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Demystifying API-Driven Application Integration: A Pragmatic Approach

Dzone - DevOps

In today's digital era, where the fabric of businesses is woven with software, application integration has taken a center stage. The sheer complexity of integrating a multitude of services, databases, and applications has given rise to a diverse array of techniques. One such prominent technique is API-driven integration, which transcends the legacy practices of hard-coded point-to-point connections, offering a much more scalable and agile approach.

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Amazon begins testing Agility’s Digit robot for warehouse work

TechCrunch

At today’s Delivering the Future event, Amazon announced that it will begin testing Agility’s bipedal robot Digit in its facilities. Amazon Robotics Chief Technologist Tye Brady said the testing is in its “very, very early stages,” adding, “We’re taking a lot of care to understand it better and see if there’s a fit for our […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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CIOs press ahead for gen AI edge — despite misgivings

CIO

OpenAI’s November 2022 announcement of ChatGPT and its subsequent $10 billion in funding from Microsoft were the “shots heard ’round the world” when it comes to the promise of generative AI. If anything, 2023 has proved to be a year of reckoning for businesses, and IT leaders in particular, as they attempt to come to grips with the disruptive potential of this technology — just as debates over the best path forward for AI have accelerated and regulatory uncertainty has cast a longer shadow over

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Amazon and MIT are partnering to study how robots impact jobs

TechCrunch

Mention automation and someone will invariably (and understandably) mention its impact on jobs. There are a lot of opposing views on the subject, of course, but the one thing everyone seems to agree on is that robotics and AI will have a profound impact on human jobs, going forward. At today’s Delivering the Future event […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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How digital turned Nationale-Nederlanden into an omnichannel company

CIO

Dutch insurance and asset management company Nationale-Nederlanden, part of the NN Group, has a presence in 19 countries and serves several million retail and corporate customers. And for the past eight years, in an environment that’s increasingly changing and demanding, it’s been on a digital transformation journey to refine its customer service and generate proposals more adapted to its needs.

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Bridging the Bias Gap: Enhancing Technical Recruiting with Psychometric Assessment

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

In the dynamic world of technical recruiting , where skills testing forms the cornerstone of the selection process, we have a potent tool waiting to be harnessed to its fullest potential – Psychometric Assessments. This tool not only complements the skills tests but also promises a bias-free, holistic view of your prospective hires. But what exactly is psychometric testing?

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Elon Musk warns Cybertruck won’t be profitable until 2025

TechCrunch

Tesla CEO Elon Musk issued a warning Wednesday about the soon-to-be delivered Cybertruck that might sound familiar to those who closely followed the company’s Model 3 “production hell” era. The gist? Scaling production of a vehicle like the Cybertruck is hard and it’s going to take awhile before it’s profitable. Musk estimated that it will […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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The Art of Setting Expectations as a Project Manager

Harvard Business Review

Managing the expectations of a wide range of stakeholders is one of the most challenging jobs of a project manager. Yet there’s no educational program or training for this skill because everyone’s expectations are unique and often deeply personal. PMs need to use a combination of intuition, listening, iterating, and learning on the fly to address them successfully.

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Zero to Employment Hero: HR unicorn nabs $167M to be Australia’s ‘biggest export since Atlassian’

TechCrunch

In a startup world where down rounds prevail and much beyond low-million Series A raises are practically (but not totally) unheard of, those rare megabuck funding rounds stand out just that little bit more today than they did even a year ago. With that in mind, Employment Hero, an Australia-based recruitment, HR and payroll platform, today […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Streamlining Database Compliance with CI/CD Integration

IT leaders know the importance of compliance at every level, but the database often gets left behind as other environments are automated for robust protection. This whitepaper emphasizes the importance of robust, auditable, and secure database change management practices for safeguarding organizational compliance. Learn how automating database compliance: Mitigates risk Protects against security vulnerabilities Helps avoid regulatory penalties Aligns database workflows with app lifecycle Turns d

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What Fast-Moving Companies Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

Lack of speed has been troubling companies for decades. The difference is that, today, with everything moving so much faster, a lack of speed can mean more than just a few missed opportunities — it can put companies in a very precarious position, especially those in markets where they face competitors that can sense and respond far more quickly. Slow-moving companies increasingly will find themselves fighting for relevance or, in some cases, pure survival — and leaders know it.

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Meta is bringing its Telegram-like broadcast channels to Facebook and Messenger

TechCrunch

Meta is bringing its Telegram-like “broadcast channels” feature to Facebook and Messenger after rolling it out to Instagram and WhatsApp earlier this year. The company announced today that the feature is coming to the two platforms in the coming weeks. The feature lets creators and public figures share one-to-many messages to directly engage with their […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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What’s Derailing Your Company’s Transformation?

Harvard Business Review

Often the real barriers to organizational change are lurking beneath the surface. Three steps can uncover them: act like an anthropologist, use sophisticated tools to analyze the breadcrumbs, and use drawings to tease out subtle dimensions of an organization’s culture.

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Tesla Cybertruck deliveries set for Nov. 30

TechCrunch

Tesla has finally set a date for the first deliveries of the Cybertruck. CEO Elon Musk posted on social media Wednesday that the Cybertruck delivery event, which traditionally means a few select customers get to take possession of their vehicles, will be held November 30 at company’s Austin gigafactory. The news of the delivery event […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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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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Five Ways to Make the Most of a “Strategic Pause”

CEO Insider

One of my coaching clients is an entrepreneur whose business looks great on paper. In year 2–3, she had made a whopping 83% profit. Everything seemed to be going perfectly. Yet, when we took what I call a “strategic pause” to review her goals, I noted that personally, she wasn’t doing great. She was burnt […] The post Five Ways to Make the Most of a “Strategic Pause” appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Sequoia faces Congressional scrutiny over investments in China

TechCrunch

One of Silicon Valley’s most prominent investment firms will face government scrutiny over its investments in China. Sequoia Capital has received a polite but pointed request from Congress to enter into more detail on how it will prevent further U.S. investment dollars from advancing Chinese interests. Sequoia announced in June that it would be splitting […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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In Agile, Where Change is Valued, Why Is a Stable Team So Important?

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

A stable team is one in which team membership doesn’t change often and, instead, is consistent over time. Why should we care? Isn’t Scrum like basketball where you can change the players on the court anytime there is an interruption? Let’s find out… High-performing teams —or teams that gets stuff done with insanely high quality— is the goal of many who arrive in Scrum expecting to get amazing performance out of their system.

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Meet Alliance DAO’s latest accelerator cohort of startups building in crypto winter

TechCrunch

TechCrunch+ got to see a number of startups during web3 accelerator Alliance DAO’s latest demo day, which we're covering exclusively. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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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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Atlassian Makes Compass IDP Generally Available

DevOps.com

Atlassian's Compass provides an instance of an IDP that is simpler for DevOps teams to set up and maintain.

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Chrome’s search bar now has smarter autocomplete, automatic typo fixes and more

TechCrunch

Google is introducing five new updates to the Chrome address bar to make it easier to search the web, the tech giant announced on Wednesday. The changes include smarter autocompletion, automatic typo corrections, searches within bookmark folders, suggestions for popular sites and an improved visual layout. The Chrome address bar will now autocomplete URLs based […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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How Kenvue De-Risked Its Supply Chain

Harvard Business Review

Global disruptions that cause sudden swings in consumer demand are becoming more commonplace today, changing the way we think about supply chains and de-risking them. This article shows how Kenvue, a former Johnson & Johnson company invested in “real” insurance policies — capabilities and resources that make a supply chain resilient under conditions of high uncertainty.

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Tesla Q3 profit falls 44% on EV price cuts

TechCrunch

Tesla’s decision to repeatedly slash EV prices put pressure on margins, causing profits to fall 44% to $1.85 billion in the third quarter from the same year-ago period, the company reported Wednesday. Tesla reported revenue of $23.35 billion in the third quarter, which gained 9% year-over-year thanks to higher vehicle deliveries and growth in other […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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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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How to Move From Managing to Leading

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Spend less time on administrative tasks and more time helping the members of your team grow. One of the most critical resources that your teams need are access to you as their leader. And we forget a lot of times that they need that access. We get wrapped up in the day-to-day operations or the meetings that we’re attending, or emails and voicemails, and we as leaders are not spending our time giving that critical resource to our people to give them the guidance they need.

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FTX misused customer funds, accounting expert who assisted in Enron prosecution testifies

TechCrunch

The Sam Bankman-Fried trial is 11 days in and witnesses continue to take the stand on behalf of the prosecution’s case. The defamed former co-founder of FTX and Alameda is on trial for seven criminal charges related to fraud and money laundering. On Wednesday, Peter Easton, an accounting professor at University of Notre Dame, testified […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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How Much Does Slack Spend On AWS?

CloudZero

The Slack messaging app is popular because it is easy to use, affordable, and highly customizable. With Slack, you can collaborate in teams and with colleagues in real-time, accessing files from anywhere.

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After 50,000 hours, this AI can play Pokémon Red

TechCrunch

Almost 10 years ago, the online phenomenon “Twitch Plays Pokémon” convened over a million people to play Pokémon Red at the same time, with each player’s keystrokes registering as commands for the one pixelated avatar. Now, like a Magikarp growing into a Gyarados, the evolution of technology begs a new question: can AI play Pokémon? […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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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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Accelerating Cost Reduction: AI Making an Impact on Financial Services

Cloudera

In the ever-evolving landscape of the financial services Industry, change is a constant and transformation is a requirement — to stay at pace with new regulations, risk mitigation, and the technological developments that support transformation. And just as financial services experiences its cycles, this time of year I find myself returning to the topic of cost reduction.

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Microsoft highlights new Xbox accessibility features and the gamers who use them

TechCrunch

Microsoft is always moving forward in the field of accessibility, especially in gaming, where its Xbox Adaptive Controller and other features help gamers with disabilities play however is comfortable for them. A couple new updates and a touching short video on how games fit into the rehabilitation process mark the company’s accessibility highlight month.

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PGConf NYC 2023 Event Recap

Datavail

I was happy to be back in NYC for PGConf NYC 2023 – last year was a great experience! This event brought together developers, DBAs, researchers, decision-makers, and contributors to the open-source PostgreSQL community. The Datavail team also met with their cloud partners Microsoft and AWS. Datavail was once again a Gold sponsor, and we gave away Beer for a Year, Datavailopoly, the only board game for DBAs, by DBAs, and other fun prizes.