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CIOs Move More Dollars to Digital Transformation (CIO)

It's become fashionable for CIOs to drop the phrase "digital transformation" to describe their use of cloud, mobile, analytics and other emerging technologies to stimulate business... More

Microsoft Expands its Azure Government Cloud with New Regions and Certifications (TechCrunch)

Microsoft has long offered U.S. government agencies a special version of its Azure cloud computing platform that has all the necessary certifications to allow federal, state and lo... More

ABC to Stack All Episodes of New Series on Digital Platforms (B&C)

ABC will make all episodes of new series, including American Housewife and Designated Survivor, available to authenticated viewers on ABC.com and the ABC app. Besides those and fel... More

Tata Communications Appoints James Parker as Global Head of Sales (MESA)

Tata Communications announces the appointment of James Parker as President of Global Sales. James is responsible for leading the company’s global sales organisation across all cu... More

Disney, LACMA Partner on Snapchat Retelling of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (THR)

Disney's "tale as old as time," Beauty and the Beast, is getting a modern social media-friendly interpretation. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Oh My Disney Snapchat a... More

Amazon’s Twitch Angles for More Non-Gaming Advertisers (WSJ)

Twitch, the live videogame streaming platform now owned by Amazon, has been actively seeking to raise its profile in the advertising industry, luring marketers with the promise of ... More

Netflix Nixes Standalone Service in China (HMM)

Despite a global footprint, Netflix Oct. 17 announced it plans to distribute content in China through third-party streaming services instead of launching a standalone platform. “... More

Mobile Has Become Almost a Multi-Trillion Dollar Market (ARC)

The mobile market is massive. A report from research firm IDC said global mobility revenues will grow from $1.5 trillion in 2016 to over $1.7 trillion by 2020. This increase equate... More

Slack CEO Describes ‘Holy Grail’ of Virtual Assistants (CIO)

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield has an audacious goal: Turning his messaging and collaboration platform into an uber virtual assistant capable of searching every enterprise applicati... More

Avanade CEO Adam Warby Tackles Gender Equality in a Tech World that Fascinates Him (GeekWire)

Adam Warby, CEO of Seattle-based Avanade, the tech consulting and services company, is passionate about gender equality. “I come from a family of strong women: my mother, my wife... More

Deluxe Brings Schonfeld Into the Fold (MESA)

Walter Schonfeld, the former CEO of SDI Media Group and former president of Technicolor Entertainment Services, has joined Deluxe Entertainment Services Group as its new president ... More

Sony CEO: Technology Coupled With Creativity Drives Growth (Variety)

In his keynote speech Monday at the Mipcom TV conference in Cannes, Kazuo Hirai, president and CEO of Sony Corporation, underscored the importance of linking technology with creati... More

IBM Is Counting on Its Bet on Watson, and Paying Big Money for It (New York Times)

Watson, can you grow into a multibillion-dollar business and become the engine of IBM’s resurgence? IBM is betting its future that the answer is yes. Its campaign to commercializ... More

Are eSports Eating Up Traditional Sports Viewership? (MIT Technology Review)

NFL ratings have plummeted this year. Commentators have blamed the election, a changing TV industry, shifts in viewing format, and even a lack of big-name stars. But there may be a... More

RSG Media CEO to Keynote at IBM’s World of Watson (MESA)

Mukesh Sehgal, President, Founder, and CEO of RSG Media will be a keynote speaker at IBM's World of Watson conference on Tuesday, October 25th at 11am. Sehgal will address his find... More

Why Free Speech is Critical to Film and Television Production in Georgia … and Around the World (Huffington Post)

One thing all Americans can agree on is the value of our freedoms. While we may sometimes take our Constitutional rights for granted, or differ on their precise interpretation, we ... More

Why Retailers are Rethinking Thanksgiving Day (Forbes)

Electronics retailer hhgregg is hardly the only retailer reporting that this year it would stay closed on Thanksgiving Day. Some 42 and counting retailers have also opted to stay c... More

StudioCanal CEO: DVD Still Going Strong (HMM)

In an era of digital distribution and subscription streaming, packaged media — DVD and Blu-ray Disc — has seen its future written off on more than a few walls. Yet, it continue... More

Periscope Targets Pro Market with Producer Launch (TVB Europe)

Periscope has launched Producer, allowing users to broadcast with professional equipment as well as mobile phones and tablets. The Twitter-owned video-streaming app is targeting br... More

Immersive Media Will be Propelled by Compelling Storytelling – Tim Sarnoff (The Future Trust)

Many pundits have recently heralded 2016 as the year of virtual and augmented reality. Major announcements from established corporations and exciting startups have captured the ima... More

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