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Telematics Systems: How Streaming Data is Used in Transportation

Altexsoft

Industries operating vehicle fleets with installed telematics systems generate huge streams of data. Let’s take John, a truck driver who delivers cargo across the USA. John’s truck has Internet access to transmit and receive data in real-time and a telematics device plugged in. This sort of vehicle is called connected. John alone sends approximately 25 gigabytes of data to the cloud every hour.

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Has a startup finally found one of food science’s holy grails with its healthy sugar substitute?

TechCrunch

A little less than three years ago at the Computer Science Museum in Mountain View, Calif. the founders of a young company hailing from Cambridge, England addressed a crowd of celebrities, investors and entrepreneurs at Y Combinator’s August Demo Day promising a revolution in food science. Over the years, the event has become a relatively low-tech, low-budget showcase for a group of tech investors and billionaire industry insiders to take a look at early stage businesses that could be thei

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Building a Human-Centered Culture – Interview with Charlie Bailes IV

Let's Grow Leaders

You build your culture one decision at a time – but how do you ensure that the decisions you make build the culture you want? In this episode, Charlie Bailes, VP of Human Resources and Distribution for ABC Fine Wine and Spirits […]. The post Building a Human-Centered Culture – Interview with Charlie Bailes IV appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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First Boulevard raises $5M for its digital bank aimed at Black America

TechCrunch

The murder of George Floyd last May ignited many things in the United States last year — one of which that was perhaps unexpected: a rise in the number of digital banks targeting the Black community. Some members of the Black community took their belief that big banks are not meeting their needs and turned them into startup concepts. One of those startups, First Boulevard (formerly called Tenth), has just raised $5 million in seed funding from Barclays, Anthemis and a group of angel invest

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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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30 test automation leaders to follow on Twitter

TechBeacon

Test automation plays a critical role in software delivery today. There are emerging open-source tools, native mobile tools, and new binaries for web apps. AI and high-volume automation are beginning to enter the mainstream as well.

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Product Management for AI

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

A couple of years ago, Pete Skomoroch, Roger Magoulas, and I talked about the problems of being a product manager for an AI product. We decided that would be a good topic for an article, and possibly more. After Pete and I wrote the first article for O’Reilly Radar, it was clear that there was “more”–a lot more. We then added Justin Norman, VP of Data Science at Yelp, to the team.

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Atlassian is acquiring Chartio to bring data visualization to the platform

TechCrunch

The Atlassian platform is chock full of data about how a company operates and communicates. Atlassian launched a machine learning layer, which relies on data on the platform with the addition of Atlassian Smarts last fall. Today the company announced it was acquiring Chartio to add a new data analysis and visualization component to the Atlassian family of products.

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How Will Regulation Reshape Enterprise AI Initiatives?

Dataiku

As with all other key aspects of the economy, the global health crisis we are going through is having a deep impact on AI developments in organizations. In an environment compatible with remote work, COVID-19 acts as a catalyst for proper data usage: many companies need to develop a strong data-supported understanding of the new normal — and react accordingly.

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As BNPL startups raise, a look at Klarna, Affirm and Afterpay earnings

TechCrunch

As the e-commerce market grows, startups are racing to help online retailers sell larger items to consumers with so-called “buy-now-pay-later” options. Via BNPL, consumers turn a one-time purchase into a limited string of regular payments. Terms vary, but the space is very active. TechCrunch covered Scalapay’s January $48 million round , what the Italian BNPL described as a seed round.

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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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Article: Experts Discuss Top Kubernetes Trends and Production Challenges

InfoQ Culture Methods

Kubernetes growth has led to cultural, technological and operational challenges. InfoQ caught up with Kubernetes experts and implementers who talk about 2-3 top trends and challenges that are facing the platform. By Rags Srinivas, Katie Gamanji, Brian Gracely, William Jimenez, Qi Ke, Suhail Patel, Sunil Shah.

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In freemium marketing, product analytics are the difference between conversion and confusion

TechCrunch

Jeremy Levy. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jeremy Levy is CEO and co-founder of Indicative , a product analytics platform for product managers, marketers and data analysts. A serial entrepreneur, Jeremy co-founded Xtify, acquired by IBM in 2013, and MeetMoi, a location-based dating service sold to Match.com in 2014. More posts by this contributor. Enterprises Don’t Have Big Data, They Just Have Bad Data.

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AppSec Decoded: What is driving DevSecOps adoption?

Synopsys

In our latest episode of AppSec Decoded, we explore the main drivers of DevSecOps adoption as noted in the BSIMM11 report. The post AppSec Decoded: What is driving DevSecOps adoption? appeared first on Software Integrity Blog.

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Why are we still dating LinkedIn in 2021?

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat through the week’s biggest tech happenings. Before we get into this week’s show, make sure to check out all the news here about how Equity is expanding, and becoming even more of a thing in 2021!

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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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New Monitoring Features in PostgreSQL 13

DevOps.com

Every monitoring solution is limited by the information the system allows to be collected. PostgreSQL DBMS provides many metrics reflecting its internal state, running queries and background processes, and each release brings the community more monitoring-related features. PostgreSQL 13, which was released in September of 2020, added key improvements, including query sampling, improved WAL usage […].

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How to ace the 1-hour, and ever-elusive, pitch presentation at TC Early Stage

TechCrunch

Lisa Wu, a partner at Norwest with investments like Calm, Plaid, Opendoor and Grove Collaborative, has a message for founders: Think like a VC during your pitch presentation. After all, accepting capital isn’t simply adding more money to your balance sheet. It is about picking a venture partner who will be there with you through the highs and lows.

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China stole NSA zero day—4+ years before Shadow Brokers leak

TechBeacon

Remember 2017’s leak of NSA hacking tools, including EternalBlue? It turns out that China already had some of those tools, according to researchers.

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With $62.5M in debt financing, Road Runner Media puts digital ads behind commercial vehicles

TechCrunch

If Southern California-based Road Runner Media succeeds, you’ll start seeing a lot more ads while you’re driving. That’s because the startup is placing digital screens on the back of technicians’ vans, delivery vehicles, buses and other commercial vehicles. Those screens can show both ads and serve as a brake light — according to founder and chairman Randall Lanham, the brake light functionality is required if you’re putting a sign on the back of a vehicle. “T

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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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GitLab Releases Updates to CI/CD Platform

DevOps.com

GitLab this week made available a 13.9 update that adds more than 60 new features and updated capabilities to its namesake open source continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform. Brian Glanz, a product marketing manager for GitLab, said chief among those capabilities is a Security Alert Dashboard that enables DevOps teams to triage high-priority alerts more […].

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Hear from Black Female Founders, Latinx founders, StartOut and Socos Labs next week at TC Sessions: Justice 2021

TechCrunch

We’re less than a week away from TC Sessions: Justice 2021 , a deep, day-long exploration of diversity, inclusion and equity in tech. On Wednesday, March 3, leading experts, founders and social justice warriors will discuss topics ranging from systemic bias, essential workers’ rights and formerly incarcerated people to accountability in social media and funding for underrepresented communities.

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AoAD2 Practice: Roadmaps

James Shore

Second Edition cover. This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. Your feedback is appreciated! To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list.

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Learn Test Automation by Taking Short Practical Steps

Dzone - DevOps

I was asked a question from someone learning how to automate. I’ve rewritten and paraphrased the question below. I do a lot of manual testing and exploratory testing. I’m finding it hard to learn to automate because there are too many technologies and too much to learn. And every new job wants commercial automation experience. What can I do?

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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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Business Ethics in 2021: The Obligations of Employers – And Employees

CEO Insider

Examples of transgressions in the business world are plentiful, from high-profile embezzlement schemes and false advertising to unethical internal practices such as substandard working conditions and sexual misconduct. According to Dr. Jim White, CEO of 13 companies and bestselling author of Broken America: Ten Guiding Principles to Restore America, it’s more critical than ever to […].

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3 Superintendent Tips for a Balancing School Budgets

PowerSchool

As an assistant superintendent who manages budgeting for a district with 5,000-plus students, I know all about the financial challenges K-12 leaders face today. The biggest issue is how to responsibly manage the finances at a school district when expenses—namely salaries and benefits—are often growing faster than revenues. For most districts, salaries and benefits make up the vast majority of the budget.

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Sample applications for Cloudera Operational Database

Cloudera

Cloudera Operational Database is an operational database-as-a-service that brings ease of use and flexibility to Apache HBase. Cloudera Operational Database enables developers to quickly build future-proof applications that are architected to handle data evolution. In the previous blog posts, we looked at application development concepts and how Cloudera Operational Database (COD) interacts with other CDP services.

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How to Choose a Reliable Partner for Offshoring

CEO Insider

While running an operations service company for software R&D centers in Ukraine, I’ve seen enough companies fail to properly set up teams abroad at the beginning. Vendors who lacked transparency and/or couldn’t live up to contractual expectations were usually to blame. Thus, I’ve decided to share with you some tips and tricks on how to […].

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A Tale of Two Case Studies: Using LLMs in Production

Speaker: Tony Karrer, Ryan Barker, Grant Wiles, Zach Asman, & Mark Pace

Join our exclusive webinar with top industry visionaries, where we'll explore the latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence and the incredible potential of LLMs. We'll walk through two compelling case studies that showcase how AI is reimagining industries and revolutionizing the way we interact with technology. Some takeaways include: How to test and evaluate results 📊 Why confidence scoring matters 🔐 How to assess cost and quality 🤖 Cross-platform cost vs. quality tr

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Convert Gitlab Raw Log into HTML Using PHP

Php,Mysql,Jquery Tutorial And Interview Question

This tutorial help to convert gitlab raw log into html color view. The gitlab ci/cd are generating logs for each jobs. You can view color view logs using gitlab view. I have asked question into the [link] as well, but did not get answer from any body So I have shared my solution that can […]. The post Convert Gitlab Raw Log into HTML Using PHP appeared first on Phpflow.com.

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Why Online Discussions Matter and Effective Tips to Make Them Awesome

CEO Insider

Online discussions have become a crucial part of modern education. Many learning institutions are embracing them despite previous doubts. The reason is obvious: online interaction provides many advantages listed below. Benefits of Online Discussions Having a Personal Touch Some institutions are fully-fledged e-learning centers. There are minimal chances for face-to-face encounters among students and instructors. […].

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Member of the Band – Marlon Jimenez Chaves, Senior Software Engineer

Gorilla Logic

Much like a pod of whales or a pack of wolves, did you know that a group of gorillas is called a band? In this blog series, we’re going to introduce you to members of our band—engineers, technical recruiters, PMs, designers, and more who make up the most important asset in Gorilla Logic…our talent! Are you Gorilla material? Join the band today! Marlon Jimenez Chaves — Senior Software Engineer.