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  • Dell names former Cisco exec to lead networking

    Dell has hired Cisco Systems veteran Dario Zamarian to lead its networking business, naming him as its first vice president dedicated to that division.

    Written by Stephen Lawson24 Sept. 10 04:36
  • Oracle's new support czar has big challenges

    Oracle has tapped longtime executive Charles Rozwat to head up oversight of its support organization, a job that now takes on added complexity due to the hardware products gained by the company's purchase of Sun Microsystems.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus24 Sept. 10 05:57
  • Polycom's CTO says openness is key

    Joseph Burton, Polycom's new chief strategy and technology officer, comes to the company from one of the key jobs in the enterprise voice and video business, having been vice president and chief technology officer for unified communications at Cisco Systems. Though Polycom is smaller than Cisco, with revenue just under US$1 billion last year, it has a long history in enterprises as a maker of desk phones, conference phones and videoconferencing systems, as well as the infrastructure behind them.

    Written by Stephen Lawson23 Sept. 10 05:43
  • HP's botched OpenWorld keynotes: What went wrong

    Twitter can be as socially brutal as a middle school playground: Half-baked opinions are delivered by some people with questionable authority; reputations may be altered forever with a single sentence; and gossip serves as a valuable form of currency.

    Written by Thomas Wailgum22 Sept. 10 03:35
  • Polycom lures CTO from Cisco in exec shakeup

    Five months after taking control of unified communications equipment maker Polycom Inc., CEO and president Andy Miller has overhauled the company's executive.

    Written by Howard Solomon21 Sept. 10 08:39
  • Hurd unveils Oracle's latest mega-machine

    Oracle co-President Mark Hurd ripped the curtain off Exadata Database Machine X2-8, the newest incarnation of the company's high-performance data processing systems, during a keynote address at the OpenWorld conference on Monday.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus21 Sept. 10 04:09
  • Hurd unveils Oracle's latest mega-machine

    Oracle co-President Mark Hurd ripped the curtain off Exadata Database Machine X2-8, the newest incarnation of the company's high-performance data processing systems, during a keynote address at the OpenWorld conference on Monday.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus21 Sept. 10 06:20
  • New Verizon COO oversaw three years of surging wireless growth

    Newly promoted Verizon COO Lowell McAdam had a short but productive tenure as head of Verizon's wireless business, which has added 25.5 million subscribers since 2007. Looking forward, Verizon is grooming McAdam to eventually take over as CEO when current Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg retires from the company.

    Written by Brad Reed21 Sept. 10 06:26
  • Oracle, HP settle Hurd litigation, affirm partnership

    Hewlett-Packard and Oracle have settled the lawsuit HP filed against its former CEO and current Oracle co-President Mark Hurd as well as "reaffirmed their long-term strategic partnership," the companies said Monday.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus21 Sept. 10 07:54
  • Report: DOJ nears deal with tech firms on staff poaching

    The U.S. Department of Justice is nearing a settlement with technology vendors including Apple, Google and others over an investigation of their hiring practices, according to a report.

    Written by Peter Sayer17 Sept. 10 22:13
  • Benioff tops tech CEO 'approval ratings'

    Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff currently has a 90 per cent approval rating from his employees, beating out rival and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison as well as SAP co-CEOs Jim Hagemann Snabe and Bill McDermott, according to figures from careers website Glassdoor.com

    Written by Chris Kanaracus18 Sept. 10 05:43
  • Elop departure leaves an executive vacancy at Microsoft

    The departure of Stephen Elop to Nokia leaves Microsoft with a vacancy at the top of one of its largest and most important divisions, but the company doesn't show any signs of rushing to fill the position.

    Written by Martyn Williams10 Sept. 10 18:47
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