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Finding The Best Quarterback Tool for Accounting

Docuphase

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are making history this year by being the first team ever to play in the Super Bowl at their home stadium. (GO BUCS!) And while that’s an impressive accomplishment, you can’t ignore the fact that their newest quarterback has probably had a large impact on this. Last year, Tom Brady joined the Tampa Bay Bucs and quickly settled into the pirate life by leading the team to the Super Bowl!

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Alloy raises $4M to build out its e-commerce automation service

TechCrunch

Alloy Automation , a startup that was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 cohort , announced today that it has closed $5 million across two rounds, the most recent of which brought $4 million to the company in October of 2020. The new funds were raised at a $16 million pre-money, $20 million post-money valuation, Alloy told TechCrunch. The company’s latest fundraising was led by Bain Capital Ventures and Abstract , with participation from Color Capital , BoxGroup and a collection of indiv

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To improve your online privacy, consider what matters most

The Parallax

If you want to improve your online privacy, you’re supposed to “ use Signal, use Tor.” The clichéd phrase, now five or so years old, was meant to be a sardonic joke underscoring the need for more nuanced online-security and privacy advice. But even as the humor became lost on security practitioners (not to mention the general public ), the point remains an important one: There’s a lot more to managing your online-data privacy than just using an end-to-end encrypted-messaging pl

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India’s Zetwerk raises $120 million to scale its B2B marketplace for manufacturing parts

TechCrunch

When you want to buy a refrigerator or a television, you can walk to the nearby electronics store or visit an e-commerce website like Amazon. But where do you go when you’re looking for parts of a crane, a door or chassis of different machines? For several businesses globally, the answer to that question is increasingly Zetwerk , a Bangalore-based startup.

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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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To improve your online privacy, consider what matters most

The Parallax

If you want to improve your online privacy, you’re supposed to “ use Signal, use Tor.” The clichéd phrase, now five or so years old, was meant to be a sardonic joke underscoring the need for more nuanced online-security and privacy advice. But even as the humor became lost on security practitioners (not to mention the general public ), the point remains an important one: There’s a lot more to managing your online-data privacy than just using an end-to-end encrypt

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Transforming Your Digital Transformation

DevOps.com

Change is difficult, so most companies pull the bandage slowly, hoping to avoid the hard, painful part – especially with regard to digital transformation. But in the corporate world, cautious change inevitably leads to entropy. Progress gets made in one department at a time, at the expense of others. Leaders turn over, priorities shift, plans […].

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Could eyelash extensions become a huge market? This robotics startup thinks so

TechCrunch

Eyelash extensions have taken off in recent years — particularly in Asia — but the audience is only so broad. Getting extensions — semi-permanent fibers that are attached to one’s natural eyelashes — can require hundreds of dollars and hours in the seat of a lash stylist. There’s always the risk, too, of irritation or worse.

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Using IBM ADDI and VTP to Enhance Observability in Mainframe Development

DevOps.com

Observability has always been a key factor in software development – not so much on the mainframe. However, the rise of the internet as the go-to platform for modern commerce has caused an explosion of transactional activities. There’s much more complexity behind the scenes than the request/response activity that used to be the usual interaction […].

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Hourly job-matching startup Landed raises $1.4M

TechCrunch

Landed , a startup aiming to improve the hiring process for hourly employers and job applicants, is officially launching its mobile app today. It’s also announcing that it has raised $1.4 million in seed funding. Founder and CEO Vivian Wang said that the app works by asking applicants to fill out a profile with information like work experience and shift availability, as well as recording videos that answer basic common interview questions.

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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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HashiCorp Expands Managed Services Offerings

DevOps.com

HashiCorp today announced the general availability of its Consul service mesh as a managed service on the HashiCorp Cloud Platform (HCP) along with a beta release of a managed instance of HCP Vault, a secrets management platform, on HCP. HCP is currently hosted on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform, on which the company is […]. The post HashiCorp Expands Managed Services Offerings appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Language-learning service Babbel adds live classes, games and more

TechCrunch

Babbel , the Berlin-based language-learning platform, today announced that it is now going well beyond its core app-based learning service and is introducing live classes. Capped at six students, these conversation-driven classes will be taught by certified teachers, using Babbel’s existing methodology. Learners can add live classes to their existing Babbel subscription for an additional fee, starting at $110 for five classes/month, or subscribe to them as a standalone product (though they

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New cybercrime tool can build phishing pages in real-time

CTOvision

A cybercrime group has developed a novel phishing toolkit that changes logos and text on a phishing page in real-time to adapt to targeted victims. Named LogoKit, this phishing tool is […].

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VC meets the land of opportunity

TechCrunch

Monique Villa. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Monique Villa is an investor at Mucker Capital , an early-stage VC fund investing in startups across the U.S. and Canada. She is also the co-founder of Build In SE , a community of founders, funders and ecosystem partners committed to company building in the Southeast (#BuildInSE). More posts by this contributor.

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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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VMware Confirms Layoffs This Month

CTOvision

VMware has confirmed to CRN that it is conducting a limited number of layoffs this month as part of its “workforce rebalancing” strategy. “We can confirm that there have been a […].

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Valon closes on $50M a16z-led Series A to grow mobile-first mortgage servicing platform

TechCrunch

If you’ve ever applied for a mortgage, you know it’s one of the most painful processes out there. Keeping up with payments and dealing with customer service over the course of the loan is no picnic either. So it’s no surprise that big bucks are being poured into the space with the goal of making the process easier, more digital and more transparent.

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Top DevOps Conferences to Attend in 2021 (Free & Virtual)

Dzone - DevOps

New year, new beginnings, and new conferences. It’s that time of the year again, where conference attendees review different conferences to attend. To make your review and research easy, here are the top five best DevOps virtual conferences you can attend for free. Well, we’re only talking about virtual conferences, as they seem to be working well and involve fewer headaches for both the organizers and the attendees.

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Commuting platform startup Hip lands $12 million to help companies bring employees back to the office

TechCrunch

Nearly a year ago, the spread of COVID-19 ended the daily commute for millions of Americans, an abrupt change that sent the ridesharing industry into a free fall. Hip, which connected commuters with third-party bus and shuttle operators via an app, was just one of the many mobility-as-a-service startups that watched its clientele and revenue dwindle.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

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.

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vFunction Automates Conversion of Java Apps to Microservices

DevOps.com

vFunction has developed an eponymous platform capable of automatically converting a monolithic application written in Java into a set of microservices. The startup is emerging from stealth mode today. Fresh from raising $12.2 million in seed funding, vFunction CEO Moti Rafalin said the company’s platform employs dynamic analysis, static analysis, data science and automation to […].

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Holded, an ‘ERP for small businesses’, raised €15M from Elaia, Lakestar, Nauta and SeedRocket

TechCrunch

Holded , a platform billing itself as an ERP aimed at small businesses, has raised a €15 million Series B funding round led by VC firm Elaia, together with Lakestar, Nauta Capital and SeedRocket. Holded says it gives small businesses access to ERP-style planning across invoicing, accounting, sales, project management, inventory management and HR, in one dashboard.

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Confessions of a Web Developer XVIII

David Walsh

It’s been quite a while since I’ve gotten a few things off of my chest and since I’m always full of peeves and annoyances I thought it was time to unleash: Sometimes you need to get out of the cult and stop drinking the Kool-Aid to see an organization for what it is. My childhood dream was working for Mozilla, and I made the best of it, but now from the outside, I see an organization devoid of ideas when it desperately needs them.

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BukuWarung, a startup digitizing Indonesia’s SMEs, raises new funding from Rocketship.vc

TechCrunch

BukuWarung , an Indonesian startup focused on digitizing the country’s 60 million small businesses, announced today it has raised new funding from Rocketship.vc and an Indonesian retail conglomerate. The amount was undisclosed, but sources say it brings BukuWarung’s total funding so far to $20 million. The company’s last round, announced in September 2020, was between $10 million to $15 million.

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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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CodeSOD: Don't Do This

The Daily WTF

Let's say you were writing a type checker in TypeScript. At some point, you would find that you need to iterate across various lists of things, like for example, the list of arguments to a function. Now, JavaScript (and thus TypeScript) gives you plenty of options for building the right loop for your specific problem. Or, if you look at the code our anonymous submitter sent, you could just choose the wrongest one. var i = 0 ; var func1: string [] = func_e.get(expr.name); if (func1.length !

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TrustLayer raises $6M seed to become the ‘Carta for insurance’

TechCrunch

TrustLayer , which provides insurance brokers with risk management services via a SaaS platform, has raised $6.6 million in a seed round. Abstract Ventures led the financing, which also included participation from Propel Venture Partners, NFP Ventures, BoxGroup and Precursor Ventures. Interestingly, the startup also got some industry validation in the way of investors.

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The Reality of Testing in DevOps: Your Top Questions Answered

Dzone - DevOps

DevOps Unbound. DevOps Unbound is a new video/podcast series, hosted by DevOps.com and sponsored by Tricentis, that has grown by leaps and bounds since its launch this summer. As of Dec. 1, we’ve had 38 guests (not including our two illustrious hosts) over the course of seven episodes and four roundtables. The series kicked off talking about testing with the dynamic duo of Dr.

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‘Anonymous’ fintech startup Millions raises $3 million, gives away cash on Twitter

TechCrunch

An “anonymously”-led startup called Millions has raised a $3 million seed round for its fintech company that’s currently giving away free money through its Twitter account. The concept, inspired by the likes of YouTuber David Dobrik , is partly aimed at attracting attention for the new company but is also setting the stage for a forthcoming business model of sorts, where brands could participate in giveaways more directly.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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5 tips for streamlining test automations into CI pipelines

TechBeacon

Many organizations struggle to integrate automated testing into their continuous integration (CI) pipelines—and it's no wonder. Just attempting to implement a successful CI presents challenges.

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Seyna is building an insurance-as-a-service startup for the French market

TechCrunch

French startup Seyna is getting a new CEO. Stephen Leguillon is joining the company as chief executive while Philippe Mangematin is stepping back from day-to-day activities for personal reasons — he’ll become honorary chairman. If you’re not familiar with the company, Seyna is an insurtech startup that has obtained an insurance license focused on property and casualty.

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Nutanix and VMware Started as Partners. They’re Now Bitter Rivals

CTOvision

Read take a look at how friends Nutanix and VMware turned foes on Data Center Knowledge: Rivalry between Nutanix and VMware had been heating up for a few years before […].