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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board

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. — Law enforcement technology company Axon added former HTC Vive exec Chris Chin as vice president of immersive tech. In his new role, Chin will be responsible for Axon’s virtual reality and augmented reality training platforms. billion contract to return astronauts to the moon. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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How Telecom Argentina is turning to teamwork

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The country’s economic situation is also impacting the CSP’s purchasing power, since technology investments are made typically in foreign currencies such as the dollar, while income is in pesos. ” But that does not mean it is seeking quick technological fixes. .” In-house automation.

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Oil changes for houses: Startup led by former Expedia director offers regular home maintenance

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The company also offers a virtual agent for users to schedule a repair with a vendor. He is joined by other hospitality and property tech vets: CTO Greg Mushen held the position of Director of Product Management at Expedia, and also served as VP of Product Management at Seattle-based sales startup Outreach.

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Sam Altman’s venture fund invests $3M in startup using humans and AI to keep people on task

GeekWire

The startup launched in 2021, when co-founder and CEO Sharon Pope was feeling a bit overwhelmed in the midst of the pandemic. After the three co-founders, the startup counts a software designer as its lone employee, along with about 20 contracted Shelpers. Or, both, in a three-way chat.

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Meet the latest Techstars Seattle cohort: 10 startups on how they’ve adapted to the pandemic

GeekWire

The latest Techstars Seattle cohort kicked off an entirely virtual 3-month startup accelerator journey in January. Unlike the 2020 class, which had to pivot to a remote format in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 participants and Techstars organizers are applying lessons learned from the past year of remote work.

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How Indian CIOs are staying ahead of changing demand for skills

CIO Business Intelligence

IT executives see talent shortage as the most significant adoption barrier to 64% of emerging technologies, ahead of implementation cost (29%) or security risk (7%), according to a September 2021 Gartner survey. Identifying which emerging technologies will prove most useful is a challenge, though.