Fri.Nov 25, 2022

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Has the FTX mess iced venture interest in crypto?

TechCrunch

It hasn’t been a kind year for blockchain-based startup activity. In addition to an asset-price correction during a general venture capital slowdown, web3-focused tech upstarts have also had to deal with a series of intra-industry crises that have, at times, dominated technology headlines. The Terra/Luna mess comes to mind. As does the meltdown of Three Arrows Capital.

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VMware Brings Java 17 Support to Spring Boot Framework

DevOps.com

VMware this week made a Spring Boot 3.0 update for building microservices-based Java applications that is based on the latest long-term support release for the Java Standard Edition (SE) platform. Michael Minella, senior director of software engineering at VMware, said the latest edition of the framework supports Java 17. The hope is that adding this […].

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How to run data on Kubernetes: 6 starting principles

TechCrunch

Sylvain Kalache. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Sylvain Kalache is the co-founder of Holberton , an edtech company training digital talent in more than 10 countries. An entrepreneur and software engineer, he has worked in the tech industry for more than a decade. Part of the team that led SlideShare to be acquired by LinkedIn, he has written for CIO and VentureBeat.

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Article: Extinguishing IT Team Burnout Through Mindfulness and Unstructured Time

InfoQ Culture Methods

Burnout is taking a toll on IT and creating serious skill shortages. How can you keep your IT team engaged, productive, and happy? Mindfulness and unstructured time are delivering tangible business benefits that positively impact the bottom line, all while driving worker satisfaction and well-being. By Niraj Shekhar.

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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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Why Fintech Will Be Different In the Metaverse?

KitelyTech

The Metaverse is expected to change a lot of things, especially fintech. The ways in which people use and interact with financial technology will need to fundamentally change if those interactions are within the Metaverse. But what is it about the Metaverse that is supposed to cause so much change? Here is a deeper look at why fintech will be different in the Metaverse.

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How Companies Can Partner with Nonprofits

Harvard Business Review

Done well, these partnerships can boost growth, shareholder value, and societal impact.

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What Is Remote Access and How Does It Work?

Kaseya

Remote access eliminates the need for users to be present in the office to access a network or file or for IT technicians to add new systems to the company network. It allows employees to work from anywhere and enables IT staff to monitor and manage endpoints remotely. This blog explains how remote access works, the different ways to carry it out, the benefits, importance and more.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Insights on Hive Ransomware, Supply Chain Security, Risk Metrics, Cloud Security

Tenable

Get the latest on the Hive RaaS threat; the importance of metrics and risk analysis; cloud security’s top threats; supply chain security advice for software buyers; and more! . Dive into six things that are top of mind for the week ending Nov. 25. 1 - Ransomware attackers pocket over $100M with Hive. In the past 18 months, cybercriminals have used the Hive ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) to hijack the systems of 1,300-plus companies and shake down victims for around $100 million in ransom payment

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Coforge | Blog | Event Monitoring in Salesforce

Coforge

Importance of Event Log analysis: One of the many tools Salesforce offers to keep our data secure is 'Event Monitoring'. Event monitoring enables us to see precise information on specific user activities within your company. Such user actions referred to as 'events' can be monitored and used to spot unusual behavior and protect business data. Organizations will be able to monitor information about specific events/occurrences or also follow event trends and hence take appropriate preventive actio

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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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Does Your Board Need an Executive Chair?

Harvard Business Review

Three questions to ask before appointing one.

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5 Reasons Why Predictive Maintenance Is Overhyped

Dataiku

There are some very good reasons to be interested in predictive maintenance. Think of the time saved! The costs cut! The resources better allocated! The more efficient you become at identifying which part, machine, or process is likely to break down and when, the more reliably you can reap the benefits.

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Carhartt turns to data under new CIO

CIO

Carhartt’s signature workwear is near ubiquitous, and its continuing presence on factory floors and at skate parks alike is fueled in part thanks to an ongoing digital transformation that is advancing the 133-year-old Midwest company’s operations to make the most of advanced digital technologies, including the cloud, data analytics, and AI. The company, which operates four factories in Kentucky and Tennessee and designs all its products at its Dearborn, Mich., headquarters, began its digital tra

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Juro’s $23M Series B deck

TechCrunch

Back in January, Natasha covered Juro’s Series B round, which added $23 million to its coffers. Juro aims to put an end to contract negotiation madness, moving the workflows out of Microsoft Word and a handful of other sub-par tools to an all-in-one, web-based platform for contract negotiation-to-signature workflow. It seems like a very good idea.

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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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Pros and Cons of Hiring Freelance Full Stack Developer

Mobilunity

A good app idea is only half the battle. The next task is to find a top-notch development team to make any app idea a reality. Consider hiring freelance full stack developer who can handle anything following your needs and budget. This article will discover the pros and cons of full-stack development and how to find a freelance top full stack developer for your project.

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Prototyping, Explained: Why and How to Build a Sample Version of a Product

Altexsoft

In 2001, in Edinburgh, three friends gathered to present their business ideas to each other. They wanted to build something successful together, so everyone had a few pitches for the others to vote on and pick the best one. Only one of the friends brought a prototype. Gareth Williams shared an Excel spreadsheet he had created to help himself find cheap flights, which got everyone immediately excited about his idea of a flight-checking website.

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Next-generation data cleanrooms with Delta Sharing

Perficient

Data-driven companies are finding more and more use cases where their internal data could be supplemented with external datasets to deliver more business value. At the same time, there are legitimate data privacy concerns that need to be addressed, particularly among regulated enterprises in the financial and healthcare sector. There are opportunities here for a platform where sensitive information can be shared among participants in a secure, governed, privacy-preserving manner.

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