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Microsoft offers its own take on the metaverse with the introduction of Mesh for Teams

GeekWire

Microsoft Image). Microsoft laid out its latest vision for a post-COVID work world Tuesday, touching on a buzzword that’s become increasingly prominent in recent weeks: the metaverse. It combines “shared holographic experiences” with existing communication tools like virtual meetings, chats and shared documents, Microsoft said.

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Microsoft signals renewed interest in Windows with latest reshuffle

The Verge

Microsoft is making some significant changes to the way it runs its Windows organization this week, signaling a renewed focus on the operating system that made its name. It follows Microsoft’s decision to slice Windows into two parts more than two years ago after the departure of former Windows chief Terry Myerson.

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The mainframe is dying: Long live the mainframe application!

CIO Business Intelligence

Those enhancements will include features such as predictive failure detection and business continuity support. Meanwhile, IBM has yet to announce any end to sales or support of its Z Series machines, and like Fujitsu, it too continues to develop its mainframe product line. The future of mainframe-as-a-service.

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Multicloud by design approach simplifies the cloud experience

CIO Business Intelligence

After all, an effective multicloud framework offers greater platform and service flexibility by leveraging the strengths of multiple cloud environments to drive business agility and innovation. It can also improve business continuity and disaster recovery and help avoid vendor lock-in.

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CIOs Search For Ways To Unplug

The Accidental Successful CIO

With all of the added demands of rolling out and managing remote work and business-continuity software tools, overworked people with the CIO job are pressing the refresh button whenever possible to avoid burnout. Another go-to for busy CIOs is the sanity walk , a popular Covid-era breather.

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Redfin agrees to acquire RentPath for $608 million, owner of Rentals.com, Rent.com and ApartmentGuide

GeekWire

“The market for real estate technology businesses continues to be very strong as recent M&A transactions have highlighted.” Before that, he worked at Microsoft for many years, working alongside Zillow Group CEO Rich Barton to spin out Expedia into a separate company in 1995. Developing story.

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The 10 most in-demand IT jobs in finance

CIO Business Intelligence

The US financial services industry has fully embraced a move to the cloud, driving a demand for tech skills such as AWS and automation, as well as Python for data analytics, Java for developing consumer-facing apps, and SQL for database work. Back-end software engineer. DevOps engineer.

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