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Tech Moves: Sana R&D chief steps down; Seattle U names new computer science leader

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His research has focused on cybersecurity, machine learning, distributed computing, distributed algorithms, and transportation network modeling and optimization. Kearns, who started her career as a software developer, joined the firm in 2013 and most recently served as chair of its technology practice.

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OneBusAway needs ‘influx of cash’ to hire dedicated developer and keep popular transit app running

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OneBusAway Image) OneBusAway , the beloved app that delivers real-time information to public transportation riders, needs help to keep the bus and train data moving on time. Ferris joined Google in 2011, where he works on transportation and urban-mobility technology for Google Maps.

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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

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It requires a lot more human intervention and human eyesight or brainpower and can only handle so much,” said Brian Brown , president of Transport Workers Union Local 550, representing Southwest dispatchers and meteorologists 4. Does your organization have the culture to support software development?

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Dissecting Alstom’s three-part IT strategy

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We try to develop sustainable, durable, accessible, and intelligent transport responses to face the two great challenges of today’s society: the increase in world population and climate change. Bombardier Transportation was the same size as us, and also a global focus. billion in 2021? Not only Alstom, but all companies.

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Tech Moves: Former Expedia leader joins Peerspace; Flexport adds another Amazon exec

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She also was previously director of product at Seattle mobile software development company Medio and spent nine years at Microsoft as a lead program manager. At Amazon, Richey scaled fleet logistics and helped oversee vehicle development with Rivian, Amazon’s electric delivery van partner.

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Amazon Web Services to offer macOS on-demand in the cloud, in new appeal to Apple developers

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Amazon Web Services will provide software developers with access to macOS on-demand in the cloud for the first time, promising to speed up the process and reduce the cost of making software for Apple’s computers and devices. Dave Brown, Amazon EC2 vice president, announces the new Mac Instances on Monday night.

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Siemens Mobility scales RPA by empowering employees

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Because these large processes tend to focus on sensitive data with compliance concerns, Bock’s team has developed a quality gate and User Acceptance Test (UAT) as part of the development process. It’s really important to have a full-fledged software development process in place,” he says.

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