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The data flywheel: A better way to think about your data strategy

CIO

This article was co-authored by Duke Dyksterhouse , an Associate at Metis Strategy. Some are our clients—and more of them are asking our help with their data strategy. Data & Analytics is delivering on its promise. Often their ask is a thinly veiled admission of overwhelm. We discourage that thinking. So, they built a data-lake.

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Announcing the Startup Battlefield companies pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021

TechCrunch

From lithium battery chemical recycling to smart media, blockchain infrastructure to student-centric educational software, and Sub-Saharan African fintech to cultured-meat production, this batch of companies is sure to wow the investors and the audience. With just over a 1.5%

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This VC built a lab to make building biotech startups easier

TechCrunch

“I founded Portal Innovations really to address emerging needs for life sciences companies, particularly in ecosystems, like Chicago, that don’t yet have the infrastructure and community to support a growing life sciences community emerging from our research institutions,” Portal’s CEO, John Flavin, explains.

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5 tips for excelling at self-service analytics

CIO

Here are some tips for IT leaders looking to make good on the promise of self-service analytics strategies. That’s why it’s important to establish a plan for where and when it makes sense to use analytics, and to have reasonable controls to keep your analytics strategy from becoming a free for all.

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How adopting sustainability as a service can drive business success and help the planet

CIO

Rather than making huge investments in infrastructure to collect and process data, companies now have the option to get this as a secure, scalable, fully managed service that requires no large capital outlay. For example: NTT is leveraging computer vision to reduce waste in a logistics warehouse.

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NeoCarbon wants industrial cooling towers to join the climate fight

TechCrunch

” While DAC sounds great in theory — using chemicals to literally suck problematic emissions out of the air! . “We haven’t started yet measurements and tests with it but it’s basically in the finalizing stage of actually getting it to work.” But one big barrier to scaling DAC is the cost of implementation.

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5 C-suite bridges every IT leader must build

CIO

But these days, that seat at the table, where the CEO and other top executives define and map out business strategy, is no longer enough. That requires agreement on vision, strategy, and needs, and how we’re going to get there,” he says. “We Every business function is driven by technology today and most are asking for more of it.

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