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How Vancouver Team Won Control of .eco Empire (in News)

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Sharing proceeds, governance with enviro community key, say social entrepreneurs.

Big Room's Jacob Malthouse and Trevor Bowden saw years ago how an Internet suffix could support and even transform a global environmental community.

For the past six years, two business partners laboured in their small office in Vancouvers Chinatown, chipping away at a goal that might have seemed nothing more than a punctuation point and three letters.

The dream, for Trevor Bowden and Jacob Malthouse, was control of a new domain -- one named .eco.

On Tuesday, they grasped the prize.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, the U.S.-based body that decides which Internet domain names can exist and who can administer them, gave .eco to Big Room, the company formed by Bowden and Malthouse.

If you are wondering how they won and what it means, so did I. In the clean confines of Matchstick Coffee on East Georgia, I met with the two digital entrepreneurs and got a fast lesson in why .eco represents not only a potentially endless revenue stream but a new tool for mapping who is green and who isn't.

The first thing (once we had our elaborately crafted coffees in hand) that Bowden and Malthouse made clear is that their gaining the rights to .eco really means that the global environmental community won the day.

Unlike their competitors, Big Room pledged to formally involve eco groups in deciding who will be able to use .eco in their internet addresses, and what .eco will come to signify. It was hardly a sure thing.

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IBM Power Systems joins with Suse and MariaDB for Linux expansion

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IBM HAS ANNOUNCED a new partnership with Linux specialists Suse and MariaDB to bolster the Linux app eco-system on the Power Systems platform.

It was revealed at IBM Enterprise 2014, currently taking place in Las Vegas, that the first product of the union will be MariaDB Enterprise MySQL database optimised for the Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 platform on Power8 servers.

We know Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 is due for release during the last quarter of the year, so if MariaDB is due first we can expect that pretty soon, though no firm information is available.

Patrik Sallner, CEO of MariaDB Corporation, said: "This partnership is a win for Suse, a win for IBM and a win for MariaDB's customers and community.

"The optimisation of MariaDB for Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 on IBM Power Systems servers with Power8 processors gives enterprise companies an ideal way to easily deploy database environments with unparalleled scale-out performance and near continuous availability."

IBM hopes the move will encourage more customers to take up the opportunities of the cloud in an open-source environment.

IBM has also announced a new Power Systems server, the S824L, based on technology from Nvidia. It is claimed that the new server will improve performance by up to 20 percent over Intel Xeon v3 processors.

The partnerships form part of the IBM OpenPower Foundation, set up last year to create common standards in cloud computing, and currently boasting members including Nvidia, Google and Ubuntu.

IBM announced last year that it would make a $1bn financial investment in the continuing development of Linux.

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Bitspiration 2014: Building The Entrepreneurial Eco-system in Krakow (Richard Lucas) – Video

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Bitspiration 2014: Building The Entrepreneurial Eco-system in Krakow (Richard Lucas)
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Freight Management System Market by Solutions and Services Projected to $39.09 Billion by 2019 New Report by …

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(PRWEB) October 06, 2014

According to new research report "Freight Management System Market by Solution (Freight Operation Management, Freight Information System, Security & Monitoring, Cargo Screening, Logistics Management), by Technology (Security & Safety, EDI, RTLS), by Services (Seaways, Railways, Roadways, Airways) - Worldwide Forecast & Analysis (2014 - 2019)", by MarketsandMarkets, defines and segments the Freight Management System into various sub segments with in depth analysis and forecasting of revenues. Report also identifies drivers, restrains of freight market with insights on trends, opportunities and challenges.

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The Freight Management System Market expected to grow from $14.3 billion to $39.09 billion with a CAGR of 22.28% from 2014-2019. The MarketsandMarkets report outlines the key trends that will shape and evolution of the freight service industry.

The report segmented into various freight management systems and solutions, services, technology, modes, and regions. The freight management system market research report analyses global adoption trends, future growth potential, competitive outlook, freight management ecosystem, and the best practices in this market.

The huge economic and demographic growth has inflicted the growth of the freight industry. The increase in the demand and supply has also posed various challenges, which have become a major threat to the Freight Management Systems Market.

The major restraints faced by the Freight Management Systems Market are the increase in the operational and maintenance cost, safety and security, cargo thefts, environmental issues, and so on. Hence, in order to face these challenges, the freight companies are adapting various ICT (Information and Communication Technology) solutions to make the system safer, more efficient, more reliable, and more environmentally friendly.

This report speaks about the expected market size for the various freight management solutions involved in the freight operations and technology. It also highlights the revenue potential of the various professional services, system integration services, and support and maintenance services offered by freight solution vendors. It consists of the opportunity analysis of various types of freight management system solutions such as freight operations management systems, freight information systems, security and monitoring systems, cargo and baggage screening systems, and logistics management systems. The report analyzes market sizes and revenue forecasts across different regions such as North America (NA), Asia Pacific (APAC), Europe, Latin America (LA), and Middle East and Africa (MEA).

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SingTel partners FireEye to launch first Managed Defense Solution in APAC

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Zafirah Salim | Oct. 7, 2014

The two companies will be investing up to US$50 million (S$63.8 million) over the next five years to fund the establishment of the upcoming Advanced Security Operation Centres in Singapore and Australia, as well as staffing costs, which includes training as well as new hiring.

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) and network security company FireEye, Inc announced today a strategic partnership to enhance the cyber security eco-system in the Asia Pacific region.

The two companies said that they will be investing up to US$50 million (S$63.8 million) over the next five years to set up and jointly operate the upcoming Advanced Security Operation Centres (ASOCs) in Singapore and Sydney, Australia.

Slated to start operations in the first quarter of 2015, the ASOCs aim to monitor, analyse and contain Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and malware on an around-the-clock basis.

The ASOCs will be integrated with SingTel's Network Operations Centres to provide end-to-end visibility across corporate networks and Internet traffic. These centres will also connect to FireEye's global network of ASOCs and have access to FireEye Dynamic Threat Intelligence (DTI), a global network that connects FireEye threat prevention platforms to provide a real-time exchange of threat data. This provides enterprises with the latest intelligence on cyber attacks and enables FireEye to proactively recognise new threats and block attacks.

This new establishment will also help to boost the cyber security expertise in Singapore, by bringing in global security experts and growing the local talent pool. About 150 cyber security professionals are expected to be trained to operate the ASOCs alone, said SingTel.

In addition, the partnership also unveils the first SingTel Managed Defence solution powered by FireEye in APAC. The solution will provide continuous monitoring, detection and the quick containment of malware and other perceived threats to enterprises and government organisations.

Specifically, this solution protects organisations by detecting and preventing most intrusion attempts against major attack vectors with patented virtual machine-based technology; monitoring an environment 24/7 and analysing potential cyber threats; and resolving incidents quickly and assessing the impact for prompt, accurate disclosure.

On top of that, for organisations with data location restrictions, SingTel and FireEye will establish data stores in the region to house enterprise data locally. This enables organisation to maintain their data integrity by keeping their data in-country or region.

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Commissioners nix request to subsidize Avon transit

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EAGLE Avon likely wont be getting the additional $175,000 it wants from Eagle County to prop up the towns bus system.

In a work session last week with the county commissioners, Avon officials say thats what it would cost to haul employees to and from Buffalo Ridge and other places. They insisted that mission of ECO Transit, the countys bus system, is to move employees, and since Buffalo Ridge is employee housing, the county should help up the transit tab.

Avon asked for another $25,000 this year and $150,000 next year.

The commissioners took a dim view of the request.

Avon raising the rent

Commissioner Sara Fisher was the most outspoken opponent, pointing out that the county came up with $234,000 for Avons new transit building, and co-sponsored Avons grant applications to pay for the rest of it. Without the countys participation, Avon was not eligible for the money, Fisher said.

It would not have been built without the countys participation. Avon was not eligible for the grants it needed without the countys involvement., Fisher said.

Also, Avon just raised the countys rent to park ECO buses in Avon, Fisher pointed out.

Right now, the county pays $505 a month for each space in which it parks an ECO bus in Avon usually nine spaces for a total of $54,540 a year.

Avon wants to raise the rent 22.1 percent ($108) next year to $613 per parking place for a rent total of $66,204 a year.

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More than striped bass at risk if salt brine is released into Stewiacke River system, fisherman says

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Published on October 03, 2014

Darren Porter

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Published on October 03, 2014

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FORT ELLIS There are far more fish species than striped bass that spawn and live in the Stewiacke River that could be impacted by having salt brine released into the eco system, a commercial fisherman says.

Its not the only species it affects by far, said Darren Porter, who also serves as the vice-president of the Striped Bass Anglers Associationof Nova Scotia.

Youve got all these other species that use this system, to spawn in, not just live in, he said, of other fish stocks that include smelt, shad, gaspereau, river herring, salmon, sea-run trout and speckled trout.

These are very important species, Porter said, while discussing concerns with other fish association members at the base camp of a protest site held this week along Highway 102 near Stewiacke.

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Serbia exploits least natural resources in region

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ZAGREB -- Serbia exploits the least amount of natural resources in the Western Balkans, where the biggest demand on the environment comes from Slovenia.

Serbia exploits the least amount of natural resources in the Western Balkans, where the biggest demand on the environment comes from Slovenia, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says in its latest report.

Using a benchmark system of per capita ecological footprints, showing the impact of human demand on nature, WWF lists Croatia as having the least sustainable footprint in the Balkans (1.86) which means that it consumes almost twice what the eco-system can provide.

The Living Planet report for 2014 says that Bosnia-Herzegovinas footprint is 1.46 and only Serbia, whose footprint is 1.43, exploits fewer natural resources, but still too much to make Earths eco-system sustainable.

While Serbias demand on the environment is identical to the global average, Slovenias is much higher, a footprint of 2.64, and Macedonias footprint is 1.7.

The survey, conducted every two years, shows that the worlds ecological footprint continues to grow and that the Humanity currently needs the regenerative capacity of 1.5 Earths to provide the ecological goods and services it uses each year.

The report lists Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Denmark, Belgium, Trinidad and Tobago, Singapore, the United States, Bahrain and Sweden as 10 countries with the greatest per capita ecological footprint.

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Smart, Eco-Friendly New Battery To Solve Problems

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September 30, 2014

Image Caption: This is a prototype of the battery. Credit: Daniel Brandell

Daniel Brandell, Uppsala University

Present-day lithium batteries are efficient but involve a range of resource and environmental problems. Using materials from alfalfa (lucerne seed) and pine resin and a clever recycling strategy, Uppsala researchers have now come up with a highly interesting alternative. Their study will be presented soon in the scientific journal ChemSusChem.

We think our discovery can open several doors to more environment-friendly, energy-efficient solutions for the batteries of the future, says Daniel Brandell, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, Uppsala University, one of the researchers behind the idea.

Lithium-ion batteries are, thanks to their high energy content, highly promising for various products not least, electric vehicles or large-scale energy storage in the electricity grid in the future energy system. But present-day lithium batteries entail a number of resource-related and environmental problems. For a start, the worlds commercially extractable lithium resources are limited and whether they can meet future needs is unclear. Moreover, it is very difficult to recover lithium from the inorganic materials used to make modern batteries. What is more, lithium batteries contain other, even rarer materials that are hard to replace and require large energy inputs and toxic chemicals for the recovery process.

In their latest study, researchers at Uppsala Universitys ngstrm Laboratory have developed a whole new battery concept. The battery is based on recovery and renewable biological material with an energy content corresponding to that of current lithium-ion batteries. Components of the battery are made of renewable organic biomaterials from alfalfa and pine resin, and can be recycled with a low energy input and non-hazardous chemicals, such as ethanol and water.

Although present-day batteries contain non-renewable inorganic materials, this is not the first time batteries composed of renewable materials have been presented. But the recycling and recovery strategy is a wholly new concept. Constructing a new battery from a spent one is also feasible. In other words, a straightforward process enables it to be reused.

The scientists have shown that the lithium extracted from a spent battery can be used for a new battery: all that needs to be added is more biomaterial. Their battery proved capable of delivering as much as 99% of the energy output from the first. With future modifications, this figure can very probably become even higher, say the researchers.

Daniel Brandell adds: The use of organic materials from renewable sources makes it possible to solve several of the problems that would arise from a huge rise in the use of lithium batteries. But above all, its a major step forward that, to a high degree and in a simple, environment-friendly way, the lithium from these batteries can be recovered. These solutions are also potentially very cost-effective.

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Tomitribe Introduces Community Partnership Program and Presents Java EE Sessions at JavaOne 2014 Conference

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Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) September 29, 2014

Tomitribe (http://www.tomitribe.com), leading provider of enterprise services and support for Apache TomEE, today announced its launch of the Tomitribe Community Partnership Program at JavaOne 2014. The partnership program is a business and developer community driven effort to keep Open Source sustainable and successful.

The Tomitribe Community Partnership Program makes Open Source Software (OSS) function as a sustainable resource within businesses, allowing increased collaboration between businesses and the OSS community, said Tomitribe CEO and Founder David Blevins. "Two things are very clear when you look at our industry: most Open Source communities are talent rich and highly collaborative environments, but struggle with sustainability and lack resources; many business environments are resource rich, but struggle finding talent and lack internal collaboration. We are the answer to each other's problems."

The Tomitribe Community Partnership Program is a packaged service offering with dedicated resources, training, community development, professional services and enterprise support for Apache TomEE, Tomcat and the Java EE community of projects at Apache. The blend of services with 24/7 technical support at an incomparable value is a new sustainability model for the Open Source eco-system while fostering greater collaboration and innovation in businesses.

Apache TomEE is the Java Enterprise Edition 6 Web Profile Certified edition of Apache Tomcat, the worlds most popular Java application server software, with more than 70% market penetration within the enterprise. Winning an Oracle Dukes Choice Award and Geek Choice Award at JavaOne 2014, TomEE is the answer for enterprises desiring greater application portability between Tomcat and other Java EE certified servers.

Tomitribe developers and management will be at exhibit #5001 to share current developments for TomEE and details of the Tomitribe Community Partnership Program.

Piloting a new way of connecting businesses with the Open Source community is just scratching the surface of unlocking the deeper potential of the Open Source eco-system, said Theresa Nguyen, Tomitribe VP of Sales and Marketing. We are optimistic about the harmony of both worlds developing into a strong system.

In addition to exhibitor presence, David Blevins will deliver key technical sessions and participate in expert panels.

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