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Sue Decker's super powers

Yahoo's not-so-secret reorganization got its official nod today, with three new divisions created to centralize operations and report to Sue Decker. Yahoo's not-so-secret reorganization got its official nod today, with three new divisions created to centralize operations and report to Sue Decker. ...

Tags: Reuters, Yahoo, reorganization, management, Sue Decker

News items 2008-06-27

Yahoo creates three new teams to report to Decker

Yahoo unveiled its fourth reorganization in the past 18 months. Yahoo hopes its three new divisions will centralize its Internet products--all will report to Yahoo President Susan Decker. San Francisco--Yahoo unveiled on Thursday its fourth reorganization in the past 18 months as the embattled company seeks to focus on...

Tags: Team, Yahoo! Inc., Division, Team Management, Internet, Reuters, Yahoo, reorganization, management

News items 2008-06-26

Make the Best of a Company Reorganization

At some point, virtually every business goes through a reorganization of some kind. New technology, new or changing laws that affect business, and actions that competitors take can mean the company must change or lose its competitive edge. It's up to human resources professionals to help everyone in the company...

Tags: Human Resources, Reorganization

White papers 2007-12-01

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Daily Debrief: Yahoo turns the page

News.com's Charles Cooper and Dan Farber discuss the aftermath of the company's long-awaited reorganization news.

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Page, News, charles cooper, dan farber, yahoo, jerry yang, susan decker, microsoft, bill gates, steve ballmer

Videos 2008-06-27

What works, what doesn't

What works, what doesn'tYou forgot an important pointThat is, once any software base finally stabilizes, force an upgrade to a new super shiny alpha implementation down everybody's throats. This is called the bullsiht baffles brains scenario.Rough figures that I've come across are that 80% of people aren't really capable of...

Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Asterisk PBX, cell phone, phone

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

Firefox 3.0 final available for download

Firefox 3.0 final available for downloadThose will magcally change ...... once the release is made official.RE: Firefox 3.0 final available for downloadIs this really the final version? Runonce initial page refers to RC as do the release notes?RE: Firefox 3.0 final available for downloadIs this really the final version? The...

Tags: Web browsers, Version 3, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Firefox 3.0 Final

Discussion threads 2008-06-17

Yahoo nears Google search deal; Icahn's plan goes kaput as Microsoft talks end

Yahoo is reportedly near a search deal with Google and plans an unrelated reorganization. Meanwhile, Microsoft says it's no longer interested in Yahoo. Add it up and billionaire investor Carl Icahn's grand plan to cash in on Yahoo just went kaput. First, the news. News.com's Stephen Shankland...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Search, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Construction, Search, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-12

Trouble at OLPC? That's OK, they started the revolution

OLPC is in the midst of corporate reorganization, hardware difficulties, manufacturing and distribution challenges, and an overall dulling of their original vision as Nicholas Negroponte rails against "open source fundamentalism" and tries to further align himself with Microsoft. According to Ars Technica, There...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-04-22

Why are reformers destroying Veterans' health computer system?

Roger Maduro right doesn't look like a hero. Like most heroes he never sought the status, just tried to do right and shine a light on what works. What works, he thinks is VistA, and the Veterans Administration system that computer code supports. In shining the light...

Tags: Agency, Hero, U.S. Congress, Microsoft Windows Vista, Health Care, Computer, Roger Maduro, VA, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-18

Open source and the shrinking waterhole

Despite a lot of brave talk at OSBC there is little doubt that open source is heading into its first recession. (If you want to explain a recession to your four-year old, here's one way.) During the last bust, what I call the dot-bomb,...

Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-27

Red Hat calls JBOSS problems solved and marketing related

Addressing a blogger's snarky criticisms directly, the Red Hat vice president in charge of JBOSS' middleware insisted the unit's problems are now under control and were really all down to marketing anyway. Craig Muzilla said a Red Hat reorganization over the last six months has given him responsibility for...

Tags: Marketing, Red Hat Inc., JBoss, Middleware, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-10

Who should be thanked for the return of Mr. Jobs to Apple?

News of Singularity, a non-Windows operating system from Microsoft, sparked my interest in OSes past and present. It got me thumbing though the back issues of MacWEEK for memories of OSes that were built from scratch and now forgotten. But in the research, I found some ironic gold regarding NeXTstep,...

Tags: Strategy, Job, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, MacWeek, Operating System, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., NeXTstep, Singularity OS, Operating Systems, Software, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-03-07

Microsoft's developer platform gets some promotions

Congratulations to S. Somasegar and Scott Guthrie, two of the people who are most visible in Microsoft's developer division and have been in a lot of ways leading the Silverlight/WPF initiatives at Microsoft. According to Mary Jo Foley both of them got new titles/promotions as part or before the announced...

Tags: Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., Ryan Stewart

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

Microsoft and Google stalk the Internet operating system

Microsoft and Google stalk the Internet operating systemIn the long run, Live services...will not make the big splash everyone is hoping for. Individual consumers may find it useful but Enterprises will move the services back in house. Especially with Open Source providing more and better services that can...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Game players, Internet, Yahoo! acquisition, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, cloud computing, Google Inc., computing, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-12

Microsoft Windows hardware leader takes a 'vacation'

Microsoft Windows hardware leader takes a 'vacation'Better go get out while the gettin' is good.They also get tired of people laughing when they say they work at Microsoft.right decisionwhen the [i] Windows Hardware Ecosystem[i] vanished, what need for a leader is there?Linux is eating M$ lunch!Translation:In view of the recent...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, window, Microsoft Corp., zealot, hardware, leader

Discussion threads 2007-12-03

Oracle offers a peek at social apps and Fusion

Oracle showed how it is bringing a social dimension into its software and offered a peek at Fusion applications this afternoon at Oracle OpenWorld. It demonstrated that Oracle has fully grokked the concepts and technologies of Web 2.0 and that Fusion apps, built on the evolving Fusion Middleware stack,...

Tags: Application, Oracle Corp., Sales Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Pricing, Portals, Business Intelligence, Sales Force Management, Sales, Management, Marketing, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-11-13

CIO BT Design: JP Rangaswami - Transcript

Dan Farber: JP thanks for joining me. JP Rangaswami: A pleasure Dan, it's been a while since we've met, looking forward to having a proper conversation. Dan Farber: I am as well Dan Farber: JP you have a new role at...

Tags: CIO, Collaboration, Role, Network, British Telecommunications, Customer, Software As A Service (SaaS), Productivity, Asset Management, Networking, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Administrator

Blog posts 2007-10-30

Gartner comments on Oracle reorg, misses golden opportunity

Gartner has released a research note covering the departure of John Wookey and the subsequent reorganization of the Fusion team. In our Irregulars Google Group, Josh Greenbaum said that whatever happens at the upcoming Oracle OpenWorld event, the company would likely spin the story. Gartner seems to confirm this, noting...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Gartner Inc., Middleware, Strategy, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Data Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-10-29

Mac OS X Leopard installation as a spiritual practice

Mac OS X Leopard installation as a spiritual practiceWay too many optionsThere should be only 1 upgrade option and that is the one that Steve Jobs thinks is best. I don't pay a premium for OSX so I have to think, I do it so Jobs can think for me...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Leopard, zealot, OSX, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, MSFT, Apple Mac OS

Discussion threads 2007-10-26