August 2024

Director's Chair

The Sprint Begins!

MY WIFE AND I moved to Arkansas for the third time six years ago, and every time we’ve landed here, I’ve been more and more—and more—impressed with the energy and effectiveness of this state’s investment in, and focus on, workforce development. I’m especially getting an up-close look at that energy and focus this time around. […]

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Monopolies

Are I.T. Monopolies Bad or Good?

Don’t answer until you’ve read the following Stephen Addison TODAY WE HAVE a number of companies—Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple—that are considered IT monopolies, and a lot of people think their activities should be restricted or even that they should be broken up. But whenever anybody suggests breaking up IT monopolies, I begin to

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Cybersecurity

Q&A: Philip Huff, Director of Cybersecurity Research

IN TODAY’S WORLD, there’s no more valuable aspect of technology than cybersecurity. Whether you’re running a business or running for office, the sanctity of your innermost secrets—whether data, documents, or internal communications—is of supreme importance. Protecting your information from hackers of all stripes and purposes was hard enough—and now A.I. has crashed the party. We

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