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Microsoft hands IT admins beefed-up Windows release health hub

Computerworld Vertical IT

"This will be a phased rollout and we expect this information experience to be available to all applicable customers by the end of April," Mabel Gomes, senior communications program manager in the Windows group, said in a March 25 post to a company blog. To read this article in full, please click here

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Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft COO Kevin Turner leaves Core Scientific; Magic AI founder joins ThruWave

GeekWire

Turner joined Core Scientific in 2018. Its software lets businesses integrate payroll information and utilize data to create optimal workforce operations, among other solutions. million in 2018 and last year merged with SchedulePro. Just going to take some time to recharge and plan my next thing,” Turner said.

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Who will be the Next Tech Titan? Cast your vote in the GeekWire Awards

GeekWire

He was nominated as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2018 in the Media & Advertising category in the Pacific Northwest. CEO background: Nick Fajt spent several years at Microsoft, including as a producer and program manager on HoloLens. He also co-founded The Wedding Tracker and EduClick.

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Julie Larson-Green retires as Qualtrics CXO following IPO; Instacart names Asha Sharma COO; and more

GeekWire

Speaking with GeekWire this week, Larson-Green said the time was right for the next phase of her life after helping Qualtrics get to its IPO by working to build key functions and teams including people operations, program management, data science and user experience. “The technology changes all the time.

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Meet the unicorns: A look at the 15 Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

GeekWire

To put that number in perspective, that compares to a grand total of $2 billion that every Washington startup — 175 in total — raised in all of 2018. Industry: Enterprise customer data. GeekWire story from July 2021 : Amperity is Seattle’s latest unicorn with $100M round to supercharge its customer data platform .

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Tech Moves: Zulily hires Nike exec as new CTO; Google vet Phil Bogle joins Kalshi; Auth0 adds CISO

GeekWire

Kissler said Zulily is focused on using its data more effectively for personalization and predictive analytics. Jeff Yurcisin , a former Amazon executive and Shopbop CEO, took over as CEO in 2018 after Cavens stepped down from the role. He will lead the startup’s product management and engineering, program management, and UX.

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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

CIO Business Intelligence

Previously, we didn’t have access to all the data about our customers because we didn’t have the direct customer contact,” says Altehed. The cloud journey completed Even before the system landscape is changed, Volvo Cars has made its cloud journey — one of the big, ongoing programs when Altehed started his role in 2019. “We

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