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C.H. Robinson’s new Procure IQ tool helps take the guesswork out of moving freight

CH Robinson Procure IQ shipping tool

C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ: CHRW) is offering shippers a new data tool that will help them identify which freight and lanes should be sent out to bid and which may be better suited for posting on the spot market. The Procure IQ tool leverages C.H. Robinson’s large data set to offer shippers a way to better manage their freight, Bob Biesterfeld, CEO and president, explained to FreightWaves.

“We’re able to look at that [data] and determine what freight should go to an RFP (request for proposal) and...

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[Watch] Computers in Container, Undersea Data Centers

Marine specialists reeled up a shipping container-size datacenter coated in algae, barnacles, and sea anemones from the seafloor off Scotland’s Orkney Islands. The retrieval of the Northern Isles datacenter launched the final phase of Project Natick, a years-long research effort that proved the concept of underwater datacenters is feasible as well as logistically, environmentally, and economically practical.

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[Watch] How Shipping Container Sized Underwater Datacenters Work

Project Natick, Vessel retrieval Stromness, Orkney. Microsoft – Tuesday 7th to Wednesday 15th of July 2020

According to an article published in Microsoft, the IT giant tested underwater data centers in ship sized containers and found it to be a sustainable energy source

What is it?

Earlier this summer, marine specialists reeled up a shipping-container-size datacenter coated in algae, barnacles and sea anemones from the seafloor off Scotland’s Orkney Islands.

The retrieval launched the final...

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Oracle Wins Tiktok Bid Over Microsoft’s Highest Standards Deal

In a piece of startling news today, Oracle Corp. won the bidding for the U.S. operations of the video-sharing app TikTok,  beating out Microsoft Corp. in a high-profile deal to salvage a social-media sensation that has been caught in the middle of a geopolitical standoff, reports the Wall Street Journal

Oracle To Be the Winner?

Oracle is set to be announced as TikTok’s “trusted tech partner” in the U.S., and the deal is likely not to be structured as an outright sale, the people said.

The next...

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Maersk on board journey to zero emissions

A.P. Møller – Maersk is one of nine global corporate powerhouses working together to accelerate the transition to a world with net-zero emissions.

The launch of Transform to Net Zero was announced Tuesday by the leaders of the nine companies. In addition to Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping line, the founding members are Danone, Mercedes-Benz AG, Microsoft Corp., Natura &Co., Nike Inc., Starbucks, Unilever and Wipro. They are joined by the Environmental Defense Fund and supported by

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Microsoft To Play Big in Connecting Skills To Opportunities

  • Around the world, 2020 has emerged as one of the most challenging years in many of our lifetimes.
  • In six months, the world has endured multiple challenges, including a pandemic that has spurred a global economic crisis. As societies reopen, it’s apparent that the economy in July will not be what it was in January.
  • Increasingly, one of the key steps needed to foster a safe and successful economic recovery is expanded access to the digital skills needed to fill new jobs.
  • And one of the keys to a...

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C.H. Robinson, Microsoft partner to boost supply chain digitization

CH Robinson and Microsoft create digital supply chain

As its technological evolution progresses, C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ: CHRW) is now expanding its relationship with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to bring the flagship Navisphere platform to more companies and help shippers and carriers more quickly digitize their supply chains.

Navisphere will be available through Microsoft’s Azure platform and within the Azure IoT (Internet of Things) environment.

“This is about increasing our lead in technology,” Chris O’Brien, chief commercial officer for C.H....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/c-h-robinson-microsoft-partner-to-boost-supply-chain-digitization

Project cargoes keep AAL’s ships calling US Gulf ports

Project cargoes may not be the fastest movers on the high seas, but they have proved much less volatile than the U.S. container trades during the coronavirus pandemic.

Christophe Grammare, commercial director, AAL Shipping (Photo: Courtesy)

Singapore-based AAL Shipping, one of the world’s largest marine project cargo carriers with 25 vessels, has witnessed a steady increase in ship sailings involving the transport of large capital equipment from Asia to U.S. ports during the first half of 2020....

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A challenge to Amazon, as Microsoft and FedEx enter multiyear collaboration

Microsoft (MSFT) and FedEx (FDX) will join forces in a multiyear technology and logistics partnership, the companies announced this week. The collaboration, to involve new product development, will combine the global digital and logistics network of FedEx with Microsoft’s intelligent cloud, and could eventually reshape e-commerce as we know it.

“Together with Microsoft, we will combine the immense power of technology with the vast scale of our infrastructure to help revolutionize commerce and...

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Microsoft Beats Google To Launch Coronavirus Interactive Map

Microsoft Coronavirus Map Worldwide
  • Microsoft has developed a new tool designed to map-out the spread of COVID-19.
  • The tool was built by the Bing team, the search engine developed by Microsoft.
  • It uses the stats from WHO, CDC, and the ECDC.
  • It provides a breakdown of the number of active, recovered, and fatal cases.
  • Google currently has 1,700 engineers building a similar online tool.
  • 3,81,761 people have now contracted COVID-19 worldwide.
  • Almost 102,429 of those have recovered, and 16,558 have died till now.

According to an...

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