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Telefonica is working to help enterprises decarbonize their operations

CIO Business Intelligence

degrees Celsius, and our executive committee approved the goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2040 across Telefonica’s entire value chain,” says Ribaya. Since 2016, we have reduced all our emissions by 51%, and in our primary markets, 100% of the electricity we consume comes from renewable sources.

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Google parent Alphabet’s Q1 profits dropped by more than $1 billion compared to 2021

The Verge

However, with expenses up compared to 2021, its net profit actually dropped to $16.4 billion 2016: $20.3 If you’ve ever looked at the way Google reports earnings, then you know it’s typically impossible to tell how well hardware products like the Pixel phone, Nest, Chromecast, and Android are doing. billion 2021: $55.3

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Vizio files to go public, has sold over 80 million TVs

The Verge

We will continue our successful hardware business, iterating on models as we’ve done before, and at the same time build our name in smart TV software,” Wang said. Vizio tried to reinvent the TV experience in 2016 but has pulled back on some of those experiments. The S-1 begins with Wang recounting his surviving a plane crash.

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CIOs Have To Learn To Invest In IT In Order For Their Company To Succeed

The Accidental Successful CIO

The biggest IT firms got that way by going “all in” They made the investment to build their own software and in some cases they even built their own hardware. Back in 1985 companies spent roughly 7% of their net revenue on proprietary IT. In 2016 approximately 24% of a company’s net income went into proprietary IT.

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Self-driving startup Aurora will raise $2 billion in SPAC merger

The Verge

The deal will give Aurora about $2 billion in new cash when it closes, which will help the startup in its quest to become a provider of self-driving hardware and software to companies in the trucking and ride-hailing industries. But its executives have deep and diverse experience with autonomous vehicles.

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Climate tech execs anticipate market benefits as COP26 summit amplifies role of private sector

GeekWire

“Even beyond COP, there’s a realization ‘hardware-lite’ is not going to solve the problem and outsized returns can accrue to those who can and do lead in the space,” Lesemann said by email. led Net-Zero World Initiative launched and Breakthrough Energy is one of its private partners.

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Technology Short Take #63

Scott Lowe

In any case, here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Net on the major data center technology areas. At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Servers/Hardware. I’ll try to correct that for the next one. Have fun reading! Networking.

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