Digitalization in the real estate industry: GARBE uses Deutsche Telekom solutions The real estate industry is going through a digital transformation. According to the SME digitalization index 2021/2022 study, the industry still has some catching up to do. However, GARBE – the real estate managing company with Europe-wide operations – very quickly developed a strategy to digitalize its business processes. The objective: High data availability for customers, service providers, and employees plus mobile work – holistic and with the best possible IT security. To implement its digital strategy, GARBE is migrating its on-premises IT to a highly available and flexible cloud-based IT…
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A kitchen counter appliance based on rice cooker technology, DeliSofter makes it quick and easy to prepare meats and vegetables as soft as butter while retaining flavor by introducing “Soft-food Cooker”. Imagine the temptation of your favorite meal placed before you—knife and fork in hand—yet unable to enjoy it because of a toothache, sore throat, or chewing or swallowing problem from any number of causes. Now imagine the very same food, whether the toughest meat or crispest vegetable, as satisfyingly soft, creamy and succulent, with aroma and taste intact, and still nutritious. This is an idea that Panasonic employees Megumi…
The Coca-Cola Company Joins National Museum of African American History and Culture’s (NMAAHC) Corporate Leadership Council With $1 Million Contribution The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is getting a $1 million boost from The Coca-Cola Company. Coca-Cola joins a community of corporate donors committed to growing the reach and impact of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive cultural destination devoted exclusively to the African American story. Created in 2003 as part of the Smithsonian by an act of Congress, the Museum opened in 2016 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The nearly 400,000-sq.-ft. building has welcomed…
This year, Volkswagen will continue the success story of the million-selling Touareg with a comprehensive technical and visual update of the premium SUV. The rear and front of the luxury SUV have been redesigned, the chassis has been further developed and impresses with its combination of comfort and performance. Before the world premiere in the summer, Volkswagen is now providing a first preview of the update for its top model. The camouflaged new Touareg is still completing its final test miles in Swedish Lapland. Although the design modifications are still hidden under an oversized QR code wrap, the pictures of…
A recent blinded internal survey of IBM Power client CIOs, CTOs, IT directors, IT admins and developers tells us that their top business strategies revolve around improving business processes in real-time—using technology in more innovative ways to gain a competitive advantage and better secure their information. Other major objectives include ensuring superior total cost of ownership, improving the performance of their systems, increasing automation for more productivity and enhancing the energy efficiency of data centers. It is well known (but worth reiterating) that IBM Power is designed for mission-critical workloads that require superior availability, reliability, security and performance. In other words, it’s…
As part of its ongoing commitment to the digital transformation of corporate travel and expense, travel management company BCD Travel has announced the availability of a structured set of invoice data that will streamline the spend management process for customers. The robust data set, delivered by BCD’s Invoice API, combines trip information with the financial details of the ticket transaction, fare and tax breakdown, ticket status, and even the status of each individual coupon within the ticket. Later this year, the data collection will also include receipt images for BCD and non-BCD invoices. BCD continues to invest heavily in the…
As they look ahead in 2023 – a pivotal year for delivering 5G – communication service providers (CoSPs) are investing in cloud-native journey in digitization and IT modernization as the inevitable next step in their network transformation. Completing the transition to cloud-native is not without its challenges, and many of these CoSPs have a long road to get there. Intel and IDC surveyed more than 300 CoSPs about the challenges they are seeing on the cloud-native journey, the important impact it will make for delivering innovative new services with speed and flexibility, and what they need most to help them…
Sports company PUMA has joined Zero100, a community of industry leaders which aims to reduce carbon emissions from the supply chain through digitization, to take the next step after the company announced significant carbon emission cuts last year. In 2022, PUMA announced that it was on track to meet its climate targets and that it had reduced its own carbon emissions by 88% and those coming from its supply chain by 12% between 2017 and 2021, even though its business grew strongly during the same period. When it comes to shared supply chains, however, PUMA believes that more cooperation is…
Discover Qatar (DQ) has launched three new additions to its spectacular series of Transit Tours that highlight Qatar’s position as the principal destination for sports activities following the success of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. Passengers on transit tours can now embark on a journey to re-experience the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM in an exclusive transit tour that takes tourists across Qatar’s leading state-of-the-art stadiums. The tour includes an exterior visit to five of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 stadiums: Al Thumama, Education City, Khalifa International, Lusail Iconic Stadium, and the innovative Stadium 974 before its permanent…
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with Tokyu Land Corporation for Hyatt House Tokyo Shibuya. Slated to open by mid-2024, the 126-room hotel will be an ideal mid- to long-stay living accommodation situated just steps away from the world-famous Shibuya Scramble Crossing. Hyatt House Tokyo Shibuya will mark the entry of the Hyatt House brand in Tokyo, further demonstrating Hyatt’s intentional brand growth in the Asia Pacific region. Hyatt House Tokyo Shibuya will make guests feel genuinely at home with an elevated, spacious, and perfectly self-sufficient experience close to offices and…