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The economic impact of AWS’s investment in Japan

AWS Public Sector Blog

I’m humbled to share that since 2011, AWS has invested ¥1.35 During 2011-2022, the investment in our AWS Regions in Japan resulted in ¥1.31 An overview of AWS investments and economic impact in Japan from 2011 to 2022. In 2021, Japanese global printing company Toppan embarked on a full-scale digital transformation with AWS.

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No more housing filtration? (at least in big cities)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

per cent more than tenants in 2011, it fell to 38.84 per cent in 2021. From 2016 to 2021, renters’ average bills went up 48.2 This results in part because an increasing share of the rental housing sector is owned and managed by large firms. But over the last decade, the gap has been narrowing.

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Hence there is potential for floods that equal or exceed those generated in 2008, storms that may be more disruptive than Arwen was in 2021, heatwaves greater than that of July 2022, and so on. Civil emergency management is often considered to be an appropriate second career for former military and police officers. The regional tier.

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Picture this: How the U.S. Forest Service uses Google Cloud tools to analyze a changing planet

Google Public Sector

It directly manages 193 million acres and supports sustainable management on a total of 500 million acres of private, state, and tribal lands. Using both historical and current data, the Forest Service built new products, workflows, and tools that help more effectively and sustainably manage our natural resources.

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Why World Backup Day is relevant everyday

Open Access Government - Technology News

It started as a post on Reddit in 2011 and has grown to see up to half a million people visiting the official website each March 31st. The United Kingdom also saw one of the highest increases in data breach costs compared to 2021. compared to 2021 – the highest increase in any top 10 data breach country. This number was up 8.1%

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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Korkmaz 2021. Why RC buildings failed in the 2011 Van, Turkey, earthquakes: construction versus design practices. Arslan and H.H. Buildings damages after Elazığ, Turkey earthquake on January 24, 2020. Natural Hazards 109: 161-200. Seismic performance of wide-beam infill-joist block RC frames in Turkey. Ozmen, H.B. Whittaker, K.J.

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Accelerating digital transformation to revitalize local economy and improve lives in Japan

AWS Public Sector Blog

In the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) 2022 Digital Competitiveness Index, Japan ranked 29th out of 63 countries, down one place from last year’s ranking. In September 2021, the Japanese government established the Digital Agency to promote and lead in accelerating digital transformation in Japan.