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How Starlink transformed tech operations for Journey Beyond

CIO Business Intelligence

The launch of satellite internet provider Starlink has been operationally transformative for Journey Beyond, one of Australia’s premier destination tourism companies, and it’s driving a new era of progress and innovation. The office platform and the cloud platform are 95% cloud-standardized,” Mazumdar says. “We

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Journey Beyond transforms its contact center to deliver better customer journeys

CIO Business Intelligence

Journey Beyond, a part of Hornblower Group, is Australia’s leading experiential tourism group. These challenges forced the company to transition to a modern cloud-based communication platform. The other major advantage is the scalability and remote capabilities of the cloud-based platform.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO Business Intelligence

Upgrading cloud infrastructure is critical for deploying broad AI initiatives more quickly, so that’s a key area where investments are being made this year. These network, security, and cloud changes allow us to shift resources and spend less on-prem and more in the cloud.”

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Tech Moves: VMware exec joins Darktrace; Zillow hires Twitter marketing leader; Oregon Venture Fund adds partner

GeekWire

Walter will join the company from cloud services giant VMware, where she was most recently a vice president of sales. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board. Denise Walter. Darktrace Photo) — Seattle-area tech executive Denise Walter was appointed chief revenue officer at cybersecurity firm Darktrace.

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What we’re most thankful for in tech, science, business, and innovation

GeekWire

backing Seattle bamboo toilet paper maker Cloud Paper as part of new VC effort As interest in fusion energy ignites, Helion lands $500M from OpenAI CEO, Facebook co-founder. Commercial space tourism: Sure, there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical about billionaires blasting themselves and a chosen few into low-Earth orbit.

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IT to thank for most of Radisson Hotel Group’s business initiatives

CIO Business Intelligence

We closed three of our own data centers and went entirely to the cloud with several providers, and we also assembled a new data strategy to completely restructure the company, from security and finance, to hospitality and a new website. How do you see the future of the hotel and tourism world with all these technological changes?

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 27, 2020

GeekWire

Amazon jumps into virtual tourism, offering live one-on-one experiences around the world. Mike Angiulo worked at Microsoft for 25 years as an engineering manager and vice president for products including Windows PCs, Microsoft Outlook, Xbox, Surface, and cloud and artificial intelligence technologies. … Read More.