Breakthrough Opening: Symfony AI & Symfony 8 The conference began with a keynote from Fabien Potencier which is always one of the highlights of the event. This time, he surprised the audience by bringing it out Symfony 8 live on stage. This release is a shared ritual with the entire audience, and is carried out…
If you’ve ever created a survey using likert scale (“Strongly disagree” → “Strongly agree”), you might get a pile of questions that all seem related—but you’re not sure how they fit together. That’s where it is factor analysis enter. This is a statistical method that helps you uncover the hidden structure behind your survey items—essentially…
Reading Time: 6 minute For CIOs and IT leaders, the decision to modernize infrastructure is rarely “cloud versus on-premise.” These are portfolio decisions shaped by risk, regulatory obligations, performance requirements, and the need to maintain continuity of mission-critical workloads. That’s why many organizations are considering hybrid colocation. When part of a broader hybrid or multi-cloud…
Previous article >> find here You’ll quickly end up with duplicate configurations, messy services, and conditional logic that’s hard to maintain. This article picks up right where we left off. We will build Custom Builder — a special class that encapsulates all configuration and logic for a specific PDF type. Ultimately, your controller will be…
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is an advanced statistical technique that allows you to test complex relationship between variables. This is more than just simple regression by pooling measurement model (how do you measure the concept) with structural model (how the concepts are related). In SPSS, SEM is usually run using AMO add-on (Moment Structure Analysis).…
If you want a clear indicator of the impact of information technology — and AI in particular — on the global economy, you can look no further than NVIDIA GTC. In 2025, approximately 20,000 participants will gather at SAP Center San Jose. A year later, the conference attracted nearly 35,000 in-person attendees and 187,000 virtual…
Historical Background for an Open Source Celebration The conference took place in a grand manner City Internationale Universitaire de Paris. This location is very symbolic, like the institution celebrated its 100th anniversary. It was founded after World War I to encourage peace and exchange between people 🌍 through its various international institutions, Cité Universitaire perfectly…
Designing a survey isn’t just about asking questions—it’s also about making sure your survey actually measures what it’s supposed to (validity) and does so consistently (reliability). If your survey is unreliable or invalid, your results cannot be trusted. Here’s how to strengthen the reliability and validity of your research. Increase Reliability (Consistency) Reliability means your…
Reading Time: 2 minute Procurement processes slow down when systems are not connected. Manual ordering, fragmented status updates, and disconnected asset data can cause delays, increase effort, and limit visibility across the organization. For companies standardizing on ServiceNow®These inefficiencies are especially visible when procurement is carried out outside existing workflows. How about SHI® NowConnect helps…
This article is the third in a series on agility in business. The first two articles discuss the principles of Cargo Cult and Scrum. Scrum, Kanban, SAFE… You’ve probably heard of agile frameworks and methods designed to help teams organize better, perform more often, and adapt to change. But as we see my article about…
