Nikesh Arora named CEO of Palo Alto Networks
San Francisco, June 3: Former Chief Business Officer at Google, Nikesh Arora has been named the CEO and Chairman of the US-based security firm Palo Alto Networks.
After leaving Google in mid-2014, the high-profile executive became president of SoftBank and was heir apparent to its charismatic founder Masayoshi Son. But Arora left two years later amid some controversy, recode.net reported on Friday.
Arora has replaced Mark McLaughlin, who will now serve the cybersecurity company as Vice Chairman.
Arora said that while he had long wanted to become a CEO, he would be working closely with McLaughlin and also co-founder and CTO Nir Zuk, the report said.
"I may not have a background in security, but with my background as an engineer, I can sit down with Zuk to help guide the next generation of products we can offer," recode.net quoted Arora as saying.
McLaughlin said that the decade-old Palo Alto Networks now serves 50,000 companies globally and has 5,000 employees.
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39-year-old rider in Raichur killed on spot as speeding bus hits bike, runs over his head
Raichur: A 39-year-old man Bheemesh was seriously injured in the head and died on the spot after a speeding government bus hit his bike and ran over him in Nelhala Camp village in Raichur taluk.
The deceased rider was riding from Nelhala Camp to his house when the bus, which was traveling at high speed from Dinni village to Nelhala Camp, collided with his bike. Bheemesh reportedly fell on the road as an impact of the collision and the bus ran over his head. The rider is learned to have died on the spot as a result of severe bleeding.
Yeragera Police have visited the accident spot and conducted an inspection.
