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Facebook Goes All Meta

It’s almost Halloween, so we were all expecting the odd scare, but little could have prepared us for the blood-chilling horror of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ‘acting’ amazed in front of a green-screened mockup of The Metaverse, during his keynote at the company’s Connect event.

Zuckerberg — or The Zuckster, as I imagine he introduces himself when arriving uninvited to your birthday drinks — was in the process of announcing that the company formally known as Facebook would from now on be known simply as Meta.

Facebook, the social network, will remain Facebook, but it will be one product among many. Or, as The Zuckster clearly hopes, one among all.

With the new name comes a new visual identity, one so bland that I need to go full-on Clockwork Orange just to critique it. Eyes pinned open, you’ll see an elongated infinity wave in an inoffensive tech-blue gradient and a generic geometric sans logotype. You could throw $5 at a sweat-shop style freelance site and receive a more ambitious, inspiring design than this. It is utterly bland.

If I try really, really hard to find something wrong, I might suggest the M feels a little too large, the single-story a is a little too open compared to the spacing elsewhere, and the wave is a little unbalanced and a little too small. But that is being super-picky because just as there’s little to get excited about, there’s little to be offended by either. It’s a logo fit to adorn a mid-range domestic router.

The Zuckster’s faith in himself as a positive brand ambassador means that he takes full credit for the new direction. The small team involved was reportedly required to sign extensive NDAs, and there’s no credit being given to any external agency.

Of course, it’s very easy to point out what Meta (née Facebook) gets wrong. What it doesn’t get wrong is making money. And this is a sensible business decision from a company that has watched Google extricate itself from algorithm-related ethics allegations with its Alphabet rebrand.

Leaked internal research suggests that Facebook is extremely concerned about its ability to maintain its position in the social media landscape. The app is in sharp decline. It’s no longer the most installed app, and even for those who still have an account, it’s used weekly rather than hourly. Most worrying of all, the average age of its userbase is steadily increasing.

Strategically, it’s a good design direction for Facebook. The most significant benefit is that absolutely none of the insidious, anti-democratic crimes that Facebook has been accused of can be associated with Meta; Meta is a blank slate.

In a press release that echoed The Zuckster’s keynote, Meta notes that it will begin trading under the stock ticker MVRS from December 1, staking a claim as the Metaverse business entity.

The Metaverse — and let’s be clear, this is not The Zuckster’s concept — is a so far ill-defined collection of ideas that will potentially coalesce over the next few years into some form of virtual reality web. It’s almost as if someone over at Facebook HQ said, “If only we could name ourselves ‘Inter,’ then we’d own the whole Internet!” And everyone cheered.

So yes, there is the sickening reality that we’re going to spend the rest of our careers trying to find a less tainted name for metadata. But that’s nothing to the amount of time we’ll devote explaining to future generations that Meta is not The Metaverse.

From now on, I’ll be referring to all Web 3.0 as the Geoverse and see if I can’t revive the fortunes of Geocities. Ah, now there’s a social network worth raising from the dead. Happy Halloween.

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29 octobre 2021/par Service comm.

How the Developer Experience and the Role of the SRE Are Changing

Actualités, Méthodes et organisation des process IT

The application development landscape has fundamentally changed in recent years. In a recent interview with Ambassador Labs, Mario Loria from CartaX said he believes this is still uncharted territory, particularly for developers in the cloud-native space. As he sees it, site reliability engineers (SREs) play a key role in guiding developers through the learning curve toward comprehensive self-service of the supporting platforms and ecosystem, and ultimately to service ownership. This requires a major shift in company and management culture, and developer (and SRE) mindset and tooling as well as insight to make the journey to full lifecycle ownership not just smoother and more transparent but also technically feasible.

Two Worlds Colliding: The Monolith and Service-Oriented Architecture

The traditional monolith continues to exist in parallel with cloud-native application development. The operations side of the equation, according to Mario, understands that this has caused a big shift in deploying, releasing, and operating applications, and now the role of SREs is to help developers understand and own this shift. Developers know how to code, but building in the necessary understanding (and ownership) of the “ship” and “run” aspects of the lifecycle introduces a steep learning curve. For developers, this means taking on new responsibilities with the support of SREs.

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21 août 2021/par Service comm.

Top New CMS Plugins, February 2021

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Welcome to our roundup of the best plugins for popular CMS, this month. We’re going to cover plugins built to enhance WordPress, Shopify, Craft CMS, and Joomla. Enjoy!

WordPress

Tutor LMS Elementor Addons

Tutor LMS Elementor Addons is a useful plugin that adds 25+ add-ons to the Elementor page builder. The plugin allows users to create custom styling and layouts for Tutor LMS courses. For this plugin to work effectively, you will have to install Tutor LMS and the Elementor Plugin. After activating all three plugins, you will be able to build single course pages using Elementor. Some of the Elementor Addons include course rating, course title, course author, course level, course duration, course thumbnail, course price, and lots more. The plugin can also be used to edit the look of your existing courses. The pro version of Elementor is not required to use this plugin. It has also been tested with top WordPress themes.

Quick Audio Player

Quick Audio Player is a customizable audio player for WordPress websites. The plugin is responsive and works with any WordPress theme. It runs seamlessly on all devices and major web browsers. Features of the plugin include an HTML5 audio player, live player editing, player poster image, rich control settings, player shortcode, player width customization, and player color customization. The player is available in different audio types including .mp3, .wav, and .ogg.

Simple Responsive WP Slider

Simple Responsive WP Slider is a lightweight slider plugin for WordPress. The plugin allows you to create and customize unlimited sliders for your website. You can use a shortcode or place the slider within Gutenberg blocks to add the slider to a webpage. Some of the features of the plugin include unlimited sliders and multiple sliders on each page. You can set custom configuration options for each slide, including the navigation and slider. Some of the basic configuration options for individual sliders include adding dots or arrows to the slides.

NutsForPress Images and Media

Images and Media is an essential plugin from NutsForPress that makes it easy to customize image and media files on WordPress. The plugin allows you to set the threshold size for images on your website and automatically resizes images that exceed that threshold upon uploading. It also allows users to set a JPEG compression level and will automatically compress JPEGs to meet that compression quality upon uploading. You can prevent GIFs from getting resized to avoid breaking their animation. The plugin can also bulk rebuild “alt title,” “description,” and “caption” for all uploaded media files. You can also bulk rebuild missing PDF preview images. They are seven custom thumbnail sizes to choose from. The plugin is fully compliant with WPML.

Ultimate Social Media Share

Ultimate Social Media Share is a lightweight and responsive plugin for WordPress that allows users to add social media share buttons and social media follow buttons to their site. The plugin is GDPR compliant and DSGVO compliant. The plugin does not collect any IP or personal data. You can insert the social buttons and icons in widgets or Gutenberg blocks. The plugin is free to use and supports 9 different languages. You can customize the plugin to suit your audience’s needs, and it is responsive on any screen, big or small. It is compatible with Gutenberg and Classic WordPress editors. Ultimate Social Media is compatible with WooCommerce, BBPress, BuddyPress, and all custom post types. You can choose from over 35 social media platforms. It is also free to use. The plugin’s social icons are Scalable Vector Graphics, meaning they are scalable to any screen size and load fast.

Wall Pricing Table

Wall Pricing Table plugin allows WordPress users to create pricing tables for their WordPress site. You can add the features of the different pricing plans and also display the price table anywhere on your site. The available fields on the pricing table are title, subtitle, price, button, and features(you can add as many as you want). You can differentiate each plan by color. The plugin is completely free to use.

Job App Manager

Job App Manager is a simple WordPress plugin that allows you to display a job application form on your website for candidates to apply with their details. A shortcode is used to display the form on any webpage on your site. After the user completes a form, they will receive a confirmation email. To find the submissions in the form, go to ‘All Submissions’ on the admin page. On the admin page, you can also search, filter, and delete forms. There is also a dashboard widget that shows the latest 5 form submissions.

Jetpack Boost

Jetpack Boost is a one-click optimization plugin that allows users to supercharge their WordPress site’s performance and SEO. Jetpack Boost is still pre-release software, so it’s advised to install the plugin on only production sites until version 1.01 is released. The pre-release version of the software has three powerful modules. The first module uses local critical CSS to generate optimized styles for your webpages. This will allow content to load faster on the screens of viewers. The second module defers non-essential Javascript. This means that the non-essential tasks show after the page loads, allowing important visual information to be seen sooner. The third module implements lazy image loading, so images load when they appear in the browser’s viewport. So if a viewer doesn’t scroll to the end of the webpage, images placed at the bottom of the page won’t load. This makes the website load faster.

Rsiltech Postcode Availability

Rsilitech postcode availability is a simple plugin that allows your customers to check shipping availability. All your customer needs to do is enter their postcode in the “check availability” section of the product details page. Other features include display delivery date in the product page, display shipping note on the product page, add postcode in the admin panel, edit postcode in the admin panel, and list postcode in the admin panel.

WPTD Video Popup

WPTD Video Popup is a simple video popup plugin for WordPress. The plugin supports both YouTube and Vimeo. Some of the plugin features include unlimited popups, retina ready, easy shortcodes for set up, and customizable width and height size for YouTube and Vimeo videos.

Easy Translate

Easy Translate allows you to translate your WordPress site into multiple languages. The plugin will translate everything on your site regardless of themes or plugin specifications. Easy Translate currently works with Polylang and WPML plugins. It uses the plugins to detect frontend language. It is easy to use and is compatible with all themes and plugins. You can translate your site to as many languages as you want. A unique feature of the plugin is that it can translate dynamic strings added by themes, WordPress, and plugins.

Shopify

ConvertOut Ambassadors

ConvertOut Ambassadors is a Shopify plugin that allows users to create an ambassador program in minutes. You don’t need any technical knowledge to get started. The plugin starts working minutes after installation. For every sale made, ConvertOut will track the commission it needs to pay to the ambassador. Payouts are made directly to the ambassador’s PayPal account.

Product Stories Convert Sales

Products Stories Convert Sale is a cool plugin that upgrades your website by giving it a trendy social network look. The plugin makes it fun and easy for customers to view products in your store. All your catalog will appear in carousel stories, just like Instagram feed stories. Coupons will also pop up in the stories to help increase sales. You will also receive real-time reports that will help you identify what your customers are interested in.

Advoz

Advoz is a Shopify plugin that allows experts to create high-quality Google, Facebook, and Instagram ads to promote your business. Once you set a weekly budget, you will receive a custom graphic or video on how the ads will run. The plugin will create ads that will drive quality leads to your store.

Craft CMS

Presence

Presence is a Craft plugin that displays the current users editing an entry. The users are displayed in the right sidebar settings when editing an entry. A default logo is set for users that do not have a profile image. Admins can review and approve the entries made.

Marketplace for Craft Commerce

Marketplace for Craft Commerce allows Craft users to turn their e-commerce sites into a marketplace. Users can add payees to products and also charge fees for your platform. You can charge a flat or percent fee. Payouts are handled via Stripe Connect.

Joomla

AA Youtube Subscribe Button

AA Youtube Subscribe Button is a Joomla module that allows you to show a Youtube subscribe button with your site’s subscriber number. It is easy to use and is fully responsive. It has cross-browser support and works with any template.

MyRealPin

MyRealPin provides a Pinterest-like look to your website. You can create your own pinboards and collaborate with friends. You can customize the Joomla extension to suit your needs.

AA Tiny Audio Player

AA Tiny Audio Player allows Joomla users to add an HTML5 audio player to their website. The extension comes with a responsive layout and supports animations. It works with .mp3, .ogg, and .wav video formats. It also works with all templates.

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3 février 2021/par Service comm.

SAP lance 5&5 by ’25 et incite les entreprises à dépenser mieux avec les fournisseurs sociaux et issus de la diversité

Actualités, ERP & Applications, SAP

SAP va consacrer 5% de ses dépenses annuelles auprès d’entreprises sociales et de fournisseurs issus de la diversité d’ici 2025, l’équivalent de 60 millions de dollars par an.

SAP invite les entreprises de tout secteur à rejoindre le mouvement et à acheter davantage de biens et de services auprès de ce type d’organisations.

WALLDORF — SAP SE (NYSE : SAP) a annoncé aujourd’hui le lancement de « 5 & 5 by ’25 », une initiative dont l’objectif est de réaliser 5 % de ses dépenses auprès d’entreprises sociales et de fournisseurs issus de la diversité d’ici 2025. En fixant cet objectif, SAP souhaite montrer l’exemple et inciter les entreprises du monde entier à acheter davantage de biens et de services auprès de fournisseurs dont les actions et les valeurs ont du sens, et ainsi de produire un impact collectif positif sur les sociétés dans lesquelles elles mènent leurs activités.

Selon la Banque mondiale, les dépenses consacrées aux achats à travers le monde en 2019 s’élevaient au minimum à 14 000 milliards de dollars. En redirigeant ne serait-ce qu’une petite partie de ces dépenses vers des entreprises sociales agréées et des fournisseurs issus de la diversité, les entreprises ont le pouvoir de s’attaquer à certains des problèmes sociaux et environnementaux les plus préoccupants à l’échelle mondiale.

D’après les premiers projets pilotes effectués sur certains marchés, SAP estime pouvoir consacrer chaque année jusqu’à 60 millions de dollars de ses dépenses mondiales adressables aux entreprises sociales et aux fournisseurs issus de la diversité d’ici 2025. Chez les sociétés de l’indice boursier DAX, ce chiffre est estimé à environ 2,5 milliards d’euros, tandis que pour les sociétés de la liste Fortune 500 aux États-Unis, les estimations s’élèvent à 25 milliards de dollars.

Membre du Conseil d’administration de SAP, à la tête de l’entité Customer Success et récemment nommée Global Buy Social Ambassador de Social Enterprise UK, Adaire Fox-Martin a annoncé l’initiative « 5 & 5 by ’25 » lors de l’événement Procurement Reimagined organisé par SAP à Singapour.

« Toutes les entreprises, dans tous les secteurs, ont besoin de réaliser des achats », a expliqué Mme Fox-Martin. « Nous avons tous besoin de savon dans nos sanitaires, de services d’aménagement pour nos bureaux, de produits alimentaires et de boissons dans nos cafétérias, de services de marketing et de fournitures de bureau. Ces produits et services, parmi tant d’autres, peuvent tous être acquis auprès d’entreprises sociales et de fournisseurs issus de la diversité. Cet argent, nous sommes de toute façon amenés à le dépenser. Pourquoi ne pas l’utiliser auprès de fournisseurs dont les actions ont également un impact sur le plan social ? »

Les entreprises sociales sont des entreprises qui, de par leur culture et leurs opérations, cherchent résolument à changer le monde. Elles sont similaires à d’autres entreprises viables sur le plan commercial, mais présentent trois différences essentielles : elles sont fondées et gouvernées sur la base d’une mission sociale ou environnementale clairement définie ; elles réinvestissent la majorité de leurs bénéfices dans cette mission ; et elles sont contrôlées selon le principe de majorité exclusivement dans l’intérêt de cette mission. Un fournisseur issu de la diversité est une entreprise détenue et exploitée à 51 % ou plus par une personne ou un groupe de personnes issue(s) d’une population traditionnellement sous-représentée ou défavorisée.

« Avec nos clients, nos partenaires, nos fournisseurs issus de la diversité et les entreprises sociales, nous nous sommes fixé pour objectif de développer les achats socialement responsables là où les infrastructures le permettent, et nous avons l’intention de mettre sur pied les infrastructures nécessaires et de renforcer les capacités partout ailleurs », a ajouté Mme Fox-Martin. « Nous invitons toutes nos parties prenantes à en apprendre davantage sur le sujet et à participer avec nous à cette initiative, mais aussi à tracer la voie et à donner l’élan pour concrétiser cette ambition et trouver une meilleure façon de se développer. »

Pour en savoir plus, consultez l’article (en anglais) « Achats socialement responsables :trouver une meilleure façon de se développer » par Adaire Fox-Martin.

À propos de l’initiative « 5 & 5 by ’25 »

L’initiative « 5 & 5 by ’25 » a été développée par SAP pour encourager les entreprises de tous les secteurs à consacrer une plus grande part de leurs dépenses adressables à des fournisseurs socialement engagés et issus de la diversité. En rejoignant cette initiative, les entreprises acceptent de formaliser leur exploration des achats socialement responsables, notamment en établissant des partenariats avec des intermédiaires de premier plan, en adoptant des politiques d’achats socialement responsables, en consommant des biens et des services auprès de fournisseurs dont les actions et les valeurs ont du sens, et en élargissant leur engagement auprès d’autres entreprises sociales et fournisseurs issus de la diversité. L’objectif est de réaliser, d’ici 2025, 5 % des dépenses annuelles d’achats adressables auprès d’entreprises sociales et de fournisseurs issus de la diversité et, ce faisant, d’avoir un impact significatif sur les inégalités sociales et les enjeux environnementaux. « 5 & 5 by ’25 » fait partie du programme One Billion Lives de SAP, qui s’attache à promouvoir une plus grande intégration de l’entrepreneuriat social dans l’économie mondiale. Pour plus d’informations, consultez la page 5 & 5 by ’25 .

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7 octobre 2020/par Service comm.

API Gateway vs. Service Mesh

Actualités, Méthodes et organisation des process IT

A common question that people ask is “should I use Ambassador if I’m using a service mesh (usually Istio)?” After all, both Ambassador and Istio are built on the Envoy Proxy. Moreover, Istio recently added support for explicitly managing ingress with the Gateway abstraction. So, do you need an API Gateway if you’re using a service mesh?

Ambassador (and API Gateways in general) focus on north/south traffic, i.e., traffic into your data center. Istio (and other service meshes) handle east/west traffic, i.e., traffic between services in your data center. If your service mesh already manages L7 traffic, can you use it for managing north/south traffic?

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25 octobre 2018/0 Commentaires/par Service comm.