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Backcountry modernizes for the cloud era

CIO Business Intelligence

At least that has been the experience of Backcountry CTO Sridhar Nallani, who was hired in 2020 specifically to overhaul the online retailer’s digital presence. They wanted an assessment of the current state of technology at that time, in early 2020,” says Nallani, who began his evaluation in March 2020 and was later appointed CTO in August.

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Startup founders at new 5G Open Innovation Lab explain how they’ve adjusted to the COVID-19 crisis

GeekWire

Taqtile founders Dirck Schou, CEO, and John Tomizuka, CTO. Founders: Dirck Schou , CEO, and John Tomizuka , CTO. From there, your goal is only to get five (B2B) or 500 people (B2C) saying they are game. They also provided advice to other entrepreneurs. The lab is accepting applications for its fall and spring 2021 cohorts.

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How to hire the right product manager for your IT needs

CIO Business Intelligence

Seth Dobbs, CTO at IT services and consulting firm Bounteous, gives a pretty good thumbnail sketch of what an ideal product manager would look like. But in most cases, you’re starting with a dataset that’s not statistically significant — we’re not all building B2C at crazy scale. Yes, data is important. Take chances. Make mistakes.

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Digital experience investment grows as CSPs focus on hyper-personalized customer service

TM Forum

Jean Lawrence, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Oracle, discussed in a recent interview why CSPs see improving B2B and B2C digital experience as an imperative, as well as the organizational and technical challenges they face. How has the communications industry’s approach to digital experience changed in the last three years?

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Unified commerce elevates customer experience for Hippo Stores

CIO Business Intelligence

“We are India’s first omnichannel construction retailer offering the largest and widest range of building materials under one platform,” says Ranjit Satyanath, CTO of Hippo Stores. Credit-based sales, for instance, is something a typical POS won’t have but since we have both B2B and B2C customers, we need to provide for credit-based sales.

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T-Mobile, Intel, NASA unveil 5G Open Innovation Lab in Seattle to help startups tap potential of 5G

GeekWire

“There is so much potential we can unlock with 5G,” said John Saw , the former Sprint CTO who is now executive vice president of advanced and emerging technologies at The New T-Mobile. ” The program accepts both B2B and B2C companies but Brisimitzis said there is a focus on enterprise startups given the nature of 5G.

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Breaking the Mold: Subhamoy Chakraborti Leads the Digital Transformation of News Media

CIO Business Intelligence

Subhamoy Chakraborti, Chief Technology Officer of ABP Private Limited, spearheads the technological advancements under his ambit in the media house, which publishes two daily newspapers, five magazines, several digital channels and portals, runs e-commerce platforms, school admission-related portals and a radio enterprise.

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