Convertible financings, be they of the conventional convertible debt variety or the more recent SAFE form, have become a staple of the seed/startup financing scene. Unfortunately, these days Convertible financings are known as much for their abuse as for their utility. Too many startups (and...
This story is a quintessential example of a 100-year old company grappling with digital transformation. As Whirlpool overhauls its legacy ERP infrastructure to upgrade systems to cloud-based technology, AI, and IoT, it needs to address issues like culture and future skills of its workforce. Tackling...
Take a look at this CIODIVE.com article by Naomi Eide to understand American Airlines' measured approach to new technology adoption. It describes their method of getting more customer-benefit features and functionality out of the existing technologies they already know and use before venturing into newer,...
Would you like to know what Cisco is up to lately? Network World's Zeus Kerravala gives us a quick update, straight from Chuck Robbins. At Cisco Live earlier this month, CEO Chuck Robbins outlined Cisco's refocus on the network. That's after years of branching out into...
Sarah K. White, senior writer at CIO.com, has compiled a list of the seven most needed jobs in IT today, according to Robert Half Technology’s 2018 IT salary report. It's a quick reveal of the top seven needed positions, their descriptions and requirements, and the range...
According to the 2018 IT Career Outlook report from SpiceworksIT, as many as one-third of IT workers will look for a new job in 2018. The reasons why they might look for a change differ between age groups, from millennials to Gen Xers and baby boomers. SpiceworksIT surveyed...
The HIMSS18 Global Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas has wound up. In the latest issue of Healthcare IT News, Mike Miliard gives us an overview of the hot topics of the week. Acknowledging that the post-EHR era has fully arrived, he writes, "There was the...
Wisconsin’s internet connections, from its most rural settings to under-served neighborhoods in its largest cities, may benefit from a diverse range of broadband technologies, soon to make their way to the Wisconsin Legislature. In a new article, Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council, describes...
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law, which takes effect on May 25, 2018 - just two months away - imposes a strict set of requirements on how and why companies collect and use the personal data of EU individuals. For example, this worldwide requirement enables...
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