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Tech Moves: Expedia taps execs to run new divisions; Bumble hires Microsoft vet as CTO

GeekWire

Bumble Photo) — Antoine Leblond , a former longtime Microsoft exec who was most recently senior vice president of software at Sonos, joined dating app company Bumble as chief technology officer. Leblond previously spent 25 years at Microsoft leading various engineering teams working on Windows, Office, and other products.

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Kyndryl bolsters its Bridge infrastructure services

Network World

Bridge is one of Kyndryl’s major services offerings, which include consulting, hybrid cloud, security, and applications services. AI networking is definitely in its early days, but we have been in a few consulting engagements about that,” Shagoury said. “A

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

CIO Business Intelligence

Companies taking a multicloud approach can experience ballooning OpEx numbers, says Barrett Schrader, managing director of the technology consulting group at Protiviti: “Organizations can take advantage of volume discounts with reduced complexity. Consumption-based contracts are self-optimizing,” says Gartner’s Buchanan.

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CIOs sharpen cloud cost strategies — just as gen AI spikes loom

CIO Business Intelligence

Awareness of FinOps practices and the maturity of software that can automate cloud optimization activities have helped enterprises get a better understanding of key cost drivers,” McCarthy says, referring to the practice of blending finance and cloud operations to optimize cloud spend. I strike this language from all my contracts.”

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25 Feb Cloudera Federal Forum in Tysons Corner: Amazing agenda filled with lessons learned and best practices

CTOvision

Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. Proven Strategies for Promoting Innovation and Technology Adoption. Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. Data Security—What’s New and What’s Next?

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Tech Moves: T-Mobile tech leader to retire; Curi Bio and CrowdCow appoint CEOs; and more

GeekWire

Ryan Farris , vice president of product, was previously chief technology officer at Anitian, and also served as a product and engineering leader at Amazon, where he worked with AWS MediaStore and CloudFront. He is also an assistant professor of machine learning at Carnegie Mellon University.

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The Oculus Go’s operating system is being unlocked, John Carmack announces

The Verge

The move was announced by Oculus’ consulting CTO John Carmack , who stepped down from his full-time role as CTO in 2019 to focus on his work as an independent AI researcher. That means the headset will remain useful long after official support ends. John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) September 24, 2021. “We