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Access to Digital Technology Accelerates Global Gender Equality

Harvard Business

Accenture surveyed nearly 5,000 men and women in 31 countries, exploring their use of technology, including access to devices like smartphones and wireless wearable devices, and the frequency with which they use them. At the current pace such equality won’t be achieved until 2065 in developed nations and 2100 in developing countries.

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Using IoT Data to Understand How Your Products Perform

Harvard Business

Since 2011, General Electric has publicly stated it would spend more than $1 billion on developing sensors, wireless devices, and related software to install on its aircraft engines, power turbines, locomotive trains and other machinery. A culture that accepts the truth, however bad.

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

Check out our selection of events for project/resource managers, business leaders, and industry professionals, which will provide you with valuable insights into recent trends and challenges, networking opportunities, and contribute to your professional development. June, 13-14, Cracow, Poland ACE! This year’s event will embrace two tracks.

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The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light

Harvard Business

Rather than windowless work stations commonly found in call centers, the Airbnb Call Center is designed to be an open space with access to natural light and views of the surroundings while replacing desks and phones with long couches, standing desks and wireless technology. The benefits of these elements is is well recognized.

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Success with the Internet of Things Requires More Than Chasing the Cool Factor

Harvard Business

In my experience with dozens of organizations implementing IoT solutions, those that achieved their expected ROI changed their traditional business approaches in one or more of the following ways: They Developed a Partner Ecosystem. The essence of IoT is interconnectivity.

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When is “Agile Scaling” the Answer?

Johanna Rothman

My very first job out of school was a development role on a very large telecommunications system for the Department of Defense. We implemented wireless, broadcast, the equivalent of webinars, all kinds of stuff. We probably could not have developed that telecommunications system with 12 people. No, none of them had.

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Why Companies and Universities Should Forge Long-Term Collaborations

Harvard Business

Soon thereafter a project with multi-year funding was developed to focus on a question of fundamental science in personalized medicine. BU and Red Hat will jointly license co-developed technology while each party retains exclusive rights to its pre-existing IP. Develop more-flexible patent licensing. medical diagnostics).

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