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What is an IT consultant? Roles, types, salaries, and how to become one

CIO Business Intelligence

In addition, consultants with program management skills are valuable for supporting technology projects, assessing technology strategies, and helping organizations compare and make informed decisions about their technology investments, Farnsworth says.

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Amazon Web Services gets set to ignite space accelerator program’s third stage

GeekWire

Startups in this year’s AWS Space Accelerator program include, from left, Lunasonde, which is developing a space-based radar sounding system; Raven Space Systems, which is building 3D-printed re-entry capsules; and Rogue Space Systems, which focuses of space robotic systems.

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Amazon Web Services cuts hundreds of jobs in sales, training, and physical stores tech group

GeekWire

GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon Web Services will cut several hundred jobs in its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services organization, and a few hundred jobs on its Physical Stores Technology team, executives in the tech giant’s cloud computing division informed employees Wednesday morning in internal emails.

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Amazon adding more space east of Seattle in Redmond for 800 new AWS jobs, Project Kuiper lab

GeekWire

will be home to hundreds of Amazon Web Services employees. Amazon is making more real estate moves east of Seattle, adding hundreds of Amazon Web Services roles in Redmond, Wash. Redmond Town Center in Redmond, Wa., Invesco Photo). The majority of that growth has been centered on Bellevue, Wash.

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Microsoft says it mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever recorded

The Verge

It also exceeds the peak traffic volume of 2.3Tbps, the previous largest attack, which was directed at Amazon Web Services last year. DDoS attacks are typically used to force websites or services offline, thanks to a flood of traffic that a web host can’t handle. “The

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10 highest-paying IT jobs

CIO Business Intelligence

The demand for specialized skills has boosted salaries in cybersecurity, data, engineering, development, and program management. 1. IT management It’s no surprise that IT executive positions earn some of the highest average salaries, with Dice reporting an average yearly salary of $164,814 in 2022 — an 8.4%

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Amazon may launch healthcare business line with at-home COVID test and other diagnostic services

GeekWire

The move at the time was part of a larger effort by Amazon to expand its COVID-19 testing capabilities, tapping employees from a variety of roles across the company, including research scientists, program managers, procurement specialists and software engineers. The company also sells Amazon Web Services to healthcare customers.