, which reduces their requirement for personnel.

Automated shipping solution can offer enormous advantages to e-commerce companies that process hundreds or more orders each month. Ecommerce companies can offload managing inventory, packing boxes, coordinating with carriers, and other tasks to a tech-enabled 3PL.

2. Boost Performance

Simply said, automated shipping software provides noticeably quicker turnaround times. You may depend on technology to complete time-consuming jobs more quickly because many of them are now automated, including packing, applying shipping labels, sorting, or counting stock levels. You may enhance output thanks to a quicker shipping procedure, serving a greater number of customers in a shorter amount of time. This promotes sales, which ultimately raises your earnings.

3. Lower Your Expenses

Business owners can naturally spend more time on the most crucial duties that only they can complete and less time on the most critical tasks since autonomous shipping decreases the quantity of people required. Although it may seem paradoxical to pay someone else to do something that you can do for "free," it turns out that handling shipping yourself has a lot of hidden expenses.

4. Minimize Human Error

Everyone makes errors. Have you ever attempted to enter an SKU number for a product whose barcode was damaged? You must start over if you miss one number. Now picture what happens in your warehouse when a worker is unable to scan an item and enters the incorrect number.

Human mistake in logistics is nearly eliminated by automated shipping solutions. Thankfully, it won't take the place of your human workforce.

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lesser-vissir · 1 year

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I think people are starting to get a little anti-intellectual about the "technology is not a linear scale" rhetoric. Even just looking at complexity there is at least *some* difference between technologies.

Like, yes. Technology doesn't work like a Civ IV tech tree where there is a clear delineation of "ages". But so so many people have taken this to a further conclusion of: There is no appreciable difference in technology that separates one as better than another.

Like yes, largely which technology is superior to another is dependent on the material conditions of the context it is going to be used in. ie. that one post talking about how steel swords aren't an upgrade if you don't have the labour base and resources to produce it at scale.

HOWEVER

Hot weapons are strictly superior to cold weapons if you can find a way to make them. Same thing with mechanized labor over biological labor. There is a reason communist movements rapidly industrialized their countries and its not cause their evil colonizers who want to force other cultures to appear uncivilized by comparison. Its cause industrial society is strictly superior to a non-industrialized one.

This is not to say that industrial societies are morally superior or more deserving of existing. It's just a fact about quality of life in those societies. Nor is it saying that the people in those societies are less intelligent or that the technology they had is incompetent. They made what they could with their understanding of the world and the problems they needed solved. AND some of those solutions are still the most suited to solving certain problems.

I feel like a lot of the people pushing the opposite fall into not only anti-intellectualism but noble savage rhetoric. It's not racist to say that guns are superior to swords or bows. Native people readily adopted firearms for that reason.

Also, I mentioned it before but there was a post saying stuff like "If you were dropped into a agricultural peasant based society with full knowledge of how to create modern infrastructure it would be useless because other technology is better suited to the time period."

I'm gonna call bullshit on that because we literally have **several** IRL examples of agricultural peasant based societies rapidly industrializing. Stalin, Mao, and many others did just that. And it massively improved the lives of the people in their countries.

#idk why we as socialists allow the rhetoric of 'all technology is equal' to exist #when the entire basis of communist ideology is that technology is the basis of a equal society

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stepphase · 1 year

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Google Waymo robotaxis is now for everyone

Google's autonomous taxi service is already public. Google Waymo has already entered the consumer market and its services are now accessible.

It has not reached India, but there has been a lot of talk in our country about Waymo.

Alphabet's autonomous robotaxis service. An idea that until recently was a simple project to help Google boost its autonomous car technology. Now it is a reality.

Waymo is already public. The service that was in trial in the United States has been reserved for a few trial users.

And has now become mature enough to make its natural transition to the consumer market.

Starting this week, Waymo's autonomous taxis will be able to be used freely by users of Waymo One, the app available for smartphones. They will be able to make trips totally alone, without a driver.

And they will be able to bring both friends and family on trips.

Google Waymo RoboTaxis

https://twitter.com/Waymo/status/1314235663248699393

For now, only users who have the app will be able to use the service. These users are the ones who, under confidentiality agreements, have been testing Waymo by Phoenix with the supervision of Google. Subsequently, Waymo will open Waymo One to external people, asking them to share their experiences.

Although this is not entirely true, since although Waymo robotaxis are autonomous, they still have a human operator inside the vehicle. Yes, there are cars in their fleets that are little by little trying to do without this figure, but currently, there are too many safety implications that require this operator to be present in the event of an accident.

For the rest, the autonomous cars of Waymo work the same as we have seen in other cars, such as Tesla. They drive themselves through the city of Phoenix, and they do so thanks to the plethora of sensors that are equipped on the vehicle. The company, however, expects that in the "short term" all of the firm's trips "will be completely autonomous", according to John Krafcik, CEO of Waymo.

There is still a way!

https://youtu.be/Eq89YGbERzs

As much as we like the idea, this does not imply that we will automatically see autonomous Google cars on Indian roads. Each city and country is different, and this entails complying with a series of regulations that will depend on each one. Ultimately it depends on whether a city wants these cars to drive without a driver. Something unlikely if this city does not have an infrastructure that allows it.

Therefore, Google's robotaxis will remain for now in Phoenix itself, in the United States. Perhaps quite a long time will pass before it is verified that Waymo cars are safe enough to allow them to circulate with people inside but without human operators. And given the problems other companies like Uber have had in the past, this seems like the distant future.

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Why Your Business Needs Cloud Computing

Still not using cloud computing for your business? Here are 8 reasons why you should get started immediately!

Cloud for Scalability As your business grows with time, cloud technology helps you easily scale up your computing solutions. If you opt for the cloud, you no longer have to forecast your growth and purchase servers. You can simply alter your plan with your cloud service provider and get your additional space allocated for your use.

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Additionally, a cloud-based workplace will well suited to today’s younger, more tech-savvy generation of the workforce, and is easy for them to integrate into with maximum efficiency.

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On the other hand, cloud service providers are better equipped to offer effective duplication systems and recovery mechanisms. Moreover, as cloud servers are often scattered across different parts of the world and in environmentally “safe” locations, the likelihood of losing some (or all) of your data is extremely low.

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