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Out of the Crisis #3, Jen Pahlka and Raylene Yung on creating the U.S. Digital Response

Startup Lessons Learned

Deputy Chief Technology Officers Cori Zarek and Ryan Panchadsaram to help all levels of government with COVID-19 response and delivery of services. Jen is the founder and former executive director of Code for America. 44:12) Show-related links Code for America United States Digital Service 18F U.S.

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The Internet of Things

Growthink Blog

To apply a form of Moneyball to the gigantic Old Economy backbone of our modern world and “eek out” 1%, 2%, and 3% efficiency gains that in their aggregate represent trillions of dollars of increased productivity and profitability. Its decidedly low glamour goal? An overly optimistic take? Perhaps.

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Amazon Redshift Too Slow or Crashing? BlazingDB Performs

Austin Startup

Transformations, aggregations and joins at massive scale is where BlazingDB wins! Three years ago brothers Rodrigo Aramburu (CEO) and Felipe (CTO), from Houston were working on a consulting project for the Peruvian government involving 14 legacy systems. Significant capital has been raised in Peru and throughout Latin America.

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