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5 Ways to Reduce DevOps Toil

DevOps.com

Over the last several years, DevOps has become a bit of a buzzword. It has become simultaneously a practice, a culture, a team, a job title and a vendor product. You can hire some DevOps, buy some DevOps, adopt DevOps and sprinkle a little bit of DevOps on top for good measure. But, at its […]. The post 5 Ways to Reduce DevOps Toil appeared first on DevOps.com.

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An example: Integration Middleware Removal

Martin Fowler

To illustrate how these patterns work in practice, Ian, Rob, and James describe an example of how one of our teams used a number of Legacy Modernization Patterns to successfully replace integration middleware critical to the operation of their client's business as part of a larger legacy modernization programme. They combined patterns and refactorings to successfully manage risk to the business, and facilitate eating this particularly gristly part of the elephant. more….

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Why Latin American venture capital is breaking records this year

TechCrunch

Today we’re wrapping our multi-week exploration of the global venture capital market’s second-quarter performance. We’ve gone around the world, working to better understand the geyser of cash flowing into today’s startups. But we’ve saved the best for last: Latin America. At a glance, the Latin American venture capital and startup market appears similar to what we’ve seen from other growing ecosystems.

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12 Ways to Bake Security Into a DevOps Transformation

DevOps.com

Security has become an integral part of any DevOps transformation. According to the Upskilling 2021: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report, DevSecOps achieved a must-have percentage vote of 56% in the automation tool category. Security not only protects the business and its customers, but it enables companies to enforce internal and external policies. While considering how to […].

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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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Craft Aerospace’s novel take on VTOL aircraft could upend local air travel

TechCrunch

Air taxis may still be pie in the sky, but there’s more than one way to move the air travel industry forward. Craft Aerospace aims to do so with a totally new vertical-takeoff and landing aircraft that it believes could make city-to-city hops simpler, faster, cheaper, and greener. The aircraft — which to be clear is still in small scale prototype form — uses a new VTOL technique that redirects the flow of air from its engines using flaps rather than turning them (like the well-known, infam

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Talkiatry lands $20M Series A to go all in on in-network psychiatric care

TechCrunch

Talkiatry announced today that it has raised a $20 million Series A to scale a strategy simple in theory yet potentially challenging in execution: bring psychiatry services in-network with insurance providers. The round, led by Left Lane Capital with participation from the founder and former CEO of CityMD, Dr. Richard Park, is an extension of Talkiatry’s previously secured $5 million financing.

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How to Develop Emotional Intelligence for Successful Leadership

CEO Insider

The qualities that make exceptional leaders and CEOs are widely discussed. Great leaders approach tasks with clarity, are organized, and demonstrate other positive traits. But there is one thing that is the foundation of successful leadership: emotional intelligence. That is the ability to empathize with the emotions of others and manage your own. Developing emotional intelligence demonstrates a solid commitment to leadership.

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Japanese sneaker platform SODA raises $56.4M, accquires rival Monokabu

TechCrunch

Just half a year after leading SODA’s Series B , SoftBank Ventures Asia is raising its bet on the Tokyo-based sneaker resell platform. The early-stage venture capital arm of SoftBank Group announced today it has returned to lead SODA ’s Series C, which currently totals $56.4 million. Other investors include South Korean sneaker reselling platform KREAM (another SoftBank Ventures Asia portfolio company), Altos Ventures and JAFCO.

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Logz.io Allies with Microsoft on Open Source Observability

DevOps.com

Logz.io this week announced an alliance with Microsoft that enables DevOps teams to deploy its observability platform—based on open source platforms such as ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK), Prometheus and Jaeger—on the Azure public cloud. Jonah Kowall, Logz.io’s CTO, said the multi-year effort enables those teams to deploy the Logz.io platform via the Azure Console with […].

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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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Acrew Capital, Jeff Bezos back Colombia-based proptech La Haus’ $100M debt, equity round

TechCrunch

La Haus , which has developed an online real estate marketplace operating in Mexico and Colombia, has secured $100 million in additional funding, including $50 million in equity and $50 million in debt financing. The new capital was obtained as an extension to the company’s Series B, the first tranche of which closed in January. With the latest infusion, Medellin, Colombia-based La Haus has now secured $135 million total for the round and over $158 million in funding since its 2017 inception.

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Ace Your Online Conversion: SaaS Landing Page Best Practices

Toptal

The pandemic has fueled a boom in software services. Learn how to sell the benefits of these complex products with lessons from sharp, trust-inspiring SaaS landing pages that convert.

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ConverseNow is targeting restaurant drive-thrus with new $15M round

TechCrunch

One year after voice-based AI technology company ConverseNow raised a $3.3 million seed round, the company is back with a cash infusion of $15 million in Series A funding in a round led by Craft Ventures. The Austin-based company’s AI voice ordering assistants George and Becky work inside quick-serve restaurants to take orders via phone, chat, drive-thru and self-service kiosks, freeing up staff to concentrate on food preparation and customer service.

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The art of cyber-war

Darktrace

2000 years on from Sun Tzu’s ‘The Art of War’, his tactics of deception and espionage are more pertinent than ever. Modern-day warfare is plagued by the problem of attribution. With cyber-attacks appearing to come from different nations and masquerading as different threats, how can you hope you gain the advantage?

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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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Employee engagement platform Culture Amp raises $100M at a $1.5B valuation

TechCrunch

Culture Amp was founded in 2009 to let companies conduct anonymous employee surveys, but since then, its focus has expanded to helping employers turn the data they collect into action. The company announced today it has raised $100 million in Series F funding, led by returning investors Sequoia Capital India and TDM Growth Partners. The round bumps Culture Amp’s valuation to $1.5 billion, more than double what it was after the company’s Series D in 2019.

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Automate Your Way to Better Project Management

Toptal

Software automation tools can help project managers streamline tasks that distract from more crucial responsibilities. We took a deep dive into Jira’s automation capabilities and asked Toptal project managers for their thoughts on how to best automate workflow.

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Unmuted founder Max van den Ingh on success beyond the metrics

TechCrunch

There is no authoritative playbook for marketing these days. Every company must find its own voice, and as it grows and evolves, its marketing needs to evolve as well. Relying on proven tactics and measurable metrics isn’t enough — today, the most effective marketers constantly study and learn from innovative approaches while exploring new avenues.

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2021 Scrummer Reading List

scruminc

2021 Scrummer Reading List. by Kamaria Hill | Jul 30, 2021 | Blog. Great stories told well are the best information radiators. So every year , we share the books and podcasts that have captivated members of the Scrum Inc. team. Whether you’re looking to learn something new, challenge your way of thinking, understand how humans interact, improve your Agile skills, or are just looking for a bit of escapism, the 2021 Scrummer Reading List has something for everyone!

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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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Summit invests $215M into Odoo, an open-source business management software developer, at a $2.3B+ valuation

TechCrunch

Open source has become a major force in the world of IT, and today a startup that has built a profitable operation by developing business management software on the principle is announcing a sizable secondary investment on the back of that growth. Odoo — a Belgium-based provider of open-source-based business software that ranges from inventory management and ERP to human resources and CRM software, marketing tools and more, some 30,000 in all — has received $215 million from Summit P

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Think About Growing Room When Buying an AI Platform

Dataiku

When shopping for kids’ clothes, you wouldn’t dream of buying anything that fits just right, or you risk finding yourself back at the store looking for the same item mere months later. You always think about a little growing room — sure, it has to be reasonably comfortable now, but it also needs to last. Buying an AI platform isn’t much different when it comes to that space for growth, and here’s why.

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Student labor marketplace Pangea closes $2M seed round

TechCrunch

Pangea , a Providence, Rhode Island-based startup that connects youthful talent and businesses in need of freelance labor, announced this morning that it has closed an oversubscribed $2 million seed round. Pangea CEO and co-founder Adam Alpert told TechCrunch that his company had set out to secure $1.5 million, but wound up raising more. We’re hearing that somewhat often these days.

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Why Value Stream Management for Software Delivery?

Kovair - DevOps

The delivery of software is becoming increasingly intricate Simultaneously, it is becoming extremely relevant as a requisite competitive advantage for companies across industries, regardless of.

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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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4 key areas SaaS startups must address to scale infrastructure for the enterprise

TechCrunch

Prashant Pandey. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Prashant Pandey is the head of engineering at Asana , a leading work management platform for teams. Prior to Asana, Prashant started and led the Bay Area team building Amazon DynamoDB, a fully managed NoSQL database service. Startups and SMBs are usually the first to adopt many SaaS products. But as these customers grow in size and complexity — and as you rope in larger organizations — scaling your infrastructure for the enterprise becomes critical

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From On-Prem to Cloud-Native: Multi-Tenancy in Confluent Cloud

Confluent

Multi-tenancy brings cost-efficiency to infrastructure, and when done correctly, creates an economy of scale. Done incorrectly and you degrade the user experience and create maintenance nightmares for operators. This is […].

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Z?m wins $150M from San Francisco schools to modernize and electrify student transport

TechCrunch

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) has awarded Z?m, a startup that wants to upgrade student transportation, a five-year $150 million contract to modernize its transport service throughout the district. Z?m, which already operates its rideshare-meets-bus service in Oakland, much of Southern California, Seattle, Chicago and Dallas, will be responsible for handling day-to-day operations, transporting 3,500 students across 150 school campuses starting this fall semester.

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Learning from Loris Degioanni: Cloud-Native Days with Kubernetes Virtual Summit

DevOps.com

Keeping up with information can be challenging. With all these changes, you’re probably left wondering, “who can guide me through all this information?” Fortunately, Cloud-Native Days with Kubernetes is focused on giving attendees the tools they need to become proficient in cloud-native technologies. At the virtual summit, attendees can tune into our expert-led featured sessions […].

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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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True ‘shift left and extend right’ security requires empowered developers

TechCrunch

Idan Plotnik. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Idan Plotnik is the CEO and founder of Apiiro , a code risk platform. DevOps is fundamentally about collaboration and agility. Unfortunately, when we add security and compliance to the picture, the message gets distorted. The term “DevSecOps” has come into fashion the past few years with the intention of seamlessly integrating security and compliance into the DevOps framework.

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How to Process Multipart Form Data with a Netlify Function

Netlify

If you’ve ever built a file upload into your website, you might have come across the multipart/form-data encoding. It’s the encoding browsers use for forms with file inputs in them, and it’s also notoriously uncomfortable to work with. Netlify gives you speedy access to built in form handling. But you can also have your forms submit to serverless functions, which can be helpful when working with backend services.

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Introducing the Open Cap Table Coalition

TechCrunch

Aron Solomon. Contributor. Aron Solomon, J.D., is the head of Strategy for Esquire Digital and the editor of Today’s Esquire. He has taught entrepreneurship at McGill University and the University of Pennsylvania, and was the founder of LegalX, a legal technology accelerator. More posts by this contributor. If you don’t want robotic dogs patrolling the streets, consider CCOPS legislation.