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Norway Endless Beauty And Endless AI Leadership

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I am currently travelling and researching in Norway and its beauty is endless and breath-taking. Norway is a rather narrow country in northern Europe and shares the Scandinavian Peninsula with Sweden and Finland. Famous for its fjords, sea inlets between steep cliffs, it has many delightful tidbits of history that few likely know of like: the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo every year, it has the longest world’s tunnel, and Norway introduced salmon sushi to Japan. Since arriving on a Regent cruise ship, I have been sampling many traditional foods, especially the Norwegian meatballs, not to be mistaken for the Swedish meatballs.

Norway is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and has a very high standard of living compared with other European countries, and a strongly integrated welfare system. Norway’s modern manufacturing and welfare system relies on a financial reserve produced from natural resources, particularly North Sea oil. In terms of GDP per capita Norway is ranked number 8 in the world. With little over 5 million residents, the country has developed a very modernized infrastructure, especially with the internet.

At an average speed of 52.6 Mbps, Norway has the fastest mobile internet connection in the world, followed by the Netherlands, Hungary, Singapore and Malta. With this high speed infrastructure, the country is well positioned to have a leading voice on AI.

The Government’s goal is that investments in artificial intelligence within research, research-based innovation and development should be concentrated on strong research communities where cooperation between academia and industry is central, such as in the centres of excellence and in the centres for research-based innovation.

The country has been consistently forward thinking and in 2018 a consortium, called NORA, was set up to strengthen Norwegian research and education in artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics and related disciplines. The consortium comprises of Norwegian universities and research institutions engaged in research and education in artificial intelligence: the University of Agder, the Arctic University of Norway, OsloMet, the University of Bergen, the Norwegian…

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Meet the Leadership Team | Absolute

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Charles Blauner is an internationally recognized expert independent advisor on
Cyber Resiliency, Information Security Risk Management and Data Privacy.

Charles is a Partner and CISO in Residence at Team8 Ventures and a Venture Advisor
at the Cyber Mentors Fund. Charles is also the President of Cyber Aegis, a boutique
cyber risk management consultancy.

Previously, Charles had a distinguished career working on Information Security for
over 30 years, 25 years in Financial Services, including being the Chief Information
Security Officer (CISO) at JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank, and most recently the Global
Head of Information Security at Citi.

During this time, Charles held numerous industry leadership roles including Chair of
the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC), founding Director of the
Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), and the Chair
of the OpenGroup’s Security Program.

Charles has worked closely with banking regulators around the world (OCC, FRB, BoE,
MAS, and HKMA) to help reduce the risk posed by cyber threats to the financial sector
at large.

Charles is a regular conference speaker and has had the honor of appearing in front
of US House and Senate committees.

In 2015, Charles was recognized by his peers, winning the Wasserman Award, which
recognizes outstanding career achievement and contribution to the Information
Systems Audit, Control, Security, Risk Management, and/or Governance professions.

Charles has a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Southern California
(USC) and a B.S. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).

Security investor and advisor
Executive Chairman (retired)
RSA, The Security Division of Dell technologies (EMC)

Art Coviello is an active investor and advisor in the security industry, guiding a number of security startups as a private investor and in his roles as a Venture Partner at Rally Ventures (an early stage investor in business technologies), as an adviser to ClearSky Security Fund, and as a Senior Advisor to Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities Group.

Art Coviello served as Executive Chairman of RSA and Executive Vice President of EMC. Mr. Coviello has…

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Leadership In The Metaverse Era

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University of Miami Digital Strategist, Institute SEI Founder, Revexpo Consulting Founder, CEO Softhread, Ethicist, Innovator.

The metaverse continues to not only capture the attention of various international organizations but also attract a high amount of investment dollars and act as a catalyst for the entrepreneurship ecosystem. While some experts consider it a concept and others see it as a movement or escape, the CAGR and market size it is estimated to reach clearly signal it to be a product and a service poised to disrupt the human-computer experience as we know it. The metaverse global market, which was valued at $22.79 billion in 2021, is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 39.8% from 2022 to 2030.

As defined by XR Today, the metaverse is a simulated digital environment that integrates VR/XR/AR and social media concepts “to create spaces for rich user interaction.” World Economic Forum describes it as a “future-persistent and interconnected virtual environment where social and economic elements mirror reality.” At this stage, multiple individual metaverses are being built; however, it is expected that they will likely coalesce into one global metaverse. Nvidia has also defined another concept and branded it as the omniverse, defining it as “an easily extensible platform for 3-D design collaboration and scalable multi-GPU, real-time, true-to-reality simulation.”

Global Drivers Of The Metaverse

There are several global drivers that influence the design and deployment of the metaverse, including scientific and technological advancements, changing population demographics, social and cultural reconfiguration and the rise of novel economies. An increased focus on upholding human rights and regulatory guidelines, as well as increased ESG-tied investments, are also at the top of the agenda for boards, C-suite leaders and key stakeholders worldwide. There are even several universities worldwide that are offering metaverse education such as AR/VR/XR technology skills.

While the digital transformation aspect is crucial for creating a viable business of the metaverse, leaders also have to balance all other competitive threats and expectations from…

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Kratos Continues Leadership in – GuruFocus.com

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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. ( KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider announced today the general availability of its virtual OpenSpace Channelizer and Combiner for satellite ground operations. The products are used to split and combine digitized RF signals for more effective downlink and uplink, especially to support the advanced capabilities of next generation software-defined satellites and LEO constellations. For example, to support increasing customer demand or to address potential cases of interference, a high bandwidth signal from a software-defined satellite can be split into smaller signals and routed across the ground dynamically for service delivery or for RF analysis.

The OpenSpace Channelizer and Combiner are completely virtualized running on general purpose compute, replacing the racks of proprietary RF analog devices such as splitters and dividers that constitute today’s ground systems. Analog hardware components are not capable of keeping up with the faster demands growing in the space layer, such as high throughput spot beams, multi-orbit constellations and programmable payloads. For example, it can take days, weeks and sometimes months to make configuration changes to hardware, often requiring technicians to fly to remote locations to re-cable and install hardware in teleports. As software, however, the OpenSpace Channelizer and Combiner enable configuration and reconfiguration in just seconds in order to adapt to changing mission conditions such as interference or to support changing customer service levels.

The OpenSpace Channelizer and Combiner go beyond simple virtualization. They are orchestrated together with any standards-based digitizer and with other OpenSpace Platform ground functions to support automation and the quick provisioning of new services across the ground segment, including needed uplink/downlink functions. Virtual elements can be spun up for new missions on the fly and when no longer needed, spun down so the resources can be used for other operations.

The OpenSpace Channelizer and Combiner support a variety of satellite use cases for applications in two-way…

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