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Turning boulders into pebbles: behind Westpac’s cloud journey

CIO Business Intelligence

The move supports the goal to adopt a standard for all new systems at the bank, whether created by its own tech team or sourced from others, to be built to continuously change using evergreen cloud-native technologies, according to David Walker, Westpac Group chief technology officer. Building a simpler tech environment.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Real estate buying platform Blox has appointed Amit Goel as its chief technology officer, based in Mumbai.

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Expedia Group lays off 36 workers as part of broader cuts

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Consultation with local employee representatives, where applicable, will occur before making any final decisions.” After peaking at more than 25,000 employees in 2019, the company employed 14,800 people as of 2021, following a restructuring just prior to the pandemic. Expedia reported $2.9

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UW spinout Overland AI raises $10M for off-road self-driving tech used by U.S. military

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Speaking at the GeekWire Summit last year, Boots recounted how self-driving technology’s roots started with military-related applications. “Defense was the original motivator for this technology,” he said. The company’s CTO, Jonathan Fink , worked as a researcher for the U.S. Byron Boots.

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Seattle startup vets launch platform that lets employers provide emergency savings accounts

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Around 40% of Americans struggle to come up with $400 for an unexpected expense, according to a 2019 survey from the Federal Reserve. More companies are rolling out programs as of late that let employees save a portion of their paycheck automatically, The New York Times reported earlier this month.

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PGA of America swings for the public cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

That’s just one major drive under way by the nonprofit golf association, which is also delivering myriad tournaments and events, special services, and classes to its 28,000 members, a roster including celebrities, national golf pros, golf coaches, amateur players, and people who work in the golf industry, says PGA of America CTO Kevin Scott.

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‘Forever chemicals’ are eternal no more thanks to a pollution destroying device from Tacoma startup

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. “So we’re very fortunate we’ve validated the technology works, and we’re now to the point of [going to] commercial scale and growth of the company.” Seeing it onsite is pretty amazing, said Elise Thomas, environmental program manager at Fairbanks International Airport. R&D facility.

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