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HyreCar Names New Board Member

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According to HyreCar, it has appointed Jay Vijayan, the former Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Tesla, and current CEO of Tekion, to its board. Tekion is a startup developing business applications in the automotive retail market. Vijayan previously also served at VMware and Oracle, and sits on the board of Nic Inc. READ MORE>>.

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Fintech giant Klarna raises $639M at a $45.6B valuation amid ‘massive momentum’ in the US

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Overall, Klarna is live in 20 markets, has more than 90 million global active users and more than 2 million transactions a day conducted on its platform. Klarna has entered six new markets this year alone, including France and New Zealand, where it just launched this week. in markets such as New York and Los Angeles.

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Future of The Cloud is Bright | Just Ask the Market

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The job market, too, will feel a significant impact from cloud computing technology. 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.

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Interview with David Loo, CEO and Founder of Perspectium

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For today's interview, we sat down and spoke with David Loo , the founder and CEO of Perspectium (www.perspectium.com), a startup which is developing service management applications designed to help connect different, enterprise service management software products together. Perspectium recently raised a funding round from TVC Capital.

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

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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. Scott Kriz. CEO at Bitium.

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Making The Enterprise Cloud Real: Unitas Global's Cloud Vision

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We caught up with founder and CEO Grant Kirkwood --a serial entrepreneur and veteran of providing infrastructure to the enterprise markets--on the vision behind the company. Most of the CIOs we are talking to are at large banks and healthcare providers. There are lots of folks thinking about this market. Thanks, and good luck!

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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

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A few other credible ones would include Chairman of the Board (COB), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Evangelism marketing is an advanced form of word of mouth marketing (WOMM), now largely replaced by Facebook and Twitter. The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO.

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