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Google Cloud opens its Las Vegas region

TechCrunch LA

. “Cloud technologies enable two important outcomes for us,” said James Alvarez, CIO of Aristocrat. “First the ability to securely, consistently and immediately enable and disable game development platforms; and second, our ability to expand and contract our infrastructure based on demand.

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Bringing The Benefit Of Managed Cloud To Enterprises, With Metacloud

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CIOs are wondering if they should jump in, wait for production, or wait for things to mature. That allow enterprise CIOs to jump into OpenStack head first. What is pushing those CIOs to consider private clouds? Sean Lynch: Open source demands a very low level, engineering talent pool. Why do you imagine that''s the case?

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Above the Cloud with Dave Linthicum | Shifting Perspectives on SaaS and Enterprise IT

Tech Zulu Event

Featuring panelists from SOA Software , Edgecast and Bitium , we’ll discuss: Top priorities and challenges for today’s CIO. The rise of the social enterprise and Chief Digital Officer – what it means for the CIO. The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management. He was CEO at MindEdge, Inc., He holds a B.S.

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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. Hulme, blogging at Cloud Commons , believes that the cloud will spur a jobs explosion, though the jobs descriptions will differ.

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IT Skills that Facilitate Cloud and BYOD Adoption

Tech Zulu Event

As a result, there’s a very high demand for professionals with expertise in this area. In addition, virtual desktops and applications are replacing traditional legacy desktop software, so companies need the right experience to build out solutions that meet mobile demands. Network Architecture.

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7 Ways to Use Data and Analytics for Strategic Change

Startup Professionals Musings

Certainly it’s important to optimize current operations, but in this age of rapidly changing demands and competitors, it’s more important change quickly as the market changes. Make sure you have team members covering both domains, to balance your decision input. You are the business scientist, to balance data scientists.

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WHAT ARE THE REWARDS OF GOING GREEN?

AeA Los Angeles Council

The CIO: The optimal use of information & communication technology is critical to the CIO. According to Gartner, CIOs should only expect to pay hefty energy bills but beware that the vast majority of U.S. data centers will face energy disruptions in the coming years.

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