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The chipmaker has spent at least $834.7 million buying numerous parcels next to and near its two-building headquarters complex in Santa Clara.
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The largest purchase was for data center services through the California Department of Technology; other buys included consulting services, notebook computers and maintenance and operations.
The budget change proposal by the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration would allow the statewide initiative to add three staff members and upgrade equipment and software, some of which was implemented in 1997.
“I’m excited to take on this new responsibility and look forward to further contributing to the growth and success of our firm,” said Bennett, whose public-sector background includes having served as chief information officer for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System.
“Every department, no matter how experienced, gets funneled through the same approval process. That’s like making a veteran pilot take a beginner’s flight school every time they step into a cockpit.”
The largest purchases of IT goods last year by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection were radio gear and related equipment, along with software licenses and subscriptions.
“The market is becoming more competitive,” Michelle Johnston Holthaus, one of the company’s interim co-CEOs, told analysts. “We’re using it as motivation to up our game even more.”
The AI platform will include research, professional development and teaching tools and will be available to the entire CSU community at no cost. ChatGPT, one of the most popular generative AI tools, will also work with CSU to deploy ChatGPT Edu.
“As a consultant partner at Pinnacle Advocacy, I will draw on my extensive experience in state government operations and strategic leadership to help firms, particularly in the technology sector, navigate complex public policy landscapes,” Johnson told Industry Insider — California.
County officials hope the restructuring will make its IT function more focused and streamlined.
Duties of the position include technical project management, business analysis and business partnership management. The manager will work in the strategy section, receiving direction from the deputy director of strategy and the portfolio manager.
Los Angeles County supervisors have also called for an independent review of the emergency notification system.
These leadership positions are in Covered California and the California Department of Education.
The Department of Managed Health Care, part of the California Health and Human Services Agency, contracted for consulting services for business intelligence, among other things.
Billboards from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and speed camera warning signs on freeway off-ramps and in bus shelters are intended to caution drivers as more than 50 of the devices arrive in March.
The roles include senior data policy analyst, IT supervisor and deputy chief information officer.
“You can almost look at it like a software subscription,” said Eric Matthews, the county deputy CIO. “It’s very common for organizations that don’t do leasing to hang onto equipment well past their end of life because of the huge expense it costs to replace it.”
The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation purchased services related to cybersecurity, enterprise data management and software, among other things.
San Francisco has launched a revamped SF.gov, with new content management for better flexibility and in-house management. A new design system is intended to improve access and visual consistency.
The Office of Technology and Solutions Integration (OTSI) is recruiting for a chief to work on the California Healthcare Eligibility, Enrollment and Retention System (CalHEERS) Project and a manager to ensure alignment with the agency’s IT and Data Strategic Plan.
A state IT data dashboard shows that the California Department of Technology’s spend last year on those items was $67 million; in the current fiscal year to date the total is $6.2 million.
“This position works on the most highly complex, high-risk, politically sensitive and high-cost IT procurements and IT contracts that may or may not be because of an IT project,” reads the job posting from the California Air Resources Board.
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