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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

CIO

So NCDIT officials took action, creating an internship program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) students, a move that would open up for the organization a new pipeline for talent traditionally underrepresented in the IT industry. The HBCU internship program launched in 2023.

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A comparative assessment of digital transformation in Italy

CIO

“Digital is a powerful business lever,” says Alessandra Luksch, director of the Digital Transformation Academy Observatory at Politecnico di Milano, which has been mapping trends in ICT spending by Italian organizations since 2016. “In

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Salty, subterranean water could relieve world’s lithium shortage

TechCrunch

Things have stabilized since then, but prices are still five times above the average price from 2016 to 2020. Lee, a program manager at the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines. Then it got worse in February, with spot prices rising to $52,000 per metric ton before rising again to $62,000 in March.

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Registration Open For The 4 Oct 2016 Synergy Forum: CTOvision readers can save 10%

CTOvision

The Second Annual Synergy Forum will be held 4 October 2016 at the Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel. October 4, 2016. Bob Gourley. Cognitio organizes this event with a focus on helping decision-makers share lessons learned and best practices. With this post we are asking that you block the day to join us there.

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Fast Forward Venture Studio to build African startups from idea to scale

TechCrunch

It’s not a tech company this time — Awoyemi co-founded online jobs site Jobberman (which was acquired by ROAM Africa in 2016) and Whogohost, a bootstrapped hosting platform — but instead, a venture studio: Fast Forward Venture Studio.

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Bringing the National Museum of African American History and Culture to the world

CIO

After we opened the museum, the director and curatorial staff were talking about how to how to reach even more people who wouldn’t be able to come to the museum and experience it,” says Jill Roberts, program manager of the Searchable Museum at the Office of Digital Strategy and Engagement (ODSE).

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At Chaos, a chaotic response to assault allegations

The Parallax

His ex-girlfriend Dina Solveig-Jalkanen had accused him of assaulting her on December 31, 2016, just after last year’s conference. ”—Dia Kayyali, tech and advocacy program manager, Witness. On December 24, it banned Solveig-Jalkanen too, following a counterclaim by Hukkanen. And then on December 26, it lifted both bans.