Sentences with phrase «big technology firms»

The tech - lash: a backlash against big technology firms, most of whom are American.

QTUM is a hybrid of cross between both Bitcoin and Ethereum network technology, mixed with its own QTUM features, it's a system which is being adopted by big technology firms for their projects.

Lobenfeld says that big technology firms like 3M, Micron and HP are earning money from the fruits of patent troll suits.

And now that we're in the middle of earnings season, there's no other way to say it: results for big technology firms have been pretty awful.

Big technology firms could enter the wealth management space, helping the ultra-rich get even richer, analyst says.

The Hong Kong stock exchange has introduced new rules allowing companies with dual - class shareholding structures and biotechnology firms yet to generate revenue to apply for listings from April 30, as it races to stay ahead of competing bourses in Shanghai, New York and Singapore to attract big technology firms and become the world's largest stock exchange.

It's a piece of European Union (EU) legislation that could have a far - reaching impact on some of the biggest technology firms in the world including Facebook and Google.

To make matters worse, The Washington Post and The Guardian newspapers today claimed that the NSA also has direct access to the search history, email and even live chats of all customers of the world's biggest technology firms, including Google, Apple and Facebook.

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Uday Hegde, CEO of USEReady, a firm that helps businesses leverage big data and BI technologies, shares why business leaders struggle to implement BI,» The problem is driving adoption in a large organization, as the data needs to be something each stakeholder can make use of.

Big law firms are obvious candidates for the technology, but so are in - house lawyers working for large corporations and governments.

The most recent round of funding for fuboTV included Sky UK, a telecommunications company with 11 million United Kingdom customers as of 2015; Scripps Networks Interactive, the parent company of HGTV, Food Network, and Travel Channel; 21st Century Fox, whose stable of entertainment properties includes the Big Ten Network, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports Regional Networks, and the YES Network; and Northzone Ventures, a London - based venture capital firm that mainly invests in early stage software and technology companies.

Opened two years ago, Potomac Law Group leans heavily on cloud technology and is itself a kind of cloud — a constellation of 40 lawyers who went to the best schools, trained at the best firms, and are now working, mostly from home, to their own schedules, for about half the price bigger firms charge.

Entrepreneurs have long seen outsourcing as a strategy reserved for big business, but technology has made it a more accessible tool for small businesses — and for some small firms, outsourcing has made a powerful impact on their growth, productivity and bottom lines.

An even bigger question about the financial services industry's adoption of distributed ledger technologies might not be about how this gets implemented and what specific block chains they choose, but rather what happens to the float that savvy bankers and financial firms have taken advantage of as they wait for deposits to clear.

«You have large players like Amazon, Google, Facebook and others with big pockets that can say «This is a space we want to own,»,» said Philippe Collard, founder of Yabusame Partners, a management consulting firm specializing in the technology industry.

He previously launched a series of technology - driven startups, including venture - backed big data analytics firm CANDDi.

In 2011, HTC was the biggest smartphone vendor in the United States based on shipments, even beating Apple (aapl) and Samsung, according to technology research firm Canalys.

Marketing technology firm Toluna, which manages online consumer surveys for big brands including Dannon and Disney, is buying a digital media startup incubated by Nielsen.

In this live virtual executive roundtable, you'll: * Learn what entrepreneurs need to do to get noticed by top VC firms * Look at the most active venture capitalists in tech today * Discover the biggest mistakes made by foundering startups * Identify the weaknesses that are keeping you from becoming the next unicorn Speakers: * Ton van't Noordende, Venture Partner, Keadyn * Jon Cifuentes, Cofounder Research and Operations, All Turtles * Matthew Zeiler, CEO, Clarifai * Stewart Rogers, Director of Marketing Technology, VentureBeat

As one of the largest technology firms in the world, how to maintain sustained growth is now the biggest problem Apple is facing, and the formation of a sound app eco-chain has become a top priority.

At a time when investment firms are increasingly experimenting with artificial intelligence and technology that can make trading decisions in a fraction of a second, identifying disreputable sources has become a bigger challenge.

The NYT reports it has seen documents showing that a London - based employee of the big data firm — named as Alfredas Chmieliauskas — worked with the CA data scientists who were building its psychological profiling technology.

Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have criticized H - 1B visas, because the biggest beneficiaries are outsourcing firms, which critics say use the program to fill lower - level information technology jobs and replace American workers.

Indeed, the technology sector has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Trump presidency: The S&P information technology group has risen more than 13 percent this year, more than banks, utilities, health firms, energy companies or consumer brands.

Big Four accounting powerhouse EY has formed a team to prepare for the onslaught of demand from businesses for the professional service firm's blockchain technologies.

He has been instrumental in some of the Firm's biggest successes, such as In re Comverse Technology, Inc., in which Pomerantz obtained one of the largest recoveries for shareholders from an individual; and In re Chesapeake Shareholder Derivative Litig., which came to fruition thanks to Mr. Gross» diligence in pressing for the case to be heard on appeal.

XLK includes all of the big names associated with technology but also a few that seem like misfits, such as financial payment processers or telecom firms.

While being backed by some of the biggest technology and finance firms, they're backing the technology behind Ethereum, not necessarily Ether — the digital currency of the Ethereum platform.

Having worked as a lawyer in Brazil's biggest law firm Pinheiro Neto she is now working full time on educating companies and individuals about Blockchain technology.

Big fishes or firms in the industry have advantages in attracting capital, developing expertise in multiple technology markets, and funding large deals.

In this fund administration special, we bring together five top tech experts to answer the big technology questions facing private equity firms; look at the administrative strain GPs are under; consider the implications of Brexit for UK fund managers; explain how the outsourcing model is changing; consider the challenges faced by CFOs; explore the issues involved in raising a first credit vehicle; plus much more.

Mr. Brauer said the partnership between Volvo and Uber, which plan to invest $ 300 million in their self - driving car effort, was part of a growing trend of big automakers joining forces with technology firms.

While investors flocked to cloud technology and software companies this year, one of the biggest winners in the IPO market was a firm that makes organic mac and cheese.

GFI's science and technology department is involved in the development and promotion of the science of plant - based cultured meat, dairy, and egg technologies.33 They are currently focused on core foundational work — making connections with organizations and writing white papers and «mind maps» — and as such they do not yet have a significant track record.34 They have produced Technological Readiness Assessments — documents detailing the current state of technology, and evaluating where more research is needed.35 All the research GFI does is published, so that the industry as a whole can benefit.36 One of their biggest successes over the last year are the presentations that Senior Scientist Liz Specht gave to various venture capitalist firms.

When asked where they believe the biggest risks for insider trading lie, 44 % of respondents said that they believe it is firms with an attitude of being untouchable among the top level of management, compared to 24 % of people who felt this way in January 2016; 35 % think the biggest risk is rogue employees, down from 59 % of respondents; and 21 % think it is the ease of circumventing company monitoring through work around technologies, such as gaming stations and disposable mobile phones, up from 17 % in 2016.

It has big positions in KWEB's top two holdings — Internet giants Baidu and Tencent — but just 38 percent of the portfolio is in technology firms.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Europe's largest engineers» body, with 150,000 members in 127 countries, has commented on the recent summit held by Prime Minister David Cameron, and Energy Secretary Chris Huhne, with the six biggest power firms, consumer groups, and the regulator Ofgem.

Many firms seek financial help from China, which is pushing hard on green energy technology and offering bigger subsidies than the U.S. government

Hutchinson said Georgetown hopes running on sunshine and wind, and having lots of it, will draw technology firms and maybe even big data centers.

The big employers of nontraditional chemists include all the science companies — chemical companies, biotech companies, pharmaceutical companies — but also law firms, companies involved in public policy, and companies involved in manufacturing or information technology.

After securing $ 67 million from leading venture capital firms and big companies, Rive Technology started to commercialize nanostructured zeolite catalysts for the production of diesel and gasoline.

Rather than Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, a middle - aged male Ph.D. toiling at a large U.S. firm — and perhaps born abroad — is more likely to be behind the next big thing, conclude researchers from George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax, Virginia, and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a Washington, D.C. — based think tank.

Stiff competition for a stiff material «The biggest hurdles are cost, throughput and recycling,» said Ross Kozarsky, senior analyst at Lux Research, a technology research and advisory firm.

Kansas City — Three area information technology veterans have teamed up to start their own company, and a Phoenix IT services firm is adding... referring to the big online dating site.

SAP INFO & MERCURY NEWS — Dec 22 — Matchmaking Internet site eHarmony has landed a $ 110 million investment from two Silicon Valley venture capital firms, Sequoia Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures, scoring one of the biggest funding deals of the year.

While other large Canadian banks have hinted they're considering a foray into online investment advice, BMO is the first of the big five banks to launch such a service, despite electing to build the product in - house rather than partnering with a financial technology firm as some of the other banks are expected to do.

Rapidly - expanding travel technology firm, Illusions Online, has inked a deal with one of Asia's biggest travel companies, JTB.

This convergence towards renewable energy is being led by the big technology and data centre firms who are seeing their power consumption rise the fastest.

The big question is: Do public markets and institutional investors have the stomach for a low - revenue, non-profitable, capital intensive energy firm with a technology unproven at scale — plus, a tortoise problem?

One prime example is the technology industry, which was taking on the gender gap in law firms back when most legal professionals were still grappling with the shoulder - padded power suits and big hair of the 1980s.