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Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’

GeekWire

.” That warning, so obvious today, was a blunt wake-up call 20 years ago for many of the software developers reading the book Writing Secure Code, by Microsoft security engineering leaders Michael Howard and David LeBlanc. And the security of Microsoft’s software is still falling well short of Gates’ vision.

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Expat CIOs: IT leaders broaden horizons with global experiences

CIO Business Intelligence

He moved from New Zealand to Amsterdam, working with Nike and Heineken as their global enterprise architect for data and analytics. Whatever may be the driver for going international, relocating to a different country is a big decision that needs to factor in risk as well as reward.

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Has the CIO title run its course?

CIO Business Intelligence

Power’s newly minted CBTO is Marc Sule (pictured above), who previously served as CIO of apparel and promotional products company alphabroder for six years. In addition to having someone he could partner with, Wenhold also wanted someone with a build, rather than buy, mindset who would put time and effort into building software.

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Geek of the Week: Anu Sharma left Amazon for Madrona to invest in helping new businesses

GeekWire

Prior to the tech giant, Sharma co-founded an apparel e-commerce company called LifeLemon, led marketing at Flipkart, was a developer at Oracle and was an associate at Softbank Venture Capital in India. ” “I do roughly the same things as a board member and as an investor at Madrona,” she said.

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Data mining for B2B churn and loyalty management in India and South Asia

TM Forum

Source: IBM explores telecoms blockchain with Indian regulator – Ledger Insights – enterprise blockchain. “System and method for rare event modelling of customer loyalty in B2B and B2C contexts” , customers are not aware in SaaS or Software-as-a-Service of what their next usage or pattern would be.

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How Shopify’s network of sellers can take on Amazon

The Verge

Shopify is one of those companies that makes the modern internet go — it makes software that allows businesses of all sizes to set up online stores, and from there it can handle everything from shipping orders to financing loans for expansion. It’s complicated, and Finkelstein and I wrestled with it a little.

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Seattle startup leaders remain optimistic despite pandemic, new GeekWire 200 CEO survey shows

GeekWire

based event management software startup Hubb , quickly pivoted her company after the events industry froze as COVID-19 put a hold on physical gatherings. The pandemic has placed an increased importance on technology, which is boosting many enterprise software businesses such as Portland, Ore.-based Hubb CEO Allie Magyar.

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