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Network giants unite to fight security risks

Network World

A group of industry stalwarts is banding together to help enterprises, services providers and telcos fight cyber foes. Its aim is to deliver open and collaborative techniques to help improve the security of network hardware and software across the industry.

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

GeekWire

It’s a cellular IoT device that can be embedded into almost any hardware and connect to the internet without relying on WiFi. The idea for Blues came from Ozzie’s work as a board director at Safecast , a data monitoring nonprofit that launched in response to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

CIO Business Intelligence

As such, CIOs are taking center stage in sustainability efforts , working closely with business partners on enterprise sustainability initiatives, while tackling the carbon footprint of IT itself —all new territory with few established best practices, frameworks, or standards. Now is no time for sideline sitting, however.

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Tech Moves: Convoy vet joins Xembly; Seattle climate firm hires Goldman Sachs exec; and more

GeekWire

based hardware company MTI promoted Allen Auchenpaugh to CEO , from VP of global services. After the merger is complete, the combined public company will have a post-deal enterprise value of $380 million. nonprofit Greater Washington Partnership, and president and CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority. Hillsboro, Ore.-based

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$5M Climate Impact Fund launches to support entrepreneurs tackling the climate crisis

GeekWire

Portland-based nonprofit VertueLab launched its $5 million Climate Impact Fund on Wednesday to support early stage, clean tech entrepreneurs focused on addressing climate change causes and moving to a carbon-free economy. Anyone can give to the fund, and while it supports for-profit enterprises, donations are tax deductible.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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10 ways inflation will impact IT

CIO Business Intelligence

We are feeling the impact of inflation with price increases in the cost of hardware, equipment, and services. CompTIA, a nonprofit association for the IT industry, counted more than 443,000 employer job postings for tech positions in the US in April, bringing the total to 1.6 Increasing labor costs. Demand for tech talent remains high.

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