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Competition is stiff, but retailers know what it takes to compete

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Changing consumer behavior and expectations, competition from major e-retailers, evolving cybersecurity challenges, inflationary pressures, sustainability and environmental concerns, and the pressure to take advantage of AI are all very real concerns for retailers today.

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Investors double down on tech stocks in massive DoorDash, Airbnb, C3.ai IPOs

TechCrunch

You know what the market will bear once it moves to retail investors. Wish wants to be the Amazon for the rest of us; will retail investors buy it? Gorny founded Nextiva in 2008, focused on what it describes today as “UcaaS,” or unified communications as a service. I do think this could be a $500 billion-plus company.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Clubhouse UX teardown, YC Demo Day favorites, proptech VC survey, more

TechCrunch

” Several expressed genuine uncertainty about the future of offices, but most were bullish about prospects for remote work, the rebirth of physical retail and the emergence of “third spaces” that will fill the gap between work and home. 10 proptech investors see better era for residential and retail after pandemic.

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Evaluating the relative cost of edge computing

CIO

That’s especially true of sectors like healthcare and retail, where edge locations can be very remote and distributed without IT staff available in all locations. She often writes about cybersecurity, disaster recovery, storage, unified communications, and wireless technology. Karen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA.

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Flexential – Providing Enterprises with the Interconnected Data Center and Hybrid Cloud Solutions They Need

CIO

They must also deliver the speed and low-latency great customer experiences require in an era marked by dramatic innovations in edge computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, the Internet of Things, unified communications, and other singular computing trends now synonymous with business success.