How to Keep Your Business Safe from Cyberattacks: 5 Important Steps
In a world increasingly reliant on storing data virtually, hackers turn into more and more of a threat. As a result, cybersecurity becomes more of a necessity by the day. Since 43% of all cyberattacks are aimed at small businesses, it is safe to say that anyone could become a target.
- 02/04/2019
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Can Undergraduates Be Taught to Think Like Economists?
A common goal for principles of economics courses is to teach students to "think like economists." I've always been a little skeptical of that high-sounding goal. It seems like a lot to accomplish in a semester or two. I'm reminded of an essay written by Deirdre McCloskey back in 1992, which argued that while undergraduates can be taught about economics, thinking like an economist is a much larger step that will only in very rare cases happen in the principles class. Here's Mc Closkey ("Other Things Equal: The Natural," Eastern Economic Journal, Spring 1992):
- 02/04/2019
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This CEO Shows Why Your Purpose Has to Go Beyond Making Money
Twenty years ago Jay Shah got his first job in finance and in the course of a year, he went from selling credit cards to collecting overdue balances on those same cards. It didn't take him long to figure out the industry had some things backward, and he wanted to be part of a company doing it the right way.
- 02/04/2019
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Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) Offered Everywhere: Isn't It Surprising?
Yesterday flexibility aggregators were in fashion; today, the trend favors VPPs, aggregations of production capacities and, in some cases, demand response capacities, whose flexibility is valued.
- 02/04/2019
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The Future of the Internet of Things
The Internet of things (#IoT) is one of the most exciting trends in the recent history of technology so far. As connectivity, storage, and compute become more universal, we’re seeing an explosion of IoT solutions, from health care to public safety, all pointing towards one conclusion: The IoT is here to stay. As with any other trends in technology, it’s starting to require a new generation of platforms, standards, regulations, and protocols to name few.
- 02/04/2019
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