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Choice Hotels’ all-in cloud journey to sustainable business value

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Choice Hotels International’s early and big bet on the cloud has allowed it to glean the many benefits of its digital transformation and devote more energies to a key corporate value — sustainability, its CIO maintains. And his team can do this more sustainably, another “benefit that’s important to us,” Kirkland says. “If

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Corporate sustainability initiatives may open doors for carbon offset startups

TechCrunch

This push toward corporate sustainability is creating all kinds of strange bedfellows and startup opportunities, with major corporate offset programs and the establishment of new startups focused on offsets creating channels for sustainable technologies to get to market.

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TravelPerk buys UK-based Click Travel in latest pandemic purchase

TechCrunch

Business trip booking platform TravelPerk has bagged another rival — picking up UK-based Click Travel. The UK company handles some £300M in business travel for its client base, which will bolster TravelPerk’s revenues going forward.

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Orro: Delivering a sustainable future enabled by the cloud

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How it is achieved is just as important – a distinction that requires a sustainable approach. Greengarten believes the scalability and efficiency of cloud platforms provide a powerful foundation for sustainability efforts across industries by empowering them to reduce carbon emissions across their operations.

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Do you need another app to discover beautiful places when you travel?

TechCrunch

In the summer of 2019, Timilehin Ajiboye became intrigued with the idea of building a travel app after conversations with a circle of friends. And while social media, growing exponentially over the past decade, has changed the way we communicate and connect, it has also changed how we travel. Social media and travel.

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Why driving a sustainable IT strategy requires a holistic approach

CIO

Enterprises are under increasing pressure from consumers, investors and regulators to demonstrate their sustainability credentials. Businesses certainly are working toward sustainability goals. The market really is demanding that companies achieve that operational sustainability.” degree rise the world was trying to avert.

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Climate and Sustainability Hackathon—Meet the Judges!

Cloudera

Back in October, we announced the first-ever Cloudera Climate and Sustainability Hackathon , powered by AMD. More than 2,300 data scientists competed in the Climate and Sustainability Hackathon—a record number of Cloudera Hackathon participants for an incredibly important cause. appeared first on Cloudera Blog.