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Google expands program to help train the formerly incarcerated

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Last April, Google launched Grow with Google Career Readiness for Reentry, a program created in partnership with nonprofits to offer job readiness and digital skills training for formerly incarcerated individuals. ” The formerly incarcerated community faces many challenges, including a lack of digital skills. For example, U.S.

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The Java migration imperative: Why your business should upgrade now

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And when it comes to building enterprise applications, Java has made a name for itself as the Swiss Army Knife of programming languages. Generally, as vulnerabilities are identified in any software or programming languages, patches are issued to plug the hole and mitigate risk. Applications are the backbone of modern business.

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Surveys Show Kubernetes Crossing the Chasm

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The CNCF Annual Survey 2021 found that 96% of organizations were using or evaluating Kubernetes. This adoption rate came only seven years after Google introduced Kubernetes, a cloud-native open-source container orchestration program for deploying, managing, and scaling applications.

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Concerto snags $21.2M to bring co-branded credit cards to more brands

TechCrunch

Co-branded rewards programs like Amex’s longrunning Delta partnership are a major factor in consumers’ credit card decisions. In a separate survey (conducted by Finder), close to a third of respondents said that they’ve used a credit card solely to rack up rewards points. If chargeoffs (i.e., Nearly 53% of all U.S.

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Tech Marketing’s Expanding Role: More from IDC’s 2019 Investment Benchmark Survey

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IDC CMO Advisory Service has published results from its 17 th annual Tech Marketing Investment Benchmark survey. Technology buyers now use marketing-related information sources (digital and social) over sales at every stage of their decision-journey, according to IDC’s IT Buyer Experience survey. of revenue. Watch this category!

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6 revealing statistics about career challenges Black IT pros face

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More than one in three Black participants in the 2017 survey said they left a job or company due to unfairness within the past year. Between 2014 and 2021, the tech industry only increased black representation by 1%, according to data from the Kapor Center. Evaluate your sponsorship programs to make sure they work for everyone.

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Tech Marketing’s Expanding Role: More from IDC’s 2019 Investment Benchmark Survey

IDC

IDC CMO Advisory Service has published results from its 17 th annual Tech Marketing Investment Benchmark survey. Technology buyers now use marketing-related information sources (digital and social) over sales at every stage of their decision-journey, according to IDC’s IT Buyer Experience survey. of revenue. Watch this category!

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