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For B2C businesses to survive in 2016 and beyond, they need to make search engine optimization a priority. Most decision-makers today recognize this state of affairs, but a lot of times they aren’t as clear when it comes to execution. As a result, many B2C firms make serious SEO mistakes.
One of the biggest shifts now occurring in the way businesses operate is the move toward open workforces. Companies across the globe are increasingly coming to recognize the advantages that an open workforce holds over more traditional approaches to staffing. At the same time, though, it’s important to acknowledge that there are a number of challenges inherent to this model.
This latest change to the Google search algorithm will likely have a very positive impact on those firms that can effectively embrace SEO best practices.
Considering Google’s stature in the realm of Internet search, it’s no surprise that anyone interested in search engine optimization or paid search pays close attention to any and all Google updates. Recently, for example, Google rolled out a new policy that eliminated text ads on the right side of desktop searches. Such a change is obviously going to have a major impact on how companies approach their paid search and SEO initiatives.
When integrated, Pardot can become one of the most useful tools in a marketer’s repertoire, and can have a tremendously positive impact on the company’s bottom line.
Integration is one of the most important, and most underrated, elements of business IT in general, and customer relationship management in particular. Even the most effective IT solutions can offer only a limited degree of value if they remain siloed and fail to link up with other applications and resources. Conversely, highly integrated IT tools will yield insights and utility that can radically improve operations throughout a given organization.
In all likelihood, you’re familiar with the concept of the marketing funnel. The metaphor can be a useful way of describing a very common strategy, one that ideally moves potential leads step by step, closer and closer to the final endpoint, the sale. But there’s one big way that this image can provide a flawed impression: the likelihood of any given lead reaching the bottom of the funnel. When you pour water down a funnel, you’re not going to miss a drop – everything’s going to wind up where you aim it. What’s more, the liquid in a funnel will go down smoothly and without effort, as Business.com contributor Brian Hughes pointed out. With sales, though, nothing’s guaranteed, and even the best marketing funnel cannot convert every lead into a sale. That’s why it’s so important for businesses to embrace any strategy that can improve this percentage and make sure as many leads become sales as possible.
That’s where the one-two punch of marketing automation and lead nurturing enter the picture. By combining these two strategies, businesses can make it easier to drive more leads through the marketing funnel and achieve greater success as a result. Of course, this is only possible when both marketing automation and lead nurturing are handled in the right manner.
The team at Core and More Technologies discusses how remarketing (aka ‘retargeting’) has proven to be one of the most cost-effective techniques for generating conversions and high quality leads. Check it out!
With remarketing, companies can deploy a more targeted approach to ad displays, ensuring that the most high-value users see the right ads at the right times.
Display ads have become a hallmark of online marketing over the past few years. With display advertising, marketers have the ability to reach millions upon millions of users across a huge range of websites. Digital ad spending approached $60 billion in the U.S. alone last year, eMarketer research determined, and it is poised for much greater growth in the near future.
Given the scope of this field, brands and companies face intense competition when it comes to ensuring their ads are not only seen, but are seen by the right people. To this end, businesses need to leverage every resource available to them.
Rather than a Penguin update, as had been anticipated, Google surprised everyone by undertaking a core ranking algorithm update.
For any company hoping to remain visible in increasingly competitive markets, search engine optimization is essential. It’s become standard for many people – including both consumers and business customers – to begin their search for a new product or service with a Google search. Those organizations with websites that pop up near the top of the first page of results will enjoy a tremendous advantage over their competitors.
Consequently, it’s critical for companies to pay close attention to Google’s algorithms. After all, these formulas will ultimately determine the search rankings for every keyword and phrase.


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The possibility of a nationwide freight railroad strike is increasing after another union turned down a tentative agreement that was negotiated in mid-September among the major Class I carriers, a management council and the Biden administration.
The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers voted down the agreement, according to the union and the railroads. The precise vote was not made available.
While the union is the smallest of the bargaining units with only about 300 workers who repair and rebuild diesel locomotives, if any union votes to go on strike and picket lines are set up, it is expected the more than 115,000 workers, including locomotive engineers and conductors, would honor the strike.
Imports into the nation’s busiest container port complex in Southern California are plummeting as U.S. trade sputters and retailers and manufacturers shift their supply chains amid increasingly contentious West Coast port labor negotiations.
The neighboring ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach handled 630,231 loaded inbound containers in October, down 26% from the same month a year ago and the lowest volume of goods coming into the ports since May 2020.
Gene Seroka, the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, said Tuesday that the biggest factor in the cargo declines, which began in August, is that importers are moving more of their goods to East Coast and Gulf Coast ports “due to protracted labor negotiations.”
America and China remain intimately intertwined via trade despite worsening tensions over Taiwan and the Russia-Ukraine war. More than a third of all U.S. containerized imports arrive from China. More than a sixth of China’s export value derives from U.S. purchases.
But there are growing signs of at least some decoupling. In recent months, America’s imports from China have fallen faster than total imports. Other Asian countries are increasingly taking U.S. market share from China, a trend that began before the pandemic and has continued.
According to new data from Descartes, U.S. containerized imports in October were flat (up 0.2%) versus September. But imports from China fell 5.5% month on month, by 45,071 twenty-foot equivalent units. The decline from China was entirely offset by gains from Thailand, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and other countries.

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Episerver, a global leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Experience Platforms, recently announced its entry into an agreement to acquire Optimizely. Optimizely is an American company that creates progressive delivery and experimentation software.
The news of both these industry leaders coming together has created waves in the tech world. This combination is touted to create the most advanced digital experience platform that can optimize every customer touchpoint across the entire user journey.
Optimizely Acquisition Details
In a statement, Alex Atzberger, the CEO of Episerver, said that for nearly three decades, Episerver has helped businesses in creating content-driven digital experiences for its customers. He touted the acquisition of Optimizely as one of the most significant transformations in the company’s history that would set a new industry standard for digital experience platforms. According to Atzberger, the breakthrough combination of Episerver and Optimizely will transform digital experience creation and optimization. This will enable digital teams to replace guesswork with more evidence-based outcomes.
Jay Larson, CEO of Optimizely acknowledged that winning in today’s digital world requires delivering the best and most personalized digital experiences. With Episerver and Optimizely’s shared vision, every customer touchpoint will be optimized through the use of experimentation. The acquisition’s benefits involve enabling customers to conduct more testing in different places and with greater ease. The acquisition of Optimizely is expected to close in Q4 of 2020 until which both companies will continue to operate independently. To discuss the details of the transaction, the duo hosted a joint analyst and press conference.
About Optimizely & Episerver
Optimizely’s platform offers an all-encompassing set of digital experience optimization technologies. This includes AI-powered personalization and experimentation which involves A/B testing, multivariate and server-side testing. The company prides itself on eliminating guesswork to enable brands to deliver data-driven relevant experiences. Optimizely is the leader of the fast-growing experimentation category, with over 900 customers and over 10 years of innovation. Till date, the at-scale platform has run over 2 million experiments to eliminate guesswork across the user journey and optimize the customer experience for some of the world’s prominent brands: Peloton, Nike and Uber, Gap, StubHub, IBM, and The Wall Street Journal to name a few.
Meanwhile, Episerver empowers businesses to scale up with a customer-centric approach to digital experiences. The industry leader’s Customer-Centric Digital Experience Platform™ features content management and commerce, backed by AI-powered data and customization solutions. Currently, Episerver has over 900 partners and 825 employees in its offices globally, working with over 8,000 brands.
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Bentley confirmed it will only sell plug-in hybrid and electric models by 2026, so its W12 engine will either be axed. Autoblog learned from a company spokesperson that the latter solution has been chosen.
“No more W12,” a representative replied when we asked what the future holds for the engine. It’s a tectonic shift for Bentley, which proudly calls itself one of the industry’s largest manufacturers of 12-cylinders. What remains to be seen is when the 6.0-liter will retire. Jan-Henrik Lafrentz, Bentley’s board member for finance, affirmed there is “a lot of mileage left in [the W12],” which suggests it’s not going away in the coming days, weeks, or months.
Its days are undoubtedly numbered, however, which shows the British firm isn’t afraid to make difficult decisions to keep up with regulations and market demand. It illustrated this point well when it axed the Mulsanne, its flagship model in the 2010s, earlier in 2020. Pivoting toward electric powertrains gives it an opportunity to return to the segment; sedans normally return better range than comparable SUVs because they tend to be lighter and more aerodynamic. Will it? Executives didn’t say a comeback is imminent, but they didn’t rule it out, either.
“The market for big sedans is interesting. It has changed a lot over the past 20 years. It’s not in a growth phase. While we have a great heritage in that space, we have a perfect sedan with the Flying Spur, so let’s see what evolves as we release and reveal our electric car strategy,” said company boss Adrian Hallmark.
Bentley’s first series-produced electric car is tentatively due out in 2025. Built on a new platform, it will be the first in a full range of EVs, and the company pledged to phase out the internal combustion engine by 2030.


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Sometimes moving too quickly will slow you down in the long run. Making the right decision, not the fast decision is critical when your goal is long-term, sustainable, profitable growth. The wrong fit customer, the big but unprofitable sale, the commitment without the ability to deliver… these are all moments when companies think they are moving fast, but often ultimately end up moving backwards.
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Purposeful second-stage companies are more likely to grow and scale in 2021 and beyond following industry disruption caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Research suggests that consumer expectations are changing, and consumers now expect brands to be meaningful problem-solvers. More than ever, brands need to act with purpose and articulate their purpose well through brand positioning.
How does a brand transcend a founder while still keeping their value, perspective, and influence? This is a uniquely “second-stage” dilemma. Whether you are talking about the next generation of a family business, a new company that emerges after a merger, or installing a new CEO, the question is essentially the same. This is also a question that Six-Point is facing as Six-Point co-founder, David Wicks, prepares to retire at the end of 2020. One of the main questions our agency has had to ask is not “how will we replace David” but instead, “how will we keep David’s influence intact?”
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A La Mirada man pleaded guilty Thursday for his role in a fraud ring that stole credit card information from restaurant customers to create counterfeit cards.
Russell Jay “Big Dog” Ogden, 44, pleaded guilty in downtown Los Angeles to conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges in connection with the bank case, and to two drug distribution charges in a separate federal indictment.
Ogden faces a mandatory minimum of a dozen years behind bars at sentencing on March 4, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Ogden was among 13 people — most of them linked to street gangs based in La Mirada and Norwalk — charged last year in the bank scam. Prosecutors said Ogden, along with his 42-year-old wife, ran the scheme that used electronic “skimming” devices to collect information from victims’ credit cards.
Shelly Anne Ogden, who previously pleaded guilty to the conspiracy and identity theft charges, was sentenced in March to 54 months behind bars and ordered to pay a share of about $500,000 in restitution.
Members of the scheme encoded the stolen information on counterfeit credit cards and used the phony cards to purchase big-ticket items that were later sold for a profit. Investigators determined that many of the credit cards in the case were skimmed at a restaurant in Huntington Beach.
In total, the fraud ring compromised more than 500 credit cards and caused various financial institutions to suffer losses of about $500,000 when the cards were used across Southern California at department stores such as Nordstrom and Bloomingdales, sporting goods stores and Toys R Us, according to the indictment.


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MADISON (WKOW) -- The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection wants to make sure drivers get what they pay for when getting gas.
Throughout the year, inspectors at DATCP test product scales, registers, gas pumps and fuel quality at stores throughout the state to make sure quality is high.
The tests are recognized from March 1 to March 7, known as 'Weights and Measures Week' nationwide. It commemorates President John Adams signing the first weights and measures legislation into law in the U.S. on March 2, 1799.
After the DATCP finishes its inspections, reps say you can check your pump for its approval.
"You will notice a blue and white sticker on the dispenser, and it usually [says] 'the state of Wisconsin,' and that demonstrates, we've checked the dispenser for the weights and measures, [and it's] dispensing correctly, and you can be assured that we tested that fuel product as well, [to] make sure it's fit for purpose," said Justin Lien a lab director at DATCP.
In 2019 alone, the DATCP team reports it inspected more than 6,800 businesses across the state multiple times and found gas pumps were providing the correct amount of fuel in nearly all the tests. Prices were accurate in 98% of tests.


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TVER, 9 February. You must ensure that the production in Russia of 40 thousand freight cars in 2016, said the head of Minpromtorg Denis Manturov at the meeting on the support of transport engineering.
Medvedev: the ruble weakening to boost exports of engineering products
“To stabilize the situation, we need to ensure that the production this year is not less than 40 thousand cars, to maintain profitability,” he said.
By the end of 2015, enterprises of the Russian Federation produced more than 29.9 thousand freight cars.
In addition, Manturov said that following consultations with market participants the discount when buying a new car is defined at the level of 300 thousand rubles for the car. On subsidies to buyers of new cars will have 7 billion.
There will also be continued subsidizing of expenditures on paying interest on loans obtained for the purchase of innovative cars allocated 1.8 billion rubles.
About the zero VAT on long-distance transportation
The zero VAT on long-distance transportation will allow Federal passenger company (FPC, “daughter” RZD) further order of the Tver carriage works (TVZ) 45 double-deckers, also said Manturov.
Putin signed the law on the reduction to 10% VAT on far rail transportation
“If we resolve the issue of zero VAT on passenger transport, FIC sees the opportunity this year to deploy additional TVZ of about 45 double-deck cars. Thus, in a systematic manner, starting with 2017 and subsequent years, passenger company (FPC – approx.) get the sources of financing for the annual renewal of its fleet in the amount of not less than 370 cars”, – said the Minister.
Manturov has reminded that in 2016 FPC is planning to purchase a TVZ 186 passenger cars, including the 74 – storey.
Earlier on the feasibility of zero rates of VAT on long-distance transportation was stated by Russian Railways. At the end of 2015, the government decided to reduce the rate from 18% to 10%.
On the purchase of locomotives
JSC “Russian Railways” (RZD) can refer to 68.8 billion rubles for the purchase of locomotives in 2016, including 29 billion rubles from its own funds, said Manturov.
“This year you gave an instruction to work out funding (from the Fund – approx. ed.) of 39.8 billion rubles, plus RZD additionally provides your funds in the amount of 29 billion rubles., – said Manturov, referring to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. – Unfortunately, today, this issue is not resolved, but we expect that it will soon be formalized”.
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Looking Forward to Greenbuld Next Week
November 06, 2020
Registration is still open for this year's virtual Greenbuild Expo, featuring the latest education, sustainable products and green building construction practices.
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February 04, 2020
Animoto is an excellent video maker that's easy to ramp up to and intuitive with many great templates, options and an extensive audio library.
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SK chemicals and Shuye sign US$100M deal for “world’s first” recycled raw materials production system
16 Mar 2023 --- Korea-based SK chemicals has made a US$100 million asset purchase agreement with Shuye, a Chinese company specializing in green materials to secure the “world’s first” mass production system for recycled raw materials and PET.
Shuye’s supply of recycled plastic raw materials enables SK chemicals to have price competitiveness and facilitates the development of disruptive recycling technologies.
The system targets the market for high-value-added special materials such as industrial fibers to meet various customer demands such as climate neutrality and price.
SK chemicals is now accelerating its entry into the global market and business expansion with a chemically recycled hydroxyethyl terephthalate (r-BHET) of 70,000 metric tons and chemically recycled PET (CR-PET) of 50,000 metric tons production systems.
Ahn Jae-hyun, the CEO of SK chemicals, says, “the early securing of r-BHET will accelerate the enhancement of our corporate value through the recycling business as a part of our financial story expansion.”
Chemically recycled BHET
The assets acquired by SK chemicals include a depolymerization plant that chemically decomposes waste plastics to produce r-BHET and a CR-PET production facility that uses r-BHET produced to reproduce PET, which can then be sold separately.
By acquiring Shuye’s assets, SK chemicals has obtained a commercial production system for chemically recycled BHET and products that utilize depolymerization technology about one-two years ahead of other domestic companies.
By producing recycled plastic raw materials such as waste PET in China, where the company says there is abundant supply, it is expected to gain a high level of price competitiveness.
Through the investment, SK chemicals has completed a recycled plastic value chain that extends to r-BHET, CR-PET and chemically recycled copolyester (CR-Copolyester), securing the sustainability of copolyester, which is its core business and laying the groundwork for new growth.
The CR-PET market, which is yet to be formed due to raw material shortages such as r-BHET, is expected to rapidly grow by 2030 to form a 4.6 million metric tons and US$7.6 billion worth market due to various factors such as carbon emissions, regulations on plastic use and recycling and changing consumer preferences for a circular economy.
Along with expanding its copolyester business, SK chemicals plans to make the r-BHET and CR-PET businesses with high growth potential as new development drivers and focus on them starting from the early stage of market formation.
The company says it plans to supply CR-PET to the domestic and foreign F&B bottle markets and the food packaging market, highlighting the material’s properties such as transparency, appearance and stability.
In addition, it plans to enter high-value-added markets, such as industrial specialty fibers, where physically rPET is difficult and take the lead in the global US$7.6 billion market. The company also plans to sell the chemically recycled BHET as a standalone product to polyester manufacturers who want to produce recycled products.
By validating its technology through secured production and pilot facility operations, SK chemicals aims to accelerate domestic depolymerization plant investment and continuously discover business partners to build global production infrastructure in Europe and North America.
Furthermore, SK chemicals plans to accelerate the development of depolymerization technology with recycled thermoplastic polyamide (r-TPA), which can “be a game-changer” in the recycled plastic industry. rTPA is a chemically recycled raw material that allows easy removal of impurities from waste PET and production of high-quality recycled plastic without requiring additional production equipment.
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These rumors were spot-on. The Dragon Ball Z crossover with Fortnite has been officially announced. Well, here’s what we do know at the moment.
Fortnite and Dragon Ball have been the subject of leaks and speculation for months. And now, Epic Games has posted a teaser for the crossover, complete with a picture of the wish-granting dragon Shenron and the caption, “Speak. The date is 8.16.022, and you can have anything you want.”
The image may not directly reference Dragon Ball, but its iconography is unmistakable. A copyright logo from Toei Animation tucked away in the corner doesn’t hurt, either.
Epic Games has not yet shared details about the upcoming crossover. Previously, it was revealed that four skins, including Lord Beerus, would be added. Goku, Vegeta, and a female skin have been proposed as the other two.
When Will the Dragon Ball Super x Fortnite Game Be Available?
Earlier today, Epic Games made a post with a date of August 16th. Not definitively the beginning of the partnership, but a significant milestone nonetheless.
The date is approaching quickly, so we won’t have to wait too long to find out.
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Suzuki Hayabusa Launched in India at a price of ₹ 13.87 lakh (ex-showroom, New Delhi).
Ahead of the Auto Expo 2018, Suzuki Motorcycle India Private Limited
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in India. The price of the 2018 Suzuki Hayabusa remains the same from the 2017 edition at ₹ 13.87 lakh (ex-showroom, New Delhi). Suzuki will also showcase the 2018 Hayabusa at Suzuki's pavilion at the Auto Expo
in February. It is now available in two new color options- Pearl Mira Red/Pearl Glacier White and Glass Sparkle Black.
The heart of 2018 Suzuki Hayabusa remains unchanged as it continues to come with the 1340cc in-line 4-cylinder fuel-injected, liquid-cooled DOHC engine which churns out 197 bhp of max power and 155 Nm of peak torque, mated to a 6-Speed gearbox. With the ability to go from 0-100kmph in just 2.74 seconds, making it one of the fastest production bikes around. It is capable of hitting a top speed of 299kmph.


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.When it comes to shopping, consumers nowadays do their fair share of homework before making a purchase. GroupM Search teamed up with ComScore and from data collected from 1 million U.S. Internet users found that search is the single most important factor in the beginning of the purchase process. They found that 58 percent of all consumer journeys that end in purchase begin with search, followed by company sites (24 percent) and then social media (18 percent). Looking at the overall purchase process though, it looks like consumers are just as likely to use search or a combination of search and social during the purchase process, while only 1 percent uses only social during the purchase process. For consumers, social is more about getting friends’ opinions about products and brands. As the findings show, social media alone is not a key part of the purchase process, but tied with search, it is an important tool.
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The $US652 million acquisition of a suite of generic drugs from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has helped Mayne Pharma to a strong start to the financial year.
Mayne Pharma chief executive Scott Richards told shareholders at the company's annual general meeting on Tuesday that group revenue to the end of October had more than doubled to $172 million compared to a year ago.
"In summary, our business has had a strong start to the financial year," Mr Richards said.
He said the group's Generic Products, Contract Services and Mayne Pharma International businesses had generated strong growth.
In the Generic Products division, year-to-date sales were up 352 per cent to $US97 million - 330 per cent in Australian dollars - driven by the drugs acquired from Teva and strong growth in the existing business.
Sales from the Teva drugs totalled $US55 million over the 59 tradings days since the deal closed on August 4 to the end of October.
Mayne said the monthly sales of the portfolio of drugs acquired from Teva had been volatile, but sales and margins had been in line with expectations.
Mayne expects monthly revenue and earnings from the Teva portfolio to grow over the remainder of the financial year as it pursues new accounts and generates sales from the recent launch of budesonide capsules to treat inflammatory bowel disease.
The biggest-selling drug in the Generic Products division was dofetilide, a drug to treat irregular heartbeats.
Mr Richards said Mayne was excited by the potential of a drug being developed by HedgePath Pharmaceuticals - SUBA-Itraconazole - to treat a genetic form of skin cancer known as Gorlins Syndrome.
Mayne holds a stake of 55 per cent in Hedgepath.
Presently, there are no drugs to treat Gorlins Sydndrome.
Mayne's Specialty Brands division had experienced headwinds related to a loss of some exclusivity for the Doryx acne treatment but the division was well-placed for future growth given the recent launch of a new delayed-release product, Doryx MPC, and the upcoming launches of foam products to treat acne and psoriasis.
Mayne shares were 2.5 cents lower at $1.615 at 1446 AEDT.


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Batman: Arkham Knight was released almost nine years ago, but it can still give a light to modern releases, as demonstrated by blogger NikTek with the example of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which will be released in the coming days.
Although Batman: Arkham Knight and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League were made by the same team (Rocksteady Studios), it is impossible to objectively compare their gameplay – Batman and members of the Suicide Squad are controlled too differently.
At the same time, Gotham from Batman: Arkham Knight and Metropolis from Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, despite the difference in size, provide a much fairer platform for direct comparison.
As NikTek noted in a five-minute video, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is frankly inferior to Batman: Arkham Knight in many visual (lighting, character models, animation) and even sound aspects.
In an 8-year-old game, the city is filled with atmospheric details and sounds, which cannot be said about the new product from Rocksteady. The water also looks better in Batman: Arkham Knight – in this regard, Arkham Knight surpassed Gotham Knights in its time.
Viewers agreed that Batman: Arkham Knight looks better than Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, despite the almost 9-year age difference. “Suicide Squad: The End of Rocksteady”— paraphrased title of the new game Chichi Michi.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will be released on February 2 on PC (Steam, EGS), PS5, Xbox Series X and S, but those who pre-ordered the expanded edition received access to the game ahead of time (even though the launch did not go according to plan).


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Health and beauty retailer Superdrug has shifted its entire recruitment process online to cope with a recent surge of job applications.
The move followed the success of a standard online job-board recruitment campaign for store managers and pharmacists, which attracted more than 10,000 CVs in only five months.
Kate Parkes, HR manager at Superdrug, admitted the company struggled to cope with the volume of applications. “We had a fantastic response, but as we then administered applications using spreadsheets and e-mail, processing this amount of CVs was hugely time-consuming,” she said.
To address the situation, Superdrug moved all of its recruitment advertising online, including senior roles, using technology from supplier Jobpartners.
The ActiveRecruiter system enables Superdrug to track job applicants from interview to appointment, monitor advertising referrals and manage the recruitment process more efficiently.
Parker estimates that Superdrug receives up to 3,000 CVs a month – something it would not have been able to cope with before.


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There is no doubt that every company strives to grow. And in pursuit of that growth, network enterprises tend to scale larger as well as require increased bandwidth to support the demand for higher traffic. The one sector that is prepared to handle the increased stress on corporate backbones is the networking group. Some of the names will begin to see increased orders for their equipment as well as services throughout the rest of the year.
Investors should consider looking closely at some of the following names as they still present some tremendous value. After all, they are the ones that provide the backbone that manages enterprise data traffic - essentially the blood vessels of the operation. But one thing investors have to realize when making investment decisions is that not all networking firms are the same.
It appears that there is modest recovery in communications spending for this reason. Things are starting to look more favorable for two the sectors recent underperformers in Alcatel-Lucent and Ciena (NASDAQ:CIEN). Although it is hard to tell of late, the IP and optics businesses for both companies are looking better as well - particularly for ALU. The company's newest routing platform competes extremely well when compared to similar models from Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) as well as Juniper (NYSE:JNPR). Some experts have suggested that it might, in fact, be slightly better.
The company is also seeing an uptick in its wireless segment business, and ALU desperately needs this trend to continue. The company has shown that it is not restricted solely to U.S. business as it has managed to get contracts from the three major Chinese service providers in China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom. This is even though competitors Huawei and ZTE are prominent and local. This is nothing short of remarkable.
These are not small deals either, and ALU's partnership with China Mobile for a next-generation network could pay large dividends in the years to come. In the U.S. the company has forged deals with the major carriers such as AT&T (NYSE:T) and Verizon (NYSE:VZ) and they continue to spend large sums of money to upgrade and expand networks. As great as that is, I am intrigued to find out how much margin ALU can draw from this business.
For quite some time now, Cisco has been considered the gold standard among that group. However there is reason to suspect that the competition for that title is no longer a foregone conclusion. However, I am inclined to look at the entire sector to start to appreciate a little bit more of what each company has to offer in their own right.
In its most recent quarter which ended January 28, Cisco reported net income that climbed 44% and arrived at $2.2 billion, or 40 cents per share. This compares with earnings of $1.5 billion, or 27 cents per share year-over-year. If you factor out that the costs associated with stock-based compensation as well as some acquisition-related amortization, the company actually earned 47 cents per share - 4 cents per share above analysts' expectations based on polls by FactSet. Revenue was $11.5 billion, up 11% from $10.4 billion a year ago and compares favorably to the $11.2 that was projected.
I think that is what analysts continue to ask. As impressed as I am with the report, there continues to be many who are simply unwilling to give the company much (if any) applause for what continues to be a remarkable turnaround from the depths of last summer where Cisco showed little focus whatsoever. Its results clearly demonstrate the company is keen in improving its margins as it reported gross margin that improved a full point from the previous year while also exceeding analyst estimates. However it seems that area of performance is not growing at a rate that appeals to the most ardent bears - at least to the extent where it can prove that it can reclaim some of the market share that it has lost to the competition over the years.
Brocade is another interesting story and one that I have recently become enamored with. In its recent Q4 earnings announcement, not only did it beat its projected numbers but it also raised guidance. The question is, though, what did it prove? But that is not to take away from the many accomplishments that it has logged this year, especially considering the market's early reaction to its once perceived inability to compete.
Looking at it from a bearish lens, Brocade's Q4 numbers were far from stellar. The company reported flat revenue on a year-over-year basis and less than 10% sequential. Revenue for its network storage service was down 4% from the previous year, but this was offset with an 11% growth from smaller areas of its business - notably IP. But regardless of how one looks at it, it can't be discounted that it did beat consensus estimates on both year-over-year declines and its end of range. To top it off, profitability was a huge plus.
In 2008, the company acquired one of its competitors, Foundry Networks. That was an acquisition that seems to now be paying off. In the deal, management sought to broaden the company a little bit more and place less dependency on its storage business. The other advantage was it wanted to be able to sell networking gear to its existing customer base to provide the services of a one-stop shop, a strategy that is now proven to have worked or at the very least, currently working. Brocade continues to prove that it can do just fine with a small piece of the market pie for now, but there is no denying that it is hungry for a bigger slice.
Optical networking firm Ciena is one company that I've had my eye on for quite some time, and I think that it may be time that other investors do the same. Though its name is seldom mentioned among the ranks of Cisco and HP (NYSE:HPQ), the company deserves a considerable amount of credit for (if nothing else) the fact that it still exists today. While some consider Ciena a product of the tech bubble, the company did not actually enter any legitimate discussion until the bubble had already burst. In similar fashion, the end of the bubble sent many of its clients out of business as many of them over-spent on networking equipment.
So this is where the company still ranks today - at the bottom of the list when it comes to the top networking names in the sector. But it does appear to now have a few things working in its favor. Its recent quarterly performances suggest that management has figured out ways to squeeze more margins out of its products. But analysts continue to question whether or not its recent performance is sustainable.
For this reason, I continue to have my own doubts about the company, and I'm not yet ready to proclaim that it is a buy just yet. What remains to be seen is whether the company has the ability to produce a second act of profitability and growth. It would need to demonstrate this over a period of at least three consecutive quarters for me to feel comfortable that it can run its business effectively. But as prudent as that may be, by then everyone may have figured it out. It's a double-edged sword where risk is the means of profitability. But investors may want to consider some of the names above in anticipation for when technology spending fully returns.
F5 Networks (FFIV)
F5 is one company that always seems to have its act together. The stock is by far the most expensive among the group from a valuation standpoint as well as by virtue of its P/E ratio. There are high growth expectations placed on this company, but remarkably it has yet to give investors a reason to doubt that they can be reached.
The company recently reported fiscal first quarter earnings and both its results as well as guidance were in the range that made analysts happy. The company reported a 2% increase in revenue from the prior quarter while netting an increase of 20% from the previous year. Product revenue was somewhat of a minor disappointment, while software revenue climbed 7%.
Clearly management knows what it is doing, investors are happy and analysts are ecstatic. So what is the problem? Well for starters and as mentioned above, the stock continues to be a tough one to figure out. What is its true value and what makes the company worthy of such an enormous P/E? As well as the company is performing and has been performing, it is hard to recommend the stock at these levels.
On Wednesday, the company reported net income of $1.47 billion, or 73 cents per share, in the three months that ended January 31. This didn't compare too well with its net income of $2.6 billion or $1.17 per share in the year ago period. Adjusted for one-time items, the company earned 92 cents per share, above the 87 cents expected by analysts surveyed by FactSet. Revenue was $30 billion, down from $32.3 billion and slightly below expectations of $30.7 billion.
The revenue drop was even steeper, 8%, when taking out the effect of changes in currency exchange rates. It was the fastest revenue decline for the company since the recession hit 2009 results. As with Dell and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), HP blamed flooding in Thailand for more than half of its revenue drop. The floods last year disrupted manufacturing of storage drives, a key component in PCs. HP said it decided to divert resources to higher-margin products, but it didn't do as well as it expected due to ongoing operational problems.
I continue to remain bullish on the company, and think that there is yet 20% upside to be had for value investors. The company is taking a new strategic direction - one that I think makes perfect sense. But investors must not make the mistake of expecting an immediate turnaround. This is going to take some time to realize. As bad as things once looked for this company with its indecision regarding its PCs and tablet initiatives, investors should be comfortable in its new leadership yet appreciate that the old HP might be coming back.
For Juniper, the important question continues to surround the overall health of its business. It is interesting when you consider that previously, the debate has always been which of the two is better when compared to Cisco . Now analysts are asking if it can run its business effectively. In January, the company announced that fourth quarter results were going to fall short of Wall Street expectations.
The company guided revenue down to $1.11 billion and 26 cents per share instead of the $1.19 billion and 34 cents that analysts had been expecting. The unfortunate thing for Juniper was that this was to log the third consecutive quarter of shareholder disappointment. The company added that weak U.S. demand and unexpected slow growth contributed to the decline in sales, while at the same time suggesting that it had a "record year" in 2011.
The good thing is that by pre-announcing the softer numbers, the company did accomplish its goals of making a soft landing when the actual numbers were released. As it warned, net revenue for the fourth quarter of 2011 decreased 6% on a year-over-year basis, and increased 1% sequentially, to $1,120.8 million. For the year ended December 31, 2011, its revenue increased 9% on a year-over-year basis to $4,448.7 million while posting a GAAP net income of $96.2 million, or $0.18 per diluted share. All in all, the numbers were decent, not the disaster that they were projected to be. But it begs the question, does management truly have a grasp on the company if it has missed for three straight quarters?
There is cause for optimism, however. The company has an array of new products coming out as it continues to position itself to steal share from the rest of the group. One of these products is called the EX6200 and according to the current reviews, it has the potential to be a game-changer for the company by bringing together various intelligent features into one. As great as that product can potentially be, Juniper's challenge will continue to be finding ways to grow and creating the sort of momentum needed by tech companies to inspire investors to believe. I suppose it really has three challenges.


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Low profile and high-efficiency motor homes running on diesel are among the vehicles to see at the Grand Rapids Camper, Travel & RV Show on Jan. 14-16, said Mike Wilbraham, vice president with Grand Rapids-based consumer show producer ShowSpan.
It’s the first major show in West Michigan, and it is slated to feature a dozen recreational vehicle dealers representing more than 125 lines. The newest and snazziest models will fill the 200,000-square-foot show space along with some vintage RVs.
There are 16 shows scheduled from January to March throughout Michigan. ShowSpan runs nearly half of them, including others in Detroit and Novi. Their Ultimate Fishing Show Detroit kicks off the lineup Jan. 13-16 with its 200-plus-boat selection, tackle displays and more.
Next up is the Huntin’ Time Expo Jan. 28-30 which is marketed as an event for “hardcore” hunters. The featured speaker this year is a regular — Russ Mason, wildlife chief for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. He’ll discuss Michigan’s deer baiting ban enacted in 2008 at a town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. opening day.
“He takes a lot of abuse from hunters, I know that, and he still comes every year,”
Antor said. “(The baiting ban is) something hunters are kind of up in arms about. It’s hostile territory sometimes.”
The Huntin’ Time Expo typically draws attendance between 15,000 and 20,000, Antor said. There will be more than 350 booths at this year’s installment with the addition of 16 more booths, he said.
"The show keeps getting bigger,” he said. “We had so many people who came to the show last year that it almost got too crowded.”
This time, the Grand Rapids venue will open up the bleachers, with a lunch area behind it for those who want to step away from the traffic. Seminars will be held in the facility’s upper level -- a quieter setting, Antor said.
“It’s going to flow a lot better this year,” he said.
The wares return to Grand Rapids on March 17-20 for the Ultimate Sport Show Grand Rapids. Show manager Adam Starr said the amount of space dedicated to crossbows will be about double that of last year.
“A lot more people can hunt with crossbows than in the past,” Starr said.
Expect more stuff on all fronts, he said.
“We proved to a lot of the dealers in hunting equipment and a lot of the manufacturers that the (Ultimate Sports Show) is a really viable place for them to do business,” Starr said.
Integral to the show’s success are its engaging speakers, Starr said. For this installment, one of the featured guests is turkey hunter, caller and radio personality Ray Eye. His level of expertise in the turkey game is comparable to superstar Michigan bass fisherman Kevin Van Dam.
“He’s made this his life,” Starr said.
Also booked for the Ultimate Sports Show Grand Rapids is professional walleye angler Marianne Huskey, who competes in the Anglers Insight Marketing (AIM) tour.
“We’ve had good success in having large attendance for those seminars,” Starr said.
Fly fishing fans have a few more opportunities to check out the latest products and buzz. The Grand River Fly Tyers’ celebration is Feb. 26. The event is dedicated to the art of fly tying, as well as net and rod building. The 2011 Boat, Fishing & Outdoor Show on March 4-6 in Birch Run and the Midwest Fly Fishing Expo on March 12-13 in Warren also are big draws for anglers.
There are plenty more options for boat lovers. The 53rd annual Detroit Boat Show on Feb. 12-20 showcases hundreds of boats, motors and accessories. A shark tank and boaters’ safety course are among other offerings.
The Grand Rapids Boat Show is Feb. 16-20. Antique and classic boats, along with a 100,000-gallon indoor lagoon for wakeboard stunts, kayaking demonstrations and more are among the attractions.
There’s only one show strictly for paddle buffs: the Quietwater Symposium on March 6 in East Lansing. Kayakers and canoeists frequent its displays, seminars and presentations about equipment and techniques.


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YOBET debuts as Swansea City's new front of shirt sponsor
Swansea City is pleased to announce an exciting new multi-year partnership with upcoming betting brand YOBET as the ‘Official Shirt Sponsor’ and ‘Principal Betting Partner’ from the forthcoming 2019-20 season.
YOBET will sit on the front of the first-team's new home and away shirts for the duration of the upcoming Championship campaign.
To further support the sponsorship, YOBET will feature prominently across all training kits worn by first-team players, coaches and back-room staff.
Due to current advertising legislation junior-sized retail shirts will remain logo free.
YOBET’s agreement with the Swans will be the first sports sponsorship deal the online betting firm has secured in the UK.
"We're pleased to be the first club YOBET has chosen to partner with to mark their debut into the English Football League," said Swansea City COO, Chris Pearlman.
“They’re a fresh-faced brand that’s eager to make an impact as they catapult into the sports sponsorship arena.
“We were keen to align with a brand that shares the same robust vision and understands the immediate needs of the club with regards to growth, stability and legacy.
“We look forward to working with YOBET over the course of the season as they look to grow their brand globally.”
Derek Tan, Commercial Director, YOBET said: “YOBET are very excited to become the principal club partner and official shirt sponsor with such a historic football club, and truly delighted to support the team and fans of Swansea City in their push for promotion.
We are immensely proud to support the City in their 50th Anniversary Celebrations. We look forward to working with this proud football club and their loyal fanbase from the 2019-20 season, and see this exciting partnership as an important and integral part of our expanding sport sponsorship portfolio.”
YOBET are fast becoming one of the most exciting and innovative online gaming companies, offering a wide range of market leading online gaming, casino and sportsbook services.


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City braced after Wall St hit by slump fears
Traders in the City were braced for a bout of heavy selling on the London Stock Exchange today after a major slump in US share prices last night.
Wall Street investors panicked over fresh banking gloom and fears the world's biggest economy may plunge deeper into recession.
The S&P 500 index slumped back to levels that have not been seen since last November. It fell 5%, beyond the psychological 800 mark, to close down at 789.2 points.
As much as 297.8 points were wiped off the Dow Jones, which fell to 7552.6 as President Obama signed the economic stimulus bill.
On the other side of the Atlantic sterling rallied after consumer price inflation fell less than expected and a Bank of England official called for a 'disciplined' approach to the crisis.
The pound gained 1.6% against the euro to 88.15p and trimmed its declines against the dollar to $1.4259.
The Consumer Prices Index slipped much less than expected to 3%, suggesting the Bank may tread carefully as it prepares to further ease monetary policy.
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Starting from the beginning of 2009, to now Ali cloud has provided five levels of computing, storage, network, security, data and other services, and constantly polished to improve the various core competencies. For example, in early 2016, Ali launched a number of cloud platform, designed to open up the whole chain of data production, and in June 29th the cloud habitat conference Chengdu summit, security has become the protagonist. At this summit, Ali cloud chief security researcher Wu Hanqing introduced Ali cloud security technology and strategy.
Ali cloud senior director Xiao Li said at the meeting, Ali cloud has been in the financial, manufacturing, entertainment, meteorology, health, water, transportation, energy and other industries to play a role in the industry to upgrade. Effectiveness, innovation, safety is the third big advantage of cloud computing, high-risk exploit, or a data breach some of the problems of the traditional enterprise, has been Ali cloud continue to crack. For example, the current Ali cloud every day can resolve 20 million Web application attacks, 1000 times DDoS attacks.
Ali cloud is the ability of internal security services, to help enterprises solve the four major security pain points:
Wu Hanqing concretely introduces the Ali cloud safety concept: the practice of Ali cloud customers shows that cloud computing is actually more than traditional IDC more secure, but safety is not only a cloud computing service providers, but also requires the user to jointly do a good job in safety work. Ali cloud put forward the model of shared responsibilities: Ali cloud is responsible for ensuring the security of cloud platform, the user is responsible for system on cloud security management responsibilities.
In the part of user security, Ali cloud through its security brand network shield to provide a complete security solutions. Wu Hanqing introduction, cloud shield product family of products has reached 11 models, for network, server, data, business and mobile security needs of different levels.
Behind these products is the core, Ali cloud based cloud computing, big data threat intelligence. Ali cloud that collected by Ali cloud all abnormal behavior data and large-scale machine learning techniques, we train a predictive model covering the latest attack, Ali cloud security products can be in different scenarios better perceived threat, the initiative to guarantee the safety of users.
In addition to release mobile security, security manager two new products, Ali cloud also released and NSFocus, constant information, Ivy cloud security, rattan network risk perception, Joaquin and data security company cooperation, which means that the third party security technology of SaaS is already gradually landing, Ali cloud security is one of the key work in the future will be for the construction of the ecological. At the same time Ali cloud also believes that security is not a company thing.
Wu Hanqing said that in the past by hardware to provide a safe way, will become the SaaS model. This is because of the cloud computing technology architecture and business model (lower cost, business extension boundary) to bring the dual advantage of that cloud computing has been in alternative to traditional IDC. Traditional security solutions to the problem, although forced to cloud, but still not familiar with the SaaS play, and Ali cloud can provide them with the support of SaaS, open to partners, including the support of operational tools.
Of course, on the other hand, based on the objective existence of the current hybrid cloud, Ali cloud also provides a hybrid cloud solutions.
For SaaS, Wu Hanqing stressed that according to him the SaaS partners has achieved unified account, the interface to achieve cloud platform native, a key to buy a consistent experience (he thinks this is significant difference on the Ali cloud and azure, AWS). To this end, he proposed the four unified account, interface, sale and after-sales.
In addition, Ali cloud also released a data security white paper, published in the white paper on Ali cloud security 2 million 300 thousand user data security aspects of the establishment of the process, mechanisms and specific practices.
White paper, all development, maintenance, customer service and other may come into contact with the inner system of Ali cloud, they each landing have strict identification, ensure the account and production equipment "don't misuse" and "theft", "can not be used indiscriminately" three no principle.


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From Wine Spectator (01/06/2023)
An archaeological dig in southern Israel has uncovered an ancient wine industry and two grapes with a storied past.
Archeologists digging in the Negev desert in southern Israel have uncovered evidence of a booming wine industry dating back more than 1,500 years. They have also found and genetically analyzed two ancient winegrape varieties that thrived in the hot, dry climate of the region. Some members of Israel's young wine industry hope to use the grapes to produce wines with a link to the region's long history.


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The Q2 Email TrustIndex covers the period from April through June 2014 and provides email “threat” ratings, or the volume of cyberthreats targeted towards any given company’s consumers via email, and email “trust” ratings, or how well companies are protecting consumers from email cyberthreats. To compile the Index, Agari analyzes 6.5 billion emails per day across 11 industries to identify which companies are being targeted and which companies are taking action to prevent attacks from reaching consumers.
The Travel sector saw threat volume increase by 800% in Q2, signifying a major target for hackers. Mega Banks were found to have the highest ThreatScore in Q2, where consumers are 15 times more likely to receive a malicious email pretending to be from a major bank than they are from an airline. Health Care is still in critical condition with the lowest TrustScore of all industries. Out of the 14 health care companies analyzed, 13 classified as "easy targets" for cybercriminals.
“Quarter after quarter we are witnessing industries struggle with email security. We see countless high-profile breaches in the news where email is a stepping stone in the attack or is leveraged post-attack to steal credentials, begging the question, ‘Why are these industries not protecting themselves and their customers?’” said Patrick Peterson, Founder and CEO of Agari. “We issue these quarterly reports to encourage people to take email security more seriously. For a long time, brands couldn’t do anything to stop brand hijacking, but now they can deploy DMARC to stop brand abuse through email and protect their consumers.”
Email is the Weakest Link
The disparity in email security between the best- and the worst-performing industries is significant: of the industries surveyed, three-quarters have yet to completely implement DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, & Conformance), an open standard enabled on 70% of the world’s inboxes. DMARC is the only security solution that enables Internet-scale email protection and prevents fraudulent brand abuse for email-borne cyberattacks. Social companies have a 64% DMARC implementation rate – five times what has occurred among airlines.
Despite the importance, ubiquity and staying power of email, there are still flaws. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, as of July there have been 395 data breaches in the U.S. alone; a 21 percent increase from the same time in 2013. In Q2 2014, Agari witnessed a rise in the number and threat-level of malicious email attacks from many of the security incidents making headlines. Cryptolocker, GameOver Zeus and the recent hacking of 1 billion passwords by a Russian gang all involve security gaps from email.
Additional Key Findings in Q2:
Financial Services was broken down into Payments, Mega Banks
(US and Europe), and Large Banks in Q2.
- Large Banks are the least trustworthy financial institution. Every large bank evaluated was classified as an “easy target.”
- E-tailers are excelling in email security, with online-only pioneers, such as Netflix and Newegg, leading the pack, whereas the majority of retailers are lagging in implementing best practices.
- Social Media sites are "security rockstars" with Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and Twitter having near-perfect TrustScores.
About the Agari TrustIndex
The Agari TrustIndex contains ratings developed by Agari that reflects how fully organizations have deployed three standards (SPF, DKIM, and DMARC) across their primary active domains. While all three standards are deployed "behind the scenes" and are not directly visible to consumers in most cases, by looking at TrustIndex scores you can get a simple, easy to understand rating of how well any given organization is protecting their customers from receiving malicious email under the guise of the organization's brand and domain name. It's important to note that the Agari TrustScore reflects that level of security deployed by the organization, and is not directly related to the ThreatScore, which is an indicator of how high a level of attack is directed at an organization. A company could have a very high TrustIndex score and still have a high ThreatScore as well, as even though they've deployed effective security the bad guys are still trying to break in.
The latest copy of the Agari Email TrustIndex is available for download here.
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Agari builds new, Internet scale, data driven security solutions that eliminate email as a channel for cyberattacks and enable businesses and consumers to interact safely. The Agari cloud-based SaaS solution aggregates data from 2.5 billion mailboxes to help global brands eliminate email threats, protect customers and their personal data, and proactively guard brand reputation. Today, Agari analyzes over 6 billion messages per day, identifies over 2 million malicious URLs per month, and blocks over 200 million malicious emails per month. Founded by the thought leaders behind Cisco’s IronPort solutions, Agari, a recipient of the JPMorgan Chase Hall of Innovation Award and recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor in Security, is headquartered in Silicon Valley. Learn more at http://www.agari.com.
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Major trends and emerging technologies – from virtual reality and IoT, to Big Data and algorithms – are helping organizations innovate in the digital era. However, to create real business value, IT must think beyond the ‘what’ of digital transformation to the ‘how’ to harness emerging trends, innovation and disruption. Architecture is the key that underpins and ties all these efforts together. In the digital age, it’s important to invest in architecture, extend the enterprise footprint to the cl...
Dec. 5, 2016 12:30 PM EST Reads: 2,281
Bert Loomis was a visionary. This general session will highlight how Bert Loomis and people like him inspire us to build great things with small inventions. In their general session at 19th Cloud Expo, Harold Hannon, Architect at IBM Bluemix, and Michael O'Neill, Strategic Business Development at Nvidia, discussed the accelerating pace of AI development and how IBM Cloud and NVIDIA are partnering to bring AI capabilities to "every day," on-demand. They also reviewed two "free infrastructure" pr...
Dec. 5, 2016 12:30 PM EST Reads: 936
Whether your IoT service is connecting cars, homes, appliances, wearable, cameras or other devices, one question hangs in the balance – how do you actually make money from this service? The ability to turn your IoT service into profit requires the ability to create a monetization strategy that is flexible, scalable and working for you in real-time. It must be a transparent, smoothly implemented strategy that all stakeholders – from customers to the board – will be able to understand and comprehe...
Dec. 5, 2016 11:38 AM EST Reads: 182
Businesses and business units of all sizes can benefit from cloud computing, but many don't want the cost, performance and security concerns of public cloud nor the complexity of building their own private clouds. Today, some cloud vendors are using artificial intelligence (AI) to simplify cloud deployment and management. In his session at 20th Cloud Expo, Ajay Gulati, Co-founder and CEO of ZeroStack, will discuss how AI can simplify cloud operations. He will cover the following topics: why clou...
Dec. 5, 2016 11:30 AM EST Reads: 760
"Dice has been around for the last 20 years. We have been helping tech professionals find new jobs and career opportunities," explained Manish Dixit, VP of Product and Engineering at Dice, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 19th Cloud Expo, held November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Dec. 5, 2016 11:15 AM EST Reads: 936
More and more brands have jumped on the IoT bandwagon. We have an excess of wearables – activity trackers, smartwatches, smart glasses and sneakers, and more that track seemingly endless datapoints. However, most consumers have no idea what “IoT” means. Creating more wearables that track data shouldn't be the aim of brands; delivering meaningful, tangible relevance to their users should be. We're in a period in which the IoT pendulum is still swinging. Initially, it swung toward "smart for smar...
Dec. 5, 2016 10:30 AM EST Reads: 644
The Internet of Things will challenge the status quo of how IT and development organizations operate. Or will it? Certainly the fog layer of IoT requires special insights about data ontology, security and transactional integrity. But the developmental challenges are the same: People, Process and Platform and how we integrate our thinking to solve complicated problems. In his session at 19th Cloud Expo, Craig Sproule, CEO of Metavine, demonstrated how to move beyond today's coding paradigm and sh...
Dec. 5, 2016 10:30 AM EST Reads: 281
We are always online. We access our data, our finances, work, and various services on the Internet. But we live in a congested world of information in which the roads were built two decades ago. The quest for better, faster Internet routing has been around for a decade, but nobody solved this problem. We’ve seen band-aid approaches like CDNs that attack a niche's slice of static content part of the Internet, but that’s it. It does not address the dynamic services-based Internet of today. It does...
Dec. 5, 2016 07:30 AM EST Reads: 1,002
In his keynote at 18th Cloud Expo, Andrew Keys, Co-Founder of ConsenSys Enterprise, provided an overview of the evolution of the Internet and the Database and the future of their combination – the Blockchain. Andrew Keys is Co-Founder of ConsenSys Enterprise. He comes to ConsenSys Enterprise with capital markets, technology and entrepreneurial experience. Previously, he worked for UBS investment bank in equities analysis. Later, he was responsible for the creation and distribution of life sett...
Dec. 5, 2016 07:30 AM EST Reads: 7,059
The WebRTC Summit New York, to be held June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, announces that its Call for Papers is now open. Topics include all aspects of improving IT delivery by eliminating waste through automated business models leveraging cloud technologies. WebRTC Summit is co-located with 20th International Cloud Expo and @ThingsExpo. WebRTC is the future of browser-to-browser communications, and continues to make inroads into the traditional, difficult, plug-in web ...
Dec. 5, 2016 07:15 AM EST Reads: 1,299
20th Cloud Expo, taking place June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world. Cloud computing is now being embraced by a majority of enterprises of all sizes. Yesterday's debate about public vs. private has transformed into the reality of hybrid cloud: a recent survey shows that 74% of enterprises have a hybrid cloud strategy.
Dec. 5, 2016 06:45 AM EST Reads: 1,797
WebRTC is the future of browser-to-browser communications, and continues to make inroads into the traditional, difficult, plug-in web communications world. The 6th WebRTC Summit continues our tradition of delivering the latest and greatest presentations within the world of WebRTC. Topics include voice calling, video chat, P2P file sharing, and use cases that have already leveraged the power and convenience of WebRTC.
Dec. 5, 2016 06:45 AM EST Reads: 1,629
"We're a cybersecurity firm that specializes in engineering security solutions both at the software and hardware level. Security cannot be an after-the-fact afterthought, which is what it's become," stated Richard Blech, Chief Executive Officer at Secure Channels, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Dec. 5, 2016 06:30 AM EST Reads: 758
The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to simplify and streamline our lives by automating routine tasks that distract us from our goals. This promise is based on the ubiquitous deployment of smart, connected devices that link everything from industrial control systems to automobiles to refrigerators. Unfortunately, comparatively few of the devices currently deployed have been developed with an eye toward security, and as the DDoS attacks of late October 2016 have demonstrated, this oversight can ...
Dec. 5, 2016 06:15 AM EST Reads: 976
Fact is, enterprises have significant legacy voice infrastructure that’s costly to replace with pure IP solutions. How can we bring this analog infrastructure into our shiny new cloud applications? There are proven methods to bind both legacy voice applications and traditional PSTN audio into cloud-based applications and services at a carrier scale. Some of the most successful implementations leverage WebRTC, WebSockets, SIP and other open source technologies. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Da...
Dec. 5, 2016 06:00 AM EST Reads: 1,694
Internet-of-Things discussions can end up either going down the consumer gadget rabbit hole or focused on the sort of data logging that industrial manufacturers have been doing forever. However, in fact, companies today are already using IoT data both to optimize their operational technology and to improve the experience of customer interactions in novel ways. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Gordon Haff, Red Hat Technology Evangelist, will share examples from a wide range of industries – includin...
Dec. 5, 2016 04:15 AM EST Reads: 1,621
We're entering the post-smartphone era, where wearable gadgets from watches and fitness bands to glasses and health aids will power the next technological revolution. With mass adoption of wearable devices comes a new data ecosystem that must be protected. Wearables open new pathways that facilitate the tracking, sharing and storing of consumers’ personal health, location and daily activity data. Consumers have some idea of the data these devices capture, but most don’t realize how revealing and...
Dec. 5, 2016 04:00 AM EST Reads: 5,138
Unless your company can spend a lot of money on new technology, re-engineering your environment and hiring a comprehensive cybersecurity team, you will most likely move to the cloud or seek external service partnerships. In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Darren Guccione, CEO of Keeper Security, revealed what you need to know when it comes to encryption in the cloud.
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Shop Qatar’s International Week takes residents & visitors on a tour around the world
In a colourful celebration of the World’s diverse cultures, the third week of Shop Qatar (January 21- 27) took Qatar’s residents and visitors on a tour around the world. The week’s events included a line-up of unique fashion-forward events and activities at malls that sampled the arts and crafts from countries as far as Russia, the USA, Malaysia and Morocco.
The week kicked off with a three-day certified fashion course by Spain’s Alejandro Resta where 23 students learned the ins and outs of fashion design. Together they explored creating unique shapes and silhouettes, and how to develop ideas from the first sketch to the final piece.
Later in the week, the festival’s third and final fashion show brought an international line-up of fashion creations from as far off as Mexico in the West to the Philippines in the East. In a true celebration of international fashion, twelve designers from eight different countries shared the runway to showcase their Spring/ Summer 2018 collections. The designers included Kuwait’s Thaher Baqir and Lebanon’s Fouad Sarkis and the jewel in the show’s crown was a guest appearance by Pakistani superstar Imran Abbas in one of Maria B.’s creations. The display of over 120 looks included menswear, bridal, prêt-à-porter and couture designs.
On Saturday, one of Hollywood celebrities’ favourite make-up artists, Joyce Bonelli came to Doha for the first time to share her tips and tricks in beauty and makeup with the ladies at a make-up class in the Ritz-Carlton. The LA-based makeup artist and mogul is most famously known as the mastermind behind every Kardashian’s signature cat eye and high-gloss cheekbone for over a decade.
In addition, malls participating in Shop Qatar also hosted a variety of international handicraft activities inviting mall-goers to create their own Malaysian kites, Russian embroidery and much more.
To find out more, visit www.shopqatar.qa and follow the dedicated Shop Qatar social media accounts on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.


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Drake just broke Adele’s streaming record and Beyoncé debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with 12 tracks in the top 100 at once – another record broken.
If you didn’t know that Beyoncé surprise launched her passion filled album and Drake dropped his long awaited fourth album this week, then how’s the rock you’ve been hiding under? These aren’t just massive releases for the music industry in general, these two new albums once again position streaming in a massively important role for modern music releases.
Beyoncé released her surprise album ‘Lemonade’ last weekend to critical acclaim and created brilliant publicity by stirring controversy over her personal life. But it mattered to us because she released the album as a streaming exclusive to Tidal, proving the prominence of music streaming and the competition that comes with the streaming boom we’re seeing happen before us. With a mix of Record Equivalent Streams (RES – number of streams that count as a record sale) and album sales Beyoncé’s Lemonade debuted at number 1 in the album charts with a record breaking 12 songs from a female artist all appearing in the chart.
Drake’s album on the other hand was released as a streaming exclusive on Apple Music. Just days after launching his new album ‘Views’, Drake’s streams boosted so high on his single ‘One Dance’ that it beat Adele’s record breaking 7.32 million streams, for her track Hello’s first week available. His combined sales and RESs have also been doing incredibly putting him at number one of Buzzangle’s charts with ‘Views’ expected to surpass 1 million album sales by the end of its first week.
So this week has been massive for music and streaming. But on the other hand both of these global music stars releasing their new albums exclusively on particular streaming services can split fans and services. Although Drake’s album only remains exclusive for a week and it’s yet to be confirmed if Lemonade will only stream on Tidal forever it represents an issue within the new industry. With the varied choice of streaming services, the services want exclusives to draw you in – but exclusives can alienate fans who chose other services, and takes away an element of choice, it can even promote piracy.
What do you think – Are streaming exclusives just healthy competition or does it create a rift in a platform that is quickly becoming the primary source of music consumption? Let us know in the comments below.


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This undated photo shows the headquarters of Alibaba Group in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province. (NIU JING / FOR CHINA DAILY)
Chinese authorities have officially opened an anti-monopoly probe into e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and will summon its affiliate Ant Group for a meeting about financial regulations, the latest moves to strengthen antitrust practices and prevention of the "disorderly expansion of capital".
The State Administration for Market Regulation has launched an investigation into Alibaba for alleged monopolistic conduct, including implementing an "exclusive dealing agreement", Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.
The issue largely refers to the company's practice of forcing merchants to choose either Alibaba's platform or its rival site to sell their products instead of being eligible to work with both, potentially crowding out competitors.
In a statement on Thursday, Alibaba said it will actively cooperate with the investigation, and the operation of the company's businesses currently remain normal.
Meanwhile, financial regulators, including the central bank and the banking and securities watchdogs, will summon Alibaba's financial technology arm Ant to a meeting to regulate the operation and development of its financial business, the People's Bank of China said on Thursday.
In a statement on Thursday, Alibaba said it will actively cooperate with the investigation, and the operation of the company's businesses currently remain normal
Ant said it had received the notice of the meeting and pledged to "seriously study and strictly comply with all regulatory requirements and make full efforts to fulfill all related work".
Alibaba's Hong Kong-listed stocks plunged 8.13 percent on Thursday.
Overshadowed by the Alibaba investigation, other internet majors such as Tencent, JD and Meituan all saw their shares tumble on the same day.
With market resources concentrating on leading companies, certain "risks and hidden dangers" have surfaced in the development of the online economy, according to a commentary in People's Daily on Thursday.
"Anti-monopolism is an international practice, which is conducive to protecting fair competition and innovation in the market and safeguarding consumer rights," the newspaper said, adding that the investigation does not imply a change of attitude toward encouraging and supporting the online economy.
"Rather, it's precisely for the purpose of better regulating and developing the online economy, and guiding and promoting its healthy development with the hope that it stands to make a bigger contribution to China's high-quality economic development."
The overriding goal of anti-monopolism is not aimed at "clamping down on one internet giant and fostering the other", but rather safeguarding the interests of small and medium-sized businesses that bank on these internet platforms, said Xue Jun, a professor of law at Peking University and director of the university's E-Commerce Law Research Center.
"Through the series of actions, we really need to hear the voices of smaller merchants, who essentially form the backbone of the stability of the economy and people's livelihoods," he said.
Ant's massive initial public offering was suspended in early November just days before its widely anticipated dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Regulators have tightened their supervision of internet companies and meanwhile curbed their allegedly monopolistic behavior by regulating online financial services to rein in potential risks.
Chinese authorities vowed at last week's Central Economic Work Conference to intensify anti-monopoly supervision and prevent "disorderly capital expansion".
In the latest development, digital lenders including Ant-operated Huabei and Tencent-backed WeBank announced a reduction of their maximum quota for loans extended via online channels, in response to heavier scrutiny from financial regulators and new provisions unveiled earlier.
"By and large, Chinese regulators are pro-innovation," said Chen Guoli, a professor of strategy at the INSEAD business school in Singapore.
"But the government is also striking a delicate balance between innovation and risk. When it comes to the financial system, it is extremely careful about systemic risk."
Chen said there has been debate whether Ant is a financial firm or a high-tech firm. If Ant Group belongs to the financial industry, the compliance and disclosure requirements are different.
Given its main sources of revenue, "the government is currently inclined to think Ant is a financial company", Chen added.
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OpenAI opened ChatGPT API
OpenAI has announced that it now allows third party developers to integrate ChatGPT into their apps and services via an API.
OpenAI has announced that it now allows third party developers to integrate ChatGPT into their apps and services via an API. In addition, the company has opened up Whisper, its AI-powered speech-to-text model, and made it available through an API as well.
OpenAI says the ChatGPT API can be used for more than just creating AI-based chats (although it highlights several companies that have used it for this purpose, including the Snap My AI feature announced earlier this week). The developers say the new model family, called gpt-3.5-turbo, is “the best model for many non-chat use cases.”
OpenAI is offering 1,000 tokens for $0.002 and says it’s “10x cheaper than current GPT-3.5 models” due in part to “a series of system-wide optimizations.” While 1000 is a lot, it’s worth noting that sending a single piece of text for an API response can cost several tokens (“tokens” are blocks of text into which the system breaks sentences and words to predict what text it should output).
According to the OpenAI documentation, for example, the request “ChatGPT is great!” takes six tokens – the API breaks it down into “Chat”, “G”, “PT”, “is”, “great” and “!”. The company provides a tool to check how many tokens it will take to interpret a line of text, and says a general rule of thumb is that “one token usually equates to about 4 characters” in English.
The company says that developers will also be able to get a dedicated instance of ChatGPT if they process a large amount of data through the API. The post says this will give you more control over which model you use, how quickly you want the AI to respond to requests, and how long conversations with the bot can last.
OpenAI also announced another new API for Whisper, a speech-to-text model. The company says you can use it to translate audio to text for $0.006 per minute. Whisper is technically open source, so you can run it on your own hardware without paying anything. However, OpenAI likely has access to more powerful hardware, so if you’re looking for speed or need to transcribe on low power devices like phones, using the API might be the way to go.
The company also says it’s working on improving uptime and that “its engineering team’s top priority now is the stability of production use cases.”
While a few developers have come up with workarounds to include chat services in their apps, including using OpenAI’s regular GPT API that has been available for a while, the introduction of the official ChatGPT API could lead to a new wave of AI apps. While there are many companies working on their own AI chatbot models, such things are completely out of reach for most developers. Now they can simply use the OpenAI technology.
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Vigster writes: "The buzz word on everyone's lips this past year has been "recession". With businesses losing profits and going into administration left, right and centre, people the world over are fearing for their jobs, their homes and their lifestyles. Throughout this whole economic crisis however, the games industry has been lauding itself as largely "recession-proof".
This has unfortunately proved not to be the case. Studios have been downsizing and closing down worldwide, and there has been many shock casualties, the most notable being the significant downsizing of EA, considered by many to be the biggest superpower in the industry. The loss of studios is not the only effect that recession has had on the industry, there is a noticeable, and possibly more concerning trend highlighted by the release schedule of many companies this year. The curse of the sequel."


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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved several products as the first generic drugs to be granted a Competitive Generic Therapy (CGT) designation, which aims to accelerate the development and review processes for generic drugs that lack competition, the FDA announced Wednesday.
“This pathway is a key step in making safe and effective generic drugs available to patients quickly and ensuring there’s adequate competition so patients have affordable access to the treatments they need,” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in the FDA press release.
The newly approved products are variations of potassium chloride oral solution that fight low potassium levels in the bloodstream for patients on diuretics.
The FDA has new powers to grant drugs CGT designations thanks to the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017. Drugs can be designated as CGT if there is “inadequate generic competition for that drug, meaning there is not more than one approved drug” in the FDA’s Orange Book of approved drugs, according to the release.
If a drug receives a CGT designation, its maker can get “marketing exclusivity” for approximately six months. That is only possible if no one else is making the drug and the maker gets it to the market within 75 days, or approximately two and a half months.
CGT drugs must “demonstrate that all aspects of their drug product meet the FDA’s rigorous approval standards” during the expedited process, according to the release.
“Today’s approval of the first generic drug to receive a Competitive Generic Therapy designation reflects [the FDA’s] commitment to lower cost options and more competition that puts American patients first,” Department of Health and Human Services Sec. Alex Azar wrote on Twitter Wednesday. (RELATED: Trump Administration Requires Hospitals To Post Standard Prices Online)
Today’s approval of the first generic drug to receive a Competitive Generic Therapy designation reflects @US_FDA‘s commitment to lower cost options and more competition that puts American patients first. https://t.co/6aqh4XC6il
— Alex Azar (@SecAzar) August 8, 2018
Generic drugs are off-brand copies of drugs that are no longer patented. Drug patents can last for 20 years and be extremely lucrative for drugmakers, according to Truveris. Drugmakers spend billions each year to build up customer bases for their brand drugs so that when their drugs go off-patent, cheaper generics do not steal their market.
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