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Mozilla names Gary Kovacs as chief exec

...ZDNet.com In a blog post announcing the appointment on Thursday, outgoing chief exec John Lilly officially handed over to Kovacs. Prior to joining Mozilla... Read more

15 October, 2010 by Larry Dignan

Everything Everywhere chief exec steps down

Tom Alexander, the chief executive of Everything Everywhere, has resigned his position after a year in... Read more

18 July, 2011

Apple pressed to reveal chief exec plans

An Apple shareholder is to ask the company to disclose a detailed succession policy for how it will eventually replace chief executive Steve Jobs Read more

10 January, 2011 by Greg Sandoval

Oracle chief challenges HP boss to testify in trial

...News "A major portion of this theft occurred while Mr Apotheker was chief exec of SAP," Ellison said in a statement. Ellison said that when... Read more

27 October, 2010 by Steven Musil

Cisco: Social networking can transform the enterprise

...the technology has the potential to shake up executive roles, according to chief exec John Chambers Read more

21 October, 2010 by Larry Dignan

Intel posts record £7bn quarter, hails 'exciting' tablets

...revenue in the third quarter due to strong server chip sales, and chief exec Paul Otellini says the company is taking a 'longer view' of... Read more

13 October, 2010 by David Meyer

Twitter eyes translation service and closer integration

...integration with phone services, the company's chief executive has said. Twitter chief exec Dick Costolo has announced plans to introduce a translation service to... Read more

15 February, 2011 by Elinor Mills

HP refreshes board with five new faces

...Company; Gary Reiner, former chief information officer at GE; Patricia Russo, former chief exec of Alcatel-Lucent; Dominique Senequier, chief exec of AXA Private Equity... Read more

21 January, 2011 by Erica Ogg

Apple overtakes RIM in smartphone sales

...see them catching up with us in the foreseeable future." RIM's chief exec Jim Balsillie later responded to the comments, calling Apple's counting... Read more

25 October, 2010 by Erica Ogg

Zuckerberg faces questions over Facebook breach

...its users from advertent or inadvertent privacy breaches. They also asked the chief exec to identify the officials within Facebook who are responsible for ensuring... Read more

21 October, 2010 by Declan McCullagh
Five IT projects to help CEOs succeed

Five IT projects to help CEOs succeed

...pleased, but instead of telling you to take the afternoon off, your chief exec is asking: "What have you done for me lately?" IT's... Read more

29 July, 2011

NHS IT revamp in temporary hands as DoH CIO Connelly quits

...more than it would to continue with the project. Sir David Nicholson, chief exec of the NHS, said Connelly has made a major contribution to... Read more

22 June, 2011 by Shelley Portet

Levin to step down as AOL's chief executive

The co-chief operating officer is to take over at the helm as the long-serving Levin retires Read more

5 December, 2001 by Jim Hu

A Year Ago: Adobe's chief exec talks to ZDNet

...by the boss of a certain chip manufacturer, but for Adobe's chief exec it's more of a real life experience thing than something... Read more

26 July, 2000 by Richard Barry

New chief exec takes the helm at Palm

Ed Colligan is stepping down as chief of the smartphone maker, and Jon Rubinstein takes over, just days after the US launch of the high-profile Pre Read more

11 June, 2009 by Erica Ogg

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