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Orda raises millions to digitize African restaurants with its cloud-based operating system

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However, for smaller restaurants — which represent the biggest segment of this $50 billion industry — these systems can be rather expensive and do not adequately cater to their needs; thus, they stick with running operations manually. . million seed investment. The two-year-old startup raised $1.1

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Full Steam Ahead: CIO Kopal Raj of WABTEC on staying ‘on-track’ with AI, IoT and sustainability goals

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The largest budget proposals were made by railway ministers this year, under the leadership of Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Minister for Railways and Information Technology. What are the steps you’re taking as part of the leadership to ensure that the sustainability goals are met? What does sustainability look like for WABTEC ?

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Steps tech leaders are taking to meet new accessibility mandates

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Those with sight, neurodiversity or motor skills illnesses are often excluded from the benefits of the internet, but forthcoming legislation will go some way toward correcting this oversight. Nguyen has been at the forefront of accessibility at the U of M with the support of the institution’s CIO and leadership team.

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Mighty Networks raises $50M to build a creator economy for the masses

TechCrunch

Creators need to own their own community on the internet, where members meet each other and get results and transformation.” . Essentially, the company is building what it considers to be an operating system for the creator market. million in new funding.

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What’s Missing in Most CISO’s Security Risk Management Strategies

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IT and IoT asset management isn’t just about knowing what managed devices are present, but also knowing unmanaged IoT devices and understanding what operating systems and application versions are present at all times. IT Leadership, Security To eliminate gaps, organizations need to first know what they have.

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IoT Adoption in Healthcare Brings Security Opportunities

CIO

By Anand Oswal, Senior Vice President and GM at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks Connected medical devices, also known as the Internet of Medical Things or IoMT, are revolutionizing healthcare, not only from an operational standpoint but related to patient care. IT Leadership

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Fundamentals of Data Engineering

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Architecture is leadership. Build loosely coupled systems. Architecture Is Leadership Data architects should be highly technically competent but delegate most individual contributor work to others. Strong leadership skills combined with high technical competence are rare and extremely valuable. Plan for failure.