When we launched the Open Cloud Academy last year, one of our goals was to help make technology careers and education more inviting to women and minorities. We want to help improve talent diversity in our industry. Read More… Written by Duane LaBom
Continue ReadingWalmart appears to be flexing its muscles in the software industry after announcing today that it will open-source its OneOps code, making it easier for developers to hop from cloud to cloud, the New York Times reports. The move, Walmart said at an annual...
Continue ReadingKPMG just released their Women’s Leadership Study which found that while the majority of women want to hold leadership positions many find it difficult to envision themselves as leaders. According to their survey of more than 3,000 professional and ...
Continue ReadingRecognizing women’s contributions to open source We’re looking for women who make important contributions to an open source project or the open source community, including: Code and programming. Quality assurance and bug triage. Involvement in ope...
Continue ReadingIn all the discussions about the dismal lack of racial diversity in tech, I am, uncomfortably, Asian. The tech industry talks about needing more people of color, but only because it casually conflates “white” with successful and adequately or even ove...
Continue ReadingA fast-paced incubator program for high-potential, Black and Latinx women-led startups. BIG is one of the most competitive incubator programs in the ecosystem (less than 10 percent of applicants are accepted). BIG’s structured, proven curriculum focuses...
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