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Reconceptualizing Retail Rules

The primary reasons for growth in the retail industry are due to the demographics, the rise in consumer incomes, real estate developments which includes the emergence of new shopping malls and the emergence of better sourcing options. These factors have leveraged the retail industry, but it also requires policy-making, a cohesive approach, and governance.

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Expanding DevOps Strategy for Smarter Business Applications

Patrick Debois coined the term DevOps, which is described as an integrated approach of software development teams as well as IT operation teams working collaboratively in achieving the specific task. With evolvement in technologies, it has become the key focus in reforming the future of the software industry, and its recognition is going to peak in 2018.

In practice, to achieve DevOps effectively, the developed software should meet certain architecturally requirement standards such as modifiable, monitor ability, feasibility, and deploy ability in an acceptable limit and effective manner.

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The APAC Food and Beverage industry has become one of the most dynamic and fascinating space to keep an eye on, and the factors such as rising population, income levels, and ever-evolving tastes are giving rise to a plethora of new trends and product categories, in the region.

What is Agile Scrum methodology?

The traditional waterfall approach to software development is a methodology wherein developers follow eight sequential steps (conception, initiation, analysis, design, construction, testing, implementation, and maintenance). A better alternative is the agile scrum methodology. 

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Project Management and a Growth Mindset

How Businesses Can Fight Ransomware Attacks? Six Ways to Protect Your Organisation

Many small and medium-sized organisations have been affected by it and have paid ransoms because they did not back up their data and did not have an option to recover it as well. Many times organisations have, or they are forced out of business.

 The most affected industry is healthcare as hospitals have to pay ransom if they did not back up the patient data as they need to retrieve the data promptly to access records of patients who require immediate care.

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Small Businesses Help Us Explore Space!

Earlier this month, Congress introduced a resolution officially recognizing Nov. 24, 2018 as Small Business Saturday “to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses and the impact of locally owned small businesses on the economy of the United States.”

This annual American Express campaign began on the Saturday after Thanksgiving in 2010 to support “local places that make our communities strong.”

For 60 years, we have supported and partnered with small businesses across the country to pioneer the future of space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.

Our Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program funds the research, development and demonstration of innovative technologies that help address space exploration challenges and have significant potential for commercialization. In 2018, our program awarded 555 contracts to small businesses for a total of $180.1 million.

NASA works with small business Nanocomp Technologies Inc. of Merrimack, New Hampshire, to advance manufacturing of carbon nanotube composite materials.

Our investments in small businesses help equip future missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond by advancing our science and technology capabilities. They also benefit the U.S. economy. The SBIR/STTR program’s 2017 Economic Impact Report indicated a $2.74 return for every dollar spent on awards—money well spent!

Small businesses also contribute to scientific advances for the International Space Station as well as here on Earth. Pancopia, Inc. in Hampton, Virginia, developed an innovative, high-performance water recycling system to remove high levels of organic carbon and nitrogen in wastewater. Recycling water in space saves money on resupply and enables more Earth-independence and self-reliance. With the help of an SBIR award, Pancopia is also working on a similar system for public wastewater that has the potential to cut treatment expenses to less than half the current costs.

Small businesses also contribute to scientific advances for the International Space Station as well as here on Earth. Pancopia, Inc. in Hampton, Virginia, developed an innovative, high-performance water recycling system to remove high levels of organic carbon and nitrogen in wastewater. Recycling water in space saves money on resupply and enables more Earth-independence and self-reliance. With the help of an SBIR award, Pancopia is also working on a similar system for public wastewater that has the potential to cut treatment expenses to less than half the current costs.

When NASA went to the private sector to develop deformable mirror technology—a key component of starlight-blocking instruments—a small business in Berkeley, California, applied for research and development funding through SBIR to design extra-precision, segmented mirrors. This innovative approach for a small deformable mirror made up of many tiny hexagonal segments enables advanced control when paired with other optics.

Data collected by a telescope using the Iris AO deformable mirror can be used to determine if the target investigated in space is an exoplanet based on its orbit, and if the exoplanet has atmosphere using color spectrum imaging analysis. The Iris AO technology is currently being refined and prepared for inclusion in a future exoplanet mission.

Does your small business have a big idea? Your next opportunity to join our SBIR/STTR program starts on Jan. 7, 2019, when our next solicitation opens. We’ll be seeking new innovative ideas from small businesses and research institutions for research, development and demonstration of innovative technologies. Go to https://www.nasa.sbir.gov/ to learn more.

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