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Avalara nabs nearly $1B in debt securities to fuel growing tax compliance software business

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Seattle-based Avalara is getting a large cash infusion as its business continues to benefit from the e-commerce boom and increasing regulatory obligations. million in revenue for the second quarter of 2021, up 45% year-over-year, its highest growth rate since the 2018 IPO. Avalara said last week that it added $959.9

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

In space, no-one can cancel your software license NASA is a scientific marvel that does all sorts of cool and inspiring space stuff; it’s also a sprawling government bureaucracy with thousands of employees and computer systems under its umbrella. Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Generative AI, IT Strategy

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Amazon’s advertising business is surging amid industry-wide ad sales boom for tech giants

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Amazon’s advertising business continue to grow rapidly as it is now one of the company’s key sources of revenue. billion in sales, up a whopping 87% from the year-ago quarter, and up 14% from the first quarter of 2021. billion last quarter.

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Lessons from 2020, and What to Expect in 2021: An Evolutionary Time in Cyber and Privacy

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Well, actually, one did: technology, cyber, and privacy are still on the rise and influencing businesses across a wide variety of industries. Areas to watch in 2021. But, my largest prediction for 2021: a renewed emphasis on security and privacy, from both a legislative and private sector perspective. Looking back on 2020.

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The digital transformation of an island nation: how Bahrain rose to lead cloud adoption in the GCC Region

CIO Business Intelligence

AWS launched its first Region in the Middle East with three availability zones in 2019, enabling Middle East organizations to meet business continuity and disaster recovery requirements and build available, fault-tolerant, and scalable applications from Bahrain. additional dollars in the wider economy. And there’s more to come.

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Micro transformation: Driving big business benefit through quick IT wins

CIO Business Intelligence

Micro transformations are a strategic approach to digital evolution, enabling IT leaders to innovate without disrupting business continuity. IT ran a pilot in 2021 with one instructor. On the back end, that required “some plumbing” using Cisco Webex to broadcast the faculty member across a larger footprint.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

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He died prematurely on April 23 in 2021. CODEN: From 2016 to 2021. And you're offered running business continuity in seconds. CODEN: we did some tests against one of the most, as I said, against one of most well, we got to test the license against one of the , most expensive analytics engines.