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UC Riverside turns to cloud to supercharge scientific research

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For research institutions, a solid IT foundation can prove to be the difference in delivering meaningful results for scientific endeavors — and thereby in securing valuable funding for further research. We identified Google as being well aligned with us strategically,” says Gunkel. They have an agile infrastructure.

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Learn from IT Thought Leaders at FutureIT D.C.

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Forward-thinking businesses are realizing the role of the CIO in using technology to achieve business outcomes – especially in today’s uncertain economic times. With data and analytics forming the cornerstone of digital innovation, learn how to build a data-driven culture with Karla Gill, CTO of Momentous Capital.

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IT leaders get creative to fill data science gaps

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We try to be data-driven in our decisions so we have a great need for analytics skill sets. … Recent research from industry analyst firm IDC showed that there are 210,000 data science jobs listed on LinkedIn. For the rest [of our analytics team], our strategy is to upskill. Bess Healy, senior vice president and CIO, Synchrony.

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Pledge raises $4.5M seed round to build a carbon-measurement and removal API

TechCrunch

Plus, smaller companies want to access high-quality carbon credits, but calculate their impact at a product, services and transactional level, and be able to purchase a fraction of a carbon credit rather than a very inaccurate “scheme.”. There is very little transparency around carbon offsets.

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30 July Analytics Forum: A cross-sector gathering of the greatest minds in analytics

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On 30 July 2014 in Reston Virginia some of the greatest minds in analytics for business outcomes and mission impact will be gathering at the Hyatt Regency Reston. This event, the Analytics 2014 Forum, is being pulled together by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation ( USGIF ) and our team at Analyst One. By Bob Gourley.

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8 pressing needs for CIOs in 2024

CIO

“With a focus on automation for customer service and telesales functions, we’re looking at intelligent automation solutions that can help improve customer engagement and self-help capabilities,” says Chris Pendergast, the company’s SVP and CTO.

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

CIO

CIOs — and the rest of the C-suite — are finding that they can’t harness the full potential of analytics, automation, robotics, and AI if their organization’s data isn’t well managed, Taglienti explains. Other executives haven’t gotten the memo, says Mikhail Papovsky, CEO and founder of Massaro Consulting. 1 challenge listed.