By Tomio Geron
The sharing economy is known for providing extra cash for owners, but these services also provide a better experience for consumers, Nate Blecharczyk cofounder and CTO of Airbnb said in a panel at South By Southwest on Saturday. …read more
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A series of Forbes Insights profiles of Thought Leaders changing the business landscape: Vess Bakalov, C0-Founder and CTO, SevOne… …read more
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EPA Names DIRECTV 2013 ENERGY STAR ® Partner of the Year
DIRECTV Earns Award for Protecting the Environment By Manufacturing Energy-Efficient Products
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named DIRECTV as a 2013 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for its outstanding contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by manufacturing energy-efficient products and for educating consumers about energy efficiency. DIRECTV‘s accomplishments will be recognized at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on March 26.
Since becoming an ENERGY STAR partner in 2009, DIRECTV has made significant contributions to energy efficiency, including:
“Environmental stewardship continues to be an important aspect of our business and the actions we all take to conserve energy and reduce waste have an immediate impact,” said Romulo Pontual, executive vice president and CTO of DIRECTV. “When they see the ENERGY STAR mark on their DIRECTV receivers, our customers recognize that they are saving energy and money while continuing to enjoy their high-quality, feature rich DIRECTV service.”
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Bill Murphy, CTO and managing director at Blackstone, a global investment and advisory firm, knew he wanted to find a way to allow employees to use their own devices for work. The demand was there, and he was increasingly hearing about how adding in BYOD would help productivity. …read more
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I’m often asked by companies who have hired us for Social media consulting “should we use something like Kred or Klout in our hiring process?” This question makes me cringe and my answer is always: absolutely not. But, and yes, there’s a but, you can use them to gain some insight as to what someone is about. It has always amazed me how quickly social media managers, HR managers and even CTO’s jump to adopt new measurement tools, analytics and data, just because someone comes out with it. …read more
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The buying and selling of used IT equipment is not a trivial market, but it doesn’t get enormous attention. In many cases, enterprises unload used equipment as a trade-in or at bargain price to a wholesaler because they just want the equipment off the floor.
A new Chicago-based startup says it has developed a system to help enterprises get as much value out of their old IT equipment as possible.
The company, MarkITx, is running an online system for selling equipment, but it’s not a new version of an eBay-like system. The seller and buyer remain invisible to each other, the money goes in escrow, and the transaction may even involve third-party vendors to refurbish equipment.
Ben Blair, the CTO of MarkITx, said the exchange works like “a two-sided market” rather than an auction. Buyers post what price they want to pay for particular piece of equipment, including condition and quantity. Sellers post the quantity and current condition of the equipment they are selling and what amount they want to receive for it.
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Peter Bell, who recently joined hackNY as an evangelist and hacker, is sick of the myths that are propagated about how best to prepare for a startup-focused software development career. Often he hears computer science or engineering students say that great GPAs or a top name college are the ticket to a great startup job. In fact, based on Bell’s experience as a CTO and entrepreneur, what really helps is a history of hackathons, side projects, and experience of the engineering practices required to work well in a fast-moving startup team. …read more
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Hubert Yoshida VP and CTO, HDS, foresees a definite influence of the evolving tech landscape on CIOs and channel partners.
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Users who signed into third-party Web or mobile applications using their Twitter accounts might have given those applications access to their Twitter private “direct” messages without knowing it, according to Cesar Cerrudo, CTO of IOActive.
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