The Defense Production Act and COVID-19
This article originally posted on TTI’s MarketEye blog By Kevin Sink, Vice President, Total Quality, TTI Recent discussion in the news about the president’s invocation of the Defense Production Act has spurred an influx of questions, interest and priority invocations – both legitimate and not. This article (Part 1) explains the salient aspects of the […]
SIA Issues Statement on Export Control Rules
WASHINGTON—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) released the following statement today from president and CEO John Neuffer in response to the modification of several items in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), including military end-use (MEU) and license exceptions for civil end-users (CIV) and additional permissive re-exports (APR). SIA represents 95 percent of the U.S. semiconductor industry. […]
Gartner Provides Eight Actions CIOs Must Take During the Coronavirus Pandemic for Financial Survival
Many of the financial business implications of COVID-19 will be felt in the IT department, according to Gartner, Inc. CIOs should take eight actions to protect or quarantine their IT organizations’ cash flow during the coronavirus pandemic. “Survival, not growth, will be the priority for executives in 2020. Survival will depend on maintaining cash flows and […]
Movie Monday: EMS@C-LEVEL Episode #3 Brad Heath, Founder & CEO, Virtex
In response to the COVID-19 lock-down and as part of a series of interview with C-Suite leaders from the EMS Industry, host, writer and journalist, Philip Stoten is joined from Texas, USA by Brad Heath, the founder and CEO of Virtex, an EMS with eight facilities in the US and Mexico.