The public cloud allows organisations to share data easily and efficiently
But welcoming this powerful technology into the enterprise isn’t as simple as it may sound: business leaders must feel they can confidently integrate its capabilities into their workplaces and workflows.
Contino recently conducted research into the state of the public cloud: how enterprises are using it, how it’s being deployed, and what the next steps are after adoption. Respondents ranged from engineers and managers to directors and C-level executives.
The results demonstrate how the public cloud is one of the greatest technologies of this generation. However, organisations need to focus once they’ve adopted cloud: a strategy is key. Read on to discover the key trends and challenges in the world of the public cloud.
Spherion sponsors second annual scholarship
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The Spherion Owner Community announced the application opening this week for the Sandy Mazur Excellence in Leadership Scholarship.
The scholarship is named in honor of former Spherion President Sandy Mazur and the contributions she made during her 18-year career with Spherion.
The scholarship is available to any person that has a GPA of 2.5 or higher, is seeking a continuing education program at a two-year or four-year institution or trade school and lives in a county with a local Spherion office.
Applicants have a chance to earn a scholarship of up to $2,500. The deadline for application for this scholarship is April 30.
Confidence is vital in 2021. Only enterprises willing to take a leap of faith will come out of the pandemic in strong form. But many teams have been hurt by digital transformation failures in the past. Michael Chalmers, MD at transformation consultancy Contino offers his advice for refreshing old fashioned views, overcoming past mistakes and making the best choices on the innovation journey, to produce digital transformations that stand the test of time.
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For years, the celebration of Columbus Day went on without protest in Wellesley, which has a substantial population of people of Italian-American descent. But more recently, there has been a hard-fought battle to replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day.
The March 2 ballot contains a referendum on the issue. The referendum results are to inform the Select Board, said Town Clerk K.C. Kato. However, the information is not binding.
The campaign for ballot question 1 has been organized by the Committee for Indigenous Peoples Day Wellesley, which is separate from the World of Wellesley. IPD Wellesley describes itself as a grassroots organization formed by a group of Wellesley residents who are in favor of honoring Indigenous Peoples Day. It says it has no affiliations with or support from organizations outside Wellesley, but does have endorsements from several local organizations, such as Sustainable Wellesley and Young Ethnic Scholars,
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