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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

Since 2006 the era of “Everything as a service” has advanced quickly. Be extremely mindful and diligent in understanding the security of companies you are outsourcing to. By reducing the amount of services we relied on, we reduced the amount of time (mental and physical) required to operate the new system.

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Top 10 Countries to Outsource Software Development in 2020

The Product Coalition

Global Services has even named Ho Chi Ming City one of the best cities in the world for software outsourcing due to the attractiveness of the production cost. In 2006, it became the World Trade Organization’s 150th member. This country also has a STEM-oriented education system that allows growing IT talents and producing around 2.6

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Technology Gets Old One Day at a Time: Broken Blog Feeds and What You Missed

Johanna Rothman

In 2006 or 2007, a little too late, I moved to WordPress. Not because I didn't have comments, but because at the time , we needed a separate commenting system. The person I hired could not export the comments from the other system and integrate them into WordPress. However, I now have a system to use to assess my technology.

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5 Machine Learning Lessons for Product Managers

Mind the Product

An ML system would probably catch more mistakes but would be far more expensive to build. You forget that your dataset also includes December and Christmas holidays that skew your data due to unusual user activity and behaviour. The other side of people understanding how the model works is that they will try to game the system.

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Agile Movers & Shakers (1): Viktor Cessan

The Product Coalition

Agile Movers & Shakers: Viktor Cessan’s Questionnaire Please describe what you do in 280 characters : “I coach organizations and teams from a system, agile, and product perspective.” I had no prior knowledge of agile back then (in 2006). And through Jerry Weinberg and Esther Derby’s work, I’ve learned how to observe systems.

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From PM to CEO: How Sundar Pichai’s Background in Product Paved the Way for Becoming CEO at Google

ProductPlan

But before we dissect this pivotal moment in Google’s history and how Pichai used it to propel Google into completely new markets—and himself up the corporate ladder—let’s step back and review how he even got to that position. Life before Google.

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TEI 214: Want more innovation? Build a partner program – with Ed Krause

Product Innovation Educators

To explain how their system works and tips for implementing a partner program, Ed Krause joins us. In 2006, we added Michigan and Northwestern to the program. We run an annual proposal submission process that culminates in a review with our CTO. In 2006, we added Michigan and Northwestern to the program.