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  • Open Compute Project chief Frankovsky quits Facebook

    Open Compute Project Foundation leader Frank Frankovsky, who founded the project with colleagues at Facebook to help foster scalable data centers in large enterprises, has left the social-networking company for an optical storage startup.

    Written by Stephen Lawson25 March 14 19:13
  • JavaScript creator takes Mozilla helm

    JavaScript creator and Brendan Eich has taken over the CEO spot at the Mozilla Corporation, continuing the company's charge into mobile platforms.

    Written by Joab Jackson24 March 14 20:15
  • Symantec fires CEO, appoints interim replacement

    Symantec fired its second CEO in less than two years on Thursday, dismissing Steve Bennett and putting a board member in charge while the security vendor searches for a permanent replacement

    Written by Stephen Lawson20 March 14 22:20
  • IDG Founder and Chairman Patrick J. McGovern dies at 76

    International Data Group (IDG) announced Thursday with great sadness that its Founder and Chairman, Patrick J. McGovern, died March 19, 2014, at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, California.

    Written by IDG staff20 March 14 12:30
  • Ex-Autonomy chief Lynch slams HP, CEO Whitman ahead of shareholder meeting

    Hewlett-Packard's November 2012 decision to write off billions of dollars in connection with the acquisition of infrastructure software vendor Autonomy continues to dog the company as it prepares to face shareholders at an annual meeting Wednesday.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus19 March 14 14:11
  • Former US Secretary of State Powell joins Salesforce.com board

    Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired Army general Colin Powell has joined the board of Salesforce.com, in a move that gives the cloud software vendor a seasoned Washington insider on its team as it looks to generate more business from government agencies.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus14 March 14 13:11
  • NoSQL vendor Basho restaffs executive team

    NoSQL database vendor Basho has restaffed its executive ranks, following a recent exodus of its CEO, chief technology officer and chief architect.

    Written by Joab Jackson13 March 14 20:52
  • Strike at IBM's China factory falters as hundreds quit jobs

    Hundreds of striking workers at an IBM server factory in China have decided to leave their jobs, disappointed with the U.S. company and the wages they will get once Lenovo takes over the factory.

    Written by Michael Kan11 March 14 10:48
  • Qualcomm names licensing chief as new president

    Qualcomm has named the former head of its technology licensing group as its new president, a move that could serve it well in the wireless industry's current litigious environment.

    Written by Agam Shah10 March 14 22:05
  • IBM workers in China strike to protest transfer to Lenovo

    Not all are fans of Lenovo's recent plan to buy IBM's x86 server business. Since Monday, close to 1,000 workers at an IBM factory in China have been protesting the proposed acquisition, fearing they may lose their jobs if the deal goes through.

    Written by Michael Kan06 March 14 11:51
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