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🤔 Unlock revenue tied to data streaming or keep your focus on the rest of your roadmap? Good news: that’s a choice you no longer need to make—the Confluent OEM Program is here to empower you to do both! MSPs, CSPs, and ISVs, don’t miss out—learn more about the program on our blog!

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MongoDB’s integrations and multi-cloud capabilities allow organizations to move quickly and avoid lock-in to any particular cloud provider or AI technology in this rapidly evolving space. Delve into the details of all the AI announcements from #MongoDBlocal NYC in this blog. https://lnkd.in/eJUGaJVK

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Are you leveraging LLMs or planning a project that involves LLMs? Thinking about how to monitor them effectively? New Relic offers comprehensive application monitoring, providing insights into both application performance and LLMs. Our AI monitors specific metrics like token usage, costs, and response quality, integrating seamlessly with traditional application performance monitoring. Let's talk, give us a call.

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🔥 Learn why Quickplay chose #Couchbase to provide millions of subscribers with a reliable, personalized experience. Check out our latest case study here

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A great article with a simple explanation for why data streaming is necessary for modern businesses. Check out the article and sign up for our upcoming Kafka Summit Bangalore to learn more about data streaming! https://lnkd.in/gD6t3rXF

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Ever since we launched SHAKTI, every quarter we write a letter to our LPs = Each letter includes an update on the portfolios, the GP's (our) view on the zeitgeist, an interview with a portfolio CEO and an interview with a TITAN = So far, we have 16 such letters = it's been on our "to do" list to share these publicly (i am lazy) = then Google comes along to save lazy people like me (thank you NotebookLLM) = here's a 10 min podcast summarizing our journey since Dec/2020 with the 16 LP letters as source = if you wanted to know what we are about, this is a pretty good place to start = https://lnkd.in/db7K2TrT cc SHAKTI

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"Editors note: Welcome to issue #2 of Transcriptions. Today, we’d like to present a conversation between Qasar Younis of Applied Intuition, and Bilal Zuberi of Lux Capital. We discovered Qasar recently, and find his focus and clarity of thinking to be admirable. What follows is a lightly edited transcript of their talk, first held at the Paklaunch forum." Link to transcipt: https://lnkd.in/gH4uBmPE

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So proud that MongoDB has been recognised by RepVue as a Top 20 Org for Professional Development and a Top 20 Org for Publicly Funded Companies. And it's all thanks to the MongoDB team for personifying our values every day. It's a vision that starts from the top and permeates every corner of our global sales team. We believe that it's our profound duty to nurture the next generation of sales professionals and empower them to one day step into bigger leadership roles themselves. We instill the importance of taking risks, embracing failures as learning opportunities, and pushing each other to break through self-imposed limitations. Here's to many more! 🥂 #MongoDB #leadership #culture

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There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to scaling a business, but the key is making intentional decisions about how you choose to grow. 🥾 Bootstrapping gives you control but might mean slower growth 🏦 Venture capital fuels fast growth but comes with trade-offs 🔋 A hybrid approach can balance both—but it requires discipline. At York IE, we believe that your growth strategy should reflect your goals, values, and market reality. Don’t chase hypergrowth for the sake of it. Be pragmatic, preserve optionality, and stay in control of your company’s fate.

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Instacart is a market leader when it comes to leveraging AI tools to boost productivity at work. I had an amazing conversation with JJ Zhuang, Instacart’s Chief Architect, who has shepherded over 50 AI-driven initiatives to market across the org. We explored what catapulted Instacart to the forefront of AI integration, supporting radically diverse use cases across various functional areas. One striking insight (echoed by Ethan Mollick and others elsewhere) is that you often don't need specialized tools for specialized work. Frontier models like GPT-4 can seamlessly adapt to a wide range of functions and use cases. They're not just for engineers; they're incredibly versatile tools used by marketing, comms, and legal teams. From generating code to proofreading and ideation, GPT-4 empowers every department to leverage AI for enhanced productivity and innovation. By integrating LLM’s like GPT-4 into their workflows, teams can streamline processes, automate repetitive tasks, and unlock bandwidth for new creative possibilities. How can you harness the power of AI in your own work to boost productivity? Share your thoughts below 👇 Want to hear more insights from JJ? Check out the full podcast episode by clicking the link in the comments.

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Thoughtful exploration of how GenAI will impact DevOps teams and their practices!

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How companies purchase software is rapidly evolving, with cloud marketplaces expected to reach $100B in 2026, up from $15B in 2023. Simply put, if you are building and selling cloud software today, it's imperative that you can sell through a cloud marketplace. The journey, however, can be a little confusing, and management can be even harder. With 3x growth last year and 3/4th of our business now flowing through a cloud marketplace, CloudZero switched to Clazar earlier this year to handle our rapid growth, and I couldn't be more thrilled. Trunal B. and Aayush Bahuguna have a big vision for how cloud marketplaces will evolve and how software will be bought and sold in the future. No matter where you are on your journey, learning from them what's coming next is worth your time.

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🚀 Insights from Tony Li, VP Americas Partners & Alliances at Starburst Data 🚀 This morning I had a chance to catch up with Tony Li, VP Americas Partners & Alliances and Global SI at Starburst Data. Tony shared some valuable insights on the critical role of partners in deploying data technologies. Some key takeaways: Starburst works with a number of different kinds of partners to deliver whole solutions and greater value to customers: 🔵 Cloud Partners: Strong collaborations with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, ensuring robust cloud strategies. 🔵 Tech Partners: Collaborations with tech, ISVs, and startups like Dell, Tableau and Collibra, bringing complementary technologies to the table. 🔵 SIs and VARs: Partnerships with GSIs like Accenture and MSPs and VARs like UserReady, CDW, and Ahead, providing value-added services. Tony's core values for building strong partner ecosystems: 🔵 Optionality: Reduce vendor lock-in to provide flexible solutions. 🔵 Convergence: Use data lakes to drive analytics and AI initiatives, with data stored in Iceberg. 🔵 Constellation Approach: Find partners with a common narrative and culturally aligned vision. Tony shared ways to successfully measure and drive partnerships: 🔵 Enablement: Ensuring partner teams are well-versed in Starburst products, co-selling, and creating joint solutions. 🔵 Measurement: Tracking productivity and success metrics, including training, NPS, and customer feedback. 🔵 Customer-Centric: Picking up the phone to have direct conversations with customer economic buyers to gather feedback on partner performance. Thank you Tony for sharing your insights on the importance of a strong partner ecosystem to drive customer success and innovation in the data space. 🌟 #Partnerships #DataTech #CloudStrategy #TechInnovation #StarburstData

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Employee terminations: they're a topic no one wants to discuss but that every company has to navigate. Thankfully, Melanie Naranjo and wonderful Ethena advisor (& Gusto's former People Leader) Jess Yuen are tackling this tricky topic for the next Ethena webinar. Register if you want to learn more about these topics: How to pressure test whether or not termination is the right course of action Best practices for communicating termination decisions How to minimize risk and choose the best course of action when things get tricky Critical pitfalls to avoid

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As I educate myself in the venture capital realm, I learn about the ups and downs of the startup world. The Lacework news is interesting because when a startup is overvalued, it means its market price is higher than its true business value. If it's later bought for much less than its inflated valuation, it indicates that the market has corrected its perception of the company's worth. This situation can be tough for the original investors and founders who may face significant financial losses, as they won't get back as much money as they expected. It can also affect the startup's reputation and the morale of its team, as such a stark adjustment in value can lead to doubts about the business’s viability and future prospects. Not sure if this is true for this situation, but I have been told it occurs more often than not. #VC #stealth #startups #cloud #cybersecurity #VentureCapital #learnNewThings

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Today, I was reminded of two remarkably prescient 1997 ACM, Association for Computing Machinery presentations: the first by Nathan Myhrvold and the second by Bran Ferran. If you are not a member of the ACM - I highly recommend joining. Nathan Myhrvold The future of software, the software industry, and Windows '47 https://lnkd.in/egMwYty Bran Ferran How IT will transform the experience of telling and listening to stories https://lnkd.in/gqF7C7TK

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Check out how CrateDB can retrieve events from various source systems. We have shown that Amazon DynamoDB CDC events can be processed and replayed to CrateDB through native Amazon Web Services (AWS) services. cratedb-toolkit provides ready-to-use automation that connects all components and simplifies deployment. While this particular example focused on DynamoDB CDC events, the approach is universal by retrieving events from Kinesis, and can also be applied to other source systems for CDC events, such as MongoDB. https://lnkd.in/ejVFPjCW

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Thanks Rick Whiting for the great article on how we utilized Confluent and Flink to provide Vishing Penetration Test for our financial institution customers.

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