Thu.Nov 19, 2020

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Juni, the banking platform for e-commerce and online marketing companies, raises €2M seed

TechCrunch

Juni , a Swedish pre-launch startup that’s building a banking app and platform for e-commerce and online marketing entrepreneurs, has raised just over €2.1 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Berlin-based Cherry Ventures — the first deal, I believe, from newly recruited partner Sophia Bendz, who herself is based in Sweden. Various angel investors have also backed Juni, including NA-KD founder and CEO Jarno Vanahatapio and iZettle’s former chief strategy and communications o

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How to Navigate a Code Freeze

Agile Alliance

’Tis (almost) the season.for code freezes and hot fixes! During the winter holidays and shopping season, many companies institute a code freeze — halting all production deployments. Although the efficacy of code freezes is hotly debated, they are a reality for many technologists. This can be confusing. If there are no production deployments, what should … Continued.

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Near acquires Teemo to expand its data business into Europe

TechCrunch

Two companies in the data business are teaming up, with Near announcing that it has acquired French startup Teemo. Near founder and CEO Anil Mathews told me that his company processes data around the online and offline behavior of 1.6 billion consumers each month: “We marry these two worlds and fill in the gap.” Teemo, meanwhile, is location intelligence company based in Paris.

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Frontline Festival: Leaders Share about Executive Development

Let's Grow Leaders

In this month’s Frontline Festival, top leadership experts share their perspectives and insights on executive development. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors. Executive Development on a Personal Level Eileen McDargh of […]. The post Frontline Festival: Leaders Share about Executive Development appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Transfr raises $12M Series A to bring virtual reality to manufacturing-plant floors

TechCrunch

The coronavirus has displaced millions of workers across the country. In order to recover, companies must focus on re-skilling their workforces in a measured and sustainable way. However, training and recruitment can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for companies, a heavy investment that is hard to explain during volatile times. To Bharani Rajakumar , the founder of Transfr , the dilemma of displaced workers is the perfect use case for virtual reality technology.

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Roblox files to go public

TechCrunch

Roblox, the child-friendly gaming company, filed to go public today. Its listing comes one day after the lending company Affirm initiated its own public offering and a mere two days after Airbnb’s filing. Roblox filed confidentially to go public in mid-October, but its numbers were unreleased until today when it published its S-1 document. The company is not the first gaming platform company to go public this year, with gaming engine Unity debuting earlier this year.

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Building Your Own AIOps Platform Is a Bad Idea

DevOps.com

It takes considerable expertise to not only build, integrate and maintain an AIOps platform In the wake of the economic downturn brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, investments in digital business transformation have accelerated. The applications that drive those processes are not only highly distributed, but they also operate at a level of scale that […].

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Datafold raises seed from NEA to keep improving the lives of data engineers

TechCrunch

Data engineering is one of these new disciplines that has gone from buzzword to mission critical in just a few years. Data engineers design and build all the connections between sources of raw data (your payments information or ad-tracking data or what have you) and the ultimate analytics dashboards used by business executives and data scientists to make decisions.

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FinConDX: The State of DevOps in FinTech

DevOps.com

The FinTech space has grown dramatically this year as more consumers shift their financial transactions online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Financial services companies are learning how to ship better code, faster by adopting DevOps methodologies. DevOps helps companies develop fast, fail fast and learn fast so they can fulfill customer expectations and deliver quality […].

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Top 5 Challenges in Designing a Data Warehouse for Multi-Tenant Analytics

Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.

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Lime touts a 2020 turnaround and 2021 profitability

TechCrunch

Micromobility company Lime says it has moved beyond the financial hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching a milestone that seemed unthinkable earlier this year. In short, the company is now largely profitable. Lime said it was both operating cash flow positive and free cash flow positive in the third quarter — a first — and is on pace to be full-year profitable, excluding certain costs (EBIT), in 2021.

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DevOps Chat: ITIL 4 and Achieving High Velocity IT

DevOps.com

In this DevOps Chat, Mark Smalley of Smalley.IT, and Lead Editor with AXELOS of the ITIL 4 High Velocity IT joins ASG CEO Mitch Ashley to discuss his work creating this new contribution to ITIL 4. Mark shares the 5 value investments important for organizations seeking to operate at high velocity and some of the […]. The post DevOps Chat: ITIL 4 and Achieving High Velocity IT appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Inside Affirm’s IPO filing: A look at its economics, profits and revenue concentration

TechCrunch

Last night Affirm filed to go public, herding yet another unicorn into the end-of-year IPO corral. The consumer installment lending service joins DoorDash and Airbnb in filing recently, as a number of highly valued, venture-backed private companies look to float while the public markets are more interested in growth than profits. TechCrunch took an initial dive into Affirm’s numbers yesterday, so if you need a broad overview, please head here.

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35 stats that matter to your Security Operations team

TechBeacon

The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting shift to a largely remote workforce resulted in new security challenges for many organizations in 2020.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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ZenBusiness snags $55M Series B for its incorporation and growth platform for micro businesses

TechCrunch

Starting a small company used to be simple. Get some space on Main Street, put out a shingle, and begin plying your trade. Then the regulatory state came, and so did the internet. Now, entrepreneurs have to apply for licenses — sometimes multiple licenses in multiple states — and also handle all the intricacies of building a fully-online digital presence.

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DevOps Unbound: Application Modernization and Mainframes

DevOps.com

In this fourth episode of our DevOps Unbound streaming broadcast on TechStrong TV and DevOps.com’s sister site Digital Anarchist, Mitchell Ashley of ASG and Alan Shimel are joined by Gerta Sheganaku of Tricentis, Rosalind Radcliffe of IBM and Sam Knutson of Compuware to discuss app modernization, mainframes and DevOps. Find out what’s the right way […].

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Steve Case’s Revolution is targeting $500 million for its fourth growth fund

TechCrunch

Revolution , the Washington, D.C.-based investment firm founded by AOL co-founder CEO Steve Case and former AOL senior exec Ted Leonsis, is raising $500 million for its fourth fund, shows a new SEC filing. Asked about the effort earlier today, the firm — one of whose executives leaves for the White House in January — declined to comment.

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OpsRamp Makes AIOps Platform Simpler to Configure

DevOps.com

OpsRamp today took the wraps off an update to its namesake artificial intelligence platform for IT operations (AIOps) that makes it easier for IT organizations to declaratively configure the software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Ciaran Byrne, vice president of product management for OpsRamp, said the goal is to enable IT teams to embrace AIOps without having to […].

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Investors including Microsoft’s climate fund back hyperlocal environmental monitoring tech developer Aclima

TechCrunch

Mitigating the effects of climate change and pollution is a global problem, but it’s one that requires local solutions. While that seems like common sense, most communities around the world don’t have tools that can monitor emissions and pollutants at the granular levels they need to develop plans that can address these pollutants. Aclima , a decade-old startup founded by Davida Herzl, is looking to solve that problem and has raised $40 million in new funding from strategic and insti

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Highest-Rated Cloud Companies, Covid-19 Edition: Tips for Nailing Corporate Culture During This Chaotic Time

Battery Ventures

Each year, we work with jobs-and-recruiting site Glassdoor* to unearth the most innovative cloud-computing companies—both public and private—where employees report the most satisfaction at work. This year, that effort took on new importance. With the Covid-19 pandemic still raging, and most workplaces upended by work-from-home and an uncertain economy, company culture and workplace transparency have never been more important.

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Afresh has a $100 million valuation and a software service that keeps food fresh in grocery stores

TechCrunch

Afresh , a company selling software to track demand and manage orders for fresh produce in grocery stores, is now worth $100 million. That hefty valuation comes on the back of a $13 million extension to the company’s latest round of funding, led by Food Retail Ventures and joined by existing investors Innovation Endeavors, Maersk Growth and Baseline Ventures, the company said.

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How Real-Time Stream Processing Safely Scales with ksqlDB, Animated

Confluent

Software engineering memes are in vogue, and nothing is more fashionable than joking about how complicated distributed systems can be. Despite the ribbing, many people adopt them. Why? Distributed systems […].

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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FireEye acquires Respond Software for $186M, announces $400M investment

TechCrunch

The security sector is ever frothy and acquisitive. Just last week Palo Alto Networks grabbed Expanse for $800 million. Today it was FireEye’s turn, snagging Respond Software , a company that helps customers investigate and understand security incidents, while reducing the need for highly trained (and scarce) security analysts. The deal has closed, according to the company.

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Article: How to Evolve and Scale Your DevOps Programs and Optimize Success

InfoQ Culture Methods

Processes and workflows become more complex and difficult as DevOps efforts scale. In this article, we’ll take a look at these challenges, and sketch an approach to overcoming them. By Sam Bocetta.

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48 hours left to save $100 on passes to TC Sessions: Space 2020

TechCrunch

T-minus two days and counting. That’s how much time you have left to score early-bird passes to TC Sessions: Space 2020. If you’re part of this global startup community, don’t miss a two-day deep dive focused on the intrepid visionaries pushing the boundaries of technology and forging the future of space. And don’t miss the opportunity to attend at the lowest price point.

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How willing are you to ask for help when you need it?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: How willing are you to ask for help when you need it? Extremely: I ask for help all the time without hesitation: 15.21% Very: I’ll ask for help when the need gets pressing: 35.71% Somewhat: I have a hard time with it unless the situation is extreme: 35.87% Not very: It’s pretty rare that I ask no matter how much I need it: 10.74% Not at all: I always go it alone even though I know I should ask: 2.47% Ask for help when needed.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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Medable raises $91 million for its clinical trial management software

TechCrunch

The clinical trial management software developer Medable has raised $91 million in a new round of financing as life sciences companies struggle with how to conduct the necessary validation studies of new drugs and devices in a pandemically challenged environment. Digital and decentralized clinical trials are becoming a necessity, given the health and safety guidelines that have been adopted to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said.

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Top Digital Transformations Ruling Mobile App Development in 2021

Xicom

Finally, The Future Is Here. Over the past few years, the discussions about the next year’s digital revolutions have been a call to repetition: Augmented Reality, Internet of Things, Edge Compute, Cloud technologies and the list goes on. It seems like rearranging the chairs around the same old room. While these core technologies dominated the 2020 collective digital transformation journey, no one ever thought about what plan 2020 has for us.

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Astra targets December for next orbital launch attempt

TechCrunch

Astra is set to launch it’s next orbital rocket, with a window that opens on December 7 and lasts for 12 days following, until December 18, with an 11 AM to 2:30 PM PT block each day during which the launch could occur, depending on weather and conditions on the ground. This is the startup’s Rocket 3.2, a slightly revised and improved version of the Rocket 3.1 launch vehicle it flew in September.

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