Fueling Data Governance in the Digital Transformation Era
Digital transformation is real, and it is upon us. It’s a matter of “disrupt or be disrupted.” For data governance to accelerate digital transformation, it has to evolve like the world around it. Specifically, it needs to become faster, more collaborative, and more transparent. Your entire organization will need to be able and willing to access your data. You will need cultural buy-in from your users and you will need to...
Global outages boost oil prices
Oil prices are on track for strong gains this week, and the price increases are not only the result of the crisis in Venezuela. The oil market received a boost from the US Federal Reserve this week, which signaled on Wednesday that it would essentially suspend its plans to hike interest rates this year. Fed chairman Jerome Powell said that economic growth remained “solid” but that the central bank had “the luxury of patience” when...
Mapping Russia’s new airport construction: From Crimea Wave to Platov International
Since 2010, Russia has seen a major boost in infrastructure as the country hosted the Sochi Winter Olympics, Formula 1, the APEC Summit and prepares to welcome the World Cup. As a result, a number of cities got brand new airports. However, not only the cities that hosted major events like Sochi and Vladivostok benefited. Over the last decade, new airports opened their gates in Russian cities of Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm,...
Mapping Russia’s new airport construction: From Crimea Wave to Platov International
Since 2010, Russia has seen a major boost in infrastructure as the country hosted the Sochi Winter Olympics, Formula 1, the APEC Summit and prepares to welcome the World Cup. As a result, a number of cities got brand new airports. However, not only the cities that hosted major events like Sochi and Vladivostok benefited. Over the last decade, new airports opened their gates in Russian cities of Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm,...
EU will use ‘blocking statute’ to protect its firms from US sanctions for operating in Iran
The European Union will activate legislation banning the bloc’s companies from complying with US sanctions against Iran as soon as Friday, according to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. The law also does not recognize any court rulings enforcing penalties, which could be potentially introduced by the White House against European corporations doing business in the Islamic Republic. “As the European Commission we have...
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