Wed.Oct 14, 2020

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A Day in the Life of a Business-Aligned Cybersecurity Leader

Tenable

The future belongs to cybersecurity leaders who can align their objectives with an understanding of business risk. Here are eight daily actions you can take to get there. I've been working in cybersecurity for 20 years. I've been on the technical end performing penetration tests and malware analysis. I've run intrusion detection programs and security operations centers and was responsible for policy and compliance of all those components.

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Engageli comes out of stealth with $14.5M and a new approach to teaching by video remotely

TechCrunch

Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet have become standard tools for teachers who have had to run lessons remotely since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. But they’re not apps necessarily designed for classrooms, and that fact has opened a gap in the market for those looking to build something more fit to the purpose. Today, a startup called Engageli is coming out of stealth with an app that it believes fills that need.

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How to improve the cybersecurity of your remote workers

CTOvision

Read Lance Whitney’s tips for improving the cybersecurity of your remote workers on the Tech Republic: The coronavirus pandemic and lockdown forced organizations to make dramatic changes over a quick […].

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Dataloop raises $11M Series A round for its AI data management platform

TechCrunch

Dataloop , a Tel Aviv-based startup that specializes in helping businesses manage the entire data life cycle for their AI projects, including helping them annotate their data sets, today announced that it has now raised a total of $16 million. This includes a $5 seed round that was previously unreported, as well as an $11 million Series A round that recently closed.

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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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The Important Difference Between Cybersecurity And Cyber Resilience (And Why You Need Both)

CTOvision

Read Bernard Marr explain the difference between cybersecurity and cyber resilience on Forbes: Cyber threats like hacking, phishing, ransomware, and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have the potential to cause enormous […].

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Where should you start on your digital transformation journey?

TechBeacon

Since the start of the pandemic, companies have been feeling the pressure to upgrade their technology capabilities. For some, it was a forced pivot, such as moving to an online ordering model or shifting the workforce to remote working capabilities. Many organizations that underwent initial digital transformations when the pandemic began have now identified additional areas to address.

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With a new focus on marketing software, NewsCred relaunches as Welcome

TechCrunch

The company formerly known as NewsCred has a new name and a new product: Welcome. Co-founder and CEO Shafqat Islam explained that this follows a broader shift in the company’s strategy. While previously known as a content marketing business , Islam said NewsCred has been increasingly focused on building a broader software platform for marketers (a platform that it uses itself).

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6 Advantages of Microservices

DevOps.com

Microservices have recently gained in popularity, but you may be unsure whether this architecture is right for your environment. What’s great is microservices are not necessarily a new beast, as the concepts behind them have been a solid part of software development for decades. Topics such as modular programming, separation of concerns and service-oriented architecture […].

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Getaround raises a $140 million Series E amid rebound in short-distance travel

TechCrunch

Amid a rebound in short-distance travel, Getaround , a Silicon Valley car rental startup, has raised some new money to meet demand. The startup, which allows customers to instantly rent cars near them in over 100 cities, announced today that it has raised $140 million in a Series E deal, bringing its total known venture funding to $600 million. The Series E deal was led by PeopleFund with new investors including Reid Hoffman’s and Mark Pincus’ Reinvent Capital, AmRest founder Henry McGovern, Pen

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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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Datadog Allies with BigPanda on AIOps

DevOps.com

BigPanda Inc. and Datadog today announced they will integrate their respective platforms to make it easier to form artificial intelligence for automating IT operations (AIOps) to consume data generated by the Datadog IT monitoring service. The two companies are pledging to invest in a go-to-market partnership to create a comprehensive platform for monitoring, analytics and […].

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Sanity, a platform to build and manage content flows on sites, raises $9.3M from Ev Williams, Threshold and more

TechCrunch

There are more than 2 billion websites in existence in the world today, millions of apps, and a growing range of digital screens where people and businesses present constantly changing arrays of information to each other. But all that opportunity also has a flip side: how can you say what you want, just how you want to say it, without technical hurdle after hurdle getting in your way?

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Going Through a Cloud Migration? AIOps Can Help

DevOps.com

AIOps can help ease many of the challenges associated with cloud migration As businesses seek to compete in the digital economy and better engage with customers through new digital experiences, they have become increasingly reliant on cloud as a critical component of their digital transformation strategies. This has never been more true than during the […].

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Databricks crossed $350M run rate in Q3, up from $200M one year ago

TechCrunch

The Exchange regularly covers companies as they approach and crest the $100 million revenue mark. Our goal in tracking startups growing at scale is to scout future IPO candidates and better understand the late-stage financing market. Today we’re digging into a company that is a little bit bigger than that. Namely Databricks , a data analytics company that was most recently valued at around $6.2 billion in its October, 2019 Series F when it raised $400 million.

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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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ServiceNow Extends DevOps Integration Reach

DevOps.com

ServiceNow today announced it has added four new integrations with DevOps platforms to its IT service management (ITSM) platform delivered via the cloud. The four integrations add native support for Microsoft Azure Pipelines, a Jenkins Plugin, GitHub Actions and GitLab pipelines. A continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) Spoke capability on the ServiceNow platform makes it possible […].

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M1 Finance closes $45M Series C mere months after it raised its $33M Series B

TechCrunch

Just months after it announced a $33 million Series B, Chicago-based M1 Finance today disclosed a $45 Series C. The new financing event was led by Left Lane Capital , the same investor that led M1’s Series B. Bear in mind that so-called inside rounds are now a bullish sign in 2020, as opposed to in prior VC eras when they were viewed more cooly.

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DZone Spotlight Interview: Meet DevOps Expert Alireza Chegini

Dzone - DevOps

Teamwork, leadership, and finding DevOps success, meet Alireza Chegini. In our latest in-depth DZone spotlight interview, we go in-depth with DZone regular Alireza Chegini ( DZone Profile ). Learn all about how Alireza is driven by teamwork, leadership, and always find a way to make DevOps a success wherever he's at. In addition, we also find out what he likes to do for fun.

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Frontegg raises $5M to help SaaS companies build SaaS faster

TechCrunch

Frontegg , a Tel Aviv-based startup that helps SaaS companies build their products faster by giving them access to a set of enterprise-ready building blocks for often-used features like authentication and notifications, today announced that it has raised a $5 million seed round. The round was led by Pitango , with backing from i3 Equity and Global Founders Capital.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Do Cloud Desktops Have a Place in DevOps?

DevOps.com

If you were asked to name the most important cloud-based tools and services for doing DevOps, chances are that cloud desktops would not make it on the list. Your mind would probably instead go to IAM frameworks, cloud-based CI/CD suites and cloud IaC tools. But for DevOps practitioners, as well as the end users they […]. The post Do Cloud Desktops Have a Place in DevOps?

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Playbook, a fitness platform that puts creators first, raises $9.3 million

TechCrunch

Playbook , aiming to be the Patreon of fitness content, has raised an additional $9.3 million in Series A funding from E.ventures, Michael Ovitz, Abstract, Algae Ventures, Porsche Ventures and FJ Labs. The pandemic has hit the personal trainer and fitness industry incredibly hard. With gyms closed, trainers’ primary funnel for new customers has been shut down or slowed.

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A “101” on DOCSIS® Technology: The Heart of Cable Broadband

CableLabs

Welcome to the first installment of our CableLabs 101 series about a suite of breakthrough technologies that are instrumental in the path toward the cable industry’s 10G vision —a new era of connectivity that will revolutionize the way we live, work, learn and play. These technologies work together to further expand the capabilities of cable’s hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) network by increasing connection speeds and capacity, lowering latency and enhancing network reliability and security to meet c

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Dear Sophie: I came on a B-1 visa, then COVID-19 happened. How can I stay?

TechCrunch

Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor. Dear Sophie: How can employers hire & comply with all this new H-1B craziness?

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Revolutionizing Contact Centers: Next-Gen Tech for Enhanced CX

Speaker: Liran Meir Frenkel, Performance Management and RPA Sr Product Marketing Manager at NICE; Harpreet Makan, Practice Director at Everest Group; & Santhosh Kumar, Practice Director at Everest Group

As contact centers navigate the challenges of delivering excellence within budget constraints and adapting to evolving employee expectations, optimizing agent tasks becomes crucial. Discover a holistic approach across three pillars - people, process, and technology - that is essential to excel in this dynamic landscape, and explore how next-gen technologies such as generative AI, performance analytics, and process intelligence play a pivotal role in transforming contact centers into advanced CX

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BlackSwan Technologies Launches World’s First AI Operating System, Raises $28 Million in Funding to Pioneer Next Generation of Enterprise Software

DevOps.com

Groundbreaking AI Software Highlighted by Gartner As “Bringing AI Closer to Human Learning and Intelligence” Company’s Stealth Mode Successes Include Tens of Millions in Revenue, Long-Term Contracts & Partnerships with the World’s Largest Consultancies & Fortune 500 Clients BlackSwan Technologies launches as the world’s first enterprise AI operating system, enabling any company to leverage the […].

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Plenty has raised over $500 million to grow fruits and veggies indoors

TechCrunch

Plenty? ?Unlimited ? has raised $140 million in new funding to build more vertical farms around the U.S. The new funding, which brings the company’s total cash haul to an abundant $500 million, was led by existing investor SoftBank Vision Fund and included the berry farming giant Driscoll’s. It’s a move that will give Driscoll’s exposure to Plenty’s technology for growing and harvesting fruits and vegetables indoors.

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The anatomy of an endpoint attack

CTOvision

Cyberattacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated as tools and services on the dark web – and even the surface web-enable low-skill threat actors to create highly evasive threats. Unfortunately, most of […].

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Vivun announces $18M Series A to keep growing pre-sales platform

TechCrunch

Vivun’s co-founder and CEO, Matt Darrow used to run pre-sales at Zuora and he saw that pre-sales team members had a lot of insight into customers. He believed if he could capture that insight, it would turn into valuable data to be shared across the company. He launched Vivun to build upon that idea in 2018, and today the company announced an $18 million Series A.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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The Blockchain Market at a Glance

IDC

The evolving blockchain product offers more robust and capable application tools critical to patch existing vulnerabilities. Explore the evolving market with IDC.

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Gogoro’s Eeyo 1s e-bike goes on sale in France, its first European market

TechCrunch

Gogoro announced today that its Eeyo 1s is now available for sale in France, the smart electric bike’s first European market. Another model, the Eeyo 1, will launch over the next few months in France, Belgium, Monaco, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic. In France, the Eeyo 1s can be purchased through Fnac, Darty or, in Paris, Les Cyclistes Branchés.

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12 Bare-Minimum Benchmarks for AppSec Initiatives

CTOvision

As application security methodology and best practices have evolved over more than a decade, the Building Security in Maturity Model (BSIMM) has been there each year to track how organizations […].