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Operators ally for mobile IM
News Craig Conway, chief executive of the GSMA, said interoperable messaging is a landmark for the associations' members and will provide a blueprint for the rollout of other mobile services. Some of the world's biggest mobile operators are joining...
[February 15, 2006, 7:45]
Intel steps up 3G integration efforts
News Craig Conway, chief executive of the GSMA, said: "This is important because it means the PC has gone mobile. Intel has signed a deal with the GSM Association (GSMA) to help hardware makers include mobile SIM card readers and 3G connectivity in new...
[February 14, 2006, 15:55]
Duffield's back in business
News He said he enjoyed operating PeopleSoft after taking over from fired chief executive Craig Conway in 2004. The PeopleSoft co-founder was due to launch his new company last week at the AMR Research Strategy conference, but at the last second, his...
[January 24, 2006, 11:45]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It probably took a little more than five kilobucks, but the latest name to get the unrefusable offer from Salesforce.com is one Craig Conway. Yeah, that Craig Conway, ex of Oracle, ex of Peoplesoft (now even Peoplesoft is ex of Peoplesoft but not...
[October 7, 2005, 19:30]
PeopleSoft CEO resigns
News Duffield, who founded PeopleSoft in 1987, was appointed CEO in October after Craig Conway was fired as president and chief executive officer. A PeopleSoft board member later testified that Conway was fired in large part because of his exaggeration...
[December 29, 2004, 8:55]
Oracle gets its way, finally
News The very public sacking of Craig Conway has surprised the tech sector - and it's denied the industry a chance to see him lock horns with Larry. Does Conway's departure signal the imminent takeover of PeopleSoft, or does the appointment of Duffield...
[December 13, 2004, 16:40]
Oracle buys PeopleSoft
News The battle over the deal also cost former PeopleSoft chief executive Craig Conway his job. Oracle had been scheduled to appear in court on Monday for a hearing on PeopleSoft's "poison pill" anti-takeover defence.
[December 13, 2004, 11:10]
Oracle reveals PeopleSoft board challengers
News PeopleSoft opted to reduce the size of its board last month, after firing chief executive officer Craig Conway. PeopleSoft faced the choice of either appointing a new director to fill Conway's board seat and putting that person up for election at...
[November 25, 2004, 8:05]
EC approves Oracle-PeopleSoft merger
News PeopleSoft has also fired Craig Conway, its chief executive and brought back founder Dave Duffield to take over as CEO. European antitrust regulators ruled on Tuesday that Oracle can proceed with its hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft, clearing...
[October 26, 2004, 15:45]
PeopleSoft profits higher than expected
News PeopleSoft chief executive Dave Duffield, who was brought in earlier this month to replace Craig Conway, made a few brief comments about the ongoing Oracle bid, during a teleconference. PeopleSoft ousted Conway about the same time the US Justice...
[October 22, 2004, 9:40]
Conway to get $16m from PeopleSoft
News Craig Conway, PeopleSoft's former CEO, has received a severance package in excess of $16m, after being fired earlier this month from the embattled software company. Conway, who fought a hostile takeover battle with Oracle for 15 months, was...
[October 19, 2004, 17:10]
Where will PeopleSoft's posturing in court get it?
News Former CEO and board member Craig Conway may have been reticent, but his forced departure, just before the trial, began opening the door to a possible agreement. An unusual form of high-stakes corporate courtship is taking place in a courtroom in...
[October 18, 2004, 12:00]
PeopleSoft executive leaves the company
News His departure comes just two weeks after Craig Conway was ousted from the chief executive position. The appointment of Swete, who was called out of retirement to take the job, is one of the first changes to PeopleSoft's management ranks since...
[October 15, 2004, 18:25]
'Oracle and PeopleSoft talked merger in 2000': Ellison
News Ellison indicated that he had never anticipated the roadblocks that PeopleSoft's then-CEO, Craig Conway, would put in place to thwart the proposed acquisition. Ellison said on Friday that he had no personal animus toward Conway and that he...
[October 11, 2004, 8:50]
The chief has gone, but the battle continues
News Many analysts on Friday said the ousting of Craig Conway and the return of Dave Duffield is likely a prelude to PeopleSoft accepting Oracle's offer. Removing Conway gave them a way to position themselves properly in case they want to go through...
[October 5, 2004, 11:20]
PeopleSoft: Please ignore the ex-CEO behind the curtain
News Last Friday, the company fired chief executive Craig Conway, who was scheduled to deliver the keynote address on Monday. Wilmington made no further reference to the ousting of chief executive Craig Conway in his speech, which mentioned contract...
[October 4, 2004, 17:30]
PeopleSoft case hears more details on CEO concerns
News A PeopleSoft board member testified on Monday that former chief executive Craig Conway was fired in large part because of his 'reckless exaggeration' to Wall Street analysts when informing them last year that Oracle's offer to buy the company was...
[October 4, 2004, 17:20]
Conway's fall from grace softened by $20m golden parachute
News PeopleSoft could dole out as much as $20m in a severance package to its ousted chief executive, Craig Conway, a company spokesman said on Friday. The business software maker fired Conway on Friday, saying the board of directors no longer felt...
[October 4, 2004, 9:50]
PeopleSoft boss gets the chop
News In a shock move on Friday, PeopleSoft announced its decision to terminate Craig Conway as president and chief executive of the company with immediate effect. An unusually curt press release said that said its decision "resulted from a loss of...
[October 1, 2004, 15:00]
Could IBM-PeopleSoft deal stave off Oracle?
News At a joint press conference at PeopleSoft's annual conference, PeopleSoft chief executive Craig Conway said his company turned to IBM because it realised it lacked sufficient expertise in middleware, the software plumbing needed to connect...
[September 22, 2004, 11:40]
