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The Weekly Round-Up: 19.08.05
Round-Up IBM's Gerstner came fifth. Microsoft boss Bill Gates came in at 26th place and IBM boss Lou Gerstner came 44th. A woman takes a photo of a dragonfly feeding on the small insects which doubtless live on a pretty riverbank flower. [19 Aug 2005]
The Bloor Perspective: Predictions for 2003
Comment IBM will not notice the departure of Lou Gerstner. However, Sam Palmisano was, in my opinion, formed by genetic grafting from Lou Gerstner stem cells and thus IBM is unlikely to notice much change under his leadership - which is a good thing for... [13 Jan 2003]
Palmisano takes the IBM hot seat
News Sam Palmisano formally takes over the helm at IBM today as his predecessor Lou Gerstner steps down after nine years in the hot seat. But instead of the sad, lacklustre business that greeted Gerstner, Palmisano takes over an IBM in rude health. [01 Mar 2002]
Gerstner and Palmisano - IBM past and present head-to-head
Comment After nine years in the IBM hot seat Lou Gerstner today hands over to Sam Palmisano. Instead of the lumbering, lacklustre business that greeted Gerstner, Palmisano inherits an IBM on top of its game. Gerstner was cast as IBM's knight in shining... [01 Mar 2002]
IBM share price suffers for slow sales growth
News The fall was triggered by chairman and CEO Louis Gerstner's Wednesday announcement that sales growth was likely to be in single figures. IBM's still making a profit, which is pretty unusual in the IT business right now," he said. [09 Nov 2000]
Will Linux eclipse Sun?
Comment In Carly Fiorina and Lou Gerstner, HP and IBM have pragmatic businesspeople willing to sell customers what they want. Much as Zander might hate it, Linux actually runs pretty well on his very own Sparc processors, and IBM seems to be getting pretty... [23 Aug 2000]
Penguin in a blue suit: Linux on the corporate mainframe
Comment It all began when the Microsoft-IBM love-hate relationship forgot the love side of the equation, prompting Lou Gerstner to take a look around for just about any way possible to hurt Mr Gates. The biggest IT users in the world - banks, oil companies... [17 May 2000]
