Google hires ‘Father of Internet'
Fri, Sep9, 2005
San Francisco : Google Inc. said on Thursday that it has hired Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf to become its "chief Internet evangelist," the latest high-powered engineer to sign up at the Web search leader. Vinten cerf is known to us for his work in developing the TCP/IP protocols that send information packets whizzing over data lines.
He was hired away from telecoms company MCI Inc. and tasked with helping to develop new Internet applications for Google. Google said Cerf would help develop new network systems and standards for the next generation of Internet applications.
Source: Reuters
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