But when David Brin, Greg Bear and Gregory Benford talk, technology leaders take note.
Key technology leaders are striving to increase access to education through low-cost or free peer-to-peer and open-source models.
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Technology leaders like AOL, Indeed.com, Cisco, will help connect military spouses and veterans with employers that are hiring.
Other technology leaders such as Amazon, Facebook, Google and even Microsoft are much more expensive on a valuation basis.
Udemy, StartApp, Kaltura and Kaggle were all founded as small startups and in several short years grew into global technology leaders.
He surely enjoys flouting convention, and it has worked out nicely in the form of startups that quickly sell to technology leaders.
Yet skepticism persists among technology leaders about the real benefits of BYOD.
As I wrote in The Technology Leaders, HP was known for attracting great engineers and a deep-seated belief in the individual.
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The technology leaders of the 1990s, Microsoft, Intel and Cisco, have performed dismally as new leaders such as Apple and Google have emerged.
Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is co-founding a political-advocacy group composed of technology leaders to push for federal immigration changes, among other issues.
Specifically, only 29 percent of business and 27 percent of technology leaders indicated that their organizations were very well defended against security threats.
Ultra HD is expected to be a centrepiece at the show, with new Ultra HD sets showcased by display technology leaders revealing stellar resolution and immersive viewing experience.
The new Commission will comprise some 30 top names from around the world, representing not just technology leaders, but leaders from across a wide range of business and social sectors.
Technology leaders are developing new apps to enhance donations.
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For this research, we interviewed many technology leaders and their HR counterparts in companies that are widely recognized as great places to work that also happen to score well on customer experience.
Getting one of Europe's most high profile technology leaders to take on what has been a relatively low profile job should do wonders for the image of London as a hot place for hi-tech.
"We are a car company that through market-driven, customer focused innovation is learning to think and act like an electronics company, leveraging partnerships with fresh, innovative technology leaders, " added Mulally, who delivered the Consumer Electronics Show keynote address on Thursday.
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While many clean technology leaders come from the male-dominated oil and gas and utility industries, research suggests that women are more likely to be drawn to cleantech because it serves a higher purpose of creating a sustainable environment for this generation and beyond.
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In yet another indication that the demise of the CIO has been exaggerated more than a little, the venerable Wall Street Journal last week staged its first event aimed at business-technology leaders, out of which came an extensive list of priorities CIOs should pursue.
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As is traditional at the start of the year, technology thought leaders are often asked to risk their reputations by making predictions about the hot technology for the forthcoming year.
At the start of this year we invited our panel of European technology thought leaders to put their reputations on the line by making predictions about what would happen in technology this year.
Or I want to own technology market leaders while they grow market share.
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Social technology gives leaders a vital new platform with which to connect their companies to the myriad stakeholders who have an interest in their well being.
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And as to the specific thing that those technology company leaders were noting, that it can take up to a decade to get government owned spectrum reallocated and freed up for commercial usage.
Helping the business engage employees through technology experiences means IT leaders must not view their jobs as providing technology.
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We are in the middle of a generational upheaval in the technology industry where leaders for the next decade will be defined.
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As we get deeper into the information and technology revolution, leaders do not have to be the one standing on the podium and the chairs are spread all over the world.
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As organizations shift from neatly ordered hierarchies to chaotic, flattened "heterarchies, " where anyone can "friend the CEO, " a new generation of tools will be invented that will allow design and technology to enable leaders to make true connections among people and inspire change.
Their familiarity with and interest in technology will bolster the need to have leaders in multiple disciplines who appreciate technology, and perhaps have had a role in an IT department or in a technical discipline of some sort.
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On Wednesday evening, John Donahoe, president and CEO of eBay, delivered the keynote address at the Leaders in Technology (LIT) dinner.
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