Sentences with phrase «into technology businesses»

They provide niche technology (e.g. Cyber security) contractors and Sales people into technology businesses.
It's now widely acknowledged that regardless of the traditional or historical nature of a business, it's a matter of time before many components of organisations transform into technology businesses.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
And while the iMirror is the kind of product that feeds directly into consumers» current assumptions of what IoT technology looks like, there are plenty of Canadian companies finding business applications that consumers will hardly notice.
While the wireless broadband technology is being tested, cable companies are rolling out even faster and higher - capacity fiber optic wired connections to homes and businesses, cutting into the promised speed and cost advantages of 5G.
«Workplace technology that started as handy (but still optional) business tools in the 1980s evolved into a high - priority requirement in the 1990s,» summarized Stanley Zarowin in Journal of Accountancy.
They're also attracting more spectators thanks to technology like Twitch, and they're turning into big business.
Accounting technology has come on leaps and bounds in recent years, and using this sophisticated software business owners and managers can automate and balance their books without delving into the complicated world of accounting.
But by integrating its Dash technology into a new smartphone, Amazon ensures that it'll receive a good chunk of your day - to - day shopping and grocery business without the extra effort — and, crucially, without the extra gadget.
More and more people have access to this technology, which is why you should incorporate it into your business.
The report found that in order to incorporate mobile technology into wider business practices, it needs to be implemented in all aspects of the company to create an unified system, and senior management's knowledge and support in the implementation process is extremely critical.
What began as a conference devoted to honoring excellence in advertising has morphed into a gaudy business meeting for the technology and sales people who call the shots in the industry.
CNBC's Mobile Elite 2015 survey sheds some interesting insight into how global business executives are using mobile technology and social media.
By positioning itself where it has, Theranos may have taken the latest existing technology and tweaked and refined it into a unified system that's more streamlined and more elegant than any existing system, creating a disruptive lab business.
The technology giant still has a lingering problem that could make getting into the auto business difficult.
By honestly assessing their strengths and their shortcomings, they found a technology partner to help them build their ideas into a multibillion - dollar business that was acquired by Man Group in 2014.
«We will not go into businesses where technology which is way over my head is crucial to the investment decision,» he once wrote.
Howard asked MBAs Across America team to help him figure out how to incorporate technology into his business model without disrupting the intimate, old - school feel of his business.
Dorsey said Square's own technology has given it an eagle's eye view into its customers» day - to - day operations and selling patterns, which in turn has sparked another business opportunity, in small - business lending.
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In my work advising companies, one of the things that I've noticed is that it is the last 10 % of investment, into completely new businesses and technologies, that is the most neglected.
Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources has made good on its commitment to invest further in UK technology company Metalysis, announcing today a $ 12.2 million injection into the business with plans for another $ 8.1 million soon.
Quintessential Resources is set to relist on the ASX tomorrow after morphing into technology incubator Yonder and Beyond, but plans by three travel businesses, including George Michalczyk's Motive Travel, to undertake a backdoor listing through Red Gum Resources have fallen through.
«The technology has gotten mature to the point that it's now pretty easy to make the Silicon start - up model work to get into the drone business,» Anderson said.
The way technology or innovation works is you never know when you're going to veer directly into the path of a giant because that's where the business takes you.
AI reaches too far into a business and touches too many processes for any sane executive to let technology companies tell them how to run their business.
A slew of new technologies are threatening to turn wireless network operators (notably Telus Mobility, Rogers Wireless — which, like Canadian Business, is owned by Rogers Communications — and Bell Mobility, which owns Virgin Mobile Canada) into «dumb pipes.»
Dr. James V. Green of the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute at the University of Maryland teaches how to translate an idea into a business.
MuleSoft's (mule) technology is used by customers to link their business apps, databases, and corporate IT infrastructure into a unified system.
The South by Southwest festival, the annual gathering of the creative and technology elite in Austin, Texas, seemed divided into two camps this year: those who had business cards ready to exchange, and those who were puzzled to see those bits of paper still around.
The other CEOs in the group saw how Steve could partner with a large digital technology company that generated printable content like Adobe or Microsoft, in a way that would make his business the standard by which people turned their online digital information into hard copy.
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
Despite some flame - outs, these entrepreneurs are turning solid education technology into big business.
Investing in companies whose core technology is open - source is definitely more risky than plowing money into a business with proprietary technology.
Microsoft, like Google (goog), IBM (ibm), and other companies that are pushing hard into cloud computing, use different metrics when reporting what they consider to be their «cloud business,» which has led to several technology analysts to call for more transparency so they can be more equally evaluated.
Additionally, Nadella explained that recent deals made with software companies like Red Hat (rht) and Oracle (orcl) to make their technology work with its own are just another way for Microsoft to expand its cloud business because more companies are able to tap into it.
On the flip - side, Chinese technology giant Huawei wants to aggressively expand its data center server business in the U.S., but many U.S. technology analysts worry that the company may install back doors into its server products.
The idea of augmented reality, the layering of computer - generated information over real - world scenes, has been around for a while, but recently, some new companies — Daqri, Blippar, and Layar, to name a few — have been transforming the technology from a novelty into a serious business tool.
At the University of Texas» McCombs School of Business, the percentage of students who took jobs in the technology and finance fields was «neck - to - neck» this year for the first time, said Velma Arney, McComb's director of BBA career services, with 12 % of students heading into technology and 13 % going into banking.
For example, the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) are seed funds created by Congress to help transform government - funded research into businesses; these invest about $ 2.5 billion in grants, annually, in more than 6,000 companies.
This work turned into his M.B.A. thesis, «InVivo Therapeutics» — and the business plan for a company of the same name, which would move Langer's technology out of the lab and up the ladder from rats to primates and ultimately to humans.
And much like Amazon's (AMZN) Web Services division, which quietly provides cloud computing to other businesses, MLB.com has turned its powerful consumer brand into a healthy technology business.
Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.
Innovation is necessary to get you into the game, but even a disruptive technology won't assure you business success.
How entrepreneur Marty Metro created technology that turned used boxes into a $ 10 million eco-friendly business.
That slight alteration was a small part of a big plan to turn the company from a cheque - processing business into a global financial technology operation.
Despite these advances, the industry continues to lag behind, slow to incorporate new technology into their business practices.
For example, if you have a business and you see an opportunity to go and install energy efficiency products, if you retrain your installers to install these energy efficiency products, there's government money available from both federal and state governments to retrain individuals into green technology.
To help your business compete on the level of enterprise companies, consider bringing these five technology solutions into your toolbox.
In the mid-90s, the federal and state governments teamed up to invest money into the region to develop businesses that use the innovative technology created by NASA.
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