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IDG Contributor Network: Can SD-WANs meet standards requirements?

Network World

I find SD-WANs to be facing a similar battle. It’s inconceivable to many that an SD-WAN could replace MPLS. At one recent client, a chemical company, the team was looking to transition from MPLS to SD-WAN. Before Salesforce, many thought CRM to be too critical to run as SaaS. This is particularly true for security teams.

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Read This If You Do Business in China

SecureWorld News

The FBI identifies these groups are particularly at-risk, given China's previous tendencies toward the chemical and finance sectors paired with recent concerns about China's role in COVID-19 data theft. The caution is particularly important if your company has offices in China and operates in one of these three industries: Healthcare.

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How ergonomics and technology combine to help health best practices

CIO Business Intelligence

While there are OH&S regulations for lifting, moving heavy objects, and safety when working with chemicals and electricity, and there are guidelines for how long a person should be “sedentary” (i.e Ergonomics is often one of the most overlooked health concerns within the office. A poor quality monitor can also cause eye strain.

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Scientists develop method to recycle plastic bottles into aviation fuel using less energy

GeekWire

The scientists take polyethylene — which is better known as number 1 plastic — and apply heat, a chemical catalyst and solvents to break the material into jet fuel components or other hydrocarbon products. Waste plastics are also incinerated, and most wind up in landfills. “It’s for the whole scientific community.”.

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Why a “room-temperature superconductor” would be a huge deal

Vox

Batteries — from a Duracell AA all the way to a Tesla lithium-ion battery capable of holding approximately 100 kWh — store energy chemically, and can convert it to usable electricity. They are used much as a battery might be, but they work through a totally different mechanism. That necessarily involves some energy loss and inefficiency.

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Sandbox AQ CEO: Enterprises must prep for quantum threats

CIO Business Intelligence

Think about IP in terms of chemical formulas at consumer-packaged goods or chemicals companies. An example would be VPN and SD-WAN. The “decrypt later” part is that when sufficient computing capabilities are available to those adversaries, they will decrypt it and have access to it. Hidary: Yes.