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How technology is shaping education in Saudi Arabia

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During the pandemic, an estimated 1.500 million students missed school, institutions adopted smart technologies to ensure the continuity of education. The importance of education in supporting the success of Saudi Vision 2030 cannot be overstated. From what I see across the nation, there is an emphasis on STEM.

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5 pillars of a cloud-conscious culture

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Your customers don’t care about your data centers,” says Drew Firment, chief cloud strategist at online education company Pluralsight. Leadership The most important part of the cloud-conscious culture is leadership. Fluency in the language “The foundational element of a culture is literacy,” adds Firment. “If

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

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Companies across industries are committing to maximizing sustainability within their operations — and IT is at the heart of most of these efforts. In its Worldwide Sustainability/ESG 2023 Predictions , analyst firm IDC sees digital and sustainability transformations converging. Now is no time for sideline sitting, however.

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Saudi Vision 2030: Why the Kingdom is becoming a hub in EdTech education

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How technology is shaping education in Saudi Arabia In the last year, an estimated 1.500 million students missed school because of the pandemic. Institutions adopted smart technologies to ensure the continuity of education. The importance of education in supporting the success of Saudi Vision 2030 cannot be overstated.

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NCWIT digitally transforms the DEI journey to help uplift women in IT

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Increasing STEM education at the K-12 and higher-education levels is an important aspect to increasing diversity — and it is something NCWIT is actively engaged in through its K-12 Alliance, Counselors for Computing (C4C), Aspirations in Computing (AiC), and Higher Education Alliance programs.

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5 hot IT leadership trends — and 4 going cold

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In the executive education programs in which I teach, I’ve actually had hard-nosed veteran executives thank me and my colleagues for creating the space where these topics can be discussed openly,” he says. The education they receive there is rather limited and very often outdated by the time they graduate.

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Ingesan embraces a new way to approach HRM with AI

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“At first we focused on the digitization of fundamental processes, such as digital signatures on documents and the automation of tasks, such as sending payrolls,” she says, a task that not only improves operational efficiency, but contributes to sustainability pursuits by reducing paper consumption. “At