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Yahoo!'s board gets shareholder backing
News Emily Bell Guardian Unlimited Yahoo! s board of directors won strong backing from shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday, with Jerry Yang, the company's embattled CEO, receiving 85 per cent of the... [04 Aug 2008]
Infosys launches radical retail tech services
News Emily Bell Guardian Unlimited Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan is an unassuming man, who doesn't use his position to be imposing. It's less important for him to be the company's controller than to look... [01 Aug 2008]
BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to step down
News Emily Bell BT's CEO Ben Verwaayen is to step down as CEO on 31 May 2008 after more than six years at the telco where he championed its push into broadband and helped it dodge regulator Ofcom's axe.... [08 Apr 2008]
Google, Yahoo! and MySpace announce OpenSocial Foundation
News Emily Bell Google, Yahoo! and News Corp's MySpace.com have announced they have formed the OpenSocial Foundation, a not-for-profit group to support the OpenSocial initiative that Google kick-started last... [26 Mar 2008]
Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys
News Emily Bell Guardian Unlimited Nandan Nilekani is pretty much a legend in his own lifetime. Co-founder of Indian outsourcing giant Infosys, foundation board member of the World Economic Forum, co-founder... [03 Mar 2008]
Steve Ballmer's $44.6bn letter to Yahoo!
News Emily Bell Guardian Unlimited Microsoft today made a $44.6bn offer for web giant Yahoo! valuing the company 62 per cent higher than its latest stock value. According to Microsoft, the bid is intended to... [01 Feb 2008]
CIO Essentials: Xmas gadgets, mobile ban and green IT
News Emily Bell Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past seven days and... [11 Dec 2007]
Oracle users demand better support
News Emily Bell Guardian Unlimited Ronan Miles, chairman of the UK Oracle User Group, told silicon.com: "Areas of issue are in the support sphere. What we want to do with Oracle is identify the issues. He... [10 Dec 2007]
Granger to depart NHS IT at end of year
News Emily Bell The head of the £12.4bn NHS IT programme will step down from his role in charge of the project at the end of this year. NHS IT director-general Richard Granger announced his plan to leave his... [05 Dec 2007]
Steve Jobs top of the Power pops
News Emily Bell Guardian Unlimited Apple co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs has topped a list of the 25 most powerful business people in the world. Jobs took the top spot in Fortune magazine's Power 25... [29 Nov 2007]
CIO Essentials: Vista, Kindle and data breaches
News Emily Bell Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past seven days and explains why they matter. This week we hear from... [27 Nov 2007]
European software industry gets big thumbs up
News Emily Bell Guardian Unlimited The European software industry is booming at the moment, according to IT trade association Intellect. At an awards ceremony in Brussels, Intellect announced the top European... [22 Nov 2007]
Cost still main reason for outsourcing
News Emily Bell Cutting costs remains the primary reason for most organisations going down the outsourcing route, despite unsustainable or unrealistic targets for savings. But companies lured into outsourcing... [21 Nov 2007]
Gartner: CIOs - develop business analytics or IT loses out
News Emily Bell Guardian Unlimited CIOs that want to protect their IT budget from being slashed need to develop business analytic capabilities, according to new research from IT analyst group Gartner.... [21 Nov 2007]
Diamond trader spends $16.5m on IT outsource
News Emily Bell The Diamond Trading Company (DTC) has signed a seven-year IT outsourcing services contract with Unisys worth around $16.5m. Under the contract, DTC - the London-based sales and marketing arm... [20 Nov 2007]
