Ayca Ariyoruk: “To Help Solve Global Conflicts, Populate the Digital Space with Human Facilitators”
We interviewed Ayca Ariyoruk, cross-cultural facilitator and partnerships manager for Soliya Inc., a not-for-profit, technology-enabled organisation educating young people across difference. Ayca is an international development expert and a cross cultural facilitator with over a decade of experience in policy advocacy and in facilitating public-private partnerships for global public good. Previously, as the director for communications at Turkish Philanthropy Funds, a New York based community foundation, Ayca supported education initiatives to empower marginalised youth. At the United Nations Association of the USA (now the UN Foundation), she devised policy research and advocacy campaigns in favour of transparency, reform and US leadership on a range of issues that were on the UN Security Council’s agenda. She started her career as a young scholar at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a public educational foundation dedicated to informed debate on US foreign policy in the Middle East.
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Comodo is launching the latest incarnation of its all-in-one protection software into the UK Market, backed by a 
A recently discovered variant of the Zeus banking Trojan was found to use a legitimate digital signature to avoid detection from Web browsers and anti-virus systems. Security vendor Comodo reported Thursday finding the variant 200 times while monitoring and analyzing data from users of its Internet security system. The variant includes the digital signature, a rootkit and a data-stealing malware component. "Malware with a valid digital signature is an extremely dangerous situation," the company said in a blog post. 
Would you like to get your hands on a new BlackBerry (BBRY -2.89%) Z10 smartphone before it goes on sale in the U.S. on March 22? Try South Africa. It's been on the shelves there since March 1. This is not to suggest that South Africa is a more important market than the U.S. Obviously, with a population of about 50 million -- compared to more than 300 million here -- it's not. But at least South Africans can say they've been loyal to the BlackBerry brand: It still holds a 50% share of the smartphone market there, years after it fell off the radar screens of U.S. consumers.
The USAF for a second time has selected the A-29 for the LAS mission. In announcing the award, the Air Force stated "this award is the result of a full and open competition" and Lt. Gen. C.R. Davis, military deputy for acquisition in Air Force headquarters said, "I am confident that the source selection process was disciplined and meticulous." Even Beechcraft's CEO commented on the care and professionalism of the USAF's selection process. In fact, this was a completely new evaluation process, conducted by a new team and overseen by a three-star general.
Clifton, N.J., Feb. 27, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ -- Comodo, a leading internet security provider, announces their latest solution for centralized administration of security, including anti-virus protection of endpoints. Comodo Endpoint Security Manager 3.0 (ESM 3.0) sets the tone for powerful security management with its easy to manage user interface. Combining a very short learning curve, the management of Comodo's award winning Endpoint Security suite and day-to-day information required to maximize and maintain user productivity, Endpoint Security Manager now offers a more powerful and intuitive platform for the business network. The patent pending innovative panoramic technology display allows IT Managers to view all endpoints, such as a desktop computer, laptop, mobile device or printer, quickly and on one screen. 
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