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Jitsi meet is a free open source video conferencing web application. Just like Google Meet and Zoom, Jitsi meet provides the option to easily create a meeting in a browser within seconds without additional software or browser extensions. Jitsi doesn't require an account to use its additional features like Screen Sharing, Group chat, Integration with different chat platforms like Mattermost or Slack. Below are the steps to install and configure Jitsi on an Ubuntu server. Step 1: You will need to have a server with SSH root access.
Drupal Commerce Vs Ubercart
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We are glad to announce that a new version of Search404 2.0.0 was released on the same day Drupal 9 was released. This version fully supports Drupal 9. In this release of the module, we’ve chosen 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.
Drupal Commerce Vs Ubercart
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During these times of hardship where COVID19 is on one side, the near-recession is looming on the other. Businesses have taken a hit with minimal demand. Even though more and more people are adapting to the “digital lifestyle” and are spending more time online, the revenues are nowhere nearer to what they used to be. Brands have cut down on ad spends and E-commerce is not doing any sales due to the supply chain situation.
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Proposals are invited on behalf of Zyxware Technologies Private Limited for the supply of laptops on a rental basis from the authorized dealers. Zyxware Technologies Pvt Ltd reserves the right to accept or reject in part or in full any or all the tenders at any stage without assigning any reason thereof. Vendors should mention the pricing and payment terms.
DRUPAL - FREE AND OPEN SOURCE WEB CMS FOR YOUR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
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Digital technologies are reshaping industries and organizations are responding to it by going through their own Digital Transformation journeys. In a general context, Digital Transformation can be defined as the integration of digital technology into the overall business process of an organization to create a radical change in the fundamental business model and the way in which it delivers value to its customers.Some of the key technology enablers for digital transformation are Mobile Computing, Cloud Computing, SaaS Platforms, Web Service Integration, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Big Data & Predictive Analytics, and Business Process Automation.
Drupal Global Contribution Weekend 2020
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Drupal Global Contribution Weekend (DGCW) is an initiative of the Drupal Association which represents the global Drupal community to encourage people to contribute to Drupal. This year, ICFOSS (an autonomous institution under the Government of Kerala mandated with propagation, promotion,, and development of Free and Open Source Software) in partnership with Zyxware Technologies is organizing the Drupal Global Contribution Weekend 2020 in MP Hall, Tapasya Building, Infopark, Kochi on 25th January 2020 from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm.
2019 Drupal Global Training Day
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The International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS), an autonomous institution under Government of Kerala, India mandated with propagation, promotion and development of Free and Open Source Software has organised the Drupal Global Training Day (GTD) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India on December 21, 2019, from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. Zyxware Technologies provided the technical support for the GTD. The event set the momentum to form the Drupal Community in Kerala.
CCPA Vs GDPR
California Consumer Privacy Act became effective on January 1, 2019. 2 years before, Europe implemented GDPR. Even though both are personal data protection laws, they are ideologically different. Through this article, we are exploring the factors that differentiate CCPA from GDPR. GDPR CCPA Effective From 25-May-2018 Effective From 01-January-2020
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The year 2018 marked the implementation of one of the most popular data protection laws in the world, ie GDPR. It's been a year and a half since its implementation. Any organization in Europe or who delivers a digital service to European Public and uses their personal information now complies GDPR. Now it’s time for CCPA, California Consumer Privacy Act.
Privacy-friendly Google analytics alternatives
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a state law created to enhance the privacy rights and consumer protection of California residents. The bill for CCPA was passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by Jerry Brown, Governor of California, on June 28, 2018. Here are some fact you need to know about CCPA CCPA is a personal data protection law passed by the State Of California. CCPA stands for California Consumer Privacy Act and gets effective on 1st Jan 2020.
AI-based Conversational Interfaces
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AI-based conversational interfaces are disrupting the customer service industry by providing options for end-users to get information in real-time without human assistance. The adoption rate of AI chatbots is swiftly increasing and the accuracy levels of handling natural language conversations are improving drastically. Here are the numbers that say “AI chatbots are not an add-on any more but an essential tool for any businesses.”
Drupal Security Updates
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Drupal is one of the most secure Web Content Management systems available today and the credit for this goes to the simple fact that there is a dedicated security team that constantly checks the codebase for any vulnerabilities and provides fixes for any vulnerabilities identified. As per the Drupal Security team, security release "windows" are every Wednesday for Drupal contributed projects, and one Wednesday a month (usually the third Wednesday) for Drupal core.
Drupal Global Training Day #DrupalGTD
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The Drupal community is one of the largest open source communities in the world. There are more than 1,000,000 passionate developers, designers, trainers, strategists, coordinators, editors, and sponsors working together. Drupal Global Training Day (GTD) is an initiative of the Drupal Association that represents the global Drupal community to introduce people to Drupal. The session aims to provide awareness of Drupal basics and its community. Attendees will leave with an understanding of what Drupal is and how to get started with the software, the community and Drupal.org.
Web accessibility checkpoints in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
User Experience Design The UX designer should consider the accessibility standards in mind while defining the UX of the web portal. UI Design When building the UI elements and styles, accessibility should consider. Factors like color of text, the contrast of images, navigation elements, etc should be considered here. HTML The html should be generated by following the web accessibility standards defined.
5 Tips For Digital Marketing Agencies To Optimize Your Content Calendar
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It takes more than routine blog posts for your content marketing to have your desired impact on the bottom line of your organization. Of course, you have to be ready to hire a digital agency that guarantees to catapult your content calendar right where it can handle the heat. We understand how much stress it can be to understand and implement these steps. Hence, we've focused this post on highlighting and explaining the best strategies that any digital agency can adopt to optimize your content calendar. Here, take a look at five of our most trusted strategies.
Web Accessibility Guidelines - What and Why it matters
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines was conceived by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) with a motive to make web and digital technology accessible for all. The first version of accessibility guidelines, WCAG 1.0 was released on May 5th, 1999. It continued for about 10 years and in 2008, WCAG 2.0 was released. In addition to web properties, 2.0 also takes care of other digital assets like PDF, Documents, Google Docs, Spreadsheets, mobile apps, etc.
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Once the installation of Mattermost in Centos 7 has been completed and everything is working fine as mentioned in the article (Install Mattermost on Centos 7) you can follow the below steps to complete the configuration part. 1) Create the System Admin user and set up Mattermost for general use. a) Open a browser and navigate to your Mattermost instance. For example, http://<IP-ADDRESS-OF-MATTERMOST-SERVER>:8065.
Drupal Commerce Vs Ubercart
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Mattermost's open-source Zoom plugin enables users to start, join voice, video and screen-sharing meetings. The plugin is installed by default and can be activated by following the below steps. 1) Go to System Console > Plugins > Zoom to configure the Zoom Plugin. 2) Enter the Zoom URL and Zoom API URL for the Zoom server, for example, https://yourzoom.com and https://api.yourzoom.com/v2 respectively.  3) Set the API Key and API Secret, generated by Zoom and used to create meetings and pull user data: