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FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer self-sovereign IDs to Africa’s unbanked

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In Zimbabwe, for instance, only 30% of the adult population had access to any financial services as of 2014. Verification is done on-chain through Algorand, which bills itself as a solution to the blockchain trilemma of security, scalability and decentralization. Several years ago the numbers were starker. million in 2016.

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Private Data Center Trends for 2014 and Beyond

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Highlighting the data center trends for 2014 and beyond will help you begin to formulate strategies and appropriately plan for the future computational and storage needs of your organization. Hyper scalable software defined data centers are expected to further increase data center efficiency. Changes in Data Storage Methodology.

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Scalable Bioinformatics Boot Camp 2-3 Oct San Diego

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If you are ready to enhance your skills with distributed platforms, scalable workflow tools and big data science please check out the info below from the Workflows for Data Science (WorDS) Center of Excellence , SDSC and National Biomedical Computation Resource (NBCR) : Scalable Bioinformatics Boot Camp. Agenda: The agenda is here.

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2014 Analyst Forum: Data Analytics and Ancestry.com

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— Trajectory Magazine (@TrajectoryMag) July 30, 2014. "Making — EM Simpson (@charlie_simpson) July 30, 2014. "Also, — EM Simpson (@charlie_simpson) July 30, 2014. . "Also, — EM Simpson (@charlie_simpson) July 30, 2014. " Sorensen, @ancestry CTO #dataanalytics.

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Dovetail, the venture studio that has worked with startups like Afterpay, is raising a new fund

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Founded in 2014, Dovetail’s success stories include Afterpay , the Melbourne-headquartered unicorn that is one of the highest-profile players in the buy now, play later space, along with Klarna and Affirm.

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How AerCap’s CIO has been a catalyst for a robust M&A strategy

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The company had completed a first acquisition (International Lease Finance Corporation in 2014) and was relocating its headquarters from Schiphol in the Netherlands to Dublin, Ireland. Koletzki would use the move to upgrade the IT environment from a small data room to something more scalable.

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SoftBank-backed Korean edtech startup Riiid acquires Langoo, expands in Japan  

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Riiid’s strength is our scalability and ability to apply our technology anywhere, regardless of regions, languages and domains. Founded in 2014, it has approximately 210 employees globally, including South Korea, the U.S, By leveraging this investment, we will capture broader Japanese market opportunities.

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