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ITs the name, and controls the game – Deccan Herald

Posted: November 28, 2021 at 9:49 pm

In a scathing article that appeared in the Guardian on the eve of the UN Climate Conference of Parties (CoP-26) in Scotland, columnist George Monbiot held the rich nations responsible for the climate change-induced devastation wrought on earth by tracing it back to the greed and violence which were part and parcel of European colonial expansionist history. Here are some excerpts from the article.

A handful of European nations, which had mastered both the art of violence and advanced seafaring technology, used these faculties to invade other territories and seize their land, labour and resources...New doctrines racial categorisation, ethnic superiority and a moral duty to rescue other people from their barbarism and depravity were developed to justify the violenceTo handle the greatly increased scope and scale of transactions, new financial systems were established

I have chosen these particular passages because striking parallels can be found in todays information society. In all likelihood, 30 years from now, I expect that there will be a UN Internet Conference of Parties where the discussions will focus on the assault of IT on social and geopolitical norms, pernicious use of Artificial Intelligence -- as in drone warfare, cryptocurrencies, deforestation resulting from locating huge datacentres in previously forested areas, and mining for copper, aluminium, cobalt, iron, lead, lithium, manganese, nickel and graphite -- the very minerals needed to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles, computer chips, solar panels, and assorted data storage devices.

About 300 years ago, the storied riches of India and China were coveted by Western nations, which were willing to start wars to gain access to these riches. We now have the US and some European countries using the internet to try to get into the wallets of the almost three billion potential customers, most of them under the age of 45, all of them non-white, who reside in China and India.

China, with its closed society and advanced IT industry, is immune to these efforts, democratic India is not. Also, since Indias IT sector is wholly dependent on imported but mostly Western technology, it is subject to coercion. White privilege shines best when words such as inclusivity, freedom of expression, human rights and democracy are bandied about. As the avowed racist Rudyard Kipling succinctly put it, East is east and west is west, and never the twain shall meet.

The advanced seafaring technology of the 18th and 19th centuries has been replaced by three inextricably linked 21st century artefacts of information technology -- social media, e-commerce, and cloud computing which are dominated by Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and IBM. These companies have a rich history of anti-competitive and unethical behaviour. Yet, ordinary users and companies across the globe continue to use their services without considering if these IT companies ought to be trusted to protect their privacy or the confidentiality of their business documents.

The art of violence has now evolved into a science; it is mediated through cyberspace and triggered by any challenges, legal or otherwise, to the three artefacts. The violent overthrow of democratically elected leaders, be it in oil-rich Iran (1953) or the copper-rich countries of Chile (1973) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (1961), was facilitated through human intelligence. These days, vested interests can, without leaving a trace, bring down unfriendly yet democratically elected national and local governments using AI algorithms and the internet.

To understand how this is possible, note that social media, e-commerce, and cloud computing are not distinct enterprises in their own silos but a well-connected single enterprise. A telling example is provided by Metas (aka Facebook) recent announcement that it was partnering with Microsoft to provide a seamless interface for work-related activities. FB dominates social media but does not sell software. Microsoft sells office software and cloud computing services but does not do social media. With the new partnership, these two companies get to share their data assets.

It is only a matter of time before the partnership expands to include Amazon, Google, and IBM. It would be a partnership just like the Five Eyes -- the global intelligence sharing partnership comprised of the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

While it is no secret that Big Tech is heavily involved in digital payment processing systems using real and virtual currencies (e.g., bitcoin), not so well publicised is the fact that verifying a single bitcoin transaction uses 215 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity. On average, Amazon processes 1,100 orders per minute, and the typical US household uses 1,000kWh per month.

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Attackers are using AWS instances to launch attacks on WordPress sites – TechRadar

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Cybersecurity researchers have noticed an increase in attacks against WordPress websites, with more than a quarter originating from EC2 cloud computing instances of Amazon Web Services (AWS).

WordPress security experts Wordfence share that of 77,000 IP addresses that have sent out malicious login attempts on WordPress installations, about 5,000 have come from EC2 instances.

Interestingly, Wordfence's QA engineer and threat analyst Ram Gall notes most of the IP addresses used by the attackers only started exhibiting malicious behaviour last week, post which theyve been added to their blocklist.

While AWS makes it easy for businesses to move to the cloud, attackers are also utilizing the scale provided by cloud services, including AWS, in increasing numbers, shares Gall.

Gall shareed a list of 40 IP addresses that have each made over one million malicious login attempts since November 17, 2021. Surprisingly, these IPs have been on Wordfences blocklist for almost a year now.

Gall believes the persistence of these IPs is perhaps indicative of the fact that attackers have paid for them. Banking on this assumption he asserts that its high time that websites ensure they have the right mitigations in place since it has never been easier to inexpensively attack millions of sites at once.

He points to breaches such as the recent GoDaddy attack, which give attackers hordes of compromised passwords that they then employ to attempt to login to even more sites and services. Thanks to the habit of reusing passwords, credentials gleaned from breaches enables attackers to break into more websites, sometimes on the very first attempt.

In addition to adopting sensible password practices, Gall also recommends users to switch to two-factor authentication (2FA), which he says is an incredibly effective method of protecting websites even if the attacker has access to your login credentials.

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AVM Cloud VMware collaboration: Committed to customers’ end-to-end cloud journeys – Malaysiakini

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David Chan, CEO of leading Malaysian cloud provider AVM Cloud Sdn Bhd, is definite that cloud opportunities will grow in Malaysia and across the region.

The cloud computing paradigm has proven itself over the last two years. Every business out there will try and take advantage of the cloud to further improve their business, explained David.

He said this during a recent BFM podcast called Business Firmly In The Clouds, presented by TechTalk anchor and expert Richard Bradbury. Also participating in the podcast was Devan Parinpanayagam, Country Manager of VMware Malaysia.

According to Devan, cloud computing has been around in various forms and factors for a long time.

The idea behind using the cloud is for us as consumers to access data or applications from the Internet; it could be as simple as Office 365 or Dropbox or even something like Disney+ Hotstar or Netflix as well.

I think its only going to get bigger and better. The VMware vision is that every company will have a multi-cloud vision, and only the specific mix of workloads on-premise, vs. any other particular cloud will differ from company to company. This journey is only going to get bigger.

We are in an environment that is cost-prohibitive and we need to get the most bang for our buck. All CIOs see that - all consumers see that as well, and this is pervasive. The cloud environment is here to stay.

David concurred, noting that cloud computing has evolved since the 1990s, and has become a critical business enabler.

One of the first cloud delivery companies is Salesforce, and theyve been around since the 1990s using the Internet to deliver software to their end-users. AWS (Amazon Web Services) started in 2006. Apple introduced iCloud in 2011.

Getting speed of delivery, convenience of services

For AVM Cloud, David stated, their cloud customers get speed of delivery and the convenience of using the services.

Nowadays, with the market going through so much interference, especially with COVID, theyre always looking for something to give them an edge over their competitors, and theyve realised that the cloud is something they can take advantage of.

AVM Cloud was started by a group of friends and business partners who were passionate about technology and also have a great sense of entrepreneurship, as David described.

We initially started a company called IGS Integrated Global Solutions back in 2003 doing a side business. One of the new technologies that we brought on board during that time was VMware virtualisation, which we felt would disrupt the current IT situation and also bring value to our customers.

During the first 10 years, we developed and learned quite a lot of new technologies; one of which is cloud. VMware was the technology company that introduced the cloud to us, and when we heard about it, we thought that this technology would bring value to our customers and benefit their businesses.

Since its inception in 2010, AVM Cloud has gone from strength to strength..

We were one of the local pioneers of cloud computing. In 2014, we implemented one of the largest virtual storage projects in Malaysia, thanks to the cloud.

In 2017, we became one of the largest cloud services provider when we managed to secure a contract with a customer who has 2500 virtual machines like virtual servers and we did the enterprise migration for them. We were selected by VMware in 2018 as its Hybrid Cloud provider.

AVM Clouds acquisition by TIME dotCom (TIME) earlier in 2021 was the result of both parties appreciation of the synergy between them. When TIME approached AVM Cloud, the two parties came to the understanding that AVM Cloud would be left to conduct its own operations.

TIME recognised us as masters of our own trade; by leaving us alone, they would give us the chance to grow better and move faster. And that is the reason why they wanted to acquire us, because they want us to evolve and grow without any interference from the other side and do what we do best.

TIME has a good track record and a presence in Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Then we have AVM Cloud that is well-known in virtualisation and local cloud service, we have a good track record and we are looking for regional expansion. Hence, our two parties are able to click together.

Working with TIME, AVM Cloud is now better placed and in a stronger position to help customers in their digital transformation, cloud journeys, even to the basic needs of connectivity.

We want to position ourselves as a one-stop-shop, providing complete services to our customers end-to-end. Our customers can benefit from this because now we can help them in other areas aside from IT.

Devan agreed that AVM Cloud complemented well with TIME.

AVM Cloud and its sister company IGS have been selling VMware even before there was a VMware office in Malaysia. Were very proud of the journey that theyve taken with us, and they have grown as VMware has grown, and that journey has taken them to where they are today with us, as one of our trusted partners within the industry.

TIME putting in a stake into AVM Cloud is just giving us all a big opportunity to do a lot more in Malaysia. With what TIME brings in terms of connectivity, the knowledge that AVM Cloud has and its expertise in private cloud, and with the VMware solution, I think it's an unbeatable proposition that we can give to the customers.

Much of what David and the team have done is their own intellectual property. They've taken our base and built upon that, and have provided some really cool solutions to the customer.

Being customers trusted cloud provider of choice

David stressed that one of cloud computings main issues was trust, which AVM Cloud handles particularly well.

Trust is something you need to earn. When we talk to our customers, we share with them the benefit and the truth about the cloud how cloud deployment can benefit them, but also the risks that come along with it.

Cloud computing can be pretty complex. Depending on the steps they want to take, deployment can be quite daunting, and also quite risky, if they were to take the wrong step along the way. We realised that the customers wanted a partner they could trust.

When we talked about being customers trusted cloud provider of choice, we want to be able to be with the customer beyond planning, design, implementation, migration, and post-support. We want to be part of their plans of how they want to take advantage of cloud for their businesses. We feel we are in a strong position to help customers succeed in their digital transformation or their cloud journey end-to-end.

For many people, when you talk about trust, they think about security. We have to show them we have the security in place to protect their data, as well as the data privacy policy in place. And this is a very strong point that AVM Cloud and VMware have been driving for many years since our virtualisation days; I know you bet your business and your data on us; we will reciprocate by guaranteeing that you will be protected, and then we'll also continually invest in security for years to come.

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Global Micro Server IC Market to Reach $6.1 Billion by 2027 – Yahoo Finance

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Abstract: - Global Micro Server IC Market to Reach $6. 1 Billion by 2027. - Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Micro Server IC estimated at US$628. 3 Million in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US$6.

New York, Nov. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global Micro Server IC Industry" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p06032199/?utm_source=GNW 1 Billion by 2027, growing at aCAGR of 38.5% over the period 2020-2027. Intel, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to record 39.9% CAGR and reach US$3.9 Billion by the end of the analysis period. After an early analysis of the business implications of the pandemic and its induced economic crisis, growth in the ARM segment is readjusted to a revised 36.2% CAGR for the next 7-year period. - The U.S. Market is Estimated at $168.6 Million, While China is Forecast to Grow at 45.1% CAGR - The Micro Server IC market in the U.S. is estimated at US$168.6 Million in the year 2020. China, the world`s second largest economy, is forecast to reach a projected market size of US$1.5 Billion by the year 2027 trailing a CAGR of 45.1% over the analysis period 2020 to 2027. Among the other noteworthy geographic markets are Japan and Canada, each forecast to grow at 32% and 36.1% respectively over the 2020-2027 period. Within Europe, Germany is forecast to grow at approximately 34.3% CAGR.

- Select Competitors (Total 36 Featured) -

Ambedded Technology

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation

ARM Holdings plc

Cavium Inc.

Dell Technologies

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Intel Corporation

Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.

Penguin Computing

Quanta Computer Inc.

Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p06032199/?utm_source=GNW

I. METHODOLOGY

II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. MARKET OVERVIEW Influencer Market Insights World Market Trajectories Impact of Covid-19 and a Looming Global Recession

2. FOCUS ON SELECT PLAYERS

3. MARKET TRENDS & DRIVERS

4. GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE Table 1: World Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 2: World Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 3: World 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 4: World Current & Future Analysis for Intel by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 5: World Historic Review for Intel by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 6: World 15-Year Perspective for Intel by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 7: World Current & Future Analysis for ARM by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 8: World Historic Review for ARM by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 9: World 15-Year Perspective for ARM by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 10: World Current & Future Analysis for Hardware by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 11: World Historic Review for Hardware by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 12: World 15-Year Perspective for Hardware by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 13: World Current & Future Analysis for Software by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 14: World Historic Review for Software by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 15: World 15-Year Perspective for Software by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 16: World Current & Future Analysis for Media Storage by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 17: World Historic Review for Media Storage by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 18: World 15-Year Perspective for Media Storage by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 19: World Current & Future Analysis for Data Centers by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 20: World Historic Review for Data Centers by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 21: World 15-Year Perspective for Data Centers by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 22: World Current & Future Analysis for Analytics by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 23: World Historic Review for Analytics by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 24: World 15-Year Perspective for Analytics by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 25: World Current & Future Analysis for Cloud Computing by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 26: World Historic Review for Cloud Computing by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 27: World 15-Year Perspective for Cloud Computing by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 28: World Current & Future Analysis for Other Applications by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 29: World Historic Review for Other Applications by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 30: World 15-Year Perspective for Other Applications by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

III. MARKET ANALYSIS

UNITED STATES Table 31: USA Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Processor - Intel and ARM - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 32: USA Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Processor - Intel and ARM Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 33: USA 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Processor - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Intel and ARM for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 34: USA Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Component - Hardware and Software - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 35: USA Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Component - Hardware and Software Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 36: USA 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Component - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Hardware and Software for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 37: USA Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Application - Media Storage, Data Centers, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Other Applications - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 38: USA Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Application - Media Storage, Data Centers, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Other Applications Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 39: USA 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Application - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Media Storage, Data Centers, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Other Applications for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

CANADA Table 40: Canada Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Processor - Intel and ARM - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 41: Canada Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Processor - Intel and ARM Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 42: Canada 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Processor - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Intel and ARM for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 43: Canada Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Component - Hardware and Software - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 44: Canada Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Component - Hardware and Software Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 45: Canada 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Component - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Hardware and Software for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 46: Canada Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Application - Media Storage, Data Centers, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Other Applications - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 47: Canada Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Application - Media Storage, Data Centers, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Other Applications Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 48: Canada 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Application - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Media Storage, Data Centers, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Other Applications for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

JAPAN Table 49: Japan Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Processor - Intel and ARM - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 50: Japan Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Processor - Intel and ARM Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 51: Japan 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Processor - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Intel and ARM for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 52: Japan Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Component - Hardware and Software - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 53: Japan Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Component - Hardware and Software Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 54: Japan 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Component - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Hardware and Software for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 55: Japan Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Application - Media Storage, Data Centers, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Other Applications - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 56: Japan Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Application - Media Storage, Data Centers, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Other Applications Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 57: Japan 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Application - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Media Storage, Data Centers, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Other Applications for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

CHINA Table 58: China Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Processor - Intel and ARM - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 59: China Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Processor - Intel and ARM Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 60: China 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Processor - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Intel and ARM for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 61: China Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Component - Hardware and Software - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 62: China Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Component - Hardware and Software Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 63: China 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Component - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Hardware and Software for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 64: China Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Application - Media Storage, Data Centers, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Other Applications - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 65: China Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Application - Media Storage, Data Centers, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Other Applications Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 66: China 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Application - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Media Storage, Data Centers, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Other Applications for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

EUROPE Table 67: Europe Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Geographic Region - France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 68: Europe Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Geographic Region - France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 69: Europe 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe Markets for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 70: Europe Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Processor - Intel and ARM - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 71: Europe Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Processor - Intel and ARM Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 72: Europe 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Processor - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Intel and ARM for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 73: Europe Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Component - Hardware and Software - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 74: Europe Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Component - Hardware and Software Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 75: Europe 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Component - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Hardware and Software for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 76: Europe Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Application - Media Storage, Data Centers, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Other Applications - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 77: Europe Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Application - Media Storage, Data Centers, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Other Applications Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 78: Europe 15-Year Perspective for Micro Server IC by Application - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Media Storage, Data Centers, Analytics, Cloud Computing and Other Applications for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

FRANCE Table 79: France Current & Future Analysis for Micro Server IC by Processor - Intel and ARM - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 80: France Historic Review for Micro Server IC by Processor - Intel and ARM Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

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CMA hosts first two-day digital summit of G7 competition heads – GOV.UK

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will today welcome heads of the G7 authorities and guests to its London headquarters for the agenda-setting event. The G7 Digital Competition Enforcers Summit will strengthen relationships between international competition authorities and look to increase collaboration on issues related to competition in digital markets.

The Summit offers a unique opportunity for international agencies to discuss various questions, including on emerging issues such as in relation to large digital platforms, app stores, online marketplaces, digital advertising, mobile ecosystems, cloud computing and algorithms. It also provides an opportunity for attendees to consider areas for potential collaboration and reflect on how best to use their skills, knowledge, and resources to deal with challenges in digital markets.

These discussions come at a seminal point, with the need to address the challenges of digital markets and big tech one of the most important issues facing governments and competition authorities around the world.

The Summit and related work have come out of the UKs G7 Presidency, with the CMA tasked with using its status as a leading competition authority to convene international partners. The aim is to find coherent and complementary ways to encourage competition and support innovation. It builds on previous collaboration between the CMA and its international counterparts.

This will be the first time that the G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA, with the EU) competition heads have specifically come together to discuss these issues with the heads of competition authorities from the G7 guest countries (Australia, India, South Africa, South Korea).

In order to capture some of the work that the G7 competition authorities are doing, they will today jointly publish a compendium. The document outlines each authoritys work in addressing competition issues in digital markets and highlights shared approaches and tactics.

These include:

The compendium will inform future cooperation and coordination including through existing competition international forums, as well as provide a resource for governments and other policymakers.

Andrea Coscelli, Chief Executive of the CMA, said:

Tech businesses are at the heart of many all-important services for consumers and businesses, so it is crucial that they can continue to thrive. Yet currently too much market power is concentrated in the hands of too few firms. Whether in online shopping, web searches or social media, companies like Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook exert an unprecedented level of influence over our lives.

These global challenges require a coordinated globalresponse,which is why this Summit is so vital.

As the leaders of G7 competition authorities, we recognise that joint action across international jurisdictions is needed to ensure big techs dominance is not harmful to people and businesses, wherever they may call home.

Today is an important step towards the increased collaboration that will enable lasting positive change in digital markets around the world.

The CMA is one of the leading global authorities taking steps to address competition concerns in digital markets. It has established the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) to give consumers more choice and control over their data as well as promote online competition and crack down on unfair practices. The DMU launched in shadow form in April and the government has recently consulted on introducing legislation which will give it the powers it needs to oversee a new regulatory regime for the most powerful digital firms, promoting greater competition and innovation.

The CMA is also part of the Digital Regulation Co-operation Forum (DRCF), alongside the UKs Information Commissioners Office, Ofcom and the Financial Conduct Authority. The DRCF was formed in July 2020, building on the strong working relationships between these organisations, to ensure a greater level of cooperation and tackle the unique challenges posed by regulation of online platforms.

The DRCF is now launching a new programme of work to uncover digital regulation issues. Separately from the Summit, DRCF members are today taking part in a panel discussion hosted by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) at the Future Tech Forum, to discuss this programme. As part of the programme of work going forward, stakeholders in the digital sector are encouraged to get in touch about any concerns.

The CMA has a number of ongoing investigations into issues in digital markets. These include investigating Googles privacy sandbox, Facebooks use of ad data, Apples AppStore, as well as a market study into mobile ecosystems. Through its powers to investigate mergers, it is also investigating the acquisition of Giphy by Facebook (now Meta Platforms), after provisionally finding that this deal raised competition concerns.

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U96 – Wikipedia

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German Eurodance project

U96 is a German musical project formed by DJ and producer Alex Christensen,[1] and a team of producers named Matiz (Ingo Hauss, Helmut Hoinkis, and Hayo Lewerentz). After a decade-long hiatus, the band returned in 2018 without Christensen and Hoinkis.[2]

The name of the project comes from the film Das Boot about German submarine U-96 from World War II.[1] The project's first hit, "Das Boot" (1991), is a techno adaptation of the film's title melody, which had been originally composed by Klaus Doldinger. An album of the same name was also released.[1]

The band's next album, Replugged (1993), was inspired by the electro sounds of the 1980s and by ambient and disco music themes. It was less commercially successful than its predecessor, but achieved three top-10 hits: "Love Sees No Colour", "Night in Motion", and "Inside Your Dreams", which peaked at number 1 in Finland. Although uncredited, Ingo Hauss provided most male vocals for this album.

The follow-up album, Club Bizarre (1995), radically changed the group's sound. It was dominated by a fast-paced Eurodance sound with a significant rave influence. The hit single releases from this album were "Love Religion" (with Daisy Dee) as well as the title track "Club Bizarre", with harmonies that were reused later by Brooklyn Bounce. Motor Music also released the Club Bizarre Interactive CD-ROM. The audio part of this CD included several music tracks and the multimedia part featured a discography, interviews with Alex Christensen, and a game for Mac OS and Windows PC.

In 1996, U96's fourth album, Heaven, was released. It was highly commercial in sound, with greater emphasis on Eurodance, despite retaining some electro and rave influences. On this album, a new singer, Dea-Li (Dorothy Lapi), was featured, who participated in the production of four titles. The chorus in the song "Heaven"although with a faster pace and different textclosely resembles Cyndi Lauper's 1984 hit "Time After Time". The second single, "A Night to Remember", was a top-20 hit in Austria and Finland. The final single, "Venus in Chains", peaked at number 7 in the Czech Republic.

After their fourth album, the group released the singles "Seven Wonders" (1997), "Energie" (1998), "Beweg Dich, Baby" (1998), and "Das Boot 2001" (2000), before issuing the compilation Best of 19912001, which included a few songs from the unreleased album Rhythm of Life. They returned to the German Top 30 in 2006 with "Vorbei", which featured vocals by Ben.

Another album, Out of Wilhelmsburg, was released in 2007, albeit with a different group lineup, before the band went on an indefinite hiatus.

In June 2018, U96 came out with the double album Reboot. Two years later, in collaboration with Wolfgang Flr, they released another double album, titled Transhuman.[3]

Helmut Hoinkis died on 19 February 2021.[citation needed]

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Transhumanists Met in Spain to Plan Global Transformation

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Transhumanism is similar to a religion and has the goal of merging man with machine. If it seems far-fetched, consider the advances in bionics, robotics, neuroprosthetics, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and genetic engineering. Reliance on smartphones is an early phase of our symbiosis with machines. In our age of all-pervasive technology, entire societies are revolutionized before anyone can grasp the change. Singularity is when technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable changes to human civilization. One critic warned that the global health crises are being used as an excuse for greater authoritarianism. Another critic added that the Covid injections could end up as a Trojan Horse for some kind of social credit-style monitoring system and more.

Transhumanism is a futuristic religion that exalts technology as the highest power. The movements goal is to merge man with machine. Their wildest prophecies seem ridiculous at first, until you consider the dizzying advances in bionics, robotics, neuroprosthetics, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and genetic engineering.

Prominent figures gathered at the TransVision 2021 conference in Madrid over the weekend. Listening to the proceedings online, I heard a broad range of totalizing schemes. There were no Luddites or Amish onstage, but of course, Spain is a long haul for a horse-and-buggy. Besides, no unvaccinated person can legally cross the Spanish border.

Transhumanists hold that the human condition of ignorance, loneliness, sadness, disease, old age, and death can be transcended through improved gadgetry. Many believe tribalism will also be eliminated perhaps through brain implants but this elite clique tends to be so convicted, legacy humans will have no say in the matter.

Their radical ideas are hardly marginal. Transhuman values have been implicitly embraced by the worlds wealthiest technologists. Consider Bill Gates pushing universal jabs, Jeff Bezoss quest for life extension, Elon Musks proposed brain implants, Mark Zuckerbergs forays into the Metaverse, and Eric Schmidts plans for an American technocracy racing against China.

If Big Tech is the established church, transhumanists are Desert Fathers in the wilderness.

Naturally, the dominant tone at TransVision was set by hardcore transhumanists: Max and Natasha More, Jos Cordeiro, David Wood, Jerome Glenn, Phillipe van Nedervelde, Ben Goertzel, Aubrey de Grey, Bill Faloon, and even in his absence, Ray Kurzweil, a top R&D director at Google and founder of Singularity University. Each proponent has a unique angle, but they converge on a shared mythos.

Allowing for variation, transhumanists confess there is no God but the future Computer God. They believe neuroprosthetics will allow communion with this artificial deity. They believe robot companions should be normalized. They believe longevity tech will confer approximate immortality. They believe virtual reality provides a life worth living. Above all, they believe the Singularity is near.

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International Businessman to Gift Davido Rare Coins Worth Millions of Naira for Donating N251m to Orphans Legit.ng – Legit.ng

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Since surprisingly deciding to give away all the N201 million he got from his online appeal to orphanages across the country, Nigerian singer Davido has received worldwide commendations from personalities from all walks of life.

The singer had actually donated a total of N251 million, adding N50 million of his personal funds to it, a move that earned him praises from Nigeria's former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

An international businessman, Charles Awuzie, has also joined in hailing the singer's kind gesture, describing him as Africa's greatest musician.

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In a Facebook post by an aide to Nigeria's Vice President Maria Ude Nwachi, Charles has offered to gift the singer his coins worth millions of naira.

The coin named Transhuman Coin, Charles opined, will have a value of $1 (N410) per coin if held for the next one year.

Charles, a member of Forbes Business Council, sought help in delivering the coins gift to the Nigerian-American singer.

He prayed for Africa to have more great sons like Davido.

Emmanuel Iwuegbu said:

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that CNN had hailed Davido for his humongous donations to the orphanages.

CNN in its report on the development wrote:

To many people, this was done by the American company in efforts to share the glory of the good deeds of the singer with Nigeria.

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Cordel Green | Smart cities through the lens of human rights technological and ethical dilemmas – Jamaica Gleaner

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The operating systems of society are undergoing profound transformation, including a fast-approaching future when computer chips will be near zero in cost and connected sensor devices will be widely deployed, fuelling exponential datafication and the Internet of all things. Another feature of the changed society is that, even quicker than governments, technology companies are able to know our age, our diseases, our political and religious views, sexual orientation and proclivities, family, friends, associates, enemies, consumption habits designed to benefit advertising-driven business models.

This is the background against which we are to contemplate what it means to be a smart city. The response is a matter of perspective. The techno-rational concept which I have just described comes at a huge economic cost, estimated to be in the region of $1.6 trillion. This is a dehumanising and illusive universe for the vast majority of cities which cannot afford to provide even basic services much more the acquisition cost and recurring expenditure required for smart city infrastructure. This portends perpetuation and widening of the global digital divide which separates people and communities on the basis of historical inequities.

Is this inevitable or are we capable of a design which privileges humanitarian concerns over technological determinism and transatlantic dogma about how society is to be organised?

If we start from a place of equity and justice, I would argue that poverty in all forms is to the concept of smart city, what cancer is to the body. A city cannot be smart if it is not humane. It would be a susceptible city, not a smart one, or more euphemistically, a smart city with a stupid outcome. This is not to say technology is not of great strategic benefit but that it is not deterministic.

Talk of chips and sensors must, therefore, be subordinated to making citizens smart, by which I mean digital and media information literate citizens.

Let us be reminded of the UNESCO definition of Media and Information Literacy: it is a composite set of knowledge, skills, attitudes and practices that allow people to effectively access, analyse, critically evaluate, interpret, use, create and disseminate information and media products with the use of existing means and tools on a creative, legal and ethical basis.

Admittedly, this is more difficult than meets the eye. The concept of digital literacy becomes particularly challenging because the Artificial Intelligence operating systems that are being deployed operate as a black box opaque, evolving, untraceable and understood by very few. This is one of the most pressing ethical concerns in our transition to a world in which people are developing deeper and closer relationships of trust with smart devices that are controlled by artificial intelligence.

This suggests a need for a new/digital Media and Information Literacy framework, designed to include updated competencies and working knowledge of AI, the management and use of big data, the internet of things, AI ethics, AI governance, machine rights and other fourth industrial age technologies such as 3D, augmented reality, virtual reality and the cloud. Exposure to and an understanding of these issues is critical to the shaping of the digital citizen and their ability to play a full role in society, particularly in a smart city.

With this in mind, the Broadcasting Commission is currently working with Mona School of Business and Management, Slashroots Foundation & UNESCO, to establish a Digital Media and Information Literacy Skills Framework for Jamaica. The outputs will include tools for assessing and eventually certifying Digital Literacy, and recommendations for the creation of a national digital literacy policy which will include setting and monitoring targets in relation to education, training, employment, digital safety and media literacy.

The Broadcasting Commission has also spearheaded the Caribbean AI Initiative, which is a collaborative project with the UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean and supported by UNESCOs Information For All Programme (IFAP). Under the auspices of the Caribbean AI Initiative, we have developed the Caribbean AI Roadmap which will be offered as a guide for the Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean in using AI to support their transition to digital economies and societies. Find out more at ai4caribbean.com.

As Small Island Developing States, we in the Caribbean cannot afford to ignore lessons from ancient history. The author of Four Lost Cities tells us that ancient city leaders, like their contemporaries, ...often want to invest in beautiful spectacles, at the expense of real needs. The smart city narrative comes with a similar risk.

I will turn next to the right to good governance, which is derived from the norms of contemporary international human rights law. In any concept and design of a smart city we must take account of what the UN secretary general describes as a trust deficit disorder which is afflicting the world. We have seen this in the riot on Capitol Hill and playing out now with tech companies that are no longer trusted to draw our social boundaries. This notable decline in trust in public institutions will, over time, if unchecked, undermine the basis for shared values and tolerance in society.

The dilemma is worsened by a conceptual vacuum. In the old world, the citizen could rely on the UN Declaration of Human Rights (1948) as a certain basis on which to demand that his/her rights to freedom of liberty, expression and conscience be upheld. But those rights were never contemplated for the virtual person, a phenomenon made possible by the Internet. The central question now is whether the new e-citizen can insist on those rights across electronic borders and via legal systems that were intended for localised solutions.

What is the nature of this e-citizen, his/her e-rights and the jurisdiction to which e-government will be applied? What rights will constrain the city state when everything that is needed to be known about a citizen can be accessed electronically and remotely? How should we respond to the real fear that smart cities will expand the capability of technology companies to scrape vast amounts of valuable data that can then be used for marketing or even to manipulate peoples behaviour and choices?

These are not just technological choices, they have profound implications for our future and we must engage fully with those issues before plunging into a technological abyss in the pursuit of smart cities.

I want to conclude with two specific recommendations. The first is that we should explore the establishment of Data Trusts as a tool for data governance. By this I mean that governments should introduce legislation requiring companies to access and use the publics data by negotiating with data trusts that represent the interest of data subjects generally or in specific circumstances. It is time for us to accept that if data is the new oil, then the data subjects should be the oil barons.

This idea is foreshadowed in the recently drafted Caribbean AI road map which calls for the Caribbean islands to manage data assets through aggregated data banks and regional tri-level data management infrastructure to capture, classify, clean, format, store, analyse and archive data.

I also suggest that the law should impose fiduciary responsibilities on platforms as a solution to the information asymmetry and power imbalance between platforms, governments and users. We can model other relations of power and trust such as lawyer/client, doctor and patient, where the fiduciary has an obligation to protect the interest of the vulnerable party.

My broader point is that legislation, policies and regulations which were designed in a bygone age are now mostly unsuited to support a transition to a digital society. We need new frameworks, including socio-technologically focused and culturally relevant laws, policies, guidelines and regulations.

There is no question that the future will be different, but it has not yet been cast in stone. It will be shaped by opportunity, volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. We have been propelled to an existential crossroads and will have to choose, as Carlos Moreira and David Ferguson observe in their book, The transHuman Code, between building a better future with the help of technology or building a future with better technology at the expense of much of humanity.

We face these profound choices and difficult decisions with the humbling knowledge that this is not the first time in human history when technological innovation has driven societal transformation, on a grand scale. We can only hope that we will choose our path wisely and that our concept of smartness in the design of modern cities will be such that the smart city is like a tide that lifts all ships.

- Cordel Green is vice-chairman, UNESCO Information For All Programme (IFAP), and executive director, Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica. This article is adapted from his keynote presentation delivered at IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society.

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Russia marks 50th anniversary of reaching Mars’ surface – La Prensa Latina

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Moscow, Nov 27 (EFE).- Russia on Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the Soviet Mars 2 becoming the first-ever spacecraft to reach the Martian surface, where it crashed.

Of course, Mars 2 was a very important stage in our Martian investigations, Mikhail Marov, who was part of the USSRs planetary research program, told Efe.

But the launch of the Mars 3 device shortly afterwards was much more important, the academic added.

Mars 3, which was identical to its predecessor, was launched in May 1971, nine days after Mars 2.

In general, the USSR paid great attention to the Mars research program and the launch of these devices in 1971 was, alongside the Venus program, one of the main tasks of planetary research, the scientist said.

Dispatching space crafts to the red planet was difficult as the Soviet scientists did not have the ephemeris, the tables of values that allow to establish the positions of astronomical objects in the sky, he stressed.

The United States, meanwhile, had the necessary data but did not share it with the Soviets because of the Cold War. Americans didnt want us to be the first, he said.

To overcome the lack of data, Soviet constructors and engineers proposed unique on-board navigation systems to take the necessary and process measures to guide a trip to Mars.

After a failed attempt to send a device to the red plants orbit ahead of Mars 2, it entered the Martian atmosphere at a sharper angle than calculated and thus it crashed, Marov said.

It was the first device sent from Earth to Mars, although unfortunately, it was not very successful. But Mars 3 did it all flawlessly, said the scientist.

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