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Best Hiring Solutions for Tech Startups: Exploring Your Options

TurnKey Labs

For startups, the act of hiring isn’t just a mundane administrative task; it’s a strategic maneuver that can chart the course of success or peril. At the heart of every innovative venture lies a team of talented individuals who transform ideas into reality.

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OpenAI is reportedly raising funds at a valuation of $80 billion to $90 billion

TechCrunch

OpenAI is in discussions to possibly sell shares in a move that would boost the company’s valuation from $29 billion to somewhere between $80 billion and $90 billion, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing people familiar with the talks.

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6 IT rules worth breaking — and how to get away with it

CIO

There comes a time in every IT leader’s life when a key decision must be made: whether to follow an established rule or, as a matter of necessity, break precedent and embark on an alternate course. Management rules typically exist to enable faultless decision-making, set a foundation for consistent operation, and provide protection from risk, observes Ola Chowning, a partner at global technology research and advisory firm ISG.

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The writers strike is over; here’s how AI negotiations shook out

TechCrunch

After almost five months, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has reached an agreement with Hollywood studios to end the writers strike. Starting Wednesday, writers will be able to resume work under the conditions established by their new contract.

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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, CTO of Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI prototypes into

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8 questions CIOs should ask to prime their business for gen AI

CIO

Companies are now recognizing the work ahead of them to get their data, people, and processes ready to capitalize on gen AI’s potential. In fact, insights from a recent Accenture survey found that nearly all (99%) executives said they plan to amplify their investments in the technology. So leaders will need to radically re-think how work gets done. And CIOs—given their cross-functional view of business processes coupled with an intimate understanding of how technology can be leveraged to reinven

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Oracle bolsters distributed cloud, AI strategy with new Mexico cloud region

CIO

Oracle has partnered with telecommunications service provider Telmex-Triara to open a second region in Mexico in an effort to keep expanding its data center footprint as it eyes more revenue from AI and generative AI-based workloads. Earlier this month, the company said it expects cloud revenue to grow 29% to 31% in the second quarter of 2024, driven by high demand for AI and generative A I workloads from enterprises.

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Talkdesk conducts third round of layoffs in less than 14 months

TechCrunch

Talkdesk, a company once valued at $10 billion that sells software to help large corporations improve customer service, has laid off more employees — the third round of cuts in less than 14 months. A Talkdesk spokesperson confirmed Tuesday via email that it had made “limited headcount reductions in a few areas.

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Rediscovering the value of information

CIO

In his dissertation at Stanford in 1976, smartphone pioneer and founder and CEO of General Magic Marc Porat correctly prophesied that the future would be defined by “ information machines, information workers, and information companies.” Today, there is general consensus that we live in an “Information Society” and work in an “Information Economy.” What is surprising is that despite the information intensity of modern existence — for example, 3.5 billion searches per day — one would be hard pres

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Sources: Palo Alto Networks in advanced talks to buy Talon and Dig in a $1B security sweep

TechCrunch

Palo Alto Networks’ stock price has been on the rise on the back of strong earnings and growing demand for cybersecurity services, and now the company is using that momentum to do a little shopping.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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SAP prepares to add Joule generative AI copilot across its apps

CIO

By year-end, users of a couple of SAP applications should have the option to ask generative AI copilot, Joule, to help with their work — and the company plans to roll the feature out across all its applications one by one in the years to come. Clicking on a dedicated button in compatible SAP applications will open up the Joule interface, which will then accept input in a variety of ways.

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Kolena, a startup building tools to test AI models, raises $15M

TechCrunch

Kolena, a startup building tools to test, benchmark and validate the performance of AI models, today announced that it raised $15 million in a funding round led by Lobby Capital with participation from SignalFire and Bloomberg Beta.

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Swiss energy services company uses machine learning to see the future

CIO

If you want to look into the future, sometimes you have to be able to predict it. Swiss energy services company IWB has a vision of a world with a fully renewable, climate-friendly energy supply. Not long ago, though, that goal seemed difficult to conceptualize. For many years, IWB’s distribution grid supplied customers with electricity exclusively produced by large, centralized power plants.

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The FTC just hit Amazon with a major antitrust lawsuit

TechCrunch

The Federal Trade Commission made its big move against online shopping giant Amazon on Tuesday, accusing the company of illegally stifling competition on its way to becoming a ubiquitous retail presence and one of the world’s most valuable companies.

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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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5 steps we can take to address the cyber skills shortage

CIO

Depending upon which research report you read, we have a shortage of somewhere around 3.4 million or 3.5 million individuals worldwide 2. But we are not the only industry with a talent gap. The medical industry, for example, is facing a shortage of more than 10 million physicians worldwide 3. The skills shortage creates challenges, of course. According to ISACA, 60% of organizations are struggling to retain individuals, and 62% say their teams are operating at a talent deficit. 4 The cybersecuri

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Why Solana, Polygon and Aptos expect the enterprise to drive mass adoption

TechCrunch

As large enterprises enter the crypto space, there’s potential for “not only millions of users, but billions of users using web3 without even realizing it.

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Mitigating mayhem in a complex hybrid IT world

CIO

We’ve all seen the insurance commercials: Mayhem is everywhere. When it strikes in the consumer world of insurance, you want the right people on your side and the right plan to navigate a way forward. The same can be said about IT. When a system begins to break down, the most important thing is ending the breakage, restoring it, and minimizing the business impact.

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Hollywood strikes could soon extend to the video game industry

TechCrunch

SAG-AFTRA members voted overwhelmingly on Monday to authorize a strike against the video game industry. The union — which includes video game performers like voice, motion capture and stunt actors — has been negotiating a contract for over a year with a collection of studios, like Epic, EA, Activision and more. Around 27.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.

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How to ignite innovation and empower more sustainable solutions

CIO

Some moments in life are indelibly etched in our memory. I will never forget one evening several years ago. In fact, I can point to the chair where I sat when it happened. My wife, three children, and I were eating dinner together. Suddenly, an idea sparked in my brain. I grabbed a pencil and a piece of paper from the kitchen counter and began diagramming my concept.

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What is Amazon’s [redacted] ‘Project Nessie’ algorithm?

TechCrunch

The FTC’s lawsuit against Amazon alleging anti-competitive practices is largely full of things we already knew in a general sense: price hikes, pressure to use Amazon fulfillment and so on. But then we get to a sea of redactions and the mysterious “Project Nessie.

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Introducing the LLM Mesh: A Common Backbone for Generative AI Applications

Dataiku

As more and more organizations experiment with Generative AI and deploy it in production, a crucial question emerges: Can these applications be both safe and scalable in an enterprise context? The answer is yes, via the LLM Mesh — a common backbone for Generative AI applications that promises to reshape how analytics and IT teams securely access Generative AI models and services.

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Atlassian CTO: We were late moving to the cloud, on the ball with AI

TechCrunch

The goal of Atlassian's CTO, Rajeev Rajan, and that of the two CEOs is to create one of the top tech companies at the world.

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“Build vs Buy Analytics?” The Question ALL SaaS Leaders Need to Answer in 2024

As a SaaS leader, you know that the more metrics, insights, and analytics you add to your products, the more engagement you’ll have – and the stickier your product will become with customers. At what point do you decide to keep building your analytics in-house or invest in an embedded analytics solution? Read our Build vs. Buy Analytics guide to learn: Top 4 benefits of embedded analytics A quick cost comparison of in-house analytics development vs embedded analytics 10 considerations to help yo

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3 Steps to Secure Your CI/CD Pipelines

DevOps.com

Palo Alto Networks' Daniel Krivelevich shares a general three-step framework organizations can use to secure the CI/CD pipeline and surrounding areas.

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Sierra Space raises $290M at a $5.3B valuation

TechCrunch

Sierra Space has raised $290 million in a Series B round to scale its Dream Chaser spaceplane and commercial space station projects, bringing its valuation to $5.3 billion. The company has now raised $1.7 billion to date, a record-setting figure for investment for a commercial space company, Sierra said in a statement.

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Securing Your Metadata from Cloud Heists with Prisma Cloud’s Attack Path Policies

Prisma Clud

Many businesses today rely on cloud computing, and AWS is a significant player in this space. Using AWS, though, can be tricky. If not set up correctly, you can unknowingly create a security risk. Take, for example, the increasingly prevalent scenario involving an EC2 instance. Far too often an EC2 instance is left accessible to anyone on the internet.

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YouTube relaxes advertiser-friendly guidelines around controversial topics, like abortion, abuse and eating disorders

TechCrunch

YouTube today announced an update to its advertiser-friendly guidelines that relaxes some of its rules around controversial issues, including sexual and domestic abuse, abortions and eating disorders. The changes will allow YouTube creators to monetize their videos on these topics under some circumstances, though not if they go into graphic detail.

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Embedded Analytics Insights for 2024

Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.

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Perficient Principal’s Articles on Composable Featured in CMS Wire

Perficient

In the ever-evolving realm of digital transformation, staying ahead of the curve is paramount. This is where Composable Architecture steps in, reshaping the way businesses construct and manage their digital landscapes. We’re excited to introduce you to two illuminating articles recently featured on CMSWire.com, “The Heart of Composable Architecture,” and “Navigating the Long Tail of Composable in the Martech Landscape” Both articles were penned by Perficient’s own

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Bootstrapping is cool once again

TechCrunch

Network or no, startup founders are increasingly having to figure out sources of financing that's not venture capital.

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Fortifying the Castle: A Quest to Secure the SDLC

DevOps.com

Securing the SDLC is a never-ending battle against hidden risks and formidable adversaries and requires security champions to share their wisdom.

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