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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hackathons Explained [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] What is a Hackathon? [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][qodef_blockquote text="A hackathon is an event, typically lasting a short period of time, where people come together to collaborate in order to quickly solve a problem or identify new opportunities." title_tag="h3"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text] The Origin of Hackathons: How Intensive Collaboration Became a Catalyst for Innovation [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="5px"][vc_column_text]The concept of a "hackathon" was born in 1999, thanks to pioneering developers at OpenBSD and Sun Microsystems. OpenBSD, an organization dedicated to security-focused software, coined the term during a multi-day event where developers came together to "hack" on code, working intensively to improve and secure their software. Around the same time, Sun Microsystems introduced the term at the JavaOne conference, hosting a hackathon that invited developers to collaboratively build new applications in Java. The term itself combines "hack"—referring to creative coding or problem-solving—with "marathon," representing the event's prolonged, focused effort. This fusion perfectly captures the essence of hackathons: high-energy, collaborative sessions where...

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what is innovation management

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Navigating Innovation Management: Implement a Scalable Process and Engaging Platform for Enterprise Ideation and Collaboration Creating Open Innovation Solutions [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_column_text]Regardless of your organization’s innovation portfolio size or scope, every business needs a strategy and competitive advantage for growth and technological advancement. Supporting an innovative culture and adopting an innovation management platform across your company assesses valuable KPIs of the current pipeline and promotes future opportunities through the transformative power of innovation.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Defining Innovation Management  The Key Pillars of Innovation Management Tools and Techniques for Innovation: Idea Management, Pipeline Management, and Technology Discovery Software & Innovation Services  The Benefits of Innovation Management [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Defining Innovation Management: [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_column_text]Innovation management is the process of nurturing and guiding the development of new ideas, products, services, or processes within an organization. It’s the strategies, idea stage gate and workflows that move creative ideas, novel technologies, or key market insights through an efficient and transparent pipeline of challenge solvers and...

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transformation innovation

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_column_text] Ezassi is the leading provider of technology trend reports and innovation management strategy and solutions which work collaboratively on one client-customized platform, empowering your business decisions and accelerating your innovation cycle. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text] Ezassi is your Innovation Intelligence Partner. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]We are redefining the innovation management industry by providing our clients with all the modern tools to sustain an active Innovation Portfolio.  Research services, technology discovery, subject matter expert and startup identification, idea management, and innovation project pipelines are all client-customized and collaborative across one platform. Are you searching for a robust innovation strategy that goes beyond traditional research methodologies? Look no further! Ezassi is here to revolutionize the way you harness the power of innovation. We offer a compelling value proposition that outshines our competitors’ products which only focus on the fuzzy front end of innovation. Our solutions transform the way you innovate from the front end of ideation to the back...

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_column_text] The Triple Bottom Line Approach in Innovation Strategy [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_column_text]People | Planet | Profit – their intersection point is Sustainability, and an Idea Management Platform is the best solution to support this critical innovation strategy and the KPIs impacting the triple bottom line. Ezassi’s Idea Management Software is important for sustainability because it enables organizations to systematically gather and manage ideas for green initiatives, circularity, and improved environmental practices from employees, customers, and other stakeholders. By collecting ideas from a diverse range of sources, businesses can tap into the collective creativity and expertise of their innovation ecosystem to identify potential solutions to their sustainability challenges.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] An Idea Management Platform to Focus on Environmental Initiatives [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_column_text]An idea management platform provides a centralized location for idea collection, evaluation, and implementation, making it easier for organizations to track and manage sustainable initiatives. With the help of this software, organizations can prioritize and allocate resources to...

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EV battery energy storage system

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] It’s Electric! Innovative Energy Storage Systems for a Surging Market [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_column_text]The power of open innovation and breakthrough R&D are transforming the electric vehicle and energy storage sectors and can be the keys to a global clean energy movement. National policy changes, consumer demand, and improved efficiency in batteries are all factors supporting this market growth and opportunity for commercialization. Empower Ezassi’s open innovation consulting and technology scouting services to inspire the new energy initiatives your organization requires.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text] Electric Vehicle Supply & Equipment Technologies Require Innovative Ideas and Complex Collaborations Across Industries [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_column_text]As the world continues to move toward renewable sources of energy, vehicle manufacturers must also keep the pace with their technologies and corporate sustainability goals. The popularity of the electric car and the government incentives for transitioning from gas-powered vehicles are market trends that can’t be ignored in the energy sector. Pew Research cites “two-thirds of Americans support providing incentives to...

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ignite innovative culture

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This year is full of potential for innovative growth in your organization.  Ezassi is your partner in measurable and achievable business goals with the help of our innovation software and services. Innovative culture is not something you can turn on or off, rather it develops with time, intentionality, and synergy. Attract the right kind of talent and provide the motivation for a sustainable, confident innovative culture. If the right mechanisms are put in place, including KPIs, rewards, and specific processes to drive successful innovation, then your organization will find value ideating, working beyond a job role, risk taking, failing fast, and growing strong partnerships of collaboration. We propose you ask these twelve strategic planning questions and consider the resolutions for energizing your organization’s innovative culture. This is a month-by-month prompt to spark the innovative spirit of your company and illuminate a brighter innovation portfolio this year.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="42px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title="Resolutions to Ignite a Culture...

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smart grid

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Innovative Solutions for Big Energy [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_column_text]The electric grid needs modernizing to support our expanding e-economy and national security. Innovative solutions for the energy sector are increasingly powered by collaborations across researchers, government officials and companies looking to harness emerging renewable technologies, update control systems and computing, and find new materials and methods to design regional energyshed management systems for a modern, efficient and de-carbonized grid. Adjacent technologies impacting the energy industry can be harnessed by collaborative project teams of engineers and leading organizations who seek to modernize power systems and continue to utilize renewable resources. Let’s plug in to some current topics in this sector.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Power Hungry Industries  [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_column_text]The global economy will continue to demand more power and with that growth, greater energy security. Conventional power plants requiring energy sources from coal, natural gas, and nuclear should increasingly look to integrate renewable technologies like solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biomass...

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_column_text]In the global race for innovation, industry leaders are speeding ahead in the engineering fields of satellites, rockets, robotics, drones, motorsports, and the future of mobility. It’s no longer enough to just keep the pace of your competitors. The objective is to outperform and outmaneuver, blazing the trail to new frontiers with faster, more cost-effective innovation solutions.  [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] The Race to Space : Launch Collaboration  [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_column_text]There’s no bigger frontier for growth than space, and it takes an incredible team to assemble a successful mission. Rocket Lab, together with General Atomics, NOAA, and France’s National Center for Space Studies, completed an 8th launch in October 2022 to deliver a satellite to collect crucial global data from thousands of transmitters. The analysis of this physical and biological data will help scientists better understand the planet’s climate and biodiversity, as well as assist with maritime security, pollution tracking, and humanitarian assistance. You don’t have...

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Revolutionize the Future of Personalized Healthcare with Collaborative Medical Diagnostic & Treatment Technologies [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_column_text]Bioconvergence is the merging and progress of the collaborative knowledge, research, and innovation in the fields of biology and technology.  There are limitless solutions for improved healthcare outcomes through the confluence of the latest research and skills from life scientists, molecular engineers, robotics, medical professional pioneers, and information technology experts. Bioconvergence is the future of global healthcare, so understanding some of the important discoveries and key research disciplines will better prepare future-looking companies in the Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical, Biotech, and Healthcare industries for substantial innovative change. Managing the workflow and relationships in this network of solvers requires a dynamic Innovation Resource Management platform. Let’s explore some of these technologies and partnerships.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Bioprinting, Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_column_text]Biomedical engineering continues to disrupt health care and positively impact patient outcomes. 3D bioprinting and regenerative engineering are growing industries...

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