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Former Google CIO Merrill out at EMI

Not quite a year ago, Douglas Merrill left his position as Google's Chief Information Officer and went on to try something crazy challenging - and maybe even just plain crazy. He accepted an executive's position at record label EMI and was handed the task of figuring out this whole digital...

Tags: Google Inc., Lawsuit, EMI Group Plc., Douglas Merrill, Digital Media, Digital Music, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-23

A view into Google's inner workings

Douglas Merrill, senior director, information technology at Google, entertained a sleepy Vortex 2005 crowd, offering a view into his company’s inner workings. According to Merrill, who joined the company in 2004 and was previously at Charles Schwab, Price Waterhouse and the RAND Corporation, for Google information is “enlightenment” not power...

Tags: Douglas Merrill

Blog posts 2005-10-25

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Google names new CIO

Google has named Benjamin Fried chief information officer. Fried, had been a managing director at Morgan Stanley's Application Infrastructure group. News.com's Stephen Shankland reports that Fried will take over in May. Fried replaces Douglas Merrill, who left earlier this month to go to EMI. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, Benjamin Fried, Portals, Change Management, Web Technology, Channel Management, Productivity, Groupware, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Management, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-24

EIC podcast: SAP, Intel, Dell, XP and Google

In this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk SAP, Intel's Mobile Internet Devices, Dell and Google's employee exodus. Dan and I mull over the SAP's succession plan. SAP named Leo Apotheker co-CEO with Henning Kagermann, who has a contract that runs out in 2009. Apotheker will be...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Google Inc., Intel Corp., Internet, Larry Dignan, Merrill, Microsoft Windows XP, Podcasts, SAP AG

Blog posts 2008-04-03

Google CIO to jump to EMI; And what does he know about music?

Google CIO Douglas Merrill will reportedly jump ship to EMI to become president of the music label. His mission: Figure out this digital music thing. Merrill's move--reported by John Furrier and confirmed at numerous other news outlets--is a curious move. For EMI, Merrill brings technical know-how and...

Tags: Google Inc., CIO, EMI Group Plc., Music, Strategy, IPO, Digital Media, Leadership, Digital Music, Management, Financial Services, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-01

CIO Agenda: Driving the Enterprise 2.0 - Transcript

Dave Margulius: When you think about your customers both internal and external, how fast are their demands changing? You know, if I'd asked you it last year, "What do they want?" Is it significantly different from now and what's the impact on IT? And then kind of corollary to...

Tags: Laughter, Government, Product, Business, Health Care, Enterprise 2.0, Monopoly Here, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2007-09-06

CIO Agenda: Churchill Club

At the Churchill Club's CIO Agenda in San Francisco, Calif., moderator Dave Margulius talks to panelists Douglas Merrill, vice president of engineering at Google, and CIOs David Bergen of Levi Strauss, Doug Schwinn of Hasbro and Randall Spratt of McKesson. The executives share their views on managing IT in a...

Tags: CIO, Software As A Service (SaaS), RFID, Emerging Technologies, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2007-08-07

CIO Agenda: Churchill Club

At the Churchill Club's CIO Agenda in San Francisco, Calif., moderator Dave Margulius talks to panelists Douglas Merrill, vice president of engineering at Google, and CIOs David Bergen of Levi Strauss, Doug Schwinn of Hasbro and Randall Spratt of McKesson. The executives share their views on managing IT in a...

Tags: CIO, Software As A Service (SaaS), RFID, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Smart Phones, Emerging Technologies, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Churchill Club

Videos 2007-08-07

CIOs debate software industry consolidation

Executives speak out on software acquisitionsAt San Francisco's Churchill Club, moderator Dave Margulius talks to panelists Douglas Merrill, vice president of engineering at Google, and CIOs David Bergen of Levi Strauss, Doug Schwinn of Hasbro and Randall Spratt of McKesson. The chief information officers debate the pros and cons of...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software industry consolidation, software

Videos 2007-07-27

iPhone: Coming to a corporation near you?

iPhone: Coming to a corporation near you?Apparently the major corporations do not agree with Apple...[url=CIOs pooh-pooh the iPhone]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/24/cios_badmouth_iphone/[/url][i]Four out for four CIOs agree: the iPhone is no match for the Blackberry. Last night, at an event hosted by Silicon Valley's tech-happy Churchill Club, four high-profile CIOs - representing Google, Hasbro,...

Tags: Microsoft ActiveSync, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., corporate world

Discussion threads 2007-07-26

iPhone activations disappoint

iPhone activations disappointI knew it...My wife wanted one of these and I told her there was no way I would go along with it. I knew it would be a total failure and it is. My rep and I knew it would fail because it did not have the "hooks"...

Tags: Sales strategy, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-07-24

Google, Arizona State getting cozy but not ready for marriage

A symbiotic relationship is building between Google and Arizona State University. ASU has been renting out space to the Internet behemoth in hopes of forming lasting partnerships in technological development, reports the Arizona Republic. "Before you get married, you date a little while," said Rob Melnick, associate...

Tags: Google Inc., ASU

Blog posts 2006-10-16