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RSS chief executiveCisco adds to collaboration arsenal with $3bn Tandberg buy
News Under the deal, which is still subject to regulatory approval, a new TelePresence Technology Group will be created, headed up by Tandberg's current chief executive. Networking giant Cisco has agreed to... [01 Oct 2009]
Former MySQL boss joins Benchmark Capital
News Marten Mickos, the one-time chief executive of MySQL who left about a year after Sun Microsystems acquired the open source database company, has joined Benchmark Capital as an entrepreneur in residence. [01 Oct 2009]
U-turn for HP: Printers and PCs to pair up again?
News However, just five months after Hurd took over the HP helm after Fiorina's ouster by the board in 2005, he split them up again and appointed Bradley, former chief executive of PalmOne, as new leader of... [01 Oct 2009]
Chris Hyman
AS Profile Hyman was appointed as chief executive of Serco Group in 2002, after spending eight years with the company in a variety of roles, including finance director for Serco Europe. There is little sign of the... [29 Sep 2009]
The PC is past it: Computing power is everywhere, says Intel
News At the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, chief executive Paul Otellini left attendees with a simple message: we'll keep innovating on the technology front, and you keep building the next big... [24 Sep 2009]
Are dinosaur managers and poor teaching holding back Digital Britain?
News David Smith, chief executive of thinktank Global Future and Foresight, claimed the UK is "not good" at educating businesses on new and emerging technologies so companies can prepare themselves for what's... [23 Sep 2009]
Intel: How chip maker is tackling the changing datacentre
News The datacentre is undergoing a major transformation these days, the Intel executive vice president said in a keynote speech on Tuesday afternoon. At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, chip business... [23 Sep 2009]
Dell buys Perot Systems in $3.9bn deal
News Once the acquisition is complete, Perot will become Dell's services unit and be led from Plano by Peter Altabef, the current Perot Systems chief executive officer. Dell says it has agreed to buy the IT... [22 Sep 2009]
Palm drops Windows Mobile operating system
News Chief executive Jon Rubinstein said on the company's conference call yesterday that Palm plans to focus exclusively on its WebOS software. Then Palm chief executive Ed... [18 Sep 2009]
Hackers target fake ads to steal IDs
News Michael Caruso, founder and chief executive of Clickfacts, an ad-scanning company, said: "This isn't uncommon. Instead of hacking into major online sites to embed malware, malicious hackers are going in... [16 Sep 2009]
Oracle-Sun steaming ahead with joint plans despite EU probe
News Larry Ellison, the software giant's chief executive, is joining Sun's server chief, John Fowler, to show off some new Sun hardware running Oracle's software on Tuesday. Oracle isn't... [15 Sep 2009]
Intel chip expert heads to EMC
News At EMC, Gelsinger will be president and COO of the Information Infrastructure Products group, reporting to chief executive Joe Tucci and overseeing the company's businesses in storage, security, content... [15 Sep 2009]
How the fastest-growing companies see their CIOs differently
News CIOs are increasingly recognised as full-fledged members of the senior executive team. That influence can be seen in how likely an IT chief is to be enlisted in developing strategy: 74 per cent of... [10 Sep 2009]
Salesforce.com tech to turn customers' Twittering into useful feedback
News Chief executive Marc Benioff used the announcement to tout his company's cloud-computing philosophy: "With two-thirds of customer service interactions moving to the cloud and the popularity of social... [10 Sep 2009]
Pro-Linux group snaps up Microsoft patents
News OIN's purchase ensures that these important patents will not be used by patent trolls or others seeking to disrupt Linux and the many companies and individuals advancing this important technology," AST chief... [09 Sep 2009]
