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The craziest stories of the tech sector

Network World

Network World started its Wider Net stories in 2003 in an effort to lighten up our news pages, acknowledging that there is a lot more to the world of enterprise networking and IT other than speeds and feeds of switches and routers and WAN links.

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Sonos names Microsoft product chief and Surface impresario Panos Panay to its board

GeekWire

Panay becomes the 10th member of the Sonos board, which also includes former Microsoft Xbox leader Robbie Bach, in addition to current and former top executives from companies including Restoration Hardware, Conde Nast, Publicis Sapient, and Hearst Magazines, among others. Sonos, based in Santa Barbara, Calif.,

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Amazon wealth reigns: Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott lead list of top U.S. philanthropists for 2020

GeekWire

In total, the magazine tracked $24.7 ” Bezos is currently the richest person on the planet, with a net worth that stands at a staggering $192 billion, according to Forbes. ” Scott’s net worth is estimated at $58 billion. . ” Scott’s net worth is estimated at $58 billion.

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Albemarle supercharges employee experience with federated automation

CIO Business Intelligence

Net sales have more than doubled in the five years Thompson has been with the company, and its goal is to double them again in the next five. That role, and his work automating parts of Turner’s project planning process, earned him a place on the March 15, 1999, cover of CIO magazine , CIO.com’s predecessor. Albemarle is growing fast.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: GovTech Innovator: Kevin.

Cloud Musings

Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Government Technology and its sister publications are an award-winning family of magazines. Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily.

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South American retailer shares lessons learned in its move to HR automation

CIO Business Intelligence

As one recent CIO Magazine article noted: “The underlying technologies that support key HR functions … help today’s CHROs achieve maximum human capital management efficiency 3. Automation would bring new employees to full productivity in only six weeks, raising productivity by $4,000 per week for four weeks—a net increase of $16,000.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: Why the cloud will shake markets.

Cloud Musings

Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations. GovCloud on Facebook. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS.

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