Jordan Robertson
Jordan is a technology writer with Bloomberg News. He previously worked at The Associated Press.
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Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum 2012 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Russia’s Richest Man Says U.S. Tech Overvalued, After Making a Mint on It
Russia’s richest man, a billionaire named Alisher Usmanov, wasn’t one of the unlucky investors squashed by Facebook’s belly-flop of an initial public offering. An early backer of Facebook, Usmanov managed to propel himself to the very top of the ranks...
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Former McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt is taking the helm of FireEye, which may go public next year.
Former McAfee Chief DeWalt Named FireEye CEO, Aims for 2013 IPO
Dave DeWalt, the former chief executive officer of antivirus software maker McAfee, has taken the top job at security startup FireEye and plans an initial public offering in the first half of next year. DeWalt, 48, left McAfee in July 2011 after Intel...
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Mykonos specializes in "intrusion deception" technology that can help companies identify online attackers.
What ‘Intrusion Deception’ Is And Why Juniper Paid $80 Million for It
By 2009, David Koretz had founded five technology companies from the time he was 14. Security snags he encountered at the fifth — an e-mail hosting company called BlueTie Inc. — prompted him to start No. 6, Mykonos Software Inc....
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George Kurtz left McAfee last year to help start a new security company called CrowdStrike.
Ex-McAfee Execs to Tackle Hackers Differently, But Is It the Answer?
When security technology fails, you don’t want to be the guy walking in the door selling more of it. George Kurtz, former chief technology officer of McAfee, was often in that position as he logged hundreds of thousands of miles...
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