17Aug
17Aug
Wasabi Technologies Earns High Scores on CRN’s 2021 Annual Report Card
Wasabi Technologies, the hot cloud storage company, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, is recognizing it as a winner in the Cloud Storage category of the 2021 CRN Annual Report Card (ARC) Awards. This award celebrates the company’s success and efforts in earning high solution provider satisfaction with the products and services it provides to its channel partners. Read more >>
14Aug
A Second-Generation of Cloud-Based Video Surveillance Services
The popularity of cloud-based video surveillance services proves the value propositions of these services. Over the past years, however, the industry has experienced painful drawbacks from using this first generation of services. The most concerning drawback is cybersecurity and the potential for compromised video. To provide cloud cybersecurity, we need to start from the user of the services. To protect against ransomware, the cloud storage systems must have adequate “redundancy and immutability,” these features are already available from some cloud...
13Aug
mRNA deals will not solve Africa’s vaccine shortfall, but the second generation of vaccines may
...One especially promising option for overcoming sub-Saharan Africa’s logistical constraints is currently being trialled by Massachusetts-based firm Akston Biosciences, whose shelf-stable vaccine candidate entered Phase I/II trials in the Netherlands earlier this year. Akston’s AKS-452 vaccine has already shown positive results in initial analyses, producing a robust antibody response to strains of Covid such as the alpha and gamma variants. Read more >>
13Aug
Todd Zion, PhD, CEO and Repeat Founder, “Magical Proteins”
Welcome to Angel Invest Boston, conversations with Boston's most interesting founders and angels. I'm Sal Daher, an angel investor who is very curious to find out how to best build really great technology companies. Today, I am privileged to have with me as my guest, Todd Zion. Founder of Akston Bio, which is a very interesting company. Todd is a successful second-time founder. He had an exit to Merck, a $500 million exit to Merck of a diabetes therapy, which...
12Aug
Silo Pharma Announces that JV partner Zylo Therapeutics Successfully Completes Initial Inspection for Ketamine Intradermal Research
Silo Pharma, Inc., a development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the use of psychedelics as a therapeutic, today announced that Silo’s joint venture partner, ZYLO Therapeutics, completed its first inspection with the SC Board of Pharmacy and will move forward with the Department of Health and Environmental Control. Read more >>
11Aug
We tested canned wines and picked out these four as the best
Canned wine is having a moment right now: According to the Wine Industry Advisor, the market share of canned wine (in relation to the larger wine industry) went up during the pandemic, and experts projected that by 2025, canned wine will make up 10% of the market. Archer Roose isn’t one vineyard, but rather a company that features different varieties of wine from around the world. The rosé is a white wine made from 100% Greek Roditis grapes that’s made...
11Aug
Technology helps visually impaired pianist in Massachusetts see music, audience
The sound of music coming from a home in Salem hits all the right notes, but the musician has a difficult time seeing them.Fournier was diagnosed with severe visual impairment at age 3. "It’s the optic nerve that’s wrong. The eyes themselves, that can be replaced, but the optic nerve was never developed properly," he said. The device is on permanent loan from the Commission for the Blind, he received the eSight device in June. Read more >>
11Aug
You Now Have More Time to Repay Student Loans. Here’s How to Take Advantage of This ‘Fantastic Opportunity’
If you have federal student loan debt, you now have approximately six months to prepare for payments on that debt to restart. Last week, President Joe Biden’s administration announced it is stretching out the moratorium on federal student loan payments until Jan. 31, 2022. “What a fantastic opportunity for borrowers to take more control of their finances,” says Laurel Taylor, CEO and founder of FutureFuel.io, a student debt repayment platform. “It will be near two years of payment suspension as...
11Aug