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Google Cloud opens its Las Vegas region

TechCrunch LA

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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Interview with Bruce Huang, UCLA Silicon Beach Innovation Lab

socalTECH

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

Tech Zulu Event

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

socalTECH

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.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

Both Sides of the Table

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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Are we creating a vibrant future for California?

AeA Los Angeles Council

“California is the birthplace of the information technology revolution and the home of the companies that are creating the future course of our information rich society. Great California companies like Google, Hewlett Packard, Apple, Sun Microsystems and hundreds more like them are transforming the way people live, work and communicate.

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Why.Net???

Alon Schwartz

I’m being asked this by technologies, of course, but also from other, non-tech people like private investors, VCs, SEO experts, marketing guys, potential hires, partners, and any random guests that just happen to stop by and say hi to Jason (of course…). From the first day we started Docstoc people have been asking me “ why.Net ”?

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