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Lumen Orbit emerges from stealth and raises $2.4M to put data centers in space

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million pre-seed investment round to launch its plan to put hundreds of satellites in orbit, with the goal of processing data in space before it’s downlinked to customers on Earth. “Essentially, other satellites will send our constellation the raw data they collect. Johnston is a former associate at McKinsey & Co.

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DDN raises the bar as data intensive analytics push storage systems

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It is no secret that today’s data intensive analytics are stressing traditional storage systems. As such, organizations are leveraging horizontal scale and non-volatile memory (NVM) technology (i.e. Similarly, adding NVM technology as a burst buffer or a flash cache can greatly mask the performance limitations of spinning disk.

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Tech Moves: Expedia taps execs to run new divisions; Bumble hires Microsoft vet as CTO

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(Bumble Photo) — Antoine Leblond , a former longtime Microsoft exec who was most recently senior vice president of software at Sonos, joined dating app company Bumble as chief technology officer. Leblond previously spent 25 years at Microsoft leading various engineering teams working on Windows, Office, and other products.

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Genemod lands $4.5M for life sciences data storage and collaboration platform

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(LinkedIn Photo) Genemod , a Seattle startup developing a cloud-based platform to help life sciences companies and researchers manage their data and workflows, raised $4.5 The company sells collaborative workspace software that centralizes and structures research data, allowing real-time updates and remote collaboration.

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International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC14) Recap #HPCMatters

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16-21 Nov 2014 the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC14) was hosted in New Orleans and once again it did not disappoint! With that in mind I thought I would tak. To read more please log in.

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Former CIA CTO Gus Hunt Joins Venture Capital Firm Artis Ventures’ Board of Advisors

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Former CIA CTO Gus Hunt Joins Venture Capital Firm Artis Ventures’ Board of Advisors. 27, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — From his office in Langley, Va., former Central Intelligence Agency CTO Gus Hunt made some of the government’s most important technology decisions. – bg. San Francisco, Feb.

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Koch CTO teams up to get cloud networking right

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Traditionally, to integrate its acquisitions, Koch would flatten the acquired company’s core network, says Matt Hoag, CTO of business solutions at Koch. Matt Hoag, CTO of business solutions, Koch Industries Koch Industries. It’s more complicated than standard networking, Hoag says. Hoag brought in Alkira to help tackle the challenge.

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