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Amazon expanding ‘upskill’ training for software developer roles to workers outside of company

GeekWire

Amazon announced Tuesday that it is expanding one of its so-called “upskilling” programs to people outside of the company who are interested in acquiring training for roles in software engineering. Building on that coursework foundation and graduate success, Amazon is now bringing the program to students outside Amazon.

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Diversity-focused school Ada Developers Academy cuts 45% of staff amid tech industry hiring pullback

GeekWire

Ada Developers Academy graduates at a graduation event on Jan. Jenny Crooks Photo) Ada Developers Academy , the Seattle-based tuition-free software development boot camp for women and underrepresented sexual, gender and racial minorities, laid off 45% of its workforce, the nonprofit confirmed to GeekWire Wednesday.

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Microsoft Word gets ChatGPT integration with new ‘Ghostwriter’ third-party add-in

GeekWire

Ghostwriter is the creation of Patrick Husting , a Seattle-area business leader, serial entrepreneur, and software developer who worked in Microsoft’s consulting business in the late 1990s. Ghostwriter, for its part, works in Word for Office 2019 and newer versions of the software. Photo courtesy Patrick Husting).

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Ada Developers Academy ‘significantly’ reduces headcount, pauses admissions, names interim CEO

GeekWire

(Jenny Crooks Photo) Seattle-based Ada Developers Academy has conducted another round of layoffs and named a new interim leader, a month after CEO Lauren Sato resigned from the tuition-free software development boot camp for women and underrepresented sexual, gender and racial minorities. markets by 2025.

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Safeguarding your digital ecosystem: effective strategies to detect and mitigate API abuse

CIO Business Intelligence

In today’s interconnected digital landscape, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are instrumental in ensuring seamless communication between software systems. Gartner studies indicate that by 2025, half of all data theft will be attributed to unsecured APIs.

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How CIOs reinterpret their role through AI

CIO Business Intelligence

As businesses digitally transform, technology is increasingly integrated into every activity, and the CIO is becoming more of a catalyst for data-driven value creation through analytics, new AI model training, software development, automation, vendor engagement, and more.

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38 important low-code statistics and facts for 2022

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

The global low-code development platform market is predicted to generate a revenue of $187.0 By 2025, 70% of new applications developed by organizations will use low-code or no-code technologies, up from less than 25% in 2020. 65%+ of application development activity will be a result of low-code application development, by 2024.

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