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Each day, seemingly, there鈥檚 another attention-grabbing news story about a threat to the U.S. national security by a rogue group or foreign government attempting to hack their way into state secrets.聽 Without question, the dangers from these groups are real, and have been increasing.聽 But the headlines fail to account for the group most threatened by cyber threats and intrusions, namely you and me.聽 [...]
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Proponents of a more activist, broader-reaching International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are continuing their campaign to take that international body into inappropriate territory. 聽As you recall, there were multiple proposals tabled at last December鈥檚 World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) that addressed an array of topics, including Internet governance, spam, and standardization [...]
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Less than a month removed from the announcement by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that his nation would seek a seat at the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiating table, the Obama Administration has given its approval to the move.聽 Adding Japan to the TPP represents a global economic game-changer.聽 Word came this morning from Acting USTR Demetrios Marantis鈥� 聽 鈥淸W]e are pleased to welcome Japan鈥檚 [...]
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Dateline Beijing: Spending this week in Beijing -- participating in the U.S.-China Internet Industry Forum, meeting with government and industry officials from both countries, talking with Chinese entrepreneurs and tech investors -- has given me fresh perspective on how to address the challenges facing both countries, especially as it relates to technology issues. I鈥檓 not suggesting there is a magic [...]
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There is one word that shows up consistently in President Obama鈥檚 Fiscal Year 2014 budget:聽 innovation.聽 We see it in the descriptions of almost every federal agency鈥檚 spending blueprint.聽 (In fact, the word 鈥渋nnovation鈥� shows up 107 times in the 244-page budget.) The investments that the president proposes in research and development (R&D), in scientific exploration, in cutting-edge education initiatives, [...]
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Under a beautiful blue sky in the Rose Garden this morning, President Obama laid out the three key questions that drove the priorities in his just-released Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 budget: 鈥淗ow do we make America a magnet for new jobs?聽 How do we give our workers the skills they need to do those jobs?聽 And how do we make sure that hard work leads to a decent living?鈥� Some of the key initiatives put forward [...]
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This blog was originally posted on the CA Technologies Corporate Blog:聽 Perspectives. I鈥檓 very proud to announce that CA Technologies is a signatory of the BICEP Climate Declaration, launched today in Washington, DC.聽 We have talked about BICEP previously on this blog, and the Climate Declaration is an example of how the organization is mobilizing business leadership to promote a sustainable world.聽 [...]
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Dateline Beijing: The United States and China have more to gain from cooperation and dialogue than they do through confrontation and diatribes. That was the overarching message that 91快活林鈥檚 Dean Garfield brought today to the 7th Annual U.S.-China Internet Industry Forum being held here in Beijing. Dean focused his keynote remarks at the conference on a number of critical issues facing the tech community [...]
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Dateline Beijing: Each day, it seems headlines in China and the United States raise the temperature on rhetoric and lower the opportunity for dialogue. Tensions are higher than they should be, and much is at stake. In Beijing this week, 91快活林 hopes to reverse that trend and open new channels of communications with Chinese government leaders and industry officials. 91快活林 CEO & President Dean Garfield and [...]
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In October 1986, then-Los Angeles Lakers Coach Pat Riley confronted a major challenge:聽 How to restore a talented basketball team to dominance in a highly competitive league. 聽His response proved to be the most pivotal strategic decision of his career:聽 He made his most innovative playmaker, Earvin 鈥淢agic鈥� Johnson, the focal point of the team鈥檚 offense. Riley believed Magic had not reached his full [...]
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