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What to expect at re:Invent: Amazon Web Services navigates uncertain economic times

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services will face a new challenge at its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas this week: keeping software developers and big corporate customers engaged with the long-term potential of its cloud platform, while grappling with the more immediate realities of an economic downturn. Amazon Photo).

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Tech Moves: Microsoft exec Charlie Bell joins Twilio board; FasterBetter hires Seattle marketing leader

GeekWire

He was previously senior VP of Amazon Web Services. Longtime marketing executive Jay Wampold joined FasterBetter , a startup developing tools to handle email traffic, as chief marketing officer and co-founder. Bell also had decade-long stint as a space shuttle flight engineer in the ’80s.

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Capital spending soars in the cloud as Microsoft, Google, and others bet big on AI demand

GeekWire

Amy Hood, Microsoft’s chief financial officer, told analysts that CapEx will keep growing in the 2025 fiscal year, which starts in July. It’s a different beast, in part because its overall capital expenditures include not only its Amazon Web Services data centers but also fulfillment centers and other e-commerce facilities.

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Tech Moves: OfferUp names new CTO; Amazon data center leader departs; and more

GeekWire

She was also a software developer at Amazon soon after it went public. She oversaw Splunk’s cloud engineering business while CTO at the software giant. Minarik joined Amazon in 2005, prior to the launch of Amazon Web Services, and was most recently the head of global data center supply. Zoe Hillenmeyer.

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Tech Moves: Former Expedia leader joins Peerspace; Flexport adds another Amazon exec

GeekWire

She also was previously director of product at Seattle mobile software development company Medio and spent nine years at Microsoft as a lead program manager. Uslu was also a client service partner at Slalom and an executive at IT services and consulting firm Avanade.

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Tech Moves: Google leaders join Seattle startup MotherDuck; Humanly adds a VP; and more

GeekWire

She most recently held leadership roles at Seattle software development firm Mason, and previous employers include Sauce Labs, Reflektive and others. Boeing announced Chris Raymond as CEO of Boeing Global Services and Brian Moran as chief sustainability officer, effective Jan. Pallavi Sinha, vice president of growth at Humanly.

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The 10 most in-demand IT jobs in finance

CIO Business Intelligence

The US financial services industry has fully embraced a move to the cloud, driving a demand for tech skills such as AWS and automation, as well as Python for data analytics, Java for developing consumer-facing apps, and SQL for database work. DevOps helps bring both ideologies together to find a balance between the two goals.

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