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Dancing with the cloud: Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky takes steps to fight homelessness

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Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky during a rehearsal session with his professional dance partner Lauren Smith. But a group of notable personalities in the city, including Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky , will do their best to use dance to raise money to help combat the issue.

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Microsoft allies with community colleges to help U.S. train 250k new cybersecurity workers by 2025

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Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and vice chair, cited the growing threat of ransomware and other cybersecurity attacks in a virtual news conference announcing the initiative alongside educational and nonprofit leaders Thursday morning. “So there’s been an ongoing conversation in the cybersecurity community.

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

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Many CIOs don’t know where to start,” says Brian Kirkland, CIO at Choice Hotels and founding board member for SustainableIT.org, a nonprofit launched to help create frameworks and standards around sustainability. Maximize the cloud IT has a significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions. At Vuori, everything is in the cloud.

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GeekWire Podcast: Seattle region’s new tech giant; ‘Slackforce’ analysis; AWS re:Invent takeaways

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billion; Amazon Web Services makes some surprising news at its annual re:Invent cloud conference ; and a new tech giant arrives in our backyard. McIlwain invests in software and data-oriented companies in areas including cloud computing, intelligent applications, and the intersection of life science and data science.

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Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds former U.S. intelligence director to board; Amazon execs depart; and more

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Amazon Web Services’ VP of Solution Architecture and Training & Certification Rudy Valdez has departed, according to a report by The Information. A longtime veteran of Amazon’s cloud computing arm, Valdez joined the company as a senior manager of business development in 2005. on the West Coast. billion. —

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Tech Moves: AWS product head joins Faculty; Bezos Earth Fund hires BlackRock leader; and more

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Sullivan was previously head of product for the AI DevOps group at Amazon Web Services, where he led teams helping customers build and manage cloud-based applications. Bodnar was previously chief strategy officer at the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), where he founded its Center for Climate-Aligned Finance.

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Tech Moves: AWS exec named Splunk president; Amazon vet joins Overstock as CMO; and more

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Former Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft executive Teresa Carlson will join Splunk in the new role of president and chief growth officer effective April 19. billion and sells its contract management software in 90 countries. and was previously a vice president and general manager at Amazon Web Services.