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Will AI Replace the Front Office in Pro Sports?

Harvard Business Review

With accurate player-availability predictions for all active players, AI-powered decision-making is dramatically improved around three dimensions: 1) Risk management: If a productive wide-receiver is likely to get hurt, for example, a team might invest more in talented backups, to minimize drop-off in team performance during injury.

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Why you can’t ignore cloud security

CIO

It’s team sport for everyone in the company.” Further reiterating the importance of ensuring rapid recovery, Reid adds that nothing should be taken for granted when it comes to backups either. While people might say, oh we’ve got a backup, the question needs to be asked, “are those backups ‘immutable’”?

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Meet the 7 winners of the Taiwan Excellence awards, presented by ShowStoppers and TAITRA

TechCrunch

Green Jacket Sports is showcasing its Golface smart system, which helps golf courses monitor and collect data on their operations in real-time, while allowing golfers to track their performance. Maktar is the maker of a smartphone backup device called Qubii.

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Fixed wireless access (FWA) is a secure networking option

CIO

Several use cases for fixed wireless access deployments for business include: Setting up branch offices in rural areas where a wired connection is not available Supporting internet access for remote employees working in hybrid office/home environments Providing connectivity after a natural disaster Installing temporary internet access for an event (..)

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Daily Crunch: Hackers pinched LastPass customers’ encrypted password vaults, parent company admits

TechCrunch

Carly writes that the company’s owner, GoTo, says hackers stole customers’ encrypted backups. Now here’s five more: Nothing but net : Kyle attended a Niantic event about NBA All-World to give you an inside look at why the Pokémon GO maker is trying its hand at sports.

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Cloud storage startup Wasabi raises $250M to reach unicorn status

TechCrunch

” Friend and Flowers joined forces in 2015 to start Wasabi, when Friend was still the CEO of cloud backup company Carbonite. Friend says that Wasabi poured outsourced resources into winning over professional sports organizations this year — an effort that seemingly paid dividends.

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6 Questions To Foster Greater Team Resilience

Nathan Magnuson

Resilience is a team sport. They provide backup. And tacking on “ is it enough? ” gives permission to make the required effort a top priority. How can we better recognize when a teammate is struggling? The worst thing any of us can do is struggle alone in silence. How can I support you? Leaders set the example.

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