How do you engage startups? Is it a part of your IT strategy?

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Senior Director - Enterprise IT & Cloud Transformation in Services (non-Government)5 years ago

In order to Accelerate the process of Technology & Innovation Sourcing from average of 9 months down to 3 months and improve the ROI for the Project. The 3 steps involved in the technology adoption process are;

  i.      Market Research

                                                             ii.      Evaluate

                                                           iii. PoC / Test

i found one start up who does this and extremely helpful for all all three above. vBridge Hub

CIO in Finance (non-banking)5 years ago

We have been a member of Vation Ventures startup council for a little under a year. This brings us opportunities to gain visibility into the startup market and identify prospective opportunities that might fit.

CIO, Senior VP in Finance (non-banking)5 years ago

It's not an option for a small community bank. Risks would be too great, and regulators wouldn't agree.

CTO in Healthcare and Biotech5 years ago

At Taimingo we are a startup, so naturally we engage with startups as we in IT are looking for startups who provide value to our pivot environment.

Chief Security Officer in Software5 years ago

We engage startups as a way to understand up and coming technology trends and also as part of regular M&A investigations.

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