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Microsoft COO: Standing firm on Vista
News In spite of all the bad press Windows Vista has had to endure, Microsoft chief operating officer Kevin Turner stands firm on his belief that the operating system is surging ahead and doing better than its predecessor.
[May 27, 2008, 11:26]
Top execs depart in Yahoo reshuffle
News Yahoo's chief operating officer and the head of its entertainment group are leaving as part of a major reorganisation announced late on Tuesday. Chief operating officer Dan Rosensweig and Lloyd Braun, the head of Yahoo's media and entertainment...
[December 6, 2006, 7:47]
Novell loses more Linux executives
News Amnon Harman, chief operating officer of Novell's SuSE Linux group, will leave the company in August, sources familiar with his plans said, making him the latest departure from the server software company.
[March 31, 2006, 9:05]
NetApp names new CEO, sees rise in Q1 earnings
News Storage company NetApp said on Wednesday that Tom Georgens, chief operating officer, will become chief executive replacing Dan Warmenhoven. Georgens (pictured) has been a member of the board and president and chief operating officer since February...
[August 20, 2009, 9:19]
Sun: We've turned over a new leaf
News Sun Microsystems' executives have rarely been known for meekness, but the company's new chief operating officer took a tone of humility while arguing that the company has mended its ways. After the dot-com bubble burst, chief operating officer...
[September 22, 2004, 8:20]
Transmeta chief executive to step down
News Mark Allen, the company's president and chief operating officer, will become the new chief executive. He became Transmeta's president and chief operating officer in January 2000. Transmeta founder Dave Ditzel will step down as chief executive...
[March 2, 2001, 8:54]
Barrett and Grove: two contrasting styles
News Barrett, who joined Intel in 1974, was named chief operating officer in 1993 and president in 1997. The real question, analysts said, will be who replaces Barrett in the Chief Operating Officer position.
[March 27, 1998, 8:48]
VMware snaps up former Borland CEO
News VMware on Tuesday named Tod Nielsen to be its chief operating officer, his sixth different company since the millennium. In the role of VMware's chief operating officer, a newly created job, Nielsen will be reporting to chief executive Paul Maritz...
[January 7, 2009, 11:46]
The Day Ahead: Is too much of Oracle's Ellison a bad thing?
News Investors have used the departure of Oracle chief operating officer Ray Lane as an excuse to cash in shares of the pricey tech titan. A 1999 interview with Oracle chief financial officer Jeff Henley illustrates the point.
[July 6, 2000, 13:55]
Levin to step down as AOL's chief executive
News AOL Time Warner has announced that chief executive Gerald Levin will retire in May 2002 and will be succeeded by Richard Parsons, the company's co-chief operating officer. In conjunction with the move, Robert Pittman will become the sole chief...
[December 5, 2001, 14:57]
Executive exodus expected to continue
News The early retirement of Sun Microsystems' second-in-command shocked Wall Street and stunned employees, but outgoing president and chief operating officer Ed Zander will have plenty of company among tech stars recently liberated from employment.
[May 2, 2002, 12:44]
Borland appoints new CEO
News Yocam was Apple's executive vice president and chief operating officer from 1986 to 1988, and president of Apple Pacific from 1988 to 1989. He then worked for printer and terminal manufacturer Tektronix as president and chief operating officer from...
[November 27, 1996, 11:46]
Intel taps Otellini for new president
News Intel has named Paul Otellini, general manager of the company's PC processor group, as president and chief operating officer of the company -- giving him the inside track to becoming the company's next chief executive.
[January 17, 2002, 8:39]
Motorola CEO Zander resigns
News Motorola chief executive Ed Zander is to step down and will be replaced by company president and chief operating officer Greg Brown, from 1 January, 2008. Brown has served as Motorola's president and chief operating officer since March 2007 and has...
[December 3, 2007, 7:39]
Microsoft president will proceed with Asian visit
News Microsoft president and chief operating officer Rick Belluzzo will proceed with his planned visit to Singapore next Monday despite the terrorist attacks that turned parts of the US into a disaster zone on Tuesday.
[September 12, 2001, 12:39]
So who will run Apple while Jobs is away?
News Industry observers are looking in particular at chief operating officer Tim Cook, financial chief Peter Oppenheimer and marketing chief Phil Schiller. Much of Cook's career has been spent in manufacturing and procurement, although he took over...
[January 15, 2009, 13:07]
Symantec chief Thompson to retire
News Enrique T.Salem, Symantec's current chief operating officer, will replace Thompson at the helm from 4 April and will also join the board of directors. In January, Salem was named Symantec's chief operating officer.
[November 18, 2008, 9:25]
Novell ditches top execs
News Ronald Hovsepian, Novell's president and chief operating officer, has been appointed chief executive, and Dana Russell, Novell's current vice-president of finance and corporate controller, has been appointed interim CFO while the company conducts...
[June 22, 2006, 13:50]
Yahoo's CTO quits
News Last December, Yahoo's chief operating officer and the head of its entertainment group left as part of an executive shake-up. Yahoo chief technology officer Farzad Nazem has resigned, the company revealed in a filing on Wednesday with the...
[May 31, 2007, 10:58]
Yahoo!'s chief reaches out to Hollywood
News Semel has already hired Jeff Weiner, former chief operating officer at Entertaindom, as part of Yahoo! Most significantly, chief operating officer Jeffrey Mallett has passed off many of his day-to-day responsibilities to focus on developing Yahoo!
[June 27, 2001, 12:27]
