tech:

taffy

Retired HP CTO Shane Robison Joins Fusion-io’s Board

Techtaffy Newsdesk

The Fusion-io Board has elected Shane V. Robison, age 58, as a Director of the company, effective immediately.  Mr. Robison served as executive vice president and chief strategy and technology officer of Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) from May 2002 until he retired on November 1, 2011.

Mr. Robison will serve on the Board’s Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.

 

 

Just in

Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone — The Verge

Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users, writes Tom Warren. 

Biden signs TikTok ‘ban’ bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it — The Verge

President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that includes a bill that would ban TikTok if China-based parent company ByteDance fails to divest the app within a year, writes Lauren Feiner.

IBM to acquire HashiCorp for $6.4B

IBM and HashiCorp have entered into an agreement for IBM to acquire HashiCorp, a provider of infrastructure and security management products, for $6.4 billion.

Oracle is moving its world headquarters to Nashville to be closer to health-care industry — CNBC

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison said Tuesday that the company is moving its world headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee, to be closer to a major health-care epicenter, writes Ashley Capoot.