The Crazy Programmer
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Some teams struggle to see eye to eye while working on projects or product launches. The disconnect between marketing and the dev team is one that pops up time and time again. This friction often relates to dramatically different working styles and priorities and can lead to project delays and costly mistakes. Fortunately, there are many ways devs and marketers can come together.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The Kenyan fintech Kwara was launched in 2019 to help credit unions (savings and credit cooperatives societies, SACCOs) in the East African country shift to digital platforms by providing them with its proprietary Back-end-as-a-service (BaaS) software. The startup’s trajectory has been steep, as its clientele shot up from two to 50 in just over two years.
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DevOps.com
DECEMBER 8, 2021
A global annual survey of 2,200 developers published today by RapidAPI, a provider of an application programming interface (API) hub, finds digital business transformation initiatives have led to an increase in reliance on external-facing APIs. According to the survey results, nearly three-quarters of developers (74%) are using APIs for internal applications.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2021
With the Samsara IPO heading toward pricing , it’s a good moment to spend a little more time digging into the IoT market. There’s a lot more going on than merely the liquidity point of one of its players, it turns out. Afero , for example, closed a $50 million Series C today, led by Crosspoint Capital Partners. The new capital raise is roughly equivalent to all the capital that Afero raised prior to its latest round, per Crunchbase data , implying that the startup now has more cash o
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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.
Darktrace
DECEMBER 8, 2021
By constantly shifting tactics, the Conti Ransomware Gang have maintained one of the largest stakes in the increasingly profitable ransomware industry. Discover how Darktrace was able to detect one of their crippling double extortion attacks at its earliest stages.
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Dzone - DevOps
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Believe it or not, the year 2022 is right around the corner! So what does next year have in store for the rapidly changing, ever-evolving software world? From code reviews to DevOps, software testing, and tech companies’ culture, here are 22 software development trends for 2022. 1 – A Rise of Automated Code Reviews. Tech companies increasingly see a well-defined code review process as a fundamental part of the software development process.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2021
CinetPay , a payment gateway that allows e-merchants and merchants to accept mobile money and other forms of payments in Francophone Africa, has secured $2.4 million in seed funding. Pan-African venture capital fund 4DX Ventures and unicorn Flutterwave are the investors in the round, and it signifies two particular markers for the pair. CinetPay is their first investment in the Francophone region.
CEO Insider
DECEMBER 8, 2021
In a world where we can get almost everything we need with a few taps on our smartphones, people believe that hard work has become overrated. You’ve probably heard that you should work smarter, not harder. But is this true? Is it even good advice? Back in the ‘90s, when I grew up, I knew all of […]. The post Yes, We Need to Embrace Hard Work.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The venture capital market is on a tear , pumping capital into a host of startups around the world. It’s generally considered a great time to raise capital and build a technology-centered, disruptive business. For some, that is. While the venture capital boom of the last few years has helped a great number of founders, the capital is not landing equally.
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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
Confluent
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Welcome Pythonistas to the streaming data world centered around Apache Kafka®! If you’re using Python and ready to get hands-on with Kafka, then you’re in the right place. This blog […].
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2021
In a field that ranges from text therapy and AI chat bots, to guided meditation, some mental health startups are pursuing a different niche: therapy for kids. And kids only. . HelloHero, a company focused on teletherapy for kids up to 21 years old (the average user is 10 years old), announced a $7.7 million dollar seed round on Wednesday, with a $4.5 million line of credit from Silicon Valley Bank.
Dzone - DevOps
DECEMBER 8, 2021
If you have been a part of an on-call team, you probably know what alert fatigue is and what it can do to your health. And when Kubernetes is involved, the number of alert sources can skyrocket quickly. This article will reflect on some common causes of alert fatigue and share tips to help reduce it. What Is Alert Fatigue? In simple terms, alert fatigue happens when you receive a large number of work-related alerts in a day, even if they are non-actionable.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Synthesia , a startup using AI to create synthetic videos, is walking a fine, but thus far prosperous, line between being creepy and being pretty freakin’ cool. Today, it announced the close of a $50 million Series B funding round led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from GV and existing investors Firstmark Capital, LDV Capital, Seedcamp and MMC Ventures.
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.
Synopsys
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Tim Mackey talks about his journey working in cybersecurity, today’s cyberthreat landscape, and how the industry is evolving. The post Safety Detectives interview with Tim Mackey appeared first on Software Integrity Blog.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Two months after its seed round announcement, Singapore-based startup Upmesh has raised a $7.5 million pre-Series A round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. The new funding brings its total raised so far to $10.5 million. . Upmesh will use the pre-Series A funding to expand its regional presence in Southeast Asia and launch its first Instagram live selling app and backend automation features like logistics automation.
CloudZero
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Although refactoring isn’t typically listed as one of the core phases of the software development lifecycle , you cannot leave it out if you intend to keep code running efficiently.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Bento , Nigeria’s digital payroll and human resource management platform is expanding to Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda with plans to set up operations in six other markets in Africa over the next one year. In its next phase of expansion, Bento is eyeing Egypt, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Angola and Ethiopia by the end of next year. Bento is tapping the payroll and HR management market in Africa that has traditionally relied on laborious analog processes to disburse pay.
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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.
Dataiku
DECEMBER 8, 2021
AI is increasingly at the center of our most critical customer interactions — it drives decisions about how we treat customers, how we respond, how we service, and what we recommend to customers.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2021
By late last year, the alarm bells were just starting to ring. Researchers discovered that Russian spies had months earlier burrowed deep into the networks of several U.S. federal networks. The spies, working for Russia’s foreign intelligence service, had first targeted SolarWinds, an IT company whose software helps to remotely manage the networks of thousands of businesses, Fortune 500 organizations and federal government agencies.
CEO Insider
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Recent debates surrounding President Biden’s plan for government spending on infrastructure has refocused attention on public debt, but the sleeping and dangerous debt giant is really private debt. American households were drowning in debt before the COVID-19 crisis, and now they’re deluged by it. Household debt today totals $17.5 trillion, up 320 percent in relation […].
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The gradual return of tourism and travel in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to see a wave of startups raising rounds of funding to meet new opportunities in the market. In the latest development, Easol , which has built event and experiences software that third-party companies can use to market and sell bookings — it includes a website builder, reservation and booking tools, and payment plug-ins — has picked up $25 million, a Series A that it will be using to continue bui
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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
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Candela makes an unusual style of watercraft called a hydrofoiling boat, which glides above the sea on fins for a smoother, more efficient ride — doubly unusual, in fact, in that it is electrically propelled. The company has raised $24M to accelerate production of its existing small craft and a larger commercial one, in pursuit of cleaner and generally more future-proof waters.
Dzone - DevOps
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Recently on the Dev Interrupted Podcast, OutSystems CEO and founder Paulo Rosado joined us to chat about his path to founding the company, advice for successful leaders, and the growing threat of technical debt for businesses around the world. The conversation below has been edited and summarized for length and clarity. Dan Lines: Tell us about OutSystems' founding story.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2021
A few years ago, at the start of the fintech services boom in Africa, Oliver Blantern got an opportunity to work in the continent offering advisory services to high-growth startups. For slightly over three years his company, Riverhouse Technology, helped the emerging tech firms in talent sourcing and acquisition. The trained lawyer did all this while running the Africa Payments Club, a platform that brought together a pool of founders, experts and investors in the tech space to connect and addre
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“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.
Dell EMC
DECEMBER 8, 2021
SAP and Dell Technologies deliver innovative cloud solutions that allow organizations to run their SAP environments on-premises or in colocation while getting the benefits of a cloud operating model using RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition, customer data center option.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2021
A new company is entering the crowded e-commerce aggregator space to acquire and scale high-performing Latin American brands selling on MercadoLibre, Shopify or Amazon. Quinio , a Mexico-based company, announced today it secured $20 million in a debt-and-equity round that will be used to add more than 30 brands to its portfolio. The company was founded last year by Juan Gavito, Iker Garay and Gavito’s brother, Santiago Gavito.
Arcserve
DECEMBER 8, 2021
A recent listing of the ten biggest healthcare data breaches of 2021 in Healthcare IT News notes that more than 40 million patient records have been affected by exposures reported to the federal government at this point in the year. The list of victims is diverse, from patient providers to ancillary healthcare services.
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