Sentences with phrase «for city technology»

And on procurement, the current comptroller — whose office sees every check cut by the city before it goes out — smartly characterized the issue of turgid budgets for city technology projects by observing, «it actually doesn't have much to do with technology itself.»

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For technology - first businesses, the city offers an abundance of talented engineers.

In our May issue, we chronicled the unlikely rise of Youngstown, Ohio, a city long - since abandoned by the steel industry now trying to reinvent itself as a hub for technology entrepreneurs with the help of the Youngstown Business Incubator.

All of us candidates went and visited the Centre for Advanced Traffic Management at UofT and we are all were presented with technologies that were being developed there that were being adopted or tried by cities outside of Toronto.

I found him to be knowledgable about technology — not surprising, given that he had previously run Rogers Communications (which owns Canadian Business)-- so I was looking forward to hearing about whether he has any progressive ideas for the city.

The key is for entrepreneurs in places like Kansas City and Nashville and Cincinnati to take the right lessons from the Bay Area, by focusing on the mindset: the idea that innovation comes through iteration, that failure should be embraced for what you can learn from it and that every business can be transformed by technology.

«We love jobs, we love technology, and we love convenience — but what you're looking for will impact every part of our cities,» the leaders wrote to Amazon.

He was also the National Economic Council lead for the White House «Smart Cities» program, which aims to infuse new technology in U.S. cCities» program, which aims to infuse new technology in U.S. citiescities.

They're about as close to commodities as consumer devices get,» Hal Friedlander, co-founder of the Technology for Education Consortium and former CIO for New York City schools, told Business Insider.

At the same time the new technologies - notably the combination of mobile and Internet of Things - means that the really smart cities can create an experience for their citizens that saves energy and reduces the stress of traditional urban living.

The Hoboken Business Center offers shared workspace through Mission Fifty, while the city's Stevens Institute of Technology is opening an entrepreneurship office for students and is seeking investors for a tech accelerator.

Based in New York City, the organization was labeled by Google as a «think tank» focused on developing technology to help people in emerging markets get online for the first time.

The New York City - based company positions itself as a simple and more transparent stock exchange offering fees and technology that are better for individual investors.

Oklahoma City is not typically considered a centre for cutting - edge technology.

The company announced in January plans to take its self - driving Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans to Atlanta, the 25th city for Waymo to test its autonomous vehicle technology in since 2009.

«We're still in the early stages of that program, but we're hoping that there will be results showing that this technology can make a real difference to public safety in a more cost - effective way, but also in a more effective way,» Ger Daly, Global Managing Director of Defense and Public Safety, Accenture, said in a report for CNBC's Innovation Cities.

Technology company DTI Group has won a contract with the Brisbane City Council to supply its surveillance systems to a fleet of buses for an undisclosed sum.

And the more youthful a city, the more friendly an environment for nurturing new businesses and technology.

Last month, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology won a competition among more than 1,000 college students who presented design concepts for how the Hyperloop might transport pods of people from city to city at high speeds.

Transloc is «a provider of demand - response technology for city - owned microtransit solutions,» according to the press release.

After garnering feedback from more than 80 Kaplan executives and technology experts, and tinkering with their revenue models, design plans and presentation speeches for three months at Kaplan's New York City offices, the teams behind these disruptive education technology companies have learned their fair share of business lessons.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP)-- Information technology outsourcing company Infosys announced Thursday that it will build a campus in Indianapolis to continue an expansion in the United States that is expected to provide up to 3,000 jobs for the city in the coming years.

Respondents favored this city for its diverse job creation, including in service sector jobs, and science -, technology -, engineering - and mathematics - related employment.

London remains the top European city for venture capital investment in financial technology firms, according to data released by Mayor Sadiq Khan's promotional agency.

The paradox of my leaving home again in 2012 (having already left once for college) was that I would not be where I am now (working for technology company Waze in New York City) had it not been for the values and lessons instilled in me during my 19 or so years of growing up in California's Central Valley.

The city has a very deep history in textiles and garments; there are many strong international and Canadian retail brands headquartered in Montreal; and for technology, the city has top - notch universities and talent.

Known for its renowned Shakespeare festival, this city of 32,000 is also making a name for itself as a technology hub

Palantir Has Secretly Been Using New Orleans to Test Its Predictive Policing Technology (The Verge) Predictive policing technology has proven highly controversial wherever it is implemented, but in New Orleans, the program escaped public notice, partly because Palantir established it as a philanthropic relationship with the city through Mayor Mitch Landrieu's signature NOLA For LifTechnology (The Verge) Predictive policing technology has proven highly controversial wherever it is implemented, but in New Orleans, the program escaped public notice, partly because Palantir established it as a philanthropic relationship with the city through Mayor Mitch Landrieu's signature NOLA For Liftechnology has proven highly controversial wherever it is implemented, but in New Orleans, the program escaped public notice, partly because Palantir established it as a philanthropic relationship with the city through Mayor Mitch Landrieu's signature NOLA For Life program.

Harris got the chance to bid on a large job for Barnes & Noble.com — a traveling technology exhibit that would cover 25 cities in nine months.

«We look for a great team, an interesting market, and an interesting business model,» says Jonathan Axelrod, managing director of Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, a New York City - based accelerator that focuses on technology companies.

This idea isn't a new one — Nordstrom has experimented with interactive mirrors in its fitting rooms, and designer Rebecca Minkoff's flagship store in New York City has employed nearly identical technology for about a year, to huge results.

City Council also approved about $ 450,000 for more staff, better training, improved technology and workplace upgrades.

Conductor, a New York City - based SEO technology company, had a track record that spoke for itself: a 6,700 percent revenue increase from just over $ 100,000 in 2009 to more than $ 7 million in 2012.

We're pausing for now in our work in eight cities where we've been in exploratory discussions but... it's to better integrate some of our technology work that we've been developing.»

HOME PC enthusiasts and general business users have a local source for information on the latest developments in the fast moving PC industry with Gateway's new technology concept store at Garden City.

Don Eaton, vice president of Argus Financial Corporation in San Mateo, says that a half - dozen lenders competed strenuously to provide construction financing for Woodside Technology Center, a 252,000 - sf office / R & D complex in Redwood City, California.

St. Paul, Minnesota, 01 May, 2013: The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans & Programs — the Honorable Sharon Burke — visited the Twin Cities on Wednesday to survey the technology innovation available in this region for Department of Defense energy needs.

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New York City is a creative metropolis famous for fashion, media and technology industries.

The opportunity from Global Opportunity Report 2017, Business of Power, showcases how decentralised, peer - to - peer platforms and innovative energy storage technologies are disrupting the conventional concept of utility delivery and better preparing cities and residents for energy and climate resilience.

Amazon unveiled plans on Tuesday for a major expansion in Boston's Seaport District, promising 2,000 new technology jobs even as the city remains in contention for the company's coveted second headquarters.

A new report, released by Morgan Stanley's Institute for Sustainable Investing, argues that sustainable technology can cut a typical office building's annual expenses by 3 % to 30 % 1, depending on what US city it's in.

With a personal desire and eye for design and innovation, Shaul has focused his entrepreneurial energy into the emerging technology industry by founding various innovative startups and startup incubators around the U.S. Initiating efforts include being co-founder of OfficePort, a co-working business center with two locations in Kansas City and one in Chicago.

Middleton city administrator Mike Davis said Middleton would not have room for a one - story manufacturing facility that would take up 700,000 square feet on 20 acres but he said, «If indeed Foxconn is interested in an office or technology center on many levels, Middleton would be a possibility, as would Madison and the other surrounding communities.»

By adding your company profile to Digital.NYC your startup becomes an active part of the city's official hub for technology.

The Canada Spotlight was sponsored by MaRS, the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Employment, the federal department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, the not - for - profit foundation Sustainable Development Technology Canada and the City of Vancouver.

Technology will make paying $ 4,600 a month for a two bedroom in a congested city like San Francisco no longer necessary because you no longer need to work in an office.

«The Innovation District in downtown Las Vegas was designed to be a proving ground for new technologies, and this latest interest by NTT Group and Dell Technologies will continue our efforts to become a smart and connected community,» said Michael Lee Sherwood, Director of Information Technologies, City of Las Vegas.

In the coming months, the goal for Singh and his team is to expand to four more cities and strengthen its presence in all 10 cities, and invest in improving its backend technology.

In October, Waterfront Toronto announced it had chosen Sidewalk Labs to present a plan to design a brand new area of the city from scratch, with innovative technologies and infrastructure that's expected to include roads designed for driverless cars.