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Mobile OS developer seeks commercially minded chief
News The departure on Friday of Symbian's chief executive Colly Myers has left the way open for a more commercially focused replacement. Industry experts, to whom the announcement of Myers' departure came as a surprise, believe that there is now an...
[February 18, 2002, 15:03]
Yahoo loses Europe chief
News The departure has reportedly been in the works for months and is unrelated to the recently announced resignation of Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang. The departure is the latest in a months-long exodus of executives from the troubled search company...
[November 28, 2008, 8:31]
Sun Cobalt prepares May appliance launch
News Sun Cobalt is preparing a major addition to its line of Linux-based server appliances this month despite the departure -- just weeks before the launch -- of the key executive who heads up the operation.
[May 3, 2002, 16:48]
Another exec departs BEA
News Nielsen's departure is the sixth confirmed executive departure in the past two months from BEA, which sells infrastructure software for building and running business applications. BEA Systems' chief marketing officer and executive vice president...
[August 24, 2004, 16:40]
Big names in the frame to replace Fiorina
News The sudden departure of Carly Fiorina from HP on Wednesday sparked a frenzy of speculation over the identity of her replacement as chief executive. With some analysts predicting that rivals such as Dell will use Fiorina's departure as an...
[February 10, 2005, 16:20]
The Day Ahead: Is too much of Oracle's Ellison a bad thing?
News When a stock is priced to perfection -- 88 times estimated fiscal 2001 earnings, and 73 times 2002 earnings, according to JP Morgan -- you can't just shrug over Lane's departure. Investors have used the departure of Oracle chief operating officer...
[July 6, 2000, 13:55]
Apple's head lawyer steps down
News The company on Monday confirmed the departure of general counsel Nancy Heinen, who was its highest-ranking female executive, but did not say when she left, or why. Apple Computer's top lawyer has left the company, in the third high-level departure...
[May 9, 2006, 8:40]
Microsoft Windows chief jumps ship for Juniper
News In conjunction with Johnson's departure, Microsoft plans to split its Windows and online-services division into two separate units, as they had been up until a couple of years ago. In a statement announcing Johnson's departure, Ballmer praised...
[July 24, 2008, 8:27]
Embattled Qwest chief executive resigns
News Nacchio's departure comes as Qwest is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission for its accounting practices. Nacchio's departure was first reported by The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
[June 17, 2002, 9:08]
BT loses another 21CN executive
News Green's is the second major departure from the 21CN programme in just four months. BT moved quickly to counter suggestions that the departure of Reynolds and Green was the beginning of a trend. Andy's departure is in no way related to 21CN," said a...
[October 9, 2007, 13:05]
Software firm sacks president
News His departure, effective on Tuesday, comes about a month after newcomer Joe Cowan stepped in as chief executive. In the) longer term, Coote's departure may work out favourably, given that the new chief executive, Joe Cowan, has many of the same...
[September 1, 2004, 15:00]
Motorola chief calls it quits
News The statement did not provide additional details on the reason for the departure. The firm is still vetting candidates for the position, said Delaney, who was himself appointed board chairman of Motorola China in August shortly after Chen's departure.
[September 22, 2003, 10:45]
NHS IT loses another leading light
News The departure of a leading official responsible for the NHS IT programme means the scheme has lost its second clinical chief in six months. The departure means that the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has lost its two most senior officials...
[September 23, 2004, 14:10]
Confusion surrounds Granger's NHS departure
News Confusion surrounds the future of the job running the NHS's £12.4bn flagship IT programme, and the timetable for the departure of director-general Richard Granger. But an NHS spokesman admitted this week that Granger is currently still in the role...
[January 16, 2008, 11:19]
A9 searches for purpose
News With Manber's departure, some Amazon watchers now question whether the A9 search effort is just an experiment for the Seattle company, or a defensive move to protect e-commerce turf against Google and Yahoo.
[February 10, 2006, 11:30]
Dunn departs HP over media leak scandal
News Dunn's departure caps a tumultuous episode for HP, one of the country's largest companies and a Silicon Valley icon that just a little over a week ago had been basking in the glow of an economic turnaround.
[September 12, 2006, 16:20]
Ex-Oftel chief quits Ofcom early
News Edmonds departure comes just weeks after Ofcom was highly critical of the state of the UK telecoms market -- which Edmonds was responsible for regulating between 1998 and 2003. His departure may highlight a clash of cultures in Ofcom, which has...
[December 10, 2004, 12:00]
Michael Dell takes reins as Rollins resigns
News Pearson would not comment on whether Rollins' departure was tied to the investigations into the company's accounting procedures. Rollins' departure comes after a terrible year for the company, during which it lost its lead in PC market share to HP...
[February 1, 2007, 7:50]
Top execs depart in Yahoo reshuffle
News Braun's tenure has been a rocky one at Yahoo, marked by rumours of his departure and complaints that he didn't fit with the tech culture of Silicon Valley and failed to turn the company into an entertainment powerhouse.
[December 6, 2006, 7:47]
The Day Ahead: Can things get even better for Cisco?
News There's a big difference between the departure of Amazon.com's Joe Galli to VerticalNet and Listwin's exit. Will Listwin's departure affect shares? Chief executive John Chambers rattled off strong sales growth in all geographies and markets and...
[August 9, 2000, 13:28]
