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RIP (finally) to the blockchain hype

CIO Business Intelligence

A recent criticism of blockchain comes from Jim Fowler, CTO at insurance carrier Nationwide. In short, blockchain is on the shelf for now something we check in on periodically, but not a priority until it proves its worth in the real world. And I do think that random memecoins and NFTs not associated with any real asset are useless.

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Prophia, which extracts info from commercial real estate contracts, raises $10.2M

GeekWire

Prophia , a startup building a platform that scours and extracts key terms from commercial real estate contracts, raised $10.2 Prophia’s users can upload PDF contracts that are analyzed by its software. Lexion , Advocat , and Clearbrief help legal teams sift through different types of contracts. million.

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Doorstead launches real estate property management service in Seattle

GeekWire

Doorstead , a San Francisco-based real estate property management startup founded by former Uber employees, is starting to expand nationally and just launched in the Seattle region. Doorstead helps small real estate investors who own single-family units and need help renting out their space. (Doorstead Image).

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JLL reinvents itself for the AI era

CIO Business Intelligence

City skyscrapers and office parks may remain scarcely occupied in the post-pandemic work era, but commercial real estate player JLL’s business is not slowing down, thanks to the company’s embrace of technology and high-growth opportunities to adapt and prosper. Commercial real estate covers many different things,” Morin says. “We

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Tech Moves: Ex-Glassdoor CTO will lead Auth0 engineering; Flyhomes hires CRO; and more

GeekWire

based identify authentication software company Auth0 named former Glassdoor CTO Bhawna Singh as SVP of engineering. Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes hired Kayti Sullivan as the company’s first chief revenue officer. Bhawna Singh. Auth0 Photo). Bellevue, Wash.-based Kayti Sullivan. Flyhomes Photo).

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The C-suite is expanding — and IT leaders are stepping up

CIO Business Intelligence

In addition to the established CIO, CTO, CISO, and chief digital officer (CDO) roles, Sharma says EY is seeing “additional instances” of chief innovation officers and chief experience officers. billion square feet of real estate in 19 countries. Increasingly, new C-suite roles with a tech bent are permeating companies.

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More Good News In Federal IT from GSA (you will never see this on the front page of the Washington Post)

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General Services Administration (GSA) today announced that it has closed 37 data centers this fiscal year as part of the national Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI), allowing the agency to avoid real estate costs and reduce energy consumption. SUPPORTING QUOTE. SUPPORTING RESOURCES.