Not exact matches
In late February, Coke invested $ 1.25 billion dollars in Green Mountain Coffee (maker of Keurig coffee
machines)
for a 10 percent stake in the
company.
While IBM has been selling Watson data crunching
for several years, Kenny said that many of those deals have involved IBM's consulting teams helping businesses use the
company's
machine learning services.
The most important elements of the process don't have anything to do with how the coffee
machine works or where to sign up
for the spin class; they have everything to do with the
company's culture, which is the hardest thing
for a new person to absorb and the hardest thing
for any business to put into words.
And how could I have known that, about the same time, the number of
companies with a fax
machine would reach critical mass, eliminating the need
for my services?
«
For many decades, capital assets — whether that be stores, MRI machines, you pick it — have been a strategic advantage for companies across sectors,» he sa
For many decades, capital assets — whether that be stores, MRI
machines, you pick it — have been a strategic advantage
for companies across sectors,» he sa
for companies across sectors,» he says.
Keurig getting sued
for anti-competitiveness was probably inevitable, but it's a little surprising that it's a small Canadian
company taking the U.S. coffee
machine giant to task.
The
company also needed equipment, and waiting
for new
machines to be built would have taken six months.
• Milestone Partners sold Precision Partners Holding
Company, a Canada - based supplier of precision
machined metal parts, to AK Steel
for $ 360 million.
For example, Palo Alto, California - based Cape Analytics, which raised $ 14 million in its first round of venture funding in November, applies computer vision and machine learning to automate property underwriting for insurance compani
For example, Palo Alto, California - based Cape Analytics, which raised $ 14 million in its first round of venture funding in November, applies computer vision and
machine learning to automate property underwriting
for insurance compani
for insurance
companies.
That's according to Joel Smith, cofounder and CTO of email and web security
company AppRiver, who says a slew of affordable options exist
for keeping a
company's
machines from «getting owned» due to the dumb things employees might be doing while at work.
If we can train people
for skilled jobs in computer graphics and programming, skilled trades like electricians and carpenters, or running complex
machines,
companies can and should pay them much more
for their efforts.
She recommends
companies institute a clean desk policy (ensuring that workers file away papers containing customer data before they leave their desk), implement inactivity time outs
for any tech devices, and switch to an e-faxing system, which eliminates the exposure of sensitive patient data on paper that's piled up around traditional fax
machines.
Kodak, the once iconic camera
company, is licensing its brand to Spotlite, which builds computers designed to mine bitcoin,
for a new line of bitcoin - mining
machines that they plan to rent to the public
for thousands of dollars.
SAAS and B2B
companies are the vanguard of the «content
machine» movement, but we can hope that other
companies follow suit and begin «writing
for a reason,» rather than wasting readers time with meaningless content.
The Richmond, B.C.,
company makes
machine - to -
machine systems
for original equipment manufacturers and has been the best performing tech
company on the Toronto Stock Exchange
for two years running.
«He asked me: Did I ever consider that many people who called me and got my answering
machine might not be ready
for the stock of the hottest semiconductor
company in the land, and that I was recommending it to them one - on - one without any sense of it was right
for them?»
The
company sends green coffee beans from all over the world, creating an ecosystem where you can expect the
machine to roast exactly the way it should
for that bean.
Ms. Ripley hopped off the
machine and began searching
for a bus - charter
company.
Microsoft's traditional core audience — businesses that buy Windows computers — is notoriously slow at upgrading
machines, so there could be some good news ahead
for the
company on that front in 2013.
The
machines are big moneyspinners
for companies like Ladbrokes but they have come under fire
for leaving gamblers with very heavy losses.
According to Carson Sweet of cloud security firm CloudPassage, many
companies are asking
for machine learning tools to solve problems — even if they don't have a clear idea of what these tools can do.
«Depending on the model of washing
machine we would estimate a consumer to pay less than a 10 percent premium
for a washing
machine with the technology,» a representative
for the
company told Entrepreneur.
The first incident, according to The Journal, involved a blood test ordered in 2013
for a patient using the
company's proprietary Edison lab
machine.
Shapiro got the idea
for Glowforge after experimenting with an industrial
machine called the CNC Laser Printer Engraver, used by
companies like Apple and Boeing
for large - scale manufacturing.
Additionally, Intel faces the potential threat of these
companies designing their own chips, as in the case of Google, which built a custom chip
for machine learning to which it rents business customers access.
Of course, it'll be a great recruitment tool
for the
company; the more data women enter about their reproductive cycles — and Glow gets personal: It asks about the sexual positions couples use while attempting to conceive,
for example — the better Glow will work as Levchin, Huang, and the team apply
machine - learning to the information to develop a deeper understanding of how to advise future users on how and when to conceive.
• Deere and
Company will acquire Blue River Technology, a Sunnyvale, Calif. - based developer of
machine learning technology
for precision farming,
for $ 305 million.
He would go on to revolutionize the personal computer industry by providing a way
for companies and consumers to order custom - made
machines at a reasonable price — first on the phone, then on the Internet.
The new Steam
Machine and Linux - based operating system (SteamOS) essentially move PC gaming from desk to the more popular — and potentially more profitable — living room couch where video game consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony have traditionally dominated the industry.Whether those
companies should be worried is a matter of some contention, but the timing of Valve's announcement — just several months before powerful new consoles from Microsoft and Sony are due
for release — doesn't seem entirely coincidental.
But he also told fans mulling destroying their Keurig
machines to hold off, pointing out that the
company's CEO apologized
for «taking sides» in the dispute.
In fact, Franz Och, Google's head of
machine translation, told the U.K. Times Online this month that the
company expects a basic program
for speech - to - speech translation
for mobile devices to be ready within two years.
Copy
machines still account
for $ 55 billion in annual sales, which could be lucrative if the
company gained a sizable share.
To prepare
for this shift in 3D printing, one that will see more
companies using additive manufacturing, especially with metals, to manufacture end - use parts,
companies are staffing up, training new workers, and buying more 3D printing
machines, SDM's report shows that 73 % of the 700 respondents to SDM's survey said their
companies plan to increase their in - house production of additively manufactured parts, a trend more pronounced in the aerospace and medical industries.
To make up
for this loss, he in turn would have to raise the prices of his
machine parts, which would then make it necessary
for the
company providing milk to increase its prices.
The
company's vision
for the future also includes a washing
machine... within a washing
machine.
The 55 - year - old Dane has developed
machine learning and AI applications
for some of the prominent tech -
companies in the world, including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Uber.
A SoftBank buyout would stand as a notable endorsement
for the newspaper industry, adding a media
company to the Japanese investment
machine's impressive portfolio.
Kiva Systems In one of its largest acquisitions, Amazon paid $ 775 million
for this North Reading, Massachusetts,
company that makes robots that pack and fulfill shipments
for retailers —
machines that now populate Amazon's warehouses to cut costs and increase margins.
Apple Computer Inc.'s rule of thumb is that their little
machine, depending on the software, typically can handle the general accounting
for a business with up to $ 5 million in sales annually, although the limit varies with the nature and volume of the
company's financial activity.
Other American
companies saw promise in the EU, too, with Facebook acquiring Masquerade, a Belarus - based selfie app, in March, and Twitter paying $ 150 million
for Magic Pony, the U.K. - based
machine - learning platform, in June.
Hundreds of patents
for self - driving car technology exist, but the
company that broke through the barrier was an Italian
machine vision
company called VisLab.
Partnering with Nant Capital and Dr. Patrick Soon - Shiong to accelerate the transformation from a legacy news
company to a technology and content
company, including gaining access to over 100
machine vision and artificial intelligence technology patents
for news media applications.
That's good news
for those clients using Studio, the prototyping
machine the
company announced last year — but even more useful
for those planning to use the upcoming Production, a system designed to bring the technology to manufacturing.
This money could be used
for launching new products, paying off debt or purchasing capital to expand the
company, such as
machines or buildings.
But Gleb Polyakov and Igor Zamlinsky, two young entrepreneurs from Atlanta who are trying to create a full - blown
company around a $ 400 barista - grade home espresso
machine, say that risk is no different than
for traditional small businesses.
Material
for the Boring Bricks will be taken from the rocks and dirt excavated by the
company's tunnel boring
machine.
Darktrace is the world's leading
machine learning
company for cyber security.
Not having to worry about empty toner cartridges in the copy
machine or the quality of one's cup of French roast are certainly some reasons why entrepreneurs apply
for space at ETC. (Tillett says seven startups are on her waiting list at Highlandtown; at 33rd Street, three
companies recently moved out.)
Aditya Maheshwari, Chief Accounting Officer & Senior Vice President, Finance at OpenText shares how the
company is using text mining and predictive analytics to enable
machine - assisted decision making and automation
for its customers.
Also, illustrating the
company's vision
for reinventing the automotive sales experience, Alibaba's B2C e-commerce platform Tmall is slated to open its Auto Vending
Machine next month.