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The Inside Startup: Meet Cisco’s Emerging Technologies and Incubation Group

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Startup” means risk. Regardless, new business ventures work under pressure to research, refine, and deliver an idea to the market. Cisco sets aside space for an innovative team operating with a startup mindset. More than an experimental group, they hold themselves accountable the same way any startup should.

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Startups Use Data and Agile for Portfolio Management

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It’s the new currency, it’s the language of the business. Data-driven business management has emerged as an invaluable tool for businesses of all sizes, from startups to large corporations. How startups leverage data for agility and competition Each year, companies that use data grow by more than 30%.

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US lawmakers advance bill to close loopholes in AI export controls

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We must understand that whoever sets the rules on its application will win this great power competition and determine the global balance of power.” The financial burden can be significant for big corporations, but disproportionately high for smaller companies and startups, according to George.

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SAP poaches Microsoft exec as its new global head of AI

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SAP has appointed a new global head of artificial intelligence, Walter Sun, after the previous post-holder quit to found her own AI startup. For the past 18 years, Sun worked at Microsoft, most recently as VP of AI for its business and applications platform group. Spoiler alert: it failed.)

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A Passionate ‘Angel Investor” Turns Clean-power Champ

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He was a career banker living in Hong Kong when friends from university pitched their new utility startup called Bboxx. . “I Now, as Chief Financial Officer of Bboxx, it’s Osijo’s job to successfully steer the utility from startup to profitable scale-up company. . As a startup, we must focus on surviving.

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How to create a culture of innovation

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A shift has occurred and IT is now viewed as an equal partner in driving business growth with CIOs recognized as the de facto leaders of innovation. One instance of how that exploration led to real business benefits was with the application of machine learning to predict optimal product formulation using a set of desired consumer benefits.

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The promise, peril, and potential of the metaverse

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Businesses can use it, as many already are, to enrich experiences, products, and services with virtual overlays for navigation and context. Who are the business users of the metaverse? But that image is overlooking a fast-rising wave of business adoption. Consumer brands have been early and enthusiastic adopters.

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