Sentences with phrase «by earlier technology»

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Co-founder Wade Barnes, an agronomist by trade, says advances in geo - mapping and analytics technology have transformed a once cumbersome and unreliable process — early attempts by such ag giants as John Deere and Trimble to market monitors and GPS systems were met with a tepid response — into something intuitive and, crucially, effective.

Technology mid-caps CGI Group of Montreal and Macdonald Dettwiler & Associates of Richmond, B.C., made strategic international acquisitions earlier this year that will jack up their revenues by billions of dollars.

By late last year, people — investors, angels, venture capital firms — were all overpaying for growth in technology startups and stocks, just as they had been 14 years earlier at the height of the last bubble.

By recognizing the important of this changing technology early on, our company, Monoprice, took advantage of our ability to be quick and nimble, to be first to market.

They were brought in by the federal and most provincial governments for labour - backed VC funds in the 80s and early»90s, as a way to stimulate badly needed investment in technology.

Licensing a technology to establish early market share in an emerging product market is a time - honored strategy that's been executed by a number of well - known companies:

Outside of those few early adopters, technology by itself has negative value to the majority of potential customers.

I am sometimes horrified by things people my age tend to say in social and business situations, especially when they express a disdain of modern technology or recall an earlier era as a golden age — usually everyone within hearing knows that the previous period was merely different, rather than glorious.

Indeed, Josh Bersin, an analyst at Bersin by Deloitte who tracks workplace technology, believes that the rise of VR as a training tool mimics the early stages of how companies first used YouTube to show training videos.

Look at STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)-- if we focused on finding early indicators of high performers in our education system, then treated them differently as they progressed through school as potential Canadian innovators, by the time they got to Grade 12 and were thinking about university, they would be wildly ahead of the innovation curve.»

His tweet got the instant like from Minister of Information and Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad who had earlier warned the Facebook of taking «stringent action» if any attempt was made by them to influence the electoral process in India.

, Los Angeles — based author William Poundstone explains the origin of the brainteaser (IBM pioneered this line of questioning in the 1950s), and discusses how by the early 2000s it had become common among technology, finance and consulting firms.

This outdoor - adventure lover's paradise is one of the most educated metro areas in the U.S.. Also, the local Colorado Collaborative for Girls in STEM, funded by the National Science Foundation, aims to get girls interested in science and technology careers early on.

Passengers could see their flight times cut in half by the early 2020s, said Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom Technology.

Earlier, he served at COMSAT International, a provider of satellite technology that was acquired by Lockheed Martin.

Earlier this month, Cisco said its chief technology officer, Zorowar Biri Singh, would leave the company by the end of the month.

As for the company's auto - pilot system, Musk said early data indicated that many accidents had been prevented by the technology — and no accidents had been created by it.

Three - dimensional printing technology was patented in the early 1980s by Chuck Hull, who co-founded 3D Systems, but it's just now emerging as a trend.

Toyota says it has plans to commercialize the technology by the early 2020s.

For example, «Besides being an early investor in Netflix, Jay Hoag's Silicon - Valley - based Technology Crossover Ventures provided early - stage funding to Zillow and Expedia, two companies founded by [fellow director Richard] Barton.

Earlier this month, Google Glass made transit details a part of the wearable technology experience by allowing users who have paired Glass with an Android device to see public transit directions on the device.

For example, earlier this year organizers of the South by Southwest music, film and technology conference used Telemetry to monitor foot traffic and see in real time where bodies were aggregating and which venues were most popular.

«We've responded to the competitive environment by focusing on industries that are currently out of favor with the public - equity market, like biotech, medical devices, and early - stage information - technology companies,» says Patrick Boroian, a general partner at Sprout, which is the New York City - based venture - capital affiliate of financial - services giant Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

The technology was earlier reported on by IEEE Spectrum and The Verge.

Luke argues InteraXon's technology can prevent accidents from happening by identifying changes in cognitive performance early on and alerting drivers when they lose focus.

By the early 2000s, the design engineer had worked for the same Toronto technology firm for eight years.

Online initiatives like online renewals and online reservations enhances customer convenience and positions us as a cutting - edge supplier in a market largely populated, especially in the cycling segment, by customers who tend to be early technology adapters.

Whether it is phones, tablets or laptops, screens are becoming the interface through which we experience life.Children are introduced to these technologies very early on by their parents and child care providers.

Founded in 2012, Whirlscape has been supported by Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator, the Creative Destruction Lab, and UTEST, the MaRS Innovation and University of Toronto accelerator program for early - stage technologies.

The company had announced the Amazon Go store in December 2016 and said it would open by early 2017, but it delayed the debut while it worked on the technology and company employees tested it out.

He then spent several years in product management and early market development for first - in - class technologies at Guidant, Edwards Lifesciences, and Evalve (acquired by Abbott Laboratories).

Deutsche Bank published a report in October outlining exactly how central banks might adopt distributed ledger technology, which too echoed the sentiments of a thought piece penned by St. Louis Fed economist David Andalfatto earlier this year.

«We were pleasantly surprised by the willingness of Indian corporates to engage with early technology companies,» says Matt Saunders, President of Ryerson Futures.

Announced earlier today, and reported by The Korea Herald, Dunamu — operator of the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit — will invest 100 billion won ($ 92.5 million) into blockchain technology projects over the next three years.

Earlier this month, at a Technical Advisory Committee meeting led by Chief Innovation Officer Daniel Gorfine, the CFTC passed motions to create subcommittees dedicated to distributed ledger technology and virtual currencies.

«MouthSense» and «SmartFoam,» two new inventions by engineers in the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California San Diego, have attracted funding from NextWave Venture Partners, a venture - capital firm specializing in the commercialization of early - stage technologies.

While the benefits of distributed ledgers have been much discussed, Bain concluded that actual tools using blockchain for international payments and trade finance remain in their early stages as banks remain challenged by scaling the technology, along with uncertainties surrounding digital currencies and privacy issues.

The fatal crash, which occurred in Florida on May 7, will see the NHTSA examine the design and the performance of the Autopilot system of Tesla Motors, which has previously been criticized by self - driving car technology experts as launched too early.

Earlier this month, VCCircle reported that car - servicing startup Carcrew Technology Pvt. Ltd, backed by the TVS Group, secured $ 2 million (Rs 13 crore) in a fresh pre-Series A round led by a private equity firm.

ATLANTA — December 6, 2017 — Blockchain payments technology platform BitPay announced today that it is raising $ 30M in a strategic Series B funding round led by Aquiline Technology Growth (ATG), a fund managed by Aquiline Capital Partners that invests in early - and growth - stage financial technology technology platform BitPay announced today that it is raising $ 30M in a strategic Series B funding round led by Aquiline Technology Growth (ATG), a fund managed by Aquiline Capital Partners that invests in early - and growth - stage financial technology Technology Growth (ATG), a fund managed by Aquiline Capital Partners that invests in early - and growth - stage financial technology technology companies.

The Fund is able to mitigate early - stage investment risks by leveraging its relationship with MaRS, which provides access to a leading network of innovators developing clean and sustainable technologies.

The MaRS Cleantech Fund LP ushers in a new model in early - stage technology investing by leveraging the strength of a non-exclusive, but strategic relationship between MaRS Discovery District and the private sector.

As part of its review, the Compensation Committee requested summary data from Compensia concerning ranges of compensatory equity ownership levels as a percentage of the company by Chief Executive Officers who have played a significant role in the founding and early stage growth of technology companies.

In early 2007, David co-founded Pardot, which was recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as the fastest growing technology company in 2010.

To achieve this goal, several approaches are envisaged: identifying small populations with severe disease where a medicine's benefit - risk balance could be favorable; making more use of real - world data where appropriate to support clinical trial data; and involving health technology assessment bodies early in development to increase the chance that medicines will be recommended for payment and ultimately covered by national healthcare systems.

The proposed list of products subject to higher tariffs is expected to be delivered by early April and is likely to affect such sectors as aerospace, communication, machinery, robotics and technology.

Shares of Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) were trading lower by 3 percent early Wednesday morning in reaction to the company's new share offering in which it will sell around $ 1 billion in stock.

By encouraging early stage investments into Aussie startups, the NISA aims to help advancements in technology find footholds in Australia, particularly in FinTech ecosystems.

About Alberta Enterprise: Alberta Enterprise promotes the development of Alberta's venture capital industry by investing in VC funds that finance early stage technology companies.

In defense of Yahoo's security, a company spokeswoman, Suzanne Philion, said the company spent $ 10 million on encryption technology in early 2014, and that its investment in security initiatives will have increased by 60 percent from 2015 to 2016.