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Apple places female engineering program manager on administrative leave after tweeting about sexism in the office

The Verge

Apple has placed senior engineering program manager Ashley Gjøvik on indefinite administrative leave after she tweeted about sexism in the office. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. The company is currently investigating claims Gjøvik made about a hostile work environment. Hours later, García Martínez was fired.

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Bringing books into the TikTok era: Amazon’s Kindle Vella and the rise of the new ‘story platforms’

GeekWire

It’s part of the company’s long history of pushing the boundaries of publishing, including its original online bookstore; its expansion into Kindle e-books and devices; and its acquisitions of the CreateSpace self-publishing platform, Audible audiobook service and Goodreads reading community.

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How BayCare Health System excels in raising data literacy

CIO Business Intelligence

So if we can see the data behind low appointment times, we can create incentive programs to book those slow times. We’ve also set the expectation that if you’re in a leadership role, you need capabilities that are beyond your functional job description, including program management, financial acumen, and data literacy.

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GeekWire Awards 2024 revealed: Winners bask in momentum of AI and potential of region

GeekWire

Geeks Give Back (honorees), presented by BECU Winners: Coding for Cancer , Housing Connector , TrueMedia.org The gist: Coding for Cancer is a program at Seattle’s Fred Hutch that introduces high school students to the key ways in which computing skills intersect with the biomedical field. See this post for more background on this category.

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Digital Master Tuning #89: How do you Measure Success of Strategy Execution Program?

Future of CIO

What are the multifaceted aspect or logical steps to measure the success of your strategy execution program? Program Management are typical instruments for strategy execution. Indeed, you start programs as a manageable means that will go after well-defined benefits, aligned with the strategy.

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Enterprise IT in 2014 – Under-the-Radar Challenges with WAN Bandwidth, BYOD, and XP Security

CTOvision

Deepak was the lead architect of Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003, and prior to that was a program manager with the Windows NT Networking team. He has received five patents and has written more than 50 publications, including a book on Windows programming.

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7 sins of digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

Alternatively, they can accelerate transformation by prioritizing force-multiplying initiatives such as aligning data science and data governance programs or improving IT operations with AIops capabilities. Still, certain issues surface time and time again to trouble business outcomes regardless of the strategic objectives.