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VCs to recommerce startups: Let’s pop some tags

TechCrunch

Brian Schwarzbach Contributor Brian Schwarzbach is an SF-based investor with Cathay Innovation, a global venture capital firm investing across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. That’s 5x faster growth than the overall retail market. He focuses on early-stage investments in commerce, marketplaces and consumer.

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The early returns on gen AI for software development

CIO

The key to success in the software development lifecycle is the quality assurance (QA) and verification process, Ramakrishnan says. One of the more interesting surprises at BDO was the impact of gen AI on creativity and innovation. “By “It almost feels like having a deskside colleague to brainstorm with,” Ramakrishnan says.

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4 Reasons to Outsource Large IT Projects During Economic Headwinds

CIO

Developer velocity Time to market is critical for the success of any project, particularly when it impacts revenue. Therefore, IT projects must be scoped, ramped, and run expeditiously in order to take advantage of market dynamics. Enable your team to innovate more and wait for code less. To outsource or not to outsource?

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Accelerate Innovation with Near-Instant Database Cloning

Dell EMC

The demand for database cloning is growing exponentially as more and more companies invest in DevOps to bring new products and features to market faster. Size and speed The challenge is that today’s databases are huge, ranging in size from 10 to 100 terabytes.

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Leveraging Standardization and Automation to Facilitate DevOps Testing in Multi-Code Environments

CIO

By Milan Shetti, CEO Rocket Software In today’s volatile markets, agile and adaptable business operations have become a necessity to keep up with constantly evolving customer and industry demands. Manual testing also creates barriers to optimizing DevOps. Just as the mainframe continues to modernize, so too does DevOps modernization software.

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CIOs set their agendas to achieve IT’s ultimate balancing act

CIO

Achieving operational excellence while deploying innovative technologies is not an either/or proposition as far as Christian Mate is concerned. Both are critical for meeting the responsibilities of the job of CIO, which requires the staid mantra of “keep the lights on” while concentrating on the more exciting innovating for growth, he says.

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How Svevia connects roads, risk, and refuse through the cloud

CIO

Nearly 15 years ago, the then Vägverket Produktion was incorporated so road maintenance on Sweden’s national road network could be put on the competitive open market. Integration cost, quality-assured data costs, and storing data and knowing how to clean it also costs money,” she says.

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