COMPANY NEWS: Global Storage is pleased to announce that they are the first Australian partner to have achieved the VMWare Disaster Recovery as-a-service certification. They are one of only six partners with this certification across Asia Pacific.

Gavin Hoffmann, Director of Sales and Marketing, says "This recognition from VMWare really highlights our commitment to providing exceptional disaster recovery services to our clients. We're thrilled that we can showcase our skills and be the leader in ANZ for the development of these services in partnership with VMWare."

As digital transformation initiatives and cloud adoption continue to accelerate, the need for business continuity, data protection and management has never been greater. The need to reign in data sprawl and extract business value match the enterprise's quest for visibility, insight and desire to lower capital expenditures and cloud operating costs.

The new certification allows Global Storage to provide services enabling clients to replicate their data and virtual infrastructure to Global Storage cloud environments. The DRaaS model eliminates costly capital expenses and frees IT from spending valuable time on lengthy planning, acquisition, deployment and management cycles or business continuity.

"We are excited with Global Storage's introduction of our VMware DRaaS solution to the new markets served by our partner of many years. The combination of our leading solution and Global Storage's market deep knowledge and innovative services offer reliable customer solutions and dependable local services backed by local expertise," said Guy Bartram., Director of Product Marketing at VMware, Inc.

We go where the data is and deliver a comprehensive suite of enterprise cloud services for computing, backup, disaster recovery, storage, and regulatory compliance. With over two decades of data management experience, the Global Storage team is uniquely qualified to help companies of all sizes realize agility, efficiency and intelligent data management across diverse cloud environments. Formed in 1997, we have 50+ staff across our branches in Melbourne (head office), Sydney, and Brisbane, and our satellite offices in the US. In 2021, Global Storage achieved ISO 27001 Certification through BSI Global.

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iCloud has been the driving force behind iOS since it was first released back in 2011. Since then, the service has expanded largely to introduce new features and storage options to its user.

Every iPhone comes bundled with iCloud and if you are new to iOS then heres all you need to know about it.

iCloud Drive is the dedicated cloud storage space within iCloud for all your unrecognized files, documents, and folders.

Got JPEGs, PNGs, SVGs, text files, zip files, RAR files, or more unsupported file types on your iOS device? Then you can back them up to your iCloud drive. The iCloud drive is an all-in-one solution to backup all your other data that is not a part of default or third-party apps on your device.

As discussed above, iCloud drive is the dedicated user-managed storage space in iCloud that you can use to store all kinds of files including the ones that can not be opened on iOS or macOS for that matter.

iCloud on the other hand is the cloud storage and backup service from Apple that backs up and stores all your data in the cloud.

If iCloud is a closet then iCloud drive would be a dedicated section for your unsupported files in that closet. iCloud also backs up data from your default and third-party apps including the likes of Safari, notes, Mail, Gmail, Photos, Whatsapp, Snapchat, Instagram, and more.

iCloud additionally also gives you access to privacy-focused features as well as the ability to backup and sync your settings across all your devices using the same Apple ID.

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As discussed above, iCloud drive is a part of iCloud and it is a user-managed storage space in the cloud. You can use this storage space to store all kinds of data including supported and unsupported file types.

You can even use it to store desktop backups and important files that you wish to transfer between unsupported devices.

Just like Apple, Google too has its own alternative to Cloud Storage called Google Drive. You can store all kinds of files in Google Drive, access them from all your devices, and even make changes to supported file types directly in the cloud.

iClouds equivalent on Android would be Google Sync. Just like Google Sync helps store your passwords, app data, settings, and more in the cloud, iCloud helps store your keychain, default app, settings, and preferences data in the cloud.

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You can manage your iCloud sync from your Apple ID settings. You can toggle backups, app syncs, and more individually or turn off iCloud sync altogether. Follow the guide below to get you started.

Open the Settings app and tap on your Apple ID at the top.

Tap on iCloud now.

Now turn off the toggle for apps you do not wish to sync.

For certain apps, you will be prompted if you wish to keep the synced data on your device or delete it. Make the desired choice by tapping on the corresponding option.

Additionally, tap on Photos if you wish to turn off sync and backup for your Apple Photos.

Turn off the following toggle to disable sync and backup for Photos.

Tap on iCloud Backup if you wish to turn off backup on your current device.

Turn off the toggle for iCloud backup at the top.

Tap on Keychain if you wish to stop syncing your passwords with your Apple ID. Tap and turn off the toggle at the top.

If you have subscribed to iCloud Plus then you can use Private Relay and Hide My Email as well. Tap on Private Relay to get started.

Tap and turn on the toggle for Private Relay.

Tap on IP Address Location to change how your location is shared with online sources.

Now go back to the previous screen and tap on Hide my email.

Tap on Create new address

Now tap on Continue.

Enter an easily identifiable label for your new temporary email address. You can also add a description of it if needed.

Tap on Next now.

Now tap on Done.

You can now hide your email address by tapping in a compatible email field and selecting Hide my Email from the context menu popup.

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You can control the data stored in your iCloud drive in various ways. If you are looking to manage your iCloud data from the desktop then you can try using this dedicated guide from us.

If however, you wish to manage your data from your iOS device then you can use the guide below instead.

Open the Settings app and tap on your Apple ID at the top.

Now tap on iCloud.

Now turn on or off the toggle for iCloud Drive depending on your preferences.

Open the Files app and tap on Browse in the top left corner.

Tap and select iCloud drive under Locations.

You will now have access to all your iCloud drive files. You can now tap and hold on to a file and select the desired option to manage it.

You can even tap the 3-dot icon in the top right corner to access Select. This will allow you to select multiple files and make changes to them at once.

In addition to the Select option, the 3-dot menu icon also gives you access to the following features.

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You can manage your iCloud Storage space from the Settings app on your iOS device. Use the guide below to get you started.

Open the Settings app on your device and tap on your Apple ID at the top.

Tap on iCloud.

Now tap on Manage Storage.

You will now get a list of all the apps and locations taking up the most storage space on your iCloud account. Tap on the desired app to manage its data. For this guide, we will be using the Photos app.

Now tap on Disable & Delete to disable Photos sync and delete data from your iCloud. All your data will be deleted after 30 days.

You can download and backup your data locally during this period.

You will lose the ability to sync data across your devices, your setting wont be synced on your other devices and no data from your iOS devices will be backed up to the cloud. However, you will be able to use privacy-focused features like Private Relay individually on your device even if you have iCloud disabled on your device.

If you turn off iCloud drive then you will no longer have a user-managed cloud storage space. Your files will no longer be synced to the cloud from the Files app and your documents will no longer be backed up as well. Additionally, if you used iCloud drive to share files with your colleagues and friends, then you will use the ability to do the same as well.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veritas Technologies, the leader in enterprise data protection, today announced Veritas NetBackup Recovery Vault, a simple, fully-managed storage as a service data repository for Veritas NetBackup. Generally available later this year, Recovery Vault will provide mission critical ransomware resiliency as a purpose-built, air-gapped storage tier for backups, while reducing the cost and complexity of using cloud storage from a selection of leading providers for long term retention and reliable recovery of backup data.

Backup data represents the last line of defense against ransomware, said Doug Matthews, vice president of product management at Veritas. Organizations need a simple, secure and cost-effective way to adopt cloud storage for long term data retention. It is absolutely imperative for enterprises to have the cloud repository Recovery Vault will provide, backed by the market leading solution they trust for their recovery needsNetBackup.

Simplified cloud storage with freedom of choice

Provisioning cloud-based storage with a self-managed public cloud service provider requires a series of cumbersome steps that can introduce security and compliance gaps.

Recovery Vault will simplify this process and reduce risks by providing a secure, familiar and unified interfaceNetBackupto both manage backup and recovery and easily provision cloud-based storage with freedom to choose from leading cloud storage providers. This affords customers the flexibility to automate provisioning of cloud storage among different providers on an application-by-application basis all within a single subscription.

Lowered total cost of ownership

Data growth is exceeding forecasts, and costs associated with data backup to the cloud can be difficult to predict. Recovery Vault helps control cloud storage costs by:

Increased ransomware resiliency

Because Recovery Vault facilitates separate, air-gapped cloud-based storage, it reduces the risk that ransomware and other threats to data integrity affecting primary data stores could compromise backups.

Recovery Vault cloud storage also benefits from NetBackups leading protection capabilities, including:

Traditional approaches to cloud data protection arent keeping pace with IT complexity, the evolving threat landscape or economic expectations, said Christophe Bertrand, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. Recovery Vault is designed to help enterprises be confident that their data is secured in the cloud from ransomware and other risks, plan for disaster recovery and meet compliance and governance requirementsall within the NetBackup platform to help improve operational efficiencies and costs.

To learn more, visit http://www.veritas.com/recoveryvault.

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Veritas Technologies is the global leader in enterprise backup and data recovery solutions. Over 80,000 customersincluding 87 percent of the Fortune Global 500rely on us to abstract IT complexity and simplify data management. The Veritas Enterprise Data Services Platform automates the protection and orchestrates the recovery of data everywhere it lives, ensures 24/7 availability of business-critical applications, and provides enterprises with the insights they need to comply with evolving data regulations. With a reputation for reliability at scale and a deployment model to fit any need, the Veritas Enterprise Data Services Platform supports more than 800 different data sources, over 100 different operating systems, more than 1,400 storage targets, and more than 60 different cloud platforms. Learn more at http://www.veritas.com. Follow us on Twitter at @veritastechllc.

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monday.com leads our ranking of the best project management software, but its not meant for everybody. Whether you cant get along with its interface or just plain dont like it, there are plenty of reasons why youd want to try another project management tool instead. To get you started, weve put together these best monday.com alternatives.

Which one will be the right monday.com alternative for you of course depends very much on what you need it for, but hopefully our picks will get you on the right track. If not, you could check out our selection of the best project management software for small business for some other ideas.

Below youll find our list of the seven best alternatives to monday.com, more or less ranked by overall usefulness, with some exceptions.

All our picks are fully fledged project management tools that offer a wide array of features and functions. If youre looking for something a bit more modest in scale, we recommend you check out our best project management software for freelancers article instead.

monday.com has a free plan, but its not very good. It offers only the most basic functionality, and only for two users. Youre much better off checking out Asanas free plan.

Yes, but no: Trello is clearly trying to be more than just a kanban board, offering all kinds of fancy views on its paid plan. This may make it seem more like monday.com, but Trellos offerings are a lot weaker than monday.coms. At least, thats the case right now; it could very well change.

Of course, you may be wondering why youd even need a list of monday.com alternatives; after all, we recommend it in most of our roundups, so why would you need anything else?

In short, the answer is that monday.com is the best project management suite for most people, most of the time, but that does not make it perfect. As much as we like monday.com, we dont use it ourselves at Cloudwards: Trello meets our needs just fine.

Then what is so great about monday.com? Well, it boils down to a few factors: for one, we really like the project management features it offers. As we describe in our monday.com review, it has a solid package that should let any team, regardless of size, do what it needs to do.

On top of that, we also really like its interface. monday.com is colorful, but with a purpose: thanks to the riot of color it employs when you divide tasks, you can easily get your bearings and know what needs to be done and when. Its really good.

If you like your interfaces colorful, monday.com is a great project management tool.

monday.com also offers a decent, mid-range plan at $10 per user per month (if paying annually), meaning you get a solid set of features for a price thats smack-dab in the middle of the market.

Thats the good of monday.com in a nutshell. However, theres some bad too, mainly in the pricing. While we like the Standard plan a lot, the free and Basic plans are pretty bad. The free plan is a stripped-down joke of a plan thats barely a shadow of the best free project management software, while the Basic plan is ridiculously expensive for what it offers.

The plans on the upper end arent much better, and there are several other services that offer more for roughly the same amount of money. On top of that, monday.coms feature set is a little lacking in some areas. For one, the Gantt chart isnt very strong, and the kanban board could be a little better, too.

Even if you take that out of the equation, though, theres still the simple matter of taste. Maybe you just dont like how monday.com handles, or how it manages tasks or team members. Whatever the case may be, theres a solid alternative out there for you.

What weve tried to do in putting together our list is to make sure that one or more of monday.coms weaknesses are compensated for by each of our entries. Though that probably means youll get a different weakness in return, hopefully the trade-off will be worth it for your particular case.

Luckily, all our entries have either a trial or a free plan, so you can decide at leisure which is the best pick for you.

On our list, youll find a few options that have much of monday.coms functionality but presented differently, like Asana and Airtable, or options that are just a lot cheaper, like nTask and Bloo. We also have an option that could potentially be completely free (Freedcamp), or at least partially free, like Asana or Trello. Altogether, weve put together seven contenders.

With the preamble out of the way, lets go over our favorite monday.com alternatives, starting with Asana.

Asanas interface makes the same excellent use of color as monday.com

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Our top monday.com alternative is Asana, a great project management tool that loses out to monday.com by a hair in our general ranking. Asana is arguably even better in a few key areas, but as a general task management tool were a little more comfortable with monday.com. We go over the details in our Asana vs monday.com article.

When it comes to ease of use, Asana is comparable to monday.com for all the right reasons. As you can read in our Asana review, its workflow is built around the list, from which you can switch to a kanban view and a few others. Its a solid approach, and both monday.com and Asana apply it well.

What sets Asana apart, though, is that it has more advanced options. For one, it has a better Gantt chart (though its nowhere near as good as a dedicated tool read our TeamGantt review for one example). Other tools include a timeline, workload planning and more long-term planning options. As such, we recommend it over monday.com for large teams.

However, bigger and better tools come with a bigger price tag: As you can read in our article on Asanas pricing, its not cheap and all its plans are more expensive than comparable tiers with monday.com. However, its not all gloom: Asana also has a great free plan, making it a fantastic alternative to monday.com for teams of fewer than 15 people, as they wont have to pay a penny.

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nTask doesnt look as pretty, but makes up for it in other ways.

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Our second pick is nTask, which isnt quite as useful as either monday.com or Asana, but makes up for it in price. Its by far the cheapest option out there, with the exception of Bloo and Freedcamp. At under $3 per user per month, you cant beat nTask for price, especially considering your first three team members will only set you back a single buck per month each.

However, nTasks overall feature set falls a little short when compared to the big boys. While it has everything you need to run most projects, a lot of the quality-of-life tweaks that monday.com offers are missing.

At the same time, though, it also offers options you wont find with most competitors, like a meeting planner and a note-taking tool (though its no match for our best note-taking apps).

Still, at the prices nTask offers, youll forgive it a lot. We break it down in our nTask review, but its cost per team member cant be beaten by anybody, not even a budget option like Bloo. On top of that, it has a pretty solid free plan for up to five users, meaning small teams can use this great project management tool without spending a penny.

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For a new kid on the block, Bloo looks pretty good.

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Our third entry is Bloo, a relative newcomer that we were very impressed with when writing up our Bloo review. Its biggest gimmick is that it offers a flat price of either $50 per month or $500 per year regardless of how large your team is, which is pretty rare among project management software and its per-user rates.

Its not a great deal for small teams: We figure most project managers charge about $10 for their standard plans. That means you need at least five team members to make Bloo worth it, or even as many as 15 to 20 if you use nTask as your benchmark. Freelancers and tiny teams best steer clear of Bloo, unless you really like spending money.

That reservation aside, Bloo offers a lot for its low cost. While its clearly still a work in progress in some parts, everything you need to keep track of tasks and run projects is here. Though its light on the bells and whistles of other services, people who like their software straightforward will love Bloo.

It also comes with some fairly unique team management and social functions that will help facilitate communication among your team, though we have a feeling it wont supplant communication tools like Slack or Basecamp (read our Basecamp review). Overall, we really like Bloo and we recommend that anybody who likes cheap software give its 14-day trial a spin.

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Wrike looks a little bleak, but it gets the job done.

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In fourth place we find Wrike, a powerful piece of project management software with some serious old-school vibes. As we describe in our Wrike review, this is both good and bad: the good is that its file structure and navigation come with some old-fashioned simplicity. The bad is that it picks function over form, so it doesnt look all that great.

Still, though, theres a lot more good than bad here: Wrike is a very solid tool, and we like how well it scales. You could run a small company with it, a large corporation or anything in between. Its boards, lists, sheets and everything else will grow with your company. It also has better Gantt charts than monday.com does, as we discuss in our Wrike vs monday.com article.

However, what really sets Wrike apart from all our other entries on this list are its excellent reports. Wrike can produce more data, and with more criteria, than most other project management software, and makes it look easy too. If you have a lot to keep track of, Wrike definitely deserves a close look.

When it comes to Wrikes pricing, its fairly middle of the road at only a few cents cheaper than monday.com on the mid-range plan. However, it has a far better free version than monday.com does. Though the features are a bit basic, it allows for up to five users, which is pretty decent. Overall, Wrike is a solid choice for any company, big or small.

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Trello has one of the best interfaces weve seen.

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In fifth place we find the best kanban app on the market, Trello. We use it ourselves at Cloudwards, and if youre planning to run all your operations using only kanban project management, this is definitely the option for you. Its very easy to use and the free version might very well be enough for you.

If you need more than just a kanban board, though, the choice between monday.com vs Trello is easily made, as monday.com has a much better, more complete tool set. At least it did until late 2020, when Trello got a massive upgrade that gave it a large number of new views and features that put it on par with full suites like monday.com or for that matter, Asana.

As we describe in our Trello review, the new additions are pretty solid, and take Trello away from its former reliance on third-party integrations. On top of the board, users can also create tasks in a list, a timeline and a calendar. It all works pretty well, though the kanban aspect still steals the show.

As for Trello pricing, its about the same as monday.coms, meaning theres no financial reason not to make the jump from monday.com to Trello. If your project management strategy relies heavily on kanban boards, Trello should definitely be on your list to take for a spin.

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Freedcamp has a great dashboard for project tracking.

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In sixth place we find Freedcamp, an interesting project management tool because it offers very cheap plans, as well as unlimited users on the free plan. Its an odd combination, as it sort of dissuades people from signing on, but it makes Freedcamp a great pick for large teams with low project management needs.

As we talk about in our Freedcamp review, this is because it can do a lot, even in the free version and the lower tier paid plans. We especially like the calendar and how it works with the kanban board. Its also very user-friendly and comes with a great dashboard that lets you keep track of multiple projects, recurring tasks whatever you want, all at a single glance.

For some reason, though, the first upgrade after the free version only gets you some integration with cloud storage services and a few other less useful doodads, so were not sure what youre paying for here. The Business plan and Enterprise plan have a lot more to offer, but also cost a lot more.

Whether or not the upgrade is worth it is something individual businesses will have to decide, but overall we like Freedcamp enough to recommend that anybody with a large team and a small wallet give it a whirl.

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If you like your learning curves flat, Airtable is a great pick.

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We finish up our list with Airtable, another solid project management tool that lets you do a lot for free. In fact, we praise it in our Airtable review for the fact that it offers an almost complete suite of features for free, limiting only how much you can use it. Though you will hit the ceiling pretty quickly, it still makes Airtable a great pick for small teams.

The basis for Airtable is the spreadsheet, which is a pretty old-school way of handling things. Unlike Wrike, though, it actually has upgraded its look a lot. This means its only old-fashioned behind the scenes, which is nice. In fact, we like Airtable a lot for how it shows you the ropes, definitely making it a top pick for anybody unfamiliar with project management.

However, if you dig a little deeper, you quickly run into Airtables limits. A lot of advanced features are locked into the more expensive plans, and even those tiers feel like they could do with some filling out. Its no Asana, thats for sure.

This is made even more glaring by its pricing. Airtable charges industry-standard rates, but offers a lot less. As such, we can only recommend its free plan; should you need to upgrade, there are better options out there.

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If youre looking for an alternative to monday.com, there are plenty of options to choose from. Though our overall favorite is Asana, thanks to its usefulness and some great extras, our other six picks have plenty to recommend them. From the cheap plans of Bloo and nTask to the great reports of Wrike, theres something here for everybody.

What are your experiences with monday.com? Will you stick with it or try out one of our alternatives? Did we miss a particularly good option that youve been using? Let us know in the comments below and, as always, thank you for reading.

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Revenues in IBMs third fiscal 2021 quarter, ended September 30, were $17.6 billion up 0.3 per cent year-on-year. There was a profit of $1.1 billion 33.5 per cent lower than a year ago but storage revenues rose 11 per cent annually.

The revenues were effectively flat and profit was down not a lot to write home about. SVP and CFO James Kavanaughs results statement emphasised the positives and said: We again had solid cash generation for the quarter and over the last year, while maintaining a strong balance sheet and the liquidity to support our hybrid cloud and AI strategy.

IBMs Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishnas results statement ignored the headline numbers and looked ahead: With the separation of Kyndryl early next month, IBM takes the next step in our evolution as a platform-centric hybrid cloud and AI company. We continue to make progress in our software and consulting businesses, which represent our higher growth opportunities. With our increased focus and agility to better serve clients, we are confident in achieving our medium-term objectives of mid-single digit revenue growth and strong free cash flow generation.

Kyndryl is the name of the to-be-separated-out IT Infrastructure Services unit of IBMs Global Technology Services business unit, and will become an independent company next month. The corporation reckons it will exit this fiscal year able to deliver mid-single-digit revenue growth and $35 billion free cash flow in 20222024.

IBMs business segment results:

The Systems segment revenue decline was driven by declines in Z mainframes (down 33per cent) and Power systems (down 24 per cent). Storage Systems grew 11 per cent. Cloud revenue was down 42 per cent. The growth in storage was driven by entry-level and tape systems.

IBM launched an entry-level FlashSystem 5200 in February faster and higher in capacity, yet 20 per cent lower in price than the prior 5100 and it has obviously done well. The growth in archival data storage needs has probably accounted for the tape systems revenue increase.

The mainframe and Power revenue declines were attributed to cycle dynamics, implying a revenue uplift should hopefully be coming from new hardware and software.

Systems provided $0.8 billion in hardware revenues and $0.3 billion in operating systems software revenues. IBM has provided percentage change numbers for the storage part of its systems business, and our records anchor these to an actual storage revenue number provided many quarters ago. We have recalculated the quarterly storage revenue number using these percentage changes and expect we are progressively becoming less accurate as a result.

This proviso is spelled out before we include our chart of IBMs quarterly storage revenues by fiscal year to show the historical trends:

One quarters growth after many declining quarters does not make a trend, but IBM can be hopeful that a corner may have been turned.

We must note that most of IBMs storage software revenues are not included in the Systems storage segment number. IBM is odd in that it does not provide a central and all-inclusive storage revenue number at least in its public numbers. We simply do not know how IBM is doing from a storage software revenue perspective.

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