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- Sun CEO speaks out on corporate blogging
- At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz shares his views on the future of business blogging. The chief executive is credited for pioneering the corporate blog as a tool to reach customers, employees, and others, but he predicts the novelty of his methods will soon...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Corporate Blogging, CEO, Web 2.0, Internet, Personal Technology
- Videos 2008-04-25
- Churchill Club podcast: Information overload
- In this installment of the Churchill Club podcasts, a panel mulls over information overload and what to do about it. Speakers: John Poisson, CEO, Tiny Pictures Ellen Siminoff, Chairman, Efficient Frontier Jonathan Spira, CEO and Chief Analyst, Basex Inc. Tony Wright,...
- Tags: CEO, Podcasts, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- Symantec CEO: The future of cybersecurity
- At RSA 2008 in San Francisco, Symantec CEO John Thompson talks about three security trends he believes will significantly impact the tech industry in the years to come. He predicts that malicious software will outnumber legitimate software; identity management will grow far beyond the enterprise; and digital-rights management will become...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., CEO, Cybersecurity, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Security
- Videos 2008-04-09
- Steve Jobs named #2 person shaping the future of IT
- Ziff Davis editors from eWEEK, CIO Insight and Baseline have issued their list of the Top 100 Most Influential People in IT and Steve Jobs is number two on the list. To come up with this year's list, we looked for people who not only had...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Information Technology, CEO, Strategy, Management, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- ZapThink's Linthicum takes reins as CEO of data services provider StrikeIron
- Service Oriented Architecture SOA consultant and author Dave Linthicum has taken over as CEO at data services provider StrikeIron, just six months after Linthicum sold his consulting firm to and became a managing partner of SOA analysis firm ZapThink. On April 2, Linthicum was identified as CEO...
- Tags: Data Service, StrikeIron, ZapThink LLC, CEO, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Channel Management, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
- Leo Apotheker appointed joint CEO at SAP
- According to sources, Leo Apotheker is set to join Henning Kagermann as joint CEO of SAP. Previously, Apotheker held the post of deputy CEO. The move signals that rather than extend his contract of service with the company which runs out in May 2009, Henning Kagermann has...
- Tags: SAP AG, CEO, Leo Apotheker, Sales Strategy, Corporate Governance, Sales Force Management, Team Management, Sales, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
- News to know: Ubuntu; Microsoft's Albany; Google; Safari flap
- Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look: Hardy Heron Beta. Gallery: Installation. Screen shots: OS tour Mary Jo Foley: ‘Albany': New Microsoft ‘home office' in the works? Michael Krigsman: Is IT becoming extinct? Garett Rogers: New Google Mobile feature...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., CEO, MSM, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Wireless LANs, Operating Systems, Wireless, Open Source, Software, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- Mozilla CEO blasts Apple for distributing Safari 3.1 for Window on its update site
- Mozilla's CEO blasted Apple for distributing its Safari browser via the Apple Software Update service on Windows that is used by millions of iTunes users. In a blog posted today, John Lilly, the chief executive of Mozilla, claimed the distribution practice is unethical because it allegedly tricks...
- Tags: Apple Safari, Window, Blog, Apple Inc., Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Apple iTunes, CEO, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Blogging, Tools & Techniques, Digital Music, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Software, Internet, Management, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- McCain: Are Tech Empresses the Ticket?
- Retiring eBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman now joins ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina on John McCain's campaign and fund-raising trail. Hmm. Former and Soon-to-be former Empresses of Multi-Billion dollar dot-coms and powerful computer industry giants -- are we seeing a pattern here? Is it possible that we could we be seeing...
- Tags: Meg Whitman, Industry, John McCain, CEO, Gender And Diversity, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Human Resources, Investment, Finance, Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-03-16
- Green v. Long Green as CEOs Wander in Policy Wilderness
- There's a building conflict within corporations' shareholders: go green or go for the green money. Environmental reponsibility or shareholder value. Save the planet, or get the money. Sadly the digit-heads who measure things don't put any value on clean air or survival of mankind. But then they...
- Tags: Shareholder, CEO, Financial Accounting, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- 16.2% of top CEOs left their jobs in 2007
- The turnover rate of CEOs at the world’s wealthiest companies jumped 10% in 2007, according to Weber Shandwick. In 2007, 81 CEOs at the world’s top 500 companies ranked by income left their jobs, including 27 at North American-based businesses alone. At 16.2%, the rate of CEO outplacement is approaching...
- Tags: Job, CEO, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, AM
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Google's Schmidt talks (about nothing you care about)
- Update: Elinor Mills and Dan Farber have more on this would be Eric Schmidt interview. Also see Techmeme. Here's my rant from before: Life is just so tightly scripted for the technology bigwigs. Google CEO Eric Schmidt sat down with News.com and wouldn't stray far from the...
- Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Health Care, CEO, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- Skype appoints new CEO: "I want to learn." Well, duh
- Former Evite co-founder (well, I guess he will always be a co-founder), and eBay marketing exec and current Shopping.com CEO Josh Silverman has just been named the new CEO of Skype. As Jim Courtney of Skype Journal notes, Josh is already blogging. In...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., CEO, Social Networking, Blogging, Corporate Governance, Biotechnology, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Achieving energy independence
- At a Churchill Club event in Menlo Park, Calif., Ira Ehrenpreis of Technology Partners moderates a discussion about the political and technical obstacles facing companies developing solutions around energy independence. The panelists are Mike Biddle, CEO at MBA Polymers; Jennifer Fonstad, managing director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson; Dirk Michels, partner...
- Tags: CEO, Business Structures, Finance, Green
- Videos 2008-01-31
- Debating the value of green subsidies
- At a Churchill Club event in Menlo Park, Calif., Ira Ehrenpreis of Technology Partners moderates a discussion on the role of government in subsidizing green-technology ventures. The panelists are Mike Biddle, CEO at MBA Polymers; Jennifer Fonstad, managing director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson; Dirk Michels, partner at K&L Gates; and...
- Tags: CEO, Government, Business Structures, Vertical Industries, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Green
- Videos 2008-01-31
- Big business backing green
- At a Churchill Club event in Menlo Park, Calif., Ira Ehrenpreis of Technology Partners moderates a discussion on how large companies like Peabody Energy and General Electric are seeking clean-tech companies to help green their business. The panelists are: Mike Biddle, CEO at MBA Polymers; Jennifer Fonstad, managing director...
- Tags: CEO, Business Structures, Finance, Green
- Videos 2008-01-31
- Green tech: What's changed?
- At a Churchill Club event in Menlo Park, Calif., Ira Ehrenpreis of Technology Partners moderates a discussion with executives about new developments in energy efficient materials over the last 15 years. The panelists are Mike Biddle, CEO at MBA Polymers; Jennifer Fonstad, managing director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson; Dirk Michels,...
- Tags: Green Technology, CEO, Business Structures, Finance, Green
- Videos 2008-01-30
- Is there a green tech bubble?
- At a Churchill Club event in Menlo Park, Calif., Ira Ehrenpreis of Technology Partners moderates a discussion with executives on whether a green-technology bubble exists in the clean-tech investment community. The panelists are Mike Biddle, CEO at MBA Polymers; Jennifer Fonstad, managing director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson; Dirk Michels, partner...
- Tags: Green Technology, CEO, Business Structures, Finance, Green
- Videos 2008-01-30
- Ning, king of custom social networks?
- On Working Webware, ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber and Webware.com's editor Rafe Needleman sit down with Ning CEO Gina Bianchini to find out about the company's social-network platform strategy and how the CEO plans to compete against other social-network enablers. Farber and Needleman then analyze the company's viability in...
- Tags: Network, Social Networking, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, CEO, Personal Technology
- Videos 2008-01-28
- Comcast CEO makes cable pitch
- Comcast cable subscribers will have several new products available by year's end. Among those announced in CEO Brian Roberts' Tuesday morning CES keynote speech in Las Vegas were 'AnyPlay,' which is being touted as the first portable DVR player. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi reports on the highlights of...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., News.com, CEO, DVR, Digital Video, Cable, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Networking
- Videos 2008-01-09
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