Month: April 2020

Atos mobilizes technological expertise to fight Covid-19

Gordon B. Johnson 1 month ago

Paris, 28 April 2020

Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, brings its technology leadership, skills and innovation resources to the global fight against Covid-19. Through several direct and partner-led initiatives across the globe, Atos is engaged on multiple fronts, providing solutions and computing power to help contain the spread of the virus, support the scientific community, accelerate vaccine research and ensure business continuity for critical activities.

“An effective response to COVID-19 requires global action and collaboration between public and private actors. We are proud to be helping those working intensively on the frontline in an effort to counteract

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Atos to Deliver Next Generation Cloud Services to the State of Texas

Gordon B. Johnson 1 month ago

Irving, Texas, April 28, 2020

Atos North America was recently awarded a multi-year contract with the State of Texas’ Department of Information Resources (DIR) to deliver next generation private cloud transformation and artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities. This modernization will automate processes, create efficiencies, free-up resources and improve service delivery quality for the state’s agencies and residents.

The Texas Private Cloud will provide server computing, data center facilities and data center network management services for DIR’s government customers. Atos’ delivery of infrastructure services for servers, networks and data center operations will create an ecosystem that is adaptive, resilient, affordable

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Venezuela Proposes Major Overhaul of Energy Sector

Gordon B. Johnson 1 month ago

Venezuela’s governing administration is proposing a sweeping overhaul of its strength market, scaling back the purpose of the state and handing more than increased manage to private providers in an effort to improve plummeting oil output, in accordance to a governing administration presentation.

The proposal, which was compiled very last month by a particular restructuring committee appointed by President Nicolás Maduro, comes as corruption and mismanagement have crippled national oil monopoly Petróleos de Venezuela SA, or PdVSA. A raft of U.S. sanctions far more just lately have…

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AICPA Calls for Federal Loans Backed by Accounts Receivables

Gordon B. Johnson 1 month ago

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has identified as for the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve to create a federally backed small-term accounts receivable lending facility that would allow for corporations to deal with the funds circulation shortfalls introduced on by the coronavirus crisis.

In an open letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, AICPA reported organizations were being encountering “significant sluggish-downs” in payments and the “extraordinary” financial ailments have built corporations hesitant to get on normal hazard.

“The AICPA has noticed a continuing will need for small-term liquidity in the market. In this

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How to Prepare Your Workplace for Employees to Return

Gordon B. Johnson 1 month ago

Right up until there is a vaccine or remedy for COVID-19, it is obvious that workplaces, particularly dense places of work in major cities, will have to make some variations for personnel to return. This will need to regulate the office ecosystem for personnel security arrives at a time when budgets are straining below a recession and misplaced income. Planning and producing very good use of the remaining time all through which personnel are functioning from property can support cut down costs and get your workplace functioning far more speedily.

Envision the Publish-Pandemic Place of work

As personnel start out

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