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What CIOs everywhere can learn from Canada’s nationwide internet outage

CIO

On July 8, 2022, a botched maintenance update on the Rogers ISP network in Canada crashed internet access across the country for at least 12 hours, with some customers experiencing problems for days afterward. The nationwide outage affected phone and internet service for about 12.2 The impact was profound.

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AI’s one true X factor: Leadership

CIO

On the artificial intelligence front, Microsoft founder Bill Gates argues that we have entered the “Age of AI” believing that generative AI is “the most important advance in technology since the graphical user interface” and “as fundamental as the creation of the microprocessor, the personal computer, the Internet, and the mobile phone.”

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Embrace grabs a new funding round amid unveiling of new mobile data intelligence software

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Now in this increasingly mobile-first world, we use our phones for everything from apps to ordering to food to connecting with our cars. Mobile data can be disconnected from its user and very voluminous, and our product lets people like engineers look up a user and see what happened.”. Embrace’s App Performance page.

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7 ways an MBA will advance your IT career — and 5 ways it won’t

CIO

Ben King, head of mobile app development firm Aviato Consulting, is convinced that it can provide a major career boost. Careers, IT Leadership, IT Skills Does it make sense for an IT leader to seek an MBA? He credits his decision to earn an MBA with transforming his career.

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KakaoEntertainment subsidiary acquires fantasy fiction platform Wuxiaworld

TechCrunch

South Korean startup Kakao Entertainment announced today it has acquired Wuxiaworld , an Asia fantasy fiction platform, via its serialized fiction app subsidiary Radish to bolster the mobile storytelling business. South Korea’s two largest internet giants Kakao and Naver compete in the storytelling platform market. million. .

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Dimension Data: Dedicated to Making the Greatest Impact on the Planet, the Economy and the Communities it Serves

CIO

Whether it is using the Internet of Things (IoT) to help prevent poaching with its Connected Conversation initiative or using excess heat from its data center in Berlin to help heat the surrounding community, Dimension Data is well-known for innovation. Cloud Management, Green IT, IT Leadership Our best is yet to come.

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Edmunds sets stage for AI with data infrastructure consolidation

CIO

Rokita came onboard as the company launched its first free online magazine, and several years later, his team launched the company’s first mobile phone apps. But in a world that moves at internet speed, that data rapidly falls out of date. Twenty to 30 years ago, the internet became entrenched within every company,” Rokita says. “We