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- Yahoo posts Icahn scoreboard; Touts Google pact to shareholders
- Yahoo on Monday filed its shareholder pitch with the Securities and Exchange Commission as its proxy fight with activist investor Carl Icahn gathers steam. Much of the presentation was designed to "correct the record" on everything from the company's compensation plan to how the Microsoft bid went down. But Yahoo...
- Tags: Shareholder, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Reorg, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Microsoft reorgs again
- Microsoft reorgs againWhats going on? Business as usualAny great company SHOULD be constantly adjusting their structure and plans to meet the changes in the market and the customer needs.Microsoft reorgs againDoes this mean that VS "Orcas" will move to the Ribbon UI?--rjNot curious as far as I see itAs...
- Tags: Structural Change, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Reorg, reorg
- Discussion threads 2007-05-18
- Reaction to Yahoo reorg decidedly mixed
- Wall Street has spoken on the Yahoo reorganization--and its not sure what to make of it yet. Some analysts say the moves dont address Yahoos technology gap against rivals while others were more optimistic. All agree that Yahoo cant allow the management changes to be a...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Web Technology, General
- Blog posts 2006-12-06
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- Nortel's rerun: Another purge, another restructuring
- Nortel on Monday purged its executive ranks--Chief Marketing Officer Lauren Flaherty, Chief Technology Officer John Roese, Global Services President Dietmar Wendt and Executive Vice President Global Sales Bill Nelson are all leaving Jan. 1--and announced yet another restructuring amid a weak earnings. Continuity and Nortel are two...
- Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Real Estate, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Business Operations, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- AOL gussies up for potential sale, but who's buying?
- AOL is shutting down XDrive, AOL Pictures and other properties in a belt tightening move that may indicate the company is setting itself up to be sold. The larger question: Who will buy AOL from Time Warner? According to a memo posted by TechCrunch, AOL executive vice...
- Tags: America Online Inc., Portals, Business Structures, Litigation, Internet, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper
- Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit is split into two--Windows and online services--and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate...
- Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade dance
- Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade danceCorporate Communism!This is an example of what I call Corportate Communism. Microsoft is showing it's anti-capitalist leanings. When companies like Microsoft can't compete in the market, they buy the competitor. Some argue that's capitalism. I...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Government, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Old DEC code open sourced by HP
- Old DEC code open sourced by HPMove on... why botherWow, and if IBM open sources OS/2, we'd have two museum pieces to admire. AdvFS was DOA five years ago, the last thing we need is another retrieval from the grave.DEC started search enginesFew people remember that DEC started search engines....
- Tags: INTERNET, Operating systems, Desktops, Olsen, Hewlett-Packard Co., Digital Equipment Corp., AdvFS, VAX, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Google's search share tops 61 percent; That'll spook Microsoft more
- Google's search share tops 61 percent; That'll spook Microsoft moreWhen one thinks Google...they think search. Other players in the game don't even come to mind.A little marketing could go a long ways for other search providers.Why is it growing?I personally feel it is, by far, not the best search engine...
- Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- Microsoft Reorg: Who's Out -- Scott Di Valerio (Slideshow on Microsoft's Valentine's Day Reorg: Who's Hot and Who's Not)
- Microsoft Reorg: Who's Out -- Scott Di Valerio (Slideshow on Microsoft's Valentine's Day Reorg: Who's Hot and Who's Not)RE: "Microsoft Reorg: Who..."It all sounds good. Except for ONE change not yet reported (if it ever happens, that it...):Steve Balmer is STILL the CEO of Microsoft. PLEASE report that...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Reorg
- Discussion threads 2008-02-15
- Microsoft looks to create an Apple-like halo effect across its brands
- Microsoft is working to consolidate all of its consumer-focused marketing in its Platforms and Services division. The ultimate, anticipated result: Microsoft will have a more cohesive branding story and sales approach across for PCs, phones and the Web. That's one of several tidbits from the internal Microsoft...
- Tags: MSN, Brand, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-15
- Microsoft's Core Search VP now findable
- After a Microsoft reorg, it's always fun to comb through the official Microsoft bio page and see who and what was added and deleted. One find: As of this week, Microsoft has finally put Brian MacDonald on the page. MacDonald, corporate vice president of Core Search Program Management,...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Project, Microsoft Outlook, Team Management, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-15
- Microsoft reorg: Who's in; who's out
- Microsoft reorg: Who's in; who's outMaybe Microsoft should emulate Apple again...and concentrate on publicizing products, not org charts.But then, when you look at their products.......Not much importantThis is further indication of how a once might tree has fallen and is rotting further.All of the Ballmerian box shuffling cannot hide this...
- Tags: Channel management, Micorosoft, YAHMic, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-15
- Slideshow on Microsoft's Valentine's Day Reorg: Who's Hot and Who's Not
- Microsoft announced a wide-ranging corporate reorg on February 14. Here are the winners and losers. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft reorganization
- Image galleries 2008-02-15
- News to know: Microsoft's Hyper-V and reorg; NetSuite; Cisco patches; MacBook Air diary
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Review: Microsoft's Hyper-V puts VMWare and Linux on notice Dana Gardner: Merger target suspect Citrix assembles virtualization products as Delivery Center Dan Kusnetzky: Why is the concept of virtual machine software so sticky? Former Microsoft...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., NetSuite Inc., Apple MacBook, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Social Networking, Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-02-15
- Microsoft reorg: Who's in; who's out
- On February 14, Microsoft announced a corporate reorganization affecting many of its divisions. As with any Microsoft early-year reorg -- which typically occur after the company's fiscal mid-year reviews -- there are winners and losers. Check out my slideshow of who's in and who's out as a...
- Tags: Mobile, VP, Vice President, Microsoft Corp., Senior Vice President, Corporate, Vehghte, Lees, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Former Microsoft mobile chief joins Vodafone
- Pieter Knook, long-time head of Microsoft's mobile business -- and one of the Softies moved off the Microsoft org chart as of Microsoft's Valentine's Day corporate reorg -- is joining Vodafone Group. Knook is set to join Vodafone on March 10, where he will lead a new...
- Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Knook, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- News to know: Office 14; Yahoo; Net neutrality; Android SDK
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Office 14 to add more online document sharing MSDN subscribers: Vista SP1 to hit by the end of this week Robin Harris: Protein nanotech in next gen storage Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First Look at Firefox 3.0 Beta 3...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Office, Yahoo! Inc., SDK, Net Neutrality, Microsoft Corp., EchoSign 3.0, Nanotechnology, Linux, Web Browsers, Federal Government, Middleware, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Government, Enterprise Software
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Microsoft%27s+latest+reorg+to+set+the+stage+for+Yahoo+merger
- Microsoft%27s+latest+reorg+to+set+the+stage+for+Yahoo+mergerIt's a done deal!It's already a done deal. They are just waiting for some time to announce it in public. Major stockholders will have the final say on this and most of them don't want to lose more money. Merger with Microsoft will give them more profit....
- Tags: Corporate governance, Microsoft Windows, Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., board
- Discussion threads 2008-02-13
- Microsoft's latest reorg to set the stage for Yahoo merger
- In the midst of its acquisition bid for Yahoo, Microsoft is set to announce -- most likely on February 14 -- its latest company-wide reorg. According to sources, the still-unprofitable Online Services Business will be where the greatest number of changes will happen. As previously rumored, Online...
- Tags: Marketing, Merger, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
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