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OCTOBER 13, 2020
The Citus Data
OCTOBER 25, 2020
I recently analyzed the limits of connection scalability , to understand the most effective way to improve Postgres’ handling of large numbers of connections, and why that is important. I concluded. that the most pressing issue is snapshot scalability. This post details the improvements I recently contributed to Postgres 14 (to be released Q3 of 2021), significantly reducing the identified snapshot scalability bottleneck.
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TechCrunch
OCTOBER 29, 2020
What does a hologram-obsessed entrepreneur do for a second act after setting up a virtual Ronald Reagan in the Reagan Memorial Library, or beaming Jimmy Kimmel all the way from Hollywood to the Country Music Awards in Nashville? If that entrepreneur is David Nussbaum, the founder of PORTL Hologram , the next logical step is to build a machine that can bring the joy of hologram-based communication to the masses.
Agile Alliance
OCTOBER 12, 2020
At the end of every Agile Conference, we hold a retrospective (of course!). The conference chair, program, and track chairs, marketing, etc., all take part. One of the recurring items from previous years has been that we should “treat the program like an Agile product”. This year of embracing uncertainty over following a plan presents … 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.
Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 19, 2020
“Yeah, I don’t do small talk.” “My team understands, I’m cool with THEIR chit chat in-between meetings, but I don’t really have time for that stuff. I’m all business. That’s why I’m so productive.” “I get that small talk is important, but […]. The post How to Get Better at Remote Small Talk appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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Confluent
OCTOBER 16, 2020
Apache Kafka® is an event streaming platform used by more than 30% of the Fortune 500 today. There are numerous features of Kafka that make it the de-facto standard for […].
d2iq
OCTOBER 30, 2020
When I co-founded D2iQ more than seven years ago, only a handful of the world’s leading organizations were beginning to embark on their cloud native journeys. We empowered many of these brands with our DC/OS offerings and support, enabling them to scale deployments in production environments and become truly cloud-driven organizations. Over the past year and a half our focus has been providing our customers with a path that enables Kubernetes adoption that meets the demanding needs of the enterp
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 27, 2020
InVideo, a Mumbai-based startup that has built a video creation and editing platform, has raised $15 million as it looks to court more users and customers worldwide. The startup offers a freemium web-based editing tool that allows users to create videos that are fit to be published on popular social media platforms (such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube).
Agile Alliance
OCTOBER 27, 2020
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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.
Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 12, 2020
A creative team starts with room to think The rocky mountain air was crisp with fall chill–a perfect time for a fire in the wood-burning stove. We placed the logs on top of the kindling, held the flame beneath the wood, and…nothing […]. The post One Way to Cultivate a More Resilient and Creative Team appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
CTOvision
OCTOBER 12, 2020
According to new data released by Cybersecurity Insiders, 72% of organizations experienced an increase in endpoint and IoT security incidents in the last year, while 56% anticipate their organization will […].
DevOps.com
OCTOBER 30, 2020
One of the fundamental premises of software reliability engineering is that you should base your reliability goals—i.e., your service level objectives (SLOs)—on the level of service that keeps your customers happy. The problem is, defining what makes your customers happy requires communication between software reliability engineers (SREs) and product managers (PMs) (aka business stakeholders), and […].
scruminc
OCTOBER 28, 2020
The. 2020 Scrum Guide Launch. Celebrating 25 Years of Scrum. Join Dr. Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber for a live event featuring the release of the updated Scrum Guide and celebrating 25 years of Scrum. Save Your Spot. Key Changes. The event will feature insights from Jeff and Ken, plus expert Scrum practitioners discussing the updates in the Scrum Guide.
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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.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 24, 2020
This is The TechCrunch Exchange, a newsletter that goes out on Saturdays, based on the column of the same name. You can sign up for the email here. Back in August during Y Combinator’s two-day demo extravaganza , TechCrunch noted a number of startups from India that stood out from the batch. Names like Bikayi (e-commerce tools), Decentro (consumer banking APIs), Farmako Healthcare (digital health records) and MedPiper Technologies (helping hire health professionals) joined our list of favorite
TechBeacon
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Since the start of the pandemic, companies have been feeling the pressure to upgrade their technology capabilities. For some, it was a forced pivot, such as moving to an online ordering model or shifting the workforce to remote working capabilities. Many organizations that underwent initial digital transformations when the pandemic began have now identified additional areas to address.
Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Promote leaders who show their commitment to relationships and results One of the most important leadership decisions you’ll ever make is the choice to promote someone into a leadership role. Who you promote into leadership sends a powerful message of what matters […]. The post How to Promote Leaders Who Build a Positive Culture appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
CTOvision
OCTOBER 28, 2020
For over 10 years CTOvision has consistently provided strategic context on the nature of technology and how to best leverage it for your personal and business objectives. We maintain the […].
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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.
DevOps.com
OCTOBER 26, 2020
As digitalization transforms industries and business models, organizations increasingly are adopting modern software engineering practices such as DevOps and agile to become competitive in the modern marketplace. DevOps enables organizations to release new products and features faster, but this pace and frequency of application releases can conflict with established practices of handling security and compliance. […].
David Walsh
OCTOBER 20, 2020
One pattern in the JavaScript API world that web development veterans will notice is that we’ve been creating new methods to accomplish what older, grosser APIs once achieved. XMLHttpRequest became the fetch API, some APIs like Battery became async, and there are dozens of other examples. Another API desperately in need of updating is the cookie API…and we’ve finally go it: cookieStore.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 22, 2020
European entrepreneurs who want to launch startups could do worse than Switzerland. In a report analyzing Europe’s general economic health, cost of doing business, business environment and labor force quality, analysts looked for highly educated populations, strong economies, healthy business environments and relatively low costs for conducting business.
TechBeacon
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Resources have always been a problem when it comes to cybersecurity. You are not always rewarded for doing security they way you are when you develop a new business application quickly. This usually leads to security teams being understaffed and overworked. At the same time, skilled cybersecurity professionals are in high demand, and there is significant turnover in cybersecurity positions.
Speaker: Liran Meir Frenkel, Performance Management and RPA Sr Product Marketing Manager at NICE; Harpreet Makan, Practice Director at Everest Group; & Santhosh Kumar, Practice Director at Everest Group
As contact centers navigate the challenges of delivering excellence within budget constraints and adapting to evolving employee expectations, optimizing agent tasks becomes crucial. Discover a holistic approach across three pillars - people, process, and technology - that is essential to excel in this dynamic landscape, and explore how next-gen technologies such as generative AI, performance analytics, and process intelligence play a pivotal role in transforming contact centers into advanced CX
Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 8, 2020
We were nearing the end of our live-online leadership program with an amazing group of start-up CEOs at Bulb Africa in Nigeria, and it was time for Q&A. Or, as I like to call it, “Asking For a Friend.” When one brave […]. The post How Do I Change My Leadership Approach Without Losing Credibility? appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
CTOvision
OCTOBER 12, 2020
Read this article by Kathleen Walch in Forbes about why cognitive technology may be a better term than artificial intelligence. One of the challenges for those tracking the artificial intelligence […].
DevOps.com
OCTOBER 26, 2020
The Linux Foundation and edX, a provider of an online learning platform, jointly released an annual report today that for the first time finds organizations are looking for more IT personnel with open source DevOps skills (65%) than developers (59%). Clyde Seepersad, senior vice president and general manager for training and certification at The Linux […].
Netlify
OCTOBER 5, 2020
We received many excellent nominations for the Jammies awards, recognizing people and initiatives that are pushing forward the modern web. We are excited to announce the finalists and winners across four categories, who will receive coveted Jamstack jammies pants and all the community glory! Jamstack web app of the year. Mapping to our theme for the conference, the Jamstack is not just an architecture for static sites, it’s changing the way we deliver software via the web.
Speaker: Dan Olsen - Product Management Trainer and Consultant, Author, and Speaker
Everyone working on a product is trying to achieve the same goal: product-market fit. But most products fail to do so. In this webinar, product management expert Dan Olsen will share his simple but effective framework for achieving product-market fit from his book The Lean Product Playbook. He will explain his Product-Market Fit Pyramid and The Lean Product Process, a 6-step methodology that guides you through how to: Determine your target customer Identify underserved customer needs Define your
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Caryn Marooney. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Caryn Marooney is general partner at Coatue Management and sits on the boards of Zendesk and Elastic. In prior roles she oversaw communications for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus and co-founded The OutCast Agency, which served clients like Salesforce.com and Amazon. More posts by this contributor.
TechBeacon
OCTOBER 20, 2020
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is upon us again, but the pandemic makes this October like no other in the 17 years that cybersecurity firms and associations have used the month to prompt businesses to think about their approach to cybersecurity.
Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Are your managers prepared to deal with the turbulent aftermath of the election? Regardless of the election’s outcome, it’s smart to be ready for a firestorm of distracted, energized, frustrated, hopeful, distraught, elated, concerned, confused, uncertain, joyful, worried hearts and minds… All […]. The post How to Help Your Team Prepare for the Turbulent Aftermath of the Election appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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