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RSS gerstnerThe Bloor Perspective: IBM's big blues, Citrix's ASP success, and boo.com's deepening crisis
Comment This week, in a presentation to financial analysts, IBM CEO Lou Gerstner admitted the next quarter will be similarly affected. To some extent it's frightening that Lou Gerstner felt the need to explain this away when other businesses would fall... [15 May 2000]
IBM's Palmisano addresses the masses
News Outgoing boss Lou Gerstner chaired the meeting, leaving Palmisano to sit among the other executives instead of leading from the podium. Analysts claim it left many shareholders wondering if there would actually be any future changes to IBM's... [01 May 2002]
Why IBM won't regret exiting PCs
Comment Even before he took over as chief executive from Lou Gerstner in 2002, Palmisano was at the centre of strategy shifts that pushed IBM into realms far removed from the PC business. So it was that Palmisano was a key Gerstner lieutenant when IBM took... [13 Dec 2004]
Model Management: Old timers have their day
Comment Times like these play to our strengths as a diversified, services-led company," IBM chairman and chief executive Lou Gerstner commented. IBM's Lou Gerstner features in silicon.com's Agenda Setters 2001. [15 May 2001]
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]
IBM may look to Sweden for new CEO
News Percy Barnevik, Lindahl's predecessor at ABB, was a strong candidate to spearhead IBM when the position last changed, but Lou Gerstner won the race. Lindahl announced his resignation today following disappointing third quarter figures for ABB. [25 Oct 2000]
The Cloud is a Scary Place -- a Strategy for Small- and Medium-sized Companies to Deploy Web-based Applications
White Paper As IBM’s Lou Gerstner put it, "More than any other single factor, the potential of e-commerce hinges on people's confidence that the network can keep confidential transactions confidential, and private records private. [24 Feb 2004]
IBM unveils new CEO
News Palmisano will take over from Louis Gerstner as of 1 March. Gerstner will remain as Big Blue's chairman until the end of the year. IBM has named Samuel Palmisano as its new CEO. Palmisano has been president and chief operating officer at IBM since... [29 Jan 2002]
Big blue heads into the black
News Lou Gerstner, chairman and CEO of IBM, claimed the results validate the strategic realignment of the company, which began three years ago. Gerstner added that IBM's global reach and broad span of market sectors should help the company to weather... [18 Jan 2001]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.08.05
Round-Up Microsoft boss Bill Gates came in at 26th place and IBM boss Lou Gerstner came 44th. IBM's Gerstner came fifth. "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. You've got to hand it to Winston Churchill - he was the king of sound bites, and... [19 Aug 2005]
PeopleSoft farce: Larry - what were you thinking?
Comment But then-CEO Lou Gerstner essentially bribed Lotus' board by paying a ridiculous premium for a company whose stock was taking a nosedive. Gerstner, ever the pragmatic diplomat, also went out of his way to romance Ray Ozzie, the creator of Notes... [19 Jul 2004]
IBM global networks rumoured to be on the market
News The computer giant - which under the leadership of Lou Gerstner is already said to be looking to divest its printer business - could net around $4bn from such a sale. The Wall Street Journal has reported that IBM has put its global networks... [02 Sep 1998]
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. Its share price fell to $95.5 on the Instinet electronic brokers system against a closing price of $100 yesterday. [09 Nov 2000]
IBM privacy officer to tackle data misuse
News In a statement, IBM CEO Louis Gerstner said many companies had not realised that privacy was a policy issue, not a technology issue, and that IBM's appointment was addressing that change. IBM has named the appointee as Harriett Pearson, who will... [29 Nov 2000]
5 years ago… IT users need a profile boost
News Although chiefs such as Microsoft's Bill Gates, IBM's Lou Gerstner, and Sun's Scott McNealy, have been recent guests at ten Downing Street, Higgins pointed out that the UK Prime Minister turns to the IT heads of companies such as Unilever and the... [08 Dec 2004]
