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

TechCrunch

One of the startups working toward this vision is Zimbabwe’s FlexID, which is building a blockchain-based identity system for those excluded from the banking system due to their lack of identity documents. Zimbabwean serial entrepreneur Victor Mapunga founded FlexID in 2018 out of his frustration with the banking system.

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UniSieve’s filters use special crystals to reduce industrial emissions

TechCrunch

UniSieve was founded in 2018 by ETH Zürich classmates Samuel Hess and Elia Schneider. They also figured out how to make manufacturing scalable. Heavy industries, including plastics, chemical and gas plants, have legacy systems in place that are worth billions of dollars, said Hess.

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For November 2nd, 2018

High Scalability

— James O'Malley (@Psythor) October 29, 2018. Simon Wistow : Observability goes beyond monitoring, enabling the proactive introspection of distributed systems for greater operational visibility. The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed." — William Gibson. Do you like this sort of Stuff?

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12 famous ERP disasters, dustups and disappointments

CIO

In November 2021 it turned on a new ERP system intended to support international growth with improved operational visibility and financial reporting capabilities. The company was forced to develop new processes to keep information flowing around the business, and hire a third-party consultant to sort out the ERP system at a cost of $3.8

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For October 19th, 2018

High Scalability

Then please recommend my well reviewed book: Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10. cpeterso : Your quote reminds me of cybernetics' Law of Requisite Variety: "If a system is to be stable, the number of states of its control mechanism must be greater than or equal to the number of states in the system being controlled.".

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For September 21st, 2018

High Scalability

Aria Bracci : Using a previously established, peer-reviewed technique, the team conducted more than half a million data traffic tests across 161 countries. Too often, those who already hold power, those who are least able to recognize the flaws in our current systems, are the ones who decide our technological future. More quotes.

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Will enterprises soon keep their best gen AI use cases under wraps?

CIO

They had ChatGPT write the script, and other gen AI tools to create a digital person who reads the script, a scalable process with at least one measurable benefit: speed. Normally, a CCO develops ideas about what the market needs and communicates them to a design team, which produces sketches to then be reviewed by the CCO.