Sparkle and AWS (Amazon Web Services) extend their collaboration to Israel with respect to AWS Direct Connect.
AWS Direct Connect offers cost effective, reliable and advanced connectivity solutions to several AWS regions around the world. In doing so, it provides a one-stop-shop solution for AWS resellers and enterprise customers such as financial institutions as well as [...]

For the first time in six years, the number of Arkansas children living in poverty decreased, according to the 2016 Annie E. Casey Foundation KIDS COUNT® Data Book. Last year the state ranked 48th, with 202,000 children living in poverty; this year Arkansas saw a decline to 184,000 children in poverty, putting the state in [...]

The World Green Building Council has today announced that five new global green building leaders will join its Board of Directors, with two existing members appointed Chair and Vice-Chair.
Tai Lee Siang of Singapore Green Building Council (and formerly Vice Chair) has been appointed Chair of the Board, while Cristina Gamboa of Colombia Green Building Council [...]

New York, NY, USA, June 21, 2016 -(PressReleasePoint)- “I’m pretty sure that the block-chain will change a lot of money related practice and trade,” said Poulson on Tuesday from the Consensus 2016 event in Manhattan.
With respect to the crypto-currency’s future, Poulsen said the government “will in any case implement laws,” but that the sureness [...]

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Six years into exile: The challenges and coping strategies of non-camp Syrian refugees in Jordan and their host communitiesAid agency CARE International releases “Six years into exile: The challenges and coping strategies of non-camp Syrian refugees in Jordan and their host communities”
Amman, 20 June 2016: A startling four in five Syrian refugees in Jordan [...]

Triodos Bank, Dutch market leader in sustainable banking, chooses ABACUS/DaVinci to provide a sustainable solution for Regulatory-as-a-Service (RaaS), including a rapid and low-risk implementation for XBRL reporting.
Amsterdam, June 20, 2016 – Management and technology consultancy BearingPoint, which ranks among the leading providers of regulatory technology (RegTech), announced that Triodos Bank, the market leader in the [...]

Combined entity expected to be the dominant, global provider of research and consulting services to the investment management sector
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
TOKYO, JAPAN / HINGHAM, MA – June 20, 2016 – Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI), a leading provider of consulting services and system solutions today announced that Nomura Research Institute [...]

Following its Safe Internet Studies, Telenor pledges education about online bullying. Telenor Group today reinforced its internet safety with support for Stop Cyberbullying Day 2016, an international awareness day that aims to reduce cyberbullying globally.
With an estimated half billion youth in Telenor Asia’s markets of Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Thailand accessing the internet [...]

Can the Sustainable Development Goals trigger a new approach to development in the world’s Least Developed Countries? A dialogue event explored the potential.
Least Developed Country experts from around the world gathered in London for a dialogue event to discuss how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) could provide a framework to reimagine development in their countries.
Organised [...]

Following its Safe Internet Studies, Telenor pledges education about online bullying. Telenor Group today reinforced its internet safety with support for Stop Cyberbullying Day 2016, an international awareness day that aims to reduce cyberbullying globally.
With an estimated half billion youth in Telenor Asia’s markets of Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Thailand accessing the internet [...]