Myntra bets on 4-hour delivery amid India’s quick commerce boom
Myntra, India’s largest fashion e-commerce platform, is trialling a four-hour delivery service in four Indian cities, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, a dramatic acceleration from its standard 2-3 day delivery timeframe as the surge of quick commerce reshapes consumer behavior. The Flipkart Group-owned firm is piloting the
Read moreElevate Your Data Backup Game: 5 AI-Driven Advantages
In the event of a data emergency – say, a cyberattack or a natural disaster shutting down a data center – no organization wants to worry about whether they have secure, up-to-date backups, and whether they can be easily recovered. Without the help of artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning
Read more5 Smart Ways CIOs Can Hedge Their 2025 Transformation Investment Plan
As CIOs and IT leaders prepare their digital transformation budgets, they should seek indicators in their companies and global economic factors to judge whether to propose an aggressive or conservative plan. Early indicators suggest CIOs should hedge their bets in their 2025 planning. August inflation in the U.S. dipped to
Read moreMicrosoft South Africa on the Hunt for New Managing Director
In an unexpected move, Kalane Rampai resigned as Managing Director of Microsoft South Africa. He has decided to pursue a career opportunity outside of Microsoft, according to a company statement, Rampai departed Microsoft after just over a year. Rampai began his service in May 2023, succeeding Lillian Barnard. During his
Read moreAWS brings OpenSearch under the Linux Foundation umbrella
AWS today announced that it is transitioning OpenSearch, its open source fork of the popular Elasticsearch search and analytics engine, to the Linux Foundation with the launch of the very aptly named OpenSearch Foundation. AWS first launched the OpenSearch project in 2021, after Elastic changed its license for its Elasticsearch
Read moreInsight Partners is closing in on a whopping $10B+ new fund
Insight Partners is reportedly on the cusp of on more than $10 billion in capital commitments for its 13th fund, per the FT. The FT report notes that two of Insight’s portfolio companies were acquired in the last week. One of these, the threat intelligence company Recorded Future, which sold
Read moreBuilding A 300 Channel Video Encoding Server
Discover how NETINT, Supermicro, and Ampere collaborated to build a groundbreaking 300 channel live stream video server. Continue reading Building A 300 Channel Video Encoding Server on SitePoint.
Read morePort of Seattle shares ransomware attack details
The Port of Seattle released a statement Friday confirming that it was targeted by a ransomware attack. The attack occurred on August 24, with the Port (which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) saying it had “experienced certain system outages indicating a possible cyberattack.” The Port is now describing this
Read moreFlappy Bird’s creator disavows ‘official’ new version of the game
A decade after the wildly popular game Flappy Bird disappeared, an organization calling itself The Flappy Bird Foundation announced plans to “re-hatch the official Flappy Bird® game.” But this morning, the game’s creator Dong Nguyen posted a characteristically terse comment stating that he has nothing to do with the revival,
Read moreDryMerge promises to connect apps that normally don’t talk to each other — and when it works, it’s great
Platforms to connect apps that wouldn’t normally talk to each other have been around for a minute (see: Zapier). But they have not gotten dramatically simpler to use if you’re nontechnical. Generative AI has lowered the barrier to entry somewhat. However, getting the most out of these platforms — and
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