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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Rao authored more than 14 books and 400 journal articles during his career. Navy for eight years after receiving a bachelor’s degree in engineering in 1961 from Vanderbilt University , in Nashville. as a technical expert in nuclear reactor design, testing, operations, maintenance, instrumentation, and safety. and the U.S.

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Nissan Promises EV for 2010

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Regardless, once the $7,500 tax credit is accounted for, and the much lower maintenance costs, these should be about the same as buying a gas car, only the fuel will be less than a dollar a gallon equivalent. Check out the article: Nissan to launch electric car in Tennessee. Carlos Ghosn must like the wine up that way or something.).

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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The deal ensured that IBM's global customers had familiar support while providing a stable flow of maintenance revenue to IBM for five years. This article is based on excerpts from IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon (MIT Press, 2019). Cortada was then head of a sales team at IBM's Nashville site.

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