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US port strike has CIOs prepping for supply chain implications

CIO Business Intelligence

And while analysts expect a somewhat swift resolution to the work stoppage, “CIOs need to stay tuned into what’s happening around the globe and be thoughtful how it might affect their ability to operate,” said Bob McCowan, CIO at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. Supply chain will be affected for servers, chips, and any hardware deliverables.

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How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company

CIO Business Intelligence

On the hardware side, it continues to sell GPUs for PCs and some gaming consoles; supplies computational accelerators to server manufacturers, hyperscalers, and supercomputer manufacturers; and makes chips for self-driving cars. Nvidia says its hardware, software, and services can cut early-stage drug discovery from months to weeks.

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Sandbox AQ is Alphabet’s new bet on the future of quantum cryptography

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Sandbox AQ is also looking at the development of new sensors based on quantum phenomena which could be useful in medical diagnostics, and at the discovery of novel materials, including pharmaceuticals, using AI. And Microsoft and IBM are also working on quantum hardware. Crypto customers.

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Manufacturing CIOs see bright future for the industry, thanks to IT

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That led me into a role in the pharmaceutical industry, again, building and operating processes to manufacture pharmaceuticals. From that point forward, I was fortunate enough to lead both the IT and OT teams within global pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chain organizations. Now, software eats hardware for lunch.

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Private Clouds eBook

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Bright Cluster Manager™, Bright Cluster Manager for Big Data™, and Bright OpenStack™ provide a unified, hardware-agnostic approach to installing, provisioning, configuring, managing, and monitoring HPC clusters, big data clusters, and OpenStack clouds. Bright's products are currently deployed in more than 500 data centers around the world.

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The 10 highest-paying industries for IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

Every business unit has a stake in the IT services, apps, networks, hardware, and software needed to meet business goals and objectives, and many of them are hiring their own technologists. Healthcare Technology is paramount for the healthcare industry, including the medical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries.

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CIOs weigh the new economics and risks of cloud lock-in

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Caveat emptor in the cloud Bob McGowan, CIO of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, acknowledges the risk of cloud concentration is valid but he is more concerned about the readiness of SaaS partners. “If Here is a look at how CIOs view the nature and nuances of cloud concentration risks — and what many are doing to mitigate them.

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