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Corporate employees at Walt Disney Co. are pushing back against a mandate to return to offices four days a week starting in March, according to a petition shared with The Washington Post, setting up another high-profile clash over flexible work. More…

Disney employees fight mandate to work at offices four days a week

After waves of layoffs in the tech industry, people in the Bay Area are likely asking the same question: who's hiring? "I would say the whole landscape changed, and it feels like it changed overnight," author and human resources expert Laurie…

Who's Hiring? Amid Layoffs, Here's Where the Jobs Are

The writing was on the wall. The stock market analysis company for which Dennis Shirshikov, 32, worked was experiencing financial problems and jobs were about to be cut. “They planned to eliminate my entire department,” said Shirshikov. He was living…

When layoffs are looming, get proactive to save your job

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Recent graduates are entering a strong job market. Young adults are finding good paying jobs and even teens are doing well. A recent Gusto study shows companies are hiring more teen workers to fill the gap. The data shows

Companies hiring more teen workers to fill gap, according to data

Welcome to the HR Tech Quick Hits column, featuring the latest in HR tech partnerships, funding, people moves and compelling data. To make sure you don’t miss any content, subscribe here to receive HRE‘s weekly HR technology newsletter in your inbox.…

HR Tech Quick Hits: Global HR tech market on track to exceed $38B

It didn’t take long for software engineer Kate Rotondo to find out her male coworkers were making more money. First she discovered she made $25,000 less in base salary than a colleague doing the same work as her at a tech giant—and about $20,000

4 Women Who Went Public With Pay Gap Stories—and What Happened Next

There are plenty of ways our culture tells us we are “too old” for certain jobs, activities, or pursuits. Game shows ask participants at what age women should stop wearing revealing clothing. Rising industry stars are praised on lists of successful…

You're Still Not 'Too Old' to Do What You Want

The human resources department has evolved from simply handling hiring, payroll and benefits, to developing employee-centric programs that help keep people happily employed. Still responsible for hiring, payroll, and benefits, today’s HR pros also…

How (and why) you should be your own HR department

Editor’s note: Billy Warden is a writer, marketing exec and multimedia producer based in the Research Triangle, where he co-founded the p.r. agencyGBW Strategies. He writes a column exclusively for WRAL TechWire which is published on Mondays. +++…

Punk Rock H.R. podcast’s Laurie Ruettimann career guidance: ‘Live big, bold, interesting lives’

Laurie Ruettimann is a writer, speaker and entrepreneur who specializes in human resources and “fixing work.” After 20 years in the field, Ruettimann became burned out and decided she wanted to negotiate a better life for herself. Now, she is on a…

Want To Conquer Your Fear Of Failure? Plan For It

One lesson from the pandemic is that everybody deserves to live and work at the intersection of purpose and meaning. Unfortunately, work is broken for far too many people around the world. The most a job can offer is a steady paycheck and core…

Fix Your Career in 6 Months or Less

You accepted what seemed like a great job—only to discover that it was anything but. Whether it's unspoken duties, flexible hours that aren't flexible at all, or a salary that's less than what was promised, sometimes employers can fudge the details…

What To Do When You've Been Catfished By A Job

Isn’t it wonderful when you make friends at your job? You can go out after work, commiserate about your shared experiences, and remain pals long after you’ve departed your company. But for as lovely as that is, there is a darker opposite situation:…

How to Deal With a Coworker You Absolutely Hate

If you’re having trouble with time management, but you can’t figure out why, you may be engaging in some time-wasters that you don’t even realize you’re doing. Here, career adviser and author Laurie Ruettimann, a former human resources leader for…

6 Time-Wasters You Might Not Even Realize You Are Doing

Maybe it’s easier to fall in love over Zoom. A new survey this week found a third of U.S. workers (33%) are currently involved or have been involved in a workplace romance — 6 percentage points higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic (27%). Half…

Pandemic sparks more office romances, study finds

The Future of Everything covers the innovation and technology transforming the way we live, work and play, with monthly issues on transportation, education, well-being and more. This month is Work, online starting Feb. 2 and in print Feb. 10. During…

The New Benefits Employers Could Offer to Make You Stay

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Feeling unhappy and burned out at work is common — especially nowadays. Quitting your job is one solution. But the career expert Laurie Ruettimann…

Burned out and want to quit your job? Try being a slacker first, a career expert says.

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Changing jobs is a reliable way to secure a raise, meaningful work, and better work-life balance. But if you like your job and don't necessarily want…

Everyone around you is quitting, but you're doing awesome work. Here's how to guarantee your boss takes notice.

The holiday decorations came out early this year, with New Yorkers wanting to make merry, as well as looking towards a brighter 2022. For some, that might mean learning to put our lives before our jobs, polishing up the skills we need to stand out or…

Give the gift of career help and personal growth this year

The Margin With employees continuing to work remotely, companies may have little choice but to dismiss workers via video Is there a tactful way to fire an employee over Zoom? That is the question many are asking in light of the news that Better.com…

Welcome to the era of Zoom firings: Should Better.com CEO Vishal Garg have handled things differently?

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Do you have FOFO? Fear Of Finding Out.
We measure what matters. Don't fear getting data that will force you to confront an issue, take action or make a change. 
Facts are your friends. https://t.co/S26NNx87gW

"The nose of the bulldog is slanted backwards so he can continue to breathe without letting go"
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One person with persistence, perseverance and endurance will accomplish more than a thousand people with interest alone. Success begins where others quit. This is how the snail reached the ark. https://t.co/eHgnQnr6jj

Sunday Scripture
"The Lord answered, 'I can do anything! Watch and you'll see my words come true'"
- Numbers 11:23 https://t.co/J7VvBuSC5H

Have you ever wondered why some things have not happened as you hoped? You've done what is right but there are no results. There will be a season when all your hard work is recognized. Read about how your time will come in this week's devotion.…

Bitterness does not bless our lives - it robs us of joy, peace and love. Life's too short for it. In this new episode I share the symptoms of bitterness and steps to take to be free of it.
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Bitterness does not bless our lives, it robs us of joy, peace and love. Rick shares the symptoms of bitterness and steps to take to be free of bitterness.

LIFE'S TOO SHORT TO BE BITTER

My alma mater @DukeMBB is off to a great start. Just getting started in @MarchMadnessMBB

Last night was the debut of the highly anticipated 3rd season of the hit TV show Ted Lasso. He hung a yellow banner in the locker room with the word "Believe." I borrowed this theme for a @YouVersion Reading Plan Believe. You can get the FREE Plan…

Three years ago today the lockdown began. I never participated in the Pandemic. I visited 19 states and 7 countries. I continued going to the office, church, gym and restaurants. I lived my normal life. I was tested over 25 times, I was never sick…

Your time is of great value. The greater control you exercise over your time, the greater freedom you experience in your life. Gain control over your time and you will gain control over your life. https://t.co/kp9kDVprTM

Sunday Scripture
"Let all who want me to win be happy and joyful. From now on let them say, 'The Lord is wonderful! God is glad when all goes well for his servant'"
- Psalm 35:27 https://t.co/YDzu00e8mX

Constant or unresolved conflict makes life miserable. In this new episode I share practical ways to avoid conflict. Plus, clear steps to resolve conflict and have healthy relationships.
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Constant or unresolved conflict makes life miserable. Rick shares practical ways to avoid conflict. Plus, clear steps to resolve conflict and have healthy relationships.

LIFE'S TOO SHORT TO HAVE CONFLICT

Are your thoughts helping you or hurting you? Each day you must think thoughts on purpose. They will determine the course of your life. Find out how to do it in this week's devotion.
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Get healthy with a daily devotion. amazon.com/This-Living-Da… https://t.co/pLEluObnyq

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it"
- Helen Keller

The more we look backward, the less we are able to look forward. The past is past - it has no life. God never holds us back, but we can hold ourselves back. Choose today to be forward-focused not past-possessed. https://t.co/YfVv9HPFAN

Sunday Scripture
"No, dear brothers and sisters I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead"
- Philippians 3:13 https://t.co/FITjNSTMMH

Ready Pet GO! gets the lowdown on a raw food plan for your fur baby. CHESTERLAND, Ohio — From kibble to canned, fresh or frozen, pet owners know choosing the right diet takes time with some trial and error -- and now there's another choice gaining…

Is a raw diet the right choice for your dog or cat?

CLEVELAND — It's called Candida auris, or C. auris. It's a yeast that's behaving like bacteria. Experts blame the overuse of antibiotics for helping it get stronger and more difficult to fight. “Resistance is increasing so we're running out of…

CDC says dangerous fungus spreading; Cleveland Clinic specialist provides guidance

Cleveland Clinic-IBM Discovery Accelerator is a joint center that leverages Cleveland Clinic’s medical expertise with the technology expertise of IBM. CLEVELAND — On Monday, Cleveland Clinic and IBM unveiled a first-of-its-kind for healthcare. The…

Cleveland Clinic and IBM unveil nation's first quantum computer for healthcare research

CLEVELAND — One in three Americans don't get enough sleep. Are you one of them? Think of sleep like giving your brain a shower. It helps it reset and recharge and that not only helps your brain, but also your body. SUBSCRIBE: Get the day's top…

World Sleep Day: Tips for getting a good night's rest

Study shows hearing aids can reduce the risk of cognitive decline. CLEVELAND — Nearly 38 million Americans suffer hearing issues, but many don't know it. "It's very difficult to tell how your hearing is progressing and when you're losing your hearing…

How does your hearing impact your risk of dementia?

In early February, an emergency ordinance was introduced before Cleveland City council that would ban the sale of flavored tobacco products and require licenses. CLEVELAND — As a physician for more than a decade, Dr. David Margolius saw first hand…

What is the latest on proposed flavored tobacco ban in Cleveland?

Mark Kader is a representative for AbioMed, the maker of the Impella device. He never thought he'd need it himself. CLEVELAND — Forty-one-year-old Mark Kader is a husband, father of five, registered nurse, and associate clinical consultant for…

Medical innovations: Impella device saves life of man who trains others how to use it

Decades ago, the Food and Drug Administration banned Red Dye No. 3 from all cosmetics. Yet it's lurking in candles, cakes, and even medicine. CLEVELAND — Think back to all those Valentine’s Day candies you may have enjoyed, especially the red ones.…

Consumer Reports: Why is there still red dye in food?

CLEVELAND — For those who understand the debilitating effects of a migraine headache, knowing relief may be a spray away in 15 minutes could be a game changer. "Given that it's an intranasal, it has fast onset, which is helpful for patients who have…

New migraine nasal spray that can give patients relief within 15 minutes approved by FDA

One of program's goals is teaching officers 'the ability to hit someone else's storm with their calm.' GEAUGA COUNTY, Ohio — One horse farm in Chester Township is only a 30-minute drive from downtown Cleveland. But for some visitors it can feel a…

How Cleveland police are finding benefits from equine-assisted therapy

We 'spring forward' this weekend, but the time change can have some serious health impacts for some. CLEVELAND — Sure, daylight saving time gives us some extra light at night, but waking up in the dark and throwing your circadian rhythm off, even…

Northeast Ohio doctors look at health impacts of daylight saving time

More than 4,000 eggs and embryos were destroyed, affecting roughly 950 patients. UH says lawsuits have been settled and those impacted received free fertility care. CLEVELAND — For hundreds of hopeful parents, it was one of the most devastating…

5 years since the University Hospitals fertility clinic failure: Looking back at the events leading up to and following the disaster

Warmer weather is great for the mood, but it's also bringing on allergy season a bit sooner. CLEVELAND — Spring is around the corner, but don't be surprised if something shows up sooner than expected. "Spring allergies are popping up, and that's when…

Sneezing yet? Spring allergies are starting to rear their ugly head

Millions of people get sick each year from contaminated food, and finding the source of the contamination isn't easy. But that could be changing. CLEVELAND — Each year, an estimated 48 million Americans get sick from bacteria and viruses in their…

Consumer Reports: FDA establishes new record-keeping process regarding food poisoning

It's been nearly four years since I was diagnosed. Here's the update on the brain tumor saga and why my doctors call me a unicorn.

My brain tumor made me a unicorn

This July marks four years since doctors diagnosed the veteran reporter with a sphenoid wing orbital meningioma. She shares what research revealed about her tumor. NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio — This July will mark four years since 3News Senior Health…

'I'm just living my life': 3News' Monica Robins shares update on brain tumor, how she is helping others

This episode is personal. Since October of 2019 I’ve been sharing my experience battling a brain tumor. I have what’s known as a spheno orbital meningioma. Which means the tumor grew behind my left eye. Currently, it’s sitting on my carotid artery,…

Health Yeah! My brain tumor made me a unicorn

13-year-old Dianka Tsyukh escaped the war in Eastern Europe, and finally got the scoliosis surgery she'd been waiting for. STRONGSVILLE, Ohio — Dianka Tsyukh was ready to have spinal surgery last year on Feb. 28, that is until the Russian invasion of…

Akron Children's Hospital gives Ukrainian girl the surgery she desperately needed

The clinic is being held at the First Church of Christ in East Palestine. EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and Columbiana County Health Department are opening a "Health Assessment Clinic" this week for any East Palestine…

Health Assessment Clinic opens in East Palestine after train derailment

Experts predict that East Palestine residents can expect the cleanup to last at least two months. EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — When Norfolk Southern's train derailed in East Palestine two weeks ago, several chemicals were released, such as vinyl chloride,…

Ohio train derailment: What to expect as the chemical cleanup begins in East Palestine

“Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday.” —Ellen DeGeneres

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"I enjoy each Monday - great to share with agents across the country." says Bernadette on Google, via @Birdeye_ birdeye.com/darryl-davis-s…

"His content is top shelf and the value is incredible." says Dana on Google, via @Birdeye_ birdeye.com/darryl-davis-s…

"Real estate is an industry that eats the lazy." - David Osborn

#SmileDOSE #KeepSmiling #PowerAgent #PowerAgentsRock

"Real estate is an industry that eats the lazy." - David Osborn 

#SmileDOSE #KeepSmiling #PowerAgent #PowerAgentsRock https://t.co/d0HIca0SG3

To My Real Estate Friends: YOU Are Essential.

The term "essential" has been thrown around a lot in recent years, with people and professions from all walks of life suddenly forced into "essential" and "non-essential" categories. It felt somewhat…

To My Real Estate Friends: YOU Are Essential.

You don't just help people buy and sell real estate. You assist them in reaching their NEXT LEVEL in life, and real estate is the vehicle you have chosen to assist you in doing so.

#SmileDOSE…

“If you can’t reach your destination by one road, try another.” — Elsa Schiaparelli

#SmileDOSE #KeepSmiling #PowerAgentsRock #NextLevelNation

“If you can’t reach your destination by one road, try another.” — Elsa Schiaparelli 

#SmileDOSE #KeepSmiling #PowerAgentsRock #NextLevelNation https://t.co/We1jw4NvZp

We at POWER Headquarters are always on the lookout for tools that can help real estate agents build and maintain their businesses. This is why we are excited to show you Slybroadcast, which gives you the ability to send voicemails to your sphere and…

We are always on the lookout for tools that can help real estate agents build their businesses. This is why we love Slybroadcast, which gives you the ability to send voicemails to your farm area. buff.ly/426vqJp  #RealEstateCoaching #SlyBroadcast…

“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.” —Dean Acheson

#SmileDOSE KeepSmiling #PowerAgent #NextLevelNation

“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.” —Dean Acheson 

#SmileDOSE KeepSmiling #PowerAgent #NextLevelNation https://t.co/jHK8fHpBFs

How can you write the most effective call to action? Here are 10 tips for writing CTAs that’ll get consumers to take action

10 tips for crafting CTAs that convert browsers into buyers

When agents think of referrals and lead generation, they usually think buyers and sellers from their sphere and farm–right? What they DON’T always recognize is the gold mine right there in their referral network of fellow agents!

There are thousands…

When agents think of referrals, they usually think buyers and sellers from their farm–right? What they DON’T always recognize is the gold mine right there in their referral network of fellow agents! buff.ly/3JbPSji 
#RealEstateCoaching…

Do you ever feel like what you do doesn't make a difference? Sometimes it's the small things that can create a ripple effect.

#SmileDOSE #KeepSmiling #PowerAgentsRock #NextLevelNation

As real estate agents, no matter how great your service is, it can be tricky to get your clients to give testimonials. Many people don't like talking about themselves—even when they have something great to say. But don't worry; there are ways you can…

Real Estate Agents: Turn Your Clients Into Raving Fans

Great real estate professionals are committed to make a difference in people’s lives, and they have chosen real estate as the platform to express that commitment.” ~ Darryl Davis

#SmileDOSE #KeepSmiling #PowerAgentsRock #NextLevelNation

Great real estate professionals are committed to make a difference in people’s lives, and they have chosen real estate as the platform to express that commitment.” ~ Darryl Davis 

#SmileDOSE #KeepSmiling #PowerAgentsRock #NextLevelNation…

When it comes to big tippers, Cleveland is No. 1 in the country. It’s not the lake effect. It’s more likely the “Schultz Effect.” Connie Schultz won the Pulitzer Prize for her Plain Dealer columns on tipping that she wrote in 2004. Connie’s crusade…

Here’s tip for you – Cleveland tops for tippers in US

We did it! My husband taught me: If you don’t ask, you don’t get. So I asked and you gave. And you’re still giving. Wow! To celebrate my 25th cancerversary, I hoped to raise $25,000 in 25 days for The Gathering Place to create a traveling wig salon.…

25th cancerversary goal of $25K reached in 12 days

So many books, so little time. We’ve all heard the saying. Some own the poster, the coffee mug or carry the slogan on tote bags brimming with books. You’re gonna need a bigger bag, as the Cleveland Jewish Book Festival Second Chapter runs from March…

Turn over new pages at Cleveland Jewish Book Festival

Regina 25 Cancer 0 That’s my Super Bowl of life score. On Feb. 19, I celebrated my 25th cancerversary. I have now lived 25 bonus years since I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Back on Feb. 19, 1998, surgeon Leonard Brzozowski stood at my gurney at…

Happy 25th cancerversary, Regina!

Growing old ain’t for sissies. Just ask Madonna. Or whoever that impostor was at the Grammy Awards. Madonna didn’t look like Madonna. At least our version of Madonna, which caused an online uproar. One New York Post opinion writer called her face an…

Age is in the eye of the beholder

My friend Michael posted his frustration on Facebook: “It’s not ‘should of.’ It’s ‘should’ve.’ Geesh.” A friend of his jumped in and wrote, “How about, ‘I seen it’? It’s like nails on a chalkboard.” Don’t get me started. I try not to flaunt my…

Language is a funny thing ... until it’s not

A traffic stop. That’s how it all started. But not really. It started with another police force instructed by higher ups to “get tough on crime,” a slogan politicians use to get elected, but abandon, briefly, when police act so aggressively they hurt…

Tyre Nichols’ senseless death means we must finish his work

We will find out on March 12. The nominations are in. Have you seen any of the Oscar contenders? In my book, the best movie of the year was “The Banshees of Inisherin” starring Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell. It’s dark and haunting and hasn’t left…

And the Oscar goes to ...

Two years ago, we picked up an 8-week-old ball of fluff that changed our lives forever. Jan. 23 is “Gotcha Day.” Our three grandkids had wanted a pet and were hoping for a gerbil, until Ainsley, who was 9, said, “I don’t know why we’re talking…

Hey Mack, I love ‘Gotcha Day’

Football is dangerous. We’ve always known that. We just slip into denial every time we turn on a game to cheer for the Browns, Bills, Bengals or Buckeyes. Quarterback Tom Brady described the game this way: “Playing football for a living was like…

Snap to it NFL – make game safer for players

The pressure is on. Or maybe you already blew it. That resolution you made to go vegan or stop gossiping or to start exercising every day. A brand spanking new year can be intimidating. Making a vow for 365 days is a lot to commit to all at once. If…

Did you love?

What a week of magic and mystery, joy and light: Chanukah. Winter solstice. Christmas. All celebrations of light. We added a fourth to celebrate: Dec. 19. That was the day a door opened, one that keeps opening wider and wider as the years pass. My…

Let family lights burn brightly this holiday season

In the end, love won. Love always wins. It might take a long time – and it did – but love always wins. The year I got married, back in 1996, our country slammed the door shut on gay marriage. All the gay people we love and celebrate as family members…

A Hallmark moment: New day for those who are gay

It seemed like a simple task: declutter my cellphone. During the commercials of a Hallmark movie, I would simply scroll through my address book and delete any phone numbers no longer needed on my iPhone. You know the kind. Business contacts that long…

Phone contacts a lifeline to lifetime of connections

If Ted Lasso hasn’t made you fall in love with soccer, the Japanese fans will. They cleaned up on the field, beating Germany 2-1 in a big upset in the World Cup in Qatar. Then, they cleaned up after – delaying their victory parties to fill trash bags…

Regina to Earth: Clean up after yourselves

In the midst of your busy, complicated, messy life, say yes. Say yes to that tug on your heart, that poke at your soul, that spiritual nudge that whispers, “Do it.” I said yes to a simple tug on my heart over 20 years ago, and it set off a chain…

Be thankful and just say ‘yes’

The holidays are fast approaching. Did you order the turkey? Clean the silver? Buy the green beans, canned soup and crunchy onions for the casserole? Decide who is hosting your parents this year? My Thanksgiving is pretty much the same every year:…

This Thanksgiving do what feels like a ‘get to’ not a ‘have to’

No matter what happened on Election Day, do not lose hope. It would be great if decent, honest, honorable candidates got elected, but chances are good that some bad people got elected. Chances are good that too many voters listened to the lies and…

With election in rearview mirror, are you a guardrail?

When money talks, antisemitism walks. Too bad it took so long in the case of Kanye West. Or Ye, as the rapper wants to be called. West legally changed his name, saying “I believe ‘Ye’ is the most regularly used word in the Bible, and in the Bible it…

Kan-Ye West: ‘Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye’

The black mice cutouts are taped to the stairs. The big white hairy spider web is stretched over the TV screen. The sugar cookies might look inedible with those giant M&M eyeballs, piles of orange sprinkles and green gooey icing snot on the nose of…

Tricks or treats, I’ll take the sweets

Oracle Corp. today announced the availability of Java 20, the latest version of the popular programming language and development platform. The latest version of the 27-year-old language includes thousands of performance, stability and security…

Oracle aims to sustain Java’s 27-year franchise with version 20 rollout

Oracle Corp. today introduced new features in its cloud-based Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes that it says can improve the reliability and efficiency of large-scale environments using the Kubernetes orchestrator for software containers while…

Oracle simplifies Kubernetes deployment and operations in its cloud

The past two years have been a wild ride for data integration vendor Boomi Inc. Acquired by Dell Technologies Inc. in 2010, it was sold to private equity firms Francisco Partners Management LLC and TPG Inc. two years ago as Dell sought to pay down…

Boomi’s new CEO plans to outmaneuver larger rivals

With the California fire season looming in early summer, Startup Torch Systems today is launching early-stage outdoor fire and wildfire detection sensors that continuously monitor an area for signs of fire along with a free mobile app that…

Startup debuts $299 outdoor fire sensor with 10-acre coverage range

CelerData Inc. maker of a real-time analytics platform based on the StarRocks open-source massively parallel database, today announced version 3 of its enterprise product with enhanced support for the hybrid data warehouse/data lake repositories…

CelerData expands lakehouse support in StarRocks-based analytics platform

ThoughtSpot Inc. is climbing aboard the large language model bandwagon with today’s announcement that it is integrating the popular GPT-3 LLM into its business intelligence platform. GPT-3 is the model that underlies the enormously popular ChatGPT…

ThoughtSpot’s business intelligence platform gets GPT-3 support

Qualtrics International Inc. is headlining its X4 Experience Management Summit conference in Salt Lake City today with a lineup of new capabilities that leverage machine learning to get a better understanding of customer experiences. The aim is to…

Qualtrics uses machine learning into improve agent, customer experiences

A startup headed by the co-founders of commercial PostgreSQL maker Enterprise DB Corp. is coming out of stealth mode today with $9 million in seed funding and a distributed version of PostgreSQL optimized for edge computing instances. Alexandria,…

Startup pgEdge aims to land distributed Postgres at network’s edge

With its planned $61.2 billion sale to Broadcom Inc. under the cloud of investigations in the U.S. and Europe and speculation that the deal may be in trouble, VMware Inc. forged ahead today with a quarterly report that beat consensus estimates on…

VMware reports strong results amid growing regulatory pressure on Broadcom acquisition

Cloud data warehouse provider Snowflake Inc. beat expectations on revenue and earnings in its fiscal fourth quarter today, but a weak forecast sent the stock down more than 7% in initial after-hours trading. Quarterly revenue rose 59% from a year…

Snowflake stock falls as it hits the brakes on growth

Informatica Corp. is extending its new “freemium” initiatives with today’s introduction of what it says say is the only free cloud data loading, integration and extract/transform/load service. The company is also launching a pay-as-you-go version for…

Informatica adds data integration to its budding line of free services

EnterpriseDB Corp., which sells a commercial version of the popular open-source Postgres database management system, today announced version 5.0 of EDB Postgres Distributed with new high-availability features, easier installation and the ability to…

EDB boasts ‘five nines’ uptime in new Postgres database version

VMware Inc. today is expanding its line of products for communications service providers and unveiling a service management and orchestration framework that follows the O-RAN Alliance’s guidelines for simplifying and automating radio access networks…

VMware entices telcos with expanded 5G and Open RAN portfolio

BIG DATA Data analytics developer Databricks Inc. today announced the general availability of Serverless Real-Time Inference for model serving, a service that deploys real-time machine learning models via a Representational State Transfer or REST…

Databricks exposes serverless inferencing engine via an API

Suppose you’re a major supplier of fertilizer to the agriculture market and you have ambitions of digitally transforming your business. Your idea is to place thousands of sensors in 10-foot-by-10-foot blocks across the fields your customers farm. The…

An open standard threatens to disrupt the cloistered world of wireless networking

BIG DATA Behavior-tracking software firm Amplitude Inc. couldn’t escape the gravitational forces that have pulled down the entire information technology industry in its most recent quarter, but Chief Executive Spenser Skates said the company’s…

Amplitude CEO says firm is well-positioned to navigate lean times

BIG DATA Fauna Inc., the developer of a distributed document-relational database that it delivers via a cloud application program interface, today announced the general availability of a logging capability with an initial focus on query performance…

Fauna adds observability features to its serverless cloud database

UPDATED 08:00 EST / FEBRUARY 15 2023 CLOUD Infrastructure observability vendor Dynatrace Inc. today is enhancing the Grail data analytics platform to support metrics, distributed traces and multicloud topology and dependencies in addition to the log…