TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2021
French startup Swile has raised a $200 million Series D funding round led by SoftBank International Group. With this funding round, the startup has now reached unicorn status, meaning that Swile has a valuation of $1 billion or more. Swile provides a payment card for employee benefits, such as meal vouchers, gift cards and sustainable mobility vouchers.
Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 11, 2021
People’s sense of urgency varies. Schedule the finish to get everyone on the same page. It’s a common leadership frustration that we’ve experienced and hear from leaders regularly: “My people lack a sense of urgency. I must follow up on everything or we miss deadlines. I’m tired of babysitting! How can I ensure things get done on time?” Paradoxically, leaders with a high internal sense of urgency can struggle with this the most.
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TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Varda Space Industries, a startup that wants to build in-space manufacturing facilities, will be sending its first spacecraft to orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2023. The actual spacecraft — the startup’s first to go to orbit — will be made by SpaceX’s rival launch company, Rocket Lab, which will also make two subsequent space vehicles for Varda.
Agile Alliance
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Over the past 20 years of Agile, our approaches to work and roles within software development have changed dramatically. This panel of illustrious technical experts will consider how the the field of software development has evolved and how roles within delivery organizations have adapted to reduce silos, encourage breadth and depth in developing technical skills, … Continued.
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.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Jennifer Smith. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jennifer Smith is CEO and co-founder of Scribe , a Princeton and Harvard Business School alum and is a technology investor and adviser formerly at McKinsey and Greylock Partners. When building a startup, you’re making what feels like a million decisions on timing — when to launch to time the market, when to hire that key role, when to raise another round.
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TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2021
The potential for telehealth across Africa is vast and promising as mobile connectivity deepens, and innovations that could potentially bridge the doctor-patient ratio gap increase according to a Deloitte report. One company that is planning to drive the wave of telemedicine across the continent, as the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, is mPharma , a Ghanaian health tech start-up that is set to open 100 virtual centers across seven markets in Africa over the next six months.
DevOps.com
OCTOBER 11, 2021
The most common thing I hear from developers who are building internet of things (IoT) solutions is: It isn’t easy. And it’s not. Not because of a lack of skill—the developers I interact with are incredibly talented. There’s also no shortage of technologies to choose from for deploying an IoT solution. The challenge often comes […]. The post Closing the Education Gap for IoT Developers appeared first on DevOps.com.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2021
As last week came to a close, NerdWallet filed to go public. Given the late hour, our S-1 dive had to wait until today. The NerdWallet IPO comes at an interesting time. The company provides financial product recommendations to both consumers and SMBs, meaning that it dabbles in the same market that fintech startups play in. And because NerdWallet is essentially a weaponized content play, we get to talk about the value of the written word.
Dzone - DevOps
OCTOBER 11, 2021
In my tenure as a solution architect in financial services working for a global consulting firm, I have often questioned the best way to practice enterprise architecture. A common challenge that many architecture consultants face is that most client firms insist on using their proprietary enterprise architecture content. I have observed that frequently such architecture content does not always distinguish between the solution and software architecture.
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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.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Marnix Broer. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Marnix Broer is the co-founder and CEO of StuDocu. Have you ever sat in a shared college dorm kitchen space with your roommate and decided to start a business? I should be clear here: We didn’t really decide to start a business; it was more of a project to create a tool that we could use while studying in school.
Dzone - DevOps
OCTOBER 11, 2021
The testing process is key to delivering quality software. But as the demand for faster delivery increases, it becomes harder for human teams to keep up. Luckily, test automation can help cover tasks. And DevOps can further help position testing efforts within the software development cycle. But when dealing with larger software products that have constantly evolving functionality, test automation gets trickier.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2021
SkyCell , a Swiss company developing smart containers for transporting medicines and vaccines, is announcing a significant round of funding. On top of a $62 million round that closed last year, the company has now raised a $35 million Series C to improve shipping of temperature-sensitive drugs — including COVID-19 vaccines. . The round, which is a combination of equity and debt financing, lists investors from the Middle East, including DisruptAD and (the VC arm of ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based s
High Scalability
OCTOBER 11, 2021
What would a totally new search engine architecture look like? Who better than Julien Lemoine , Co-founder & CTO of Algolia , to describe what the future of search will look like. This is the second article in a series. Here's Part 1. Search engines need to support fast scaling for both Read and Write operations. Rapid scaling is essential in most use cases.
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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.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets.
Dzone - DevOps
OCTOBER 11, 2021
No-code and low-code development platforms let people worldwide build their businesses and applications without writing code. According to Forrester , the no-code/low-code category will grow to $21.2 billion by 2021. Before these platforms, building an application for a business would require hiring experienced software developers. But that’s not the case anymore.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Depression and anxiety were taking a serious toll on peoples’ well-being even before COVID-19, and the pandemic prompted more interest (and venture capital) in mental health startups. While many of the highest profile mental health startups, like Calm or Headspace Health , are based in the United States, more attention is also being paid to emotional wellness around the world.
Dataiku
OCTOBER 11, 2021
It’s no secret that data malpractice and the release of confidential information have been making headlines in recent years. It seems that every few months there’s a more innovative way to hack into data, from falsifying customer metrics to interfering with election results. It’s time for this to end.
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“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.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2021
In a world where fintech is so hot right now, and investors are being swept up by their excitement for the space, Chime has managed to ride the wave to near perfection. The company has raised upwards of $2.6 billion , including a fresh $750 million just this year. The startup, playing in the fee-free banking space, now has a valuation of $25 billion.
Dzone - DevOps
OCTOBER 11, 2021
As our observability and DevOps practices continue to join, similar alignment happens with our frameworks and goals. In fact, when one considers that observability is about increased and deeper data about our environments, it is evident that the frameworks aren’t changing so much as adapting to faster insights. Let’s take a look at CALMS. CALMS (Culture, Automation, Lean, Measurement, Sharing) was created by Jez Humble and is meant as a method of assessing how an organization is adapting to DevO
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Fount , a robo-advisor startup in South Korea, has raised a $33.4 million Series C round to beef up its machine learning-based platform development and hire staff. . The latest round was led by Hana Financial Investment, along with Nice Investment. Returning backers Smilegate Investment, KT Investment, Shinhan Capital and Korea Development Bank also participated.
DevOps.com
OCTOBER 11, 2021
At the online Open Networking & Edge Summit + Kubernetes on Edge Day event LF Networking (LFN), an arm of the Linux Foundation focused on networking, today added several projects that promise to make it simpler to programmatically manage networking services based on open source software. Walmart is contributing a L3AF project for managing network […].
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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.
TechBeacon
OCTOBER 11, 2021
In the world of application security, the OWASP Top 10 2021 is the most famous—or infamous—of documents. Loved by most and hated by a few, this foundational document is the first thing people on most application security programs try to assimilate and conquer.
CTO Universe Submitted Awards Articles
OCTOBER 11, 2021
The best practices and methodologies to manage data quickly
Agile42
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Mentors can guide us through challenges we face, help us grow, and support our lifelong learning process. In this article, Ninja Granzow shares her experiences of mentorship, choosing the right mentor, and setting mentoring goals. Continue reading Why is mentorship so important? at agile42.
Dell EMC
OCTOBER 11, 2021
APEX Cloud Services with VMware Cloud combines the ease of operations and simplicity of the public cloud with the performance and security of the private cloud. So, how do we bring that simplicity to the business stakeholder? Find out more in this blog series!
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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.
Dzone - DevOps
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Recently, Cloudflare announced their object storage service Cloudflare R2 and got much buzz from the community. Essentially, they solve a huge pain point by removing egress traffic cost from the content hosting equation. However, there are use cases where it's not as easy to remove AWS' exact-but-not-cheap pricing from the game. In our series "AWS Communism", we want to show yet another technique for cutting your AWS bill – resource sharing.
CEO Insider
OCTOBER 11, 2021
‘There’s a dark side to everything.’ – Prince Over the last five years, we have seen a shift from political parties from a traditional, class-based distinction to a distinction based on cultural attributes and education. Political parties have found it difficult to position themselves in this dimension. Some of this can be traced back to the […].
Rapid BI
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Why have training environments not changed much over the last 20 years. Technology can enhance interaction - not stop it if done with some thought. here we look at what could be done. today. The post The Perfect Training Room Of The Future – now! appeared first on RapidBI.
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