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To the moon! Amazon Web Services lists first startups for AWS Space Accelerator

GeekWire

The first 10 companies to participate in Amazon Web Services’ accelerator program for space-centric startups are targeting territory ranging from low Earth orbit to the surface of the moon and Mars. Lunar Outpost via YouTube). Today’s announcement follows up on the unveiling of the AWS Space Accelerator in March.

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IBM and AWS Create a Path to Modernization Via Industry-Specific Solutions

CIO Business Intelligence

As part of their partnership, IBM and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are pursuing a variety of industry-specific blueprints and solutions designed to help customers modernize apps for a hybrid IT environment, which includes AWS Cloud. Consider the critical area of security controls, for example. AWS/IBM’s Industry Edge.

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How to leverage data to create a more intelligent organization

CIO Business Intelligence

Can you deliver meaningful results on a data project within one or two quarters? That’s a requirement for nearly any initiative undertaken by Petco Chief Data and Analytics Officer Rakesh Srinivasan, who invests the talent and resources to achieve results quickly.

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These computer science seniors defied tradition to win the first hackathon they ever entered

GeekWire

Members of the Seattle University hackathon team behind the project “ResponseSight ML,” which used historical traffic data to predict likely problem spots to strategically position emergency personnel. Their initial idea involved using camera data to help insurance companies place new cameras.

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IonQ shows off its new quantum computer factory — and already has plans to expand

GeekWire

The building will house the company’s research and development team — and also serve as IonQ’s second quantum data center, following in the footsteps of its Maryland HQ. who chairs the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. “A year ago, we had something less than that — a handful.

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Amazon vet Dorothy Li joins trucking startup Convoy as CTO, says company is at ‘inflection point’

GeekWire

She most recently was vice president of BI and Analytics at Amazon Web Services, and previously spent time at Oracle. Convoy has rolled out various new features and services over the past year, including an expansion of its “drop-and-hook” program Convoy Go.

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

GeekWire

Former Amazon Web Services VP Steven Shure relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area from Seattle to join alternative search engine Neeva as chief business officer. Puppet CEO Yvonne Wassenaar joined the board of data security startup Rubrik. He previously held engineering leadership roles at Microsoft and Amazon Web Services.