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F5 lays off 623 employees, plans office consolidation to cut more costs

GeekWire

F5 is also reducing executive bonuses, consolidating more office space, and moving some company events to virtual in a bid to cut costs. ” The latest moves come after F5 already took steps to reduce expenses earlier this year, including slowing hiring, reducing office space, and minimizing travel. .”

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IT Vortex: The Effort to Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions is Far More Than a Business Goal

CIO Business Intelligence

That in itself was a significant step that demonstrated IT’s ability to reduce carbon emissions associated with everything from daily commutes to business travel. “The pandemic caused profound shifts in technology and made the ability to support remote workforces and achieve IT interoperability crucial,” says Corriero.

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Expedia CEO says maybe the metaverse emerges in 100 years, predicts more interest in the ‘real-verse’

GeekWire

But Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern doesn’t think we’ll be traveling there anytime soon, saying he thinks we will want to be in the “real-verse” for some time to come. ” Expedia reported strong earnings on Thursday, posting fourth quarter net income of $276 million on revenue of $2.3

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Four most exciting cross-industry network slicing opportunities

TM Forum

Travelling is not always an option, and even if it is, the specialists might not always reach their patients in time – let alone get to all the patients who need help. By overcoming the barrier of distance and the time needed to travel, 5G surgery can help save the lives of many more people all around the world.

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Health tech company Accolade goes public at $1.2B valuation in Seattle’s first IPO of 2020

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Accolade CEO Raj Singh on video in New York’s Times Square for the virtual ringing of the Nasdaq opening bell. The company has been led since 2015 by Singh , who previously co-founded travel expense software giant Concur, which sold to SAP for $8.3 The company posted a net loss of $51.4 Via Nasdaq webcast).

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Orbite begins the launch countdown for its commercial astronaut training programs

GeekWire

Orbite Photo) After getting its start in Seattle and testing its business model in France and Florida, a space travel venture called Orbite is ready to start signing up customers for private-sector astronaut training programs. Participants in an astronaut orientation session float during a zero-G flight in France in 2021.

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CES 2023: A list of Washington state companies showing off their latest tech gadgets and services

GeekWire

The show drew more than 171,000 people in 2020 but went virtual-only in 2021 and last year less than 50,000 attended and numerous companies pulled out amid concerns about the Omicron variant. based startup, founded by Zheng Qin in 2021, focuses on wide field of view optical solutions for augmented reality and virtual reality hybrid glasses.

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