Remove Microsoft Remove Nonprofit Remove Software Remove Web Services
article thumbnail

Dancing with the cloud: Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky takes steps to fight homelessness

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky during a rehearsal session with his professional dance partner Lauren Smith. But a group of notable personalities in the city, including Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky , will do their best to use dance to raise money to help combat the issue.

article thumbnail

Microsoft allies with community colleges to help U.S. train 250k new cybersecurity workers by 2025

GeekWire

Microsoft President Brad Smith. Microsoft announced a scholarship program for U.S. Altogether, the campaign aims to to train as many as 250,000 new cybersecurity workers in the country by 2025, most of whom will work for businesses other than Microsoft. GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong). government agencies.

Training 124
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Here’s how Microsoft is helping India with its COVID-19 catastrophe

GeekWire

To alleviate India’s severe oxygen shortage, Microsoft worked with the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum to provide oxygen concentration devices to healthcare facilities in India. FedEx Photo via Microsoft). Taking action: In a blog post Wednesday, Kate Behncken, head of Microsoft Philanthropies, laid out what the Redmond, Wash.-based

Microsoft 145
article thumbnail

Tech Moves: Tanium hires CFO; Utrip founder launches VC firm; AWS IoT exec joins Siemens

GeekWire

ai, Athenahealth, and Blue Yonder, previously known as JDA Software. Microsoft and Amazon veteran Dirk Didascalou has been appointed the first CTO of Siemens Digital Industries, a business unit of the German multinational company. . He was previously a senior director of product management at Smartsheet and Microsoft.

article thumbnail

GeekWire Podcast: Seattle region’s new tech giant; ‘Slackforce’ analysis; AWS re:Invent takeaways

GeekWire

billion; Amazon Web Services makes some surprising news at its annual re:Invent cloud conference ; and a new tech giant arrives in our backyard. McIlwain invests in software and data-oriented companies in areas including cloud computing, intelligent applications, and the intersection of life science and data science.

Analysis 102
article thumbnail

Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds former U.S. intelligence director to board; Amazon execs depart; and more

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services’ VP of Solution Architecture and Training & Certification Rudy Valdez has departed, according to a report by The Information. Sundaresan is an Amazon and Microsoft alum and was most recently head of growth and traffic at Airbnb. Sharad Sundaresan as SVP of product and growth. on the West Coast.

article thumbnail

Tech Moves: AWS exec named Splunk president; Amazon vet joins Overstock as CMO; and more

GeekWire

Former Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft executive Teresa Carlson will join Splunk in the new role of president and chief growth officer effective April 19. Prior to AWS, she spent nine years at Microsoft leading sales to federal government agencies. Heiner is the latest Microsoft veteran to join Truveta.