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The Unsung Role of IT Power Equipment in Digital Transformation

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As digital transformation unfolds around the globe, a new reality is emerging: Digitization’s productivity gains depend on clean and reliable electrical power. As even the simplest of devices become equipped with microprocessors, the growth in device intelligence raises demand for clean power and electrical infrastructure capable of supporting such increased connectivity. In fact, information technology (IT) is projected to have twice the impact on power consumption as electric vehicles by 2035, which will also quadruple its absolute value of consumption. In light of this rapid growth, IT industry solution providers need to offer more than just IT systems in their solutions — they need to provide modernized power and energy components. In other words, it’s not just IT that awaits transformation; critical power equipment upgrades must happen as well. Not only does this dual transformation offer end users enhanced reliability and availability, it also provides firms selling into IT-inte...

EFF: Round Up of EFF’s Advocacy Against Border Device Searches

Round Up of EFF’s Advocacy Against Border Device Searches EFF has been working on multiple fronts to end a widespread violation of digital liberty—warrantless searches of travelers’ electronic devices at the border. Government policies allow border agents to search and confiscate our cell phones, tablets, and laptops at airports and border crossings for no reason, without explanation or any suspicion of wrongdoing. It’s as if our First and Fourth Amendment rights don’t exist at the border. This is wrong, which is why we’re working to challenge and hopefully end these unconstitutional practices. EFF and the ACLU filed a brief today in our Alasaad v. Nielsen lawsuit to oppose the government’s attempt to dismiss our case. Our lawsuit, filed in September 2017 on behalf of 11 Americans whose devices were searched, takes direct aim at the illegal policies enforced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its component agencies, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. ...