Virginia Citrano

Singapore has given the green light to a substantial expansion of its data center capacity, and it will be using greener electric power to do it.

SK ecoplant, a Korean company that is a long-time partner of Bloom Energy, has announced that it will be using Bloom’s innovative fuel cell technology when it builds a new data center in Singapore for GDS, China’s largest data center developer. The Singapore Economic Development Board and the Infocomm Media Development Authority selected GDS as part...

The stretch of route 896 near South College Avenue in Newark, Delaware, was an open, empty lot in 2012 There were memories of the auto plant that had once been there, but nothing more. Bloom Energy’s idea to convert the site to do clean energy manufacturing seemed like a bold opportunity. Ten years later, it is an exciting reality, with the company manufacturing its clean energy platform for customers across the United States and overseas. “A lot of people say it’s not possible to address cli...

Early this summer, Bloom Energy installed a 1 megawatt solid oxide fuel cell array at the Ferrari factory in Italy. It had arrived at an Italian port on May 12 and set-up was completed just before Ferrari’s Capital Markets Day on June 16.

We couldn’t have done that that fast in the past, but we were able to do so at Ferrari because of a significant change to the way we make and install our fuel cells. We can now deliver them as a system with built-in connections so they can be quickly joined ...

In early November, I got to see the future of energy in Europe, and it looks green. Very green. I was at Ecomondo, the green business trade show in the Italian seaside town of Rimini, as the guest of Cefla, Bloom Energy’s partner in a plan to make fuel cells widely available in Italy.

I hadn’t been to Ecomondo before, but I really liked its energy: 70,000 people all looking for ways to be as sustainable and energy independent as the world now needs us to be. While their solutions may not be i...

To succeed in complex manufacturing and personalized medicine, life sciences companies are embracing digital quality systems. Speakers at the Veeva R&D and Quality Summit discussed the move to proactive quality management, and best practices for external collaboration, GxP training content, quality risk management, and collaborative authoring. Here are the key takeaways.
Novel therapies, closer collaboration spur quality management transformation
One key theme is that companies now need to h...

The European Commission recently unveiled two long-awaited proposals on digital services and digital markets. While we don’t yet know how—or when—these measures will be enacted, we do know that they are needed if the EU is going to sustain the forward progress on digital engagement begun during the pandemic.
That is particularly true in the EU’s pharma and biopharma industry, where many companies shifted engagement from paper to screens in the blink of an eye despite a lack of regulatory clar...

The life sciences industry has been through a lot of change in the past 18 months, from its use of data to the presence of outcomes-based contracts in real-world data and real-world evidence. This shift in the value proposition for life sciences means that the role of field reps and medical affairs must evolve as well. We need to think about our future engagement needs and plan to make them a reality. We must also learn to use the digital tools that we have now in expanded ways to deliver tru...

Over the past few weeks, people from all walks of life have learned some of the hard and uncomfortable truths regarding the journey towards social justice. The journey has been long and difficult, and it is now apparent that it’s no longer acceptable to be silent. The pleas of the oppressed must be heard by all; we must speak on their behalf, and take action to demand justice.
But what can we say or do to promote the change needed to make progress?
I am an introvert, so speaking up, on any to...

To help veterans and military families cope with their current financial challenges, Prudential is making donations to three key organizations.
As of early this month, nearly 30,000 Air and Army National Guard troops have been mobilized to help with the national response to the outbreak of COVID-19. That is hardly the only impact of the virus on the military, a community that I have been proud to be a part of, from my days as a cadet at West Point through my time on active duty. Veterans and ...

In Practice

There are 7.5 billion people in the world—and almost as many smartphones. More than half of the world’s population has access to the Internet, including about 2 billion people in growth economies.

The Internet of Things has led to technological innovations being developed at an unprecedented speed and scale, changing how individuals, governments and companies relate to each other.

The Future Workplace

To embrace the possibilities of the future of work, we must find new forms of ef...

Executive summary
This year’s survey includes a review of 2018 activity in North American private equity, our thoughts on the major hiring trends for operating professionals, and a deep dive into what 2019 compensation packages for operating professionals look like, based on responses from 217 survey participants. (For more on the design of the survey, see sidebar “Methodology.”) Those participants were divided into six groups based on level and responsibility. (For the definition of each gro...

Once upon a time, a corporation’s purpose was simple and clear: Produce quality products, make a profit and, if the corporation is publicly traded, pay dividends
to shareholders.

Now, leaders are building a purpose around people and planet in addition to profit. These three bottom lines gauge value via impacts other th...

Why did the last man to rule the Soviet Union appear in a luxury goods advertisement? For the environment.