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Tech Transforms podcast: Security, privacy, and African American history – February 2022

Dynatrace

On the Tech Transforms podcast sponsored by Dynatrace, we talk to some of the most prominent influencers shaping critical government technology decisions. From supply chain to machine learning, this podcast explores the way technology advancement intersects with human needs. Episode 20 – Securing our nation with Pete Tseronis.

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To understand the risks posed by AI, follow the money

O'Reilly

Time and again, leading scientists, technologists, and philosophers have made spectacularly terrible guesses about the direction of innovation. It’s difficult to argue with David Collingridge’s influential thesis that attempting to predict the risks posed by new technologies is a fool’s errand. But not all rents are bad.

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Ciao Milano! – An AWS Region is coming to Italy!

All Things Distributed

Currently we have 57 Availability Zones across 19 technology infrastructure Regions. We needed to serve our growing base of startup, government, and enterprise customers across many vertical industries, including automotive, financial services, media and entertainment, high technology, education, and energy.

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As-Salaam-Alaikum: The cloud arrives in the Middle East!

All Things Distributed

One of the important criteria in launching this AWS Region is the opportunity to power it with renewable energy. We chose Bahrain in part due to the country's focus on executing renewable energy goals and its readiness to construct a new solar power facility to meet our power needs.

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Dutch Enterprises and The Cloud

All Things Distributed

In addition to its goal of reducing energy costs, Shell needed to be more agile in deploying IT services and planning for user demand. Essent – supplies customers in the Benelux region with gas, electricity, heat and energy services. Here are some great examples from different industries each with unique use cases.

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Misaligned Incentives Fuel Organizational Dysfunctions

Strategic Tech

When there is an incentives mismatch, a lot of energy can be expended. For technology-powered companies, many of their business capabilities and products are custom-built using software. And the more I see that things are always going to be a struggle because incentives are widely misaligned.

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Corporates and Start-Ups: Casual Friends, not Soul Mates

The Agile Manager

After a few months, people lose the appetite to fix the root problems, having gorged at the feast of the proximate problems and finding themselves out of money, out of energy, out of faith, or out of time. And heavy they are: untangling a large, messy business requires broad, systemic, fundamental change. Pharmaceuticals are a case-in-point.

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