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How Cloud Data Platforms Help Enterprises Drive Business Value

DevOps.com

Cloud data platforms make businesses more scalable and flexible and more cost-efficient The need for actionable data is nothing new. Enterprises spend time, money and resources working to get their data into a format that is usable for analytics. But most are still struggling to do just that. More than 90% of enterprises say that […]. The post How Cloud Data Platforms Help Enterprises Drive Business Value appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Seek “Simple” To Become A Better Leader

CEO Insider

Keep it simple, stupid. The KISS principle, as it is widely known, is so ingrained in our vernacular that, regardless of your lot in life, you have likely heard it. It is my contention that, because of its pervasiveness, the expression (and its meaning) has lost its punch. Unfortunately, nowhere does it appear more that […]. License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article Seek “Simple” To Become A Better Leader are those of the author James M.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the suggestion that non U.S. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow. “We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says.

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Through the Looking Glass: How Hiring For ‘Cultural Fit’ Works In A Remote World

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Remote Work Culture: ‘Cultural Fit’ Hiring. Two of the most famous characters from Lewis Carol’s Through the Looking Glass are the twins, Tweedledum and Tweedledee. When Alice encounters them, they ridiculously mirror each other’s actions and words. Each brother frequently says “contrariwise” as if he’s about to disagree with his counterpart, only to invertedly say the same thing.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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4 Ways to Find the Fun and Fight the Slog

Let's Grow Leaders

The days blend in to one another and morale begins to drop… If you and your team are facing an endless horizon…of stressful work, of remote work with the family just off camera, or and endless project, it’s vital that you are […]. The post 4 Ways to Find the Fun and Fight the Slog appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Former Salesforce chief scientist announces new search engine to take on Google

TechCrunch

Richard Socher, former chief scientist at Salesforce, who helped build the Einstein artificial intelligence platform, is taking on a new challenge — and it’s a doozy. Socher wants to fix consumer search and today he announced you.com , a new search engine to take on the mighty Google. “We are building you.com. You can already go to it today.

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Accept your IT security limits and call in the experts

CTOvision

Companies were forced to embrace the work-from-home switch and many are now starting to like the cost savings and the possibility to hire employees from a wider, non-localized pool of […].

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Virtual Kick-off Meeting: Why You Should Have One and How to Make it Great

Let's Grow Leaders

If you’re neck-deep in planning your virtual kick-off meeting like so many of our clients, great! Your team needs this moment more than ever. In this extraordinary year, a virtual kick-off meeting is a great way to close this chapter and give […]. The post Virtual Kick-off Meeting: Why You Should Have One and How to Make it Great appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Improving Leadership Bench Strength

N2Growth Blog

In our meetings with CEOs and HR directors, it is evident there is a growing concern within organizations needing to strengthen current leaders and support the bench of the future ones. A fter reading Gartner’s report on How to Build Leadership Bench Strength , these are my conclusions: HR already invests 23% of its Training and Development budget in Leadership and 27% on the high potential professionals.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Tecton.ai nabs $35M Series B as it releases machine learning feature store

TechCrunch

Tecton.ai , the startup founded by three former Uber engineers who wanted to bring the machine learning feature store idea to the masses, announced a $35 million Series B today, just seven months after announcing their $20 million Series A. When we spoke to the company in April, it was working with early customers in a beta version of the product, but today, in addition to the funding they are also announcing the general availability of the platform.

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Improbable continues to build UK synthetic environment

CTOvision

Improbable’s defence business has been awarded a contract for a second year to further develop and extend a Single Synthetic Environment (SSE) Technology Demonstrator for UK Strategic Command. This award follows […].

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How to Keep Your Resume Out of the Trash

Let's Grow Leaders

Differentiate your resume with relevance We’re writing today with compassion for any of you who are looking for work. If it’s been a minute, the frustration is probably mounting. You might even begin questioning yourself, and the value you bring. Repeated rejection […]. The post How to Keep Your Resume Out of the Trash appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Low-Code To Become Commonplace in 2021

DevOps.com

A new study finds 85% of engineer leads predict low-code and no-code will soon become common New findings from an Internal-endorsed study suggest 2020’s software development challenges will undoubtedly carry into 2021. Many businesses are making immediate transitions to a digital-only economy, forcing a ton of new app development requirements. Yet, hiring top engineering talent […].

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Uber sells self-driving unit Uber ATG in deal that will push Aurora’s valuation to $10B

TechCrunch

Aurora Innovation, the autonomous vehicle startup backed by Sequoia Capital and Amazon, has reached an agreement with Uber to buy the ride-hailing firm’s self-driving unit in a complex deal that will value the combined company at $10 billion. Aurora is not paying cash for Uber ATG, a company that was valued at $7.25 billion following a $1 billion investment last year from Toyota, DENSO and SoftBank’s Vision Fund.

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Immuta, Starburst Partner To Deliver Automation To Help Users Unlock Cloud Data for Safe, Secure Analytics

CTOvision

Immuta, a provider of automated data governance solution is partnering with Starburst, creator of Starburst enterprise for Presto, commercial offering of the Presto open-source, distributed SQL query engine. In specific, the […].

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The future of DevOps: 21 predictions for 2021

TechBeacon

Now that DevOps has entered its second decade, the focus has expanded beyond product delivery. It's no longer just about dev and ops, but about removing the constraints between the business and its customers, with a focus on delivering not just new features and products, but also value.

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DB2 Mainframe Catastrophe Diverted with Open System Migration

Datavail

This year offers corporate leaders all kinds of ‘teachable moments,’ but perhaps the lesson with the highest value is: ‘ always alert to evolving data and database management considerations.’ Datavail has extensive experience assisting its customers in managing database challenges over the years and now posed by 2020. An emergency project reflects how its expertise helped one customer avoid a digital catastrophe by facing downing a potentially fatal peril triggered by an

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2024 Salary Guide

Procom’s 2024 Salary Guide provides critical insights into the latest hiring trends, in-demand IT roles, and competitive pay rates across Canada and the U.S. It highlights key market dynamics such as the growing demand for remote work, skills-based hiring, and flexible staffing solutions. With detailed pay rate data for top IT positions like Cybersecurity Consultants, Cloud Engineers, and Salesforce Developers, this guide is an essential resource for companies looking to stay competitive in toda

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Robot lawyer startup DoNotPay now lets you file FOIA requests

TechCrunch

DoNotPay, the consumer advice company that started out helping people easily challenge parking tickets , has come a long way since it launched. It’s expanded to help consumers cancel memberships, claim compensation for missed flights, and even sue companies for small claims. In the early days of the pandemic, the startup helped its users file for unemployment, where many state benefit sites crashed.

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Review: DataRobot aces automated machine learning

CTOvision

Read Martin Heller take a look at how DataRobot’s end-to-end AutoML suite fares amongst automated machine learning platforms on Information Weekly: Data science is nothing if not tedious, in ordinary […].

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What SecOps teams can expect in 2021: 5 key trends

TechBeacon

Though 2020 is coming to an end, companies will continue to adjust to the events of the year, with ripples spreading out into every facet of business operations. The distribution of a vaccine will likely bring the year's most noteworthy event, the coronavirus pandemic, to an eventual end, but one impact of the pandemic—a major increase in remote work—is likely here to stay.

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Speed and Security: How to Find a Balance in Development

DevOps.com

Time management can help developers realize the necessary combination of security and speed in application development As software continues to create competitive advantages and market differentiation for organizations focused on successful digital transformation, developers will continue to be measured by how fast they can develop and release code.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Turing nabs $32M more for an AI-based platform to source and manage engineers remotely

TechCrunch

As remote work continues to solidify its place as a critical aspect of how businesses exist these days, a startup that has built a platform to help companies source and bring on one specific category of remote employees — engineers — is taking on some more funding to meet demand. Turing — which has built an AI-based platform to help evaluate prospective, but far-flung, engineers, bring them together into remote teams, then manage them for the company — has picked up $32 m

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Carahsoft Adds Boomi iPaaS Product to GSA IT Schedule 70 Contract

CTOvision

Carahsoft Technology has made an integration platform-as-a-service offering developed by Dell‘s Boomi business available to federal, state and local agencies and its reseller network through the company’s General Services Administration […].

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What is functional programming?

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

It has long seemed to me that functional programming is, essentially, programming viewed as mathematics. Many ideas in functional programming came from Alonzo Church’s Lambda Calculus, which significantly predates anything that looks remotely like a modern computer. Though the actual history of computing runs differently: in the early days of computing, Von Neumann’s ideas were more important than Church’s, and had a tremendous influence on the design of early computers—an influence that c

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The Biggest Motivators and Barriers for SD-WAN Adoption in 2021

DevOps.com

The SD-WAN market has exploded in 2020, driven by the need to support increasingly remote workforces, the emergence of the AI-driven WAN and the requirement to deliver branch performance that matches campus networks. As enterprises look at the year ahead, support for the distributed workforce remains a top priority, and SD-WAN is a crucial technology […].

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success. That’s why we developed this white paper to give you insights into four key open-source technologies – Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, Apache Spark™, and OpenSearch® – and how to leverage them for lasting success. Discover everything you’ll want to know about scalable, data-layer technologies: Learn when to choose these technologies and when to avoid them Explore h

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As Next Insurance makes its first acquisition, insurtech looks energetic

TechCrunch

Next Insurance , a startup that competes in the small business (SMB) insurance market, announced this morning that it has acquired its first company. Purchasing Juniper Labs will help the unicorn boost its in-house data science team, and the smaller firm’s predictive analytics technology may be applied across the acquiring company’s portfolio of insurance products.

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Transactional Machine Learning at Scale with MAADS-VIPER and Apache Kafka

Confluent

This blog post shows how transactional machine learning (TML) integrates data streams with automated machine learning (AutoML), using Apache Kafka® as the data backbone, to create a frictionless machine learning […].

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The important role of value in authentic leadership

CEO Insider

In a recent media feature I shared reasons and tips around the powerful role authentic leadership plays in businesses. Authenticity, perhaps once perceived somewhat risky, is a trait now respected and revered. There are some cautions to be mindful of stepping comfortably into this space. There’s times leaders are privy to information they’re not at […].