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Simplify your microservices security with these cloud services

TechBeacon

If you're building a modern application and know what your security requirements are, you can leverage very powerful cloud-based services. These services will give you world-class security without the need to hire security experts or spend a lot of time worrying about it. You can focus on the core business logic that your customers are primarily interested in.

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Uganda’s Tugende closes $3.6M Series A extension to meet the demand for its asset finance products

TechCrunch

Ugandan technology-enabled asset finance company Tugende today announced that it has closed $3.6 million in a Series A extension round. The investment, which, according to the company, was agreed on and structured in 2020, follows the $6.3 million raised in November 2020 and led by Toyota Tsusho investment fund Mobility 54. This brings Tugende’s total Series A financing to $9.9 million.

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The Surprising Secret to DevOps ROI

DevOps.com

As a result of my many years of DevOps consulting, I have discovered a simple, but not well-understood, secret ingredient that drives ROI for all the Three Ways of DevOps. Measuring and optimizing return on investment (ROI) for DevOps is not well-understood. It is a proven fact that DevOps, when engineered well, delivers tremendous value […]. The post The Surprising Secret to DevOps ROI appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Strength-training startup Tonal crosses unicorn status after raising $250M

TechCrunch

When the pandemic unfolded last year, demand for at-home fitness equipment skyrocketed, and Tonal was no exception. The maker of a smart home fitness trainer experienced an explosive increase in sales, and now the six-year-old San Francisco-based startup is gearing up for its next stage of growth. Tonal is adding $250 million of new funding in a Series E round valuing the startup at $1.6 billion.

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Streamlining Database Compliance with CI/CD Integration

IT leaders know the importance of compliance at every level, but the database often gets left behind as other environments are automated for robust protection. This whitepaper emphasizes the importance of robust, auditable, and secure database change management practices for safeguarding organizational compliance. Learn how automating database compliance: Mitigates risk Protects against security vulnerabilities Helps avoid regulatory penalties Aligns database workflows with app lifecycle Turns d

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17 open-source container security tools

TechBeacon

For container security, you'll find plenty of open-source tools that can help prevent a debacle such as the one that befell Tesla, which suffered a Kubernetes cluster breach. But container security is still tricky, so you need to know which utilities to add to your arsenal.

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Key NoOps Insights From DevOps Leaders

DevOps.com

NoOps is coming, in some form or another. Whether you have homegrown DevOps or outsourced DevOps, it’s time to realize that a simpler way is coming: NoOps automation. We spoke with a group of IT pros to get their perspective and insights, including James Rutt, CIO, The Dana Foundation; Rahul Subramaniam, CEO, DevFactory; and Mark […]. The post Key NoOps Insights From DevOps Leaders appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics.

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What Is Slowing Down Your CI/CD Pipeline?

Dzone - DevOps

After implementing a CI/CD process, many organizations face three significant challenges that block them from consistently, safely, and quickly delivering software. Slow software delivery : Even with automated pipelines, changes to production services and applications still take too long to move from development to production. Lack of Governance : Frequently changing external regulations and internal rules are difficult to monitor and comply with.

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Zapp, the on-demand delivery and ‘dark’ store operator, picks up backing from Lightspeed and Atomico

TechCrunch

Zapp , one of a number of startups currently battling it out in London and beyond by promising to let you order everyday items on-demand from its own delivery-only stores, has quietly raised a new round of funding from leading VCs, TechCrunch has learned. According to multiple sources, Silicon Valley’s Lightspeed and Europe’s Atomico (the VC firm started by Skype founder Niklas Zennström ) have invested in Zapp’s unannounced Series A.

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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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Don’t Let Misalignment in Executive Compensation Create Your Own “Black Sox Scandal”

CEO Insider

In many companies, executive compensation is determined or negotiated according to an established compensation structure that is derived from their talent acquisition and retention strategy which in turn is driven by their business goals. Typically, a company would identify key growth indicators and ensure that each key executive’s incentives are aligned with company success.

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PingPong is a video chat app for product teams working across multiple time zones

TechCrunch

From the earliest days of the pandemic, it was no secret that video chat was about to become a very hot space. Over the past several months investors have bankrolled a handful of video startups with specific niches, ranging from always-on office surveillance to platforms that encouraged plenty of mini calls to avoid the need for more lengthy team-wide meetings.

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Seven Cloud Native Security Trends to Watch in 2021

Aqua Security

Cloud native security is a vibrant, fast-moving space. As enterprises across industries continue to accelerate digital initiatives with cloud native tools, security is becoming more critical than ever, and new trends are bound to emerge. To keep you ahead of the curve, here are the top seven developing trends that will shape cloud native security in 2021.

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Cryptocurrency wallet and blockchain tech startup imToken raises $30 million Series B

TechCrunch

ImToken , the blockchain tech startup and crypto wallet developer, announced today it has raised $30 million in Series B funding led by Qiming Venture Partners. Participants included returning investor IDG Capital, and new backers Breyer Capital, HashKey, Signum Capital, Longling Capital, SNZ and Liang Xinjun, the co-founder of Fosun International. Founded in 2016, the startup’s last funding announcement was for its $10 million Series A, led by IDG, in May 2018.

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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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Reduce Boilerplate Code With Scala Macros and Quasiquotes

Toptal

The concise syntax of Scala usually helps developers avoid writing boilerplate. When repetitive code is required anyway, developers can use macros and quasiquotes to keep code clean and maintainable. Here's how.

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Nested, the UK-based ‘modern’ estate agent, raises additional £5M to improve the home-selling experience

TechCrunch

Nested , the London-based startup that is using technology to build a “modern” estate agency and improve the home-selling experience, has raised an additional £5 million. Backing comes from Axel Springer, alongside previous backers Balderton Capital and Northzone. Described as a “strategic investment,” Nested co-founder and CEO Matt Robinson tells TechCrunch that the round brings the “vast industry experience and resources” of Axel Springer to the board, in ad

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CVE-2021-21975, CVE-2021-21983: Chained Vulnerabilities in VMware vRealize Operations Could Lead to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

Tenable

VMware has addressed a pair of vulnerabilities in vRealize Operations that, when chained together, could result in unauthenticated remote code execution in vulnerable servers. Background. On March 30, VMware released a security advisory (VMSA-2021-0004) to address two vulnerabilities in vRealize Operations , an AI-powered IT operations management platform for multi-cloud, private and hybrid environments.

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Sarah Kunst will outline how to get ready to fundraise at Early Stage

TechCrunch

Sarah Kunst, founding partner at Cleo Capital, has worn many hats. She’s been an entrepreneur, served on plenty of boards, is a contributing author at Marie Clare, has been a senior advisor to Bumble and worked as a consultant in marketing, business development and more. With all that experience, she knows all too well that the process of fundraising starts well before your first pitch meeting.

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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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VMware Cloud Universal and Dell Technologies Driving Transformation Together

Dell EMC

Dell Technologies is excited to be part of the launch of VMware Cloud Universal to deliver an integrated and consistent cloud experience for our customers.

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Sequoia Capital India on its early investment in Appier, the fund’s latest exit

TechCrunch

Chih-Han Yu, chief executive officer and co-founder of Appier Group Inc., right, holds a hammer next to a bell during an event marking the listing of the company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, at the company’s office in Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Photographer: Billy H.C. Kwok/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Appier ’s initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday was a milestone not only for the company, but also Sequoia Capital India, one of its earliest investors

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Is Docker Dead? Discussing Docker and GitOps With Viktor Farcic

Dzone - DevOps

The removal of Dockershim in Kubernetes version 1.22 sounded off some alarms within the Kubernetes community. Does this mean that Docker in Kubernetes is dead? What are the implications of this removal? In this episode of cocktails, we shed light on Dockershim’s deprecation and also delve into the GitOps hype: We talk about its relationship to Infrastructure as Code, some of the current GitOps trends, how GitOps is moving towards a more cloud agnostic future, and explore some of the major player

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Hex lands $5.5M seed to help data scientists share data across the company

TechCrunch

As companies embrace the use of data, hiring more data scientists, a roadblock persists around sharing that data. It requires too much copying and pasting and manual work. Hex , a new startup, wants to change that by providing a way to dispense data across the company in a streamlined and elegant way. Today, the company announced a $5.5 million seed investment, and also announced that it’s opening up the product from a limited beta to be more widely available.

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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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Adobe Summit 2021

Exadel

Join our MarTech team at the Adobe Summit 2021 April 27-29 and dive into a two-day virtual event for Experience Makers. You’ll be able to glean exceptional insights from experts around the world, listen to success stories, and discover the latest industry trends. Whatever your area of interest — from data to analytics and content to commerce — you’ll connect with other top brands and open up new networking opportunities.

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Moveworks expands IT chatbot platform to encompass entire organization

TechCrunch

When investors gave Moveworks a hefty $75 million Series B at the end of 2019, they were investing in a chatbot startup that to that point had been tuned to answer IT help questions in an automated way. Today, the company announced it had used that money to expand the platform to encompass employee questions across all lines of business. At the time of that funding, nobody could have anticipated a pandemic either, but throughout last year as companies moved to work from home, having an automated

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A Matter of Consciousness

DevOps.com

The post A Matter of Consciousness appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Dear Sophie: What should I know about prenups and getting a green card through marriage?

TechCrunch

Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor. Dear Sophie: When can I finally come to Silicon Valley?

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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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Reflections on the future of microservices

Beyond B2B

Although microservices is a simple concept and solves so many problems, there seem to be some bumps in the road to implementation.

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TC Early Stage will cover everything you need to know about operations for your startup

TechCrunch

TechCrunch Early Stage goes down tomorrow (not a joke!) and the agenda is jam-packed with breakout sessions covering everything a startup needs to know about fundraising and operations. We’ve already told you plenty about the fundraising sessions, which are high in both quality and quantity. Today, however, I’d like to tell you a little bit about what’s in store on the operations front.

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DevOps Institute Launches Tiered Membership Program to Help Advance Careers of DevOps and IT Leaders

DevOps.com

Professional membership connects IT managers, technology leaders, and C-suite executives with resources to help them transform their organizations BOCA RATON, Fla. – March 31, 2021 – DevOps Institute, a global professional association for advancing the human elements of DevOps, today announced the launch of its tiered professional membership model. Membership levels include Basic, Premium, Government/Nonprofit, […].

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