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CIOs: Catalysts to promote sustainability through collaboration

CIO Business Intelligence

And Choice Hotels has used data derived from utility providers to identify sustainability issues like leaking swimming pools. In recent years, IT groups have helped a wide range of organizations improve sustainability initiatives by creating infrastructure that allows them to collect and analyze related data.

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IT services company Atos plans IBM-style split

CIO Business Intelligence

Atos and its customers, which include hotel chain Accor, electronics supplier RS Components, and telco Telefonica, could pick up some pointers from how IBM handled its Kyndryl spin-off, as there are similarities between the two. IBM was still broadly profitable when it split, having made a net profit of $5.7 Legacy losses. billion ($5.3

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Airbnb valued at $100 billion following blockbuster IPO — equivalent of more than five Expedias

GeekWire

billion — a mind-boggling figure that the newspaper said is greater than Marriott, Hyatt Hotels and Hilton Worldwide Holdings combined. Meanwhile, its net loss more than doubled to $696 million for the first nine months of this year, sparked in part by the decline in the travel business due to COVID-19. That compared to $3.6

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Airbnb files for IPO with future of travel uncertain; Expedia Group listed as competitor in prospectus

GeekWire

billion in revenue through the first nine months of 2020, down 32% year-over-year, with a net loss of nearly $700 million, growing from $322 million in the year-ago period. The company did post net income of $219 million in the third quarter. The company’s IPO prospectus shows $2.5

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GI Partners Buys LA Telecom Hub One Wilshire » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

Private equity firm GI Partners has acquired One Wilshire, the leading carrier hotel in Los Angeles and one of the most wired buildings in the world, the company confirmed this week. | High Net World HNW Magazine. Photo: CoreSite Realty). GI BUYS BIGGEST TELECOMMS HUB ON U.S. WEST COAST FOR $437.5M Posted July 19th, 2013. [.]

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Airbnb lost millions in revenue due to the coronavirus, IPO filing reveals

The Verge

The company has seen annual net losses every year since its launch and says it may not be able to achieve profitability. It went from a net loss of $70 million in 2017 to a net loss of $674.3 For the nine months ending on September 30th, it saw a net loss of $696.9 million in 2019, on revenue of $4.81

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NJVC to Spotlight Cloudcuity at Gartner Data Center Conference

Cloud Musings

Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Location : Venetian Ballroom B, The Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd., Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily. By highlighting.