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"Richards, David P.." Writers Directory 2005. . Retrieved April 20, 2019 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/richards-david-p<eot>Companies face a year of more uncertainty in 2018 and the window of opportunity is closing for many looking to digitally transform, and revitalise customer experiences, according to a new report.
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According to the report from research firm Forrester, 2018 will force decisive action on the digital front for companies to take control of their destiny.
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“The dynamics favour those taking aggressive action and create existential risks for those still holding on to old ways of doing business,” Forrester warns.
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And Forrester predicts that the chief information officer's agenda for 2018 will focus on fully embracing digital transformation, cultivating talent, and implementing (not just testing) new technologies.
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It says that the rapid maturation of artificial intelligence, blockchain and conversational interfaces will force organisations to create new customer experiences, transform jobs and forge new partnerships.
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“As technology continues to disrupt business, digital will disrupt the role of the CIO. A new breed of digital-savvy CIOs with digital backgrounds will emerge and demand a new title to fit their transformation,” Forrester says.
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The research firm also predicts that AI and Internet of Things will remain hot, “blockchain will simmer, and quantum will gather steam”, while digital business platforms are just “a wave” and companies will either build them or deliver through them.
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In a further prediction, Forrester says the pace of automation across industries will pick up significantly around the world in 2018, altering the shape of the global workforce.
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Forrester expects the global market for automation will accelerate faster in the New Year as enterprises aim to enhance performance and garner insights from commodity tasks.
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And, according to Forrester, automation will eliminate 9% of US jobs but create 2% more and “a political automation backlash” will briefly impede progress – and lose, while bots, backed by AI, will alter traditional information management.
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Artificial intelligence: the honeymoon for AI is over: blended AI will Disrupt customer service and sales strategy
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CIOs will move away from the lift-and-shift approach to AI tech implementations, and new applications of blended AI will increasingly be used to improve customer service and sales processes in the New Year. In addition, Forrester predicts that AI will make decisions and provide real-time instructions at 20% of firms and will increasingly be used for visual experience.
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It says 2018 will be the year CIOs will exploit the potential of blockchain technology. While there will be steady improvement and a few breakthroughs, don’t expect a major leap in technology maturity in 2018. In addition, CIOs, CISOs will pay greater attention to blockchain security, and blockchain will start to transform fraud management and identity verification. Banking processes will also see heterogeneous blockchain adoption in 2018.
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Public cloud adoption will reach a 50% adoption rate in 2018, which is a significant milestone for enterprises. Looking at the factors shaping the cloud computing landscape next year, Forrester also predicts that the market should expect further consolidation through 2020. Enterprises will shift 10% of their traffic from carrier backbones to other providers, and telecom providers will feel the effects.
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Rising tensions in international relations, ubiquitous connectivity, digital transformation initiatives and the data economy will have a large impact on cyber security. Forrester has six predictions for cyber security in 2018, including: Governments will no longer be the sole providers of reliable, verified identities; More IoT attacks will be motivated by financial gain than chaos; and blockchain will overtake AI in VC funding and security vendor roadmaps.
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IoT technologies will dictate how companies deliver high-value experiences for their customers next year. Increased consumer adoption and advances in AI are fuelling the improvement of connected devices, and the quality of voice services will boost adoption of IoT devices. In addition, IoT will be at the center of broader and more damaging cyber attacks as hackers seek to compromise systems to extract sensitive data.
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An engaged workforce boosts customer experience and revenue performance. While Forrester predicts that employee engagement won't improve in 2018, technology leaders must stay on top of micro trends like collaboration and employee technology as well as macro issues, such as how automation is reshaping labor, as they are thrust into the forefront to help create the conditions for a positive employee experience.
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Next year is the year that mobile becomes core to the digital ecosystem. While many firms believe that they've checked the box on mobile, they also should note that what is changing is the next generation of consumer experiences on these devices. Smart firms will continue to invest heavily in the underlying technology: the architecture, talent, and process to deliver these experiences. Emerging tech like AR, AI and chatbots will continue to pique interest but mainstream breakthrough is still further off.
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Digging through the transcript of Microsoft’s recent Worldwide Partner Conference, a number of people paused at CEO Steve Ballmer’s comment that the company now has one million servers. As interesting is that he said that Google has more and Amazon fewer, while other big names like Facebook and Yahoo are in the 100,000 ballpark.
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--Does Ballmer know how Microsoft compares to his competitors? Probably not. As well-known Amazon Web Services engineer James Hamilton notes, Amazon has never released a server count. Neither has Google, although two years ago a Stanford professor deduced, based on official data about Google’s data center energy output, that Google had around 900,000 servers.
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--What does the number mean about Microsoft data center efficiency? That’s a tough one to answer. Microsoft’s IaaS and PaaS services are dwarfed by AWS. Bing is dwarfed by Google. More than 300 million people use Outlook.com, but 100 million more use Gmail.
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Do all of Microsoft’s flagging competitive services, like Azure and Bing, plus its enterprise services, add up to more workloads than AWS has? Or is Microsoft just really inefficient at running its data centers?
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These are questions posed by Roger, in the comments after Hamilton’s blog post. He suggests we can’t compare efficiency based on server numbers: “The numbers they should brag about are ratios – servers per system ops/admin person, annual power consumption per user, servers per user, etc.” he wrote.
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--Regardless of the comparison, what more does the one million figure tell us about Microsoft’s data center? Hamilton does the math for us. He figures that one million servers equals 15 – 30 data centers, a $4.25 billion capital expense, and power consumption of 2.6TWh annually, or the amount of power that would be used by 230,000 homes in the U.S.
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--Should we care? Hamilton argues the number isn’t useful “mostly because a single data point is open to a lot of misinterpretation by even skilled industry observers.”
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That said, apparently there’s significant interest throughout the industry. Data Center Knowledge said that its page that lists the best information about who has the most servers is one of its most popular.
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Take a look, it’s very interesting to see the enormous differences in scale. Rackspace, for instance, has just 94,000 servers. In 2011, SoftLayer said it had 100,000. EBay has 54,000 servers, compared to Facebook’s “hundreds of thousands.”
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Ultimately, it’s intriguing to find out how many servers Microsoft has, particularly because the giants in the industry are secretive about such data center metrics. But unless we have additional metrics, it’s just too hard to draw any meaningful conclusions from the number.<eot>WPPI: Sightseeing in Vegas — Caitlin Gerres Photography
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WPPI: Sightseeing in Vegas
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Since I don't expect to make the trip to WPPI every year, I really wanted to use my free time this year to see the sights. So after my classes were over and I had explored the expo, I took a taxi down the strip to see some of the hotels. And since I hadn't had the opportunity to photograph anything all week, I took along my big camera and pulled it out at a few different spots.
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The Bellagio fountains were definitely at the top of my list to see, and it sure was beautiful! But the peek I got of the fountain show at night was even prettier, so I'd recommend going after dark for a more magical show.
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I was most excited about the Venetian hotel, but to be honest I was a little disappointed with the size of the outdoor canal. It's basically a gondola ride to nowhere. I guess I should have expected that with the limited outdoor space most of these hotels have, but it still surprised me. The indoor gondolas were much cooler and I loved that it was on the second floor! I definitely got lost in there though. That was one winding hotel! And I really loved all the architectural details both indoors and out.
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The pool area of Caesar's Palace was pretty incredible and an accidental find as I wandered around. Very grand!
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And of course, my little "European" adventure couldn't have skipped a visit to the Paris hotel. I didn't have time to visit the top of the Eiffel Tower, but I strolled through the Parisian town they have indoors and stopped for a pre-dinner dessert at one of their multiple bakeries. And their lobby screams Versailles! If it hadn't been filled with so many people, I definitely would have pulled out my camera for a picture!
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Vegas is certainly no Europe, but it was a good temporary substitute. In spite of the fact that there are flashy displays and brightly lit signs all around, I appreciated the architectural details and European nuances of each hotel.
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On the list for the next trip to Vegas: the Eiffel Tower observation deck, visiting the Grand Canyon and the desert, and a vow renewal with Elvis.<eot>Ashes 2021-22: Police Gatecrashes Into Australia, England's Ashes Afterparty
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Ashes 2021-22: Police Gatecrashes Into Australia, England's Ashes Afterparty
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The Ashes afterparty of the Australia and England players were reportedly gatecrashed by the Tasmanian police and was shut down asking the players to go to bed. Australia won the series 4-0 as Joe Root's England succumbed a heavy loss.
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However, both teams showed tremendous sportsmanship by joining in an afterparty which incidentally became troublesome for them. A viral video of Nathan Lyon, Joe Root, Travis Head and James Anderson being summoned by the police is making the rounds on social media.
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Tasmania Police Summons England, Australia Players For Ashes AfterParty
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The players are seen to be questioned by the police. They are also being asked by the police to leave the venue and go to bed. They were partying at the Crowne Plaza Hotel after the end of the fifth and final Test match. They left the premises as advised by the police after the interrogation.
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"You're too loud and have obviously been asked to pack up," a female officer told the group, who were sitting around a table and drinking beer. "We have been asked to come. It's time for bed," the police said. The Tasmanian Police also came up with a statement regarding the incident.
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"Tasmania Police attended the Crowne Plaza Hobart on Monday morning after reports were made of intoxicated people in a function area. The guests were spoken to by police, just after 6:00am, and left the area when asked. No further action will be taken by police," the statement read.
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Meanwhile, after the Ashes debacle, Joe Root and Ben Stokes withdrew their names from the IPL 2022 mega auction. While Root termed it as a sacrifice, Stokes said that he wanted to focus on his workload for England's next home season.
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"There's a lot that we need to do for this team, which deserves all of my energy. I'll keep sacrificing as much as I can because I care so much about Test cricket in our country and trying to get us to where we want to be," Root said.
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"Stokes will sit out this year's tournament, which will feature 10 teams for the first time and be preceded by a mega-auction in which there are plenty of spaces to fill," London's Evening Standard reported on the England all-rounder.
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Also Read: The Hundred Will Help England Win WTC: WV Raman Takes A Dig At England Experts For Blaming IPL For Ashes Defeat
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Tagged: Alex Carey, Australia National Cricket Team, England National Cricket Team, James Anderson, Joe Root, Nathan Lyon, The Ashes 2021-22, Travis Head<eot>Using Biological Safety Cabinets
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Biological safety cabinets (BSCs) are among the most effective primary containment devices used in laboratories working with infectious agents. They act as primary barriers to prevent the escape of biological aerosols into the laboratory environment. This is an important function, because most laboratory techniques (e.g., pipetting, vortexing, sonicating) are known to produce inadvertent aerosols that can be readily inhaled by the laboratory worker.
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High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters are present in all classes of BSCs. A HEPA filter removes only particulates (including microorganisms), not vapors or gasses, from the air. Depending on its quality, a HEPA filter is able to trap 99.97% of particles equal to and greater than 0.3 micron.
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BSCs are designed, in varying degrees, for:
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Personnel Protection: Protect personnel from harmful agents inside the BSC
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Product Protection: Protect the work, product, experiment, or procedure performed in the BSC from contaminants in the laboratory environment or from cross contamination inside the cabinet
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Environmental Protection: Protect the environment from contaminants contained in the BSC
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A comprehensive description of BSC types, performance characteristics, and applications can be found in the publication Primary Containment for Biohazards: Selection, Installation and Use of Biological Safety Cabinets available online at: http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/biosfty/bsc/bsc.htm.
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Before selecting a cabinet, potential users must evaluate their program and match specific requirements with the appropriate equipment. The Biological Safety Section can assist researchers with these evaluations.
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Policies for BSC Use
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In order to ensure that BSCs are providing adequate personnel and environmental protection, it is required that BSCs are tested and certified on site:
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At any time the BSC is moved
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PIs are responsible for ensuring that BSCs in their facilities are certified on an annual basis. For most departments, a Safety Contact has been established (typically a facility manager or safety coordinator) that will coordinate the certification of BSCs with a qualified vendor. If there is no established Safety Contact for the unit, the PI will be responsible for contacting a vendor themselves and scheduling the certification. Once annual certification is received, the Safety Contact (or PI if there is no designated Safety Contact) should update the campus BSC Inventory Database. Call or e-mail DRS for more information or see http://www.drs.illinois.edu/bss/programareas/cabinets/.
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Policy on use of uncertified biosafety cabinets
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If a biosafety cabinet is not certified (either via certification expiration or certification failure) it must not be used as a primary safety device. From a safety perspective, an uncertified biosafety cabinet with the blowers running has the potential to disseminate potentially harmful material throughout the environment. Any work with pathogens or potentially infectious materials - even those considered Risk Group 1 - should not be performed in an uncertified cabinet.
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Occasionally, there are requests to work with non-pathogenic material (e.g. plant or certain animal tissue cultures) in an uncertified cabinet. This should only be considered if the situation can be carefully managed. The cabinet should have a warning sign, and occupants of the laboratory should be trained on the limitations and potential hazards of using the equipment incorrectly. Such use is strongly discouraged in laboratories where pathogens or potentially infectious materials are also present since the potential for and risks of using the equipment incorrectly are increased.
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If you have an uncertified biological safety cabinet and wish to use it for work with biological material, please contact the Biological Safety Section. We will work with you to develop a risk assessment to determine if the proposed use would qualify for an exemption from the certification requirement.
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BSCs should not be used in place of a chemical fume hood. Volatile or toxic chemicals should not be used in unducted Class II Type A cabinets since vapor build-up inside the cabinet presents a fire or explosion hazard. In addition, this type of cabinet recirculates air to the cabinet work space and exhausts into the room, potentially exposing the operator and other room occupants to toxic chemical vapors via the air flow. Biotoxins should also be manipulated in a chemical fume hood, see: http://www.drs.illinois.edu/bss/factsheets/biotoxins.aspx?tbID=fs.
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Gas connections, gas burners and alcohol lamps in the BSC
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Gas connections to a BSC are not permitted without a DRS approved, written justification for specialized, limited duration work. Note that routine "flaming" is not considered adequate justification.
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Create turbulence in the airflow, compromising protection of both the worker and the work
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Present a potential fire or explosion hazard, especially when using a gas burner in conjunction with ethanol Cause excessive heat build-up, which may damage HEPA filters and compromise the cabinet's integrity
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May inactivate the manufacturers warranty
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UV lamps are not required or recommended in BSCs. There is a potential for exposure to UV radiation above recommended limits if working in or near a BSC with a UV light in use. In addition, the germicidal activity of UV lights is limited by a number of factors, many of which are difficult to control. These include the ability of the light to penetrate the cabinet air flow, relative humidity levels >70%, ambient temperature <770 F and > 800 F, cleanliness of the bulb, and age of the bulb (should be measured every 6 months for intensity).
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Arrange for minimal disruptions, such as room traffic or entry into the room, while the cabinet is in use.
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Turn on fluorescent light and cabinet blower.
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Surface Decontamination – before work
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Keep all materials at least four inches inside the sash, and perform all contaminated operations as far to the rear of the work area as possible.
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Surface Decontamination – after work
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Other Biosafety Facts Sheets are available from the Biological Safety Section at our website: http://www.drs.illinois.edu/bss/factsheets.<eot>Best companies to work for in Birmingham UK - June 2022
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Valinex.com
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A dynamic, positive, highly commercial name
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Whether you see this business name as a shortening of 'value, innovation, excellence'; 'value nexus'; or 'value next', you'll not fail to see value as its core message. Such short, memorable and easily spelled and pronounced names like this seldom have such a clarity of intent. It's this clarity that makes this name a real winner - and a brand name with real value.
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About Valinex.com
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The Valinex.com domain name
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