The focus may have been on its gleaming skyscrapers, upscale homes and a (potentially postponed) world expo in October, but a presentation on Dubai March 12 showed that the emirate […]
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Supply-Chain Software Firm With Global Reach Raises $3.6M
An Atlanta-based software firm with more than 100 global customers including Coca-Cola Beverages Africa and France’s Michelin Tires, has raised $3.6 million from existing investors in its latest funding round. Demand […]
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Brazil Acquisition to Deepen Sinch’s Latin America Reach From Atlanta
A $119 million acquisition in Brazil will help Sinch, a provider of messaging systems to help companies engage with customers via texts, calls and video messaging on their mobile phones, […]
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Atlanta’s Riskonnect Expands Into U.K. With Acquisition, Belfast Office
Riskonnect, an Atlanta-based provider of software and solutions that help companies manage risk and government compliance, has made significant moves into the United Kingdom, opening a Belfast office and acquiring a […]
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Kabbage Co-founder Advocates Three-Week Global Quarantine to Mitigate Small Business Harm From Coronavirus
One prominent Atlanta tech executive is calling for a three-week global quarantine he believes could help the world get a handle on the novel coronavirus in relatively short order. In […]
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Atlanta’s OneTrust Raises $200M More in Bid to Dominate Global Privacy Space
Already a startup unicorn, fast-growing Atlanta-based privacy management platform OneTrust added a $200 million Series B round to its capital stockpile as it continued a run at dominating a sector […]
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Books 2019: Embracing Possibilities of the AI Competition With China
Book: AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order Author: Kai-Fu Lee Review by: Al Hodge, president of Hodge Consulting Services Artificial intelligence is a fascination of mine, […]
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Books 2019: Restoring Technology’s Ability to Serve Human Aims
Book: Team Human Author: Douglas Rushkoff Review by: Lee Foster, Executive Director, Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University Although I have been working in the performing arts […]
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Atlanta to Kick Off Federal Reserve’s Fintech ‘Office Hours’
The Federal Reserve Bank early next year will open the doors of its banks across the country to private banks and companies seeking insight on innovations in financial technology, with […]
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‘Global Culture’ Helps Atlanta Land a European Software Unicorn
Data intelligence software proivder Collibra, based in Brussels, is set to create 200 jobs at its second U.S. office in Atlanta, drawn by the city’s tech talent and “global culture.” […]