Sentences with phrase «of tech initiative»

Tell me about the economic impact that this kind of tech initiative can have on a mid-size city like Chattanooga.

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Apple is following the likes of Amazon with its new health care initiative for the tech giant's employees and their families.

Mayor Berke and Skuid founder and CEO Ken McElrath sat down with Fortune to discuss the economic impact of Chattanooga's city - wide tech initiative.

Recently I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with Allyson Kapin and Craig Newmark about the Women Startup Challenge, an initiative of the nonprofit organization, Women Who Tech.

For now, James says she is excited that the efforts are finally getting a voice — even if it is at CES (normally a launchpad for high - end refrigerators and new smartwatches, not for initiatives that hope to improve the lack of diversity in tech).

Over the years, Gotham has pushed through initiatives that ranged from lifestyle perks like free Wi - Fi in public parks and subway stations to make the city more attractive to a tech workforce, to establishing a network of business incubators to help provide affordable office space to more than 500 startups.

But its own initiatives deserve a lot of credit: among other things, Best Buy has been reinventing its Geek Squad to better leverage its workers» expertise in stores and one - on - one house calls to help customers understand, install and better use the vast numbers of tech products.

And it's not just tech giants — companies of all stripes have become more flexible, actively seeking to keep employees happy and engaged, whether through work - life balance initiatives or management strategies that encourage employee feedback, input and advancement.

This obsession with metrics has led to initiatives like affirmative action hiring programs set up by some of the biggest names in tech, which, unfortunately, have failed to perform as hoped.

Chile is one of several countries launching aggressive initiatives designed to create local hubs of tech innovation and entrepreneurship.

Prior to the rollout of Panera's new tech initiative, dubbed Panera 2.0, in 2014, Hurst and Shaich spent about 100 hours a week in a Massachusetts Panera location observing and pin - pointing exactly what was causing issues.

Decode Dubai is one of DIC's initiatives that are, similar to Drones for Good, HackaMENA and in5, a step to aligning with Smart Dubai's aims in fostering entrepreneurship through the tech sector.

The women — Susan Wu, Laura I. Gómez, Erica Baker, Ellen Pao, Tracy Chou, Y - Vonne Hutchinson, bethanye McKinney Blount, Freada Kapor Klein — have all pushed for greater diversity within the tech industry long before the new initiative, on which they'll work on outside of their day jobs.

The California tech giant has partnered with some of Indonesia's top telecom companies for its Project Loon initiative that aims to improve connectivity in the Southeast Asian nation of 250 million, especially for those scattered across its 17,500 mountainous and jungle - filled islands, USA Today reports.

There are more border guards than ever on the damn thing, but there's a lot of private - sector initiative bridging the gap between Canadian tech and Silicon Valley money.

Employees say: «I admire the fact that we are dedicated to corporate responsibility initiatives that are not heavily branded, that target people of color and women, and that address issues of inequity within tech and our larger communities.

In 2015, Asana poached Sonja Gittens - Ottley from Facebook to serve as the company's first head of diversity and inclusion, and the company has since established recruiting partnerships with Code2040, the Ola initiative, and DevColor, all organizations focused on getting more minorities into tech.

But according to Pandora's new CEO — who quickly began implementing a number of changes to reinvigorate growth ranging from investments in Pandora's ad tech, marketing, distribution partnerships, and new content launches — most of their new growth initiatives are «still in early stages, and their impact will build over the course of 2018.»

The founders of Facebook and Microsoft announce a new initiative that consists of tech companies investing in clean and reliable energy.

Not only are the taxes good, but there are lots of events where entrepreneurs can showcase and test their ideas — like the Technopark in Zurich, the Blue Lion initiative, Venture Kick and the Start - up Weekend for tech start - ups.

The year - end wrap up of the initiatives and programs of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council including financial breakdowns of the Matching Grants Research Program.

ETHNews recently reported that EY Italy had unveiled a commercial application of blockchain tech when it launched an initiative to track production, bottling, and sales of wine.

«We want to lay out the case that the time is right for those who have a tech resume burnished in the Valley to bring their talents home,» said Heather Galt, Vice-President of Talent Initiatives at Communitech and one of GoNorthCanada.ca's co-ordinators.

Recognizing the need for a high tech workforce of the future, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council established an educational initiative to reach middle and high school studetech workforce of the future, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council established an educational initiative to reach middle and high school studeTech Corridor Council established an educational initiative to reach middle and high school students.

As an initiative of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council in partnership with local economic development organizations, the Virtual Entrepreneur Center offers a catalog of local, regional and statewide business resources organized by county, plus profiles of local entrepreneurs to facilitate connections.

As an entity that promotes the high tech growth of the region, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council is an economic development initiative of three of the country's largest research institutions — the University of Central Florida, the University of South Florida and the University of Flortech growth of the region, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council is an economic development initiative of three of the country's largest research institutions — the University of Central Florida, the University of South Florida and the University of FlorTech Corridor Council is an economic development initiative of three of the country's largest research institutions — the University of Central Florida, the University of South Florida and the University of Florida.

GoNorthCanada.ca is a collaborative initiative of organizations from across Canada that is focused on sharing the momentum of Canadian tech, and wooing expats back to their home and native land.

If you factor in all of the research initiatives we have here, you'll see we have immense tech talent here.

The latter initiative is perhaps the most important, as technological innovation is so central to the country's goal to transition from low - end, labour - intensive manufacturing to a high - tech, productivity - led, consumption - based economy — and such a rich source of opportunities for investors.

As part of an ongoing initiative to better educate the broader community about Ripple technology, behind the scenes developments, as well as our take on the industry at large, Ripple Labs will be releasing a series a tech talks, the first of which is an introduction to Codius.

Uber is boosting its self - driving tech initiative with Levandowski now in charge of leading the ride - hailing giant's charge.

In terms of clean tech collaboration, the U.S. and China have three important collaborative initiatives called CERCs - Clean Energy Research Centers - run by the various Department of Energy labs and the appropriate Chinese partners.

New Hope Network and the Climate Collaborative, an initiative of leading organizations, brands, and retailers working together to address climate change, hosted the second annual Climate Day event with featured keynote address by climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe of Texas Tech University.

With the support of Blue Horizon, Seattle Food Tech joins a community of companies and social initiatives that can work together to change our food system.

'' Award, an initiative of the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) at Georgia Tech.

Small campaigns and state parties rely on a handful of under - funded initiatives and start - ups for their tech needs.

Federal investigators subpoenaed Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's «executive chamber,» the term for his office, seeking records and other materials related to the governor's economic - development issues, especially the «Buffalo Billion,» a signature Cuomo initiative to encourage the development of hi - tech firms in the Buffalo area.

In a reference to Cuomo's Start Up New York initiative, Teachout said that «when [Cuomo] sees tech policy all he can think about is tax giveaways, as opposed to... what is needed to build true infrastructure for the next generation of entrepreneurs.»

«This initiative will help bring Rochester into a new era of economic development by breaking down barriers to growth, leveraging its assets, and solidifying the region's role as a leader in tomorrow's high - tech industries.

New York officials expect the Griffiss drone research initiative to help lure tech companies to central New York, which has suffered economically with the decline of manufacturing.

Construction work under way on Oct. 17, 2015, at a high - tech manufacturing site as part of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's Buffalo Billion initiative.

Beyond the governor's office, investigators have subpoenaed agencies that regulate solar power and implement solar initiatives, the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, which has been the guiding force in a number of state - backed high - tech ventures, and Empire State Development Corp., the state's economic - development arm.

The Fort Schuyler and Fuller Road Management corporations administer many of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's most ambitious initiatives to boost the upstate economy, from a solar - panel factory nearing completion in Buffalo, to high - tech hubs in Albany, Utica, Syracuse and Rochester.

In the waning months of the Bloomberg administration, however, the iZone initiative, and schools like Global Tech — which have benefited from extra funding and support offered through the program — are being buffeted by a series of changes, from budget cuts to city - wide implementation of the Common Core state standards.

With one of the classrooms for Mohawk Valley Community College's newly instituted small Unoccupied Aerial Systems degree program as the backdrop this morning, Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. updated the progress being made in his Vision 2020 initiative which intends to ready the region for growth in the areas of high - tech education and training; transportation and housing and access to opportunity.

The plan also includes a lodge on Goat Island and related improvements in Niagara Falls, a new high tech manufacturing center for Buffalo's East side and several other initiatives unveiled in Gov. Cuomo's regional state of the state address.

SUNY Polytechnic is headed by Alain Kaloyeros, a key supporter of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's high - tech economic development initiatives around the state over the last few years.

Fort Schuyler's board of directors has seven members, including SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros, who makes $ 800,000 annually as a state employee heading Cuomo's high - tech jobs initiatives.

GIST.png The GIST initiative is led by the U.S. Department of State, and the Tech - I competition is implemented by AAAS.

High - tech battery manufacturer A123 Systems Inc. will go to auction tomorrow as part of bankruptcy proceedings, almost one week after Energy Secretary Steven Chu unveiled an initiative to develop high - performance energy storage to enhance U.S. cars and utilities.