Cash-strapped Cuba pursues oil-drilling pacts

State oil companies, Cuba's Union Cuba Petroleo (CUPET) and Russia's Zarubezhnetf, drilled there in the 1980s and were reportedly working there to recover oil wells.

Netsertive Increases Series C Growth Round to $24M

MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Netsertive, a digital marketing intelligence company that enables brands and their local channel partners with turnkey, co-op compliant digital marketing capabilities, bringing them together to win local customers ...

Looking for a Growth Stock? Why It is Time to Focus on Qualys (QLYS)

One such company that might be well-positioned for future earnings growth is Qualys, Inc. (QLYS - Snapshot Report). This firm, which is in the Internet Software industry, saw EPS growth of much more than 100% last year, and is looking great for this ...

Tech Titans Launch Breakthrough Energy Coalition

High-tech honchos and venture capitalists from around the world -- and one university -- on Monday officially announced their participation in the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, a new fund to support companies doing clean energy research. The group ...

3D Printing: The Stories We Didn't Cover This Week — December 12

Graphene 3D has acquired Graphene Laboratories to corner the global graphene market in a now-finalized acquisition that will have a ripple effect in many Fortune 500 companies.

People in Aviation: December 2015

Schmutz has more than 30 years of experience in leadership roles in the aerospace and telecommunications industries, including with L-3 Communications, Airnet Communications and Harris.
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2015-12-02/people-aviation-december-2015

US-Cuba thaw lets a top Homeland Security official return to his birthplace

Growing up, Alejandro Mayorkas would hear his father rattle off the places to visit if he ever returned to Cuba, which the family fled in 1960.

New technology could save millions in energy costs

The latter's management team is committed to sustainable energy consumption by providing ample opportunities to adopt local innovations, as proven by being the first in the industry to engage Evercomm's energy analytic services. ... "By combining the ...

Fathom cruise to Cuba

I'm writing about Fathom's other destination, Cuba, where cruisers will experience three ports of call - Havana, Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba. On the 7-day cruise from Miami, Fathom travellers will experience a Cuban cultural immersion …part ...

China educational software industry 2015 market shared in new research report

... including definitions, classifications, applications and industry chain structure. The Educational Software market analysis is provided for the China markets including development trends, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions development ...
https://www.whatech.com/market-research/it/112178-china-educational-software-industry-2015-market-shared-in-new-research-report

Web Services Cloud Market Share Analysis: Market Shares, Analysis, and Index ...

The cloud market has not evolved in line with the traditional Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) infrastructure, Platform as a Service (PaaS) platform, and Software applications as a Service (SaaS) services definitions that were used early on to define ...

What's Really Behind The Doomsday Predictions Spurred By The Iran Deal?

And by the way, if Iran's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile program is not part of the deal, and so far, Iran refuses to even put it on the negotiating table.

Derrick Henry among 4 Alabama players on consensus All-America team

All three Heisman Trophy finalists were named consensus All-Americans per the five voting bodies that name All-America teams.

Did You Know Multi-Channel Customers Spend 3-4 Times More? Here's 6 Ways to ...

According to Marin Software, 50% of digital marketers state that they want to venture further into the world of integrated marketing, while 46% want to integrate online and offline channels more thoroughly. digital marketer ... Google Analytics tools ...

New Book Ties Former CIA Director To American Corporatocracy, JFK Assassination

But Kennedy resisted, and kept the U.S. from being led into a nuclear war over the Cuban missile crisis. According to Talbot, “that was the beginning of [Kennedy's] break” from the CIA.

Driven by Demand for Higher Bandwidth, Global Structured Cabling Market to ...

2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Structured Cabling Market - Global Industry Analysis, Trend, Size, Share and Forecast 2015 - 2021", structured cabling market was valued at ...

Samsung's new mobile chief, D.J

Koh, seen refocusing on software and services As part of this year's overhaul, Samsung replaced J.K. Shin with D.J. Koh, a 54-year-old executive who joined the company in 1984 and who has worked in research and development in Samsung's mobile business since around 2007. According to ... According ...

In A Digital Era, Grocery Stores Have Largely Stayed 'Traditional'

Tim Preboski walks down the aisles of Fresh Madison Market, adding groceries to his cart based on the list he holds in his hand.

Russia Could Create Aircraft Repair Center in Cuba

“In the beginning of November, our delegation from the company Russian Helicopters will go [to Cuba]. It will inspect on the ground all the potential, all the Cuban infrastructure in order to create this [repair] center in the near future,” Rogozin ...

Ingram Micro Solidifies Leadership Position in the Cloud With Acquisition of ...

In addition, approximately 500 Odin employees, many of whom are software engineers with cloud expertise, are expected to join Ingram Micro.

Human Machine Interface (HMI) Market Size Will Grow To $6.31 Billion By 2022 ...

02, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global Human Machine Interface (HMI) market is expected to reach USD 6.31 billion by 2022, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Advancement in HMI programming software in order to incorporate ability ...
http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/12/02/792228/0/en/Human-Machine-Interface-HMI-Market-Size-Will-Grow-To-6-31-Billion-By-2022-Grand-View-Research-Inc.html

Today in History

In 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft was shot down while flying over Cuba, killing the pilot, U.S.

Bill Gates Isn't a Climate Savior

(Gates would likely admit that he missed a whole bunch of developments in the software and personal computer markets.) So, yes, Gates, Soros, Mark Zuckerberg, and Marc Benioff, the blissed-out CEO of Salesforce.com, might be able to identify the people ...

Do Companies Still Care About Software Defined Networking?

Software defined networking (SDN) has been an IT industry buzzword for some time. While analyst firms like IDC see a bright future for this technology segment, others such as Gartner are less optimistic.

Chromebooks Thriving in U.S

K-12, but Is Microsoft Poised for Global Growth? But a different story could emerge in the market beyond U.S. borders in 2016, one that's more favorable to rival Microsoft, argues Futuresource Consulting, in its examination of trends in the K-12 industry. The market analysis released this week by ...

'Switched at Birth' Season 5 News, Cast, Spoilers: 'A Million Ideas ...

"Switched at Birth" ended its fourth season on quite an interesting note. The show made a good decision to make a 10-month jump after Bay and Daphne decided to go on their spur-of-the-moment trip to China.

Your mouse knows when you’re mad

Your mouse knows when you’re mad

Human Machine Interface (HMI) Market Size Will Grow To $6.31 Billion By 2022 ...

The global Human Machine Interface (HMI) market is expected to reach USD 6.31 billion by 2022, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Advancement in HMI programming software in order to incorporate ability for managing multi-vendor ...
http://www.econotimes.com/Human-Machine-Interface-HMI-Market-Size-Will-Grow-To-$631-Billion-By-2022-Grand-View-Research-Inc-124333

'Bridge of Spies' ignores the most important character of the Cold War

Particularly after the nerve-wracking ordeal of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, the two leaders became increasingly determined to untie the nuclear knot before it was too late.

Halogen Software's Recent Struggles Create Buying Opportunity

Research: In-depth coverage of more than 5200 stocks, many of which have little or no coverage elsewhere. PRO Idea Filter: Powerful search tools help you find articles ... The company's ability to garner 100% dollar retention validates the software's ...

Commerce with Communists - Doing Business in Cuba

Howard Kass, Ubaldo Heurta and Hiram Centelles already are doing business in Cuba. They hope to do more next year as relations thaw and the Communist island opens itself up to more commerce with the United States.

While US Car Sales Jump, VW's Plunge

Yet while the industry is enjoying its best sales performance this year in more than a decade, analysts said the companies were relying on more discounts and sales promotions to maintain momentum in the market. Research firms noted that the average ...

Guest View: The software debt crisis

Similar to the financial debt crisis facing many nations, the software industry is facing its own debt crisis caused by the continual development of software without the correct quality-control processes in place. Even industries that were ...

Armor Collaborates with Digital Healthcare Communications Company to Protect ...

As the managed security provider for four of the top 10 healthcare SaaS companies, Armor is trusted by healthcare organizations for their security-first solutions and understanding of industry compliance. Armor scales and applies ... The company ...

The Oculus Rift Is Good News for NVIDIA and AMD

High-end graphics cards from both NVIDIA and AMD can handle the requirements of the Rift, but software may be what sets the two companies apart.

Microsoft pushes Office 365, Skype and Dynamics updates to tie software tech ...

BARCELONA: Microsoft has revealed a batch of updates and features for Office 365, Dynamics CRM and Skype for Business to bring its software products closer together. The goal of the new features and ... Alexandros Stratis, enterprise applications ...

KDS Strengthens its Leadership Team to Support Continuing Growth

In order to support its continuing growth, KDS has been recruiting aggressively, growing staff numbers significantly and strengthening in particular its research and development, sales and marketing, customer support and finance teams in the US, France ...

Why Accenture Is Increasing Investment In Artificial Intelligence

However, in light of the advent of artificial intelligence system, which is expected to disrupt businesses and industries on a global scale, Accenture has announced that it is accelerating its research and development efforts in artificial intelligence ...

Today marks 53 years since the Cuban Missile Crisis

TAMPA (FOX 13) - 53 years ago today, President John F. Kennedy announced a naval blockade of Cuba. "To halt the offensive build-up, a strict quarantine of all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba is being initiated," said the president ...

Macs replacing PCs across enterprise at 'unprecedented rate', survey claims

Dave Alampi, JAMF Software's VP of product management and marketing told me: “The Mac is alive and well. Over the last several quarters, industry analysts have reported that Mac sales have continued to grow while other PC vendors, and the category as a ...

The High-Stakes Race to Rid the World of Human Drivers

If self-driving vehicles deliver on their promises, they will save millions of lives over the course of a few decades, destroy and create entire industries, and fundamentally change the human relationship with space and time. All of which is why some ...

A Deeper Look Inside the PECB, Pakistan's Terrible Cyber-Crime Bill

A coalition of Pakistan's leading online rights groups and businesses warned the current version, written with no input from legal experts or technologists, would “adversely impact the IT industry…. and [the] constitutional rights and safeguards ...

NetBase Announces Major Momentum in 2015 With Industry Recognition, New ...

BUSINESS WIRE)--NetBase, an enterprise-scale social media analytics company, today announced it has been named a top rated social media management platform by software users on TrustRadius and a market leader by G2 Crowd on the heels of its Audience 3D ...

Open Source Will Drive Telecom Innovation: Telestax's Restcomm Is Poised To ...

Smaller, more focused conferences like TADSummit and The Open Networking User Group (ONUG) are bringing significant competition to the larger industry events and tradeshows. These gatherings provide more product and technology insight and better ...

Russia backing Cuba in lifting blockade

Russia will join Cuba and most of the international community in the steps to achieve the all-out removal of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba, Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday.
http://en.mehrnews.com/news/111469/Russia-backing-Cuba-in-lifting-blockade

ARC Document Solutions: Cheap, But Bull Case Overstated

The value proposition for both is clear, the software seems well-regarded, and ARC's who's-who roster of clients in AEC provides it with an advantage on the sales side.

Investments in Indian start-ups sizzle, but the market may soon cool

About $6.5 billion has been invested into start-ups this year, up from $2.2 billion last year, according to the National Assn. of Software and Services Companies, an industry group. Three to four tech start-ups are born every day in India, it says ...

Jacksonville gets a look at self-driving cars as technology spins forward

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduate student D.J. Thompson points to the image of Heckscher Drive as seen by the rotating LIDAR laser scanner on top of the autonomous Ford Escape he's in.

Uri Levine shepherding his Israeli start-ups into billion dollar unicorns

The country nicknamed “start-up nation” has a reputation for producing world-beating technology companies: Israelis pioneered antivirus software and invented the memory stick, and are grabbing a disproportionate share of the new cybersecurity industry ...

Arthur I

Cyr: Russia intervention drastically escalates Syria war October is the anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, a striking exception to historically rooted Russian caution.

Android Pay Now Works In Mobile Apps by @sarahintampa

Android Pay Now Works In Mobile Apps by @sarahintampa

Frost & Sullivan Applauds Select PPE's Vision in Championing Innovation in the ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Dec. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the personal protective equipment (PPE) industry, Frost & Sullivan recognises Select PPE with the 2015 Southern Africa Frost & Sullivan Award for Visionary Innovation ...

Tobacco growers in Cuba's Pinar del Rio hope U.S

embargo is lifted Like his father and grandfather, Jose Manuel Junco grew up working in the world's most revered tobacco land. He devotes his life to the rich red soil of the Cuban province of Pinar del Rio, the island's westernmost 4,200 square miles. About a two-hour ...

Samsung's New Mobile Phone Chief Exemplifies Focus on Software

Shin, 59, is known in the industry for his hardware expertise and became familiar to consumers when unveiling the Galaxy S4 during a 2013 show at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

Arturo O'Farrill Presents 'Cuba: The Conversation Continues'

The pianist and composer Arturo O'Farrill knows better than almost anyone that more than 50 years of a trade embargo between the U.S.