PlanetScale & GDPR | NewSQL Database-as-a-Service Startup

PlanetScale is a NewSQL DbaaS based on the open source project @vitessio. The startup's headquarters are in Mountain View, California, with original backing from VC firm SignalFire (signalfire.com).

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See: Andreessen pours $22M into PlanetScale’s database-as-a-service suitable for any enterprise that wants their data both secure and consistently accessible. Its ability to re-shard databases while they’re operating, can solve businesses’ issues with GDPR, which demands some data be stored in the same locality as the user to whom it belongs.

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SWIFT GPI Initiative: How Secure Is the Swift Network? (videos)

How Secure Is the Swift Network?

Video above published May 1, 2017, by WSJ.com: A series of recent cyberattacks targeting banks raises questions about the security of Swift, the global messaging network that is the backbone of payment services for more than 11,000 institutions worldwide, including banks and corporations.

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The Future of Cross-border Payments - SWIFT gpi

Video above published Sep 26, 2016: Banks around the world are working with SWIFT to deliver the global payments innovation (gpi) initiative and create the next era for correspondent banking. More info: http://www.swift.com/gpi

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5G Is Coming! FCC Chair Tom Wheeler at CTIA Super Mobility 2016

FCC Chairman Wheeler: Keynote Remarks at CTIA Super Mobility 2016:

Sep 7, 2016: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler addressed CTIA #SuperMobility 2016 attendees, discussing his priorities for the agency. Among the topics discussed included privacy, innovation, infrastructure and spectrum.

"One thing you’ll take away this week is that 5G is coming & it’s coming fast."--Meredith Baker, @CTIA President/CEO

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler at CTIA Super Mobility 2016 (full transcript embed below):

• More people around the world connected to the mobile network than to the electric grid.  
• Here comes 5G ... 5G is like the missing piece of the puzzle depicting the wireless future. 
• Gigabit mobile connections at any location will open up hugely disruptive new value propositions for the users of networks. 
• The Internet’s open design is protected by FCC rules. 
• What’s still missing? Ultra-high-speed, high-capacity, low-latency, secure mobile connectivity. That's what 5G delivers.  
• Wireless data use more than doubled from 2014 to 2015, and continued growth is projected for the foreseeable future. 
• 3 keys for what the Commission [FCC.gov] can do to help unlock the 5G opportunity: spectrum; infrastructure (backhaul); siting.
• 5G is not a technology.  It is a revolution. 

CTIA Super Mobility 2016 | ctialatest.org/sm16/ Keynotes Sept 7-9:
•  September 7th: 9:00am – 10:30am (PST) Keynote Session (in order of appearance):

• CTIA President & CEO Meredith Attwell Baker
• CTIA Chairman and AT&T Mobility and Consumer Operations President & CEO Glenn Lurie
• FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler (transcript below)
• The Chernin Group CEO Peter Chernin
• GSMA Director General Mats Granryd

•  September 8th: 9:00am – 10:30am (PST) Keynote Session (in order of appearance):

• Verizon EVP & President of Operations John Stratton
• Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. EVP & CTO Matt Grob
• Chairman & CEO Axs TV and Owner Mark Cuban
• Nokia President & CEO Rajeev Suri

•  September 9th: 9:30am – 10:30am (PST) Keynote Session - Musician, producer, philanthropist and entrepreneur John Legend

How's this for a #wireless stat? @ATT's Glenn Lurie showcases US leadership in #mobile. #SuperMobility @CTIAShows pic.twitter.com/rlyaXCEJrS

— Mobile Future (@mobilefuture) September 7, 2016

2015 US data stats: 2.9 trillion minutes, 9.6 trillion megabites, 1.9 trillion texts. #SuperMobility #CTIA #CTIA2016 pic.twitter.com/gxF8ZLOdKJ

— Ericsson N. America (@EricssonNA) September 7, 2016

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ICANN Q4 FY15 Stakeholder Call August 20, Registration Deadline

ICANN has announced its FY15 Q4 Stakeholder Call, which will take place on 20 August at 14:00 UTC - time converter - 10:00am ET (US). The call will cover how ICANN has progressed against its strategic and operating plans for the Quarter ending 30 June 2015 and will cover some of the information from the latest KPI Beta Dashboard, anticipated to launch around the same time.

Register to attend the call no later than 16:00 UTC, 12 noon ET (US), August 19th, at: http://goo.gl/forms/4T76Zn1ulT and to receive joining instructions.

If you are unable to access the form (at the registration link above), email ICANN at icann.communications@icann.org to register--include your full name and email address where to send joining instructions.

The call is open for all to attend, including press, and there will be ample time for Questions & Answers (Q&A). A recording of the call will also be available online on the ICANN website here.

These calls were set up to enhance ICANN's accountability and transparency efforts by making it easy to follow ICANN's progress toward fulfilling its mission of keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable.

Agenda

• President's Overview (10 mins) - Fadi Chehadé, ICANN President and CEO
• Policy Update (10 mins) – David Olive, VP Policy Development Support and Adiel Akplogan, VP Technical Engagement
• Management Update (15 mins) – David Conrad, CTO
• Financial Update (10 mins) – Xavier Calvez, CFO
• Q&A (30 mins)

More information:

Visit ICANN's Quarterly Reports page 24 hours before the call to pre-read the presentation. You may also find other useful recourses and background information there, as well as archived transcripts and recordings of all previous Quarterly Stakeholder Calls. A recording will also be made available after the call on that page.

(source: ICANN.org)

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