With offices in Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao, BBVA Technology will start operations next year with some 3,000 employees from the three previous BBVA firms. Current CEO Ricardo Jurado will be CEO of the new company once the integration process has concluded. BBVA Technology’s main focus will be on software development transformation, one of the strategic…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Discussions around science and technology can become controversial, such as public conversations around climate science or gene-editing tools. That might leave the impression that such conversations are best avoided. But it is important to have constructive conversations about scientific and technical subjects because of how they impact our lives. Not having…

In partnership withHitachi Vantara Data — how it’s stored and managed — has become a key competitive differentiator. As global data continues to grow exponentially, organizations face many hurdles between piling up historical data, real-time data streams from IoT sensors, and building data-driven supply chains. Senior vice president of product engineering at Hitachi Vantara, Bharti…

Lesson number one about helping senior citizens navigate technology, mostly laptops and phones: Lean into the generation gap. Accept it. Revel in it. Stumble through it. And always speak slowly. That’s what one current Calvert Hall College High School student and one former student learned over the summer in the Cyber-Senior program administered by the…

Editor’s note: Commercial Integrator has teamed up with the IMCCA, the New York-based non-profit industry association for unified communication and workplace collaboration, to produce a quarterly supplement, titled Collaboration Today and Tomorrow, that focuses on all things collaboration from multiple perspectives. As the collaboration industry continues to evolve at what feels like a record pace, one question…

In a move over a decade in the making, China has expanded the commercial adoption of genetic modification (GM) to two staple crops, making major strides in its plan to ensure food security despite persistent public controversy over the technology. A total of 37 GM corn varieties and 14 GM soybean varieties have been given…

ALTOONA, Pa. — When Penn State leaders made the decision to shift to remote learning for summer 2020 classes, Penn State instruction leaders realized they needed to rethink strategies for student support. Students and faculty would need to use online learning tools, including some they weren’t familiar with, more than ever. Fortunately, an already-successful Penn…

Decarbonization of the U.S. power sector is bringing new technologies to the forefront, including an array of new battery types for energy storage, electric vehicles (EVs), and more. Lyten, a San Jose, California-based advanced materials manufacturer known for its Lyten 3D Graphene technology platform, along with other decarbonization materials, is moving forward with several projects.…

Sequoia Capital has come under scrutiny by the U.S. Congress for splitting off its China business. Sequoia isn’t new to controversy, as its China business has come under scrutiny in recent years. Now, the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party wants to investigate Sequoia’s funding of China’s military advancement. A bipartisan letter…