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Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft COO Kevin Turner leaves Core Scientific; Magic AI founder joins ThruWave

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Founded in 2017, Core Scientific is building blockchain infrastructure technology related to hosting, transaction processing and application development. It manages a fleet of more than 130,000 cryptocurrency miners. ThruWave spun out of the University of Washington in 2017. “Not to mention the dog friendly office perk!”

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Who will be the Next Tech Titan? Cast your vote in the GeekWire Awards

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Last year’s winner was Highspot, a startup that sells enterprise software to help make salespeople more efficient. CEO background: Nick Fajt spent several years at Microsoft, including as a producer and program manager on HoloLens. He was nominated as a Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2017 GeekWire Awards.

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Interoperability Clearinghouse Launches "Agile Cloud" Collaboration

Cloud Musings

"The target for implementing these changes is 2017. Kshemendra Paul, Program Manager, Information Sharing Environment Pamela Wise-Martinez, Senior Enterprise Architect, PM-Information Sharing Environment, Office of the Director of National Intelligence , also made a presentation at the event.

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Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

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On a video call from the hospital where he and his wife welcomed a baby boy over the weekend, CEO and co-founder Nick Fajt was excited about the 5-year-old startup he’s been raising into a unicorn in Seattle, where a majority of top tech companies operate in enterprise software or cloud computing. The company is not yet profitable.

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NATO ACT “Art of the Possible” Interoperability Demonstration

Cloud Musings

GovCloud Network is proud to have served as the Program Manager for the NATO Allied Command Transformation , "Art of the Possible" Interoperability Demonstration on December 16, 2016. The vision is for NATO and its partners to get enhanced capability for the same cost and for vendors to have access to more markets.

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

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Enterprise software still rules the roost in the region. Industry: Enterprise customer data. Co-founder and CEO : Nick Fajt , former principal program manager working on Microsoft’s HoloLens. Founded : 2017. Ten of the 15 companies sell their wares to other businesses. Can you name the five other startups?

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Interoperability Clearinghouse Launches "Agile Cloud" Collaboration

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"The target for implementing these changes is 2017. Kshemendra Paul, Program Manager, Information Sharing Environment Pamela Wise-Martinez, Senior Enterprise Architect, PM-Information Sharing Environment, Office of the Director of National Intelligence , also made a presentation at the event.

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