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HP seals $13.9bn deal for EDS
News Mark Hurd, HP's chairman and CEO, said in a statement: "The combination of HP and EDS will create a leading force in global IT services. HP plans that EDS will continue to be led after the deal closes by EDS chairman, president and CEO Ronald... [13 May 2008]
BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to step down
News Mark Hurd 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. Verwaayen, who will also step down from the BT... [08 Apr 2008]
Google, Yahoo! and MySpace announce OpenSocial Foundation
News Mark Hurd 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 year to promote a universal standard for developer... [26 Mar 2008]
Profile: Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys
News Mark Hurd HP 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 of the Indian National Association of Software and Service... [03 Mar 2008]
Steve Ballmer's $44.6bn letter to Yahoo!
News Mark Hurd HP 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 better position the two companies in the online world... [01 Feb 2008]
CIO Essentials: Xmas gadgets, mobile ban and green IT
News Mark Hurd 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 Mark Beattie, head of IT for waste management... [11 Dec 2007]
Oracle users demand better support
News Mark Hurd HP 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 explained that many of the concerns expressed by Oracle UK... [10 Dec 2007]
Granger to depart NHS IT at end of year
News Mark Hurd 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 role in charge of the National Programme for... [05 Dec 2007]
Steve Jobs top of the Power pops
News Mark Hurd HP Jobs took the top spot in Fortune magazine's Power 25 for 2007, for having "twice altered the direction of the computer industry". Apple's launch of the Apple II in 1977 "kicked off the PC era", wrote Fortune, which also praised the... [29 Nov 2007]
CIO Essentials: Vista, Kindle and data breaches
News Mark Hurd 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 Graham Yellowley, director of technology services... [27 Nov 2007]
European software industry gets big thumbs up
News Mark Hurd HP At an awards ceremony in Brussels, Intellect announced the top European IT companies for 2007 - the 'Truffle 100'. Agenda Setters 2007 - Top 20 Find out who made it into silicon.com's Agenda Setters top 20 by clicking on the links below… [22 Nov 2007]
Cost still main reason for outsourcing
News Mark Hurd 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 by promises of cost savings are letting... [21 Nov 2007]
Gartner: CIOs - develop business analytics or IT loses out
News Mark Hurd HP Pressure on IT budgets should be relieved by 2010, said Gartner analyst Marcus Blosch, but only among those IT shops that effectively align themselves with business goals. Each year, the analyst group surveys 1,400 CIOs from around the... [21 Nov 2007]
Diamond trader spends $16.5m on IT outsource
News Mark Hurd 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 of the De Beers family of companies - will hand... [20 Nov 2007]
CIO Essentials: MS licensing, Tesco CIO and online shopping
News Mark Hurd 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 Colin Cobain, group IT director for Tesco, who is... [20 Nov 2007]
