GenAI demand helps AWS accelerate revenue growth

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of Amazon, posted a 13% growth in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2023 buoyed by demand for generative AI-related services, despite continued cost optimization activity by enterprises.   “Similar to what we shared last quarter, we continue to see the diminishing impact of cost optimizations. And…

Women IT leaders on their climb to the top

For women who aspire to leadership roles in IT, the climb to the top can be particularly arduous — and lonely. Just 28% of IT leadership roles are filled by women, according to DDI’s 2023 Global Leadership Forecast, and many women end up leaving IT careers due to workplace culture, pay equity, microaggressions, and a lack…