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Clothing Retailers Fighting a Tremendous Supply and Demand Imbalance
Worldwide, unsold clothing stockpiles are skyrocketing. In fact, McKinsey estimates that the worldwide supply of unsold clothing is valued at anywhere from $168-$192 billion, a staggering figure that’s around double the normal levels. This backlog was largely spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, adding to the variety of stressors retailers are already trying to navigate as…
What Lies Ahead in B2B Social Media Marketing?
Much has changed in the B2B tech landscape, with companies rapidly evolving and scaling to deal with heightened demand for remote connectivity, stronger networks, more robust tools, and more. Now, though, with an end to the pandemic on the horizon but no sign of slowed growth, how will B2B tech companies keep up the pace…
T-Mobile Bets on New Remote Work Standard
Remote work has become the norm over the past year, but reopening is on the horizon. With workers flocking back to offices sooner rather than later, will remote work stick around, or was it mostly a passing trend? On this MarketScale Industry Update, host Hilary Kennedy tackled that loaded question. A recent study by…
A Case for Evolving the Digital Out-of-Home Experience
Digital out-of-home (DOOH) is a rather broad term – in fact, according to Intel IOT Business Development Director Maroun Ishac, it’s “really the millions of screens that you see outside of the home.” Alongside those millions of screens, which adorn everything from taxis and ridesharing vehicles to mall advertising, smart city infrastructure and airport signage,…
How RTLS Technology Improves Warehouse Operations’ Efficiency and Productivity
The era of automation is here, and it’s no longer a luxury to engage in elevated data collection and analysis – they are necessities for improving operational efficiency and productivity. What if you could see the entirety of your facility at all times? That’s the kind of insight you need. Real-time location tracking – and…
Zoom CFO Kelly Steckelberg Discusses Her Outlook on a Post-COVID World
Zoom Video Communications Inc. Chief Financial Officer Kelly Steckelberg discusses the company’s performance during the Covid-19 pandemic and its outlook. Zoom projected annual revenue that would top analysts’ estimates, signaling the video meeting service expects to remain a ubiquitous presence in daily life even as the pandemic recedes. Steckelberg speaks to Emily Chang on “Bloomberg…
Why are There Weak Links in the Chip Supply Chain and Who is Impacted?
The world’s manufacturing supply chains are showing signs of strain and semiconductors or “chips” are among the hardest hit. The combination of the pandemic policy decisions and the growing demand for electric vehicles created a perfect storm for the industry. “This is an industry issue, of course. We’re working every single day with a cross-functional…
Strategies for Powerful Bank Branch Modernization
Organizations often opt for technology solutions that address the most immediate and pressing problems which often result in tradeoffs for more holistic, longer-term solutions. Banking organizations are no exception–particularly when it comes to investing in physical branches. The tradeoff? Erosion of the customer experience, especially as customers engage digitally and expectations evolve. On this…
Artificial Intelligence Challenge: These are the finalists for the 2021 KUKA Innovation Award
Innovations centered on the megatrend of artificial intelligence (AI): the finalists for the 2021 KUKA Innovation Award have been selected. Five teams convinced the international jury with their robotics concepts on the topic of AI. A monetary prize of 20,000 euro awaits the winner. AI is becoming increasingly important for industry – and the combination…
The Future of Global Banking
The banking industry has always been one of reinvention. It’s an old industry, but not one slow to evolve. As banking meets a new chapter post-COVID where digital channels are outperforming traditional ones, the industry will meet new challenges and pain points. Dr. Seong Boon “SB” Ngoo, Global Banking General Manager for Intel’s Internet of…
Unstructured Data Holds Companies Back: How Cloud-Based Management Gives Companies Data Control
Data is the way of the enterprise world as 2021 dawns – though making sense of the vast amounts of information percolating through an organization at any given moment is perhaps easier said than done. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated this problem, forcing companies to navigate remote and hybrid work, unintentional silos, disparate teams and…
Applications of Ribbon’s IT and Optical Network: Oil & Gas and Rail Industries with Sam Lisle
Critical infrastructure operators are facing new and emerging challenges regarding networking. For many, that means transitioning from legacy systems, providing greater security, and digitization. Those in the Oil & Gas and Rail industries are keenly aware of these issues. Providing insight on how these industries are evolving and the solutions available is Sam Lisle, Ribbon…
Supply Chain Hacking Breaks Cyber Trust
Bringing together leaders, lawmakers and lawbreakers. Host Luke Fox explores how innovations in business and technology are redefining our trust in security measures. The principle of trust isn’t unique to human relationships. It’s also a significant part of technology infrastructures. This cyber trust is what lets software updates and patches from the development company…
Claro Brasil Selects Ribbon’s Cloud-Native SBCs for Network Expansion
Westford, MA – Ribbon Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: RBBN), a global provider of real time communications software and network solutions to service providers, enterprises, and critical infrastructure sectors, today announced that Claro Brasil has selected Ribbon’s SBC Software Edition (SBC SWe) to expand and secure their extensive Voice over IP network. “We have a long term relationship with Ribbon, which has…
How to Create Modularity in Data Centers
Edge Data Centers and Modularity: What Does It Really Mean? Modularity in data center construction has been around for over a decade. It began by taking the simple concept of standard, shipping container configurations and converting them into modular data centers but has since evolved into fully designed and prefabricated data center modules. For the…
The Word-of-Machine Effect and Its Impact on Data
Data drives decisions of the worlds largest companies but in a world with constant data, how do you make sense of it? Host TC Riley, puts the world under the lens of data and analytics and explores current news, B2B trends, and popular topics. Ever tried a restaurant based on a recommendation? We’ve got…
Midco Communications Taps Clearfield to Help Break Broadband Barriers by Topping Structures with Wireless Backhaul Solutions
MINNEAPOLIS– December 1, 2020 – Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLFD), the specialist in fiber management for communication service providers, today announced that Midco Communications (Midco) is utilizing its Clearfield YOURx™ Flex Box, Clearview® Blue Cassette, FieldShield® FLATdrop and fiber cables to cost effectively create higher bandwidth point-to-point wireless backhaul connections in its network. Clearfield and Midco collaborated to craft a unique approach to bringing fiber…
How the Role of Artificial Intelligence is Changing During the Pandemic
Seasoned technology executives host a weekly discussion to highlight how IT teams and leaders can prepare to be agile and scalabale in an ever changing world. To say 2020 has been a year of change is a monumental understatement. Everything from the way we socialize, to how we receive health care, to how we…
Adapting Automation Standards: The New Era of Robotic Systems
It’s not often one spends their entire career in a single industry. For Mike Fisher, President at Calvary Automation, there’s no other place he’s quite as comfortable than automation and robotics. With dynamic changing markets at play in the robotics and automation industry, Calvary Automation, like other organizations, has its share of challenges. In this…
How IoT & AI Solutions are Supporting Projects at Scale: In the Cloud
The way we communicate, share data and use technology to act on those insights is changing – and it’s all leading to the cloud. On In the Cloud, every week two new experts will engage in a fire side chat and will bring their extensive experience in software, IT and mobile solutions straight to you,…
The Shift in Workplace Communication
One of the biggest challenges we’ve all faced in light of COVID-19, is a rapid transition from active to passive communication, especially in the workplace. When passive communication occurs, such as an email or text message, the recipient reads it, reacts to it, and then chooses to communicate or not by responding or ignoring…
Rethinking the Workspace
The design of office space has been evolving since the beginning of the cubicle. In recent years, the push has been to create open space offices to nurture collaboration. Those open spaces now seem unfeasible in a post-COVID world. As workers return to the office, what will the future of workspaces look like? John…
How Leaders Can Use Failure to Drive Growth
On this episode of The Suite Spot hosts Carlos Vargas, Howard Holton and Paul Lewis sit down for a thought provoking discussion on how IT leaders can line their organizations up for a successful new year. “What are they going to learn from what’s happened now to figure out how to lead going forward?” asked Lewis to kick off…
How Legos and IT Projects are Similar
On this episode of The Suite Spot, hosts Carlos Vargas, Howard Holton and Paul Lewis explored a topic that likely doesn’t immediately come to mind when you think about IT and IT leadership – LEGO. As Holton said, there are many joys to be found in LEGO, from nostalgia to the ability to create something tangible using your…
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