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Palmisano named as IBM chairman
News IBM announced on Tuesday that its chief executive, Sam Palmisano, has been elected chairman, setting the stage for longtime chairman Lou Gerstner to bid adieu at the end of the year. Palmisano's appointment as chief executive and now chairman has...
[October 30, 2002, 10:42]
AOL names new chairman
News AOL Time Warner on Thursday said chief executive Richard Parsons will assume a newly created position of chairman and chief executive, following a unanimous vote by the company's board of directors, replacing outgoing chairman Steve Case.
[January 17, 2003, 8:19]
Case resigns as AOL chairman
News Steve Case will step down as chairman of AOL Time Warner in May, saying he wanted to avoid "distractions" at a critical time for the company. Case will remain a member of AOL's board, he said in a press release.
[January 13, 2003, 7:22]
New Ofcom chairman: Nice work if you can get it
Blog Next generation networks, internet bottlenecks, spectrum issues, mobile pricing, digital switchover, just some of the problems awaiting newly appointed Ofcom Chairman Dr Colette Bowe. Showing my ignorance here but didn't occur to me that chairman...
[February 23, 2009, 8:54]
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. Henley's move into the chairman spot should please corporate...
[January 13, 2004, 16:25]
Ask Jeeves gets new chairman
News Ask Jeeves, the Web search service with a human touch, said Thursday it has appointed cofounder Garrett Gruener as chairman. The site has suffered its share of dot-com gloom, with the loss of its chief executive and 25 percent of its staff...
[January 12, 2001, 10:43]
Ofcom chairman to step down
News The chairman of the Ofcom board will step down next year, the regulator announced on Wednesday. Lord David Currie became the inaugural chairman of Ofcom's board in 2002, after the super-regulator was formed out of the ashes of Oftel, the...
[June 25, 2008, 12:51]
Next BT chairman hints at future plans
News Sir Michael Rake, BT's incoming chairman, has hinted at his future ambitions for the telco in the telecoms and IT sectors. Rake is currently chairman of accountancy firm KPMG, and will take over from Sir Christopher Bland at BT in September.
[February 21, 2007, 12:25]
PalmSource chairman to leave
News PalmSource Chairman Eric Benhamou will step down after the annual meeting of stockholders in October, the company said on Friday. Benhamou will continue as chairman for PalmOne. He has been serving on the boards of both companies since the spinoff...
[August 13, 2004, 16:35]
Sage looks to Vodafone for new chairman
News The UK's largest independent software company, Sage, announced the appointment of a new chairman on Monday. Sir Julian Horn-Smith will take over from 1 August, 2006, replacing the longstanding chairman, Michael Jackson, who is retiring after 22...
[February 7, 2006, 15:55]
RIM chairman quits over stock options
News The chairman of handset manufacturer RIM has resigned following an investigation into the backdating of stock options, but will stay on as co-chief executive and director of the BlackBerry-maker. Jim Balsillie, who had been the Canadian firm's...
[March 6, 2007, 12:11]
PeopleSoft chairman sells by rote
News Every week, PeopleSoft founder and Chairman Dave Duffield has a date with Wall Street. But for the company chairman, his insider sales have come on a regular Wednesday weekly schedule with divestitures of 25,000 shares a pop, Gerber said.
[June 20, 2003, 8:30]
BT's Vallance to be replaced by BBC chairman
News Sir Iain Vallance announced on Wednesday morning that he would step down as chairman of BT next week, following months of criticism and pressure. He will be replaced by BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland.
[April 26, 2001, 7:35]
Chairman of Liberty Surf quits
News The chairman and founder of French Internet Service Provider (ISP) Liberty Surf, Pierre Besnainou, resigned Tuesday. The departure follows Liberty Surf's decision to accept an offer from Italian ISP Tiscali last month which valued the French...
[February 14, 2001, 9:42]
Former chairman pleads not guilty in HP case
News Patricia Dunn, the former chairman of HP, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges that stemmed from her role in overseeing a probe into boardroom leaks. At a brief arraignment hearing here in Santa Clara County Superior Court, Dunn's...
[November 16, 2006, 8:33]
Alcatel-Lucent to lose both CEO and chairman
News Both the chairman and chief executive of Alcatel-Lucent are to step down later this year, following the communication- equipment firm's sixth consecutive quarter of losses. The resignations of chief executive Patricia Russo and chairman Serge...
[July 29, 2008, 11:43]
Chairman admits BT is an endangered species
News In a keynote speech at the Telecommunications Managers Association conference in Brighton Monday, BT chairman Sir Iain Vallance described the telco he heads up as "an endangered species" and admitted BT had "lost the war" on Internet prices.
[November 30, 1999, 10:49]
Why Chrome doesn't dazzle Mozilla's chairman
News Things have become a lot more complicated in recent months for Mitchell Baker, the Mozilla Foundation's chairman and 'chief lizard wrangler'. Gone are the days when Microsoft's Internet Explorer was the sole rival for Mozilla's Firefox.
[November 20, 2008, 15:01]
Red Hat names new chairman
News Red Hat, the leading seller of the Linux operating system, on Thursday named chief executive Matthew Szulik chairman of the board of directors. Matthew's enhanced leadership position as chief executive and chairman will enable Red Hat to improve...
[April 11, 2002, 15:59]
'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]
