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The skills and traits of elite CTOs

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Chief technology officers are key players in the enterprise C-suite, oftentimes working in collaboration with CIOs at the forefront of new and innovative technologies. They are among the most important hires organizations are making today due to the business value that successful technology deployments can bring.

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Sigfox tech owner UnaBiz doubles its Series B funding to $50 million

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UnaBiz acquired Sigfox’s tech in April after the French IoT startup filed for bankruptcy protection. The acquisition doubled UnaBiz’s office locations and tripled its headcount to more than 240 employees. Its goal is to consolidate its business more quickly.

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The CTO’s newest hat is green

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They collected their findings in a report titled The Sustainable CTO. And four out of five of those surveyed pointed to innovations like artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) as specific technologies that could help. Read the research report. These dual goals are being broached in IT departments.

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Ford’s high-tech business transformation, fueled by cloud

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One need only look within Ford’s executive ranks to see the technology talent driving its digital future: Doug Field, Ford’s chief electric vehicle (EV) and digital systems officer, and Rob Bedicheck, executive director of platform architecture, were both recruited from Apple.

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Deep tech startups in need of funding should consider federal grants

TechCrunch

Xipeng Shen is a professor at North Carolina State University and ACM Distinguished Member, focusing on system software and machine learning research. He is a co-founder and CTO of CoCoPIE LLC. Our team of researchers started CoCoPIE to solve the chip shortage crisis. We’re a group of Ph.D.s

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Finite State lands $30M Series B to help uncover security flaws in device firmware

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Finite State was founded in 2017 by Matt Wyckhouse, founder and former CTO of Battelle’s Cyber Business Unit. Read more: Window Snyder’s new startup Thistle Technologies raises $2.5M seed to secure IoT devices. A widely used infusion pump can be remotely hijacked, say researchers.

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A critical look at Gartner’s top 10 IoT trends

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Read Fredric Paul analyze Gartner’s predictions for the Internet of Things connected devices on Network World : At Gartner’s Symposium/ITExpo in Barcelona, Spain, earlier this month, the research firm shared a report on 10 strategic trends affecting the Internet of Things (IoT) from 2019 to 2023.

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