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What Should One Expect for CeBIT 2018?

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CeBIT 2018 will be less of a trade fair and more of a "business festival," organisers Deutsche Messe claim as they reveal further details on the show, such as theme areas, in-show events and optimised hall layout.

CeBIT"With its winning threefold mix of innovation-rich showcases, quality conferences and informal networking opportunities, the new CEBIT will provide a 360 perspective on the digitisation of business, government and society," Deutsche Messe continues. "As well as attracting IT experts, industry professionals and top-level decision-makers from the digital and IT user industries, our aim with the new CEBIT is increasingly to reach the next generation of business decision-makers."

The CeBIT 2018 format comprises four main sections-- d!conomy, d!tec, d!talk and d!campus. The d!conomy section covers digitisation, with exhitition topics such as digital business, digital administration, Internet of Things (IoT), security, networks, channel and distribution, mobile solutions and datacentres. The d!tec section is all about cutting-edge innovations and startups, d!talk is a conference platform and d!campus is a space for networking, live music and street food.

CallTower Buys Appia

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Enterprise unified communications and collaboration solutions provider CallTower acquires Appia Communications, a developer of cloud-based applications and communication services.

CallTower AppiaCallTower says the acquisition allows it to deliver a broader range of services and solutions to a combined customer base counting around 150000, as well as new business customers of all sizes. As it puts it, "the combination further broadens employees, shareholders, partners and customer’s overall value while strengthening CallTower communication service offering."

Which Country is the Best Prepared for the Cloud?

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Germany is the best out of 24 countries-- including the likes of the US, UK and Japan-- in a Business Software Alliance (BSA) study assessing how prepared the countries are for cloud adoption and cloud.

Cloud computing scoresThe BSA Cloud Computing Scorecard examines the legal and regulatory framework, with an emphasis on privacy laws, cybersecurity laws and broadband infrastructure, in order to determine the cloud computing readiness of the country in question. The result is a list of 72 relevant questions.

Germany scored highest on the Scorecard with 84 points out of 100. The BSA says Germany has a comprehensive cybercrime legislation, modern electronic commerce and electronic signature laws, and strong commitment to international standards and interoperability, among other things. That said, Germany still has room for improvement, since its privacy legislations includes registration requirements that "may act as a cost barrier for the use of cloud computing."

BlackBerry Licenses Security Tech

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BlackBerry might have stopped making hardware, but it remains a presence in mobile device software as it licenses its security technology to 3rd party hardware makers, most recently to Swiss CE maker Punkt Tronics.

BlackBerry SecureThe first such deal involving BlackBerry security technology was signed back in September 2017 with Chinese company NDT. The licensing program is known as BlackBerry Secure, and allows companies to leverage BlackBerry security credentials without hiding own branding. As a result, Punkt can now make a Punkt-branded devices that simply says "BlackBerry Secure" during startup.

LG Releases 38WK95C Ultrawide Monitor

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LG releases the 38WK95C, an ultrawide 37.5-inch monitor complete with 21:9 3840x1600 resolution curved IPS display, HDR10 support, 99% sRGB colour reproduction and a 3-sided borderless design.

LG Ultrawide monitorFirst seen at CES 2018, the monitor offers a grey-to-grey response time of 5ms and a 75MHz refresh rate with AMD FreeSync support. Brightness reaches 300 cd/m², while colour depth reproduction is limited by the 10-bit (8-bit+FRC) panel. A variety of picture modes for different content are built-in, such as Custom, HDR Effect, Reader, Photo, Cinema, Dark Room1/2, Colour Weakness, FPS1 Game/FPS2 Game, RTS Game and Custom (Game) modes for Non-HDR content.

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