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The new CEO of Crow Holdings is taking the reins of the organization's many facets.
Why you need to know him: Because for the first time in its 70-year continuous operating history, Dallas-based Crow Holdings is being run by someone outside the legendary Crow family. As longtime CEO Harlan Crow, 68, stepped down—but continued on as chairman of the board—in November, Michael Levy, Crow Holdings' new chief executive, took the reins of the organization's many facets. Among them: investment management division Crow Holdings Capital Real Estate; multifamily office business Crow Holdings Capital Investment Partners, which advises and manages non-real estate wealth; and real estate development arms Trammell Crow Residential and Crow Holdings Industrial.
"I don't sit around with Harlan and talk about profitability and returns; we talk about doing the right thing," Levy says.
Though Levy's character might have interested Harlan Crow most, his résumé couldn't have hurt. Levy, who's 51 and earned a bachelor's degree from New York University's Stern School of Business and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, spent nearly two decades at Morgan Stanley. There, he held several leadership positions, was deeply involved in the restructuring of the firm's real estate activities in 2008, and later worked as its head of traditional asset management.
After many more meetings and introductions, Levy joined Crow Holdings' executive team in November 2016, causing a lot of speculation that the organization had tapped its next CEO. Also as part of the promotion of Levy, longtime senior leader Anne Raymond transitioned to a board leadership role. Crow Holdings, which has real estate development offices from Seattle to Boston, manages $18 billion in capital across all its businesses and employs 450 people around the country, about half of them in Dallas.
Though Levy says fitting in with Crow Holdings' culture and character has been perhaps the most important aspect of his new role—"I don't sit around with Harlan and talk about profitability and returns; we talk about doing the right thing"—he has several clear business objectives dictated by two trends: demographic changes and online commerce.
And with the changing landscape of retail and industrial properties due to the rise of e-commerce, Crow Holdings sees "tremendous opportunity." Very few institutional investors have the proper allocation of investment dedicated to industrial properties, Levy contends. But not Crow Holdings. By investing in and developing more modern facilities, Crow intends to meet the needs of users that require such facilities for automation.
Mindful of the rise in online commerce, Levy says Crow Holdings also is finding "small" retail attractive. "There are internet-resistant retailers all over this country," he says. "We have dedicated investments around this strategy." Crow looks for food and beverage, convenience, and service retailers in properties with strong demographics.
To demonstrate Crow Holdings' dedication to its investments, the Crow family is a co-investor in virtually everything in the company's portfolio. Investors range from foundations, endowments, pensions, insurance companies, foreign sovereign investment entries, and the occasional high-net-worth individual.


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Kimber-Smith Lands NAEC Drive with 8Star
Tom Kimber-Smith signs with 8Star Motorsports for TUSC enduros…
Photo: John Dagys
After impressing at the wheel of CORE autosport's Oreca FLM09 over the past two seasons, Tom Kimber-Smith will make the switch to 8Star Motorsports for 2014 to lead its Prototype Challenge attack.
Sportscar365 has learned that the three-time Le Mans class winner has signed with the Enzo Potolicchio-owned operation for the four-round Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup, beginning with this month's TUDOR United SportsCar Challenge season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona.
"To do the enduros for the year is pretty exciting," Kimber-Smith told Sportscar365. "People don't really look at the PC car as a pro driver, but I thoroughly enjoy driving these things.
"The racing is pretty good. If you look at the field here today and look at the drivers that are in the PC field. You've got some world class drivers like Sam Bird from GP2 and WTCC champion Rob Huff. So it's starting to attract the right crowd. I think it can only get better."
The New York-based Englishman, who teamed with Potolicchio to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2012, was originally scheduled do a few Rolex Series races in 8Star's DP last year but it failed to materialize due to his WEC commitments with Greaves Motorsport.
Kimber-Smith has now been given the opportunity to lead the Florida-based team's attack in PC and has been off to a quick start. He topped the time charts in Sunday morning's test session at Daytona and is excited for the challenge ahead.
"I've been very lucky to have driven the CORE car," Kimber-Smith said. "They're now three-time PC champions. I've been in the best car for the past two years so I've been very fortunate to have that opportunity. I'm trying to take as much of that into this team as possible. So far, so good.
"We're doing well. But the 24 hour race is a unique one. It's very, very difficult and probably harder than Le Mans. I know it's going to be extremely cold [at night], which I'm not looking forward to!
"The team is awesome. They don't need to prove themselves. They did really well last year in DP. Enzo is a great team owner. I'm looking forward to it."
The remainder of 8Star's lineup for the full TUDOR Championship season or NAEC has yet to be announced
A number of drivers have turned laps in the 8Star car this weekend, including Kimber-Smith's Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge teammate Michael Marsal, along with the team's 2013 DP pilot Emilio DiGuida and SCCA racer Gaston Kearby.
Enzo Potolicchio's 18-year-old son, Christian, who impressed in his rookie season of IMSA Prototype Lites competition, is due to get his first laps in the PC car this afternoon.
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The New Man
Business Fitness Lets Get Tripp Lanier Entrepreneur Self-Improvement Podcasting Education
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Divide and Conquer: Avoid the Trap — Tripp Lanier
Are you sick of the pissing match being played out in politics and the media? Can you no longer be friends with folks because you have differing political views? And what if it's possible that we're being manipulated to believe this funhouse mirror version of reality? Today we take a look at some practical ways we can reclaim our power and peace of mind while the media and masses act like turd tossing toddlers. Feel free to keep whatever ideas work for you and discard the rest. In this interview: Tripp's history in the dark underbelly of politics Why we're far more similar than different Why some actively want to "divide and conquer" How to tell when we're being manipulated Ways we can drop the drama and focus on solutions instead You don't have to settle. Click here to learn the same mindset principles that Tripp Lanier uses with his coaching clients — including Navy SEALs, executives, and entrepreneurs. The Daily Toolkit is available for immediate download. https://thenewmanpodcast.com This Book Will Make You Dangerous is a swift kick in the ass that will make you laugh out loud. It's a practical guide to play for what we truly want, to get over ourselves, and have a ton of fun along the way.
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Where real entrepreneurs pitch to real investors—for real money. The Pitch takes you behind closed doors and into the world of startups: how people sell their ideas, what makes investors tick, and how these initial conversations can bloom into business deals—or die on the vine. Hosted by Josh Muccio. All eight seasons are available for free on Spotify.
The EntreLeadership Podcast
Hosted by Daniel Tardy, the EntreLeadership Podcast features lively discussions and tips on leadership and business by some of the top minds in the business, like Mark Cuban, Seth Godin, Jim Collins and Simon Sinek. More at www.EntreLeadership.com.
BloombergQuint All You Need To Know
Bloomberg | Quint is a multi-platform, Indian business and financial news company. We combine Bloomberg's global leadership in business and financial news and data, with Quintillion Media's deep expertise in the Indian market and digital news delivery, to provide high quality business news, insights and trends for India's sophisticated audiences.
A daily show for everyone who works a regular job and wants to start an income-earning project on the side. In each episode, listeners will hear a different story of someone who's started a side hustle—along with what went well, how that person overcame challenges, and what happened as a result. The show is written and hosted by Chris Guillebeau, the New York Times bestselling author of The $100 Startup, The Happiness of Pursuit, and other books.


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Q: EF Core: Ignore property only on save I have mapped an entity mapped to a database view (for querying data) and also to a table (for inserting, updating data).
To map an entity to the database view, I use this code (from the EF 5.0 docs):
modelBuilder
    .Entity<Blog>()
    .ToTable("Blogs")
    .ToView("BlogsView");

In the database view, I have additional columns computed by the database (they are not present in a table). I need these additional columns on every select query, but I need to ignore them on save and update.
The [NotMapped] data annotation is not a solution because it ignores properties at all commands (select, update, etc.). When I omit the [NotMapped] data annotation, however, EF throws error on insert because EF tries to  insert values to columns which do not exist in the table.
The [DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Computed)] attribute is also not a solution because, in the SQL insert statement, EF produces a query which selects the columns from table, not from database view.
Is there any solution to achieve this with the Fluent API without separately mapping different entities to the view (with the additional columns) and the table (without the additional columns)?

A: You have to set both BeforeSaveBehavior (for insert) and AfterSaveBehavior (for update) of the entity property to Ignore.
Currently there is no fluent API for that, but you could use the metadata API, e.g.
modelBuilder.Entity<Blog>().Property(e => e.ViewProp1)
    .Metadata.SetBeforeSaveBehavior(PropertySaveBehavior.Ignore);
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Have direct access to your VIPs.
press of a button away.
After the first start the Setup screen will be displayed immediately.
Enter your VIP contact data into the reserved contact fields.
the application will immediately return to the Setup screen.
The entry can be done by clicking the respective field.
you can scroll the screen as usual.
Alternatively you can enter the data by selecting them from your contacts.
select a contact and the respective entry (number or email).
The name and the selected contact information will be copied into your settings.
After you have completed the setup Save the settings end exit setup (by saving).
Afterwards the action screen will be displayed.
auto on will be displayed below the action data.
action will be executed without any further notification(confirmation.
will be displayed at every start of the application.
selected action will be executed with the defined contact data.
The info Screen displays a short instruction.
open the App's support page in your Browser.
This only works if you have internet access.
cost might apply for downloading data form the internet.
this can be done straight in the setup screen..
Setup screen, as the program will be classed after auto executing the action.
In the device settings select the settings for VIPcom.
Now you can set the Reset Switch to on.
At the next start of the App it will start up with an empty setup screen.
just erase the text in the Default field (SMS in the above example).
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The Youngstown State baseball team scored the first 13 runs of the game and beat Bowling Green 13-4 to complete a doubleheader sweep on Tuesday evening at Eastwood Field. The Penguins also beat Niagara 11-5 earlier in the day in the rare split, day-night doubleheader.
Blaze Glenn hit two home runs and went 4-for-4 with four runs scored and four RBIs in the contest. The sophomore outfielder also homered against the Purple Eagles in game one of the doubleheader for a total of three blasts on the day. Web Charles and Nick Massey added two hits apiece, and 10 different Penguins recorded hits against Bowling Green.
Alex Bellardini earned his first win in a starting role as a Penguin, and he got his second victory this season against the Falcons. The senior right-hander blanked the Falcons over the first six innings, allowing just four hits and one walk while striking out three. He left with the Penguins ahead 11-0.
Charles gave the Penguins a 1-0 lead in the second when he singled in Glenn, and Glenn led off the fourth inning with the first of his two homers in the game. Youngstown State scored four runs in that fourth, and Glenn also homered to start the fifth to make the score 6-0.
The Penguins then sent 10 men to the plate in the sixth as they scored five runs on four hits to blow the game open and take an 11-0 advantage. Four different players had RBIs in the frame. Glenn's two-run single in the bottom of the seventh put the Penguins up 13-0.
Bowling Green did all of its scoring with two outs in the top of the eighth inning.
Youngstown State will host a three-game series against Wright State this weekend. Game one against the Raiders will be Friday at 6 p.m. at Eastwood Field.


I had lunch with an old friend today who now lives in Seoul. He was full of amusing and interesting perspectives, from the standpoint of a Korean-American. I was lamenting about the anti-American sentiment I've been experiencing here (more on this later) and he pointed out how backwards and far behind this country still is…..if it wants to catch up with the rest of the Western world.
You dial "119" in an emergency in Korea. Yes, that's backwards from "911" in the US and other parts of the world. Information is also "114" in Korea, not "411" as in the US.


TYSONS CORNER, Va., July 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of enterprise analytics, mobile, and security software platforms, today announced financial results for the three-month period ended June 30, 2015 (the second quarter of its 2015 fiscal year).
Second quarter 2015 revenues were $132.9 million versus $141.9 million for the second quarter of 2014, a 6% decrease. Product licenses and subscription services revenues for the second quarter of 2015 were $36.4 million versus $35.3 million for the second quarter of 2014, a 3% increase. Product support revenues for the second quarter of 2015 were $70.7 million versus $74.6 million for the second quarter of 2014, a 5% decrease. Other services revenues for the second quarter of 2015 were $25.8 million versus $32.0 million for the second quarter of 2014, a 20% decrease. Foreign currency headwinds continued to have a negative impact on revenues for the second quarter of 2015.
Operating expenses for the second quarter of 2015 were $72.3 million versus $119.0 million for the second quarter of 2014, a 39% decrease. In addition, during the second quarter of 2015, MicroStrategy capitalized $4.2 million in costs associated with further development of MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise™, while no development costs were capitalized during the second quarter of 2014. MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise was made generally available in June 2015.
Income from operations for the second quarter of 2015 was $34.8 million, as compared to a loss from operations of $12.7 million for the second quarter of 2014. Net income for the second quarter of 2015 was $22.5 million, or $1.95 per share on a diluted basis, as compared to a net loss of $10.3 million, or $0.91 per share on a diluted basis, for the second quarter of 2014.
Non-GAAP income from operations, which excludes share-based compensation expense and restructuring costs, was $39.2 million for the second quarter of 2015, as compared to a non-GAAP loss from operations of $9.6 million for the second quarter of 2014.
As of June 30, 2015, MicroStrategy had cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of $427.9 million, as compared to $345.5 million as of December 31, 2014, an increase of $82.4 million. As of June 30, 2015, MicroStrategy had 9.3 million shares of class A common stock and 2.0 million shares of class B common stock outstanding.
The table at the end of this press release includes a reconciliation of income from operations to non-GAAP income from operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014. An explanation of this non-GAAP measure is also included under the heading "Non-GAAP Financial Measure" below.
MicroStrategy will be discussing its second quarter 2015 financial results on a conference call today beginning at approximately 6:00 p.m. EDT. To access the conference call, dial (844) 824-7425 (domestically) or (716) 220-9429 (internationally) and use conference ID 84898302. A live webcast and replay of the conference call will be available under the "Events & Presentations" section on MicroStrategy's investor relations website at http://ir.microstrategy.com/events.cfm. The replay will be available beginning approximately two hours after the call concludes until August 1, 2015 at (855) 859-2056 (domestically) or (404) 537-3406 (internationally) using the passcode 84898302. An archived webcast will also be available under the "Events & Presentations" section on MicroStrategy's investor relations website at http://ir.microstrategy.com/events.cfm.
MicroStrategy also announced today that it has appointed Phong Le as its new Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, effective as of his start date with the Company, which is expected to be on or about August 24, 2015. Le will succeed Douglas K. Thede, who has served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company since 2009 and who, in March 2015, announced his intention to retire from the Company.
Le is currently the chief financial officer of XO Communications, a privately-held telecommunications company that owns and operates one of the largest Ethernet and IP networks in the U.S. Before joining XO Communications, Le held senior positions, including vice president of financial planning and analysis and vice president of strategy and business operations, at NII Holdings, a NASDAQ-listed telecommunications company. Le also has over ten years' of experience working for Deloitte's consulting practice. Le holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"We are very pleased to welcome Phong to our senior management team. Phong has strong leadership skills, operational focus, and experience in taking on strategic roles in addition to leading a company's financial functions," said Michael J. Saylor, MicroStrategy's Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. "We believe that he can make significant contributions to MicroStrategy's strategic plan and operational goals."
"I am thrilled to be a part of MicroStrategy's exciting future," said Le. "MicroStrategy is well positioned to take advantage of developments in Business Analytics and Security, making this a great time to be joining MicroStrategy's leadership team. I look forward to helping MicroStrategy enhance shareholder value and working with our investor community."
In June 2015, MicroStrategy announced the general availability of MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise. For the first time, MicroStrategy's analytics platform combines traditional business intelligence functionality with data discovery, mobile analytics and powerful enterprise security. MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise builds on proven enterprise capabilities to make sophisticated, high-performance analytics more accessible, easier to use, and faster. To learn more about MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise, watch this video or visit MicroStrategy online.
"MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise is a groundbreaking solution that combines analytics, mobility, and security in a single integrated platform," said Michael Saylor, CEO, MicroStrategy Incorporated. "It delivers outstanding enterprise functionality through an intuitive and easy-to-use interface for every user that is powerful enough for the most demanding organizations. We are confident that IT and business leaders will be impressed with MicroStrategy 10™ and its ability to create stunning new applications that deliver tremendous value to the enterprise."
Revamped data discovery offers enhanced exploration and visualization capabilities on both Mac OS and Windows. New built-in data wrangling capabilities enable users to quickly prepare data for analysis without using other tools.
New governed data discovery makes it simple to promote dashboards from the desktop to the enterprise, providing a seamless path from self-service analytics to enterprise BI.
New native Hadoop access makes analyzing petabytes of multi-structured data easy. MicroStategy 10 offers native HDFS connectivity within a complete enterprise analytics environment.
Bigger, better in-memory performance lets users put more data on parallel-partitioned in-memory cubes, so organizations can run faster queries across larger volumes of data.
Completely redesigned HTML5 interface makes self-service analytics faster, more intuitive, and easier to use, so users can quickly connect to any data and drag-and-drop their way to business insights in an instant.
New Operations Manager enables administrators to save time and drive efficiency by managing and monitoring all of their environments from a single interface.
Cutting-edge platform security, powered by biometric and multi-factor authentication, provides enhanced security for every method of analytics delivery, conveniently and seamlessly.
Convenient user verification with a smartphone app replaces the need for users to log in with a password.
Out-of-the-box employee productivity app, built on MicroStrategy's proprietary telemetry database, gives managers powerful insight into employee activity and performance.
"The new HTML5 interface in version 10 is a game changer," said Kevin Curley, Executive Director of Business Intelligence at Catalina Marketing. "The new interface and functionality have significantly improved the self-service user experience, while at the same time, have cut the learning curve for new users. Furthermore, having the ability to easily integrate with advanced analytics and open source libraries like D3 has significantly increased our ability to visualize data exactly the way we want."
"We currently rely on the MicroStrategy Analytics Platform™ to track programming investments, analyze ad and affiliate sales trends, and review sales team performance," said Madhur Sawhney, Sr. Director Data & Analytics Technology at Discovery Communications. "After testing MicroStrategy 10 as an early adopter, our team really likes the new functionality -- in particular, the ability to easily wrangle and parse data as well as save/import wrangling scripts functionality. The enhanced data blending features and on-the-fly data manipulations made possible with version 10 and Visual Insight provide incredible speed-of-interactivity and ease of use."
"MicroStrategy 10 is a workhorse built to support a wide variety of end users," said Frank Zhou, Software Development Manager at PayPal. "In testing, we successfully loaded a cube with over two billion rows (~400GB) while supporting sub-second query execution and greater user scalability, thanks to the new high performance in-memory architecture."
"We have had the opportunity over the last several months to test the beta version of MicroStrategy 10, and I'm here to tell you that they got it right with MicroStrategy 10," said Jim Butz, Principal at Southport Services Group. "MicroStrategy 10 is packed with exceptional functionality and capabilities, including a redesigned data discovery interface for easier and better data exploration, native HDFS connectivity for faster access to Hadoop, and new in-memory architecture for faster performance. I'm excited about the upcoming release and seeing how the broader market receives the latest product offering from MicroStrategy."
"After implementing MicroStrategy 10 as an early adopter, we are delighted with the cleaner streamlined interface, the new analytical capabilities, and the ability users now have to personalize their analytics experience," said Peter Zaballos, Vice President of Marketing & Product, SPS Commerce. "In the omni-channel retail era our customers are facing, analytics is critical to understanding the ever-changing demands of the consumer. The improved accessibility and rich data visualization capabilities of MicroStrategy 10 will enable our retail and CPG customers to better track consumer buying trends and inventory availability to grow their business."
In May 2015, MicroStrategy unveiled its worldwide 2015 Symposium Series focused on presenting MicroStrategy 10 to the marketplace. MicroStrategy is presenting version 10's powerful capabilities to symposium attendees in cities around the world, and providing a complimentary copy of the new data discovery and visualization product, MicroStrategy Desktop 10.0, valued at $600, to every attendee. The events, which are expected to draw thousands of attendees across North America, EMEA, and APAC, will provide analytics users with a detailed introduction to MicroStrategy 10.
Symposium attendees have the opportunity to attend technical sessions that drill down into all of the new capabilities of MicroStrategy 10, and learn how they can be applied to existing business intelligence applications. The events also feature talks from local MicroStrategy customers who are giving real-world examples of how they have used MicroStrategy's enterprise analytics solution to increase revenues and cut costs at their organizations.
In April 2015, MicroStrategy debuted the Usher Software Development Kit (SDK), enabling developers to build Usher™ security capabilities - including any of Usher's logical or physical access functionalities - into their existing mobile applications, web applications, and enterprise software packages. With the Usher SDK, homegrown applications can implement sophisticated functionalities like step-up authentication to restrict sensitive information from unauthorized access or approval workflows that require biometric validation to help ensure validity of the approver. The ability to perform authentication and identity verification tasks unlocks the door to making existing applications vastly more functional to user bases. In this way, Usher secures enterprise assets and information, whether through the standard Usher interfaces or within any application of the enterprise. The Usher SDK is available from the Usher Developer Portal at http://developer.usher.com.
Already available in the cloud, Usher can be installed on-premise to meet business requirements when data must live behind the corporate firewall. On-premise installation deploys the complete Usher solution to the enterprise, including the Usher Security Server, the Usher Network Manager administration app, and Usher Analytics. End users of an on-premise Usher deployment acquire applications from the public app stores. To get started with Usher and set up Usher identities for your organization, visit: http://www.microstrategy.com/us/security.
Leading organizations that have chosen Usher include SenHeng Electric subsidiary Blackbox BI Consultancy, Georgetown University, and global incubator 1776.
"Our business at SenHeng is to create a unique customer experience with our products and services and that is our key differentiator in the market," said KH Lim, Founder of SenHeng Electric Sdn Bhd. "Based on our successful deployment of MicroStrategy's analytics and mobile technologies as cloud-based analytics solutions, it made sense for us to select MicroStrategy Usher as an enterprise security offering for today's security-critical environment. MicroStrategy Usher will be used to access business processes and applications across the enterprise, replacing keycards and passwords with mobile identity badges securely delivered on smartphones. An Usher badge will be used to identify both SenHeng Electric's customers as well as SenHeng mobile service's customers. Having a single MicroStrategy platform for analytics, mobile and identity management will help us create a new, valuable customer experience."
"We wanted a more secure and efficient method for our students and administrators to log into university websites and web apps than the traditional user name and password," said Marty Johnson, Senior Director of Identity, Collaboration, Mobile, and GOCard at Georgetown University. "We have deployed Usher, which integrates with our Shibboleth single sign-on system and allows our university population to securely sign in to any Georgetown website by simply scanning a QR code with their mobile phone, eliminating the need for passwords. We are also working closely with MicroStrategy and the Usher product team to design a solution to address our costly password reset problem. Once that work is completed, we expect to see a significantly reduced number of help desk requests for locked user accounts and, as a result, to reap substantial cost savings."
"At 1776, we are in the business of identifying transformational, disruptive startups that can change the world," said Stephanie Vidikan, Director of Operations at 1776. "MicroStrategy's Usher is one of those products. Startups at 1776's Washington, D.C. location can use Usher 'keys' on their mobile phones to unlock doors, elevators, and gateways. We are excited to see how Usher's features will reinvent how companies manage access to their physical spaces."
In April 2015, MicroStrategy announced the availability of Usher™ for Apple Watch. Enterprises deploying Usher are able to use Apple Watch as a secure digital key, enabling wearers to log into enterprise business systems, unlock devices, validate personal identity, and open physical entryways with a simple gesture or tap.
One of the first Apple Watch integrations directly addressing the needs of the enterprise, Usher for Apple Watch leverages the unique features of the Apple Watch, including Glances, Notifications, and Force Touch, seamlessly enabling the new device to be used for a broad range of business security applications. The app is designed to detect a vast range of business systems, hardware and physical entryways as users approach. Users receive push notifications on their Apple Watch prompting them to unlock their workstation, log into a system, or open a doorway with a simple tap or gesture on the device.
Usher for Apple Watch is part of the Usher platform, which launched in early 2015. Usher is an enterprise-grade security solution that provides secure authentication for business processes and applications across the enterprise. The platform replaces traditional forms of identity such as IDs, passwords, and tokens with biometric mobile identity and multi-factor authentication, all from a single mobile app. Usher provides streamlined administrative capabilities that let organizations easily set up and enforce biometric security with geo-fencing, time-fencing, and Touch ID access on mobile devices.
In June 2015, MicroStrategy announced that NHS Scotland's Golden Jubilee National Hospital deployed the MicroStrategy Analytics Platform and MicroStrategy Mobile™ to monitor, report, and analyze over 200 quality indicators consisting of patient care, staffing, and performance metrics. Golden Jubilee National Hospital is a Scottish Health Board, working with the public, private and third sector to reduce health inequalities and improve health.
"Improving quality care to realize superior patient outcomes is a journey with many twists and turns, so the enterprise analytics platform we chose is one that fits our complex needs and will evolve with us," said Jill Young, CEO, NHS Scotland's Golden Jubilee National Hospital. "We have realized numerous benefits from using MicroStrategy in a short order of time. The platform's comprehensive capabilities allow us to measure, in detail, the success of our Quality Framework and inform members of our staff via mobile apps on how they can be more responsive to our patients. Furthermore, we believe our Quality Framework, with MicroStrategy as its enterprise analytics standard, can be a model for adoption at other healthcare facilities around the world."
In 2013, NHS Scotland's Golden Jubilee National Hospital replaced its incumbent dashboard and reporting tool with MicroStrategy's enterprise analytics solution, which today enables a staff of several hundred -- including directors, clinicians, doctors, consultants, nurses, and administrative staff -- to easily analyze patient care, staffing, and performance targets on their iPad devices, revealing underlying and previously unknown patterns and interactions between patients and the hospital. With MicroStrategy, Board committees are able to review employee performance and make decisions that improve management and effectiveness. Hospital administrators can drill into the top 30-40 quality indicators in great detail and easily make informed decisions to enhance patient care. In addition, nurses and other administrative staff are using survey data that patients complete upon the end of their stay to make adjustments that improve the overall patient experience.
Update data anywhere, and at any time, improving data accuracy and preventing data loss.
Receive alerts within the app when data reaches critical levels, e.g. an outpatient gives negative feedback in an exit survey.
View all key quality indicators in one screen to get a quick overview of hospital performance in real-time.
Easily interpret detailed information with stunning data visualizations.
Securely update and share information with relevant staff members.
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In April 2015, MicroStrategy announced that leading UK car insurance provider Admiral Group, with headquarters in Cardiff, Wales, selected the MicroStrategy Analytics Platform for its new policy administration system. Admiral Group, which insures more than 3.9 million vehicles and has 7,000 staff worldwide, will use MicroStrategy to deliver a new dashboard reporting analytics solution as part of its policy administration system being implemented at present.
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The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA), a political subdivision of the state of Texas, is authorized to acquire, construct, maintain, repair and operate turnpike projects in the north Texas region. A new MicroStrategy customer, NTTA has selected MicroStrategy Analytics and MicroStrategy Mobile to provide employees with interactive dashboards, reports, ad hoc analysis, and map views of data points on Texas roadways. By moving toward a proactive, self-service reporting/analytics model, NTTA's user community will be able to perform analytics on customer behavior, report on compliance, and recover lost revenue. NTTA will also be able to report on real-time operational data coming from sensors on roadways (that detect weather and traffic conditions), electronic tolling data (toll tag transactions and license plate images for cashless OCR tolling), invoicing data, and customer demographics (driving habits). Through a competitive bid and evaluation of visual data discovery and business intelligence vendors in the market, NTTA selected MicroStrategy because its feature set best fit NTTA's business requirements. Also cited were MicroStrategy's ease of use, high performance, scalability, lower total cost of ownership and its mobile capabilities in support of iOS and Android devices.
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The frenzy over the phenomenally popular video game "Fortnite" may be easing, according to revenue estimates released Thursday by market tracker SuperData.
The free online game's revenue grew just 2 per cent in July from the previous month — despite creator Epic Games releasing a new season of its "battle pass" offering digital perks and added challenges.
"Fortnite's peak may be behind us," SuperData said.
However, some game industry insiders contend that the game's typically school-age fans may just be on summer vacations — and could come back in force once lessons get back underway.
"Fortnite" became an eSports phenomenon after last year's release of a free "Battle Royale" mode that lets up to 100 players vie to be the last character standing on ever-shrinking terrain.
The game passed a billion dollars in revenue last month after earnings from sales of digital items such as dance moves or avatar outfits climbed 7 per cent from April to May.
"Fortnite" — the star of Los Angeles' Electronic Entertainment Expo video game extravaganza in Los Angeles in June — still remained the top money maker on consoles in July, according to SuperData.
Metrics from Amazon-owned gameplay streaming service Twitch on Thursday showed that "Dota 2" was the most popular title with viewers so far in August, relegating "Fortnite" to second place.
Players worldwide spent $8.2 billion on digital games in July, in a 3 per cent increase from the same month late year, SuperData said.


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USA Gymnastics Tries But Fails To Execute The Rare Triple Down Maneuver
USA Gymnastics has named Mary Bono as the organization's newest CEO. In perhaps the least surprising news every published, her hiring was impossibly tone deaf, and the gymnasts she was proposing to lead less than thrilled with the organization's decision. Bono has already stepped down.
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Institutional Culture Reliably Protects Abusers, Not The Abused
Aly Raisman's righteous anger at Larry Nassar was deserved. So to was her righteous anger at the system that aided and abetted him. But only one of those is going to get the attention that it deserves.
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From the beginning, the Personal Year number in Numerology has helped guide me and offer clarity and direction to my clients. With simply adding the month and day you were born to the current year, you can figure this out too.
The very first and only numerology workshop I attended laid this concept out. It totally blew me away! I did the math and looked up at the board. I'm in a 7 Year which means it is a time to withdraw, study and spend time alone. This was such a relief, this was EXACTALLY what I was doing. It was the REASON I was at the workshop (to study)! I felt a bit obsessed (and guilty!) about my self-induced study habits as I would read every spiritual and self help book I could get my hands on. I'd spend hours writing down my dreams and doing Google searches for their meanings. I'd sit half the day in the library studying the many forms of deviation, learning about Reiki and other healing modalities.
Doing readings early on for family members helped me hone my chops. One specific reading sticks out in my mind about the Personal Year 9.
Looking at a chart, I could see that a major shift was coming for a niece in 2015. It was going to be a Personal Year 9 for her, which meant something was coming to an end. Her Pinnacle was shifting from a 1 to a 4. This baffled me as I would interpret the one as being independence and the 4 being building family or a family responsibility. She also had several 6's in her chart which is about being domestic, further confusing me since I knew she didn't want children. I contemplated how to tell her what I was interpreting and decided to pull some Life Purpose cards. I pulled 3 cards all relating to children. As I stood over the cards trying to make sense of them, "Well maybe it means you give birth to a new project?" "Maybe you'll be taking care of something important?" I was really fishing to find another meaning besides you're going to have a baby. She finally smiled at me, "I know what it all means." She whispers, "Don't tell anyone yet, but I want to have a baby. We want to start a family." Update: Her daughter was born in 2015, just like the reading had indicated to me.
In my book, I use the Personal Year to help set fitness goals – using the support for the year to really amp up your resolve. In "B is for Business" post, I teach you how to use the Personal Year Number to help with business goals.
Let's see where you are at. Do the math below and scroll down for your Personal Year Number. Add up all the digits until you get a single digit.
Here is a mini Personal Year reading for you.
May you all allow yourself to go with the flow of these energies. If you'd like to know more or would like to see how they relate to other cycles in your chart like your pinnacles (turning points) or life cycles schedule a reading with me.
The 9th month. As is the Life Path of a 9 a humanitarian one, the month of September will bring on a feeling of oneness with everyone. A connectedness that may not enjoyable to all. Like when a co-worker or mate is around your neck or a parent is riding your back. It is this connectedness thatcauses us some 'ta-do' and we are here this month to get it 'ta-done'. Take a look at your forecast for this month and spend some time with it. Just as the scientist are discovering that attention to something changes its behavior, you too will soon discover that your attention to matters will make a change.
School is in session kids! For this month I invite you to look up all three (or four) of your digits and follow the instructions there. Do some homework, you'll be glad you did. Also practice that penmanship and hand write your answers. In the example above the total was 27 so this person would look up 2, 7 and 9.
1 Life Path- (Creativity and Confidence) –When a 1 wants to get something done they just need to think about it often during the day. They will condition their brain to consider it as part of them. It won't take long before a 1 brain will begin a new habit. The trick is to keep whatever it is that is wanted close to the heart. Meditation, daily affirmations and any other daily reminders will help. The more organic they are the better. An intention instead of an alarm clock, a handwritten note instead of a phone generated reminder. You'll connect to your true self better this way.
2 Life Path-(Cooperation and Balance)- 2's are so very sensitive and they forget that that is what makes them special. They wish their sensitivity away- no bueno. It is when they allow their sensitivity that they are truly themselves. A good exercise for 2's is to write down all the things they find good about their emotions. How emotions keep them safe when they feel danger, when emotions connect them to their children/family/friends and all the ways they appreciate 'feeling'. Keeping a diary just for this purpose will be very helpful.
3 Life Path- (Expression and Sensitivity) – 3's really need to express what they are feeling but also need to be careful not to dump it on others. Their emotions are powerful indicators that are there to teach them about themselves. Each emotion they experience is a window into their soul. Homework for you is to explore each one of these that disturbs you the most. Angry at a co-worker, explore 'why'. Upset at your mate, write down why and see where it leads. You are a culmination of all that is important. Heed your emotions as a guidance system. A guidance systemthat you asked for, one that will lead you where you want to go, one that will set you free.
4 Life Path- (Stability and Process) – Building is in a 4's repertoire. They can build a wall faster than anyone to keep everyone out. They make good hermits but this does not serve their highest and greatest good. A good way to deal with those reclusive feelings is to identify the resistance. What is it about where they need to go bothers them? What is it about people that bugs them? When they explore this they will resolve it. What you resist will persist so until you figure it out or stop worrying about it, it will nag at you.
5 Life Path- (Freedom and Discipline) – 5's have avoidance in spades. They like to avoid the things that are difficult for them. They do not understand that by doing the things that are most difficult the road to less resistance will appear. If a 5 wants to have an easy time at work they need to focus on what it is they like least and find a way to like it. Although this might be difficult, just by considering what you like about it will change the energy of it. Take the least enjoyable thing about your job and do it first thing in the morning- a jump start to a great day!
6 Life Path- (Vison and Acceptance) – The unconditional love of the 6 sometimes gets in their way. They love things to death. They need to back off the things they love a little bit. Give room to things to grow and change. By holding onto things, 6's create a disharmony. Loving something does not mean having it in their life all of the time. Allowing things to move in and out is true unconditional love. Yes, this takes lots of trust but the things that a 6 are meant to love the most just might need to be the furthest away.
7 Life Path- (Trust and Openness) – The truth will set a 7 free but that is the rub. This is the most difficult thing for a 7 but that is because it is what you are here to learn. Trust, honesty and above all wisdom to know the difference. The difference between truth and non-truth. Not lies per say but just knowing what does not serve you. What in your life does not serve your greatest and highest good? What would you like to have less of? Less chaos? Less gossip? Less sass talk? Only you know the answer (truth) so sit with it for a awhile and see what comes up.
8 Life Path- (Abundance and Power) – You can advance at a high speed, you can also recede very quickly too. Be mindful of this in regards to your thoughts. What is your mind saying? Are they positive statements or derogatory? It does not matter who or what these statements are about, they just create more negativity. Pick something that is causing you some anxiety and try hard to find something positive about it. If it is a person that is especially irritating try to recall what attracted you to this person in the beginning. If it is a work situation that seems out of your control, consider how you could creatively solve it or what it would look like when it is resolved. We are only given challenges that we can handle.
9 Life Path- (Integrity and Wisdom) – Shoot, you may have used all your ammo last month. That is to say that you may have been making the wrong fight. You don't understand this now but the things that are bothering you are what you need to know in the future to make your decisions. You need to start asking hard questions, of yourself and of others. What are you here to accomplish? Not just to get by but the big picture type of accomplishment?
We cannot say if the month of May was a success or not. There was so much change that the debris from the month is still settling. You may have had a hard time and the month of June has you wanting to sit and chill out. There is a purpose for all of this. The big change and then time for a rest and retreat. Ah! All the 're' words are appropriate as Mercury in Retro reminds us to slow down and retreat, review, relax…you get the idea.
We are going to change things up this month and give you a taste of "Health and Wellness by the Numbers". This is a supplement to the Fitscope post awhile back. Those of you who have sworn off exercise, you really need to pay attention this month. The thing that you need to understand is that this information is coming to you for a reason. Your health is so very important and you need to make it so. No more putting it off. It is time to start. This is also a personal approach, not a one size fits all, so it will be personal for you..
If you have been at the fitness routine for some time – it is time for a change. You need to get yourself out of the rut you are in. I've added a few tidbits about diet, please take them into serious consideration. It won't kill you to try it and it will go far in helping you to maintain your weight. If you need to lose a few pounds pay attention to that. Your doctor might not tell you that your weight is the cause of many of your woes but I'm going to tell you. Get Fit, Get Fabulous, Get Fantastic! To calculate your Life Path Number, add all the digits of your birthdate until you get a single digit. For example November 30, 1975 is calculated: 1+1+3+1+9+7+5 = 27, 2+7 = 9. This person's Life Path Number is a 9 so they would scroll down to "9" to find the Numeroscope message.
1 Life Path- (Creativity and Confidence) – Please take your physical health more seriously then you have been. You will be expecting to take on a bit more (1's are leaders and people FOLLOW them!) and stamina is required. Go back to the Fitscope and review your reading then add those activities to your calendar now. As for diet, you have been considering what needs to go (caffeine, flour, sugar, dairy)- they do need to go. You will be so glad you did this for yourself. Combining new workout with your new way of eating will sure to make others heads turn….and those heads will ask you what you are doing to look so fabulous.
2 Life Path-(Cooperation and Balance)- When twos come to the conclusion that they need to make changes, they need to have support around them. They need to have a small community in support of their goals. Join a group or just enlist the help of close family and/or friends. Two's need to keep in mind they are not changing others, they are just asking for support. The friend that always asks you to go for coffee or ice cream will need to stop doing that. The family member who insists that you bring your famous dessert to the party needs to know you will no longer do this. You're right, they won't like it but it's what is best for you that matters. Take care of yourself so you have the energy and longevity to take care of others. Please reread the Fitscope for exercise suggestions.
3 Life Path- (Expression and Sensitivity) – Threes are the best at organizing others but when it comes to yourself you have trouble seeing what is important. There really isn't anything more important than your health- is there? You can keep putting this off or you can start today. It is best that you make an honest attempt at it. No more fooling yourself and thinking that you're doing alright. A body needs to be free of pain, not carry extra weight and have energy all day long. If this is not your current situation, get real with yourself. It is your sensitive self that eats, not your physical self that is asking for it. What does your sensitive self need? Answer that question and you will be on your way to great health.
4 Life Path- (Stability and Process) – You are the kings and queens of creating a workout format! This however is not all you need. Fours also need a venue where you can teach what you have learned. You will get further if you share what you have learned about fitness. You can help so many and help yourself in return. On the small scale this is a group of friends or family that go for a hike instead of out to lunch or to the bar. On a big scale this is a fitness job. What seems more doable at this time in your life? Start now. As far as food intake is concerned, if you think you might be making some not so good choices, start writing down what you eat so you can see for yourself. If needed, take it another step and seek a nutritionist or start studying. If you have some health concerns; difficult menstrual cycles, pain, or indigestion, start investigating what foods can cause these disruptions. Your body can be pain free and it deserves to be.
5 Life Path- (Freedom and Discipline) – "Well it won't be long now", said the monkey who cut off his tail. Are you ready yet? I hope so. You need to start that exciting new fitness program now. Make it exciting. Be sure that it is not too regimented. Fives tend to push too much in the beginning and longevity is needed in this pursuit. As for food- you know what needs to go and you know what you need to add. I could tell you but it won't help. You must be true to yourself and stop eating those things that do not serve you. When you have a weak moment get outside, fives need more nature. You can find support in reading/connecting with others who share your woes. Reread your Fitscope for ideas.
6 Life Path- (Vison and Acceptance) – When the time has come for you to put some serious thought into these healthy changes you will be back here looking for support, I will be here. Those who are ready now can start by offering themselves a hug. Sixes need more self-care or there won't be anything left for others. You just take on too much of other peoples stuff. Time alone is necessary to decipher what is important. All the information in the world is not going to help you until you are ready. If you need to think, it is best that it be outside so now is a good time of year to start this health and wellness business. If you think of it as a business and getting yourself healthy is the goal, you will have a much better time of it. You are now the CEO of your own health club. What rules will you institute? Will you allow other members? What foods will you allow at your health club? You will be in charge of this club and you'll have a great time looking at it this way. See your Fitscope for more exercise ideas.
7 Life Path- (Trust and Openness) – Sevens are able to write this section by themselves. You know what you need but your problem is procrastination. Decide when you want to start all of this. There will never be a perfect time and if you are telling yourself it is time to start then listen to that inner guidance. You will be able to make all the changes you need with your health and wellness. Help others too. But first you must begin…that is all…just begin. What is it that stops you? Is it your fear of quitting? Trust me, you will not. You will start your plan and you will keep up with it. You are a seven and that is what sevens do, they finish what they start. As for food, get more education on this to deepen your connection with yourself. Your body is telling you what you need but you can cannot hear it right now. Trust that your body is talking and take time each day to ask it questions. It will answer you- it will.
8 Life Path- (Abundance and Power) – So what are you doing with all that extra time of yours? I hope a significant amount of it is making sure you are healthy. You could manage a multi-million dollar contract without breaking a sweat. (Most of us would faint.) Apply this same nonchalance in finance as you do to your own body. It is very simple what your body needs, YOU make it complicated. You are very attached to things. In the boardroom you'd have your wits, your pen and a piece of paper. You would be alert with your eyes and ears open wide. These are the tools you need for your health and wellness. As for food, writing down what you eat will help in the beginning. Be careful of the things your substituting, again don't get complicated. Eat simple organic meals, no more than three ingredients is a good base line. You can do this.
9 Life Path- (Integrity and Wisdom) – Nine, nine, nine. That is 'no' in another language, isn't it? That is no coincidence here. You don't like to be told what to do or that you're doing something wrong. Most of the time you don't do anything wrong but when it comes to your health and wellness you may have dropped the ball. You need to stop worrying so much about others and start thinking about the changes you need to make. When you are ready to start, nothing will stop you. If you do start, you will be blow away by what others will say. They do look to you for wisdom, share your knowledge of health and wellness by taking care of yourself first. You know what needs to be done, don't wait, start now. Most 9's can eat what they want, just make sure it is quality food. You may need to cut back on sugar but you know this already. The health problems may not be evident now but you could avoid many problems down the road.
July, the seventh month of the year encompasses: introspection, enlightenment, independence, truth finding, and even spirituality. Did our Founding Fathers understand the energy of seven in choosing the month of July as the "birth" of our nation? Thomas Jefferson eloquently wrote his thoughts on how he envisioned independence for the States. One man sat with his thoughts, the thoughts of others and created a beautiful gift for all of us.
The energy of July, asks you to take time out this month to contemplate. What is your truth? What will set you free? Just as Jefferson so humbly took on the task to outline our nations freedom wishes, can you take the task on for yourself? What is your declaration? What direction will you pen for yourself? What rights would you like to invoke? Spend time alone this month and do some soul-searching. Use the reading below as a catalyst for your introspection.
There is an immeasurable and intoxicating amount of freedom in knowing who you are and where you are going. Let Your Freedom Ring!
To calculate your Life Path Number, add all the digits of your birthdate until you get a single digit. For example November 30, 1975 is calculated: 1+1+3+1+9+7+5 = 27, 2+7 = 9. This person's Life Path Number is a 9 so they would scroll down to "9" to find the Numeroscope message. For those working the 10, 11 or 12 path, I have added those. PS Our nation's date of birth is a "5". Five is the energy of freedom and change, freedom and change indeed!
1 Reflect on your body. What does it need? Have you been giving it adequate rest, quiet and calm? The proper nutrition and exercise? Go out in nature to connect, listen to your body's wisdom.
2 Is there something in your life that has come to an end? A job? A relationship? You may not be ready but know that as soon as you are ready to accept your loss the gifts that do serve you will appear.
3 Sit. Ask for courage. Then ask yourself what the problem truly is, with no need for blame. Your waistline too big? Your bank account too small? Once you do this your Higher Self will find solutions and you can make the changes that are necessary.
4 Is there something going on around you or within you that isn't quite right? Be aware of others deception as well as your own tendency to deceive. Deceit is usually thoughtlessness or fear and most often a means of self-protection. Trust your vibes. Have courage and integrity to be honest.
5 Tune into your own inner knowing. Your awareness is become more evolved than just basic intuition. Record your dreams, believe in messages, trust what is coming to you.
6 If you are experiencing emptiness or boredom it is your soul telling you there is something more. An unexpressed talent or creativity along with the love in your heart is wanting to be shared.
7 Admit your injuries and disappointments, move toward forgiveness. It is now time to heal, learn and grow.
8 Allow the Universe to complete some tasks for you. Overdoing is fear in disguise. Take some time to rest.
9 If you are discontented or frustrated take that as a sign to learn more, expand more, dare more, and create more. What do you like to create?
10 Looking for kindred spirits? Know that you do not have to go it alone. Your soul is seeking kinship. Join a club, enroll in a course, or sign up for a team.
11 All is well. Your past has left you with a deeper capacity to love. Use that to go beyond personal love and include all humanity. Others will see you as a source of contentment.
12 Do you need a break? Do you feel the need to take a delicious retreat? Listen to your inner wisdom. Take time now to sit in quiet reflection. Write, meditate, seek counsel and allow yourself this time every day. Make time for yourself.
I will bring you this guidance the 4th Monday of each month for the following month. The next free monthly reading for August will appear Monday, July 28. If you want more information on your Life Path or Numerology send me an email at theenergygarden@outlook.com . I will send a free mini Life Path reading to the first person who sends me a request. Anyone who makes a donation (heart icon on lower left of each blog page) will receive a free mini reading as well. Just send me an email to confirm the date/time of your donation.


Since he keeps showing up in the news, let's pontificate the Lance Armstrong debacle. This man lied consistently for years and apparently would never have come clean had he not been caught. He can apologize all he wants but this was not a misstep. It was the ultimate in a calculated effort to cheat himself, his competitors, his sport, and his country. He had children stricken with cancer believing he was a hero and a model member of society worthy of emulation. Most want to forgive transgressions but I'd leave bicycling and competitive sport to those who have trained clean all their lives in pursuit of an athletic dream free from performance enhancing drugs and / or treatments. Armstrong will be in a much better position to receive redemption in a contribution to society that no longer involves sport.


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Usenix ATC 2020 : Usenix Annual Technical Conference
Link: https://www.usenix.org/conference/atc20/call-for-papers
Jul 15, 2020 - Jul 17, 2020
The 2020 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX ATC '20) seeks original, high-quality submissions that improve and further the knowledge of computing systems, with an emphasis on implementations and experimental results. We are interested in systems of all scales, from small embedded mobile devices to data centers and clouds. The scope of USENIX ATC covers all practical aspects related to systems software, including but not limited to: operating systems; runtime systems; parallel and distributed systems; storage; networking; security and privacy; virtualization; software-hardware interactions; performance evaluation and workload characterization; reliability, availability, and scalability; energy/power management; bug-finding, tracing, analyzing, and troubleshooting.
We welcome experience submissions that clearly articulate lessons learned, as well as submissions that refute prior published results. We value submissions more highly if they are accompanied by clearly defined artifacts not previously available, including traces, original data, source code, or tools developed as part of the submitted work. We particularly encourage new ideas and approaches.
A good submission will typically: motivate a significant problem; propose a practical solution or approach that makes sense; demonstrate the pros and cons of the latter using sound experimental and statistical evaluation methods; disclose what has, and has not, been implemented; articulate the new contributions beyond previous work; and refrain from over-claiming, focusing the abstract and introduction sections primarily on the difference between the new proposal and what is already available. Submissions will be judged on relevance, novelty, technical merit, and clarity.
Submissions are expected to avoid committing benchmarking crimes.
Authors of resubmitted work will be given the opportunity to describe in a separate note the changes since the previous submission(s). While this is optional, authors are encouraged to do so, as it helps reviewers who may have reviewed a previous draft of the work to appreciate any improvements to currently submitted work.
Papers must be submitted before the aforementioned submission deadline via the USENIX ATC '20 submission site, which will be available soon. Submissions must be in PDF format. No extensions will be given. There is no separate deadline for abstracts registration. Submissions must strictly adhere to the policies specified below. By submitting, you agree that at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present the paper if accepted. Submissions accompanied by nondisclosure agreement forms will not be considered.
Submission Type: Full vs. Short
USENIX ATC accepts both full and short submissions. Short submissions are limited to roughly half the space of full-length submissions. Both types are reviewed to the same standards and differ primarily in scope. A short paper is not like a workshop "position" paper—it presents a complete idea, which does not require full length to be appreciated. The idea should be concisely formulated and evaluated, and conclusions should be drawn from it, just like in a full-length paper. The program committee may, in rare cases, decide to accept a full submission on the condition that it is cut down to fit in the short paper page limit. Short papers will be included in the proceedings and presented at the conference like full papers during a slightly shorter time slot.
Submissions must contain original unpublished material that is not under review at any other forum, including journals, conferences, and workshops with proceedings. Submissions that extend your own previous work—in a significant way—are welcome, but you must explain the differences between your current USENIX ATC submission and your prior work. You should also relate your current USENIX ATC submission to relevant submissions of your own that are simultaneously under review for this or other venues. The next section discusses how to do so while maintaining anonymity.
Simultaneous submission of the same work to multiple venues, submission of previously published work, or other violations of the above policies constitute plagiarism, dishonesty, or fraud. USENIX prohibits these practices and may, on the recommendation of a program chair, take action against authors who have committed them; see the USENIX Conference Submissions Policy for additional details.
Anonymizing
USENIX ATC '20 will employ double-blind reviewing, keeping author identities concealed from reviewers. You must therefore make a good faith attempt to anonymize your submissions by avoiding identifying yourself or your institution, either explicitly or by implication, e.g., through references, acknowledgments, online repositories that are part of the submission, or direct interaction with committee members. Do not say "reference removed for blind review." When it is necessary to cite your own studies, there are only two possibilities: cite them (1) as written by a third party (preferable), or (2) as uploaded anonymized supplemental material (see below). This guideline applies in particular to any of your workshop papers that are being extended by your current USENIX ATC submission. Related submissions of your own that are simultaneously under review or awaiting publication at other venues should typically opt for the second option. Publication as a technical report or in an online repository does not constitute a violation of this policy, because they are not peer-reviewed. Papers that are not properly anonymized may be rejected without review.
Anonymized Supplemental Material
Supplemental material may be submitted as a single-but-separate anonymized file without page limit. Note that the reviewers are not required to read such material or consider it in making their decision. Any material that should be considered to properly judge the paper for acceptance or rejection is not supplemental and will apply to the page limit.
Declaring Conflicts
When registering a submission, all its co-authors must provide information about conflicts with the USENIX ATC '20 program committee (PC) members and extended review committee (ERC) members. You are conflicted with a member if: (1) you are currently employed at the same institution, have been previously employed at the same institution within the past two years (2017 or later), or are going to begin employment at the same institution; (2) you have a past or present association as thesis advisor or advisee (no time limit); (3) you have collaborated on a project, publication, grant proposal, or editorship within the past two years (2017 or later); or (4) you have spouse or first-degree relative relations.
Do not declare a conflict if you discussed your submission with a PC/ERC member before the USENIX ATC '20 PC/ERC lists were publicized. (And refrain from discussing it after.) Do not declare a conflict merely because you wish to avoid a review from a specific committee member; such unethical behavior might result in immediate rejection. All conflicts will be reviewed to ensure the integrity of the reviewing process.
Full submissions must not exceed 11 pages, and short submissions must not exceed 5 pages, including all text, figures, tables, footnotes, appendices, etc. Bibliographic references, however, are not included in the page limit. The reviewers will value conciseness, so if you can describe your work with fewer pages than the limit, please do. Because references do not count against the page limit, they should not be formatted using a smaller font, and the names of all co-authors should be specified.
Use US letter paper size, with all text and figures fitting inside a 7" x 9" (178 mm x 229 mm) block centered on the page, using two columns separated by 0.33" (8 mm) of whitespace. Note that the text block size has changed in 2019, to be more consistent with formatting rules of other systems conferences.
Use 10-point font (typeface Times Roman, Linux Libertine, etc.) on 12-point (single-spaced) leading. Graphs and figures can use colors but should be readable when printed in monochrome, without magnification. All pages should be numbered, and references within the paper should be hyperlinked. Labels, captions, and other text in figures, graphs, and tables must use reasonable font sizes that, as printed, do not require extra magnification to be legible. Submissions that violate any of these restrictions will not be reviewed. No extensions will be given for reformatting.
USENIX's latest LaTeX/Word template were updated in 2019 and the style files are available on the USENIX templates page.
New in 2020: Early Rejection Notifications
USENIX ATC '20 will conduct its reviews in multiple rounds. Papers that pass a given round are assigned additional reviewers to help make a sound decision for each paper. Some papers, however, may be rejected in an early round. USENIX ATC '20 will send early rejection notifications to such authors at least a month ahead of the date that all remaining notifications are sent (acceptances and additional rejections). These decisions are final and authors of early rejected papers will not be asked to provide a rebuttal (see below). Authors who receive an early rejection notification will also not receive another notification later on. Authors of rejected papers at this early stage are therefore free to read their paper's reviews and use the extra time to consider revising and resubmitting the work to a future conference.
Authors Response Period
USENIX ATC '20 will provide an opportunity for authors to respond to reviews prior to final consideration of the submissions at the program committee meeting according to the schedule detailed above. Authors must limit their response rebuttal to: (1) correcting factual errors in the reviews; and (2) directly addressing questions posed by reviewers. Rebuttals should be limited to clarifying the submitted work. In particular, rebuttals must not include new experiments/data or describe additional work completed since submission, or promises of additional work to be performed. Rebuttals are optional. Rebuttals are limited to no more than 500 words.
All submissions will be treated as confidential prior to publication on the USENIX ATC '20 website. Rejected submissions will be permanently treated as confidential.
Submissions selected by the program committee will be conditionally accepted, subject to revision and approval by a program committee member acting as a shepherd. Accepted (long and short) papers will be allowed one additional page in the proceedings. One author of each accepted paper will present the work at the conference in a designated time slot.
By default, all accepted papers will be made available online to registered attendees before the conference. If your accepted paper should not be published prior to the event, please notify production@usenix.org before the camera-ready date. Accepted papers, however, will be made available online to everyone beginning on the first day of the conference.
If the conference registration fee will pose a hardship for the presenter of the accepted paper, please contact the Conference department. If your paper is accepted and you need an invitation letter to apply for a visa to attend the conference, please email conference@usenix.org as soon as possible. (Visa applications can take at least 30 working days to process.) Please identify yourself as a presenter and include your mailing address in your email.
The program will include poster sessions. Details about poster submissions will be available soon.
Lightning Session
In addition to the regular presentations, authors of all accepted papers will present their work in 120-second "lightning talks" during the lighting session(s). A corresponding lightning video should be submitted to appear on the conference site in advance of the conference.
Cash prizes will be given for the best paper(s) at the conference. Both full and short papers will be considered. Please see USENIX's Best Papers page to see the winners from previous years.
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