Superuser

Root Protocol Raises $10 Million at $100M Valuation to Build a User-based Operating System and Mission Control for Web3

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

The founding team members, collaborators and advisors of Root Protocol are from Consensys, Bankless Ventures, Ontology, Polygon, CoinShares, Morgan Stanley, DCG, Stanford University and MIT, and are a group of longtime crypto and Web3 builders and enthusiasts.

Key Points: 
  • The founding team members, collaborators and advisors of Root Protocol are from Consensys, Bankless Ventures, Ontology, Polygon, CoinShares, Morgan Stanley, DCG, Stanford University and MIT, and are a group of longtime crypto and Web3 builders and enthusiasts.
  • Root Protocol is the root of Web3.
  • Root Protocol raising a healthy sum at the seed stage may then be a sign that things have changed."
  • It consists of four main components, including the Root Operation Executor, Root Chain (Rollup), Root Account, and Root Indexer, all of which operate together to facilitate effortless interoperability, scalability, and composability.

Bloomberg Wins Superuser Award in Recognition of Outstanding Use, Support of Open Infrastructure

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- OPENINFRA SUMMIT — The Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra Foundation) announced today that Bloomberg is the winner of the Superuser Award, which recognizes organizations that have used open infrastructure to improve their business while contributing back to the OpenInfra community. Representatives of the Bloomberg compute engineering team received the 2023 Superuser Award during keynotes at the OpenInfra Summit, the annual international gathering of the people building and running open source infrastructure using Linux, OpenStack, Kubernetes and 30+ other technologies.

Key Points: 
  • Open infrastructure plays a pivotal role in enabling Bloomberg to rapidly stand up on-premise cloud infrastructure across the globe to accommodate its growth.
  • VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- OPENINFRA SUMMIT — The Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra Foundation) announced today that Bloomberg is the winner of the Superuser Award, which recognizes organizations that have used open infrastructure to improve their business while contributing back to the OpenInfra community.
  • In addition to providing financial support to the OpenInfra Foundation, Bloomberg launched this year a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Contributor Fund .
  • "I am excited to welcome Bloomberg into the esteemed group of Superuser Awards recipients, which now includes more than 15 global organizations innovating with open infrastructure."

Nearly a Third of Gasoline in California Consumed by Just 10% of Drivers, Per New Report From Coltura

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Thursday, March 30, 2023

MENLO PARK, Calif., March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The top ten percent of California drivers in terms of gasoline consumption ("Gasoline Superusers") burn 28% of the state's gasoline, and use on average 3.5 times as much gasoline as other drivers, per a new report by the nonprofit Coltura.

Key Points: 
  • The majority of Gasoline Superuser households earn less than the median household income, and their heavy gasoline use comes with enormous financial cost.
  • "Prioritizing Superusers' switch to EVs would maximize emissions reductions and improve the finances of the most gasoline-burdened families," said Janelle London, co-executive director of Coltura.
  • Superuser households there spend annually on average $15,000, or 28% of their income on gasoline.
  • If it becomes law, it would be the first legislation linking EV incentives to drivers' gasoline use.

OVHcloud, Ant Group Win Superuser Awards for Large-Scale Deployment of OpenStack, Innovative Use of Kata Containers to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Respectively

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

BERLIN, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- OPENINFRA SUMMIT — OVHcloud and Ant Group have tied for top honors as co-winners of the 2022 Superuser Awards, which recognizes organizations that have used open infrastructure to improve their business while contributing back to the OpenInfra community. The news was announced today by the Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra Foundation).

Key Points: 
  • Ant Group is an innovative technology company that aims to bring inclusive benefits and sustainable services to the world.
  • In April 2022, Ant Group announced that it achieved carbon neutrality in 2021 by reducing 29,591.48 tons of CO2 emission with green computing technologies, including Kata Containers .
  • Comprising more than 30 members, the Kata Containers team at Ant Group is responsible for the container-related R&D of the company and working for sustainable IT infrastructure.
  • The Kata Containers team at Ant Group has published a white paper titled, "Kata Containers Best Practices at Ant Group" available here .

Bill Advances That Would Help Drivers Most Burdened by Gasoline Expenses Switch to EVs

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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Assembly Transportation Committee passed a landmark ZEV incentive reform bill, AB 2816, by a bipartisan 6-2 vote on Monday. The bill, introduced by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), directs the California Air Resources Board to maximize the climate and equity impacts of the state's Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) incentive programs. It ties incentive amounts to a driver's past gasoline consumption levels, with larger amounts for lower income drivers. If passed, this bill would make California the first government in the world to focus ZEV incentives on maximizing cuts in gasoline consumption.

Key Points: 
  • California Assembly Bill 2816, supported by Coltura, directs more funds toward aiding lower income drivers using the most gasoline switch to EVs.
  • It ties incentive amounts to a driver's past gasoline consumption levels, with larger amounts for lower income drivers.
  • If passed, this bill would make California the first government in the world to focus ZEV incentives on maximizing cuts in gasoline consumption.
  • It focuses on changing gasoline supply, gasoline demand, and gasoline culture through innovative legal and policy pathways, media, and art.

The 7 Most Important Secrets of Successful Root Cause Analysis

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Friday, October 16, 2020

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --System Improvements Inc. is pleased to share the 7 Secrets of Successful Root Cause Analysis, to spread the news about its effective, thorough, and credible root cause analysis training through TapRooT, and to extend an invitation to the 2021 Global TapRooT Summit in Knoxville, Tennessee, June 14-18.

Key Points: 
  • KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --System Improvements Inc. is pleased to share the 7 Secrets of Successful Root Cause Analysis, to spread the news about its effective, thorough, and credible root cause analysis training through TapRooT, and to extend an invitation to the 2021 Global TapRooT Summit in Knoxville, Tennessee, June 14-18.
  • In the 7 Most Important Secrets of Successful Root Cause Analysis, the first tip shared is a key foundation for reliable root cause analysis:
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  • Your knowledge (or lack of it) can get in the way of a good root cause analysis.
  • TapRooT root cause analysis takes an investigator beyond his or her knowledge to think outside the box.

Goodyear Teams with Root Insurance to Reward Safe Drivers

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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

"Goodyear continues to test and innovate ways to make it easier for consumers to buy and install tires," said Mike Dauberman, chief digital officer, Goodyear North America.

Key Points: 
  • "Goodyear continues to test and innovate ways to make it easier for consumers to buy and install tires," said Mike Dauberman, chief digital officer, Goodyear North America.
  • Root is a licensed insurance carrier powered by mobile and founded on the principle that car insurance rates should be based on how you drive, not who you are.
  • "We are thrilled to collaborate with Goodyear to provide our customers with another benefit for using Root insurance," said Kumi Walker, Root's chief corporate development & strategy officer.
  • Through smartphone technology and data science, Root measures driving behavior and uses it as the primary factor in determining rates.