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William Fitzsimmons

Palo Alto Names New CEO and Releases 3Q Revenue Ahead of Earnings

On June 1, after the market close, Palo Alto Networks named former SoftBank Group President and Chief Operating Officer Nikesh Arora as its next chairman and chief executive. Arora was a longtime executive at Google, where he served as chief business officer. This news was a surprise to us, as Mark McLaughlin, who had been the CEO since 2011 and was chief when the company went public, gave no prior indication that he wished to step down in the foreseeable future. McLaughlin helped the company ex...
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Palo Alto Networks Inc.

Palo Alto Networks provides a platform that allows enterprises, service providers, and government entities to secure their organizations. The company's platform uses a traffic classification engine that identifies network traffic by application, user, and content and provides security across the network, endpoint, and cloud. The company's product, subscription, and support offerings include: firewall appliances and software; and Panorama, which is a centralized security management solution for global control of various firewall appliances and software deployed on an end-customer's network as well as in their instances in public or private cloud environments as a virtual appliance or a physical appliance.

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Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

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William Fitzsimmons

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