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IBM's Palmisano made $24.46 million in 2006: IBM's Palmisano made $24.46 million in 2006He his making chump change compared to ..The former CEO of Home Depot, who got a parting gift of 210 Million.its easy for a CEO to hit the numbersIf something goes wrong, all a CEO has to do is sell a division and then...; Tags: Corporate governance, Financial accounting, Benefits, Operational accounting, Palmisano, IBM Corp., shareholder; Discussion threads 2007-03-13
IBM's Palmisano made $24.46 million in 2006: IBM CEO Sam Palmisanos total compensation--including salary, bonus and stock awards--was $24.46 million in 2006 and that sum could rise if he hits performance targets. That sum was outlined in excruciating detail by Big Blue in...; Tags: Palmisano, IBM Corp., compensation; Blog posts 2007-03-13
Face Off: Sun issues open letter to IBM's Palmisano: Face Off: Sun issues open letter to IBM's PalmisanoHold on a sec....>> They love that we can run linux apps unmodified.Um, OK, so if Solaris can run Linux apps unmodified, and IBM is doing the whole Linux push, then I have to assume the apps in question have not yet...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Palmisano, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, Sun Solaris; Discussion threads 2005-01-21
Face Off: Sun issues open letter to IBM's Palmisano: Sun is ratcheting up the heat on IBM, with an open letter from Jonathan Schwartz to IBM CEO Sam Palmisano text below calling on Big Blue to serve its customers by porting its applications to Sun's Solaris for x86 systems. As I wrote earlier, Sun is using blogs, open letters, Web sites, and...; Tags: IBM Corp., Sun Solaris; Blog posts 2005-01-21
Palmisano memo: 'Repositioning for leadership': Palmisano memo: 'Repositioning for leadership'From: OButterballSent: Wednesday, December 8Subject: IBM and Lenovo in New Strategic PC AllianceDear Sam:I have important news to share with you.The second that I hear "Because of our strategic alliance with Lenovo, we will no longer be needing [i]X[/i] positions here in the United States,...; Tags: Palmisano, leadership; Discussion threads 2004-12-08

Palmisano memo outlines reason for IBM sale: Palmisano memo outlines reason for IBM saleTranslated: We got our butts kicked. nt.if they buy apple and do a big pushit sure would be interesting. Imagine OSX machines pushed by the might of IBM. We might reach mars after all!Death of the PC.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/06/post_pc_era/I can't imagine a world without...; Tags: Desktops, IBM Corp., IBM Sale, PC, Palmisano; Discussion threads 2004-12-08
The method to Palmisano's madness: The method to Palmisano's madnessSpot On, Coop.This could work out well for BOTH sides. Lenovo is a strong and competent computer manufacturer, and if the thinkpad quality stays high - people WILL continue to buy. IBM smartly kept one foot in by aquiring a percentage of Lenovo. Maybe Lenovo becomes...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Palmisano, workplace, IBM Corp., Lenovo Group Ltd.; Discussion threads 2004-12-08
Palmisano received $5.4 million bonus in 2002: Palmisano received $5.4 million bonus in 2002how many jobscould of stayed in america if not for that bonus - hope they sleep good at nightI am positive....he and his side-kicks are sleeping very well. People like that have no conscience and don't view things the same as you and I....; Tags: Benefits, Palmisano, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2004-03-09

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Seeking inspiration? Visit "Greenville" for simple ideas on energy-efficient uses for IT: Here's a quickie informational link. It's for a "virtual town" called Greenville that's been fabricated by the Technology CEO Councilâ€”the uber-tech-power lobbying group that includes big-name CEOs like Michael Dell, Mark Hurd of Hewlett-Packard, Sam Palmisano of IBM, and Paul Otellini of Intel. (When was the last time you saw...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Small Business, Transportation, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-06
EIC podcast: Microhoo; Google and Big Blue; Sun: In this week's EIC squared podcast, Dan and I talk about this seemingly never-ending Microsoft-Yahoo saga, chat about the waiting game, ponder the options and note how it could define Steve Ballmer. Dan talks cloud computing and how Google and IBM are chummy. He also provides a little back...; Tags: Google Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Podcasts, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-02
IBM-Google hug in the cloud: IBM CEO Sam Palmisano and Google CEO Eric Schmidt joined forces to talk up cloud computing, but their broader message was that consumer and enterprise technologies will merge. The fact that Palmisano and Schmidt pushed partnership on cloud computing wasn't all that surprising, but it is notable...; Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Big Blue delivers big profits; Ups 2008 outlook: IBM on Wednesday handily topped Wall Street estimates with net income of $2.3 billion, or $1.65 a share, on revenue of $24.5 billion. According to Thomson Financial, Wall Street was expecting a profit of $1.45 a share on revenue of $23.7 billion. IBM got help from a...; Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Revenue, IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-16
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
Let the green tech lobbying begin, CEO-style: This is one of those posts that I've been meaning to put together for a couple of weeks, but I wasn't frankly quite sure of what I thought about the information until just now. But the second time I read the pitch through, I decided I was suitably impressed. ...; Tags: Green Technology, Chairman, Technology, Strategy, Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-02-19
Ballmer's swan song: Take 1 flailing Internet company, add a 2nd flailing Internet company, and what do you get? A bigger flailing Internet company. Accentuate the positive The proposal isn't all bad. : It is an OK deal for Yahoo shareholders. Yahoo was trading above $30...; Tags: Google Inc., Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet Company, Jerry, Certainty, Internet, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-02-01
Is Jazz the real deal for IBM?: To continue the car analogy from earlier today, what if GM were able to get together with its dealers and build something like CarMax? That's one way to think of Jazz, the new Eclipse-orented development community IBM opened today. If you like IBM this...; Tags: IBM Corp., Productivity, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Groupware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-01-15
Should IBM results count as open source win?: IBM earnings jumped a surprising 24% based on strong sales in Asia and Europe. Should this count as an open source win, a validation of the open source concept? I think it should. But there's more to it than that. IBM...; Tags: IBM Corp., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-01-14
IBM's fourth quarter well above targets: IBM was so happy with its fourth quarter results that it couldn't wait three days to report them. On Monday, IBM all resources released its preliminary fourth quarter results. The company is expected to release its official results on Thursday. Big Blue said it...; Tags: Revenue, Earnings, IBM Corp., Wall Street, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-01-14
Another IBM patent dump: IBM has made another patent dump, this time granting universal access to over 150 patents meant to assure that software can interoperate.I'm certain people will complain IBM is only doing this for its own corporate advantage. The patents were previously available without royalties, but now IBM is promising not to...; Tags: Development, General, IBM, Legal, Patents, Strategy; Blog posts 2007-07-12
What IBM teaches about open source: What IBM teaches about open sourceIBM is not "generous" to its employees.Here's how IBM gains $3 billion over 2-3 years by cutting off its employees pensions:Quoting:IBM said it would freeze its traditional defined-benefit retirement plans as of 2008. This means any additional benefits workers in these plans were hoping to...; Tags: Balance sheets, Financial accounting, Benefits, Financial Planning, open source, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-05-15