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June 2024

Introducing Sparse Streams: A New Lightweight Branching Option for Perforce Helix Core

Sparse Streams is a new way to achieve lightweight branching in Helix Core. In this clip from our recent webinar, Senior Director of Product Management Brent Schiestl gives a deep dive into this highly-anticipated feature. Learn how it can help you.

Lessons on fan engagement - from Xalt, Genius Sports and more...

In the ever-evolving world of sports and entertainment, fan engagement has emerged as a critical factor in driving retention and long-term success. At the Ably Realtime Fan Engagement Summit in New York City, industry experts shared valuable insights into the relationship between fan engagement and retention, emphasizing the importance of creating compelling digital experiences and fostering genuine connections.

Skyward Shift Harnessing Gen AI to Elevate CX in the Aviation Industry

Imagine finding yourself in an airport, receiving a message from your travel app: “Due to severe weather conditions, your flight is delayed by 3 hours. We anticipate your gate opening within the next hour. Here’s a $30 voucher for refreshments while you wait.” While this scenario might seem like something out of a Hollywood movie, in reality, it could lead to tense confrontations and disruptions. That’s why clear communication and support before travel are crucial.

How to Use Tailwind CSS for Your Ruby On Rails Project

It's hard to overstate the importance of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for all websites. Since the first CSS standards were published in late 1996, we have come quite far regarding features and ecosystems. Several frameworks have appeared and proved popular, one of the most recent being Tailwind CSS. In this post, we'll first examine Tailwind's utility-first approach before diving into how to use it in a Ruby on Rails application.

Develop a Serverless TypeScript API on AWS ECS with Fargate

AWS Fargate is a serverless compute engine that allows you to run containers without managing servers. With Fargate, you no longer have to provision clusters of virtual machines to run ECS containers: this is all done for you. Fargate has an Amazon ECS construct that can host an API. In this take, we will build a Fargate service using the AWS CDK, put the API in a docker image, and then host it inside Amazon ECS. The API will be a pizza API and we'll store the data in a DynamoDB table.

Automating API Delivery with APIOps and Kong

As organizations build more APIs, manual processes and frequent handoffs in the API development workflow can lead to a slower time to market, higher development costs, and poor-quality APIs. They can also result in APIs being poorly documented, causing poor API adoption and lower revenues. APIOps aims to address these issues by automating the entire API lifecycle, leveraging DevOps and GitOps principles. But what is DevOps, and what is GitOps?

API Management is Fundamental to Modernizing Insurance Operations

The concept of insurance predates the printing press and the steam engine. So it's likely no surprise that the industry — as obviously adaptable as it is — often faces challenges related to the modernization of legacy systems. In the age of AI and APIs (application programming interfaces), streamlining operations and modernizing are paramount to success.

Marketing and Sales in Uncertain Times: Strategies & Spending Impact (2024)

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Databricks vs. Snowflake: A Comparative Analysis

With the data management landscape continuously evolving, it has given rise to powerful platforms like Databricks and Snowflake, each offering distinct capabilities for organizations to manage and analyze their data efficiently. Our 5 key takeaways in the Databricks vs. Snowflake debate are: In this article, we will dive into a comprehensive comparison of Databricks and Snowflake and examine the data companies’ features, performance, scalability, and more.