TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Denis Kalinin. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Denis Kalinin works at venture fund Runa Capital as Asia Business development manager, devoted to connecting the Western and Asian VC worlds and bringing long-term value to both. China is becoming a superpower in the tech industry. According to Straits Times , China is the only place in the world where it takes less than six years for a startup to become a unicorn — it takes seven years in the U.S., eight years in the U.K. and 11 years in Germany.

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Agile Alliance

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Explore the newly designed experience report section of Agile Alliance, now organized by topic as well as by conference. The post Agile Experience Reports: A Fresh Look at Timeless Content first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Vouch , a provider of business insurance to startups and high-growth companies, announced today it has raised $90 million in new funding. The $90 million figure was raised across two rounds: a $60 million Series C co-led by SVB Capital (a subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bank) and Ribbit Capital that values the company at $550 million, and a previously unannounced $30 million Series B1 led by Redpoint Ventures.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Leadership development is one of the most important investments you can make in your organization’s success. Unfortunately, there are many ways to do it poorly. The results are lost time, money, credibility – and worst of all, poorly trained leaders. In this episode, Jennifer Mackin, author of Leaders Deserve Better, gives you the roadmap to effective leadership development.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Quizlet , a flashcard tool turned artificial intelligence-powered tutoring platform, is planning an initial public offering nearly a year after it was valued at $1 billion. According to people familiar with the matter, Quizlet is considerably far along in the process to go public. A recent job filing shows that it is hiring for senior roles to “help build the financial systems and processes as we move towards an IPO.”.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

When Anik Khan graduated from college, his first job was working on credit cards and business expenses at Accenture. There, he found that someone could bring in a couple of thousand dollars just by having the right credit cards and following the rewards and promotions. It was back in 2017 when he and David Gao got the idea for his company MaxRewards , a digital wallet app that manages credit cards and automatically activates benefits like rewards, cashback offers and monthly credits.

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DevOps.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

DevOps has gone from a new idea to a buzzword in every boardroom over the last decade. With society increasing its reliance on digitization and pushing their preferences for speed and convenience, enterprises of all types have had to change their business culture to help their teams to work together with greater speed and autonomy. […]. The post 3 Building Blocks for Enterprise Digital Transformation appeared first on DevOps.com.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Anubhav Jain. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Anubhav Jain is co-founder and CEO of Rupifi, India’s first embedded lending fintech. He has more than a decade of experience in credit risk, analytics, customer management and portfolio development. Both as a term and as a financial product, “buy now, pay later” has become mainstream in the past few years.

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DevOps.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Imagine a future where human IT operators and intelligent systems work together in a virtual operations room; the systems do the heavy lifting while the humans supervise. This may seem like science fiction, but the truth is we are already on the way to that future with AIOps. While actual AI-augmented teams are still quite […]. The post 3 Pillars of Autonomous IT Ops appeared first on DevOps.com.

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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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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

China’s first data privacy laws go into effect on November 1, 2021. Will your company be in compliance? Modeled after the EU’s GDPR, the new regulations “[introduce] perhaps the most stringent set of requirements and protections for data privacy in the world,” writes Scott W. Pink, special counsel in O’Melveny’s Data Security & Privacy practice.

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TechBeacon

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Most organizations are pursuing a hybrid or multi-cloud strategy these days, for several reasons, including integration of multiple services, agility, accelerated innovation, and business continuity.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Media technology company Amagi announced Friday $100 million to further develop its cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected televisions. Accel, Avataar Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners joined existing investor Premji Invest in the funding round, which included buying out stakes held by Emerald Media and Mayfield Fund. Nadathur Holdings continues as an existing investor.

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Kentik

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Ever find yourself sitting in your home office wondering why your connection to Google Docs or Salesforce is uncharacteristically slow? When this happens to me, I start with my troubleshooting basics. Opening a few additional browser tabs and visiting other websites such as ford.com or amazon.com is one of my favorite tactics. I click around on these sites and ask myself if they feel slowish.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The desire to achieve something as simple as keeping shared electric scooters off sidewalks has driven the development of some advanced technology in the micromobility industry. Once the province of geofencing, scooter companies are so eager to get a leg up on the competition that they’re now implementing technology similar to advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) usually found in cars.

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CEO Insider

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

A study conducted a few years ago analyzed the impact of five operating levers—price; revenue; cost of goods sold (COGS); selling, general, and administrative expenses; and research and development—on the bottom line of any business. Specifically, researchers were trying to understand how each of these independently impacts the overall profitability of an organization.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Marc Ellenbogen. Contributor. Share on Twitter. As general counsel of Foursquare , Marc Ellenbogen is responsible for guidance regarding litigation risks, corporate initiatives, risk management, equity, employment, regulatory and all other legal and compliance matters. As a parent of teenagers, I’m used to having tough, sometimes even awkward, conversations about topics that are complex but important.

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CEO Insider

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We all like to make good decisions. We want our boss to see that we exercise sound judgment. We want to appear to be astute and rational in order to win the confidence of our people. And, naturally, we want to produce the right outcomes. Decision-making is one of the most critical skills a leader […]. The post Want to Make Better Decisions? Speed Them Up!

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Dzone - DevOps

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I recently started a new job at a Machine Learning startup. I’ve given up trying to explain what I do to non-technical friends and family (my mum still just tells people I work with computers). For those of you who at least understand that “AI” is just an overused marketing term for Machine Learning, I can break it down for you using the latest buzzword in the field: MLOps.

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TechSoup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I started writing grant proposals when I was in my 20s, working as a fundraiser for a small but dynamic grassroots environmental organization in Alaska. It took me another 20 years before I realized the importance of actually establishing a fully realized grantseeking program built on clearly articulated goals and objectives, as well as the importance of creating a specific strategy around each and every project that required funding.

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Dzone - DevOps

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

As we promised in our previous blog Prometheus as Scale – Part 1 that in our next blog we will be writing about the implementation part of Cortex with Prometheus, so here we are with our promise. But before going to the implementation part, we would suggest you guys go through our first blog to know the need for it. Previously we talked that Prometheus is becoming a go-to option for people who want to implement event-based monitoring and alerting.

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CloudZero

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

According to Statista , the mass volume of data created, stored, copied, and consumed in 2020 was over 64 zettabytes (ZB), or about 64 trillion gigabytes (GB). This is expected to rise to 181 ZB by the year 2025.

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Dzone - DevOps

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The SRE role is the most basic and important job within the realm of incident response and reliability management. That you may know. But what does an SRE do, exactly? How is an SRE different from a developer, a DevOps engineer, and other technical roles? Are SREs independent teams, or do they work as part of other teams?

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Synopsys

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Scalable, cloud-native solutions like Azure Sentinel help security teams streamline security operations in cloud environments. The post Strengthen your cloud security posture with Azure Sentinel appeared first on Software Integrity Blog.

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InfoQ Culture Methods

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

How can we ensure there is a diverse mindset applied to cybersecurity? By including non-technical people, those from non-traditional backgrounds, and being intentional about avoiding herd mentality. If we as an industry proclaim security as a best practice, we must equally ensure diversity to ensure we have most effectively mitigated the risks that abound.

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Dell EMC

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Communications service providers are in the pole position to enable enterprise transformation through private wireless and multi-access edge computing (MEC).

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Openxcell

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The performance of any application determines how the user will react to it. Let’s look at a situation where we’re asked to perform more than one task at a time. What exactly happens? The mind gets stuck and is unable to process information. A similar situation exists with an application. A system failure can be costly and harm your company’s image.

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Beyond B2B

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

With conXion 2021 right around the corner (October 5-7), we’re pushing hard to ensure this important event in the Software AG calendar is a huge success. But just because it’s virtual doesn’t mean we’ll be measuring success in terms of download rates or viewing hours. We want this to be an event you’ll never forget. One that makes you think differently about the incredible potential the truly connected enterprise has to do the unthinkable and achieve the unimaginable.

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Palo Alto Networks

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Our vision at Palo Alto Networks is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We’re excited about taking another big step in delivering on that vision by bringing cybersecurity to the home and to small business. Today, our way of life is digital. Work, school, fitness, payments and much more have all moved online, and the pace of change is accelerating.

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