Flexagon
AUGUST 2, 2022
FlexDeploy 5.6 marked the start of a transformation to a next-generation user experience, which focuses on creating a more cohesive, modern, and intuitive look and feel driven by customer feedback. One major item included in the upcoming 6.0 release in September is the new packages UI. From some basic UX enhancements, to added automation, to enhanced integrations, there are several notable improvements to review.
CIO
AUGUST 2, 2022
A few years back, I wrote an article for CIO on how to handle the blow-up meeting and create breakthroughs. Now almost three years later, I share one of my blow-up meeting moments in my new book, Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership. In this short excerpt from the book, published with permission from Wiley, I show how these blow-up moments often happen when you least expect them: Charles does his demo at the meeting, and I r
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TechCrunch
AUGUST 2, 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. The SEC leapt in this week, charging 11 people associated with Forsage, which the government watchdog says was running a pyramid scheme. I’m not one to embrace drama, but I also can’t wait for some of these stories to show up as Netflix documentary series.
CIO
AUGUST 2, 2022
Fueled by enterprise demand for data analytics , machine learning , data center consolidation and cloud-native app developmen t, spending on cloud infrastructure services jumped 33% year on year to $62.3 billion in the second quarter, according to Canalys. The Singapore-based market research firm said its latest cloud spending research, released Tuesday, shows that demand for cloud services remains strong despite a global economy suffering from inflation, rising interest rates and recession.
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TechCrunch
AUGUST 2, 2022
Israeli lidar startup Innoviz will supply its lidar sensors and perception software to all vehicles with automated driving capabilities within Volkswagen group brands, the company said Tuesday. Innoviz will work directly with Cariad SE, VW’s automotive software company, to integrate its technology into upcoming VW vehicles. The partnership with VW is Innoviz’s third design win with a Tier 1 supplier.
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Hacker Earth Developers Blog
AUGUST 2, 2022
Artificial intelligence has generated a lot of buzz lately. Popular AI techniques like computer vision and object recognition have revolutionized the scope of working across healthcare, science, retail, and education to improve the accuracy of success. More than just a supercomputer generation, AI recreated human capabilities in machines. Nowadays, AI-powered software is used to automate the daily set of business operations and ease product hassles of departmental stakeholders.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 2, 2022
Vetted , the startup formerly known as Lustre, today announced that it secured $15 million to fund development of its AI-powered platform for product reviews. The cash infusion comes as part of a Series A led by Insight Partners, with participation from Index Ventures, Bling Capital, Golden Ventures and angels including former Meta VP of commerce Shiva Rajaraman, and founder and CEO Stuart Kearney tells TechCrunch that it’ll be invested in scaling Vetted’s machine learning technologi
CIO
AUGUST 2, 2022
A substantial shift has happened in the enterprise storage industry over the last 12 months that has changed the dialogue about storage. In past years, the first conversations with enterprise storage buyers were about cost efficiency and performance. However, today, the two most important things that come up first in storage conversations are cybersecurity and delivery time.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 2, 2022
Y Combinator says it has intentionally shrunk the number of startups within its accelerator for the Summer 2022 batch. As first reported by The Information and independently verified by TechCrunch, Y Combinator’s Summer 2022 cohort — currently in action — boasts nearly 250 companies, down 40% from the previous cohort, which landed at 414 companies.
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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.
CIO
AUGUST 2, 2022
It’s a common problem for technology departments, in all businesses, to be running in multiple directions, trying to manage multiple projects at once, and struggling to complete the myriad outcomes targeted. This is a natural development of modern business: we all face huge demands to be continually at the cutting edge of change. . Often, within organizations, when we struggle to deliver the changes we want to see, we simply throw more resources at the problems.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 2, 2022
Ottonomy.IO , a startup working on solving delivery problems using autonomous robots, has raised $3.3 million in a seed funding round as it looks to expand its market and deploy robots to existing customers. Led by Bengaluru-based Pi Ventures, the latest funding round included participation from Connetic Ventures and Branded Hospitality Ventures. Sangeet Kumar, founder and chief executive of Uttar Pradesh-based Addverb Technologies, also joined the round.
CIO
AUGUST 2, 2022
Energy and carbon neutrality are hot topics of conversation today due to the rapidly escalating costs consumers are paying for gasoline and electricity, and increasing concerns about global warming, climate change, and the future of the planet. As a technology executive for a leading energy producer, Alejandro Reyes shares those concerns, not only because he also feels the pain at the pump, but also because many people may view energy companies as a source of the problem.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 2, 2022
Twid , an Indian startup operating a rewards based payment platform, has raised $12 million to scale its network of merchants and issuers and expand its solution in the South Asian market. Rakuten Capital led the startup’s Series A round, which also saw participation from Google and existing investors including Sequoia Surge and Beenext. Twid allows customers to pay at offline and online stores using their existing loyalty and reward points from banks, fintech platforms and e-commerce webs
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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.
Aqua Security
AUGUST 2, 2022
Threat actors are looking to increase their financial gain and thus deploy cryptominers which are considered easy to use and lucrative. Cryptomining involves complex calculations leading to high computation power and consequently increased CPU consumption and electricity (or cloud) bill. Aqua Nautilus found a new type of cryptomining attack in the wild.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 2, 2022
Why disrupt the bank account when you can go straight to the true source of all consumer spending: an individual’s paycheck? Brandon Rodman , who founded customer communications platform Weave but left before the company went public last year, has started a new company that aims to get consumers to deduct everyday expenses directly from their paycheck.
The Daily WTF
AUGUST 2, 2022
"When inventory drops below the re-order level, we automatically order more," was how the product owner described the requirement to the junior developer. The junior toddled off to work, made their changes. They were not, however, given sufficient supervision, any additional guidance, or any code-reviews. Dan found this in production: let item = backend.fetchItem(itemId); if (item.quantityOnHand <= item.reorderLevel) { //automatic re-order. item.quantityOnHand++; } else { item.quantit
TechCrunch
AUGUST 2, 2022
Bluecopa , an Indian startup building a finance operations automation platform for high-volume companies, has raised $2.3 million to expand its offering in the global market. The seed funding round was led by Mumbai-headquartered Blume Ventures, with participation from Titan Capital, T-Fund, Speciale Invest, Bharat Founders Fund, T2D3, Amplify and Force Ventures.
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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.
DevOps.com
AUGUST 2, 2022
Working in the software field, it’s not uncommon for engineers to refer to different “layers.” Perhaps you’re working with protocols at the “networking layer” or evaluating a solution that sits at “Layer 4” or “Layer 7.” Although these concepts are obvious to some, not everyone knows what these layers refer to.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 2, 2022
Malvern, Pennsylvania–based Savana, a company building financial software products for legacy banks, today announced that it raised $45 million. A portion of the capital — $10 million — was debt, while the rest was a Series A equity tranche led by Georgian Capital Partners. CEO Michael Sanchez told TechCrunch that the proceeds will be put toward general growth and supporting Savana’s go-to-market and product development projects.
Kaseya
AUGUST 2, 2022
A robust IT infrastructure is undoubtedly the lifeblood of an organization, regardless of size. Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) especially require a reliable and well-designed IT infrastructure to function efficiently and compete with larger companies. Successful SMBs realize IT is no longer a cost center but an opportunity to achieve efficiency and savings.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 2, 2022
A number of startups have cropped up to tackle the challenge of making hydrogen cheap and accessible for industrial users, including the latest, Aurora Hydrogen. The startup announced a $10 million Series A yesterday led by Energy Innovation Capital and joined by Williams Companies, Shell Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures and the George Kaiser Family Foundation.
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DevOps.com
AUGUST 2, 2022
Serial Entrepreneur, Cybersecurity Leader and Industry Veteran joins ShiftLeft to Drive Growth and AI/ML Innovation Globally Santa Clara, CA, August 2, 2022 — ShiftLeft, a disruptor and innovator in the world of DevSecOps and NextGen SAST and SCA, today named Stuart McClure as CEO. With more than 30 years in security, vulnerabilities and prevention technology, […].
TechCrunch
AUGUST 2, 2022
Perhaps the most interesting story to emerge from the venture capital slowdown and stock market correction that began in late 2021 is the rejiggering of unicorn valuations. Instacart and Stripe picked up new , lower 409a valuations. Klarna got repriced via an equity round, and other richly funded startups that raised last year are staring down the prospects of either flat or down rounds as 2022 continues.
Women on Business
AUGUST 2, 2022
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TechCrunch
AUGUST 2, 2022
Jonathan Martinez. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. More posts by this contributor. What to look for when hiring a growth marketing agency. How to improve retention, growth marketing’s golden metric. They say pressure makes diamonds.
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Daffodil Software
AUGUST 2, 2022
Speech recognition is a technology that has been going through continuous innovation and improvements for almost half a century. It has led to several successful use cases in the form of voice assistants such as Alexa, Siri, etc., voice biometrics, official transcription software, and the list goes on. So what really is Automatic Speech Recognition and what are the underlying technologies that enable it?
TechCrunch
AUGUST 2, 2022
Happy August! Or, as many of my neighbors are fond of saying: Happy Fogust. San Francisco sits on a peninsula surrounded by chilly water, so when warm summer air rushes in, thick fog obscures the landscape. Some days, the blanket is so thick, visibility is just a few hundred feet. It’s an apt metaphor for the uncertainty plaguing tech companies as we hear about layoffs, reduced valuations and more discussion of dry powder than I’ve heard in many years.
IDC
AUGUST 2, 2022
IDC's Serge Findling details the findings from IDC's new, 2022 CIO Sentiment Survey and unlocks critical strategies for CIOs to thrive in such a turbulent time.
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