Fri.Jan 13, 2023

article thumbnail

Why MLOps Hurts: 3 Pain Points for DevOps Teams

DevOps.com

Machine learning operations (MLOps) is a practice that aims to improve the collaboration and communication between data scientists and IT professionals in the development, deployment and maintenance of machine learning models. MLOps aims to streamline the process of building, testing and deploying machine learning models by automating and standardizing the various tasks involved.

DevOps 143
article thumbnail

2 Innovations That Can Tip the Balance in Cybersecurity

CIO

By John Davis, Retired U.S. Army Major General and Vice President and Federal Chief Security Officer for Palo Alto Networks What critical innovations can change the balance in cybersecurity, providing those of us responsible for defending our organizations with more capabilities against those who would do us harm? This is not just a theoretical exercise.

Security 363
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Sealed buys sensor startup InfiSense to fuel energy-saving services

TechCrunch

Sealed built a business around predicting energy use and getting homeowners to ditch fossil fuels. So, naturally, the company’s first acquisition is a startup that tracks energy on a granular level. Sealed did not disclose the terms of the deal, but said in a statement that scooping up Burlington, Vermont-based InfiSense would help it “cut home energy waste.” Headquartered in Manhattan, Sealed finances and oversees electrification upgrades, such as replacing oil or gas heaters

Energy 283
article thumbnail

Diversity and inclusion: 7 best practices for changing your culture

CIO

Diversity and inclusion (D&I) have become necessary missions for most businesses. Research has long shown that diverse teams are more productive , more engaged, and the companies that create them are more profitable. And the murder of George Floyd — and the social unrest that followed — made it clear that taking a stand around social justice is necessary to recruitment, retention, and even the viability of your brand.

Culture 351
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Backed by Tiger Global, Mayfair emerges from stealth to offer businesses a higher yield on their cash

TechCrunch

One startup is banking on the fact that businesses are eager to earn as much interest as possible on their cash. Mayfair is a new fintech startup that offers businesses up to 4.02% APY, a number it claims is among the highest out there. How a startup that is barely two years old is able to offer such a high interest rate to businesses goes back to its partners.

Fintech 249

More Trending

article thumbnail

You’re not going to grow into your 2021 valuation

TechCrunch

Jeremy Abelson. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jeremy Abelson is the founder and lead portfolio manager of Irving Investors. More posts by this contributor. Investors are sitting on mountains of cash: Where will it be deployed? What am I worth now? Jacob Sonnenberg. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jacob Sonnenberg is a portfolio manager at Irving Investors and runs Irving's Technology and Consumer Crossover Fund.

Groups 249
article thumbnail

NASA overspent $15 million on unused Oracle licenses as it failed to track usage

CIO

All Posts The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has overspent about $15 million on Oracle software over the past five years because it lacked a centralized software asset management practice, according to an audit report published by the space agency’s office of the inspector general (OIG). The report attributes the huge over-expenditure to vendor lock-in and NASA’s unwillingness to risk a license audit by Oracle because of its lack of visibility into software management.

article thumbnail

Does it ever make more sense to raise a structured round over taking a valuation cut?

TechCrunch

Venture capital funding continued its slump through the end of 2022, and there aren’t any real signs things are going to pick back up for a while. That means more doom and gloom ahead for startups looking to fundraise. Many startups that tried to avoid raising a regular round in 2022 — or turned to an alternative to hold them over — will find themselves in a tough cash position this year and will have to try to raise.

Course 248
article thumbnail

Charles Babbage Biography – Father of Computer

The Crazy Programmer

Charles Babbage was a great Mathematician, Inventor, and Mechanical Engineer. He originated the big idea of a digital programmable computer. Charles is considered “The Father of Computer” Charles invented the first Mechanical computer. Early Life and Education. Charles Babbage was born on 26 November 1791 in London, England. His father’s name was Benjamin Babbage and his mother’s name was Betsy Plumleigh.

Analytics 173
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Africa predicted to experience sustained funding slowdown in 2023

TechCrunch

Africa seemed to defy the global venture funding decline in the first half of 2022 after its startups raised $3 billion, double the amount secured over a similar period the previous year. However, the VC market correction caught up with the continent in the back half of last year, when ticket sizes fell and fewer deals closed as investors tightened the purse strings.

article thumbnail

How to Be a Less Negative Leader

Let's Grow Leaders

Have you ever heard that you’re negative, or have you worked with someone who you thought was too negative? When your team thinks of you as a negative person, you’re less likely to be invited to conversations where you would have valuable contributions to make. You’re less likely to receive recognition for your work and your odds of promotion go down if you often hear that you’re too negative.

How To 171
article thumbnail

4 tips to find the funding that fits your business

TechCrunch

Carlos Antequera. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Carlos Antequera is the CEO and co-founder of Novel Capital. The facts are clear: Startups are finding funding increasingly difficult to secure, and even unicorns appear cornered, with many lacking both capital and a clear exit. But equity rounds aren’t the only way for a company to raise money — alternative and other non-dilutive financing options are often overlooked.

Examples 237
article thumbnail

CircleCI incident report for January 4, 2023 security incident

CircleCI

On January 4, 2023, we alerted customers to a security incident. Today, we want to share with you what happened, what we’ve learned, and what our plans are to continuously improve our security posture for the future. We would like to thank our customers for your attention to rotating and revoking secrets, and apologize for any disruption this incident may have caused to your work.

Report 145
article thumbnail

How Embedded Analytics Helps Product Managers Exceed Their KPIs

Embedded analytics can help you deliver cutting-edge analytics experiences to your end-users that align with KPIs that are critical to the growth and success of your business. Read this eBook to learn how an embedded analytics platform, like Qrvey, can help PMs exceed the following KPIs: Growing revenue while improving customer retention rate Delivering rapid time to value Earning a high net-promoter score Increasing Gross Margin / Profitability Conversion rate from trial to paid Don’t just meet

article thumbnail

Daily Crunch: 2 Tesla models qualify for EV tax credits after company marks prices down by 20%

TechCrunch

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. The team who went to CES is back at their desks. If you missed the barrage of stories — or simply couldn’t stay on top of them — Brian wrote up an amazing CES 2023 debrief.

Company 232
article thumbnail

Implementing Cloud-Native Security

Prisma Clud

Four Key Strategies for the U.S. Government. Over the course of U.S. history, antagonists have leveraged vulnerabilities to initiate attacks against our critical infrastructure. Security approaches that mitigate these risks are vital to helping secure the nation. As cloud infrastructure continues to grow in importance, securing it has become a central area of focus across government.

Security 117
article thumbnail

BlackRock acquires minority stake in SMB 401(k) provider Human Interest

TechCrunch

Investment giant BlackRock announced Friday it is taking a minority stake in venture-backed fintech startup Human Interest. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Human Interest’s digital retirement benefits platform allows users “to launch a retirement plan in minutes and put it on autopilot,” according to the company. It also touts that it has eliminated all 401(k) transaction fees.

SMB 228
article thumbnail

Article: InfoQ Software Trends Report: Major Trends in 2022 and What to Watch for in 2023

InfoQ Culture Methods

2022 was another year of significant technological innovations and trends in the software industry and communities. The InfoQ podcast co-hosts met last month to discuss the major trends from 2022, and what to watch in 2023. This article is a summary of the 2022 software trends podcast. By Daniel Bryant, Wesley Reisz, Thomas Betts, Shane Hastie, Srini Penchikala.

Trends 116
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

TechCrunch+ roundup: 2022 stock options report, pivot to SaaS, crypto investor survey

TechCrunch

We spend a lot of time praising tech investors and entrepreneurs for their risk appetite. But why don’t we put startup workers on the same pedestal? Who’s taking on more risk: a Stanford grad who leveraged their network to raise a seed round, or an immigrant worker who relocates to an expensive city for a startup job? In its latest yearly report, Secfi, which helps workers manage equity, found that 24% of the companies on its platform reduced their valuations last year. “For pe

Survey 225
article thumbnail

Getting Started with Email Automation

TechSoup

Automating your email marketing campaigns is a great way to deliver personalized messaging to your subscribers, without piling on hours of work for your staff. When we talk about email automation, we mean the process of setting messages to automatically be sent to certain segments of an email list. This ensures that you deliver subscribers content that is not only relevant to them but also that they are more likely to take action on.

Marketing 100
article thumbnail

Frank-ly, the Kardashian method won’t work for SBF

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week, Natasha was joined by Mary Ann Azevedo and Rebecca Szkutak to talk about the latest and greatest in tech. Before we get into what we got up to, can we just say how great it is to be back? It feels therapeutic to be back on the mic to digest the news in terms of trends and startup happenings; and we hope you feel right about the same.

ChatGPT 188
article thumbnail

What to Consider During Your Annual Evaluation When It Comes to Boardroom Diversity

N2Growth Blog

Boardroom diversity is far from just a hot-button buzzword, and today, it’s well understood that diversity is never recommended simply for the sake of “checking a box.” The truth is that boardroom diversity brings immense benefits to the CEO, the entire organization, shareholders, and the board itself. For organizations that want to outperform their competitors and have a board operating at its maximum effectiveness, diversity is key.

Study 86
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Authors’ Cut Spark Notes Edition: Jumpstart Your Observability Journey

Honeycomb

Whether you’ve been following along with our Authors’ Cut series or doing some self-paced learning, our O’Reilly book Observability Engineering is one of the best resources for jumpstarting your observability journey. It serves as a blueprint to help you understand and map out the technical and cultural requirements of implementing observability into your organization.

DevOps 98
article thumbnail

MongoDB Pricing Explained: A 2023 Guide To MongoDB Costs

CloudZero

MongoDB is a popular non-relational database among developers of distributed apps. This Not Only SQL (NoSQL) database system delivers versatility, high scalability, and a flexible querying model. MongoDB is also remarkable for its fault-tolerance, self-healing, and real-time analytics capabilities.

article thumbnail

Thundersnow – it’s a thing – even in Australia in Spring

CEO Insider

My clairvoyant told me I needed to spend more time amongst trees. You mean – out in nature, I asked. No, she responded quite specifically – you need to find some trees and sit with them and just be. Just be. That’s a hard one for me. From the moment I wake until the moment […]. The post Thundersnow – it’s a thing – even in Australia in Spring appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

94
article thumbnail

Aligning Your Philanthropic Operating Model with Your Goals

Harvard Business Review

A framework to help funders understand who they are and what kind of impact they aspire to have.

article thumbnail

A Tale of Two Case Studies: Using LLMs in Production

Speaker: Tony Karrer, Ryan Barker, Grant Wiles, Zach Asman, & Mark Pace

Join our exclusive webinar with top industry visionaries, where we'll explore the latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence and the incredible potential of LLMs. We'll walk through two compelling case studies that showcase how AI is reimagining industries and revolutionizing the way we interact with technology. Some takeaways include: How to test and evaluate results 📊 Why confidence scoring matters 🔐 How to assess cost and quality 🤖 Cross-platform cost vs. quality tr

article thumbnail

What Is a Chief AI Officer?

Dataiku

Sixty-four percent of companies don’t have a dedicated Chief AI Officer in place, according to the “Risky Business: Identifying Blind Spots in Corporate Oversight of Artificial Intelligence” report released by Chicago-based law firm Baker McKenzie (based on responses from 500 U.S. based C-level executives). In the absence of a Chief AI Officer, AI oversight typically falls under the domain of the CTO or CIO.

article thumbnail

Tulsa’s Big Bet on Remote Workers

Harvard Business Review

A program paid workers $10,000 to relocate to Tulsa. And two recent studies suggest the investment was worth it.

Study 90
article thumbnail

Pros and Cons of Hiring Freelance QA Tester

Mobilunity

One of the professions with the fastest-growing need for skills is software testing, which has become a popular career choice. . According to the World Quality Report (WQR) 2021–2022 , when examining the entire software development lifecycle, testing is now clearly viewed as a contributor to progress rather than a hindrance. Even if the adoption of embedded quality models is picking up steam, there is still a quality gap because testing is now more dependent on independent cross-functional teams