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Zurich, Switzerland--(Newsfile Corp. - March 21, 2023) - Google Cloud scouts Freename and invites it into its startups program. The Swiss company, which now has more than 15,000 users and 20,000 registered domains, is officially part of the advanced Google Cloud Startups Program (Scale Tier). Starting this year, Freename has access to $100,000 to invest in Google Cloud technologies, training for the technical team, and dedicated business support. Added to these there is access to a Startup Success Manager, the global Google Cloud Startup Community, and the opportunity to do co-marketing campaigns with other selected startups.

Google Cloud Rewards and Invites Freename in Its Startups Program: Benefits, Training and Growth

For Freename this is a push to accelerate the development of the Web3 Domains and TLDs platform. Due to the increasingly high demand of users and the amount of new features to be released, Freename needs to scale up its servers: with Google Cloud and its Cloud Run, Freename can scale at best, improving the user experience for all its customers. Freename will also use the new Google Load Balancers to keep on distributing its service and infrastructure all over the world in the best possible way.

"This is a great opportunity for the next steps of Freename," announces Federico Costa, CTO of Freename.

The uses of Web3 domains and the interoperability of Freename. At the moment, there are already several uses of Freename Domains such as sending Web3 emails, resolving them on traditional websites, building and displaying decentralized websites, using them as addresses to send and receive cryptocurrency, and even participating in Web3 video conferences. In addition to making the Web3 domain as usable as possible by the mainstream user, Freename is working on creating an ecosystem in which Web3 domains from different registrars are interoperable with each other. Some important steps toward interoperability have already been taken, such as the development of the first Web3 WHOIS, which makes it possible to identify which Web3 domains are associated with a wallet address and vice versa. Currently the tool works with Freename, Unstoppable and ENS domains. In addition, Freename's SDKs are fully public to facilitate integrations at both Web2 and Web3 levels, and this is one reason why there have been so many integrations and partnerships from the company in the last quarter such as with Mailchain,Young Platform, Huddle, and Pazly.

Successful startups that participated in the Google Cloud Program. Google boasts that it has hosted and accelerated the development of several successful startups. More information can be found directly on Google's site dedicated to the Cloud program.

About Freename: Freename is the leading Web3 TLDs and Domains platform where users can register and mint their own Web3 TLDs and Domains. Everyone can also get Royalties and become a Registrar. Furthermore, on Freename, users can trademark their Web3 TLDs and Domains to protect their own Web3 Identity worldwide.

Zurich, SwitzerlandMattia Martone[emailprotected]

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Edge Computing Market Size, Growth, Trends, Drivers & Forecast 2023-2028 – Ucommune International (NASDAQ – Benzinga

According to IMARC Groups latest report, titled Edge Computing Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2023-2028, the global edge computing market size reached US$ 11.7 Billion in 2022. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach US$ 45.4 Billion by 2028, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 25.4% during 2023-2028.

Edge computing refers to distributed computing paradigm that helps reduce the workload on the cloud by storing crucial data nearer to its source or destination to improve the response time. It improves the efficiency of cloud computing systems by decreasing network traffic and communication bandwidth between cloud servers and user devices. It also facilitates data acquisition, mobile signature analysis, and data caching while minimizing latency and enhancing overall process efficiency. It combines networking architecture, software, and hardware solutions to cover use cases in various organizations. As a result, edge computing is widely adopted in several organizations to boost productivity, performance, and profitability across the globe.

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The market is primarily driven by the rapid growth of the internet of things (IoT), the rising demand for connected devices, and increasing applications of real-time computing. In addition, the widespread integration of edge computing solutions with IoT-enabled devices is contributing to market growth. These solutions allow efficient processing, handling, and management of large volumes of data and improve internet connectivity for data transmission through the cloud. Moreover, the emergence of 4G and 5G connections, support for real-time applications, and integration of industry 4.0 to promote operational agility by using technologies bringing uniformity to the cyber and physical systems represent other major growth-inducing factors. Besides this, the expanding telecom industry and the growing implementation of multi-access edge computing (MEC) for improving application performance and mitigating network congestion are creating a favorable market outlook.

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Are computer outages killing your reputation? – Troy Media

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The best practice is to plan for as many failure scenarios as conceivable

Computing infrastructure outages occur for many reasons, including:

At the recent Collision from Home virtual conference, Sebastien Stormacq, Principal Developer Advocate at Amazon Web Services (AWS), explored design patterns to achieve high availability. AWS is a well-known supplier of cloud computing infrastructure. He said, Modern computing infrastructures embrace failure rather than trying to avoid it. Best practices systems are designed to handle and recover from unexpected conditions.

The best practices for minimizing outages and achieving high availability of applications focus on consciously planning for as many failure scenarios as conceivable. Below are practical measures that CIOs can implement to:

Migrate applications to the cloud

Most organizations struggle to achieve continuous high availability for their on-premise computing infrastructure. Its expensive to buy the components and then implement them. Its difficult to justify the wide range of technical specialists required to operate with high availability because most specialists are not needed full-time.

A better approach is to contract with the suppliers of cloud computing infrastructure. They have accumulated experience and work hard with capable technical teams to achieve often elusive high availability. Because these suppliers operate at a larger scale where the cost of technical specialists is amortized over many customers, the cost per customer and the results are attractive.

Buy failover services

Organizations can implement a failover environment for their on-premise computing infrastructure. However, implementing changes to applications and operating procedures to switch to the failover environment during an outage seamlessly can be challenging. Unfortunately, some organizations discover the gap in their configuration during the first outage with significant negative consequences.

A better approach is to buy one of the levels of failover service that suppliers of cloud computing infrastructure all offer. These automatic failover services often eliminate or at least minimize the impact of the following:

Architect applications for high availability

The post-incident review of computing infrastructure outages most often discovers:

Architecting applications for high availability typically includes the following features:

Upgrade your on-premise network

At many organizations, the on-premise network usually works reasonably well. However, it is at risk of outages due to the following:

Upgrade your on-premise network to achieve high availability even when you have migrated most of your applications to the cloud. Network upgrades to consider include:

Addressing the shortcomings in your computing infrastructure will keep your customer happy and preserve your reputation in our 24/7/365 world.

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Lenovo Storage Innovation and Channel-Centric Strategy Drives … – Lenovo StoryHub

March 15, 2023 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. Today, Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) announced new solutions to enable customers to better solve for rapidly growing data management needs, coupled with new milestones in its enterprise storage momentum. For the first time, Lenovo is ranked as the #1 storage provider in the Price Bands 1-4 (storage <$25K) external storage category, which represents 61% of the total market for storage device units sold globally1. Lenovo also grew to the #5 storage provider globally in all segments, according to IDC Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker, 4Q22. Additionally, its new enterprise-class storage solutions deliver significant power efficiency increases and datacenter space savings to help support sustainability goals while new ThinkSystem storage systems help safeguard critical data with advanced ransomware protection. Lenovos storage portfolio has experienced significant growth in the last year with an all-time record 138% YTY revenue increase.

Fueled by strong market momentum in edge-to-cloud servers, storage, and software, Lenovo is further transforming into a full-service solutions provider with continued expansion and leadership across a comprehensive infrastructure solutions portfolio. Building on its global leadership among the top three server companies in the world, Lenovo has also seen >100% year-over-year growth in the All-Flash Array (AFA) category and 22%2growth in midrange storage, further demonstrating Lenovos comprehensive data management and storage portfolio is gaining broad market momentum. As part of the companys overall achievement, Lenovo TruScale Infrastructure as-a-Service also grew more than 600% YOY Year-to-Date.

Lenovo is committed to being the industrys most trusted partner and empowering our customers intelligent transformation, said Kirk Skaugen, President of Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group. Our tremendous growth in the market, now becoming the #1 storage provider in price bands <$25K, underscores the trust customers and partners have placed in Lenovo through our channel-centric strategy. The breadth of our data management portfolio is continuing to expand with our recently announced WEKA solutions, custom cloud storage solutions, and an ever-increasing software defined portfolio.

New Storage Innovation

Lenovo offers a comprehensive portfolio of enterprise-class data management solutions from entry to high end, including enterprise storage arrays and infrastructure, Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), Software Defined Storage (SDS), TruScale Infinite Storage as-a-service, and vertically focused workload solutions working with ISV application software partners. Leveraging in-house design and manufacturing capabilities to drive innovation, Lenovo is releasing new storage solutions to protect against threats to customers critical data and help support sustainability goals by more effectively powering todays demanding data management and analytics needs. The new solutions include:

Solving Data Management Needs for Customers

Lenovos breadth of data management solutions meet the complex needs of customers across a full breadth of high-growth industries. The ability to protect, analyze, and manage data is vital to an organizations business. Petco, which operates more than 1,500 pet care centers across the U.S., Mexico, and Puerto Rico, is modernizing its IT infrastructure to support its customer success strategy. The company is deploying a network of Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000 storage systems and SR650 V2 servers to gain better data insights and scalability through a flexible consumption and deployment model.

Petco is focused on setting new standards in pet care with seamless, one-stop shopping and more personalized support for pet parents, and our data management infrastructure is critical to delivering this experience for customers, said Guillermo Corts Prieto, Director of Technological Innovation and Systems at Petco Mexico. Petco is leveraging industry-leading Lenovo ThinkSystem storage and servers with the Lenovo TruScale as-a-Service model to unlock faster insights to help us deliver new and differentiated offerings to the market.

Enabling the Channel Through Channel-Centric Strategy

Lenovo delivers value for channel partners when it comes to data management and storage solutions through the Lenovo 360 global channel framework for partners and a channel-centric commitment. Partners can easily access the full breadth and depth of the Lenovo portfolio across services and solutions, infrastructure, and intelligent devices. The framework helps partners to strengthen their position in the market and better respond to customer needs.

Lenovo is one of the best technology partners in the industry to help us address the robust media storage solution requirements of our customers in the Media and Entertainment industry, said Dave Van Hoy, President at Advanced Systems Group, LLC. Lenovos storage portfolio delivers the ideal benefits for our customers, and we can count on their continued partnership to deliver enablement and support to meet our business needs.

With a channel first mindset and broadened focus on entry storage lines, Lenovo ISG continues to grow its channel success with Ingram Microenabling more and more partners to solve for the storage needs of their customers, says Cheryl Rang, Executive Director, Advanced Solutions, Ingram Micro. By tapping into our Advanced Solutions team and Lenovos 360 partner framework, channel partners gain valuable resources and are better equipped to deliver and manage secure, end-to-end storage solutions to businesses of all sizes.

Providing greater efficiency and control over product development, innovation and supply chain operations, Lenovo has expanded its global reach, servicing over 180 markets with 35+ manufacturing facilities, including its first European in-house manufacturing facility recently opened in Hungary. Ranked ninth in the world of all global companies by Gartner in supply chain capability, Lenovos globally engineered supply chain highlights Lenovos leadership as a purpose-driven organization and operational center of excellence in the global supply chain community.

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Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a US$70 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #171 in the Fortune Global 500, employing 82,000 people around the world, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver smarter technology for all, Lenovo has built on its success as the worlds largest PC company by further expanding into key growth areas including server, storage, mobile, solutions and services. This transformation together with Lenovos world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and sustainable digital society for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visithttps://www.lenovo.com,and read about the latest news via ourStoryHub.

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1Representative of the percentage of entry system units shipped vs total storage units shipped as measured in IDC Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker, 4Q222Due to the existing JV in PRC the share represents the combined Lenovo and Lenovo NetApp Technology total3Comparison representative of replacing the predecessor model, the Lenovo D3284, with a Lenovo ThinkSystem D4390. Actual savings will depend on customer environment and usage patterns.

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Latest version of the Appian platform delivers complete process … – iTWire

COMPANY NEWS: Appian today announced immediate availability of the latest version of the Appian Platform for process automation. The new release features enhancements in total experience, data fabric, automation, and process mining, all underpinned by Appians industrial-strength low-code design.

Organisations must go beyond applications that provide automation at the task level and begin implementing process orchestrations that unify humans, systems, and digital workers, said Appian chief technology officer and founder Michael Beckley. Appian delivers the end-to-end process control organisations need to design new digital solutions, automate complex processes, and optimise business operations to drive continuous improvement.

Enhancements to Appian Portals extends total experience benefits across business-to-business and business-to-consumer use cases. In under four weeks, Appian customer AARP built a robust, secure, and engaging Appian Portals experience to support the Fraud Watch Volunteer program providing support to fraud victims among AARPs 40 million members.

We needed a way to accept and process applications from volunteers, and we spent more than 18 months looking for a technology that would enable that while meeting our very strict security requirements, said AARP director of workflow automation Fisnik Shpuza. Appian Portals gave us everything we needed. Its secure, its beautiful and looks like an AARP web page, and it connects all the incoming data directly into our process.

The new release makes it easier than ever to build beautiful and intuitive web and mobile Portals that engage external users in a seamless total experience with internal employees. New features include:

1. Start Process from Portals: Start any process automation directly from a Portals interface. Appian customers can initiate end-to-end process automations directly in a Portal enabling orchestration of AI services, assigning human tasks or executing robotic process automations.

2. Query Appians data fabric from Portals: Streamlined ability to query and display record data from Appians data fabric in Portals, without the need for complex integration calls.

3. Portals Header Bar and Pages: Engage Portals users with great experiences. Add a header bar for multi-page navigation to connect with your users in more ways, all with no code. Portals Change Management: Changing and iterating Portals is even easier. With the addition of new proactive actions and recommendations, Appian proactively updates portals and notifies developers when objects change.

The Appian data fabric unifies data across systems without moving the data, dramatically reducing the time and effort needed to build powerful applications. The latest Appian release includes enhancements that make working with the data fabric easier than ever, including:

1. Centralised Record Security: Secure all aspects of your records in one place. Quickly specify who can see which records and record views and what actions they can take.

2. No-Code Security Rules: Specify security rules for Record Views by answering two simple questions: Who can see the data, and when can they see it?

3. Simplification: Appians data fabric features drag-and-drop record type configurations, auto-generation of user record type relationships, database updates with codeless data modeling, the ability to combine data across record types, and more.

In todays economy, IT leaders must continue to deliver value to the business with fewer resources, while driving greater operational efficiency. Business leaders face increasing regulatory compliance burdens, driving a need for end-to-end process control, and they are also experiencing pressure to digitally innovate to remain competitive. The latest version of the Appian Platform helps IT leaders achieve digital agility, while enabling business leaders to easily design, automate, and optimize business operations to drive efficiency and deliver new digital innovations.

About AppianAppian is a software company that automates business processes. The Appian Platform includes everything you need to design, automate, and optimize even the most complex processes, from start to finish. The world's most innovative organisations trust Appian to improve their workflows, unify data, and optimize operationsresulting in better growth and superior customer experiences.

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‘Conficting views’ by business leaders on Cybersecurity function … – iTWire

While Australian organisations plan to increase cybersecurity budgets in 2023, business leaders hold conflicting views on the function, according to new research by one global cybecurity company.

Trend Micro says the research revealed that most - or 89% - of IT decision-makers (ITDMs) respondents say they plan to increase security investment in 2023 - but it also revealed critical gaps in business decision-makers (BDMs) understanding of the relationship between cybersecurity and other parts of the organisation.

Mick McCluney, Technical Director, ANZ at Trend Micro: If organisations want to make the most of their security investments, business leaders must reframe their view of cybersecurity to think more broadly about how it can positively impact the enterprise. This research shows its clearly a critical component of winning new business and talent. At a time when every dollar/penny counts, its concerning to see stereotyped views of security persist at the very top.

Trend Micro notes that on the one hand, more than half (52%) claim cybersecurity is a necessary cost but not a revenue contributor, while a similar share (43%) argue that its value is limited to attack/threat prevention. Nearly a fifth (38%) even see security as a barrier rather than a business enabler.

However, on the other hand, 71% worry that a lack of cybersecurity credentials could impact their ability to win new business with almost a fifth (15%) admitting it already has. This comes as more than two-thirds (69%) of BDMs admit theyre being asked about security posture in negotiations with prospects and suppliers. And 74% say these requests for information are increasing in frequency, notes Trfend Micro.

Trend Micro says this apparent contradiction in attitudes is laid bare by another finding - despite prospects and suppliers clearly prioritising security in negotiations, only 43% of BDMs perceive there to be a strong or very strong connection between cyber and client acquisition/satisfaction.

Talent acquisition is another area where there are clear gaps in BDMs understanding of the interconnectivity between cybersecurity and the rest of the business, Trend Miros reveals, adding that Nearly three-quarters (69%) of respondents claim that the ability to work from anywhere has become vital in the battle for talent. Yet only around one-third understand the strong connection between cybersecurity and employee retention (30%) and talent attraction (37%).

Trend Micro says thats despite respondents recognising the impact of cyber on the employee experience:

Trend Micro notes that its Risk to Resilience World Tour 2023 will be coming to five cities across Australia, including Canberra (May 9), Melbourne (May 10), Brisbane (May 11), Perth (May 23) and Sydney (June 7) -bringing together leading cybersecurity industry voices in the region, including partners and customers - with the events focusing on building pathways to a more resilient cyber infrastructure across local and global networks. To learn more and to register to attend, click here.

Reducing WAN latency is one of the biggest issues with hybrid cloud performance. Taking advantage of compression and data deduplication can reduce your network latency.

Research firm, Markets and Markets, predicted that the hybrid cloud market size is expected to grow from US$38.27 billion in 2017 to US$97.64 billion by 2023.

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Carbon capture and storage is critical to tackling climate change … – iTWire

The United Nations leading body on climate change has issued its final IPCC Climate Change Synthesis Report reaffirming that low emission technologies are a feasible and effective option for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing climate change.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which is authored by 300 scientists across 67 countries clearly highlights both the necessity of technologies like carbon capture and storge as well as the scale of the action required to limit global warming.

In reference to carbon capture and storage (CCS) the reports Summary for Policy Makers notes, CCS is an option to reduce emissions from large-scale fossil-based energy and industry sources provided geological storage is available. The technical geological storage capacity is estimated to be on the order of 1000 GtCO2, which is more than the CO2 storage requirements through 2100 to limit global warming to 1.5C.

Alongside CCS, the report also highlights an important role for other carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies including direct air capture and bioenergy with CCS in delivering net-zero and net-negative emissions on the path to 2050.

Low Emissions Technology Australia (LETA) CEO Mark McCallum, said the recognition of CCS as a critical technology was welcome but that there is more that needs to be done.

Once again we are seeing internationally recognised evidence by specialist climate change bodies like the IPCC concur that international climate change targets cannot be achieved without CCS.

CCS is not only applicable to the energy sector the technology and carbon storage mean it is one of the few technologies able to decarbonise other hard-to-abate industries.

As the IPCC report finds, while CCS is less mature in cement and chemicals production, it is a critical mitigation option.

CCS can be used to remove emissions from steel, cement and fertiliser and other products we use and rely on every day, and it can also be used to produce clean hydrogen a zero-emission transport fuel that can also help power industry.

LETAs investments, while locally driven, involve technologies from around the world that can be further developed and deployed in multiple industries both here in Australia and internationally, thereby contributing to global efforts to reduce emissions.

Government support for CCS and other low emission technologies is crucial for our collective efforts to reduce carbon emissions and will give industry confidence to accelerate their investment in and adoption of them.

The report recognizes barriers remain to CCS deployment but suggests enabling conditions such as policy instruments, greater public support and technological innovation could reduce these barriers.

Reducing WAN latency is one of the biggest issues with hybrid cloud performance. Taking advantage of compression and data deduplication can reduce your network latency.

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Google’s Price Increase Won’t Save fuboTV (NYSE:FUBO) – Seeking Alpha

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For the first time in 3 years, YouTube TV (GOOG) (GOOGL) raised its monthly service charge from $64.99 to $72.99. This is good news for fuboTV (NYSE:FUBO) as it will bring Google's offering closer to fubo's pricing.

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The bad news is the economics of fubo's business and streaming in general are still really bad.

Take for example the Q4 for fuboTV. During the quarter you had the World Cup, the stretch run of the NFL season and fuboTV was able to deliver 39% Y/Y growth on the revenue side.

fuboTV Q4 Investor Presentation

The problem is subscriber related expenses - or content costs - rose in near lock-step up 37% Y/Y.

To fuboTV's credit, other expenses normalized a bit, including a welcomed 36% decline in general and administrative costs.

Overall, the company had an operating loss that essentially equaled the prior period at $93M despite the strong revenue growth.

Obviously the bull case for fuboTV is the company will scale up the subscriber numbers over time where the company could potentially leverage that in negotiations on the content side. However, given the fact the company had to drop local CBS affiliates from most markets might indicate the company doesn't have the scale to get networks to budge off a price.

That being said, management indicated on the company's Q4 conference call that fuboTV hadn't seen much impact from the move that simply cuts off local CBS news, not the national feed.

TV carrier and broadcast network price disagreements are as old as time. The more recent phenomenon is the fact most broadcast networks have a direct-to-consumer offering, which will make networks likely less worried about distribution.

As it relates to fuboTV, the company is going to be locked in a low-margin business and the only real way to close the gap is through advertising. Over the past year advertising revenue grew 37% from $73.7M to $101.7M.

Certainly nice growth on the advertising revenue side, but fuboTV doesn't exactly have the financial runway to steadily grow the advertising business. The company burns through cash given the weak operating leverage on the content side.

Over the past year the company burned through nearly $290M on the operating side, and that strips out about $27M from some discontinued operations ... so the grand total is actually higher.

The company is financing the loses via an at-the-market stock offering, which came in at $292M. The obvious problem is that's incredibly dilutive to shareholders - especially when the shares trade at such a low level like fuboTV's do.

fuboTV Q4 Investor Presentation

The good news is fuboTV likely has enough on the balance sheet to finance the next year, but obviously once the company gets into Q3/Q4 the next round of financing would likely need to come in.

fuboTV has already telegraphed 2023 revenues coming in $1.22B-$1.25B or roughly 22-25% higher than 2022. It seems unlikely that fuboTV will gain any significant competitive advantage against YouTube TV, Hulu, or traditional cable providers to become the go-to streaming service.

The last time I examined fuboTV the valuation was closer to $1B, since then the stock has declined 79% to reach today's valuation closer to $275M.

A buyout is always an option, but likely not from a traditional media network. CBS (PARA), Disney (DIS), etc already have streaming technology and use fuboTV as a revenue source. It's possible with fubo's sports focused content the company could be a target of a gambling or gaming company with eyes on sports betting tie-in. However, given the fact fuboTV scrapped plans for an integrated sports book, that seems like a farfetched plan as well.

Barring some kind of miracle acceleration in user growth, I believe there's simply no operating leverage with this business model. fuboTV is pinned to a pricing plan that stays in-line with competition and content costs will likely remain elevated, especially on the live sports side.

Google can afford to have YouTube TV scale up over time. The company also is dominant in advertising, owns one of the world's largest networks of cloud servers and has access to a large user base. Financially fuboTV doesn't have the runway to compete long-term and I expect it will be forced to dilute shareholders or hope a buyout materializes. Even at the depressed valuation, it doesn't make fuboTV an attractive investment.

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Australian government and businesses caught in crosshairs as … – iTWire

GUEST RESEARCH: According to Radware's new threat advisory, the fashion runway at the Melbourne Fashion Festival is stirring up some of the latest backlash from hacktivist groups.

Muslim hacktivist groups started teaming up against Australian institutions and businesses after Australian fashion house Not A Man's Dream sent garments displaying the Arabic text for 'Allah' printed on them down the catwalk during the festival. In retaliation, hacktivist crews including Team Insane pk, Eagle Cyber, and Mysterious Team launched a denial-of-service and website defacement campaign, targeting well over 70 Australian sites.

This includes the public websites of governments, ports, banks and private businesses.

For example, Mysterious Team claimed they took the websites of the Australian Police and the Citizen Emergency Health Service offline. At the same time, Team Insane went after IMB Bank and Bank of Sydney and continued the attack on Not A Man's Dream.

Muslim hacktivists are well connected and have a large circle of influence. The Australian attacks, which are running under the operation tags #OpsAustralia and #Opsjentik, were motivated by religion, a very common hacktivist motivation.

Radware director of threat intelligence Pascal Geenens provides some additional insights:

"Denial-of-service has always been an important tactic for hacktivist groups, and this will not change any time soon. Any organisation, independent of size and vertical, can become a target of hacktivists as the fallout in Australia has demonstrated. A fashion label made an offensive statement while governments, ports, banks and several smaller businesses paid the bill.

"There is no reason for panic, but organisations need to be prepared. It is widely known in the security community that disrupting or impacting an organisation or infrastructure requires more perseverance than skills or sophistication."

The full full advisory, which includes a list of the targeted Australian websites, is available here.

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10 Best WordPress Hosting Companies (March 2023) – Unite.AI

In the digital era, having a reliable web host is essential for businesses and individuals alike. The right web hosting provider can make or break your online presence, particularly when it comes to WordPress websites, this is due to the fact that wordpress isnt always coded efficiently for speed, and a fast webhost can remove fractions of a second in loading speed, a core component of SEO, which results in higher search engine rankings.

In this article, we will explore the top 10 WordPress web hosting providers, explaining why they stand out from the competition and how they can benefit your website.

We believe in what we preach, which is why we host with our top recommendation SiteGround. Established in 2004, Siteground has long been a favorite among WordPress users due to its high-quality hosting services and excellent customer support. SiteGround is officially recommended by WordPress.org, which speaks to its reliability and performance. Key features of SiteGround include:

One of the most important aspects of ranking high in Google is page loading speed. Below is our SiteGround hosted wordpress website that receives nearly 2 million monthly visitors, and the metrics it receives in Google Page Speed Insights.

The above reasons combined ongoing positive experiences with customer support is why we recommend Siteground.

Bluehost is another hosting provider officially recommended by WordPress.org. With affordable pricing plans and robust features, Bluehost is a popular choice among both beginners and experienced users. Key features of Bluehost include:

ScalaHosting is a versatile hosting provider that offers managed WordPress hosting with an emphasis on speed and security. Key features of ScalaHosting include:

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DreamHost is a well-established hosting provider that offers a variety of hosting plans, including managed WordPress hosting. With a focus on performance and reliability, DreamHost is an excellent choice for WordPress websites. Key features of DreamHost include:

Each of these top 10 WordPress web hosting providers offers unique features, performance, and pricing to cater to different needs. When choosing a hosting provider for your WordPress website, consider factors such as your budget, technical requirements, and desired level of support. By carefully evaluating your options, you can select the best hosting provider to ensure a successful and secure online presence for your WordPress website.

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