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Washington, DC – Interim Chief Technology Officer Barney Krucoff this week named Suneel Cherukuri as the new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) overseeing cybersecurity for the District of Columbia Government. Cherukuri, who has been working at the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) for 10 years as a contractor and employee, has over 20 years of industry experience in large enterprise network environments specializing in cyber security architecture, design, engineering and operations. Cherukuri replaces former CISO John MacMichael who left for the private sector earlier this year and will report directly to Krucoff. “Suneel provided critical expertise as OCTO focused on expanding and strengthening our cybersecurity efforts over the past decade,” Krucoff said. “This is a well-deserved promotion which will allow Suneel to step forward into the citywide leadership role for cybersecurity.” Prior to OCTO, Cherukuri worked at Networking For Future, a DC-b...

Though 2018 has been a year full of scandals and data breaches for tech industry, some employees still praised their executives for their leadership, of which Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella surpassed all. Comparably, website that rates firms across a number of various areas, released a list of Best CEOs of 2018 is US, in terms of voting by the employees. Satya Nadella made it to the first place followed by ­­The Home Depot’s CEO Craig Menear as the second and Google CEO Sundar Pichai at the third place, surpassing all other biggies. “Microsoft had thousands of employees partake in the study. (Nadella) had incredible scores from his team,” said Jason Nazar, Co-Founder and CEO of Comparably. Microsoft briefly ousts Apple as the most valuable company. Nazar said Microsoft employees have had time to see ‘how he dealt when times were really good, but also when there were mishaps. The team felt that he handled the mishaps with grace’. Apart from Nadella, other tech ...

T services firm Tech Mahindra today announced that it was setting up a new ‘Video Integration and Engineering’ (VIE) business unit to leverage cutting edge technology and solutions to cater to the heavy demand of video services in the 5G ecosystem. Video is slated to account for 90% of all 5G traffic on account of mobile video and Over The Top (OTT) streaming services. The company has appointed Naveen Kadiyala as the Global Head of the newly established ‘Video Integration and Engineering’ (VIE). He was earlier CEO, Nuovo Solutions. With the establishment of the new VIE platform, Tech Mahindra would aim to improve its strategic position with several video distribution companies in the United States of America. This will help the company explore emerging technologies to offer cutting-edge video solutions in the 5G market space. 5G is expected to grow the global mobile media market over cellular networks from $170bn in 2018 to $420bn in 2028 ($124bn in the United States)...

Cherukuri SatyaNarayana , founder and chief coach of Cherukuri Volga Archery Academy, created a world record by doing the yoga mudra for 10,832 times in 92 minutes in Vijayawada on Thursday. He formed three different positions of the Yoga Mudra by his arms. At an event organised by the academy, Satya Narayana sat in the position of doing the yoga mudra, and the students of the academy shot arrows at the dart target board above his head. Water Resources Minister Devineni Umamaheswara Rao presented a certificate of acknowledgement to Satya Narayana for setting the world record. “It is very important to encourage such talent. Also, this less-known sport should be encouraged. By setting this record, Satya Narayana has brought it in the limelight,” said an official of the India and Asia Book of Records.