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Tech report lays out a fuzzy roadmap for Washington state’s quantum industry

GeekWire

NQN’s partners include Microsoft and Amazon Web Services, which have both rolled out cloud-based quantum computing platforms; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which is working on a range of quantum applications for national security purposes; and premier research institutions including UW and Washington State University.

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Amazon Prime Day set for June 21-22; tech giant turns to actor Kristen Bell to help counter critics

GeekWire

Actor and small business owner Kristen Bell speaks about Amazon and small businesses during a recorded press briefing video. I’ve been inspired to see the many brick and mortar businesses adapt by making the pivot to online selling with us, helping keep their employees working throughout the pandemic.”

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Join Architects, Planners, Program Managers, Data Scientists at 4th Annual Cloudera Federal Forum in DC 25 Feb

CTOvision

Track sessions will focus on: Enabling Business Results with Big Data — How to enable agency programs that will yield enormous value through big data to deliver actionable information and measureable results. Steve was previously CTO of Sanctum, a pioneer in Web application security testing and firewall software. www.intel.com.

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Amazon’s strategy to squeeze marketplace sellers and maximize its own profits is evolving

Vox

It’s exploiting its monopoly power over these small businesses to pocket a huge and growing cut of their revenue.”. You might consider this to be a good business strategy on Amazon’s part, as it’s certainly paid off for the company. Enrolling in the FBA program is the only way that most sellers can qualify for Prime.

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7 business tasks you could (and should) be automating

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

Every business is different and has different workflows. The problem is, many businesses still handle these things with manual methods like email or a mix of different software programs. While that may work for small businesses, it can’t scale. small businesses is $53,399.

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How to Achieve PCI Compliance in AWS?

Galido

As such, it is critical that the merchants comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards ( PCI DSS ) to protect the cardholder information using the Amazon Web Services as well as Amazon cloud. The council comprises credit card service providers (such as MasterCard and Visa). AWS PCI Compliance.

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Tech Moves: Flexe hires Amazon biometrics leader; Fresh Chalk founder departs; and more

GeekWire

“I was inspired by the many small business owners I worked with over the last few years at Fresh Chalk,” Pearce told GeekWire in an email. Prior to joining Apptio, Ung was a senior manager of software development at Amazon Web Services and spent five years at Microsoft. He will continue to be based in Seattle.

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