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10 Innovative Tech Startup Ideas for 2023

Openxcell

Introduction Startups are as rare as diamonds in the rough. However, the ones that are successful shape the tech scenarios as we speak. From basements of Silicon Valley to full-fledged corporate offices employing millions, the journey of a startup is a rollercoaster ride. It’s impossible to build such a journey without having an exceptional, avant-garde idea that when executed nearly perfectly transforms the way its users interact with their environment.

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The Whats and Hows of DevOps Talent Retention

DevOps.com

Figuring out the needs and wants of DevOps talent requires a thoughtful yet considerate approach. Here's what you need to know.

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Prompting Isn’t The Most Important Skill

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Anant Agarwal, an MIT professor and of the founders of the EdX educational platform, recently created a stir by saying that prompt engineering was the most important skill you could learn. And that you could learn the basics in two hours. Although I agree that designing good prompts for AI is an important skill, Agarwal overstates his case. But before discussing why, it’s important to think about what prompt engineering means.

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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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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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The Dynamic Duo: Shaping Generative AI With Tech-Agnostic Platforms and Governance

Dataiku

There is an abundance of information, both in published sources and from firsthand experiences , that delves into the governance complexities associated with the deployment of Large Language Models (LLMs) or Generative AI. Whether you are examining the ethical repercussions downstream of Generative AI, the concerns surrounding data security and privacy when training a model internally or relying on third-party models, or the considerations related to audit logging and documentation for regulator

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How AI is Revolutionizing Customer Service and Experience

MagmaLabs

Reading Time: 4 minutes AI systems are, by their nature, clever. Or, perhaps it’s the developers who are clever in the way they program the machines to learn things. Then, of course, the AI takes on a life of its own and learns as it goes along. This is precisely why AI is revolutionizing the world of customer service and experience. Interacting with customers is central to many, many websites that offer different services or products to the public.

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How facing unimaginable loss allowed me to become a better leader

CEO Insider

What does it mean to be a better leader? It’s a question I ponder a lot in my role as an executive coach. After all, my job is to help leaders be better. While there has been much written on this topic, my greatest learnings came when I had to face the unimaginable and devastating […] The post How facing unimaginable loss allowed me to become a better leader appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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How to Activate Volunteers as First-Time Donors Through Micro-Donations

TechSoup

Did you know that your volunteers are prime candidates to become lasting donors? According to Funraise's 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report , people are two times more likely to donate to causes and organizations that they volunteer for. And a Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund report from 2009 (PDF) showed that volunteers will donate 10 times more money over their lifetimes than nonvolunteers to the cause they're involved in.

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OpenTelemetry For Humans

Honeycomb

Who is software for? It’s an interesting question, because there’s an obvious answer. It’s for the users, right? If your job is to write software, then it’s implied that the most important thing you should care about is the experience people have when they use your software. I think this is a bit of an over-simplification, though. Yes, we build software for our users, but we also build it for ourselves.

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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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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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7 cloud market trends and how they will impact IT

CIO

The cloud market has been a picture of maturity of late. The pecking order for cloud infrastructure has been relatively stable, with AWS at around 33% market share, Microsoft Azure second at 22%, and Google Cloud a distant third at 11%. (IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce are in the 2-3% range.) Revenue growth remains solid across the industry, but slowing somewhat, with none of the Big 3 outperforming the others enough to materially alter the balance of power.

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Workplace Innovation: The Secret to Getting Better, Remarkable, Usable Ideas

Let's Grow Leaders

Why psychological safety is important, but not enough when it comes to workplace innovation If you’re getting lots of ideas, you’re probably doing a lot of things right when it comes to encouraging workplace innovation —making it safe, asking for input, and responding well. That’s a great start. But how many of these ideas are you implementing? Imagine if you weren’t just getting lots of ideas, but remarkable, practical ones.

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Retrieving files from AWS Glue Job Bookmarks

Xebia

AWS Glue is a service to implement ETL pipelines that can process large amounts of data. Glue has a feature called job bookmarks that keep track of which data is already processed and which data still needs to be processed by a job. For example, in the case of an S3 bucket as a data source, it keeps a list of what files are processed to prevent the re-processing of unchanged data in a bucket.

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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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LinkedIn confirms it will cut a further 668 jobs, bringing the total to nearly 1,400 this year

TechCrunch

Earlier this month, LinkedIn announced that it would roll out a raft of new AI-powered tools across the business. Today, it’s making a different kind of announcement focused on the future: The company is laying off 668 employees. We understand from a reliable source that the majority of the layoffs, some 563, will be in […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Addressing the insecurity of verified identities

CIO

Cybersecurity has been identity-centric since the first username and password appeared. During the infancy of personal computers, user identification was considerably simpler. At that time, workplace technology was physically confined to an office and the business network (if one existed). The only people with access were employees and maybe office cleaning staff.

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Maximizing ROI: How to Translate Leadership Training into Behaviors that Last

Let's Grow Leaders

Hi Karin, We just completed our leadership development program, and we’re feeling really good about how we’ve been applying what we’ve learned along the way. The leader-led Challenge and Support groups have been so helpful as we’ve worked to implement what we learned in our leadership training. How do we continue to sustain the momentum?

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AWS Glue ETL Pipeline Tips

Xebia

AWS Glue is a service to implement ETL pipelines that can process large amounts of data. Glue has a feature called job bookmarks that keep track of which data is already processed and which data still needs to be processed by a job. For example, in the case of an S3 bucket as a data source, it keeps a list of what files are processed to prevent the re-processing of unchanged data in a bucket.

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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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I did my expenses in VR and I liked it

TechCrunch

Meta’s Quest 3 has now been available for over a week, and the reviews have largely praised the updated consumer mixed reality headset. In my own first impressions, I shared how it managed to convince me to give the category a second look — many years after I’d all but given up on VR as […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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How to capitalize on ‘Trustworthy AI’

CIO

When a new wave of technology innovation seems to be breaking over the horizon, the fear of missing out — FOMO — can drive hasty decisions on new IT investments. Recent, rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) may represent one of the biggest FOMO moments ever , so, it’s critical that decision-makers get out in front of the wave and figure out how to implement Trustworthy AI.

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5 Tactics to Combat a Culture of False Urgency at Work

Harvard Business Review

The headwinds of false urgency can be intense. But they also foster a reactive culture. If everything is urgent, there’s little opportunity for creative and deep work, which tends to flourish only when there’s time and space. In this article, the author offers tips that will help you focus on what’s truly urgent in your organization and enable your team to deliver strong results and sustain high performance over time.

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Honeycomb Closes Best Quarter in Company History Fueled by Rapid Adoption Among Engineering Teams

Honeycomb

To replicate and scale this success, leading observability solution brings on four new executives including CMO Reet Mand, SVP of Global Revenue Jason Robinson, Director of Open Source Austin Parker, and Senior Director of Product Marketing Josh Pederson. SAN FRANCISCO – OCTOBER 16, 2023 – Honeycomb , the observability platform that enables engineering teams to solve problems they couldn’t before, today announced several growth milestones, signaling strong product fit and market demand despite s

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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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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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The 4 pillars of the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange: Customers share their successes

CIO

We’ve all heard this mantra: “Secure digital transformation requires a true zero trust architecture.” But what exactly does that mean? Zero trust has come a long way. No longer a nebulous, aspirational term equated with the concept “never trust, already verify,” zero trust has evolved into a solid technology framework that enables proactive defense and digital transformation as organizations embrace the cloud and hybrid work models.

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How to Stop Taking Work So Personally

Harvard Business Review

Taking things personally at work is not a sign of weakness, but a reflection of your passion, commitment, and deep sense of responsibility. But what if your professional role has become too intertwined with your sense of self. While equating your value as a person with your performance at work is common, it’s also possible to break free from the pattern.

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Introducing the Netlify Composable Web Platform

Netlify

Announcing the Netlify Composable Web Platform — the foundation for companies looking to modernize their web architecture to ship faster, reduce risk, and drive higher revenue.

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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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Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses have ‘influencer’ written all over them

TechCrunch

This is a review-in-progress. More soon! Somewhere between the Ray-Ban Meta and Meta Quest 3 sits an ideal mixed-reality headset. It’s slim, light, offers hand tracking and passthrough and livestreams video when the moment calls for it. It’s designed to be worn inconspicuously outdoors, until the time comes for content capture. The Meta Quest Ray-Ban […] © 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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Managing a Project? Formalize Your Follow-Up Process.

Harvard Business Review

One of the biggest mistakes in project management is that simply telling someone to do something is enough for it to get done. In most cases, especially with longer and more complex projects, assigning work isn’t enough, explaining work isn’t enough, and even planning out work isn’t enough. Follow-up is the key to making sure the work actually gets done.