Not exact matches
Nobody is hotter
in Silicon Valley right now
than Jen - Hsun «Jensen» Huang, 54, the cofounder and CEO of semiconductor and
software company Nvidia.
In attendance will be more
than 5,000 app
software developers, some of whom may be WhatsApp users.
Thanks to the new law, the largest tech companies repatriated more
than $ 470 billion
in cash from their overseas holdings at the beginning of the year, Materne said, adding that the mass movement «should result
in a bottomless well of capital to fuel a significant wave of
software M&A.»
In the past two years, Yardstick has branched into another vertical: selling
software that allows clients to administer certification tests online rather
than on paper.
In January 2018, both Microsoft's and Alibaba's deep - learning
software did better
than humans on reading and comprehension tests, opening the door to artificial intelligence — based customer service, medical diagnoses, and many other applications.
Anthony Smith, founder and CEO of Insightly, a customer relationship management
software startup based
in San Francisco, plans to more
than double his 34 - employee roster this year.
Around 90 % of all viruses that target mobile phones focus on Android, and that is an opportunity — especially given that the stakes for malfunctioning
software are higher
in cars
than on smartphones.
Last spring, Salesforce (crm), which sells customer management and sales
software to big companies, committed to spending $ 400 million over four years to host new
software on AWS rather
than in its own data centers.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has accused Fiat of using «hidden
software» that appeared to make some of its vehicles perform differently
in testing
than on - road use, according to a Reuters report.
Cloud
software developer Ceridian spiked more
than 40 percent
in its opening day of trading Thursday.
But some people
in the tech industry argue that jobs like this should go to open - source
software, which is freely available to test and deploy, rather
than proprietary commercial
software from companies like Microsoft that could include back doors and potentially be used to influence results.
With advances
in contract manufacturing and standardization of
software, components and features like touch - screens, it is also easier
than ever for companies to outsource everything to produce lookalike phones.
For example, rather
than using terse, negative language
in an email about project scheduling because you're sick of the
software you have to use to schedule meetings, you might come out and say, «This scheduling system is frustrating to me, but it looks like we can meet on Friday...»
Otherwise, employees may neglect to regularly check
in, making the
software less effective
than it should be.
Manufacturer of analytical instruments, equipment,
software, and services for the scientific research industry has more
than 50,000 employees
in 50 countries.
QNX, which made more
than 60 % of the core
software inside the world's car infotainment systems
in 2011, has partnered with The Weather Network to send location - based weather data to drivers, and the intelligent dashboard system
in many of Nissan's 2013 models, for instance, will feed drivers real - time local fuel prices, flight - status information, and points of interest supplied by Google.
In an earlier computing era — not really so long ago — a beautiful hardware device with smartly tailored software to run it was a market - shaking innovation, and no one did that better than Apple: Its combined expertise in hardware design and human interface design were unmatche
In an earlier computing era — not really so long ago — a beautiful hardware device with smartly tailored
software to run it was a market - shaking innovation, and no one did that better
than Apple: Its combined expertise
in hardware design and human interface design were unmatche
in hardware design and human interface design were unmatched.
The value of Kaspersky's
software sales to the U.S. government totaled less
than $ 54,000, or about 0.03 percent of its U.S. subsidiary's sales
in the United States, according to the complaint.
So
in practice, if you are young
software developer or entrepreneur
in San Francisco, you can choose to work at a start - up that will have a more
than 50 percent chance of going out of business
in the next 18 months without risking the embarrassment of running out of money and having to move back
in with your parents.
In a recent survey of 1,000 public companies by ShareData, a Silicon Valley - based supplier of employee - stock - plan software and services, 74 % of the companies with less than $ 50 million in sales, and 68 % of those with fewer than 100 employees, offered stock - option plans to all employee
In a recent survey of 1,000 public companies by ShareData, a Silicon Valley - based supplier of employee - stock - plan
software and services, 74 % of the companies with less
than $ 50 million
in sales, and 68 % of those with fewer than 100 employees, offered stock - option plans to all employee
in sales, and 68 % of those with fewer
than 100 employees, offered stock - option plans to all employees.
Within days, a team of designers was
in the XJ offices, mapping out the next generation
in customer - relationship management
software with a clear mandate: «Take the best of what we've done
in this space over the past 20 years,» says Tatham, «and starting from scratch, build better
than ever before.»
After acquiring more
than 65 tech firms
in the past five years, the mercurial CEO announced
in September that he would be «buying chip companies,» suggesting that Oracle is positioning itself for what Bill Tatham, head of Toronto - based enterprise
software firm NexJ Systems, describes as «another level of world domination.»
NexJ, the
software firm he quietly built with a tight - knit team of former Janna executives, has grown a whopping 36,000 %
in the past five years, with 2009 sales of more
than $ 18 million.
Yext's public debut comes less
than a week after the IPO of identity management
software provider Okta, which saw its shares jump more
than 38 percent
in their first day of trading on April 7.
He saw the business opportunity
in offering analytics
software that would help clients design products based on user behavior rather
than on hunches.
While the
software is the same, the hardware could make a big difference,
in the same way that a $ 1,500 Surface Book laptop is a better experience
than a $ 200 no - name Windows PC.
His decision to buy Autonomy, an enterprise
software company based
in England, for more
than $ 10 billion to hasten that transition was perceived as wildly overpriced.
More
than half the technology issuers listed on TSX and TSX Venture are involved
in software and services.
A number of other embarrassing debacles followed — including reports that Uber had used a
software tool to try to deceive authorities by «hiding» rides — and ultimately resulted
in a more
than 20 % decrease to the once high - flying company's valuation, from around $ 70 billion to an estimated $ 54 billion.»
Every bus
in our network has a tracking device with proprietary
software that tells us exactly where it is and gathers data from more
than 1,000 bus companies
in real time.
It'll be more limited
than the Echo, at least to start — HTC exec Nigel Newby - House says that the company is still developing the
software with Amazon and that Alexa will be implemented into the U11 through an update
in the first month after the phone comes out.
If you're
in the business of enterprise
software, look no further
than SaaStr.
Rather
than cater to a partner ecosystem — where it designs the
software for other hardware makers to use
in their products — Microsoft may have to pivot more to designing devices like the Xbox, where it builds both aspects.
Using the company's sensors and
software, an American Leak technician could detect a leak
in less
than an hour, instead of having to spend days measuring water levels with a bucket.
I was CFO of a successful
software company that had to show average returns of more
than 25 percent of revenue to the bottom line after taxes, growth of more
than 50 percent per year for five years and an excess of $ 20 million
in annual revenue before the bank would release the owner's personal guarantees.
As of last week, Cloudera had more
than 1,450 partners
in the form of
software and consulting companies building real - world applications with its technology.
X Squared — which has 22 members, more
than half of whom are women — has invested up to $ 447,500
in 10 companies
in the publishing, education, retail, fashion and
software sectors.
The
software maker urged the more
than 1 billion users of Flash on Windows, Mac, Chrome and Linux computers to update the product as quickly as possible after security researchers said the bug was being exploited
in «drive - by» attacks that infect computers with ransomware when tainted websites are visited.
Privately held Cloudera — one of its fiercest rivals
in Hadoop
software and backed with more
than $ 1.2 billion from the likes of Intel — isn't subject to the same scrutiny.
On the other hand, you'll have fewer options
in application
software than with Windows, and you'll need access to some new technical expertise.
SAP had been slow to move into the cloud, said Reuner, but after making the shift with acquisitions such as procurement
software company Ariba
in 2012, the first quarter of 2017 saw it sell more subscriptions
than expected, with new cloud bookings increasing by 49 percent to 215 million euros ($ 244.9 million) and shares hitting a record high.
Getting an expert opinion can be a money - saving move for small - business owners who would prefer to spend a lot more time keeping up on the latest developments
in their industries
than on the latest
in software.
According to NPD Group the size of the retail PC
software market
in the U.S.
in 2010 was about US$ 700 million, far smaller
than that of consoles at US$ 9.4 billion.
Seattle - based Amazon opened its first
software development site
in Vancouver
in 2011 and now has more
than 1,000 employees.
Any
software in your stack should be providing greater benefit
than the cost — what makes entrepreneurs hesitate on support
software is that it's harder to measure the potential gains on time, organization, and social capital.
To an end user, a managed - code program may seem no different
than a traditional one, but
software that runs
in a virtual machine makes for a more reliable, stable, and secure computing experience.
McCue also said that when thinking about Apple as a competitor — a company with a market cap of $ 630 billion and more
than $ 200 billion
in cash on its books — he often thinks about Intuit, one of the pioneers of the accounting
software market.
«
In just a few years, we've grown from a handful of
software developers and scientists to a team of more
than 1,200, inventing new capabilities and products on behalf of millions of customers around the world,» said Rohit Prasad, Amazon's Boston area - based vice president and head scientist of Amazon Alexa.
HubSpot, a marketing
software company
in Cambridge, Mass., offers 90 % off its very expensive
software for one year to early - stage startups with less
than $ 1 million
in funding and revenue.
IBM has been a heavyweight
in the tech world for more
than a century, but the computing hardware and
software businesses that made it a giant are now dragging it down.