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Z?m wins $150M from San Francisco schools to modernize and electrify student transport

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m, a startup that wants to upgrade student transportation, a five-year $150 million contract to modernize its transport service throughout the district. m’s transportation solution for SFUSD is expected to save the district $3 million per year on average, based on the cost of the incumbent’s solution. m told TechCrunch.

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Trade routes of the digital age: How data gravity shapes cloud strategy

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The cost and risk of long-distance transport led to local production hubs that mimicked the materials and techniques of the far-off goods they sought to replicate. While centralizing data can improve performance and security, it can also lead to inefficiencies, increased costs and limitations on cloud mobility.

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Boundary Layer wants to steal air freight’s lunch and transport it by water instead

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Boundary Layer is working on a series of electrically propulsed hydrofoiling vessels and wants to rewrite the book of transportation-focused verse, one stanza at a time, with nimble, fast-to-load, container-ship standard high-speed shipping vessels, with the goal of halving the cost of traditional air freight, at comparable speeds. .”

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CIOs are rethinking how they use public cloud services. Here’s why.

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The reasons include higher than expected costs, but also performance and latency issues; security, data privacy, and compliance concerns; and regional digital sovereignty regulations that affect where data can be located, transported, and processed. That said, 2025 is not just about repatriation. Judes Research Hospital St.

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Freedom to securely create and collaborate from anywhere

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Productivity – Deliver world class remoting performance and easily manage connections so people have access to their digital workspaces from virtually anywhere. Help your apps and budget perform Give your creative apps a boost by consolidating your graphics workstations alongside existing cloud storage and renderfarms. Why HP Anyware?

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Pull Systems launches out of Up.Labs-Porsche partnership to tackle EV performance

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On Porsche’s list: software that helps manage and automate the performance of EVs. “Cars are becoming a combination of software and a battery — and ultimately battery performance,” UP.Labs president Katelyn Foley said. Ultimately, the company wants the software to be automated using machine learning tools.

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Global MBBF 2024: Turkey hosts the rise of 5.5G and AI at the forefront of the mobile AI era

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Dr. Ömer Fatih Sayan, Türkiye’s Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, gave the event a powerful message on the nation’s commitment to innovation. “AI Sinclair described 5G as a game-changer for connectivity, with even faster growth on the horizon and increased efficiency and performance across industries. “5G,

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