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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Real estate buying platform Blox has appointed Amit Goel as its chief technology officer, based in Mumbai.

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Meet the unicorns: A look at the 15 Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

GeekWire

Even with that attrition, this year’s list has grown to 15, meaning eight new unicorns were minted in 2021. Hint: They are in the real estate, consumer internet, transportation, clean tech and gaming categories). billion (as of July 2021). Industry : Sales contract management software. billion (as of March 2021).

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Tech Moves: Amazon’s director of Alexa Trust; BECU adds CIO; Lockstep, Fabric exit stealth mode

GeekWire

The founding team includes: • CEO Peter Horadan, previously EVP of engineering and CTO at tax automation startup Avalara. Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Shanahan , previously chief operating and innovation officer at Globys, a software company offering digital billing products. Read more about Fabric and its $9.5

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How Telecom Argentina is turning to teamwork

TM Forum

The country’s economic situation is also impacting the CSP’s purchasing power, since technology investments are made typically in foreign currencies such as the dollar, while income is in pesos. ” But that does not mean it is seeking quick technological fixes. .

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Tech Moves: Convoy names general counsel; startup founders land new gigs after shutdowns

GeekWire

Morrow’s appointment comes after turnover in the top legal role at Convoy throughout 2021, as reported by Bloomberg Law. The company recently subleased 123,000 square feet of office space in downtown Seattle. Other recent leadership appointments include Amazon vet Dorothy Li as CTO and Sunita Solao as VP of people.

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Virgin Hyperloop hits an important milestone: the first human passenger test

The Verge

For the first time, two people rode a hyperloop pod through a nearly airless tube at 100 mph Virgin Hyperloop announced that for the first time it has conducted a test of its ultra-fast transportation system with human passengers. That deadline was later pushed to 2021, the year they believe the hyperloop will be ready for human passengers.

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North Korean Threat Actors Targeting Healthcare Sector with Maui Ransomware

SecureWorld News

The FBI says that since May 2021, North Korea threat actors have used Maui to encrypt servers responsible for healthcare services, such as electronic health records services, diagnostics services, imaging services, and intranet services. Maui is believed to be designed for manual execution by attackers.