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Learn more about Kubernetes and why Komodor is taking the world by storm, in this interview with our very own Ben Ofiri - for the Hebrew speakers this time.

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Take a look at this picture. It was taken today at our Salesforce offices in Tel-Aviv. It shows a few dozens of Salesforce Israel employees in one of our regular all-hands meetings. What's so special about that? Well, that picture was taken exactly 36 hours after Iran launched a massive aerial strike against Israel with 100s of UCAVs, ballistic and cruise missiles carrying about 60 tons(!) of explosives. Thanks to the Israeli Air force, the air forces of the US, UK, France, Jordan and others *and* Israeli innovation and engineering talent who developed the most advanced multi-layered air defense systems in the world - luckily that attack ended up with relatively low impact. It was a sleepless night for all us in Israel who got an advanced notice of the attack and basically spent that night bracing for impact. Now take another look at this picture. 36 hours later - People showing up at the office, talking to each other, having a few laughs, having meetings, discussing deadlines, solving business problems, discussing engineering problems, doing demos, having coffee and lunch together, having an all-hands meeting together. 36 hours ago we were bracing for impact of 60 tons of explosives that were about to fall out of the sky. Take another look at this picture - This is how resilience looks like. You can count on us. We deliver. No matter what. https://lnkd.in/eXSvz3xv

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OTORIO's new Head of R&D ‫ ‫Ben Dahan discusses the critical challenges of cybersecurity in today's fast-evolving landscape and how to overcome them at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Proud of Rivery for their outstanding achievement in G2’s Summer 2024 Grid Report for ETL Tools! Founded by Itamar Ben Hemo, Aviv Noy, and Alon Reznik, Rivery’s solution that enables organizations to build efficient, scalable end-to-end ELT pipelines and gain complete control and freedom of their data secured wins in five categories: 👑 Best Enterprise Support 👑 Easiest to do Business With for Enterprises 👑 Easiest to Use 👑 Best Relationship with Enterprises 👑 Best Relationship with Businesses Check out the official announcement >> Link in comments -- Want to learn more about winning your business? 👉 Make sure to hit FOLLOW at State of Mind Ventures (SOMV). #Startups #Innovation

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🌐 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲? The Google Cloud Marketplace is a powerful platform, but many cloud solution providers struggle to unlock its full potential. This is your opportunity to change that. 🔑 Join us on December 12 for an exclusive event in Tel Aviv: Google Cloud Marketplace with Sela 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻? How to effectively list and optimize your offerings. Tips for boosting your visibility in the marketplace. Real-world success stories that show how optimization drives results. 🚀 Whether you're just starting or looking to refine your strategy, this event is packed with actionable insights. 📅 Get your ticket now: Event Details & Registration https://buff.ly/490tFkG 💬 What’s one key factor that’s holding your marketplace strategy back? Let’s talk about it in the comments! 👇 Ishai Ram Ori Naamat Asaf Amran Liron Ratzabi Eric Kean Amit Mor #GoogleCloud #CloudMarketplace #TechGrowth #SaaS #CloudSolutions #TelAvivEvents #BusinessSuccess #Innovation #SelaCloud

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🎙️ Tune in to all you need to know about CVE-2024-37032, aka #Probllama 🎙️ Join Shir Tamari, Amitai Cohen, and Eden Naftali, as they dive into the latest discovery by Wiz's research team — a critical vulnerability in Ollama, a popular #AI application. In this episode, we explore: 🦙 The technical details of CVE-2024-37032 😈 How an attacker can abuse this vulnerability 🛡️ Steps AI users can take to defend themselves This isn't just about initial access or crypto mining. This flaw could allow attackers to gain remote code execution and alter prompt answers to generate misleading information. Listen to the full 'Crying Out Cloud' podcast episode below: https://lnkd.in/dwchRjEX

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https://lnkd.in/eNVrg3nh #Product #Managers are key in AI safety as it's is essential for the responsible development of artificial intelligence, ensuring that systems operate reliably and align with human values. As AI integrates into various sectors, the risks of malfunctions and unintended consequences—such as bias and privacy violations—become increasingly significant. Read about my thoughts on how PMs can drive more AI safety. #AI_Safety #ProductManagers #AI

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Digital health is a leading sector in the Israeli ecosystem, and AI is revolutionizing the field. In a recent article published in Calcalist כלכליסט, Eran Lerer from Shoni Health Ventures explains the transformative impact of AI on disease diagnosis, faster drug development, personalized treatment, and home care. According to him, investing in innovative companies, combined with the unique human resources in Israel, will make Israel a global leader in the field. Buzz by Extra Mind. #DigitalHealth #AI #Innovation #Israel #Healthcare

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Grateful to be part of a journey that truly defines partnership! Working closely with our customers, overcoming challenges, and building trust along the way is what makes this process so rewarding. It’s about more than just solving problems—it's about achieving success together. This is how long-term relationships and impactful results are built. #StrategicPartnership #CustomerSuccess #Collaboration #Azure Edith Berda, Ittai Hoffen, Arik Bidny, Roi Becidan, Guy Kobrinsky, Shahar Barak

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  Tel Aviv and IBM teams question the conventional benchmarking practices, which typically involve training models from scratch with random initialization as modeling long-range dependencies in sequences has led to notable architectural advancements, with state space models (SSMs) emerging as a significant alternative to Transformers. According to the team, this method may overestimate the differences between architectures.   The researchers propose pretraining models using standard denoising objectives with downstream task data, a method they term selfpretraining (SPT). This approach significantly narrows the performance gap between Transformers and SSMs. For example, pretrained vanilla Transformers can match the performance of advanced SSMs like S4 on benchmarks such as the Long Range Arena (LRA). Specifically, SPT improved the best reported results of SSMs on the PathX-256 task by 20 points.   Key findings from the study include:   1. Transformers vs. SSMs: Properly pretrained vanilla Transformers can achieve performance comparable to S4 on LRA tasks, challenging the notion that Transformers are less capable of modeling long-range dependencies. 2. Redundancy of Structured Parameterizations: Structured parameterizations in SSMs become mostly redundant with data-driven initialization through pretraining, suggesting that simpler models can match the performance of more complex architectures. 3. Effectiveness Across Data Scales: SPT is particularly beneficial when training data is scarce, with relative gains more pronounced with smaller datasets. 4. Adaptability of Convolution Kernels: Data-driven kernels learned via SPT adapt to specific task distributions, enhancing performance on long-sequence tasks.   The study emphasizes the importance of incorporating a pretraining stage in model evaluation to ensure accurate performance estimation and simplify architecture design. This approach not only provides a fair comparison between different architectures but also highlights the efficiency of pretraining in leveraging task data.    Arxiv: https://lnkd.in/enaH3mhu

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Israel is a giant playground if you can perceive it as such. One of my adventures in the corridors of Israeli academia (it’s a comedy. They all are) involved an esoteric investigation into a new class of numbers. There was a notion that there is a negative zero and a positive zero, and that it is somehow useful. I came in to the lab, understood what is required, and wrote the code that produces negative and positive zeros, and queries that perform statistical analysis on the outputs, etc, etc, etc. Negative zeros, positive zeros, perhaps useless in any case aside from slippage calculation in zero-ish trade thresholds. In any case, it’s unfeasible, due to Binance fees. https://lnkd.in/dfjKhTND

🚀 Just finished listening to Aharon Twizer, ControlMonkey's founder and CEO, share his game-changing perspective on cloud infrastructure management In The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, Yaffo podcast - Make an Impact (Links below). His concept of "reversing the equation" struck a chord. Instead of constant firefighting, he advocates for a proactive approach that minimizes repetitive and reactive tasks. This shift transforms DevOps teams, allowing them to focus on innovation rather than just maintenance. It's about working smarter in the cloud era. Thoughts? Have you implemented similar strategies? What challenges did you face? Ronit Amitay Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gkYvPFFq Apple Podcast: https://lnkd.in/g6ZzhqHi #CloudInfrastructure #DevOps #Innovation

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Excited to share that we’ve been featured in People & Computers magazine! 🎉 The article covers our joint customer event with Beecon Security and ReviveSec, where we discussed how our AI-based solutions are enhancing firewall protection in these challenging times. Check out the full piece to see how we’re fortifying cybersecurity together.

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𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗢𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆! In today’s fast-paced tech world, optimizing cloud costs has shifted from a luxury to a necessity. That’s why we’re excited to share our latest article, in which our talented VP of FinOps, Yulia Perlis, and Shimrit Hedberg, Senior Business Manager at Google Cloud, breaks down the core principles of FinOps and how organizations can achieve new levels of cloud efficiency. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲? ≡ A deep dive into the true meaning of FinOps and why it’s more than just cost-saving ≡ Proven strategies for building a cost-aware culture within your organization ≡ Practical tools and tips for managing cloud costs effectively 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 ⇒ https://lnkd.in/dWT76kbe 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁.

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TL;DR - You're likely overpaying for your cloud-database infrastructure, and it remains the weakest link in your SLA chain. When Tal Tamir and I embarked on our mission to optimize relational databases in the cloud with Rapydo, we initially didn't grasp the real root cause of high database costs. After engaging with hundreds of Amazon RDS users, we realized that high costs are merely a symptom of a few deeper issues. Cloud applications can scale infinitely, but your RDBMS cannot. This disparity creates a significant challenge: while your applications scale out seamlessly, your databases are limited to scaling up. This forces companies to prepare for worst-case scenario spikes around the clock. This challenge is particularly prevalent among the cloud-native businesses we spoke with, where over 90% rely heavily on RDBMS. Even with over-provisioning to handle potential application spikes, DevOps teams cannot be certain that the next spike will be absorbed by the available CPU and I/O resources. This uncertainty results in overpaying for database infrastructure while still facing the risk of performance bottlenecks. If you're encountering similar issues with your cloud-based RDBMS, reach out to me or Shir Margalit. Let's discuss how we can help to reduce your DB Outages by 99%, with 0 engineering efforts

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