TechCrunch
JUNE 17, 2021
Wise , the fintech company formerly known as TransferWise, has announced that it wants to become a public company on the London Stock Exchange. Instead of following the traditional IPO route, Wise plans to go public via a direct listing. This is going to be the biggest direct listing on the London Stock Exchange. If you’re not familiar with Wise, the company specializes in cross-border money transfers.
Martin Fowler
JUNE 17, 2021
Unmesh Joshi is completing another batch of his series on Patterns of Distributed Systems. First of these is Gossip Dissemination , which uses a random selection of nodes to pass on information to ensure it reaches all the nodes in the cluster without flooding the network.
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TechCrunch
JUNE 17, 2021
Early-stage founders, a shipload of opportunity is about to set sail and you don’t want to miss the boat. We have only a few spots left to exhibit in Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 (September 21-23). Buy a Startup Alley Pass and take advantage of all the exposure, perks and potential to help your startup cruise to the next level. Every exhibiting startup gets a virtual booth where you can post a company video and links to your website and social media accounts.
CIO
JUNE 17, 2021
As companies re-evaluate current IT infrastructures and processes with the goal of creating more efficient, resilient, and intuitive enterprise systems, one thing has become very clear: traditional data warehousing architectures that separate data storage from usage are pretty much obsolete.
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.
TechCrunch
JUNE 17, 2021
Databases run the world, but database products are often some of the most mature and venerable software in the modern tech stack. Designers will pixel push, frontend engineers will add clicks to make it more difficult to drop out of a soporific Zoom call, but few companies are ever willing to rip out their database storage engine. Too much risk, and almost no return.
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TechCrunch
JUNE 17, 2021
Claroty, an industrial cybersecurity company that helps customers protect and manage their Internet of Things (IoT) and operational technology (OT) assets, has raised $140 million in its latest, and potentially last round of funding. . With the new round of Series D funding, co-led by Bessemer Venture and 40 North , the company has now amassed a total of $235 million.
TechBeacon
JUNE 17, 2021
It’s emerged that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters was attacked by ransomware scrotes in 2019. Despite advice from the FBI, the union didn’t pay a penny in ransom—and certainly not the $2.5 million asking price.
TechCrunch
JUNE 17, 2021
eqtble founders (from l to r): Ethan Veres, Gabe Horwitz and Joseph Ifiegbu. “People are the backbone of any organization. People are more important than the product. Without people, you don’t have a product,” says Joseph Ifiegbu, who is Snap’s former head of human resources technology and also previous lead of WeWork’s People Analytics team. Ifiegbu’s startup, called eqtble , wants to give HR teams the same kind of detailed analytics that product, sales and marketing departments have had for a
DevOps.com
JUNE 17, 2021
When designing and building software, service reliability is always at the top of the list of critical focus areas for development teams. Every team that builds software typically has, either directly or indirectly, service level agreements with their customers. These are, essentially, agreed-upon metrics or performance criteria that teams use to measure and ensure the […].
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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.
TechCrunch
JUNE 17, 2021
We’ve all heard the phrase, “Every company is a fintech.” . But these days, that’s becoming more and more true as an increasing number of companies that are not even in the financial services space seek to add a fintech component to their offering. A group of startups poised to benefit from this shift are those offering banking as a service. One such startup, Unit , has raised $51 million in a Series B round to further its goal of making it possible for companies and fintechs alike to build bank
DevOps.com
JUNE 17, 2021
During its online GrafanaCONline 2021 conference today, Grafana Labs revealed it has acquired k6, a provider of an open source load testing tool. Raj Dutt, Grafana Labs CEO, said load testing will complement the observability platform Grafana Labs currently provides based on open source Prometheus software. Most of the output of any load testing processes […].
TechCrunch
JUNE 17, 2021
Companies like Stripe and Twilio have put APIs front and center as an effective way to integrate complex functionality that may not be core to your own technology stack but is a necessary part of your wider business. Today, a company that has taken that model to create an effective way to integrate email, calendars and other tools into other apps using APIs is announcing a big round of funding to expand its business.
Toptal
JUNE 17, 2021
More than a year after the onset of COVID-19, organizations must shift from temporary stopgap measures to more robust cybersecurity strategies and technologies. Here’s how to keep your company safe.
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TechCrunch
JUNE 17, 2021
Twine , a video chat startup that launched amid the pandemic as a sort of “Zoom for meeting new people,” shifted its focus to online events and, as a result, has now closed on $3.3 million in seed funding. To date, twine’s events customers have included names like Microsoft, Amazon, Forrester, and others, and the service is on track to do $1 million in bookings in 2021, the company says.
DevOps.com
JUNE 17, 2021
Led by Tiger Global and investments from elite entrepreneurs, new fundraise to emphasize developer experiences and innovation as businesses continue prioritizing API-driven digital transformation San Francisco, CA, June 17, 2021 — Nylas, the communications API platform for modern email, scheduling, and work automation tools for developers and enterprises, today announced it has raised $120 million […].
TechCrunch
JUNE 17, 2021
A lot of information can be gleaned about a surface area just by taking the ground temperature data. If a crop field is under stress, for example, the ground temperature will be elevated long before there’s any actual indication of the stress on the plant itself, Hydrosat CEO and co-founder Pieter Fossel explained to TechCrunch. Now, with a new $5 million injection in seed funding, he hopes to launch Hydrosat’s first surface temperature analytics product for customers.
DevOps.com
JUNE 17, 2021
The use of composable methodologies for application development is growing rapidly. The reason: It offers many benefits that speed the development process and opens up application creation to developers of all skill levels. However, the speed and ease-of-use benefits, via the reuse of pre-built components, can introduce new security risks that traditional security management solutions […].
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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.
TechCrunch
JUNE 17, 2021
Coda entered the market with an ambitious, but simple, mission. Since launching in 2014, it has seemingly forged a path to realizing its vision with $140 million in funding and 25,000 teams across the globe using the platform. Coda is simple in that its focus is on the document, one of the oldest content formats/tools on the internet, and indeed in the history of software.
Toptal
JUNE 17, 2021
Modern medical products unburden healthcare providers, improve the patient experience, and save lives. What can we learn from the designers leading this surge in healthcare product innovation?
TechCrunch
JUNE 17, 2021
Jonathan Bush, the CEO and co-founder of Athenahealth, is a controversial figure in the controversial field of healthcare. More than two decades after he started the now-public healthcare company, Bush lost Athenahealth to Elliott Management, an activist investor that bought the company alongside Veritas Capital. During this tense period of time, domestic violence allegations surfaced from his ex-wife, Sarah Seldon.
TechTalk
JUNE 17, 2021
By Louise Chalupiak If we boil it down, the cloud is really just someone else’s server. But the compelling characteristic is that it is a server or servers we can access via the Internet and which also supplies subscribers with the required computing resources. The cloud is a 21st-century solution to a problem left over […]. The post 5 cloud security red flags that should get your Spidey senses tingling first appeared on GFI Blog.
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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.
TechCrunch
JUNE 17, 2021
For all that’s said about fundraising and working alongside investors, rarely do we get to see founders and their investors in candid conversation with one another. Extra Crunch Live is changing that. On the weekly live show, we sit down with founders and the VCs who funded them to talk about how they came together on the deal, what stood out about the other party that led to their commitment and how they operate today.
InfoQ Culture Methods
JUNE 17, 2021
The culture of an organisation has a direct impact of the performance of the people in it. We have identified six drivers of culture in and provide advice on nurturing and improving them. The six drivers are: Perceived Value of People, Perceived Nature of Time, Safety and Security, Navigation by Grownups, The Bond of Collective Confidence, Perceived Value of Excellence and Beneficence By James Robertson, Suzanne Robertson.
TechCrunch
JUNE 17, 2021
KeepTruckin , a hardware and software developer that helps trucking fleets manage vehicle, cargo and driver safety, has just raised $190 million in a Series E funding round, which puts the company’s valuation at over $2 billion, according to CEO Shoaib Makani. . G2 Venture Partners , which just raised a $500 million fund to help modernize existing industries, participated in the round, alongside existing backers like Greenoaks Capital, Index Ventures, IVP and Scale Venture Partners and fun
DevOps.com
JUNE 17, 2021
Compass and other Early Trial Users See Double-Digit Speed Improvements to App Development Processes and Releases Cycles Using the Enterprise-Grade Mobile CI/CD Infrastructure San Francisco, CA, June 17, 2021 — Bitrise, the mobile DevOps company that the world’s most well-known companies rely on to get mobile apps and updates to market faster, today announced the release […].
Speaker: Tony Karrer, Ryan Barker, Grant Wiles, Zach Asman, & Mark Pace
Join our exclusive webinar with top industry visionaries, where we'll explore the latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence and the incredible potential of LLMs. We'll walk through two compelling case studies that showcase how AI is reimagining industries and revolutionizing the way we interact with technology. Some takeaways include: How to test and evaluate results 📊 Why confidence scoring matters 🔐 How to assess cost and quality 🤖 Cross-platform cost vs. quality tr
TechCrunch
JUNE 17, 2021
TechCrunch City Spotlight: Pittsburgh is getting closer, with impressive featured speakers including Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian and Mayor Bill Peduto. However, we’ve saved the best for last: Our last speaker is Karin Tsai, director of engineering at Duolingo, a $2.4 billion business that is all about making language learning fun and accessible.
DevOps.com
JUNE 17, 2021
Key facts FIS AML Compliance Hub is the first in a new line of AI-based solutions from FIS for capital markets firms. New solution uses artificial technology to aggregate and analyze client data across financial crime detection systems such as know your customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) to improve outcomes. The FIS AML Compliance […].
Sunflower Lab
JUNE 17, 2021
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