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

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

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Shelf Engine ’s mission to eliminate food waste in grocery retailers now has some additional celebrity backers. The company has already helped retailers divert 1 million pounds of food waste from landfills, Stefan Kalb, co-founder and CEO of Shelf Engine, told TechCrunch. This includes a $12 million Series A from 2020.

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

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For the foreseeable future, global markets will require billions of highly specialized electric machines that perform much better than the inefficient relics of the past. Fortunately, the SaaS direction has delivered upsides: We’ve achieved relatively strong product-market fit and cash flow-positive status without big VC raises or burn rates.

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

TechCrunch

New School Foods also has grants from Canadian government agencies, including Sustainable Development Technology Canada and Protein Industries Canada. The three-year-old company is swimming in waters that have gotten crowded lately as startups all over the world get in on a market poised to reach a value of $1.6

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

TechCrunch

And today, Martie officially enters the market with its approach to stop from going into landfills food that is thrown away due to package changes, being a seasonal product or reaching its expiration date before purchase. If you don’t have a sustainable approach you shouldn’t do it,” Fritjofsson told TechCrunch. “We

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Singapore’s Neuron is taking the slow and steady approach to micromobility

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and Canada will use the funds to invest in its proprietary technology and double down in existing markets, focusing on cities that want an exclusive or semi-exclusive relationship with operators, according to Zachary Wang, Neuron’s co-founder and CEO. Singapore’s Neuron Mobility has raised a $43.5

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

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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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