You've heard of "Desert Song." You just know it by another name; "A Horse with No Name." The song as I explained in XV. "A Horse with No Name," was originally written and named "Desert Song" by the song writer Dewey Bunnel and contains an unusual 12 string guitar tuning and chord sequence during the whole song. This inspired me to drive home the following point about noise, data and information:
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XVI. "Morning Has Broken: "Desert Song;" From Data to Information
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 13:55
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XV. "A Horse with No Name" and "Sandman:• the Saudi-American Profit Sharing Model
When the band "America" tried to find a song that would appeal to Europe as well as the U.S., they recorded in Soho, London and launched in the UK, Holland, Ireland, France and Italy an album which had "A Horse with No Name" on the A side with "Everyone I Meet is from California." On the other side, the B side, the European version of the album had the song "Sandman.;" the American version did not. The early 1972-two track U.S. version contained "Everyone I Meet is from California."
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 13:52
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Mobile payments to represent a new era in Brazil’s payments industry
Mobile phone subscription penetration in Brazil increased from 100.6% in 2010 to 133.5% in 2014 and is anticipated to further increase to reach 153.1% in 2019. Although m-payments have been relatively slow to take off - despite the high mobile phone penetration - this is all set to change over the next four years, Timetric predicts. This is partly related to the government’s approval of a bill in October 2013, giving the Central Bank of Brazil the authority to regulate m-payments.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 13:38
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SimCorp Calls for Entries for the Annual Excellence Awards 2015
SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial services industry, has announced the call for entries for the 2015 SimCorp Excellence Awards. The SimCorp Excellence Awards recognize innovation and outstanding performance across the global investment management industry.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 13:15
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EIB approves EUR 10 billion of new EIB loans and launches European Fund for Strategic Investments with European Commission
New investment for strategic infrastructure across Europe and around the world, including road, rail, ports, inland waterways, and airports, were amongst nearly EUR 10 billion of new lending approved this week by the Board of Europe’s long-term lending institution, the European Investment Bank. Financing was agreed, subject to final negotiation, for a total of 45 projects, including 5 schemes expected to get support from the EU budget guarantee under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI).
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 13:06
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SunTec and Loylogic turn customer data into loyalty points for banks
SunTec, the leading provider of revenue management and business assurance solutions to Financial Services firms, today announced its partnership with Loylogic, the world’s leading innovator and creator of points experiences, insights, commerce and engagement.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 12:56
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Maitland To Continue Rapid Global Expansion With Stanlib Deal
Global advisory and fund administration firm Maitland has concluded an agreement with STANLIB, one of Africa’s largest fund managers, to “lift out” its traditional institutional fund administration operations.
The deal, effective 1 October 2015, will boost Maitland’s own AUA by $40bn to $260bn, making it one of the world’s largest fund administrators. It comes during a period of rapid global growth for the firm, following the firm’s recent acquisition of UK fund administrator Phoenix Fund Services.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 12:40
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Premier Tax Free launch the future of Tax Free Shopping with self-service kiosks
Tax-Free Shopping Company, Premier Tax Free has developed a retail point of sale solution that is claimed to be the ‘future of tax-free shopping’.
Premier Kiosk is a quick and simple interactive self–service solution that allows tourist shoppers to generate their own tax-free forms. Lengthy queues at till points and customers services as well as manual and lengthy paperwork can be eradicated.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 12:32
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Tenable Network Security Unveils Verizon 2015 Data Breach Report Dashboards for SecurityCenter Continuous View
Tenable Network Security®, Inc., the leader in continuous network monitoring, today announced five new SecurityCenter Continuous View™ dashboards based on Verizon’s 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR).
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 12:30
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Symantec to Deliver Keynote at GlobalPlatform’s Annual TEE Conference
GlobalPlatform, the association which standardizes the management of applications on secure chip technology, has confirmed that Nicolas Popp, Vice President, Information Protection at Symantec, will deliver the keynote address at its third annual trusted execution environment (TEE) conference, which takes place in Santa Clara, California on Tuesday, October 13.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 12:27
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