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We are a population hungry for online video, that’s clear. The global online video community is predicted to exceed 1 billion users by 2014, according to Cisco. By then, it would take more than two years to watch the amount of video that will cross global IP networks every second; to watch all of the video crossing the network that year would take 72 million years. The surge in demand and volume of online video traffic typically requires online video platform (OVP) providers and users to upgrade their current facilities, network, infrastructure and data center environments at steep costs....

Stock markets reachedall-time highsin 2021, bringing huge value to the companies riding the wave, even when you allow for the dip in recent weeks. We are also in the midst of aboom yearfor flotations, with many boards taking advantage of investor enthusiasm for shares. Yet companies have been delisting from the stock market in evenlarger numbers, and, in fact, this trend has been going on for some time. The number of listed companies worldwide peaked at 45,743 in 2014 but had slipped to 43,248 by 2019according tothe World Bank....

Withso many morepeople working from home during the pandemic, employers havestepped upthe extent to whichthey aremonitoringthem online. Not so many years ago,employees werehaving to adjust to having their work emails monitored; but that seems almost quaint compared to the digital surveillance we are seeing today. Employers can usespecialist softwareto track workers’ keystrokes, mouse movements, and the websites they visit. Theycan takescreenshots of employees tocheck whetherthey are at their screens and looking attentive, or even usewebcam monitoring softwarethat measures things like eye movements, facial expressions, and body language....

Why companies should introduce ‘sustainable mobility’ as an employee perk Bring employees along the path toward sustainability Attracting and retaining talent can be a challenge for any organization, especially when you factor in how competitive certain geographies are for finding and keeping good employees. But did you know the impact of sustainability on your company’s desirability? The 2019 HP Worker Sustainability Survey found that 96% of employees at companies they described as leaders in sustainability practices said they would recommend their workplace....

Before Pong there was Computer Space, the first commercial video game. The progenitor of today’sUS$175 billion industrydebuted on Oct. 15, 1971, at the Music Operators of America trade show in Chicago. Housed in a futuristic-looking cabinet, Computer Space took its place alongside the latest jukeboxes, pinball machines and other coin-operated games manufacturers were pitching to arcade and bar owners. Computer Space, made by the small company Nutting Associates, seemed to have everything going for it....