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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

CIO Business Intelligence

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. CIO Wetmur is taking things a step further at Morgan Stanley with a more sustainable approach to application development.

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Charge up: How the Pacific Northwest is boosting electric infrastructure as EV sales rise

GeekWire

This is a transformational time,” said Tonia Buell, alternative fuels program manager for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). Retail spaces including hotels, grocery stores and other businesses have started installing chargers for customer use. It was selected in May for the AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator.

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Cloud, Mobile, Social and Cyber: 2015 Predictions That Will Rock The World (AGAIN!)

Cloud Musings

Customers will act on market shifts that makes the purchase and resale of hardware and software no longer viable opting instead for the integration of cloud-based services. They will insist on the use of more agile commodity IT services in the development of their custom systems of record.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

In April 2023, Koushik received one of the organization’s SustainableIT Impact Awards for environmental impact, alongside Choice Hotels’ CIO Brian Kirkland and others. Other board members include IT leaders from Morgan Stanley , Allstate, Telefónica Germany, and Campbell Soup Company.

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Dutch Enterprises and The Cloud

All Things Distributed

Unilever – Unilever R&D program intended to accelerate the company’s scientific progress through improved access to global information. It makes use of the Eagle Genomics platform running on AWS, resulting in that Unilever’s digital data program now processes genetic sequences twenty times faster—without incurring higher compute costs.

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After the pandemic, doctors want their new robot helpers to stay

The Verge

As a result, autonomous UV cleaning machines have been deployed not only in hospitals, but a variety of high-traffic spaces where infection is a risk, including airports , hotels , and food banks. The robot is made by Chinese firm Ubtech, though it is programmed and resold by Belgium firm Zorabots. Because everyone was focused.”.

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Most Perspective Gadgets In 2017 That Will Enchant You

Galido

Residents of megacities can entrust the animal to hotels for cats and dogs, but what if the services of such organizations do not fit into the family budget, and friends and relatives cannot or do not want to help? LG Watch Sport – Packed with powerful hardware stuffing. Petnet Smartfeeder – Your pet will not remain hungry!

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