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Business unit head to leave Microsoft
News Doug Burgum, the executive behind Microsoft's business software unit, will leave the company next year. Burgum, who relinquished day-to-day operations of the Microsoft Business Solutions unit in November, will be succeeded by Satya Nadella, a 14...
[September 13, 2006, 9:10]
Goal: Align It With Business Unit Goals
White Papers Their capacity planning software provides objective analysis of the range and cost of IT resources needed to achieve specific business unit objectives, and enables them to develop a strong business case for their plan.
[May 1, 2009, 1:18]
Dell creates communications business unit
News Dell is forming a new communications business unit to be helmed by Ron Garriques, a former Motorola executive brought in to run Dell's consumer business two years ago, Reuters first reported on Friday.
[December 7, 2009, 7:19]
Outsourcing Systems Unit Allows ABB to Renew Its Business Focus
White Papers The goal was to achieve an ideal, win-win solution for ABB as well as for the employees of Business Systems. ABB elected to outsource the entire IS/IT unit to Capgemini, including all assets and employees belonging to the unit.
[November 6, 2007, 0:00]
UNILIN Integrates Business Unit Processes From Around the World
White Papers After the various business units worldwide were betterattuned to each other and the business processes automated, UNILIN also wanted to integrate applications of its business partners. The Belgian, Wielsbeke based UNILIN group manufactures...
[July 25, 2009, 1:18]
AOL drags down buoyant Time Warner
News Time Warner reported positive fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday despite poor performance from the company's America Online business unit. However, the company's Time Warner Cable unit reported positive growth for the quarter in its residential...
[January 28, 2004, 15:25]
Microsoft rallies ERP customers
News A fledgling unit of Microsoft will this week unveil the first fruits of its labour around a multiyear effort to knit together its collection of incompatible business management programs. The business unit, called Microsoft Business Solutions...
[March 8, 2005, 8:45]
RFID: BT says 'yes', survey says 'no'
News BT has announced that a newly created business unit will use software agent technology to help companies better manage radio frequency identification (RFID) projects. As ZDNet UK reported exclusively last week, BT has created a special business...
[February 3, 2004, 10:10]
MS looks homeward with Mac Office
News Microsoft and its Macintosh Business Unit have planned a significant showing for Wednesday's unveiling of Office 2001 for Mac. According to Irving Kwong, product manager for the Macintosh Business Unit, Microsoft plans to emulate the consumer...
[October 11, 2000, 12:54]
New IBM unit switches on electronics
News The new business unit may be a step in countering that belief. The Engineering & Technology unit was in the making for about 10 months and "stems from the management's study to figure out new revenue streams and where they could grow the business...
[October 7, 2002, 16:53]
Sun breathes new life into Sparc efforts
News Sun has launched a new business unit to sell its Sparc processors, a return to an idea it had dropped years ago. But the business unit couldn't sell much outside the company when Sparc chip performance began lagging behind competitors' products...
[March 28, 2007, 9:43]
Mac appointment ends uncertainty at Microsoft
News Microsoft appointed a new chief Macintosh maven on Wednesday when it named Roz Ho general manager of its Macintosh Business Unit, which produces software for Apple Computer's Macintosh operating system.
[December 19, 2002, 15:30]
Microsoft's Mac manager steps aside
News Microsoft said on Friday that it has transferred the head of its Macintosh business unit to another division, leaving open the question of who will lead the company's Mac efforts. Kevin Browne, who has headed Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit...
[October 14, 2002, 9:00]
IBM's PC division 'for sale'
News IBM, which gave legitimacy to the personal computer business in the 1980s, is said to be negotiating the sale of its PC unit in a move that could reshape the industry. The company is negotiating with Chinese manufacturer Lenovo Group, formerly...
[December 3, 2004, 16:30]
MS vows to ramp Mac development
News Microsoft yesterday lent a crutch to Apple with the announcement that it is to set up a 100-staff business unit dedicated to Macintosh application development. While critics pointed out that the move could be designed to win Big Green grace and...
[January 8, 1997, 10:54]
Microsoft reshuffles Windows marketing unit
News With Windows Vista out the door, Microsoft is reshuffling the leadership of the business side of its Windows unit. Sievert, who joined Microsoft from AT&T Wireless in 2005, and Nash, who headed Microsoft's security business unit until a recent...
[February 28, 2007, 8:57]
Stock-swap programme costs Microsoft millions
News Microsoft's two other main units -- the client business, which includes desktop versions of Windows, and the information worker unit, which includes Office sales -- posted narrow improvements in their profits from a year ago.
[February 9, 2004, 9:25]
SGI buys VRML tool maker Paragraph
News The company bought ParaGraph International Inc.a leading vendor of VRML and three-dimensional software tools, and created a new software business unit to manage it. The ParaGraph technology and products will be managed by SGI's newly formed COSMO...
[May 15, 1997, 9:38]
IBM layoffs hit apps services unit, says union
News IBM issued 1,674 layoff notices to US employees in its applications services business on Thursday, as part of a larger round of anticipated cuts to its Global Business Services unit, according to a national representative of Alliance@IBM, an...
[March 27, 2009, 9:12]
Macromedia plans Web makeover for UK government
News Macromedia is hoping to cash in on the need for improved Web accessibility across the public sector with the launch of a business unit directly targeting government. The UK is the first government to be targeted following the US launch last year...
[June 17, 2004, 14:45]
