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Turning climate risks into business opportunitiesĀ 

IBM Big Data Hub

Climate change causes extreme weather events across the world that endanger people’s lives and disrupt the businesses on which they depend. The United States saw 25 climate disaster events in 2023 with losses of more than USD 1 billion each. These events included floods, severe storms and a drought.

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Metrics that matter: Data and tools Planet Collibra leaders use to understand climate change and create impact

Collibra

Extreme weather events : Some areas will see decreases in precipitation, others will see increases in precipitation. Food : Extreme weather events (and generally warmer temperatures) will drastically impact our ability to grow food and feed a growing population. Thankfully, this is where data shines! What IS climate change?

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Part 2: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about the evolution from RIM to Content Services?

ARMA International

Part 3 will discuss how to manage the various DT risks. While these RIM practices are still important to help ensure governance, compliance, and manage risks, it is also important to realize that information is both a product and a service. Over the millennia, agriculture has used countless technologies to increase production.

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EU: Competition policy in the digital era (Part 1)

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The benefits are enormous, as digital communication facilitates exchanges and searches, and enhances consumer choices not only in purchasing consumer goods, but also in finance, healthcare, and producing industries from manufacture to agriculture. 13-14), not unlike traditional newspapers, which were known to be left or right.

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Collecting for continuity and for change: The web archiving experience in Westborough

Archive-It

In 2017, our library applied for and received a grant to participate in the Community Webs program, designed to teach public libraries how to use web archiving tools and enable them to curate local history collections. Westborough is a town of ~18,000 residents, positioned between Boston and Worcester, MA.

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Predictions 2014: A Difficult Year To See

John Battelle's Searchblog

One “holy s**t” moment for me was a piece on ocean acidification , relating scientific discoveries that the oceans are turning acidic at a pace faster than any time since a mass extinction event 300 million years ago. And 12 months from now, everyone will be tweeting about how Twitter has run out of ideas.

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