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The ghost in the machine: Designing technology with a soul | #growawards
The advanced technologies being developed every year need savvy designers to build them into products that consumers connect with. Happily, the Internet of Things (IoT) explosion is concurring with the proliferation of new, innovative product design firms with a suite of special skills to bring ideas into 3D. This might spell stiff competition if you’re ...
The winning recipe: Take age-old problem, add new technology, shake vigorously | #growawards
The winner of the 2016 Outstanding Growth Award has a lot to teach us about what makes a tech company successful. Sure, fancy, cutting-edge software helps, but the most advanced technology on the planet is worthless if it doesn’t solve the daily complaints of the customer. “We’re bringing new solutions to age-old problems,” said Woody Scal, ...
Behind the scenes: Building the parts that power tomorrow’s new tech | #growawards
Semiconductor makers are normally not the baton-twirling leaders of Silicon Valley’s technology showcase. They toil in the background working out the nuts and bolts that consumers aren’t terribly interested in but that make the magic happen nonetheless. This year’s ACG SV Grow Awards, however, decided to shine a spotlight on the chip industry by recognizing Ambarella, ...
Keeping the pace: How one company is learning to change with its customers | #growawards
Established companies that attempt to stay relevant in the software-defined world while stubbornly clinging to old models will face an uphill journey. Some, like Prince Kohli, VP, head of R&D Ericsson Silicon Valley, head of Development Unit, BU Cloud and IP at Ericsson, say that it’s a two-way street; you have to closely monitor your customers’ ...
Measuring success: What made Fitbit this year’s ACG SV Grow Award winner? | #growawards
With news of Fitbit, Inc.’s victory at the recent ACG Silicon Valley (ACG SV) Awards, many startups will be studying the company to try to copy its formula for success. How does ACG SV measure “success” or “growth” anyway? And why did Fitbit fit the bill this year? Deloitte (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited), a diversified business ...
Creating local, or global, communities that connect women in tech | #wov16
Technology is growing rapidly globally. Many developing countries are working to create their own equivalent to Silicon Valley. We often hear about challenges facing women in technology in the US. But, in countries where very old fashioned roles for women are still the norm, the challenges are much greater. Luckily, one US organization is working ...
No woman in tech is an island: Harnessing the power of networking | #wov16
With the expanding world of social media, there are more ways than ever for professionals to connect and converse with each other online. And that’s well and good, but some still desire to forge relationships with people in person. The Anita Borg Institute wants to help women in technology take it to the real world, ...
Internet of Everything: Will we all be technologists in the future? | #wov16
It’s commonly said these days all companies will have to become technology companies in the future. We’re seeing this borne out in fields from automotive to household appliances. So what about employees? Will they all have to become technologists? Ana Pinczuk, the Anita Borg Institute’s Women of Vision Awards emcee and EVP and chief product officer at Veritas ...
How do you build an award-winning application with three people? | #wov16
A lot of startups never see the light of day because their would-be founders aren’t able to secure funding from VCs. A big chunk of the money they need is to pay the salaries of team members. It would be so much cheaper to launch if there were a way to reduce the manpower needed ...
How role models can spur young techies to success | #wov16
The general public can sometimes view technologists as unrelatable cyborgs with whom they have little in common. They can’t imagine that they would ever be able to code or program or do all the other impressive things they do. And then one day, they meet a chatty, funny, down-to-earth human — who happens to write ...