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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO Business Intelligence

Businesses are exploring new ways to apply low-code data science to unlock insights on how to improve processes, says Matt Mead, CTO at tech modernization firm SPR. “AI Australian experiential tourism company Journey Beyond recently revamped its contact center as part of a customer experience transformation. IDC is forecasting a 5.1%

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Tech Moves: Microsoft names lead independent director; startup vet Rebecca Lovell joins Greater Seattle Partners

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Rea will become chief operating officer of a new Seattle-based venture launching soon called Daylight Advisors, a professional development platform for wealth advisors and others who support the philanthropy and social impact of their clients. as chief technology officer. Rea steps down at the end of April.

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Radian Aerospace comes out of stealth and raises $27.5M for orbital space plane development

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. “What we are doing is hard, but it’s no longer impossible thanks to significant advancements in materials science, miniaturization and manufacturing technologies,” Livingston Holder, Radian’s co-founder and chief technology officer, said today in a news release. Holder was part of the U.S.

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6 tips for making the most of a tight IT budget

CIO Business Intelligence

This is where Saurabh Mittal, CTO at Mumbai-based Piramal Capital & Housing Finance, wants IT leaders to make a careful distinction. Enterprise technology leaders must differentiate between cost and investment if they want to make the most of their limited budgets.

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Convoy hires former Expedia CEO as president and COO as digital freight startup tops 1k employees

GeekWire

Mark Okerstrom is shifting from travel and tourism to trucking, looking to apply his digital commerce expertise to a new marketplace. The former Expedia Group CEO, who left the travel giant in an executive shakeup last year, is joining Convoy as the fast-growing Seattle startup’s new president and chief operating officer.

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Startup survival: How a pandemic pivot helped this photo booth company see a bigger picture

GeekWire

The tourism board of France was a customer.” ” The software engineer, Patrick Ellis, is now Snapbar’s CTO. . “For me as a non-tech entrepreneur, I’ve always heard about the scale of software, but this was our first visceral experience,” Eitzen said. “Google was using us in Pakistan.

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Blue Origin sets next space trip for Oct. 12; two fliers named, but not William Shatner

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” Boshuizen co-founded Planet in 2010 and served as its chief technology officer for five years. . “More importantly, though, I see this flight as an opportunity to inspire students to pursue careers in STEM and catalyze the next generation of space explorers.

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