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More than another check, founders need activation energy

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As capital continues to flood the startup market, I keep thinking about the activation energy needed to not only start a company, but remain in charge of one. This type of scaling strategy looks more human than a check — after all, venture doesn’t fix all things — in fact, it can even complicate the growth of a startup.

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8 strategies for accelerating IT modernization

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There is a ton of competitive pressure to move fast, because those who can do things quicker, better, faster are the ones winning the market share,” says Ricardo Madan, senior vice president of TEKsystems Global Services. Here veteran IT leaders and advisers offer eight strategies to speed up IT modernization.

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4 ways to ensure CEO support for your digital strategy

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“When I joined Graded IT to drive digital transformation, management was convinced of the centrality of change,” says Gennaro Ardolino, head of digital innovation and CISO of the Neapolitan energy saving company. The strong will of the CEO ensured innovation activities didn’t encounter any obstacles.” Software is invisible.

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New York’s David Energy has raised $4.1 million to ‘build the Standard Oil of renewable energy’

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“We intend to build the Standard Oil of renewable energy,” said James McGinniss, the co-founder and chief executive of David Energy , in a statement announcing the company’s new $19 million seed round of debt and equity funding. . There are a number of tailwinds supporting the growth of a business like David Energy right now.

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The strategy behind becoming a manufacturing superpower

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At Huawei’s cloud data center in Langfang, the AI-based iCooling solution automatically optimizes energy efficiency, reducing the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) by 8% to 15%. Using Huawei’s Cloud Astro low-code platform, they’ve developed new marketing cloud map and production scheduling apps in just nine days.

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7 cloud market trends and how they will impact IT

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The cloud market has been a picture of maturity of late. The pecking order for cloud infrastructure has been relatively stable, with AWS at around 33% market share, Microsoft Azure second at 22%, and Google Cloud a distant third at 11%. Here are the top cloud market trends and how they are impacting CIO’s cloud strategies.

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The steep cost of a poor data management strategy

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Such is the case with a data management strategy. This allows predictive maintenance, which helps prevent unplanned downtime for more consistent energy production. For example, smart hospitals employ effective data management strategies. Dell Technologies and Intel are helping organizations advance data management strategies.

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