<p>A global outage in Microsoft's Windows operating system caused massive disruption in airlines, financial firms, banks, media, infrastructure, and other industries in July. CloudStrike, a cyber security company, was widely blamed, as a software update from this company had gone wrong, apparently leading to the outage.</p>

<p>Now, the company has been given an award for 'epic fail' this past weekend. The president of CloudStrike was in attendance to receive the Pwnie Award, which is given out annually to celebrate and mock achievements&nbsp;and failures in the security industry.</p>

<p>Michael Sentonas took home a Pwnie for Most Epic Fail at Def Con, the hacking community event in Las Vegas, Nevada.</p>

<p>The Pwnies are a well-organised award, and come at the end of a nomination process. But the organisers said the award this year for CrowdStrike was a last-minute switch, "because… how could CrowdStrike not win?,"&nbsp;TechCrunch said in a report.</p>

<p>While he said this was definitely not the award to be proud of receiving, Sentonas was still cool about it.</p>

<p>In his 'acceptance speech', Sentonas said he would take the award back to CrowdStrike headquarters in Austin, Texas, and display it in a prominent place to remind that “our goal is to protect people, and we got this wrong, and I want to make sure everybody understands these things can’t happen.”&nbsp;</p>

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<p>“I think the team was surprised when I said straightaway that I would get it...Because we got this horribly wrong, we’ve said this a number of different times, and it’s super important to own it when you do things well, it’s super important to own it when you do things horribly wrong,” he said.</p>

<h2><strong>What is CrowdStrike and how did it cripple global internet?</strong></h2>

<p>The irony is that CrowdStrike is a firm specialising in cyberattack response, threat intelligence and endpoint&nbsp;security.</p>

<p>The faulty update it issued on 19 July caused a worldwide outage that hit air travel, banking, broadcasting, and even power plants and transport services. It led to so-called 'blue screen of death' errors across displays using Windows operating system of Microsoft. It took a couple of days for Microsoft to fix the issue.&nbsp;</p>

<p>An estimated 8.5 million computer systems running on the Windows operating system crashed or went into freeze mode, with the business cost of the outage thought to be at least $10 billion.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


A global outage in Microsoft's Windows operating system caused massive disruption in airlines, financial firms, banks, media, infrastructure, and other industries in July.

A global outage in Microsoft's Windows operating system caused massive disruption in airlines, financial firms, banks, media, infrastructure, and other industries in July. CloudStrike, a cyber security company, was widely blamed, as a software update from this company had gone wrong, apparently leading to the outage. Now, the company has been given an award for 'epic fail' this past weekend. The president of CloudStrike was in attendance to receive the Pwnie Award, which is given out annually to celebrate and mock achievements and failures in the security industry. Michael Sentonas took home a Pwnie for Most Epic Fail at Def Con, the hacking community event in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Pwnies are a well-organised award, and come at the end of a nomination process. But the organisers said the award this year for CrowdStrike was a last-minute switch, "because… how could CrowdStrike not win?," TechCrunch said in a report. While he said this was definitely not the award to be proud of receiving, Sentonas was still cool about it. In his 'acceptance speech', Sentonas said he would take the award back to CrowdStrike headquarters in Austin, Texas, and display it in a prominent place to remind that “our goal is to protect people, and we got this wrong, and I want to make sure everybody understands these things can’t happen.” CrowdStrike accepting the @PwnieAwards for “most epic fail” at @defcon. Class act. pic.twitter.com/e7IgYosHAE — Dominic White 👾 (@singe) August 10, 2024 × “I think the team was surprised when I said straightaway that I would get it...Because we got this horribly wrong, we’ve said this a number of different times, and it’s super important to own it when you do things well, it’s super important to own it when you do things horribly wrong,” he said. What is CrowdStrike and how did it cripple global internet? The irony is that CrowdStrike is a firm specialising in cyberattack response, threat intelligence and endpoint security. The faulty update it issued on 19 July caused a worldwide outage that hit air travel, banking, broadcasting, and even power plants and transport services. It led to so-called 'blue screen of death' errors across displays using Windows operating system of Microsoft. It took a couple of days for Microsoft to fix the issue. An estimated 8.5 million computer systems running on the Windows operating system crashed or went into freeze mode, with the business cost of the outage thought to be at least $10 billion. (With inputs from agencies)

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<p>Microsoft Windows and Surface has got its news boss: Pavan Davuluri, a graduate of Indian Institute Of Technology - Madras. He has replaced his predecessor Panos Panay, who left the organisation last year to join Amazon. Previously, Microsoft had bifurcated the Windows and Surface departments, with each vertical having its own head. Pavan Davuluri used to head Surface silicone work. Now, as Microsoft veteran Davuluri gets a promotion, he will be heading both verticals.</p>

<h2><strong>Who is Pavan Davuluri?</strong></h2>

<p>Pavan Davuluri has graduated from the prestigious IIT Madras. He has been working with Microsoft for over 23 years now. He completed his post-graduation from the University of Maryland and then joined Microsoft as the Reliability Component Manager.</p>

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<p>He also served as corporate vice president for almost three years. With his new appointment, he joins the ranks of Indian leadership in US tech giants, alongside big names like Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella.</p>

<h2><strong>Internal communication</strong></h2>

<p>Microsoft’s head of experience and devices Rajesh Jha in an internal communication declared Davuluri’s new role. He wrote in the letter that his appointment “will enable us to take a holistic approach to building silicon, systems, experiences, and devices that span Windows client and cloud for this AI era.”</p>

<p>“As part of this change, we are bringing together the Windows Experiences and Windows + Devices teams as a core part of the Experiences + Devices (E+D) division,” Jha wrote.</p>

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<p>“Pavan Davuluri will lead this team and continue to report to me. Shilpa Ranganathan and Jeff Johnson and their teams will report directly to Pavan. The Windows team will continue to work closely with the Microsoft AI team on AI, silicon, and experiences,” he added.</p>

<h2><strong>Microsoft AI</strong></h2>

<p>Davuluri’s new role has been announced at a time when Microsoft has placed special emphasis on its Artificial Intelligence (AI) arm. Last week, the company said it was hiring former DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman as the head of Microsoft AI. The company also revealed that Mikhail Parakhin, CEO of advertising and web services, and his unit which includes people working on the Bing search engine and Edge browser, will be part of Microsoft AI.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


Microsoft Windows and Surface has got its news boss: Pavan Davuluri, a graduate of Indian Institute Of Technology - Madras. He has replaced his predecessor Panos Panay, who left the organisation last year to join Amazon.

Microsoft Windows and Surface has got its news boss: Pavan Davuluri, a graduate of Indian Institute Of Technology - Madras. He has replaced his predecessor Panos Panay, who left the organisation last year to join Amazon. Previously, Microsoft had bifurcated the Windows and Surface departments, with each vertical having its own head. Pavan Davuluri used to head Surface silicone work. Now, as Microsoft veteran Davuluri gets a promotion, he will be heading both verticals. Who is Pavan Davuluri? Pavan Davuluri has graduated from the prestigious IIT Madras. He has been working with Microsoft for over 23 years now. He completed his post-graduation from the University of Maryland and then joined Microsoft as the Reliability Component Manager. Also read: US regulator probes AI investments by tech giants He also served as corporate vice president for almost three years. With his new appointment, he joins the ranks of Indian leadership in US tech giants, alongside big names like Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella. Internal communication Microsoft’s head of experience and devices Rajesh Jha in an internal communication declared Davuluri’s new role. He wrote in the letter that his appointment “will enable us to take a holistic approach to building silicon, systems, experiences, and devices that span Windows client and cloud for this AI era.” “As part of this change, we are bringing together the Windows Experiences and Windows + Devices teams as a core part of the Experiences + Devices (E+D) division,” Jha wrote. Also read: Silicon Valley Showdown: Microsoft nips at Apple`s crown as world`s most valuable company “Pavan Davuluri will lead this team and continue to report to me. Shilpa Ranganathan and Jeff Johnson and their teams will report directly to Pavan. The Windows team will continue to work closely with the Microsoft AI team on AI, silicon, and experiences,” he added. Microsoft AI Davuluri’s new role has been announced at a time when Microsoft has placed special emphasis on its Artificial Intelligence (AI) arm. Last week, the company said it was hiring former DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman as the head of Microsoft AI. The company also revealed that Mikhail Parakhin, CEO of advertising and web services, and his unit which includes people working on the Bing search engine and Edge browser, will be part of Microsoft AI. (With inputs from agencies)

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