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Oracle's executive loss will bring Bloom to Veritas
News Bloom was widely tipped to become Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's successor and his exit saw almost $30bn wiped off the value of the database company. Gary Bloom is to replace incumbent CEO of storage software company Veritas, Mark Leslie. [21 Nov 2000]
Veritas CEO: Profiting from crazy, mixed-up IT
News Speaking to silicon.com at a user event in London this week, Veritas CEO Gary Bloom said: "Homogenous setups are rare. However, Bloom, an executive and Larry Ellison deputy at Oracle until 2000, doesn't like such figures, as they include all sorts... [26 May 2004]
Leader: What Symantec-Veritas deal tells us
Leader A just as interesting point surrounds Veritas CEO Gary Bloom. A one-time general at Oracle (yes, them again), Bloom is a CEO by vocation. This publication has met both Bloom and Symantec boss John Thompson over the past six months. [16 Dec 2004]
President's departure 'will not hurt Oracle'
News They are executive vice presidents Gary Bloom and Safra Catz, and CFO Jeff Henley. Bloom was reported to have been taking over some of Lane's duties over the last few months. Bloom will step in and it will be as though nothing has happened. [04 Jul 2000]
Bloom to take Veritas to fruition
News The company appointed Gary Bloom as CEO and president last week. Bloom, who was previously second-in-command at Oracle, claimed the company was ready to hit the big time. Bloom had been previously tipped to take over Larry Ellison's position at the... [28 Nov 2000]
Veritas shares plunge on Q2 profits warning
News In a statement, Veritas CEO Gary Bloom said the earnings shortfall is due to poor sales to corporations in the US. At the end of the June quarter, our anticipated order flow weakened, contributing to lower-than-expected licence revenues," Bloom said. [07 Jul 2004]
Veritas plans minimal layoffs
News In terms of the new management structure, John Thompson, Symantec's CEO, will assume the role of chairman and chief executive while Bloom will be president and vice chairman. According to Gary Bloom, Veritas chief executive, the combined company... [19 Jan 2005]
File-sharing down after music industry crackdown
News Greg Bloom, senior analyst with Nielsen/Netratings, said: "I would definitely say it's not a coincidence that the numbers fell that far. By comparison, usage of the popular AOL Instant Messenger application dipped 9 per cent over the same period... [15 Jul 2003]
Inside Oracle: A vendor dossier
Comment In the past two years Oracle's executive team has dwindled with the loss of influential COO Ray Lane and senior sales executives Sebastian Gunningham, Jeremy Burton and Gary Bloom. Oracle's CEO is a charismatic wordsmith. [09 Aug 2002]
Veritas considers further acquisitions
News Gary Bloom, Veritas CEO, told today's FT: "We are so far ahead of competitors that a merger of equals cannot occur. However, with an eye on a new market, Bloom added: "We might consider the application software sector, adding an extra layer on top... [22 Mar 2002]
Veritas acquires UK's KVS for email storage
News Veritas CEO Gary Bloom said in a statement: "With growing regulatory requirements, customers need solutions that allow them to quickly discover specific information, whether it's in email or personal documents. [01 Sep 2004]
Salesforce shops for Google AdWords add-on
News Benioff added: "The strategy of AppExhange is to let 1,000 flowers bloom and look for innovation. Salesforce.com CEO and chairman Marc Benioff and Kieden co-founder Kraig Swensrud detailed the purchase at a press and customer event in Boston on... [22 Aug 2006]
US businesses think storage is worthy
News Many US companies are increasingly concerned about the availability of their network and have identified storage worthy of their hard cash, according to Gary Bloom, CEO of storage vendor Veritas. In his keynote speech at the Oracle OpenWorld... [07 Dec 2001]
Veritas beats expectations
News What we saw was an absolutely stellar fourth quarter," CEO Gary Bloom said in an interview. Although the company still expects a dip in sales for the current quarter compared with last quarter, Bloom said his "optimism toward 2003 has improved... [29 Jan 2003]
Veritas reports increased losses
News CEO Gary Bloom said the company had seen customers delay purchasing decisions and cutback on orders. Bloom added that the need for disaster recovery programmes was highlighted by the attacks on 11 September. [17 Oct 2001]
