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5 ways AI can help mitigate the global shipping crisis

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His experience includes leadership roles at Nike Inc., Wells Fargo, Sonic Automotive and Cambia Health Solutions. If you don’t have the data about what is on a ship transporting your materials, then use this crisis as an opportunity to justify prioritizing supply chain digital transformation with data, IoT and advanced analytics (e.g.,

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Sarcos’ Kiva Allgood and Boston Dynamics’ Robert Playter discuss what it takes to put robots to work

TechCrunch

Prior to joining Sarcos, Allgood served as the global head of IoT and automotive for Ericsson. Playter has held leadership positions at Boston Dynamics for more than three decades. You’ve seen the company’s dog-like robot Spot in countless demos and on the TechCrunch Disrupt stage.

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Manufacturing CIOs see bright future for the industry, thanks to IT

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CIO 100 award-winner Chris Nardecchia also wears multiple leadership hats in his role as senior vice president and chief digital and information officer of Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest pure-play industrial automation and IoT company. None of that could have been accomplished with the previous automotive industry approach.

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The Station: Rounding up the Tesla Cyber Roundup, a Waymo change up and the mysterious disappearance of Bolt Mobility

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” “We’re grateful to Dan for his product leadership and vision, having helped us launch Waymo One, Waymo Via, and build a world-class Product team,” the company said in a statement. Waymo confirmed Chu’s departure and said he was moving onto a new “professional opportunity in the health tech industry.”

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Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Acquires Open Data Leader Pentaho

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Pentaho will continue to execute its current business model under the leadership of Pentaho CEO, Quentin Gallivan, who will report to Kevin Eggleston, HDS senior vice president, Social Innovation and Global Industries. Upon the close of the acquisition, Pentaho will become “Pentaho, a Hitachi Data Systems company” and will retain its brand.

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Why we’re awarding innovation and experimentation

DXC

Business is changing fast. Companies are looking to rapidly scale their digital efforts, drawing strength from new digital service platforms and deeper integration of enterprise processes. Leaders will master information flows and data markets. They will need to innovate to survive and thrive.

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Qualcomm’s Cisco Sanchez on structuring IT for business growth

CIO

Sanchez joined me for a leadership masterclass at the symposium, offering a closer look at his digital transformation roadmap, including his foundational pillars for leading “tech inside of tech” and the five things he is doing to set people up for success as the company scales by moving into new markets. How do you cater to an IoT user?

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