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IOWN: Innovating for a sustainable future

CIO

But, when it comes to tomorrow’s enterprise and consumer innovations, those networking options have some serious limitations. What’s needed is an energy-efficient network that can drive both economic growth and zero environmental harm. That is where Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) comes in. Innovation

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SAP Innovation Awards: Celebrating 10 Years of Innovation

CIO

Rather, we see these as opportunities to innovate and make positive changes. This is why I hold the annual SAP Innovation Awards very dear to my heart. This program celebrates and honors the world’s best innovators and disruptors that utilize SAP solutions to help the world run better. But are these problems insurmountable?

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Swiss energy services company uses machine learning to see the future

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Swiss energy services company IWB has a vision of a world with a fully renewable, climate-friendly energy supply. That changed in 2017 when Swiss voters approved an energy act that would reduce the country’s dependency on fossil fuels by 2050. If you want to look into the future, sometimes you have to be able to predict it.

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Clean energy firm Husk signs UN energy compact as it begins solar mini-grid expansion in Nigeria, rest of Africa

TechCrunch

Husk Power Systems , a clean energy company that has been at the forefront of fueling rural electrification since 2008, is planning to launch 500 solar mini-grids in Nigeria over the next five years. The company plans to have additional technological and business model innovations, and the use of AI and IoT to remotely manage its fleet.

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Digital listening reveals 3 leading innovation drivers

CIO

To gain perspective, Iron Mountain sponsored research by Quadrant Strategies, which used digital listening technologies to study public online conversation trends among enterprise decision-makers. AI surpassed other technologies in conversations about innovation The research underscores that AI is leading the way in accelerating innovation.

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Private 5G networks are sparking innovation at the edge

CIO

For the enterprise, planning edge strategies and reaping their rewards is often a complex and challenging process, with myriad applications to deploy, a proliferation of hardware devices to manage, multiple data types and sources to integrate, and significant security risks to avoid. To learn more, visit us here.

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Australian businesses need new servers to drive sustainability and innovation

CIO

However, despite data centres and transmission networks being responsible for nearly 1 per cent of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, a new Deloitte study reports little over half (54 per cent) of businesses have converted to energy-efficient technologies. It’s not just the public sector pushing companies to change.