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RSS ceo in newsCEO Duffield leaves PeopleSoft
News Duffield, who founded PeopleSoft in 1987, was appointed CEO in October after Craig Conway was fired as president and chief executive officer. He also said that he didn't see his new stint as CEO as an interim role. [29 Dec 2004]
CEO turnover at telcos the highest globally
News And despite high-profile bankruptcies and scandals, the US actually trails Europe and Asia in increases in CEO turnover. He added: "The CEO mystique has all but evaporated. The timescale which a CEO has to prove him or herself appears to be getting... [13 May 2003]
CEO sent packing with $1m
News Personal storage specialist Iomega has offered its recently banished CEO over $1m in severance pay and have legally bound him not to make disparaging remarks about the company. CEO Bruce Albertson left the firm - which makes the successful Jaz and... [21 Aug 2001]
AMD: 'CEO Ruiz won't step down'
News AMD Chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz's role at the company has not changed, AMD said, contrary to rumours that Ruiz plans to step down as CEO. Some interpreted the memo as a harbinger of Ruiz's departure, and rumours that ranged from Ruiz leaving the... [10 Apr 2006]
Yahoo! CEO joins the $1-salary club
News The $1 salary follows moves by other tech executives, including Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Yahoo! chief executive Terry Semel, the highest compensated executive in the San Francisco Bay Area last year at more than $56.8m, will receive an annual salary... [05 Jun 2006]
Virus fears holding back IP adoption, says Avaya CEO
News Avaya's CEO, Don Peterson, said today that worries over viruses and network downtime are stopping CIOs going for IP networks - and that's why the company uses Linux. According to Peterson, call centres in particular have fielded security as a... [04 May 2005]
IT shut-out for CEO jobs
News Not a single CEO in the UK FTSE 100 index of leading blue chip companies has made it from an IT background, according to a new study. She said the background of today's business leaders is overwhelmingly accountancy and finance and that it is... [17 Jul 2003]
5 years ago… CA CEO calls for IT execs to storm the board
News 22.07.1999:The chairman and CEO of Computer Associates, Charles Wang, has stressed the need for all companies to have IT representation at board level. He believes that IT should be made a strategic part of business and that the CIO should be... [22 Jul 2004]
Ex-software CEO guilty of stealing trade secrets
News John O'Neil, former CEO of Business Engine Software, pleaded guilty in a San Francisco federal court last week to conspiracy to download and steal the trade secrets of software competitor Niku over a 10-month period. [12 Dec 2005]
Sun CEO blasts buyout rumour
News Sun Microsystems CEO, Scott McNealy, is disparaging a report that suggests an investment firm is planning a leveraged buyout of the server and software company. McNealy called the report a "totally unsubstantiated rumour" and part of a scheme to... [03 May 2005]
Siebel replaces CEO Lawrie after less than a year
News Siebel Systems, which has been under fire from shareholders, today replaced CEO Michael Lawrie, who had led the company for less than a year. Siebel and Lawrie, who had been the company's CEO since May 2004, "agreed mutually that he would resign... [13 Apr 2005]
BT CEO: Offshoring is "better and cheaper"
News Outsourcing is a reality of modern times and the world should get used to the idea, BT CEO Ben Verwaayen said in a lecture at the Judge Institute of Management last night. BT's CEO also advised against trying to turn the tide of offshoring: "We... [02 Jun 2005]
Is your CEO worth a €1bn bonus?
News One of the biggest battles in legal history is raging in Germany - over the rights and wrongs of giving out a €1bn bonus to a CEO. The CEO in question, one Klaus Esser, ex-boss of the Mannesmann telecoms group, was awarded a €15m payout for his... [23 Jan 2004]
PeopleSoft CEO on Oracle: 'Atrociously bad behaviour from a company with a history of atrociously bad behaviour.'
News The acquisition of PeopleSoft will immediately make Oracle an even more profitable and competitive company," Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said in a press release. However, in a statement, PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway has now said the offer amounts to... [09 Jun 2003]
Qwest CEO stands down
News Joseph Nacchio, CEO of Qwest Communications, has left his job following a disastrous year in which total losses at the company hit $26.4bn and its share price crashed by 71 per cent. Richard Notebaert, former CEO of Tellabs, has taken Nacchio's... [17 Jun 2002]
