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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey steps down, replaced by CTO Parag Agrawal effective immediately

TechSpot

Dorsey, along with a host of others including Noah Glass, Biz Stone and Evan Williams, launched Twitter in mid-2006. He was the company’s original CEO but transitioned to board chairman a couple of years later. He was again named CEO in late 2015 after Dick Costolo left following a six-year.

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An introduction to Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s new CEO

The Verge

He was later appointed chief technology officer in October 2017, during which time he’s jumped in to address high-profile problems (like a large-scale password security issue) and take on some of the company’s bolder initiatives (like decentralization). Argrawal hasn’t spent much time in the public eye — until now.

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Federal Big Data Community Convenes 6 Feb at Apache Hadoop Forum

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Mike Olson – Chief Strategy Officer, Cloudera. Eli Collins – Chief Technologist, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. EzBake, DIAs Technology Agnostic Framework Under ORION that Enables Seamless Transition into ICITE. Eli Collins – Chief Technologist, Office of the CTO, Cloudera.

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Attend the 6 Feb @Cloudera Federal Forum: For the Analyst, Data Scientist, #BigData Technologist in DC

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Mike Olson – Chief Strategy Officer, Cloudera. Eli Collins – Chief Technologist, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. 10:30 AM EzBake, DIAs Technology Agnostic Framework Under ORION that Enables Seamless Transition into ICITE. Eli Collins – Chief Technologist, Office of the CTO, Cloudera.

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ENIAC: The World’s First Computer Has Finally Been Resurrected

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Ross Perot’s staffers did just that in 2006, when their boss declared that he wanted to decorate his Plano, Texas, headquarters with relics from computing history. CTO ENIAC World War II' By Vijay Prabhu. From Wired: Eccentric billionaires are tough to impress, so their minions must always think big when handed vague assignments.

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Cisco Acquires Sourcefire For $2.7 Billion » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

.” “Cisco’s acquisition of Sourcefire will help accelerate the realization of our vision for a new model of security across the extended network,” said Martin Roesch, founder and chief technology officer of Sourcefire. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51). October 2006 (44).

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FlowPlay buys out investors as Seattle gaming startup sees revenue spike 50% amid pandemic

GeekWire

Morton, a former exec at GameHouse and RealNetworks, co-founded FlowPlay in 2006 with CTO Doug Pearson , who previously founded and led mobile game studio ThreePenny Software. Previously: 6 ways the pandemic will change gaming forever.

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