Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press Updated 3:36 pm PST, Thursday, November 15, 2018 Charles Grindle, Kentucky's chief technology officer, talked Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, in Frankfort, Ky., about the changes he's made during his tenure overseeing the state's IT infrastructure. Gov. Matt Bevin has touted Grindle as saving taxpayers millions. "His plan for a new converged server and storage infrastructure will create an estimated $3 million in annual savings in Fiscal Year 2019," said Bevin in October. (Matt Stone /Courier Journal via AP) less Charles Grindle, Kentucky's chief technology officer, talked Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, in Frankfort, Ky., about the changes he's made during his tenure overseeing the state's IT infrastructure. Gov. Matt Bevin ... more Photo: Matt Stone, AP Photo: Matt Stone, AP … [Read more...] about Technology chief’s huge pay raise doesn’t come up in hearing
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See inside the futuristic lab where Dunkin’ is testing self-serve cold-brew taps, pickup lockers, and AI ordering technology that could eventually come to stores across America (DNKN)
Jessica Tyler, provided by Published 1:34 pm CST, Thursday, November 15, 2018 Business Insider/Jessica Tyler Dunkin' Donuts — which is now just Dunkin' — revealed its plans for the "store of the future" in early September, starting with a name change that rolled out to about 50 stores earlier this year. The name change is the beginning of a major rebrand that includes a new store design, new drinks, new espresso machines, and more. Before Dunkin' rolls out new technology in stores, it tests everything in its Innovation Lab in Quincy, Massachusetts. Business Insider got a look inside. Dunkin' Donuts — now just Dunkin' — revealed its plans for the "store of the future" experience in early September, starting with a name change that rolled out to about 50 stores earlier this year. But the name change is only the beginning for Dunkin'. The Massachusetts-based coffee empire is undergoing a major rebrand that … [Read more...] about See inside the futuristic lab where Dunkin’ is testing self-serve cold-brew taps, pickup lockers, and AI ordering technology that could eventually come to stores across America (DNKN)
NBC and Telemundo Owned Stations Win Technology Emmy for StormRanger Radar Trucks
NBC’s Owned Television Stations division has won an Emmy for its mobile radar truck StormRanger, which the NBC and Telemundo owned station group developed to detect weather quicker and forecast with more accuracy than existing radars. StormRanger's first truck was deployed in 2016 and there are now six vehicles tracking weather primarily in the NBC and Telemundo stations' markets of Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, the Bay Area and Los Angeles. The vehicles travel to other nearby markets as well during severe weather events. NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations said in a Thursday release the division received a 2018 Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for the new technology, which was developed over two years and improves local weather forecasting and reporting. Fixed with a Doppler radar, the vehicle can move right to a storm, scanning the system at a closer range and with more detail than a radar mounted high above … [Read more...] about NBC and Telemundo Owned Stations Win Technology Emmy for StormRanger Radar Trucks
AP Exclusive: Walmart US CEO talks technology, workers
HOUSTON — When Walmart's Greg Foran took over as CEO of the discounter's U.S. division four years ago, he found messy stores with lots of items that were frequently out of stock. The 57-year-old New Zealand native dove in, making sure shelves were loaded with the most popular products and establishing controls to increase freshness in produce like strawberries. Foran's obsession with the nitty-gritty details has helped lead to several years of straight quarterly sales gains for the U.S. division. But with Walmart facing competition from Amazon and other pressures, he's also reimagining the shopping experience at Walmart's 4,700 stores, transforming them into distribution hubs that can fill the fast-growing online orders to reduce shipping costs and speed up deliveries. To do that, Walmart has been training its 1.5 million workers at its new academies while using automation to relieve them of menial tasks. Scanning robots at a store in Houston as well as a cluster of others keep … [Read more...] about AP Exclusive: Walmart US CEO talks technology, workers
Why New York Magazine is selling its own technology to other media companies
New York Media, the parent company of New York Magazine, is the latest media company to join the software licensing bandwagon. In an increasingly competitive industry–where revenue streams rise and fall like unpredictable monarchies–organizations have sought new ways to rely less on content churn and advertising. Those that have built their own proprietary technology have found an opening. The company behind the beloved biweekly magazine—and a series of popular branded verticals like The Cut, Vulture, and Daily Intelligencer—has been using its own publishing platform for many years, and now others are beginning to pay for it, too. The first to test it out was Slate, which used New York Media’s software to build out its most recent website redesign earlier this year. Now two others media organizations have inked licensing agreements: Golf.com and Entercom’s Radio.com. A “closed, open-sourced network” According to Daniel Hallac, New York … [Read more...] about Why New York Magazine is selling its own technology to other media companies