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IHG maximizes hospitality with multicloud

CIO Business Intelligence

More than 70% of IHG’s hotels — a portfolio that includes InterContinental, Kimpton Hotels, and Holiday Inn — are franchises, making parent company IHG in essence a technology product development company that bolsters the occupancy rates and revenues for the 6,100 hotels owned by franchisees.

Hotels 126
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I Have A Job For You

CIO Musings

Growth - We have opportunities for development and advancement. We get the fire trucks to the burning buildings faster, have better web services for citizens, keep the bad guys locked up, make sure the libraries have the book you want, make sure citizens have wifi access, and you get the idea. Training is provided.

Vmware 336
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3 commandments that should drive every API strategy

CIO Business Intelligence

In the early 2000s, companies like Amazon, eBay, and Salesforce drove a trend toward standardizing interfaces among web applications. The result was a complete overhaul of how applications were developed and integrated, thanks to a growing network of open web APIs that anyone could consume.

Strategy 132
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Make a Difference - Work For Us

CIO Musings

Growth - We have opportunities for development and advancement. We get the fire trucks to the burning buildings faster, have better web services for citizens, keep the bad guys locked up, make sure the libraries have the book you want, make sure citizens have wifi access, and you get the idea. Training is provided.

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What is a telco marketplace? It's surprisingly hard to define

TM Forum

Below is how Tom McFadyen, Founder of marketplace developer McFadyen Digital, explains platforms and marketplaces in his book. the book by Geoffrey G. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the quintessential example of an infrastructure platform. TM Forum Open Digital Architecture (ODA). McFadyen draws on.

Software 130
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Book excerpt: What makes a great startup idea? Lessons from a veteran entrepreneur

GeekWire

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from a new book written by Shirish Nadkarni, a Seattle tech veteran who co-founded Livemocha (acquired by RosettaStone) and TeamOn (acquired by BlackBerry). App Annie is another example of a solution that has created a network effect since it offers benchmarking features for app developers.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO Business Intelligence

Refactoring applications to take advantage of cloud-native services is vital to maximizing cloud ROI. Refactor your applications to take advantage of web services or serverless capabilities, and re-architect your infrastructure to optimize resource usage,” he says. Then there’s housekeeping.

Cloud 108