{"id":58726,"date":"2018-02-13T06:36:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T06:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=58726"},"modified":"2018-02-13T06:36:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T06:36:50","slug":"google-hires-former-samsung-executive-to-coordinate-internet-of-things-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/google-hires-former-samsung-executive-to-coordinate-internet-of-things-projects.html","title":{"rendered":"Google hires former Samsung executive to coordinate Internet of Things projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Google hires former Samsung executive to coordinate Internet of Things projects<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Alphabet Inc\u2019s Google this month hired Injong Rhee, who recently resigned as Samsung Electronics Co\u2019s chief technology officer, to lead its Internet of Things business, he said in a LinkedIn post Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Google spokeswoman Jane Hynes confirmed to Reuters Rhee\u2019s hiring by Google\u2019s cloud computing unit, but declined to comment further.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Rhee said in his post that he will serve as entrepreneur-in-residence under Diane Greene, chief executive of the cloud computing group, which sells software and hardware to other businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Rhee said he aims to harmonize Alphabet\u2019s various projects related to the Internet of Things, or IoT, a term that encompasses any device that accesses data online. Self-driving cars, home appliances with virtual assistants and the latest weather sensors on farms fall under the emerging category of technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cOne of the first things I would like to do with my Google colleagues is to get these efforts coordinated and aligned toward a concerted IoT story of Google &#8212; in the process, create distinct consumer and enterprise product lines,\u201d Rhee wrote in his post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Each of the leading cloud computing sellers, including Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp, Google and IBM Corp, offer services aimed at helping companies analyze data from a network of Internet-connected equipment. Google\u2019s effort is among the most nascent, though.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Rhee left Samsung in December after more than six years there, most recently serving as a chief technology officer and head of software and services\u2019 research and development. He was involved in the launch of the company\u2019s Knox security system, Bixby digital assistant and Samsung Pay mobile wallet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-alphabet-cloud\/google-hires-former-samsung-executive-to-coordinate-internet-of-things-projects-idUSKBN1FX0CQ<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/google-hires-former-samsung-executive-to-coordinate-internet-of-things-projects.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google hires former Samsung executive to coordinate Internet of Things projects Alphabet Inc\u2019s Google this month hired Injong Rhee, who recently resigned as Samsung Electronics Co\u2019s chief technology officer, to lead its Internet of Things business, he said in a LinkedIn post Monday. 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