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Balanced Binary Tree – Definition, How to Check, Time & Space Complexity

The Crazy Programmer

In this article, we take a look into an important type of Binary Tree based Data Structure – Balanced Binary Tree. We will discuss the description of balanced binary trees with examples. Along with this, we will also look at an interesting problem related to it. Definition. A Balanced Binary Tree commonly referred to as Height-Balanced Binary Tree, is a binary tree in which the depth of the two subtrees on either side of every node never differs by more than 1.

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Arist adds $2M to its seed round to grow its SMS-based training service

TechCrunch

This morning Arist , a startup that sells software allowing other organizations to offer SMS-based training to staff, announced that it has extended its seed round to $3.9 million after adding $2 million to its prior raise. TechCrunch has covered the company modestly before this seed-extension, noting that it was part of the CRV-backed Liftoff List , and reporting on some of its business details when it took part in a recent Y Combinator demo day.

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DevOps in a data science world

Xebia

Many organisations have a new ambition to become a data-driven organisation. In essence, this means the organisation wants to make better business decisions based on insights provided by data [4]. Data itself is not able to advise a business for better decision-making. Therefore these organisations introduce a new capability: Data & Analytics. This blog elaborates on how adopting DevOps principles can enhance business value creation for the world of Data & Analytics.

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There have never been more $100M+ fintech rounds than right now

TechCrunch

We’re putting aside the IPO news cycle this morning to check in on the venture capital world and the fintech market in particular. As we all know, fintech is booming: Between Robinhood and Public and M1 Finance raising competing rounds, payment-tech startup Finix moving to diversify its cap table , and ideas that work in one market finding purchase and capital in others , it’s a damn good time to build financial technology.

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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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DevOps in a data science world

Xebia

Many organisations have a new ambition to become a data-driven organisation. In essence, this means the organisation wants to make better business decisions based on insights provided by data [4]. Data itself is not able to advise a business for better decision-making. Therefore these organisations introduce a new capability: Data & Analytics. This blog elaborates on […].

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Humans and AI: Should We Describe AI as Autonomous?

DataRobot

Beware the hype about AI systems. Although AI is powerful and generates trillions of dollars of economic value across the world, what you see in science fiction movies remains pure fiction. In this blog post, I will focus on the use of the word autonomous , the dangers of using it with stakeholders, and, in the context of customer experience, the inaccurate perception that all things can be automated, eliminating the need for interactions between employees and customers.

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Passive collaboration is essential to remote work’s long-term success

TechCrunch

Mohak Shroff. Contributor. Mohak Shroff is head of engineering at LinkedIn. He leads the engineering teams responsible for building, scaling and protecting LinkedIn. In 1998, Sun Microsystems piloted its “Open Work” program, letting roughly half of their workforce work flexibly from wherever they wanted. The project required new hardware, software and telecommunications solutions, and took about 24 months to implement.

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How to Monitor a Spring Boot App

Dzone - DevOps

In this blog you will learn how to monitor a Spring Boot application. You will make use of Spring Actuator, Micrometer, Prometheus and Grafana. Seems a lot of work, but this is easier as you might think! 1. Introduction. When an application runs in production (but also your other environments), it is wise to monitor its health. You want to make sure that everything is running without any problems and the only way to know this, is to measure the health of your application.

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LatAm corporate spend-management startup Clara raises $3.5M, comes out of stealth

TechCrunch

This morning Clara , a corporate spend-management startup focused on the Latin American market, announced its product launch and a $3.5 million pre-seed round led by General Catalyst. The company’s funding caught TechCrunch’s eye as there has been a flurry of funding for related companies serving the United States market. From Divvy to Brex to Ramp to Airbase to Teampay , investors have poured capital into startups working to help companies better track and manage their spend.

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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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The Importance of Incorporating DesignOps Into DevOps

DevOps.com

Design is a critical software project element that often goes unnoticed by those writing code. After all, coders and implementers tend to take the design process for granted and leave the look and feel of applications to the designers. In the days of waterfall based development, design was one of the first steps in the […]. The post The Importance of Incorporating DesignOps Into DevOps appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Cloud cybersecurity startup Lumu raises a $7.5 million Series A

TechCrunch

Miami-based cybersecurity startup Lumu today announced the closing of its $7.5 million Series A. The round was co-led by SoftBank Group Corp.’s SB Opportunity Fund and Panoramic Ventures. Lumu , co-founded and headed by Colombian native Ricardo Villadiego, offers a cloud-based service that helps companies continually scan and react to data compromises in real time.

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Optimize your CloudOps: 8 tricks CSPs don't want you to know

TechBeacon

In the complex world of cloud computing, insiders keep some secrets to themselves. It's in cloud service providers (CSP)'s best interests to hype and aggressively market some or their products' features while hiding certain aspects of other features.

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Welcome to Bloxburg, public investors

TechCrunch

As Roblox began to trade today, the company’s shares shot above its reference price of $45 per share. Currently, Roblox is trading at $71.10 per share, up just over 60% from the reference price that it announced last night. That effort finally set a directional value of sorts on Roblox’s shares before it floated on the public markets. . Roblox, a gaming company aimed at children and powered by an internal economy and third-party development activity, has had a tumultuous if exciting

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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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8+ open-source Kubernetes vulnerability scanners to consider

TechBeacon

With the rise of microservices and containers, orchestrating them with Kubernetes has become helpful for maximizing efficiency and cost savings. Yet, too often, Kubernetes suffers from security breaches due to security misconfigurations and over-permissive states.

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Cheese raises $3.6M for its digital bank aimed at the Asian-American community

TechCrunch

Many things have accelerated in the world of fintech over the past year, not the least of which is the trend of digital banks aimed at specific communities in the U.S. In the past few months alone, a number of neobanks targeting the Black and Latinx communities have emerged. Most recently, we covered the $5 million raise of one such bank — First Boulevard.

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How Do I Show Up With More Confidence?

Let's Grow Leaders

Karin Hurt and Hilary Blair talk about confidence, executive presence, and “owning the awkward.” What do you do if you’re not feeling all that confident? What happens when imposter syndrome rears its ugly head? When is style-shifting a good thing, and is […]. The post How Do I Show Up With More Confidence? appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Savannah Fund launches $25M fund to invest in African startups at seed and Series A

TechCrunch

Savannah Fund , a pan-African venture capital firm, today announced a $25 million fund as it looks to back more early-stage startups on the continent. Since launching in 2012, Savannah Fund — led by Mbwana Alliy and Paul Bragiel — has backed more than 30 startups. Some of its well-known investments include South African car subscription company, FlexClub; Kenyan on-demand logistics company, Sendy; and Nigerian fintech company, Lidya.

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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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The future of enterprise content is modular and headless

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

The classic approach to enterprise content management was to provide a central place to edit and publish content. But in a world filled with hundreds of digital channels, and dozens of types of devices, the traditional content management platform has become a spoke on a hub. A new approach to ECM is bringing back the original premise, while supercharging and modernizing it at the same time.

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DataGrail snares $30M Series B to help deal with privacy regulations

TechCrunch

DataGrail , a startup that helps customers understand where their data lives in order to help comply with a growing body of privacy regulations, announced a $30 million Series B today. Felicis Ventures led the round with help from Basis Set Ventures, Operator Collective and previous investors. One of the interesting aspects of this round was the participation from several strategic investors including HubSpot, Okta and Next47, the venture firm backed by Siemens.

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The Best of My 20 Years of Writing on Design

Scott Berkun

In might be a surprise if you know me for my books and talks , but back in 2000 I mostly wrote about design. If you’ve followed me long enough to remember uiweb.com or the crazy Interactionary events I did at CHI , you know different but that’s not many of you. Back then I was the design advocate for Microsoft, promoting good design and usability practices across the company.

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How Coupang is “out-Amazoning even Amazon,” according to Goodwater Capital

TechCrunch

Korean e-commerce giant Coupang is expected to hold one of the biggest tech IPOs of the year on March 11. The company disclosed earlier this month that it is seeking up to $3.6 billion at a potential $51 billion valuation on the New York Stock Exchange. Founded in 2010, Coupang is sometimes described as the Amazon of South Korea, but for years it has managed the impressive feat of achieving an even higher dollar retention rate than Amazon, according to a report by Goodwater Capital.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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How to Tune RocksDB for Your Kafka Streams Application

Confluent

Apache Kafka ships with Kafka Streams, a powerful yet lightweight client library for Java and Scala to implement highly scalable and elastic applications and microservices that process and analyze data […].

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SoftBank-backed Volpe Capital raises $80M to invest in LatAm

TechCrunch

In recent years, the tech and venture scene in Latin America has been growing at an accelerated pace. More global investors are backing startups in the region and certain sectors in particular, such as fintech, are exploding. Global investors are not only pouring money into companies. They’re also investing in funds. Today, Volpe Capital announced the $80 million first close of its fund targeting high growth technology investments in Latin America.

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No-Code Tech and the Rise of Citizen Developers

DevOps.com

In today’s increasingly remote-first work environment, technical frustration affects all levels of an organization. Because of this, IT leadership teams are looking for new ways to empower and streamline their organizations through the use of innovative technologies. And with remote workforces on the rise, it’s an ideal time to implement new solutions that improve how […].

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Superpowered lets you see your schedule and join meetings from the Mac menu bar

TechCrunch

A newly launched Mac app called Superpowered aims to make it easier to stay on top of all your Zoom calls and Google Meets, without having to scramble to find the meeting link in your inbox or calendar app at the last minute. Instead of relying on calendar reminders, Superpowered offers a notification inbox for the Mac menu bar that alerts you to online meetings just before they start, which you can then join with a click of a button.

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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

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Grow your Business while Staying Focused on What you Do Best

Kaseya

Managed services providers (MSPs) must be good at a wide variety of things. With so many applications, endpoints, security threats, and compliance standards to worry about, it’s a never-ending race to keep up with what’s new while still maintaining current systems. High-performing MSPs know that growing their business is about more than just supporting a new cloud computing platform or mastering another cyberdefense protocol.

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Sources: Web Summit will spin out its virtual conference software as a full-blown startup

TechCrunch

Sources say Web Summit, the giant tech conference company that specialized in very large gatherings in cities like Lisbon, is poised to spin out its Hopin-like proprietary conference software as an independent startup. Although it’s put out a statement today that it will be licensing its software to the United Nations Development Programme, I’ve spoken to well-placed sources who say the platform will be spun out as a separate company and will raise venture funding, the context being that s

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Utility Supercluster – Smart Cities, March 25, 2021, 11 AM (EST)

Dots and Bridges

Background. The Utility SuperCluster focuses on sustainability challenges related to Energy, Water and Waste Management by bringing cities, counties, and municipalities together with Government, Commercial, Non-Profit, and Academia to celebrate inventiveness, share best practices and demonstrate world-class innovation. Our world has fast become increasingly dependent on “smart” devices in fundamentally new ways.

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