Celestica International Inc. on Tuesday will release what executives described as its most significant brand overhaul since 2007, positioning the electronics manufacturing services firm as the enabler of innovation among companies from its native Canada to Silicon Valley. The rebranding includes a new logo that says goodbye to the flaming red comet that has served […]
As security staff gets increasingly overwhelmed preparing for compliance audits and managing security incidents, B2B companies have started to ask about outsourcing managed security services. A recent report from analyst firm IDC found that Canadian organizations will become more reliant on third-party SaaS and managed security services by 2019. And Canadian chief information security officers (CISOs) will […]
Entrepreneurs come from all kinds of backgrounds. You can find them in your neighbourhood, in your own backyard. We needed to look no further than to Canada 151 Data Centers, and their newest investor, Joe Damiani. Every entrepreneur has a story. We asked Joe some questions: Q: How do you marry the vision for […]
Martech USA is running from March 21 to 23 in San Francisco. Our correspondent Derek Handova is there. In case you missed his live tweets from today’s sessions with John Hardy of Disney and Theresa Regli of Real Story Group @B2Bnewnetwork, here they are collected in chronological order. John Hardy, Director of Marketing Sourcing, The Walt […]
For the past three weeks, B2B NN has been testing the Samsung Gear VR headset and I am confident virtual reality will soon change all levels of marketing and advertising, including in B2B. What amazed us in VR land? One of the biggest hits in the videos we tested was a video game trailer for […]
TEKsystems, an IT staffing company, found close to one in four organizations (22 percent) have reached the stage where IoT initiatives “are having a substantial impact” on their businesses. The survey also found “the majority of organizations (55 percent) expect IoT initiatives to have a high level of impact on their business over the next five […]
Amazon has officially announced the launch of the first smart devices compatible with its Dash Replenishment service. It lets devices automatically reorder their consumables as they run low so the user doesn’t need to do it themselves. The first products to support the system are a range of Brother printers. The compatible smart printers promise […]
Your video conferencing may soon get a lot more virtual: Microsoft showed off a beta version of a video-call technology using augmented reality, allowing you to “see” a projection of individuals in your meeting. The innovation projects a person into a room hologram-style, so that they seem to be sitting in a chair across from the person […]
The DAQRI Smart Helmet (DSH) may have generated the most buzz at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES). And why not? This smart product could be the device of the future for any professional working in industrial fields. Although the helmet may look like something out of an early-1980s sci-fi movie, the conventional hard hat […]
We all know the Consumer Electronics Show as a geekfest for cool tech gadgets, some of which may never be mass-marketed. But as any CES insider knows, there are several B2B angles to CES, and below is our breakdown of the top four business trends to look for at CES 2016 this year, taking place […]
2015 was a huge year for B2B. Companies like Dell doubled down on the enterprise, Facebook starts making moves into the workplace, and structure was in shift everywhere, from unicorns like Sprinklr starting to play a dominant role in B2B social, HP splitting in half, and Dell/VMware coming together. With software firmly transitioning to SaaS and […]
Robots are becoming more mainstream, especially in the healthcare industry. From helping the elderly to assisting with dental care, robotics is fast becoming a hot trend affecting millions. Here are 10 things you should know about robotics and healthcare. 1. Hospitals In The San Francisco Bay Area Using Robots Called Tugs ‘Tugs’ do various tasks […]
Today, we learned bitcoin has reached new price heights, hovering just north of the $400 mark, once again, for the second time since 2014, as TechCrunch writes. The post adds, “It’s fact to say that bitcoin matters as a financial incentive to keep the blockchain operative; and it is future-facing to watch bitcoin itself grow […]
A survey of more than 500 IT pros, managers and executives found that Macs will likely take a big bite out of PC market share in the enterprise space in the next three years. The data comes from a Sept. 2015 survey by JAMF Software, as reported by ZDNet. First revealed to Computerworld, the survey found […]
Thanks to today’s pervasive and fast wireless data connections, powerful smartphones, and high-end smartphone cameras, streaming video becoming a popular means of communication. The B2B space can empower their marketing campaigns by taking advantage of various live-streaming platforms, but it has to be approached with strategic forethought. The latest services usually begin in the consumer […]
A new infographic reveals an interesting stat for any B2B firm trying to boost the visibility of its mobile apps: In January, app downloads and engagement peak at the highest rate, compared to any other month. New data from AdMob by Google found that January is the “Black Friday” for app monetization. Between October 2014 and January […]
The possibilities are seemingly endless, as small and large businesses’ usage of 3D printing has now spiked, for an array of uses. “If you’re building a high-end B2B product that fits inside of a 12″ cube, 3D printing is almost 100 per cent the best method for prototyping and developing this product,” explains Dave Evans […]
Using crowd-sourcing, one pizza company solved the problem of designing the perfect delivery vehicle, one with a warming oven built-in that brings the pizza fresh to a customer’s door at just the perfect temperature. Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Domino’s Pizza, with help from Local Motors, a Phoenix, Arizona-based automotive firm that uses crowd-sourcing for brainstorming new […]
Dell has made history by announcing it has purchased storage technology specialists EMC for a record-breaking $67 billion. Dell says it will create the “world’s largest privately-controlled, integrated technology company.” The deal was announced Monday but remained unknown until hours before the public disclosure. The merger is intended to give Dell a way into more lucrative and […]
It’s an odd feeling at first: I’m typing and scrolling pages on my Macbook while strolling on the TR1200-DT7 LifeSpan Treadmill Desk, forcing my heart rate to rise higher than it normally does while editing news articles. But I soon find myself easing into a walking groove that has me forgetting about the multitasking activities. […]
