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Predictions 2021: Disinformation, SPACs, Africa, Facebook, and a Return to Tech Optimism

John Battelle's Searchblog

But I’m convinced 2021 will be the year we all realize that our media/information ecosystem is broken – with disinformation, propaganda, and brazen falsehood its most pernicious externality. But in 2021, the good ship Facebook will start taking on serious water. A free and open democratic economy can’t run on b t.

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Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021

eSecurity Planet

As the demand for robust security defense grows by the day, the market for cybersecurity technology has exploded, as well as the number of available solutions. Splunk is the darling of the IT Service Management (ITSM) market. Trend Micro is another big name that has sagged in terms of brand appeal and market dominance.

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Predictions 2021: How’d I Do? Pretty Damn Well.

John Battelle's Searchblog

As 2021 subsequently rolled by, I stashed away news items that might prove (or disprove) those predictions – knowing that this week, I’d take a look at how I did. And hey, China’s got the Minority Report market in the bag!) But in 2021, web3 scaled to impressive (some might say scary) numbers.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

billion in 2021, and growing concerns over data security , software supply chains , and ransomware suggest the market will remain strong through economic ups and downs. Founded in 2009, a16z already has an extensive track record of success, investing in over 500 companies and producing 160 exits. AllegisCyber Investments.

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Predictions 2022: How’d I Do? Strangely, My Best Year Ever

John Battelle's Searchblog

I usually do ten predictions each year, which means I’m planning on writing 11 posts this week. Remember, this was written in late December of 2021, when the price of Bitcoin was nearly $50,000. Meta did buy two Oculus related companies, then got slapped with an antitrust action around a similar acquisition in late 2021.

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Part 3: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about effecting risk management and change management?

ARMA International

In fact, “the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, pointedly noted that since the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, there have been 11 high-level commissions and panels that produced more than 16 reports, with the vast majority of recommendations never implemented” (Fink 2021). In May 2021, Colonial Pipeline paid $ 4.4