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Michael Brunner is Named Honoree in Pittsburgh’s 2020 Smart 50 Awards

Brunner

1991: Michael saw the value in big data before it was big and made Brunner’s first acquisition, a database marketing firm . 2011: Michael helped launch BHiveLab, an in-house technology incubator that has become a thought-leader throughout the industry .

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7 Things Every CEO Should Know About Their Patents

Anaqua

End of 2011 $1,578. End of 2011 $48 (net of accumulated amortization of $1,114). billion to patents and developed technology, $2.5 IP tools and technology evolve constantly and require re-visiting your IP plan and priorities every year. Motorola Balance Sheet, intangible assets (in millions): End of 2012 $109.

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Spotting Innovation Opportunities

ITONICS

Disruptive technologies or innovations boost new business models that change the game of existing industries like the space industry (SpaceX), the music industry (Spotify), the film industry (Netflix) or the banking sector (FinTechs), just to name a few. Having only one good idea won’t help companies to survive.

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Remembering

Technology Created

How relevant is a world where technology was so weak, so non-integrated? Would not the study of Mobility, Big Data, Cloud, Social Media and Clean Energy be a much wiser investment of our time? What about a student of technology? Winston Churchill. Remembering history. What good is it anyways? The past is the past.

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How China Creates the Strongest Innovation System

The BMI Lab Blog

Next-generation information technology. The growing percentage of funds allocated to technology innovation clearly shows China's ambition on innovation leadership (source: Prof. From just $12 billion in 2011–13, or 6 percent of the global total, to $77 billion in 2014–16, or 19 percent of the worldwide total. Electrical power.

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5 Ways FinTech Will Disrupt Your Company

Planview

A thoroughly modern, hybrid fusion of Wall Street and Silicon Valley, FinTech – or financial technology – has often been hailed as the next big thing. As the name suggests, FinTech represents a modern fusion of finance and technology. billion in 2011 to $20.3 Leveraging Big Data. billion in 2015.

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Tech Disruptor – The Process Mining Unicorn Celonis

ITONICS

The students applied data mining to detect insights and patterns that established companies are struggling to identify. The startup was founded in 2011 and soon became one of Germany’s fastest-growing tech firms headquartered in Munich, Germany. What makes the difference? Celonis automates the process.