Tag: Business/Consumer Services

Duke Energy Enters Into Amazon Cloud Deal

Duke Energy Enters Into Amazon Cloud Deal

[ad_1] Duke Energy Corp. said it has signed a three-year deal with Amazon. com Inc.’s cloud-computing unit as the electric power and natural gas holding company aims to advance its power grid improvements and clean energy goals. Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke will use Amazon Web Services to run applications that predict electricity needs on its power […]

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More CMOs Are Investing in Their Personal Brands

More CMOs Are Investing in Their Personal Brands

[ad_1] Chief marketing officers are spending more time, and increasingly spending money, to build a different kind of brand: their own. Eighty percent of marketing executives say they are actively developing their own brands, with more than half of that group planning to invest more time and resources, according to a survey of 186 executives […]

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Investors Cool on Internet-of-Things Startups, a Tech Conduit for Retailers

Investors Cool on Internet-of-Things Startups, a Tech Conduit for Retailers

[ad_1] Slumping markets have investors pulling back from funding startups that make internet-connected devices for retailers, threatening to choke an innovation pipeline for emerging tools like smart shopping carts and inventory management robots. Many stores, which came to rely on software-connected systems during the Covid-19 pandemic, are now leveraging these capabilities to eke out efficiencies that […]

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