DevOps.com
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Looking around at things to add to our current project’s toolchain (that is one of the reasons we do these side projects; to check out all sorts of new ideas/tools/etc), and researching the company where a former coworker is the CMO, I was drawn into the resurgent world of continuous data protection (CDP). It is […]. The post That Other Continuous: Data Protection appeared first on DevOps.com.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
“Traditional voice-based call center service is difficult and costly. This is where artificial intelligence and voice technology have presented an opportunity for enterprises to overcome the challenges of scale and engagement at their customer contact centers,” co-founder and CEO Skit Sourabh Gupta told TechCrunch. The Covid-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented increase in call volumes at bank call centers as customers tried to manage their portfolios amid the chaos of work from home policy and f
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Read Faizan Farooque explain how Ethereum 2.0 fork to help Ethereum emerge from Bitcoin’s shadow on Investor Place : Ethereum (CCC:ETH-USD), the second-most valuable cryptocurrency after Bitcoin (CCC:BTC-USD), has outperformed recently. The reason is the latest Ethereum network upgrade, which comprises a phased shift from a proof-of-work protocol to a proof-of-stake, increases storage capacity and […].
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
A stealthy startup co-founded by a former senior designer from Apple and one of its ex-senior software engineers has picked up a significant round of funding to build out its business. Humane , which has ambitions to build a new class of consumer devices and technologies that stem from “a genuine collaboration of design and engineering” that will represent “the next shift between humans and computing”, has raised $100 million.
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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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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Corelight can now offer its network detection and response product to the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and the U.S. Coast Guard through a blanket purchase agreement held by Carahsoft Technology. The partnership between the two companies provides DOD, IC, and USCG with access to Corelight’s cybersecurity and asset management software via the 10-year […].
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Amazon has recently announced the general availability of OpenSearch 1.0, the Apache 2.0-licensed fork of Elasticsearch that was created after Elastic changed their license. OpenSearch provides compatibility with Elasticsearch 7.10.2, the version from which it was derived. The GA version adds a few enhancements since the beta, including support for the ARM64 architecture, artifacts for the […].
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Flat.mx, which wants to build a real estate “super app” for Latin America, has closed on a $20 million Series A round of funding. Anthemis and 500 Startups co-led the investment, which included participation from ALLVP and Expa. Previously, Flat.mx had raised a total $10 million in equity and $25 million in debt. Other backers include Opendoor CEO and CEO and co-founder Eric Wu, Flyhomes’ co-founder and CEO Tushar Garg and Divvy Homes’ co-founder Brian Ma.
Dzone - DevOps
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Adopting DevOps practices opens up a wide range of new possibilities to improve software development from human resources to tools. In that respect, developer skills and automation are some of the key areas where significant gains can be made. In this article, we’ll explore these aspects in detail and shed light on how the relationship between developer skills and automation can impact DevOps success.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Anima , the YC-backed platform that turns designs into code, has today announced the close of a $10 million Series A financing. The round was led by MizMaa Ventures with participation from INcapital and Hetz Ventures. We’ve been following Anima, which was bootstrapped until last year, for a while now. The startup indexes on several trending ingredients right now, including a bottoms-up distribution approach, and the popularity of low/no-code.
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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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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
In this video, I will be talking about the metaverse and how you can invest in companies that will gain from this phenomenon. This is the second part of my metaverse series. The first one covered what the metaverse is, what it could become, and what it certainly is not. Where to invest To be […].
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Few people thought of virtual events before the pandemic struck, but this format has fulfilled a unique and important need for companies and organizations large and small during the pandemic. But what will virtual events’ value be as more of the world attempts to return to life before COVID-19? To find out, we caught up with top executives and investors in the sector to learn about the big trends they’re seeing — as the sequel to this survey we did in March 2020.
DevOps.com
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Cloud operational excellence means delivering the right mix of cloud-based services at the optimal cost and quality to support your organization’s mission and strategy. You might be thinking, “Why go to the trouble? Isn’t ‘almost good enough’ sufficient?” It turns out that it matters—a lot. The difference between the top 10% and the bottom 10% […].
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Twin brothers Harry and Peter Yu grew up traveling all over, an aspect of their lives that continued even into their careers. What they didn’t enjoy was figuring out all the logistics, which has become more difficult during the pandemic: vacations that could be taken quickly now require more planning and even reservations. “People travel differently, but the common denominator is that everyone uses some kind of document to plan and share their trip information,” Harry Yu told TechCrunch.
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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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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
BlackSky Holdings, Inc. (“BlackSky”), a leading technology platform providing real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring, announced today that Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) has committed to making an equity investment in BlackSky, which is scheduled to close after the completion of BlackSky’s business combination with Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Blueprint Title , an insurtech startup working in the title insurance space, announced this morning that it closed a $16 million Series B. The new round was led by Forté Ventures. The startup previously raised an $8.5 million Series A in the final weeks of 2019. While Blueprint is an insurtech startup and therefore fits into the neoinsurance cohort that we’ve tracked in recent quarters as a number of companies from the group have gone public, it’s somewhat distinct.
Dzone - DevOps
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
If you and your team are dealing with tools like Git or Subversion, you may need an administrative layer where you are able to manage user access and repositories in a comfortable way, because source control management systems (SCM) don’t bring this functionality out of the box. Perhaps you are already familiar with popular management solutions like GitHub, GitBlit or GitLab.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Mark McClain. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Mark McClain is the founder and CEO of SailPoint , the leader in cloud enterprise security. You’ve heard the phrase “leading by example,” but what about “leading with values”? I’ve always led by example by using my values as my guide. Still, it wasn’t until I founded my first company that I fully understood the importance of embedding those values into the company, too.
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“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Read Chloe Orji list countries around the world that have banned Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on Euro News : Bitcoin has been controversial since its beginning in 2009, as have the subsequent cryptocurrencies that followed in its wake. While widely criticized for its volatility, its use in nefarious transactions and for the exorbitant use of electricity […].
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Bright Cellars , a six-year-old subscription-based wine seller has, like many upstarts, evolved over time. While it once sent its club members third-party wines that fit their particular profiles, Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Bright Cellars says it’s now amassing enough data about its customers that it no longer sells wines made by other brands.
Dzone - DevOps
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Cloud-native engineers have a variety of job titles and roles throughout their careers. From Ops to DevOps to GitOps, the career path is challenging and innovative and requires constant learning. It feels like we just started with the DevOps movement that spawned CI/CD tools more than a decade ago. The promise was to tear down the silos that separated development and operations teams, leading to dramatic improvements in software engineering efficiency.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Berlin Brands Group (BBG) — one of the new wave of e-commerce startups hoping to build lucrative economies of scale around buying up smaller brands that sell on marketplaces like Amazon and using technology to run and scale them more efficiently — has picked up a big round of funding to fill out that mission. The startup has closed a round of $700 million, comprising both equity and debt, which it will use in part to continue building its fulfillment and logistics infrastructure, as
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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.
InfoQ Culture Methods
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
You may have heard about coaching and wondered what it entails and how you might incorporate it into your role. Do you need to have “coach” as part of your job description in order to use coaching skills? This article defines coaching and shows how anybody can use it in their role. It also shows how coaching can be incorporated into management and technical leadership roles as examples.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Amplitude is going public in a direct listing that will see its shares trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “AMPL.” The company first announced its intention to direct list in July and filed its S-1 document in August. The San Francisco-based startup lists major shareholders Battery, Benchmark, IVP, Sequoia and Jasmine Ventures in its S-1 filing.
CTOvision
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
In March, the FBI released a report declaring that malicious actors almost certainly will leverage “synthetic content” for cyber and foreign influence operations in the next 12-18 months. This synthetic content includes deepfakes, audio or video that is either wholly created or altered by artificial intelligence or machine learning to convincingly misrepresent someone as doing […].
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
French startup Cajoo is raising some money in order to compete more aggressively in the new and highly competitive category of food delivery companies. Interestingly, the lead investor in today’s funding round is Carrefour, the supermarket giant. Headline (formerly e.ventures) is also participating in the round as well as existing investors Frst and XAnge.
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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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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Cloudera Inc. said Jim Frankola, the finance chief, will transition to the newly created role of strategic adviser after the company closes its go-private transaction with private-equity firms KKR & Co. and Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC. Kevin Cook, the senior vice president for finance, will succeed Mr. Frankola as chief financial officer, the software […].
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Lynk , the “knowledge-as-a-service” platform with more than 840,000 experts, announced today it has added $5 million raised from UBS’ Investment Bank division to its previously announced Series B. This brings the round’s new total to $29 million. The strategic investment marks the first time UBS has invested private equity in Lynk. The startup, which has now raised $35 million in funding, added UBS as a client in May, giving the banking giant’s research analysts and institutional investor client
Dzone - DevOps
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
The creation of Kubernetes was never a foregone conclusion, it required years of hard work and evangelism. Microsoft Corporate Vice President Brendan Burns is here to bring you that story. In the final episode of our two-part series, Brendan returns to the Dev Interrupted podcast to tell us the founding story of Kubernetes. He discusses the battle to make Kubernetes open source, why a strong community was vital to early success and learning when to let others take the lead, avoiding a "dictator
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