Wed.Jan 25, 2023

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United Airlines gives employees the digital tools to make customers happy

CIO

As CIO of United Airlines, Jason Birnbaum is laser focused on using technology and data to enable the company’s 86,000 employees to create as seamless a customer travel experience as possible. “Our goal is to improve the entire travel process from when you plan a trip to when you plan the next trip,” says Birnbaum, who joined the airline in 2015 and became CIO last July.

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Supernormal raises $10M to automatically transcribe and summarize meetings

TechCrunch

Generative AI is the tech industry’s buzzword of the moment. It’s no wonder — the VC firm Sequoia not long ago predicted that generative AI, which comprises AI that can generate text, art and more from prompts, could yield trillions of dollars in economic value over the long run. Is that simply the optimistic musing of a firm heavily invested in the space?

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Giant Eagle CIO Kirk Ball on what’s fresh in the digital grocery experience

CIO

Based in Pittsburgh and privately owned, grocery chain Giant Eagle, with 34,000 employees across 570 locations, raced to deliver new digital experiences and buying capabilities for their customers during those intensely challenging early months of the pandemic. And it’s during that time when Ball joined, in June 2020. “The pandemic certainly accelerated the growth and adoption of buying online, and that certainly caused us to accelerate the landscape and breadth of the offering we have,” he says

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Welcome to the Jungle grabs $54 million for its slick job platform

TechCrunch

French startup Welcome to the Jungle has raised a new $54 million (€50 million) Series C round. The startup helps other companies recruit new employees more easily by creating sophisticated profiles packed with a ton of information. In particular, Welcome to the Jungle sends a photo and video crew to your office so that they can shoot some high-quality photos and record some quick interviews with employees.

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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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AVM Cloud: Empowering Enterprises in Malaysia to Deploy a Robust Sovereign Cloud

CIO

Already a leader in Malaysia’s burgeoning cloud services and solutions sector when it was acquired by Time dotCom, one of the region’s largest fixed-line communications companies in 2021, AVM Cloud recently became one of the select group of providers who offer VMware Cloud Verified Services to earn the VMware Sovereign Cloud distinction. Originally known as Integrated Global Solutions Technologies, AVM Cloud has a long relationship with VMware going back to 2010.

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How IT Can Deliver Better Business Outcomes

CIO

Cloud services, software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, and on-premises infrastructures connected by wired and wireless networks now represent the backbone of modern enterprises. To fully harness the benefits of modern network architectures, network operations teams need a deep understanding of how these systems perform. This visibility is essential if teams are to avoid the downtime that results in lost revenues.

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Sequoia, Marc Andreessen back early-stage fund Kearny Jackson

TechCrunch

Sequoia Capital and Bain Ventures are among the high-profile investors that have backed the venture firm Kearny Jackson’s second fund, the early-stage focused firm said Wednesday as it gears up to invest in more startups. Kearny Jackson , founded by former Spotify executive Sriram Krishnan , said it has closed $14 million second fund. It has also roped in Sunil Chhaya , formerly a VC at Menlo Ventures, as a co-GP.

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ServiceNow posts Q4 growth as enterprise automation remains strong

CIO

Enterprise software and workplace management orchestrator ServiceNow announced rosy revenue numbers in its Q4 2022 earnings call Wednesday evening, saying that total revenues topped $1.9 billion, which represents a 20% year-on-year increase. IDC analyst Stephen Elliot noted strong corporate management and the company’s expansion into the workplace experience market as contributing factors in the reported growth.

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Dear Sophie: How do I change my L-1B to an H-1B through the lottery?

TechCrunch

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: What are some fast options for hiring someone on an expiring grace period?

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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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H2M architects + engineers’ John McCaffrey on infrastructure lifecycles

CIO

John McCaffrey, CIO at H2M architects + engineers, joins host Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They discuss infrastructure lifecycles, 3D scanning and design, and more.

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Proptech in Review: Investors predict slower growth in 2023

TechCrunch

Building and owning a home has been part of human life for as long as civilization itself. But in the past few decades, the lens through which we view real estate and property development has slowly blurred. It’s not a huge stretch to say that today, as tech increasingly permeates property development and housing, few except those operating in the sector can truly pinpoint what’s happening in the fast-developing world of proptech.

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6 Best Practices to Design Javascript Coding Challenges with APIs

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Before we begin, let me share a bit about our journey. At Amadeus for Developers , we offer travel data and services to developers across the world through REST APIs. Thanks to HackerEarth’s platform, we recently hosted the Hack the Journey/Coding India Edition DevOps coding challenge and we invited all developers from India to participate. Since India is one of our main markets, our goal was to allow developers to explore our travel APIs and challenge their knowledge of travel solutions.

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The thing we thought was happening with robotic investments is definitely happening

TechCrunch

There was a brief, beautiful moment for a few months in 2021 when it felt like robotic investments might be immune from broader market forces. We all fundamentally and implicitly understood this to not be the case, but it was a nice moment nevertheless. Truth is, there was a bit of insulation in there. There was still enough forward momentum to keep cruising for a bit, even as headwinds grew.

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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

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Xebia’s Functional Division Reveals New Mural

Xebia

A formerly bare wall on the roof of an office building in Cádiz, Spain is now covered with a vibrant, colorful mural. The building is one of several offices around the world that is home to Xebia’s functional programming division. At the end of 2022, the team enlisted mural artist Adrián Santo of Wholegrafix Graffiti to create the outdoor, large-format art piece to coincide with the official transition from 47 Degrees to Xebia.

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We flush valuable nutrients down the toilet. Wasted wants to save them

TechCrunch

Chances are you used a toilet at some point today, and you didn’t think much of it. But if you used a port-a-potty, you probably did think about it. Maybe a lot. And it probably wasn’t pleasant. “No one likes the port-a-potty,” said Brophy Tyree, co-founder and CEO of Wasted. “It’s embedded into a really antiquated operations and servicing industry and so there’s a chance to make all of that better.

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4 Data Privacy Compliance Articles You Should Read

TechBeacon

It's Data Privacy Week 2023! The purpose of this annual campaign by the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCSA) is twofold: (1) to educate consumers on how to best protect their personal information and (2) to nudge businesses into adopting best practices for data privacy and data protection.

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Getsafe expands to France starting with home insurance

TechCrunch

German insurtech startup Getsafe is adding a fourth market with today’s product launch. In addition to Germany, Austria and the U.K., Getsafe is now going to offer insurance products in France. The company will first offer a home insurance product. Getsafe is trying to disrupt the insurance market with a focus on digital-first insurance products. It sells its products directly to end customers through its website and app unlike its German rival Wefox.

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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 Database of the Future: Seven Key Principles

DevOps.com

The database of the future will be more than just a database. Instead, it will be a platform that focuses on the user experience and abstracts the technology. Looking at the evolution of application development, an enormous amount of effort has made it easier to build and deploy applications. Similarly, databases need to evolve for […] The post The Database of the Future: Seven Key Principles appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Daily Crunch: ‘Network issue’ causes cloud outage that takes down multiple Microsoft services for 4+ hours

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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. Hello, Crunchers! We’re pretty excited about Matt ’s TechCrunch Live, where he talks to Cambly about how the company found profits after failing to raise a Series A. Mark your calendar for February 1! — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 And we’re back!

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Microsoft Outage Outrage: Was it BGP or DNS?

DevOps.com

All of Microsoft’s cloud services go down, everywhere. Redmond’s IaaS, PaaS and SaaS—including GitHub—were dead for several hours, and are still running unreliably—despite Microsoft saying it’s fixed. The post Microsoft Outage Outrage: Was it BGP or DNS? appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

TechCrunch

Does the average person want to shop for apparel in virtual reality (VR)? Speaking for myself, it sounds rather cumbersome — having to plop on a headset to browse for, say, trousers as opposed to click through a few galleries. But not everyone agrees — particularly those who hope to build a business out of VR retail. Enter Emperia , an “immersive” retail startup that — to its credit — has already created virtual stores for brands including Bloomingdales, Dior,

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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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Harness Acquires Propelo to Surface Software Engineering Bottlenecks

DevOps.com

Harness this week announced it has acquired Propelo, a provider of an analytics tool that identifies bottlenecks in software engineering processes. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The Propelo offering will be made available as a module, dubbed Harness Software Engineering Insights, that organizations can choose within the company’s overall continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) […] The post Harness Acquires Propelo to Surface Software Engineering Bottlenecks appear

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When it comes to large language models, should you build or buy?

TechCrunch

Tanmay Chopra Contributor Share on Twitter Tanmay Chopra works in machine learning at AI search startup Neeva , where he wrangles language models large and small. Previously, he oversaw the development of ML systems globally to counter violence and extremism on TikTok. Last summer could only be described as an “AI summer,” especially with large language models making an explosive entrance.

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Scalable Annotation Service?—?Marken

Netflix Tech

Scalable Annotation Service — Marken by Varun Sekhri , Meenakshi Jindal Introduction At Netflix, we have hundreds of micro services each with its own data models or entities. For example, we have a service that stores a movie entity’s metadata or a service that stores metadata about images. All of these services at a later point want to annotate their objects or entities.

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2022 European edtech report: Smaller rounds and fewer deals, but more angel activity

TechCrunch

Rhys Spence Contributor Share on Twitter Rhys Spence is head of research at Brighteye Ventures, a European edtech-focused fund. More posts by this contributor Edtech’s honeymoon might be over, but expect a second boom Despite creaky markets, European edtech is showing its resilience During the darkest days of the pandemic, money was no object in many developed markets.

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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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5 Banking Trends We’re Forecasting for 2023

Perficient

2023 has commenced, and rates are climbing, inflation is bubbling, and banking customers are continuing to demand hyper-personalized products and experiences from their institutions. Here are five banking trends we’re forecasting for the new year. 1. Banks are focused on efficiency initiatives to optimize their operations and lower costs. Three prominent areas where there is a strong desire to optimize: Data.

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With new funding, Atomic AI envisions RNA as the next frontier in drug discovery

TechCrunch

The biotech industry is experiencing a rush of AI-powered tools for many aspects of the complex drug discovery process. But one that has flown under the radar, increasingly thought to be key to certain diseases but woefully understudied, is RNA. With $35 million in new funding, Atomic AI aims to do for RNA what AlphaFold did for proteins, and find entirely new treatments in the process.

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Why Is Data Architecture Important for the Success of AI?

Dataiku

If there’s one thing we’ve learned at Dataiku after talking to thousands of prospects and customers about their data architecture it’s that architecture frameworks tend to be more aspirational than realistic because, at the enterprise level, data architecture is both complex and constantly changing. But the importance of data architecture in the success of AI initiatives at an organization also cannot be understated.