Wed.Sep 07, 2022

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How to Shift Your Strategic Focus

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Market and organizational changes can require you to shift your strategic focus. Being explicit about the details of the shift will help you and your team adjust to these changes. Market and organizational changes can require you to shift your focus. This can mean temporarily pausing some work to accelerate or add new projects. Remember that your team’s time and energy is a fixed asset.

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Cropin’s agriculture industry cloud to provide apps, data frameworks

CIO

Cropin, an agritech startup backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on Tuesday said that it was launching its industry cloud for agriculture, built on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Dubbed Cropin Cloud, the suite comes with the ability to ingest and process data, run machine learning models for quick analysis and decision making, and several applications specific to the industry’s needs.

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Bond Pet Foods enters meat proteins phase with $17.5M Series A

TechCrunch

Bond Pet Foods , known for making plant-based pet treats, is shifting its focus from treats to pet food applications as it leans into the creation of “nature-identical” chicken, beef, fish and other meat proteins using precision fermentation. Last November, Bond kicked this off by announcing a partnership with Hill’s Pet Nutrition to develop a craft meat protein for its product portfolio.

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For Global Success, Think Like a Local

CIO

We live in a highly connected world. Technology has broken down many barriers to trade. Every aspect of retail has been disrupted, from the way shoppers research purchases to the methods they use to pay. However, despite the powerful forces of globalization, significant local differences exist. . In some countries, the use of mobile phones is now an essential part of the physical shopping experience, while in other territories there’s a more obvious distinction between online and offline shoppi

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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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SnappRetail helps Pakistan’s kiryanas compete against supermarkets

TechCrunch

A kiryana owner with one of SnappRetail’s point-of-sale devices. The number of global retailers, department stores and supermarkets operating in Pakistan is increasing, which spells convenience for consumers, but trouble for kiryanas, or small general stores. According to a report by the State Bank of Pakistan , general stores’ growth will slow down, especially in urban centers, as large retail outlets continue to expand their networks.

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Josys secures $32M Series A for its SaaS management platform 

TechCrunch

Corporations have been dealing with IT operations and security management since the coronavirus pandemic that has changed the way in which people work — remote or hybrid work — and accelerated the market opportunity. Josys , spun off from its parent company Raksul last year, launched its automated management IT devices and SaaS application in September 2021 that reduces IT operation costs and enhances security systems.

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Liberis CTO Georgina Owens on the power of mentoring and apprenticeships

CIO

CIO: What is your role and responsibilities at your current organisation? I am responsible for all technology across Liberis, and currently as an interim looking after product development. This means ensuring that all of our technology services are running to plan, supporting our business and customers, and running efficiently and to the required level of performance.

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Remento, a storytelling app for preserving family stories, raises $3M and debuts its iOS app

TechCrunch

Remento , a company focused on capturing and preserving family stories, has raised $3 million in seed funding led by Upfront Ventures. The Los Angeles-based company is also launching its iOS app today after beta testing it for a year. The company’s new iOS app is designed to give users conversation prompts to inspire family members to share stories about their lives.

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It Was Never Just About Software – Agile and Our Planetary Challenges

Agile Alliance

If Agile is no “accident” and has emerged at exactly the right time, then what is its purpose in meeting today’s significant challenges and paradigm shifts? This is the question our panelists will help you explore as they share how they are applying agility to address planetary-level issues such as climate change, poverty, sustainability, and … Continued.

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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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Our 11 favorite companies from YC’s S22 Demo Day: Part 1

TechCrunch

Y Combinator is back, this time with a slightly smaller batch of startups. Still, the massive accelerator has two days’ worth of upstart tech companies to show off. TechCrunch is tuned in, as always, and in keeping with our historical coverage, we compiled a list of our favorites from the first day’s pitches. For more on Y Combinator’s latest batch, TechCrunch examined the cohort’s diversity makeup , looked into fintech bets from the group , and examined what’s going on in seed-stage crypt

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Hire1O(1): 5 Takeaways From The Biggest Tech Conference in 2022

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

We at HackerEarth are excited to announce that the first physical edition of Hire 10(1) held on August 25th, 2022 in Bangalore was a roaring success! We have been virtually hosting this tech conference of (and for) tech recruiters and engineering managers since 2020, and this was the first time we got to meet everyone in person. For the uninitiated, Hire10(1) is a mini event that is designed to do one thing above all else: share actionable insights to help recruiters and hiring managers build gr

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Countdown Capital raises $15 million to back the next industrial revolution

TechCrunch

In a time when most VCs are acting more cautiously and placing focus on companies with a quick path to profitability, Countdown Capital is instead going all in on hard-to-build, capital-intensive bets. Firm founder Jai Malik told TechCrunch that despite the harder road, these companies may be better bets in the long run. Countdown Capital raised $15 million for its second fund to back companies looking to “rebuild the American industrial base,” Malik said.

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How to Setup an Ansible Test Environment

Dzone - DevOps

When you want to experiment with Ansible, you will need to setup a test environment. In this blog, you will create a test environment containing one controller and two target machines. This will give you a good setup for experimenting with Ansible without breaking a real machine. 1. Introduction. With Ansible , you can automate repetitive IT tasks and because it is automated, it will also prevent you from making mistakes.

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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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Regal secures capital to grow its platform for branded calls and texts

TechCrunch

Getting prospective customers to answer sales calls and texts can feel like a Sisyphean task. According to a 2020 LinkedIn report, roughly 69% of prospects accepted a call from a new salesperson in the previous year, but it took an average of 18 calls to connect with the buyer. That’s not surprising — few folks appreciate unsolicited pitches, after all.

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A Little Linux Goes a Long Way

Dzone - DevOps

When I was recently in the market for a desk, a popular app led me to a nice used one nearby and a new friendship with its previous owner, a recent college grad working in the tech industry who knew little to nothing about Linux. Not that he wasn’t curious or alone. I’ve met many enthusiastic young tech workers like him over the years, most with degrees from major universities like his in North Carolina, who emerged with nothing but Windows experience.

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Here’s where YC’s latest batch of founders are placing fintech bets

TechCrunch

Y Combinator’s latest cohort of founders have opinions on the future of fintech. One-fifth of the accelerator’s Summer 2022 batch , which spans 240 companies, is working on solving issues in the financial space. The pitches range from building the Square for micro-merchants in Latin America to creating a way to angel invest in your favorite athlete.

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Federal Agencies Share DevSecOps Guidelines

DevOps.com

The National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) have published a set of DevSecOps best practices based on the Enduring Security Framework (ESF). Developed by a public-private cross-sector working group led by NSA and CISA, the ESF framework was created in the wake […].

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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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PolyAI lands $40M to handle contact center calls automatically

TechCrunch

Is it possible to build a voice assistant for the call center that can pick up on indirect questions to figure out the best time to hand calls over to a human? That depends on how high the bar’s set. Generally speaking, customers don’t look forward to any automated experiences over the phone, which means voice assistants have to go the extra mile to create goodwill.

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Governing Microservices in an Enterprise Architecture

DevOps.com

Software development strategies continue to evolve to meet changing business needs. There has been a lot of discussion of digital transformation recently, and custom software development is driving much of that transformation. Agile software development and DevOps have become the norm as companies strive to develop better, faster, more flexible applications.

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QA Wolf exits stealth with an end-to-end service for software testing

TechCrunch

QA Wolf , a cloud-based platform designed to detect bugs in software, today exited stealth and announced a $20 million funding round led by Inspired Capital with participation from Notation Capital, Operator Partners and Thiel Capital and several angel investors (among them Peter Thiel). CEO Jon Perl tells TechCrunch that the new cash will go toward expanding QA Wolf’s engineering team as well as ongoing sales and marketing efforts. “As software developers ourselves — working i

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Identifying the Unknown With Clustering Metrics

Toptal

Clustering in machine learning has a variety of applications, but how do you know which algorithm is best suited to your data? Here's how to amplify your data insights with comparison metrics, including the F-measure.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

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.

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Daily Crunch: PSG, Battery Ventures invest $100M in open source password manager Bitwarden 

TechCrunch

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hey, hey, hey! It’s going to be a busy week for the TC crew this week. We’re excited about the Apple event, and Y Combinator has its demo day. Alex welcomes you to YC and Apple week on the Equity podcast, and your trusty Daily Crunch team is poised at our laptops to share the cream of the news-crop with you!

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Predictions for the Future of DevOps

Dzone - DevOps

DevOps is becoming more important than ever as businesses move toward digital transformation. It has become an urgent need for today's IT (Information Technology) companies to bridge the gap between their development and operations departments. DevOps has helped speed up and improve software delivery, improve customer satisfaction, shorten the time it takes to get a product on the market, and much more.

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Polychain puts its money on HotStreak to streamline sports betting using blockchain

TechCrunch

In the world of sports betting, instant payments and reliable custody are key to the user experience. HotStreak , a web3 platform for daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests, is wagering that the decentralized nature of the blockchain makes it an ideal solution for DFS platforms. The sports betting market in the US has grown rapidly as states begin loosening regulations around the industry.

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Solving The Pull Request Problem With Continuous Merge

Dzone - DevOps

Fact: the state of pull requests is broken and we finally have the data to prove it. In our latest LinearB Labs episode, we reveal the information that has led us to the inevitable conclusion that pull requests have become a massive source of toil, bottlenecks, and a huge barrier to shipping. Better yet, two people who have been thinking about how to attack this dev workflow issue, Dan Lines and Ori Keren of LinearB, are ready to actually propose a solution: continuous merge.

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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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Hebbia raises $30M to launch an AI-powered document search tool

TechCrunch

Hebbia , a startup developing AI-infused search tools, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Index Ventures with participation from Radical Ventures. Of note, among the investors was Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang (full disclosure: Yahoo! is TechCrunch’s parent company) and Raquel Urtasun, a former head of AI research at Uber.

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Focus on What You Can Do

DevOps.com

Here we are in the second half of 2022 and the writing is on the wall. No matter how much budget you have had in the last few years, be it large or small, it is going to shrink. This is cyclical, and should not be a surprise. The amount of budget shrinkage may be […]. The post Focus on What You Can Do appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Does economic and geopolitical instability affect your startup’s TAM?

TechCrunch

Startups and their investors love to talk about big markets and how they are going to go about tackling them. Total addressable market, or TAM, refers to the dollar value of what a startup wants to sell to a certain population. If you make a widget that plugs into a browser, your TAM might be the total number of users of that browser, cut down to the fraction that might use your technology, multiplied by the yearly value of that usage.

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