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Agile2021 Planning and Submissions Update

Agile Alliance

At the end of every Agile Conference, we hold a retrospective (of course!). The conference chair, program, and track chairs, marketing, etc., all take part. One of the recurring items from previous years has been that we should “treat the program like an Agile product”. This year of embracing uncertainty over following a plan presents … Continued.

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Malaysian on-demand work platform GoGet lands $2 million Series A

TechCrunch

GoGet , a Malaysian on-demand work platform, announced today that it has raised a $2 million Series A led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. The platform currently has 20,000 gig workers, who are called “GoGetters,” and has onboarded 5,000 businesses, including Lazada Malaysia, IKEA Malaysia, Foodpanda and flower delivery service BloomThis. While Malaysia has other on-demand work platforms, including Supahands and Kaodim, each has its own niche.

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One Way to Cultivate a More Resilient and Creative Team

Let's Grow Leaders

A creative team starts with room to think The rocky mountain air was crisp with fall chill–a perfect time for a fire in the wood-burning stove. We placed the logs on top of the kindling, held the flame beneath the wood, and…nothing […]. The post One Way to Cultivate a More Resilient and Creative Team appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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4-year founder vesting is dead

TechCrunch

Jake Jolis. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jake Jolis is a partner at Matrix Partners and invests in seed and Series A technology companies including marketplaces and software. More posts by this contributor. 2019 saw a stampede of fintech unicorns. We recently invested in a team of co-founders who had voluntarily made their own vesting longer than four years.

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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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Most enterprises struggle with IoT security incidents

CTOvision

According to new data released by Cybersecurity Insiders, 72% of organizations experienced an increase in endpoint and IoT security incidents in the last year, while 56% anticipate their organization will […].

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Why Cognitive Technology May Be A Better Term Than Artificial Intelligence

CTOvision

Read this article by Kathleen Walch in Forbes about why cognitive technology may be a better term than artificial intelligence. One of the challenges for those tracking the artificial intelligence […].

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Yotascale raises a $13M Series B to help companies track and manage their cloud spends

TechCrunch

These days when you found a startup, you don’t go out and buy a rack of servers. And you don’t build an in-house data center team. Instead, you farm out your infrastructure needs to the major cloud platforms, namely Amazon AWS , Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. That’s all well and good, but over time, any startup’s cloud setup will become more complex, varied and perhaps multi-provider.

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Morpheus Data Extends Hybrid Cloud Reach

DevOps.com

Morpheus Data has updated its hybrid cloud computing platform to add support for a bare metal-as-a-service option as well as tighter integrations with VMware vCloud Director (vCD) and NSX-T, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), Microsoft Azure and Veeam data protection tools. In addition, version 5.0 of the Morpheus IT management platform adds support […].

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Seraphim Capital’s space tech accelerator releases details of its newest Space Camp cohort

TechCrunch

The U.K.’s Seraphim Capital , the country’s only space tech accelerator, has released details of its newest cohort as part of its Space Camp programme, timed with the end of World Space Week last week. 4pi Lab. Raised so far: Undisclosed amount / Non-Equity Assistance from Creative Destruction Lab. Description: “4pi Lab is developing a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation providing real-time, wildfire detection, monitoring and reporting.

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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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Akamai Enables Microservices Deployment at the Edge

DevOps.com

Akamai today announced it is adding the ability to deploy microservices on its edge computing platform to enable developers to run latency-sensitive applications faster. David Theobald, principal product manager at Akamai, said developers can now code dynamic content assembly at the edge to create microservices on the Akamai Intelligent Edge platform that include external requests […].

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How startups should budget in uncertain times 

TechCrunch

Isaac Roth. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Issac Roth is a seasoned entrepreneur who advises founders on open source technology and keeping communities engaged. Over this career, he’s created and sold multiple enterprise software companies and stays active as an advisor and investor. More posts by this contributor. The ‘right’ way to downsize.

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Embedded Analytics Essentials: A Checklist for Success

DevOps.com

Integrating the analytics capabilities into your application can be easier than you think Today, the ability to create and explore dashboards and reports, embedded directly into the apps your customers use every day, is no longer a luxury but a necessity to keep your product competitive and deliver value to users. Embedded analytics brings many […].

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Why are VCs launching SPACs? Amish Jani of FirstMark shares his firm’s rationale

TechCrunch

It’s happening slowly but surely. With every passing week, more venture firms are beginning to announce SPACs, or special purpose acquisition companies formed to raise capital through an IPO in order to acquire and thus take public other companies. The veritable blitz of SPACs formed by investor Chamath Palihapitiya notwithstanding, we’ve now seen a SPAC (or plans for a SPAC) revealed by Ribbit Capital, Lux Capital, the travel-focused venture firm Thayer Ventures, Tusk Ventures’

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“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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IBM to break up 109-year old company to focus on cloud growth

CTOvision

International Business Machines Corp is splitting itself into two public companies, capping a years-long effort by the world’s first big computing firm to diversify away from its legacy businesses to […].

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Hong Kong and New York-based Easyship joins Shopify Plus’ tech partner program

TechCrunch

Easyship , a logistics startup that allows e-commerce sellers to add multiple carriers to their stores, announced it has joined the Shopify Plus Technology Partner Program. Easyship is headquartered in Hong Kong and New York. Co-founder Tommaso Tamburnotti told TechCrunch it is the only shipping app in Asia for Shopify Plus, the e-commerce platform’s solution for large companies and high-volume shippers.

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The Top Internet of Things (IoT) Authentication Methods and Options

CTOvision

Read Ellen Boehm list top Internet of Things authentication methods and options on Security Boulevard: IoT authentication is a model for building trust in the identity of IoT machines and devices […].

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4 Tips for Improving Work/Life Balance

Career Advancement

“We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in.” ~ Arianna Huffington. A hectic work schedule, increased responsibility, new technology, and the need to read and respond to a daily deluge of email and voicemail place huge demands on your work life. With all this pressure, you might feel as if your work is a prison that you can never escape.

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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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CVE-2020-1472: Advanced Persistent Threat Actors Use Zerologon Vulnerability In Exploit Chain with Unpatched Vulnerabilities

Tenable

U.S. Government agencies issue joint cybersecurity advisory cautioning that advanced threat groups are chaining vulnerabilities together to gain entry into government networks and elevate privileges. Background. On October 9, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a joint cybersecurity advisory.

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PowerProtect, SAP Hana and Google Cloud: One of Our Best Kept Secrets

Dell EMC

Can Dell EMC data protection solutions protect SAP workloads on the Google Cloud? It’s a question that has come up lately, and the answer is a resounding YES! In fact, Dell Technologies Data Protection engineering has partnered with Google Cloud to bring our customers’ SAP S/4HANA enterprise workloads to their cloud infrastructure using Dell EMC NetWorker and PowerProtect DD Virtual Edition products.

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New Release of Wi-Fi Certified Vantage™ Continues to Improve the Wi-Fi User Experience

CableLabs

Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Vantage is a certification program created within the Wi-Fi Alliance® that makes it easy to select devices that provide an enhanced Wi-Fi experience in managed Wi-Fi networks. The latest release is now available (as of September 2020 ). This is the culmination of over a year’s worth of collaboration within the Wi-Fi ecosystem under CableLabs’ leadership that delivers feature-rich devices to improve Wi-Fi user experience.

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Is It AI or Not? A Score Card With 4 Dimensions

Dataiku

AI is certainly a hot topic that everyone claims to be doing (or working on doing). But how many businesses are actually executing? One of the reasons it’s a difficult question to answer is that everyone seems to have a different definition of what exactly AI is.

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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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Slow Load

The Daily WTF

After years spent supporting an enterprisey desktop application with a huge codebase full of WTFs, Sammy thought he had seen all there was to be seen. He was about to find out how endlessly deep the bottom of the WTF barrel truly was. During development, Sammy frequently had to restart said application: a surprisingly onerous process, as it took about 30 seconds each and every time to return to a usable state.

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5 back-end frameworks for better cross-platform development

TechBeacon

Front-end software development frameworks focus on web apps, but that's no longer the world we live in. Five years ago, you could get by with just web apps, but in the current digital-first world, you need to develop software for all types of devices.

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What is Wearable Technology?

Sunflower Lab

What is wearable technology anyway? Well, look around! From the basic fitness trackers and highly-advanced sports and smartwatches, to virtual and augmented reality headsets, wearables are everywhere. The devices use sensors to connect to human users. The sensors collect data that can help you to multitask, reach your fitness goal, improve your sleep, make you a better employee, and so much more.

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The road to autonomous vehicles – 5 steps to autonomous driving

Capgemini

There have been great strides towards this new reality. Many automotive companies are already embedding software with varying levels of autonomous capability into their vehicles, although only a handful currently have made such features accessible to the driver. Progress towards this end is not necessarily slowed by the availability of the technology used in autonomous cars – it’s already in many cars currently on the road – but more significantly by the regulation and interoperability of the te

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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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Lightstep Announces New GitHub Action, Bringing Observability Data Directly to GitHub to Avoid Problematic Code Deploys

DevOps.com

GitHub Actions is modernizing the developer workflow by automating tasks in the same place developers code and collaborate on pull requests Lightstep will surface relevant Observability data within the existing GitHub workflow to ensure developers are shipping high-quality software cdCON — October 7, 2020 — Lightstep, the cutting-edge distributed tracing tool founded by former Google […].

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Cybersecurity Tips for the Household CIO of 2020

Palo Alto Networks

October is upon us yet again. For many, this means fall festivities and pumpkin spice, but in the cybersecurity industry we look forward to a month of driving cybersecurity awareness. As more students and employees are working from home than ever before, this year’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is uniquely significant and we want to help make sure everyone knows how to be secure and remain secure online.

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How TechSoup Makes Adopting Microsoft Cloud Solutions Easier

TechSoup

Adopting new technology is hard. It takes time, effort, resources, and staff training before you start to see the benefits. Since many of us at nonprofits are accidental techies, altering tech operations can run into issues during deployment. These things take up more time than you may have, and it is frustrating and challenging when you cannot get new features or upgrades to work.