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10 fastest growing US tech hubs for IT talent

CIO

Tech salaries are on the rise thanks to a demand for talent across nearly every industry. between 2021 and 2022, reaching an average tech salary of $111,348 per year, according to the 2023 Dice Tech Salary Report. But you don’t have to live in Silicon Valley to earn a high-tech salary. Salaries increased 2.3% Tampa, Fla.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO

Around the turn of the century, Autonomy Corporation was one of the darlings of the UK technology industry, specializing in knowledge management and enterprise search. November 2005: Autonomy agrees to buy search technology developer Verity for $500 milllion, its third acquisition of the year after NCorp (in February) and etalk (in June).

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Burnout: An IT epidemic in the making

CIO

The wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, mass tech industry layoffs, and the demand to keep pace with constantly evolving technology are all prominent factors contributing to a state of exhaustion among IT pros, according to industry surveys. Burnout is quickly becoming a widespread problem for IT organizations.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started ( today and 2005 ), largely due to the emergence of cloud technologies, no-code tools, and artificial intelligence. Flyover Tech ) have played a significant role in this shift. the free YC Startup School courses).

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S3 Ventures, Tacora close on new funds to boost Austin startups

TechCrunch

One is S3 Ventures , a venture capital firm that’s been around since 2005, which raised $250 million for its Fund VII, touting itself as “the largest venture capital fund focused on Texas-based startups.” In fact, the firm believes that Texas is going to be the second-largest tech ecosystem in the U.S. Keri Findley, founder of Tacora.

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

As Austin’s skyline expands, the city continues to solidify its standing as a tech hub. It’s a city of unicorns and tech giants. Austin is also home to secondary offices of many of the largest tech companies in the world, including Google, Apple, Oracle, Amazon, Facebook and SpaceX. And the numbers are there to back it up.

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Alan Kay Biography

The Crazy Programmer

Alan completed his schooling at Brooklyn Technical School in New York. In 1984, he joined Apple and due to his extraordinary contribution, he became an Apple Fellow, but that group was closed in 1997. At Hewlett-Packard, Alan Kay was a senior fellow till July 2005. In 2002, Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology, Colorado.