Dell Inc. recently has been declared by the Ethisphere Institute, “a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices” since 2007, one of the 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies. This is Dell Inc’s fifth consecutive year for the award. This year, there were only three selected honorees for the technology category, Dell, LinkedIn…
Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft will bring challenges and transform of urban air transportation, mainly quicker daily commutes, less traffic congestion, and cleaner air around the world. The problem, countless hours are wasted everyday when individuals commute to and from work. For example “Los Angeles and Sydney, residents spend seven whole working weeks each year…
Gartner recently released its top ten technology trends for 2018. The trends will have “significant disruptive potential” for the next five years. Gartner released these findings for companies to recognize the changing future of technology and how they should prepare accordingly: “Companies must examine their business impacts and adjust business models and operations appropriately or risk losing competitive…
Six months ago, Trend Micro Incorporated started an independent venture fund focusing on new technologies- particularly promising and hyper-growth technology startups. Trend Forward Capital’s main purpose is to “accelerate the success of entrepreneurs working to unlock a smart connected world.” A number of investments have been funded by Trend Forward Capital already including, “Veem, a business-to-business payment…
Based on new consumer insights and predictions, Salesforce [NYSE: CRM] has concluded that 2017 Black Friday will be the “busiest digital shopping day in U.S. history, exceeding Cyber Monday as the U.S. digital shopping day with the most sales for the second year in a row.” This analysis is based on information such as activity of 500…
IBM (NYSE: IBM) recently announced a new blockchain banking solution designed to speed global transactions and decrease the cost of universal cross-border payments. The collaboration is intended for banks to both clear and settle payment transactions on a single network in near real time. Usually these transactions take days or weeks to complete. Typically, international payments can…
ForeScout Technologies, Inc. (“ForeScout”), a leading Internet of Things (“IoT”) security company, recently filed on October 2 a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock shares. Available by means of a prospectus only, the offering will be manged by lead book-running…
Chipmaker NVIDIA Corp. shares reached a record high, $190.10, on Monday according to Reuters. The company’s progress in artificial intelligence is one reason for the surge. Wall Street favors NVIDIA with 22 of 38 brokerages having a “buy” recommendation. Adding to the momentum, Nvidia was declared a “top pick by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Once…