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Bezos’ Amazon: from bookstore to backbone of the internet

The Verge

to found an internet-based bookstore. In 1998, Amazon bought the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) for approximately $55 million, in the company’s first major acquisition. AWS was a commercial product that would provide the backbone for companies to run their own internet businesses from the cloud. Shaw & Co.

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Tech News Roundup February 10

CTOvision

Pentagon looks to mature Cyber Command with FY17 budget - FCW.com. Obama bemoans obsolete tech in budget request - FCW.com. More cash for new IT in 2017 federal budget plan - FedScoop. FTC in no rush to regulate Internet of Things - FCW.com. DHS cancels $675M cyber support contract - FCW.com.

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Amazon is working on a live-action Blade Runner 2099 TV show from Ridley Scott

The Verge

Blade Runner 2099 will pick up 50 years in the future from the Denis Villeneuve-helmed sequel Blade Runner 2049 from 2017 and will see Silka Luisa (the showrunner on Apple TV Plus’ Shining Girls ) writing and executive producing the series. Deadline adds that Scott may also direct the show himself, too.

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5 lessons that CIOs learned in 2017

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

What are the most important lessons that IT leaders and CIOs learned (or should have learned) in 2017? Lesson #1: Cybersecurity needs a larger portion of your IT budget (and focus). In 2017, the number of cyber-incidents DOUBLED,” says Robert Douglas, President of PlanetMagpie IT Consulting. “In Prepare for the worst.

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Private Data Center Trends for 2014 and Beyond

CTOvision

Not every organization will have the budget or regulatory authority to adopt the latest data center technologies. Gartner research predicts that SSDs will be in 90% of data centers by 2017. This new breed of data centers presents some inherit advantages for organizations that wish to become early adopters.

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Innovating Services for a Digital, Intelligent Future

CIO Business Intelligence

Tackling the challenges of intelligent transformation However, many organisations continue to struggle with tight budgets, resistance to change, and perennial shortages of skill sets and staff. In 2017, Myanmar saw 90% of its people owning a mobile phone—but only 10% owned a bank account.

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Senator stalls intelligence funding bill over surveillance concerns

Network World

senator has stalled an intelligence budget bill over concerns that it would expand surveillance while limiting oversight of it. Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, has placed a hold on the 2017 Intelligence Authorization Act , saying the bill would allow the FBI, without a court order, to demand U.S.

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