TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hey, folks, and welcome to the Friday edition of Daily Crunch. As you might’ve seen, the Supreme Court issued a major decision on abortion today, effectively overturning Roe v. Wade in declaring that the Constitution doesn’t guarantee the right to abortion.

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DevOps.com

JUNE 24, 2022

When it comes to security, there are many vulnerabilities that can leave your website or web app open to attack. In this article, we’ll go over 15 common web application security vulnerabilities and how you can prevent them. 1. Insufficient Cryptography Cryptography is a critical security measure that is used to protect data in transit […].

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Vibrant Planet — which is creating an “operating system for forest restoration” — comes as a pleasant surprise, and not one I expected. Climate tech, while relatively new, has settled into two camps: hardware and software. And while Vibrant Planet is definitely a software play — from its cloud focus to its per-seat licenses, it’s SaaS through and through — its end goal is different from many others.

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DevOps.com

JUNE 24, 2022

The only way to make significant improvements in the state of open source security is if more organizations that benefit from open source projects commit to making more resources available to achieve that goal. At the virtual TechStong Con event, executives on an Open Source and DevOps panel called for more contributions from enterprise IT […].

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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Paul Fifield. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Paul Fifield is the CEO and co-founder of Sales Impact Academy. If you’re still thinking of a four-year degree as a requirement for your revenue teams, you’re missing out on a huge talent base. The reality is that when it comes to sales, the vast majority of the skills and knowledge one needs to be successful are learned on the job.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Kelsey Mellard. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Kelsey Mellard is the founder and CEO of Sitka. The news of Emily Weiss moving to the role of chairwoman of Glossier from her former position as CEO was riddled with gender biases in how it was covered by the media. Even the more balanced coverage still highlighted that she is currently pregnant, as if it inevitably played a factor in her decision, even though Weiss’ official statement on the matter made no mention of family, pregnancy or chil

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Dzone - DevOps

JUNE 24, 2022

As containerized applications go through an accelerated pace of adoption, Day 2 services have become a here-and-now problem. These Day 2 services include data management functions such as backup and disaster recovery along with application mobility. In this new world of containerized cloud-native applications, microservices use multiple data services (MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, etc.) and storage technologies to store state and are typically deployed in multiple locations (regions, clouds, on-premise

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

The news that funding for Black founders is falling was no shock to the Black community, much of which was raised with the aphorism, “when white America catches a cold, Black America gets pneumonia.” U.S. startups received VC funding of around $75 billion in Q1 and about $50 billion so far in Q2, despite investors pulling back and valuations decreasing as the markets trend downward.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2022

And what other organizations can learn from their findings.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Zomato has acquired Blinkit, a struggling 10-minute grocery delivery startup, in a $568.1 million all-stock deal as the loss-making food delivery firm looks to broaden its offerings at a time when its shares are trading far below last year’s debut price and less than half of the all-time highs. The Gurgaon-headquartered firm — which reached an agreement to acquire Blinkit earlier this year, TechCrunch previously reported — said on Friday its shareholders have approved the deal

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2022

A playbook to help sales reps nudge customers off the fence.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Frederik Mijnhardt. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Frederik Mijnhardt is the CEO of Secfi , an equity planning platform for startup executives and employees. More posts by this contributor. Inside Secfi’s 2021 state of stock options equity report. Last year was a great one for startups. It was a record year for companies going public, valuations for pre-IPO companies were skyrocketing, and fundraising also shattered records.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2022

Stop blaming execution, and start identifying the underlying flaws.

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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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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Given this year’s changing venture capital climate, it’s not a stretch to imagine that we’re going to see a lot more of the following: down rounds disguised as extension rounds, recapitalization events conflated with secondary activity and vaguely defined references to growth, burn and other key startup metrics. As the downturn threatens the ability of companies to meet growth targets, simultaneously emphasizing the need for them to get there faster while not losing too much money, we expect to

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Dell EMC

JUNE 24, 2022

Drive down management complexities while increasing storage efficiencies.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Hello from America , where we are digesting some pretty big news. Given the portent and weight of what’s going on today, it may feel a bit weird to sit down and read about billions of dollars of someone else’s money. But this is a technology startup and financial news site. So, to work. Just know that our hearts are where yours are. Zendesk agreed to sell itself to an investor collective for $10.2 billion earlier today.

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Data Virtualization

JUNE 24, 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes It seems like a strange question, but consider how much energy is consumed by blockchain, and in particular, Bitcoin. According to recent reports by the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance, Bitcoin consumed about 0.55% of the world’s electricity production in. The post How Green Is Your Data? appeared first on Data Virtualization blog - Data Integration and Modern Data Management Articles, Analysis and Information.

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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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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Last year we covered how “&Open” (yes, “ampersand open,” pronounced “And Open”) had raised a raised $7.2 million seed to make it easier for brands to send gifts to customers to boost loyalty and engagement. According to one study customers who feel emotionally connected to a brand after receiving gifts have a 306% higher lifetime value. &Open competes with Sendoso and ReachDesk, which are in a similar space.

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TechSoup

JUNE 24, 2022

On July 1, 2023, Google will retire its Universal Analytics (UA) platform, taking with it any data stored in UA properties. This means that any organization using Universal Analytics will need to create new properties in Google Analytics 4 (GA4), which is the latest version of Google Analytics with some updates to the structure and features included in the service.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

As a veteran startup worker who has been laid off during economic downturns, it’s dissonant to hear investors say this is a good time to launch a software company. They’re not wrong, however. An analogy: In California, nearly 10,000 wildfires burned more than 4 million acres two years ago, causing billions of economic damage and forcing thousands of residents to uproot their entire lives.

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Newgen Software

JUNE 24, 2022

Underwriting is very common in finance, insurance, banks, and lending business. Insurance underwriters are professionals who evaluate and analyze the risks involved in ensuring people and assets. An insurance agent is happy to sell a policy with a high premium and consequently receives a great commission after spending considerable time on the particular customer.

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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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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Today Natasha and Alex were on the mics, kicking back and riffing through the biggest technology stories of the week. Our dear Mary Ann was off this week, but will be back in short order. What did we get into? A bevy of blistering bromides, naturally: Accel has a new $4 billion fund, focused on the late-stage, which is at once a pile of duckets and a fascinating tim

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Trigent

JUNE 24, 2022

Why Quality Assurance and Engineering? A product goes through different stages of a release cycle, from development and testing to deployment, use, and constant evolution. Organizations often seek to hasten their long release cycle while maintaining product quality. Additionally, ensuring a superior and connected customer experience is one of the primary objectives for organizations.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Deon Nicholas is the CEO and co-founder of Forethought, the AI company whose mission is to transform customer experiences with human-centered AI. Forethought has raised over $100 million in venture capital, including from NEA, which led Forethought’s $9.52 million Series A. Hear from NEA’s Vanessa Larco on what convinced the firm to invest in Forethought, and see Forethought’s early pitch deck that promised to up-end the customer service industry.

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CloudZero

JUNE 24, 2022

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides three types of Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances; On-Demand Instances, Reserved Instances (RIs), and Spot Instances. EC2 On-Demand instances are the default and most expensive instances. RIs and Spot instances offer discounts of up to 72% and 90% on On-Demand instances, respectively.

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Data Virtualization

JUNE 24, 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes It seems like a strange question, but consider how much energy is consumed by block chain, and in particular, Bitcoin. According to recent reports by the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance, Bitcoin consumed about 0.55% of the world’s electricity production. The post How Green Is Your Data? appeared first on Data Virtualization blog - Data Integration and Modern Data Management Articles, Analysis and Information.

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TechBeacon

JUNE 24, 2022

Technology is at the forefront of any successful business that wants to innovate. The pandemic was a huge challenge for many organizations that had not yet embarked upon a digital transformation strategy, yet many accelerated their adoption of technology, migrating services and systems to the cloud in order to adapt quickly.

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Trigent

JUNE 24, 2022

QA Automation is for everyone , whether you are a startup with a single product and few early adopters or a mid-sized company with a portfolio of products and multiple deployments. It assures product quality by ensuring maximum test coverage that is consistently executed prior to every release and is done in the most efficient manner possible. Test Automation does not mean having fewer Test Engineers – It means using them efficiently in scenarios that warrant skilled testing, with routine

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