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Article How Autodesk “Looks to the Edge” for Emerging Trends
June 2, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Autodesk’s Jon Pittman talks about 3D printing, synthetic biology, programmable matter, and other trends he’s tracking. Pittman also shares the software giant’s new IdEx program…
Article Advice from Dell’s VC Group
March 6, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
After getting out of the venture capital game a decade ago, Dell recently jumped back in with both feet. Jim Lussier explains how the tech company’s approach is different…
Article Inside Xerox’s ‘Dreaming Sessions’ With Customers
February 20, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Xerox felt R&D needed to be better-connected to customers. The result was the “Dreaming Session,” which brings researchers together with Xerox’s customers…
Article Why Big Corps Can’t ‘Act like Startups’
February 7, 2014 | By Julia Austin
Just act more like a startup! Break the rules! Easier said than done, writes Julia Austin, the former VP of Innovation at VMWare…
Article Why Dyn Celebrates Big Projects like Big-Budget Movies
January 13, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
A fast-growing New Hampshire tech services company borrows an idea from Amazon to create movie-style posters that mark product upgrades and new offerings.
Article Inside iRobot’s “Business-Driven” Strategy
November 15, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
Colin Angle says his most important jobs is protecting products that have left the safe confines of the R&D lab but haven't yet grown into significant businesses.
Article Blockbuster idea: Expanding markets by being multi-lingual
May 23, 2013
Hollywood studios aren't always enthusiastic when it comes to embracing a new technology. But a smartphone app from a stealthy startup called myLINGO could help them get more non-native English speakers into theaters, with almost no additional effort. Company co-founder Olenka Polak, who grew up in a household that spoke...
Article How VMware Funds Innovation like a VC
May 13, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
At the cloud and virtualization giant, more than 60 ideas have been presented over the last year-and-a-half, in areas like R&D, customer service, and field sales.