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Former Amazon Web Services data center leader Chris Vonderhaar joins Google Cloud

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Chris Vonderhaar, former Amazon Web Services data center leader, will serve as Google Cloud’s vice president of demand and supply management. LinkedIn Photo) Chris Vonderhaar, a longtime Amazon Web Services executive who left the company this spring, has joined AWS rival Google Cloud.

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CEOs of Amazon Web Services and Redapt join Seattle Sounders FC ownership group

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Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky (left) and his wife Laura Selipsky. Seattle Sounders FC announced Wednesday that the families of Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky and Redapt CEO Rick Cantu are now owners. They join several other tech execs, including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who became owners in 2019.

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Amazon Web Services is launching Space Accelerator for final-frontier startups

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Amazon Web Services is raising the curtain on AWS Space Accelerator, a four-week business support program that’s open to space startups seeking to use Amazon’s cloud computing services. AWS Ground Station makes use of a network of satellite dishes. AWS Photoillustration).

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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.

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Amazon launches cognitive search service Kendra in general availability

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Amazon today launched Kendra, an AI and machine learning-powered service for enterprise search, in general availability. Kendra debuted in preview last December during Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent 2019 in […].

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Amazon Web Services hires former Flex and Intel exec Raejeanne Skillern as new CMO and VP

GeekWire

LinkedIn Photo) Raejeanne Skillern , a former executive at Flex and Intel, joined Amazon Web Services as its new chief marketing officer and vice president, GeekWire has learned. Skillern spent more than a decade at Intel, most recently as vice president of the chip giant’s cloud service provider business.

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Forrester 2019 Enterprise BI Platform Waves ™ Research Update

Forrester IT

Forrester has just published 2019 refresh of out Enterprise Business Intelligence (BI) Platforms Waves ™. As the BI market and the technology continue to evolve, so does our research.

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