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Ellison Steps Down From Chairman Role
News Oracle announced on Monday that Jeff Henley will become chairman of the database company and step down from his role as chief financial officer as soon as a replacement is hired. The Oracle board of directors believes these changes will enable the...
[January 13, 2004, 16:25]
Lacey: Chairman's Role More Than Steve Jobs Worth
News We've got Reuters quoting Larry Ellison who claims he will, and folk at Pixar leaking an internal memo that say's he won't. For crying out loud, why doesn't Steve Jobs just stand up and say, one way or another, whether he is going to take the...
[August 1, 1997, 15:50]
A Year Ago: Red Tape Hinders E-trade
News Svendsen, who stepped down from the chairman's role last month after 13 years at Microsoft in this country, exclusively told IT Week that care was crucial. Former Microsoft UK chairman David Svendsen last week called for a light legislative touch...
[March 5, 2001, 6:02]
New Yahoo! Chief Exec Appointed From Warner
News He is noted for his role as chairman and co-chief executive officer at Warner Brothers, where he is credited with helping build the company into one of the largest names in music and entertainment. Former chief executive Koogle will become vice...
[April 17, 2001, 14:39]
Palmisano Named As IBM Chairman
News Palmisano will begin work as chairman on 1 January and will serve a dual role, a position given to many chief executives by their boards as a reward for work accomplished. Or if the board wants to reward the chief executive by naming them chairman...
[October 30, 2002, 10:42]
Novell's Schmidt Joins Google At Critical Time
News Google co-founder Sergey Brin, 27, will relinquish his chairman title, although he will remain as president. The $266m (£185m) deal will hand the reins to Cambridge Tech President and CEO Jack Messman, with Schmidt hanging on to roles as chairman...
[March 27, 2001, 9:13]
Gates To Step Down From Microsoft
News Gates shocked the technology world in 2000 with a surprise announcement that he would hand over the CEO role to Ballmer but remain as chairman. In July 2008, he will remain as a part-time employee and chairman.
[June 16, 2006, 8:25]
Ericsson's Redback CEO Leaves Executive Role
News Kevin DeNuccio, the head of telecom equipment maker Ericsson's Redback Networks is leaving his executive position to become vice chairman of the unit, Redback's chairman said on Thursday. Disclosing the news a day before Ericsson reports fourth...
[February 1, 2008, 9:22]
Court Dismisses Charges Against HP's Dunn
News Perkins stepped down from HP's board in May of last year amid differences with Dunn over the leak probe and has lambasted the former chairman for her role in the scandal. A California judge on Wednesday dismissed the charges against former HP...
[March 15, 2007, 10:34]
Microsoft Moves Beyond The Gates Era
News June 16, 2006: The news that Microsoft's chairman plans to step down from a day-to-day role has caused barely a ripple in the tech world June 16, 2006: Bill Gates will withdraw from his day-to-day work as Microsoft chairman in 2008, to spend more...
[June 16, 2006, 16:20]
Barrett: Looking Back, But Leaping Forward
News I get to move into the chairman's role and make much the same transition as we made in 1998, when Andy [Grove] moved up to be chairman. My role will be to focus on a few things for the company. So I think Paul will be using the next couple of years...
[March 7, 2005, 11:20]
HP Memo: Thank You, Carly
News On Wednesday, Carly Fiorina stepped down as CEO and chairman of Hewlett-Packard. Re: Carly Fiorina Steps Down as Chairman, CEO The HP Board of Directors announced this morning that Carly Fiorina has stepped down as Chairman and CEO, effective...
[February 10, 2005, 12:45]
Kumar Leaves Troubled CA
News Kumar in April stepped down as chairman and chief executive, after two years of internal reviews of Computer Associates' financial reporting process. I understood that my stepping down as chairman and chief executive represented a break with the...
[June 4, 2004, 16:10]
Lane Fox Leaves Lastminute.com
News Allan Leighton, Lastminute.com chairman -- as well as Royal Mail chairman and Leeds United chairman, to name but two other posts -- said Lane Fox "has played a major role in the progress of Lastminute.com and we are pleased that she will stay on...
[November 20, 2003, 15:40]
Siebel And Ellison: Is This The Happy Ending?
News Few people in the high-tech industry have feuded as openly as Oracle's flamboyant chief executive Larry Ellison and Thomas Siebel, the co-founder and chairman of rival enterprise software maker Siebel Systems.
[September 13, 2005, 15:15]
'IT Industry Is Ageist' Says Intel Chairman
News Intel's chairman has criticised the IT industry for being ageist when it comes to recruitment and urged older IT professionals to combat this bias by retraining. The Intel chairman added that he wouldn't recommend people train in older programming...
[March 9, 2006, 16:35]
McAfee Sheds Top Execs Over Earnings Probe
News Charles Robel, a McAfee director since June, will serve as the security software company's non-executive chairman. Samenuk is resigning from McAfee after serving six years as its chief executive and chairman.
[October 11, 2006, 15:30]
Can Stringer Restore Sony To Its Former Glory?
News The board of directors for the electronics and entertainment conglomerate unanimously approved Stringer's appointment as chief executive and chairman in a surprise move Sunday. Related to Stringer's promotion are the resignations of some of the key...
[March 8, 2005, 17:05]
'Urgent Action Needed' Over Broadband Divide
News Todd, who is also the chairman of ISP Easynet, flagged up the vital role that regional development agencies have to play in driving the rollout of high-speed Internet services to parts of the UK where telcos such as BT, ntl, Telewest and...
[October 21, 2002, 14:17]
Debian Founder Joins Sun
News Murdock's most recent job was chief technology officer of the Linux Foundation and chairman of that group's Linux Standard Base effort; Murdock will continue with the latter role. Initially disparaging, chairman and then-chief executive Scott...
[March 20, 2007, 8:40]
