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Drupal Association in a press release stated Drupal version 8’s End of Life (EOL) to be this November( 2021). This coincides with Symfony 3’s EOL. Drupal Association has already announced EOL of the recently released Drupal 9. EOL of Drupal 9 will be in 2023 to concur with that of Symfony 4.4. But why this dependency is a valid question that can come to a client’s mind. Both Drupal and Symfony are free and open source, written in PHP and used to build websites. Why EOL of Drupal Versions Depend on Symfony? Drupal 8 in its core library has a lot of reusable Symfony components. Symfony comprises a major chunk of Drupal’s third party dependency. Drupal 8’s end of life thus coincides with Symfony 3’s falling in November 2021. Drupal 9, the new version is updated to Symfony 4.4. Drupal had built its core without using third parties from its conception till Drupal 7. Why did Drupal then break off from the practice of developing all its Core features?
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When you work with large CSV files it is sometimes useful to have a quick way to split the csv file into smaller pieces so that another application / process / people can work on these smaller files in parallel. Here is a nifty bash script to split a csv file into multiple pieces and retain the same header in all pieces.
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Drupal is a very secure content management system and provides a lot of security for website owners out of the box. Drupal 8 and 9 come with flood prevention capabilities that protect against brute force login attacks on your website. However, if you want to go that extra mile and prevent access to the user/login page to anonymous users, you can use Disable Drupal Login Page module.
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While businesses rely on the IT department, specifically the CIO and CTO, for technological matters, the CFO should be involved in key decisions related to developing an Information Management (IM) Strategy. While CMOs handle everything from branding to communication, if the marketing team needs technical assistance, they must seek assistance from the CIO, who will obtain the necessary software and ensure that it is fully compatible with the Company's existing infrastructure.
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The Pegasus expose is a revelation that has taken the world by storm lately. Governments around the world were using the software to spy on journalists, activists, leaders of the opposition, and other people in important constitutional roles. The scale of the spyware program is now laid bare, along with how client governments used the Israeli software.
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Digital transformation is the defining feature of this era. If you want your business enterprise to establish its online presence and take full advantage of the latest digital technology you need Drupal for your web development needs. Drupal is a content management system that provides the back-end framework for 13% of the top 10,000 websites worldwide and is extensively used by corporations, governments, and businesses looking to ensure a fast and smooth user experience on their websites for an enhanced and integrated user engagement experience. Transform your Digital Presence with Drupal Drupal is the go-to choice for corporations, educational institutes, governments, and many more entities looking to build their online presence.
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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the signs of a rapidly digitizing world were evident, with platform-based services reshaping our lives and businesses. The pandemic accelerated this shift, making digital transformation not just an option but a necessity for survival and growth in various sectors including business, education, and government.
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As a marketer, the primary task at hand is to undertake initiatives that increase the revenues of the organization. This involves a heavy dependency on digital technology, which if properly utilized can lead to huge gains. Unfortunately, even criminal elements are able to tap into the growing volume of data and transactions on the web, leading to an environment that is tricky to navigate through for continued business growth.
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Reliable data is crucial for effective policy-making and resource allocation in public services, particularly in sectors like healthcare, agriculture, and HIV/AIDS. However, the dispersion of research papers across the web and grey literature, along with their technical nature, makes it challenging for decision-makers to access and understand critical information. This complexity is especially problematic in low and middle-income countries where data-driven insights are essential for impactful initiatives. Evidence Gap Maps (EGMs) serve as a valuable solution to this challenge. By providing a thematic, visual overview of existing research and highlighting gaps in knowledge, EGMs offer an accessible and centralized knowledge tool that aids policymakers and researchers in making informed decisions, thereby reducing research wastage and driving impactful initiatives.
How automation can benefit the HR domain
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Pandemic has compelled digital transformation (DX) for most industries, making DX a "must-have" thing rather than a "nice-to-have" one.But embracing new operations methods came with its own set of challenges for each domain, and HR is no exception.While acquiring the right talent has always been one of the biggest challenges of HR, they now have the onus of maintaining culture, employee engagement, hiring, retention, or laying off during the work from home scenario. That's an entire set of added challenges no one would have envisioned.But there's a silver lining.
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Bartel Taylor and Associates (BTA) is a legal services company with over 25 years of experience managing Infringement notices for councils, hospitals, and universities throughout Victoria. BTA offers its range of services statewide. BTA approached Zyxware Technologies for website redesign and to build an automated workflow to reduce some of the significant manual interventions to improve efficiency and accuracy. The solution would help BTA
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Fail2ban is an intrusion detection system that scans the log files to find malicious attacks on your servers. Fail2ban updates firewall rules on its own to block the IP addresses which are trying to exploit the server. Below are the steps to install and configure fail2ban on Ubuntu 18.04 server. Get the newest versions of the packages and their dependencies, run the command below: sudo apt-get update Now install Fail2ban using the below command
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It is extremely important to assess the complexity of your Drupal 7 website before you plan to upgrade/migrate it to Drupal 9. We have created a tool that helps you in this process.Drupal 7 AuditThe Drupal 7 audit is a Drush command which can do a full site audit to capture the essential elements required for assessing the complexity of your Drupal 7 site.
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A new version of Disable Messages has been released on the same day Drupal 9 has been released. This version fully supports Drupal 9. With this release, the module chose to go with the fully semantic versioning model, which means, version 2.0.0 supports Drupal Core 8.8.3 or a higher version. The 8.x-1.0 release will be there for some more time to support older versions. The 2.0.0 release mainly removes the deprecated code and uses the new solution that is supported by Drupal 9.