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PGA of America swings for the public cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

That’s just one major drive under way by the nonprofit golf association, which is also delivering myriad tournaments and events, special services, and classes to its 28,000 members, a roster including celebrities, national golf pros, golf coaches, amateur players, and people who work in the golf industry, says PGA of America CTO Kevin Scott.

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

CIO Business Intelligence

Many CIOs don’t know where to start,” says Brian Kirkland, CIO at Choice Hotels and founding board member for SustainableIT.org, a nonprofit launched to help create frameworks and standards around sustainability. CIO Wetmur is taking things a step further at Morgan Stanley with a more sustainable approach to application development.

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Sam Altman’s ouster puts a new twist into OpenAI’s complicated relationship with Microsoft

GeekWire

Reports overnight indicate that a conflict between Altman’s ambitions for OpenAI and the mission of the nonprofit were at the core of the board’s decision to oust him as CEO and remove OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman as chairman. At the event, on Nov. The developer day was an issue. ’ ” McIlwain said.

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Tech Moves: AWS product head joins Faculty; Bezos Earth Fund hires BlackRock leader; and more

GeekWire

Sullivan was previously head of product for the AI DevOps group at Amazon Web Services, where he led teams helping customers build and manage cloud-based applications. Bodnar was previously chief strategy officer at the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), where he founded its Center for Climate-Aligned Finance.

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GeekWire Podcast: Seattle region’s new tech giant; ‘Slackforce’ analysis; AWS re:Invent takeaways

GeekWire

billion; Amazon Web Services makes some surprising news at its annual re:Invent cloud conference ; and a new tech giant arrives in our backyard. McIlwain invests in software and data-oriented companies in areas including cloud computing, intelligent applications, and the intersection of life science and data science.

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Tech Moves: AWS exec named Splunk president; Amazon vet joins Overstock as CMO; and more

GeekWire

Former Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft executive Teresa Carlson will join Splunk in the new role of president and chief growth officer effective April 19. and was previously a vice president and general manager at Amazon Web Services. Cloud services provider BitTitan hired Khan Klatt as director of engineering.

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Expanding the AWS Cloud: Introducing the AWS Canada (Central) Region

All Things Distributed

Earlier this year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced it would launch a new AWS infrastructure region in Montreal, Quebec. The new Canada (Central) Region offers a robust suite of infrastructure, management, and developer services that can enable innovators to deploy market-leading applications. in the coming year.

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