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Versa raises $120M for its software-defined networking and security stack

TechCrunch

They came from Juniper Networks, where Apurva Mehta was the CTO and chief architect of the mobility business unit and Kumar Mehta was the VP of engineering. He declined to reveal revenue figures, instead pointing to San Jose-based Versa’s annual contract value, which he says grew 60% over the “past few years.”

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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS success stats, leveraging ad tech chaos, 2022 layoff trends

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Dear Sophie: Will a doctor get a green card faster than an engineer? I’m a software engineer and have an H-1B visa. Dear Sophie: Will a doctor get a green card faster than an engineer? .” 5 ways to seize the opportunities created by recent chaos in ad tech. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch. Humble Hubby.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Attackers Pounce on Unpatched Vulns, DBIR Says, as Critical Infrastructure Orgs Benefit from CISA’s Alert Program

Tenable

While the adoption of artificial intelligence to gain access to valuable corporate assets is a concern on the horizon, a failure to patch basic vulnerabilities has threat actors not needing to advance their approach,” Chris Novak, Verizon’s Senior Director of Cybersecurity Consulting said in a statement this week.

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Super raises $50M to cover home repairs and maintenance via a subscription model

TechCrunch

CEO Jorey Ramer, who co-founded the company with Ryan Donnelly (VP of engineering), also said that another part of the investment will be used to enhance the AI tech that underpins Super’s service and pricing plans. More on that below. — Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, San Antonio and Washington, D.C.

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Why a data scientist is not a data engineer

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Or, why science and engineering are still different disciplines. "A He would have to ask an engineer to do it for him.". A few months ago, I wrote about the differences between data engineers and data scientists. That was interesting because the data engineers didn’t push back saying they’re data scientists.

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20 influential women in software development

Apiumhub

She is responsible for R&D (both product management & engineering) for GemFire and associated Pivotal Cloud Cache product. She has over 18 years of experience in software industry as an author, speaker, mentor, consultant, technology leader and developer. Liz Keogh is an independent Lean and Agile consultant based in London.

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Opportunities for DevSecOps in 2021

Dzone - DevOps

Your custom code whether developed by staff, consultants, or outsourced. Saumitra Das , CTO and Co-founder of Blue Hexagon : DevSecOps needs to integrate Artificial Intelligence engines for deeper scanning for malicious code into either the build or ship (registry scanning) phase. Arthur Iinuma , President of ISBX.