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What is Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Software

Openxcell

COTS stands for Commercial-Off-the-Shelf, and it refers to software targeted to a certain, specially defined range of business based on predetermined specifications. It also alleviates concerns about the challenges of developing and sustaining private IT solutions compared to Commercial-Off-the-Shelf available IT applications.

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How we pivoted our deep tech startup to become a SaaS company

TechCrunch

Two years later, I joined as a growth-stage CEO after leading two energy technology companies to scale and acquisition. The startup had raised a venture round and was flirting with becoming an axial flux electric motor manufacturing company. Brian Casey is CEO of ECM PCB Stator Technology. An assessment of global trends (e.g.,

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Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Shaun White, Shawn Mendes get behind Shelf Engine

TechCrunch

Shelf Engine ’s mission to eliminate food waste in grocery retailers now has some additional celebrity backers. The company brought in a $2 million extension to its $41 million Series B announced in March. Shelf Engine has a plan to reduce food waste at grocery stores, and $12 million in new cash to do it.

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New School Foods’ filet looks and tastes like salmon, but it’s actually plants

TechCrunch

The company’s first product is a plant-based filet that looks, cooks, tastes and flakes like wild salmon. New School Foods also has grants from Canadian government agencies, including Sustainable Development Technology Canada and Protein Industries Canada. The company has now raised $13 million in total.

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Martie launches with $3M to divert shelf-stable food items from landfills

TechCrunch

Companies are attacking food waste in different ways, from developing a better food supply chain to “skins” for produce to food sharing. Louise Fritjofsson and Kari Morris started the company in January to “rescue” pantry staples and offer them, initially in California, for between 40% and 70% off retail prices. Martie website.

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Growing Leaders Who are Confident, Skilled and Human-Centered (Mistakes to Avoid)

Let's Grow Leaders

When you delegated the tasks out among the team the timing was off and important parts of the project weren’t done when they needed to be. This is no cookie-cutter, stale-off-the-shelf program. AskingForaFriend This fantastic question came in during one of our recent leadership development programs.

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DIY cloud cost management: The strategic case for building your own tools

CIO

Ducharme cites the complexity of cloud cost optimization tools and “AI washing” in the commercial market as reasons behind his company’s move to DIY. He and his teams tried a few off-the-shelf tools but were never satisfied with the support for linking a cloud resource to a line of business to determine ownership.

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