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DS Smith sets a single-cloud agenda for sustainability

CIO

British multinational packaging giant DS Smith has committed itself to ambitious sustainability goals, and its IT strategy to standardize on a single cloud will be a key enabler. From a sustainability perspective, utilizing a cloud platform unlocks the company’s data and its value chain’s data end-to-end,” Burion says. “We

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Nanome raises $3 million to help scientists get up close with molecular structures in VR

TechCrunch

Part of that comes from the need to closely examine every relevant molecule, studying its chemical composition and interactions as well as its physical structure at the atomic level. San Diego-based startup Nanome uses virtual reality to solve that problem.

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Announcing the Startup Battlefield companies pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021

TechCrunch

Selected from the most competitive batch in TC history, selected founders from across the globe will pitch on the virtual stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. A unique highlight of this batch are more companies in both the health tech/medtech space and clean tech/sustainability space. With just over a 1.5%

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IT leaders explore footing amid shifting needs and the AI power struggle

CIO

Some even implemented their own virtual personal assistants (VPAs), which included at least natural language processing—and sometimes more intelligence than that. Many IT leaders experimented with copilots and virtual assistants that helped users access existing systems.

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How governments are using IT to shrink their carbon footprints

Capgemini

How governments are using IT to shrink their carbon footprints Gunnar Menzel 19 Apr 2023 Facebook Twitter Linkedin The public sector has a mandate to lead on sustainability, and this includes their IT footprint. They can also enable governments to collect and analyze data, providing better visibility into their sustainability efforts.

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Sustainable Petrochemical Company Expands Risk-Based Inspection Philosophy

CIO

As a global chemical company and producer of PET, Indorama Ventures Limited (IVL) has made sustainability a priority for over a decade, from energy and greenhouse gas reductions to increased renewable energy and recycling. This disparity could lead to minor or even catastrophic chemical releases. “In

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COVID-19: How Planbox Customers Are Fighting Back

Planbox

Collaborating and crowdsourcing on this scale and to this degree is also about proactively surveying a fluctuating market, and improving our ability to identify key focus areas and opportunities while simultaneously contributing to an ever growing virtual treasure of knowledge that can be leveraged during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.”.