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The reverse pitch: Enlisting startups to hone innovation
Aflac, Bayer and Bosch are among a growing number of enterprises leveraging the ‘reverse pitch,’ in which companies pose business challenges they will pay winning startups to solve.
5 ways startups are innovating with data
Successful data-driven business models can be built from finding, aggregating and repackaging niche data from unexpected sources.
How to build a startup evaluation toolkit
In the first installment of our startup evaluation guide, we cover five essential tools you need to ensure you are heading in the right direction.
Technology in retail
Startups are bringing game-changing technology to the masses. Are you keeping up?
Winter 2019: State of the CIO
With digital transformation well under way, IT leaders are expanding their roles to take on business strategy responsibilities, identifying new areas of growth and opportunities for competitive differentiation, according to our 2019...
A CIO’s experience as a start-up founder
Michael Gabriel, former CIO of HBO, offers lessons learned from his entrepreneurial adventure.
10 hot startups targeting today’s key IT initiatives
Startups remain a key resource for CIOs seeking an innovative edge. From AI to data analytics to cybersecurity, here are 10 startups looking to fulfill IT leaders’ most pressing digital needs.
5 reasons why data lakes are vital for startup analytics
Compared to more mature companies, early-stage startups have drastically different analytics needs. Data lake infrastructure can make things easier on them.
MetLife hooks into external data feeds to help curb customer risk
The insurer is leveraging external data pipelines in hopes of helping customers reduce risk, thanks to its work with a startup that specializes in knowledge graphs and machine learning.
How CIOs tap startups to drive innovation
CIOs are increasingly cozying up to the cutting edge, using Shark Tank-like competitions, reverse pitches, and speed dating to identify startups that will fuel innovation and transform the business.
Does your startup business really need artificial intelligence?
Artificial intelligence does not come cheap. Although these technologies serve as a potent competitive advantage, they are often out of reach for startups and small businesses. So the question is, do startups really need AI?
Where startups are impacting long-term change for CIOs
Startups are showing up in big ways when it comes to ePrivacy, microservices, and fighting for talent. These are long-term shifts CIOs should keep in mind when it comes to figuring out what to devote attention and resources to.
8 technologies driving health care M&As
Forty-eight percent of respondents to a West Monroe survey cited using technology to disrupt incumbents as one of their top drivers for making health care acquisitions. Here’s a look at what they’re buying.
With friends like these…you probably need a patent
Cloud startups need to be wary of large incumbent partners that actually have plans to encroach on their business. Patents are part of the answer.
Oman develops technology fund to invest in global entrepreneurs
An interview with Yousuf Al Harthy, CEO of the Oman Technology Fund, and Hanan Askalan, a member of the Board of Directors about what the fund is, why it was started and how it operates.
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EU plans special tax on digital services revenue
The European Union plans to make cross-border digital service providers pay tax in the countries where they do business, a move that will affect not just Google and Facebook but European companies too.
Intrapreneurs talk about their experience of corporate startup life
Waffle and WhoZoo founders Andrew Homeyer and Simon Cockayne talk about building a business inside CA’s corporate incubator.
