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Alison Bentley Announced as 2023 Borlaug CAST Communication Award Recipient

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
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AMES, Iowa, May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) has announced the 2023 Borlaug CAST Communication Award goes to Dr. Alison Bentley, Director of the Global Wheat Programme at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).

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  • The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) has announced the 2023 Borlaug CAST Communication Award goes to Dr. Alison Bentley.
  • AMES, Iowa, May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) has announced the 2023 Borlaug CAST Communication Award goes to Dr. Alison Bentley, Director of the Global Wheat Programme at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).
  • While Bentley is known for her global research on wheat genetics, she is also recognized for her proficiency in science communication.
  • The Borlaug CAST Communication Award honors the legacy of Dr. Norman Borlaug, a Nobel Prize winner and author of the first CAST publication, and Dr. Charles A.

Storj Announces New Chief Revenue Officer, Mark Glasgow

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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ATLANTA, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Storj, the leader in enterprise-grade, globally distributed storage, today announced the appointment of Mark Glasgow as chief revenue officer. With his extensive storage technology experience, Mark will be responsible for growing revenue with enterprise customers, building out the channel, and leading the Storj sales team.

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  • ATLANTA, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Storj, the leader in enterprise-grade, globally distributed storage, today announced the appointment of Mark Glasgow as chief revenue officer.
  • With his extensive storage technology experience, Mark will be responsible for growing revenue with enterprise customers, building out the channel, and leading the Storj sales team.
  • Storj offers a service that will enable enterprises of all sizes to dramatically cut costs immediately, no matter what their current storage strategy is," said Glasgow.
  • "We couldn't be happier to have Mark join Storj as our new CRO and member of the executive team, bringing his expertise to accelerate revenue growth across Web2 and Web3 markets," said Ben Golub, CEO, Storj.

Leading Brands Use Storj to Securely Store Exclusive Tickets, Gaming, Music and Sports NFT Assets

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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Storj, one of the fastest growing decentralized storage companies, today announced three new NFT customers, Europa Labs, Ultimate Division and AMUZED.

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  • Storj recently announced the beta of its IPFS pinning service , driving continued growth on its decentralized network for minting platforms and NFT marketplaces.
  • "Storj is ideal for storing digital assets like NFTs because it brings enterprise-grade performance, durability, and security to Web3.
  • Minting platforms and brands can trust that their customers will always have instant access to their NFTs," said Ben Golub, CEO, Storj.
  • Storj brings a new standard of speed and permanence to NFTs and is excited to work with these visionary NFT platforms."

Storj Powers Gabb Cloud™ for New Backup and Restore Services

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Wednesday, May 25, 2022
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ATLANTA, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Storj, one of the fastest growing decentralized cloud object storage companies, today announced a partnership with Gabb Wireless, the leading company in providing safe mobile tech for kids, to enable mobile backups for Gabb Wireless users.

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  • The partnership with Storj will provide Gabb Wireless customers seamless backups of their mobile data to Gabb Cloud introduced today.
  • While many centralized clouds mine customer data for advertising, Storj is architected specifically to protect against data snooping and ransomware.
  • Storj, powering Gabb Cloud, helps keep kids' data, photos, and contacts private.
  • "With Gabb Cloud, powered by Storj, Gabb parents can be assured that their kids' data is seamlessly and automatically safe, encrypted, backed up and secure."

Storj Introduces IPFS Pinning Service for Decentralized NFT Storage

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Wednesday, April 20, 2022
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ATLANTA , April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Storj, one of the fastest growing decentralized storage companies, today announced it will now offer pinning services using InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a decentralized protocol. Storj's IPFS pinning service can be used for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) assets and other content addressable storage in decentralized apps (dApps). Web3 Developers, who are building NFT minting platforms and dApps, will now have a decentralized storage option that rivals centralized storage operator's models ease of implementation and responsiveness.

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  • ATLANTA, April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Storj, one of the fastest growing decentralized storage companies, today announced it will now offer pinning services using InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a decentralized protocol.
  • Storj's IPFS pinning service can be used for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) assets and other content addressable storage in decentralized apps (dApps).
  • Web3 Developers, who are building NFT minting platforms and dApps, will now have a decentralized storage option that rivals centralized storage operator's models ease of implementation and responsiveness.
  • The Storj IPFS pinning service is reliable, permanent over long-term, and super fast to retrieve and share.

Leading Scientists and Innovators Join Bill Gates to Address Environmental Solutions to Reach Net Zero by 2050 in Original Documentary and Educational Series, only on Wondrium

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022
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CHANTILLY, Va., March 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The race for technological advances that will help us reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is on!

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  • CHANTILLY, Va., March 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The race for technological advances that will help us reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is on!
  • "Getting to net zero by 2050 will be hard and will require innovation across sectors, but I'm optimistic that together we can reach our goals," said Gates.
  • The accompanying 10-part educational series pores over the science with the no-nonsense, course-like approach that Wondrium viewers know and love.
  • Bill Gates and other experts discuss climate change simply, and explain why it is so important that we reach our goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Storj Strengthens its Commitment to Reduce Carbon Footprint, Pledges to Divest of Proof of Work

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022
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Already an exceptionally green alternative to traditional, centralized cloud storage, this move furthers the companys commitment to environmental sustainability.

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  • Already an exceptionally green alternative to traditional, centralized cloud storage, this move furthers the companys commitment to environmental sustainability.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220208005455/en/
    Storj dramatically reduces its carbon footprint and its pledge to become greener and POW free.
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    Storj, which has its own token, STORJ, will be one of the first ERC20 tokens to go green.
  • The company is pledging to offset its effective token transaction CO2 output plus any other STORJ transaction in advance of Ethereums Proof of Stake (PoS) switch.