Top 5 Technologies of 2018

As we approach the year end and getting ready to welcome the New Year, it’s time for us to review the technological innovations and advancements that are about to dominate the future. These technologies have been strengthening their roots and have started to impact people, jobs, businesses, and economies across the globe. As the new technologies will become more important in 2018, understanding and analyzing them is crucial for us to adapt, align, and get ready for tomorrow. Let’s get started!

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

With advancements in machine learning and deep learning, there is a considerable progress in Artificial Intelligence research, development, and strategies. So far, AI has been widely experimented to surprise and delight users and customers. In the upcoming years, we can see AI being integrated into existing platforms to bring in efficiency and resilience. In 2018, we will witness AI transforming from a newcomer to a mainstream technology. According to Gartner, through 2018, AI will be used to improve customer experience, business decisions, and reinvent business operation models.

Internet of Things (IoT)

According to the Gartner survey, currently, there are 8.4 billion connected things on the Internet and expected to double in next three years. Through 2020, IoT will demand and drive technologies such as edge computing, high-speed internet, IPv6, data analytics, data security, and other technologies that are required to aid and improve its implementation. The year 2018 will witness progress in IoT and IoT related technologies.

Big Data and Data Visualization

It is crucial to manage and visualize a large amount of data to aid business decisions and provide better customer services. Though these technologies have been here for a while, the need for data management and analysis will increase in 2018. More advancements in AI and Internet of Things will propel the growth in these domains and demand companies to embrace Big Data. There will be an increased demand for professionals in Big Data and data science. Data analysis will become crucial in driving new business insights and efficiency across industries.

Edge Computing

With the advent of IoT and autonomous objects, devices such as self-driving cars, drones, and other smart devices seek to connect and communicate on the go. Edge computing comes into the picture to cater the real-time processing and response needs of these smart autonomous devices. Edge computing will be the preferred choice to process real-time data. Cloud computing will still assist edge computing in storing, managing, and retrieving crucial data.

Blockchain

Blockchain has been evolving as a platform for digital transformation. Though the financial industry has started using Blockchain, it is becoming popular among government institutions, healthcare, manufacturing, entertainment and other industries. Despite the debates on the legality of Blockchain processes, it will gradually progress in the upcoming years.

25 INTERESTING QUESTIONS.

•  If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake?

• What is the difference between being alive and truly living?

• Why do religions that support love cause so many wars?

•  Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend?

• If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?

•  Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?

•  If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?

• Are you more worried ab outdoing things right, or doing the right things?

• If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today?

•  If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?

•  What one thing have you not done that you really want to do? What’s holding you back?

•  Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?

•  Has your greatest fear ever come true?

• Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing?

• When was the last time you noticed the sound of your own breathing?

•  Decisions are being made right now. The question is:Are you making them for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you?

•  If you had all the money in the world but

• still had to have some kind of job, what would you choose to do?

•  When you’re 90 years old, what will matter most to you?

• What do you regret most so far in life?

•  If you were at heaven’s gates, and God

• asked you“Why should I let you in?”, what would you say?

• What small thing could you do to make someone’s day better?

•  What impact do you want to leave on the world?

•  When was the last time you tried something new?

•  What life lesson did you learn the hard way?

.               TRY TO ANSWER THIS QUESTIONS . . ??



Regards,Sheenu Singla

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IT Sector's JOB woes............................

We 've read somewhere that six lakh IT Professionals are likely to lose their JOB's in the next Two to Three Years.But our sons are working in the IT industry.We are very concerned about them losing their Jobs due to the spate of retrechmentin the IT industry.Any suggestions to help them consolidate their position?We 're very Worried because both of them are Married and have School going Kids.

                        

A. While Automation and Emerging technology does render a Large No of Jobs Superfluous in the tech industry.Techies who are Ready to up-skill themselves with the Latest tech skills , stay relevant.As business and startups change innovative solutions , evolving technology and new age skill sets such as natural Language Processing ( Which Enables Computers to understand Human speech quickly and Accurately), Swift, Tableau etc grow in Demand and Fetch Marketing Beating rates.

You may also be surprised to know  that despite all this talk to load-shedding and slow down in IT industry, there is , in fact, real Shortage  of good data analysts, Machine, Learning and Artificial Intelligence UX, UI ( user experience, user interface) designers, cyber Security and product developers.

Moreover , another excellent development is the surge in freelancer roles in data mining, data visualization, digital marketing and social media. And what's wonderful is the freelancing in these areas is well paying and makes for better work - life balance. 

The thing to do is to look at the opportunities and aggressively start preparing for them instead of panicking. It would help to focus on specific areas like Google Digital Marketing , Data Science, Analytics, Android and iOS app development . These are just a few Pointers.

I can understand  your anxiety as parents , but your sons being in thick of IT industry would be more aware of the developments demands of their current employers in particular as well as  those of the broader industry . A time of churn  is always a time of great opportunity. !

Regards.

Sheenu singla

Kali Linux Commands

Kali Linux is preinstalled with over 600 penetration-testing programs, including nmap (a port scanner), Wireshark (a packet analyzer), John the Ripper (a password cracker), Aircrack-ng (a software suite for penetration-testing wireless LANs), Burp suite and OWASP ZAP (both web application security scanners). Kali Linux can run natively when installed on a computer’s hard disk, can be booted from a live CD or live USB, or it can run within a virtual machine. It is a supported platform of the Metasploit Project’s Metasploit Framework, a tool for developing and executing security exploits.

Kali Linux commands	Function
A
apropos	Search Help manual pages (man -k)
apt-get	Search for and install software packages (Debian)
aptitude	Search for and install software packages (Debian)
aspell	Spell Checker
awk	Find and Replace text, database sort/validate/index
B
basename	Strip directory and suffix from filenames
bash	GNU Bourne-Again Shell
bc	Arbitrary precision calculator language
bg	Send to background
break	Exit from a loop
builtin	Run a shell builtin
bzip2	Compress or decompress named files
C
cal	Display a calendar
case	Conditionally perform a command
cat	Concatenate and print (display) the content of files
cd	Change Directory
cfdisk	Partition table manipulator for Linux
chgrp	Change group ownership
chmod	Change access permissions
chown	Change file owner and group
chroot	Run a command with a different root directory
chkconfig	System services (runlevel)
cksum	Print CRC checksum and byte counts
clear	Clear terminal screen
cmp	Compare two files
comm	Compare two sorted files line by line
command	Run a command – ignoring shell functions
continue	Resume the next iteration of a loop
cp	Copy one or more files to another location
cron	Daemon to execute scheduled commands
crontab	Schedule a command to run at a later time
csplit	Split a file into context-determined pieces
cut	Divide a file into several parts
D
date	Display or change the date and time
dc	Desk Calculator
dd	Convert and copy a file, write disk headers, boot records
ddrescue	Data recovery tool
declare	Declare variables and give them attributes
df	Display free disk space
diff	Display the differences between two files
diff3	Show differences among three files
dig	DNS lookup
dir	Briefly list directory contents
dircolors	Colour setup for `ls’
dirname	Convert a full pathname to just a path
dirs	Display list of remembered directories
dmesg	Print kernel & driver messages
du	Estimate file space usage
E
echo	Display message on screen
egrep	Search files for lines that match an extended expression
eject	Eject removable media
enable	Enable and disable builtin shell commands
env	Environment variables
ethtool	Ethernet card settings
eval	Evaluate several commands/arguments
exec	Execute a command
exit	Exit the shell
expect	Automate arbitrary applications accessed over a terminal
expand	Convert tabs to spaces
export	Set an environment variable
expr	Evaluate expressions
F
false	Do nothing, unsuccessfully
fdformat	Low-level format a floppy disk
fdisk	Partition table manipulator for Linux
fg	Send job to foreground
fgrep	Search files for lines that match a fixed string
file	Determine file type
find	Search for files that meet a desired criteria
fmt	Reformat paragraph text
fold	Wrap text to fit a specified width
for	Expand words, and execute commands
format	Format disks or tapes
free	Display memory usage
fsck	File system consistency check and repair
ftp	File Transfer Protocol
function	Define Function Macros
fuser	Identify/kill the process that is accessing a file
G
gawk	Find and Replace text within files
getopts	Parse positional parameters
grep	Search files for lines that match a given pattern
groupadd	Add a user security group
groupdel	Delete a group
groupmod	Modify a group
groups	Print group names a user is in
gzip	Compress or decompress named files
H
hash	Remember the full pathname of a name argument
head	Output the first part of files
help	Display help for a built-in command
history	Command History
hostname	Print or set system name
I
iconv	Convert the character set of a file
id	Print user and group id’s
if	Conditionally perform a command
ifconfig	Configure a network interface
ifdown	Stop a network interface
ifup	Start a network interface up
import	Capture an X server screen and save the image to file
install	Copy files and set attributes
J
jobs	List active jobs
join	Join lines on a common field
K
kill	Stop a process from running
killall	Kill processes by name
L
less	Display output one screen at a time
let	Perform arithmetic on shell variables
ln	Create a symbolic link to a file
local	Create variables
locate	Find files
logname	Print current login name
logout	Exit a login shell
look	Display lines beginning with a given string
lpc	Line printer control program
lpr	Off line print
lprint	Print a file
lprintd	Abort a print job
lprintq	List the print queue
lprm	Remove jobs from the print queue
ls	List information about files
lsof	List open files
M
make	Recompile a group of programs
man	Help manual
mkdir	Create new folders
mkfifo	Make FIFOs (named pipes)
mkisofs	Create an hybrid ISO9660/JOLIET/HFS filesystem
mknod	Make block or character special files
more	Display output one screen at a time
mount	Mount a file system
mtools	Manipulate MS-DOS files
mtr	Network diagnostics (traceroute/ping)
mv	Move or rename files or directories
mmv	Mass Move and rename files
N
netstat	Networking information
nice	Set the priority of a command or job
nl	Number lines and write files
nohup	Run a command immune to hangups
notify-send	Send desktop notifications
nslookup	Query Internet name servers interactively
O
open	Open a file in its default application
op	Operator access
P
passwd	Modify a user password
paste	Merge lines of files
pathchk	Check file name portability
ping	Test a network connection
pkill	Stop processes from running
popd	Restore the previous value of the current directory
pr	Prepare files for printing
printcap	Printer capability database
printenv	Print environment variables
printf	Format and print data
ps	Process status
pushd	Save and then change the current directory
pwd	Print Working Directory
Q
quota	Display disk usage and limits
quotacheck	Scan a file system for disk usage
quotactl	Set disk quotas
R
ram	ram disk device
rcp	Copy files between two machines
read	Read a line from standard input
readarray	Read from stdin into an array variable
readonly	Mark variables/functions as readonly
reboot	Reboot the system
rename	Rename files
renice	Alter priority of running processes
remsync	Synchronize remote files via email
return	Exit a shell function
rev	Reverse lines of a file
rm	Remove files
rmdir	Remove folders
rsync	Remote file copy (Synchronize file trees)
S
screen	Multiplex terminal, run remote shells via ssh
scp	Secure copy (remote file copy)
sdiff	Merge two files interactively
sed	Stream Editor
select	Accept keyboard input
seq	Print numeric sequences
set	Manipulate shell variables and functions
sftp	Secure File Transfer Program
shift	Shift positional parameters
shopt	Shell Options
shutdown	Shutdown or restart linux
sleep	Delay for a specified time
slocate	Find files
sort	Sort text files
source	Run commands from a file
split	Split a file into fixed-size pieces
ssh	Secure Shell client (remote login program)
strace	Trace system calls and signals
su	Substitute user identity
sudo	Execute a command as another user
sum	Print a checksum for a file
suspend	Suspend execution of this shell
symlink	Make a new name for a file
sync	Synchronize data on disk with memory
T
tail	Output the last part of file
tar	Tape Archiver
tee	Redirect output to multiple files
test	Evaluate a conditional expression
time	Measure Program running time
times	User and system times
touch	Change file timestamps
top	List processes running on the system
traceroute	Trace Route to Host
trap	Run a command when a signal is set(bourne)
tr	Translate, squeeze, and/or delete characters
true	Do nothing, successfully
tsort	Topological sort
tty	Print filename of terminal on stdin
type	Describe a command
U
ulimit	Limit user resources
umask	Users file creation mask
umount	Unmount a device
unalias	Remove an alias
uname	Print system information
unexpand	Convert spaces to tabs
uniq	Uniquify files
units	Convert units from one scale to another
unset	Remove variable or function names
unshar	Unpack shell archive scripts
until	Execute commands (until error)
uptime	Show uptime
useradd	Create new user account
usermod	Modify user account
users	List users currently logged in
uuencode	Encode a binary file
uudecode	Decode a file created by uuencode
V
v	Verbosely list directory contents (`ls -l -b’)
vdir	Verbosely list directory contents (`ls -l -b’)
vi	Text Editor
vmstat	Report virtual memory statistics
W
wait	Wait for a process to complete
watch	Execute/display a program periodically
wc	Print byte, word, and line counts
whereis	Search the user’s $path, man pages and source files for a program
which	Search the user’s $path for a program file
while	Execute commands
who	Print all usernames currently logged in
whoami	Print the current user id and name (`id -un’)
wget	Retrieve web pages or files via HTTP, HTTPS or FTP
write	Send a message to another user
X
xargs	Execute utility, passing constructed argument lists
xdg-open	Open a file or URL in the user’s preferred application
Y
yes	Print a string until interrupted

                    Regards

               Sheenu Singla