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Ray Ozzie’s cellular IoT startup Blues Wireless raises $22M from Bill Gates and others

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He joined Microsoft after the Groove deal, ultimately succeeding Gates as the company’s chief software architect, and helping to lead the launch of Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform. It’s a cellular IoT device that can be embedded into almost any hardware and connect to the internet without relying on WiFi.

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Seattle’s Technology Matching Fund awards $343k to 15 nonprofits helping to bridge digital divide

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Organizations have pledged a total of $480,795 to match City dollars with at least 50 percent in cash or in-kind contributions of labor, professional services and donated hardware and software. This is how we build back better.”.

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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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Per Scholas redefines IT hiring by diversifying the IT talent pipeline

CIO Business Intelligence

To do so, the organization collected retired computers and laptops from companies, fixed them up, and redistributed them back into the community through schools and nonprofits. When CEO Plinio Ayala joined Per Scholas in 2003, he noticed there weren’t enough skilled technicians to fix the hardware the organization collected.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams CVP joins UiPath; Sage Bionetworks names president; and more

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Shaw previously spent 23 years at Microsoft, most recently as head of engineering, developer services, in the Azure and AI division. — Seattle biomedical research nonprofit Sage Bionetworks appointed Luca Foschini as president. Bamboo previously offered voice-based apps for Amazon’s Alexa devices.

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Benefits of a Digital Library for Associations and Non-Profit Organizations

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A digital library , also commonly called an electronic library, is a vast repository of documents and files in categorized digital form, available over the web or on hardware storage devices like memory disks, flash drives, etc. With this, you can access your records even if your hardware no longer works or is destroyed in an accident.

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Destination Spokane: How remote work and new arrivals are changing one tech community

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Megan Hulsey of Craft3, a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution. At the same time, connecting with people working remotely in Spokane can be hit and miss, said Megan Hulsey , a Spokane-based vice president and business lender with Craft3 , a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution.

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