Sentences with phrase «of tech peers»

And its research and development spending is less than that of tech peers Alphabet and Microsoft, even though Apple's $ 48 billion of annual net income more than doubles both companies» bottom lines.

Not exact matches

Mr. Thiel has long stood out in Silicon Valley for his vocal libertarianism, but he drew heavy criticism from many tech - industry peers — including fellow Facebook board member Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix Inc. — when he backed Mr. Trump's presidential campaign and later served as an adviser on his White House transition team.

«They completely bypassed the traditional process of peer review or publishing in peer - reviewed journals or having peer labs evaluate their product,» Dr. Jerry Yeo, a professor and director of Clinical Chemistry Laboratories at the University of Chicago, told Tech Insider in April.

(If you use the ratio of market cap to sales, Snap is still valued at nearly 28 times sales — far more than its tech company peers.)

While that's higher than peers such as Nikon and Canon, which have sales multiples closer to 1, it's still quite low compared to the valuations of other companies in the tech world.

By tirelessly adjusting to market conditions and seeking peer feedback, Boston startup Way Systems Inc. avoided some of the hazards that can plague early - stage tech companies.

Despite pushback from her peers in Silicon Valley, Randi jumped at the opportunity, and after 10 years of setting her dream aside, Randi finally ended up on stage — and found a way to balance being a tech entrepreneur with her love of the arts.

APS on Abrams tanks, quite naturally, is the kind of protective technology which could help US Army tanks in tank - on - tank mechanized warfare against near - peer adversary tanks, such as a high - tech Russian T - 14 Armata tank.

Ten of these companies, our honorees, have matched or outperformed the median annual revenue or profit for their peers in pharma, biotech, or tech, as tracked by EY and Capital IQ.

Washington's chief mechanism for overseeing Facebook — and many of its privacy - infringing tech industry peers — isn't sufficiently independent and may lack teeth.

To government officials and consumer watchdogs alike, it's a sign that a key element of Washington's chief mechanism for overseeing Facebook — and many of its privacy - infringing tech industry peers — isn't sufficiently independent and may lack teeth.

Wieser also remarked in his note that the integration among Sapient (the digital and tech firm the Groupe acquired in 2015 for $ 3.7 billion) and other parts of Publicis is still in progress, but that «benefits will be realized over time, aiding slightly faster - than - average growth for the Groupe relative to its peers.»

Gather insights for a deeper understanding of our industry at Center Stage and Tech Theater and mingle with peers and top packaging exhibitors on an Innovation Tour or at the all - new Booth Crawl.

To truly benefit the students of Tennessee, he added, «teachers must present the best peer - reviewed research; only in this way will students gain the strong understanding of science necessary to compete for high - skill jobs in an increasingly high - tech world economy.»

So when they go back to the classrooms they talk about their own research, their high - tech research of isolating cancer cells to space technology — we've sent students to NASA or they do nanotechnology or, you know physics or chemistry or, you know, you name it, agriculture — and when they go back to their classrooms and talk this over among their peers, more peers get interested.

But theres good news, whatever your level of obsessive compulsive behavior: Over the last decade or so, a flurry of research (some with high - tech imaging tools that let doctors peer into the brains of people with OCD) has yielded a better understanding of why some peoples disturbing thoughts and odd habits spin out of control.

The heart of Meeting Pool is the event tech decision engine where event professionals can do their research, make smarter choices, compare tech solutions side - by - side, and view peer reviews and ratings.

Rapid changes in technology are pushing school administrators to turn to their peers to solve some of their toughest ed - tech challenges.

Jona notes that the tech infrastructure will bolster many of the school's core goals — individualized instruction, small class sizes, and close relationships with teachers and peers.

A number of students became Discovery Education Tech Champs so they can support and encourage staff and their peers to get the most out of Discovery Education Secondary.

Determined to create a digital - age school culture, she began modeling use of apps and other technologies in faculty meetings, man - dated monthly teacher peer observations of tech - leader colleagues, provided extra training opportunities for innovators, and created a schedule with time to share best practices.

In the study, published last month in the peer - reviewed journal Education Finance and Policy, Dougherty finds that the career and tech high school students came out far ahead of similar students on a number of metrics.

The 2018 Volkswagen Golf R sit at the top of VW's lineup and in the sweet spot among its peers with an excellent balance of price, premium tech and enthusiast - level performance.

Author of Reset: Psychotherapy & Video Games, 2nd Edition Interview starts at 14:24 I think that kids that don't get to play video games are missing out on whole strata of ways to negotiate a 21st century high tech world as well as peer relationships.

So you don't have to worry that your large - cap manager is going to dip into small stocks or that your value - oriented manager is going to stretch the definition of value and buy high - flying tech issues to juice returns and look better than their peers.

And I do have a specific perspective on Google myself — both on a stand - alone basis, and relative to some of its large - cap tech peers (like Apple, for example).

In comparison to some of my peers in high - tech, I live well below my means.

While moody protagonist Adam Jensen is fitted with military - grade mechanical implants that let him turn invisible, punch through walls, and hack computers, most of his peers in this high - tech future just have advanced prosthetics.

Pac is a conscientious kid and not like many of his peers who spend their days chasing the latest fads or coveting the newest high - tech gadgets.

When the IPCC received the Nobel Prize in 2007, I staked no claim (even though this was worth one year of free parking at Georgia Tech for the participants:) I have received more than my share of recognition by my peers in the past.

------------- I'm sure this example will make it way to the Sci / Tech comittee looking at peer review, in the House of Commons.

This video from Evolve Law's Legal Tech Innovators Showcase from March 2016 is a good example of the casual, peer - to - peer vibe you can expect:

Conveniently hosted in the same hotel as ABA Techshow, the Chicago Hilton, there is no better way to unwind from a long day of legal tech talk than sharing some appetizers and drinks with your peers.

Even when they are up on the latest tech and can talk as peers with the IT department, we don't necessarily look at it from the same perspective of how it fits into the business.

Upcoming legal tech awards to keep an eye on include the Fastcase 50 (July), ILTA's Distinguished Peer Awards (late August at ILTACON) and the College of Law Practice Management's InnovAction Awards (honored at Futures Conference in September).

In our Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey, shipping law specialist Ince & Co scored As for tech, office and canteen, as well as Bs for quality of work, peer support, partner approachability, work / life balance and perks.

The firm scores a whopping seven A * s in the Legal Cheek Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey 2017 - 18, with top marks for training, quality of work, peer support, partner approachability, work / life balance, tech savvy and social life.

LawGeex — an Israel - based tech company whose artificial intelligence (AI)- based document review software automates the process of identifying risky provisions in contracts — has announced the results of a peer - reviewed study that compared artificial intelligence to human lawyers in the review of standard business contracts called non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).

Second, benchmark use of new legal tech under consideration against aspirational peers to drive change.

Check out 13 Questions next week as we peer behind the curtain again to show the more human side of some of the biggest movers and shakers in the tech world.

The results of these exercises have helped shape products like Facebook Lite, the social network's fastest - growing app, and Twitter's new mobile web app, but for now none of the Western tech giants have dived into the ecosystem with quite the impact of their peers from China — and we're just getting started.

I like it because it enabled me to reconnect with various groups of my friends and peers over the years, from the kids I grew up and went to high school with in Galt, Ontario to the misfits from the London underground music scene in college, to the tech entrepreneurs from the mid-90's on.

For more than a decade, Zuckerberg had dodged the congressional spotlight, slipping away from the sort of high - drama, made - for - television Washington interrogations that had befallen some of his tech industry peers.

He also served in the editorial board of Ledger, a peer - reviewed scholarly journal for cryptocurrencies and blockchain tech.

In June a number of fin - tech startups secured funds — personal finance startup Fincash.com, mobile credit services startup MoneyTap, online peer - to - peer lending platform LoanMeet, and mobile payments startup Ftcash.

Launched in January 2014 and inspired from Bitcoin and Blockchain Tech whereby transactions are recorded and validated by a peer to peer network of computers, SolarCoin presents the additional advantage of being coupled to a real - world asset: solar electricity.

Bitcoin and blockchain news headlines: More than 30 R3 member banks are expected to invest in the blockchain consortium startup as part of its ongoing $ 150m funding round; A New York blockchain startup has partnered with tech giant Siemens as it expands an ethereum - based peer - to - peer energy transfer project; Australian banks are calling for the scrapping...

A friend of mine was recently interviewing for a sales role at a hot tech company, and, in one of the interviews, a person who would be his peer looked him up and down, in his blazer, slacks and button...

The heart of Meeting Pool is the event tech decision engine where event professionals can do their research, make smarter choices, compare tech solutions side - by - side, and view peer reviews and ratings.

Professional Experience Accenture (Chicago, IL) 2007 — Present Consultant for Department of Defense (2008 — Present) • Collaborate with management and client counterparts to identify key issues / risks and develop appropriate solutions, earning consistent high rankings for project success within peer group and managing resource regularly with little supervision • Develop procurement business processes models and sound functional designs for SAP Enterprise Resource Planning system • Lead system test phase for SAP Document Builder and Tech Quality (Material Management), holding responsibility for test case creation, data management, and status reporting • Identify cross-process gaps in custom functionality through systems design analyses, uncovering significant cost savings • Provide troubleshooting guidance by debugging software, working closely with technical counterparts during test / build phases of project to expedite issue resolution, including several hundred defects revealed through program testing • Obtain public trust clearance, issued by the US Department of Defense