Overview Back in 1956, U.S. trucking company owner Malcom McLean sat down with engineer Keith Tantlinger to design something that would spark a revolution in world trade: the modern shipping container. Now, a little more than 60 years later, with supply chains both business-critical and ever more complex, the global supply chain is about to …
Overview One factor can make a big difference for a company regardless of whether it’s growing healthily or struggling: employee engagement. Improving the workforce’s level of interest and investment in their company can pay significant dividends; research shows that increases in employee engagement are linked to revenue. The latest research shows that last year’s employee …
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The Florida Board of Governors on Thursday unanimously confirmed the selection of Dale Whittaker as the University of Central Florida’s next president. Whittaker, who currently serves as UCF’s provost and executive vice president, will become the university’s fifth president on July 1.
Overview All disruptive technology has a “tipping point” – the exact moment when it moves from early adopters to widespread acceptance. Just as it was for Google in the late 1990s and smartphones in the 2000s, could we be approaching the tipping point for the next big disruptive technology – blockchain? Essentially, blockchain is a …
Overview If, as the ancient Greek philosophers say, the only true constant is change, then the environment businesses have to deal with takes that idea a step further: Change is not only constant but also accelerating at an ever-increasing pace. For a start, globalization has opened up markets so that not only can you set …
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Overview Gender inequality in the workplace is not just a social or legal issue — it’s also a business one. Recent reports find that by 2025, gender parity could add $12 trillion to the world economy. In the U.S. alone, as of 2010, 47 percent of the nation’s labor force was female. Across the globe, …
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The long-awaited Research I building located between Engineering and CREOL is just about ready for business. Faculty members from various colleges and centers will begin moving into the 105,775-square-foot facility this month. They will share three floors of wet labs, conference rooms, lecture halls and offices.
UCF will help advance several intelligent transportation system technologies across Central Florida aimed at enhancing pedestrian safety and easing congestion, thanks to a nearly $12 million federal grant.
Metascan® Online has a multi-scanning option for files, as well as IP addresses. This option allows you to scan an IP address against over 10 different reputation sources. The benefits of multi-scanning in both file scanning and IP scanning are very similar: it increases the likelihood of detecting malware sooner. For more information about multi-scanning, …
Ben Creelen earned the competitive one-year, $50,000 grant for his work on how lung cancer evades the immune system (USF Health).
