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Siemens Mobility scales RPA by empowering employees

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Bock, who comes from a business informatics background, says the company’s RPA journey started with an employee in Brazil interested in automating an SAP process. The colleague showed Bock a video about RPA and the company’s CFO, Karl Blaim, was intrigued by the potential. We weren’t sure whether it would pay off or not,” Bock says. “We

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From surveys to video creation, how two Seattle companies used tech to help schools in pandemic

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Meanwhile, Screencast-O-Matic , a small Seattle company that offers a screen capture and video editing platform, saw demand for its products skyrocket as it offered an alternative to Zoom calls for lessons, presentations and more. RELATED: Lessons from the pandemic: Top STEM educators offer their insights on the future of learning.

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How the NHL is using AI to predict key moments in games

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SAP helped the league build an on-bench coaching app that provides coaches with real-time data, similar to Microsoft’s Surface tablets in the NFL. The latest version of SAP’s app generates a video playlist for every location-based statistic and new camera angles.

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SAP enhances Datasphere and SAC for AI-driven transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

SAP announced today a host of new AI copilot and AI governance features for SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC). With today’s announcements, SAP is building on that vision. Nearly every customer has an information architecture that expands beyond SAP. Collibra does a fantastic job of understanding it.”

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Health benefits platform Accolade will pay $460M to acquire telemedicine startup 2nd.MD

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Seattle-based Accolade announced Thursday that it will pay $460 million to acquire 2nd.MD , a Houston, Texas-based company that helps patients get expert medical opinions by video or phone. Interest in virtual healthcare is on the rise amid the pandemic as people look for medical advice without going to a physical doctor’s office.

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Accolade doubles down on personalized mental health services with new offerings

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In April, it acquired PlushCare , a startup that offers virtual primary care. Accolade One provides members access to virtual primary and mental health care teams and additional services such as clinical programs that can help manage chronic conditions. This year Accolade expanded on its services with two major acquisitions.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft’s Brad Anderson jumps to Qualtrics in wave of pre-IPO hires; Elena Donio joins Databricks board; Hiya, Esper add startup vets

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He’s also the host of the video interview series, “The Shiproom.” He is is one of several new executives announced by Qualtrics as the company prepares to spin out from enterprise tech giant SAP through an initial public offering. He joined Microsoft in 2003 as a general manager after 12 years at Novell.