The Cloud's CEO quit to save planet
News George Polk resigned as chief executive of The Cloud earlier this year amid rumblings of discontent at the Wi-Fi network provider. In a message sent personally to ZDNet UK's news editor, Richard Thurston, on Friday, Polk explained his motivation.
[May 1, 2007, 13:34]
UK cities promised blanket Wi-Fi
News More cities are expected to be announced later in the year and George Polk, chief executive of The Cloud, said the aim is to provide wireless coverage across all the UK's cities and major centres of population.
[January 3, 2006, 15:15]
Chief executive of The Cloud resigns
News George Polk was one of two men who set up the company in 2003, growing The Cloud from a tiny start-up into the largest Wi-Fi network operator in the UK. But among rumblings of discontent, Polk has resigned from his chief executive's role.
[April 23, 2007, 9:46]
Thousands more Wi-Fi hot spots for UK
News By extending our network into a wide variety of high traffic locations, this deal greatly increases the value of our neutral network to service providers and potential users," said George Polk, managing director of The Cloud.
[September 8, 2003, 17:30]
VC funding rains down on The Cloud
News George Polk, The Cloud's founder and chief executive, said the company continues to expand apace, building around 100 hot spot sites per week. Polk admitted it is unlikely any of these businesses are making a profit from Wi-Fi now, though he said...
[July 12, 2004, 16:10]
Free Wi-Fi access for Nintendo users
News George Polk, chief executive of The Cloud, said showing how easy and accessible Wi-Fi can be could trigger business service providers to follow suit. But Polk claims that usability, not cost, is the major hurdle.
[November 4, 2005, 10:50]
Dial 'O' for Oracle
News This is the first communication we had from a PeopleSoft representative," said Michael Carroll, a partner at Davis, Polk & Wardwell who is representing Oracle. Lewkow phoned William Kelly, Carroll's colleague in Davis, Polk's Menlo Park office.
[December 14, 2004, 7:25]
