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SAP has a new succession plan

CIO

Ala-Pietilä was President of Nokia from 1999 to 2005 and a member of SAP’s supervisory board between 2002 and 2021. The Finn politely thanked SAP’s supervisory board and Plattner for “the opportunity to rejoin this dynamic European technology leader at such a pivotal time.” Enterprise Applications, SAP, Technology Industry

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When will IPOs return? The past may hold some clues

TechCrunch

The crisis of 2002: The dot-com bubble. When the market started to collapse, prices were dragged down even further by accounting scandals, such as Enron in 2001 , Arthur Andersen in 2002 and WorldCom in 2002. After all, at the end of the day, we’re all searching for the same answer: When will my paper wealth become liquid?

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A history of tech adaptation for today’s changing business needs

CIO

But to get to this point, the organization has had to rely on technology for decades as a strategic tool. Following this, in 2002, it began delivering its knowledge to customers in online format, using dashboards and interactive reports that provided easier and faster access to data and analysis. js and React.js.

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Is robotics about to have its own ChatGPT moment?

Ooda Loop

In 2002, at age 40, Henry had a massive stroke, which left him with quadriplegia […] Henry and Jane Evans are used to awkward houseguests. For more than a decade, the couple, who live in Los Altos Hills, California, have hosted a slew of robots in their home.

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Ted Nelson Biography

The Crazy Programmer

Later in 2002, he earned his Ph.D. Ted worked here before seeking his career in information technology. He used this experience later to make an experimental student short film when he was studying for his graduate degree. In 1959, he earned his bachelor’s degree at Swarthmore College, Chicago.

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Jack Selby of Thiel Capital is using a new VC fund to invest in Arizona startups

TechCrunch

Jack Selby, a former PayPal exec and the longtime managing director of Thiel Capital who attracted some attention years back for his low-key largesse , has a new, $110 million venture fund that he intends to invest mostly in his adopted state of Arizona, where Selby has lived since 2002.

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Taking advantage of Latin America’s market downturn

TechCrunch

As a banker covering technology, I thought there was an opportunity to invest in the region and decided to quit my job at J.P. I started my career in private equity in 2002, but my first job at J.P. Morgan and give it a shot. Foreign capital will only cover a portion of these funding needs.

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