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Google Cloud opens its Las Vegas region

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Earlier this year, Google also announced that it would open its regions in Jakarta, Seoul and Warsaw over the course of 2020. “Cloud technologies enable two important outcomes for us,” said James Alvarez, CIO of Aristocrat. So far, it doesn’t look like the COVID-19 pandemic is slowing down these plans.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access. In New York you have access to fashion, media, art and of course, financial services. And of course you have Hollywood.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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And of course a place of idyllic weather, culture and a lifestyle. ” And of course it’s not a true assessment. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. Of course if you’re already known you could put your name or location on your fund name. But consider the following: 1.

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Interview with Bruce Huang, UCLA Silicon Beach Innovation Lab

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For students who have previously taken a data science course and earned a certificate or degree, now, they can look at and join a practicum internship for 12 weeks. We've assembled a team of CTOs, CIOs, and tech companies who can come in, share their experiences, and help us to define what kind of experience they need from employees.

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Future of The Cloud is Bright | Just Ask the Market

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He references CIO Bernard Golden’s argument, made in The IT Jobs Cloud Computing Will Create , that while some roles may disappear altogether, others will remain, but in much less demand. “Of course, IT jobs within solution providers and at consultancies will remain.

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LADOT Appoints Ashley Z Hand Transportation Technology Strategist

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Most recently, Hand served as Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) in Kansas City, Missouri the first woman in the nations history to serve as a municipal CIO. Taken together, these initiatives have us on course for the smart and sustainable future that Angelenos deserve.

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Ryan Blair, HashtagOne: From Gang Member, To Entrepreneur, To Anti-VC

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Of course, not all VCs are like that, and I've started some good relationships with them, but others are complete a**holes. My CIO had been ex-CIO at Herbalife, and was an EVP of Software for Disney. So, now, as a VC, I swore I'd never treat entrepreneurs like those VCs treated me.