Fri.Dec 15, 2017

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Innovation in Cybersecurity: Blockchain and Enterprise Immune Systems

Innovation Excellence

There are two basic problems that are affecting cybersecurity right now. While the ability to cause damage and reap financially from cybercrime has become that much easier for interested parties to obtain, the ability to safeguard against it has become that much more difficult.fortunately, there is technology on the horizon that may make up for our human shortfalls.

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Open Innovation for Veterans’ Health

IdeaConnection

Healthcare for seniors could soon be given a huge innovation boost thanks to the VABeachBio Innovation Challenge. This open innovation contest aims to result in the launch of 20 start-up companies focused on creating therapeutics, vaccines and devices for veteran-related illnesses, such as cancer and cardiovascular and neurological disorders. “The challenge is the first-of-its-kind in the United States,” said Virginia Beach Economic Development Director Warren D.

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Reinvent your Business Model with The DO School

Innovation Excellence

Nicolas Bry interviews Florian Hoffmann, charismatic founder and managing director of Berlin’s DO School.a renowned development ground for young social entrepreneurs that has developed an original innovation offering to corporations and startups.

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The Highlights (and Lowlights) of Corporate Innovation in 2017

Innovation Leader

From Ford to Walmart, GE to Amazon, here's our run-down of the 10 most interesting corporate innovation happenings of 2017.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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The Disney-Fox Deal: Scale is NOT the Most Important Rationale

Michael Roberto

This week, Disney acquired a significant portion of the 21st Century Fox business for $52.4 billion. What is the rationale for the deal? Fortune's Andrew Nusca took a crack at explaining why this deal makes sense. He begins by arguing that, "scale matters." The traditional entertainment industry is consolidating (see: Comcast-owned NBCUniversal; Verizon-owned AOL and Yahoo; the pending AT&T-Time Warner deal) as new entrants from Silicon Valley and beyond—Netflix, Apple, Amazon, Google and Fa