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Q&A: CEO Michael Cowpland On Drawing The New Corel
News Corel president and CEO Michael Cowpland is the power behind one of the sharpest software companies in the world. PCDN spoke to Cowpland on a flying visit to London. Revenues earned by the CorelDraw juggernaut are now taking the company in several...
[December 3, 1996, 15:32]
Corel Sinks Deeper In The Red
News While we are disappointed by the preliminary results, we are pleased that we are still able to deliver a profitable year," said Michael Cowpland, Corel CEO, in a press release. Cowpland had this to say:
[December 23, 1999, 6:08]
Corel CEO Sees Future Growth Potential
News With an improved cash position since Q4 1999, and profitable investments, Corel is positioned to fund future growth," said chief executive Michael Cowpland in a prepared release. At the time, Cowpland attributed the shortfall to problems with...
[March 21, 2000, 9:32]
Corel Plunges After Profit Warning
News While we are disappointed by the preliminary results, we are pleased that we are still able to deliver a profitable year," said Michael Cowpland, Corel CEO, in a press release. Cowpland's bullishness echoed what he said on Corel's first-quarter...
[December 23, 1999, 10:49]
Corel Aims For Enterprise With Java Groupware
News CEO and chairman Michael Cowpland said the Canadian firm is moving into "phase two" of its Java plans, renaming its Office for Java product CorelCentral and adding a communications hub to the product with universal inbox, the ability to assign and...
[August 19, 1997, 16:24]
Corel NC Due October
News Corel chief Michael Cowpland said today that the firm's long-waited NC boxes will be available from October. In London this morning, Cowpland, the UK-born CEO and president of the Canadian outfit, said that desktop NCs will be followed six weeks...
[August 11, 1997, 10:43]
WordPerfect Maker Cuts Staff By Fifth After Continued Losses
News President and Chief Executive Michael Cowpland said it was "the ideal time to consolidate," suggesting that after the company bought Wordperfect in 1996 it may have bitten off more than it could chew.
[June 25, 1998, 8:32]
The Day Ahead: Corel Tries Out New Buzzwords
News The theory goes like this: The more hot technologies chief executive Michael Cowpland talks about, the greater the chance that some sucker will buy Corel shares. Perhaps sensing this Linux thing has played itself out on Wall Street, Cowpland felt...
[March 21, 2000, 11:50]
Quotes Of The Week, December 2-6
News Corel's Michael Cowpland on the software business. Corel's Cowpland on Java versus Windows-based machines. "In Germany and the UK we expect the [videoconferencing] market to double in units by end of 1997 in the business desktop area.
[December 6, 1996, 11:29]
Corel To Sell Its Linux Arm
News At Comdex/Fall in Las Vegas, Corel chief executive Derek Burney maintained that Corel was not abandoning Linux, even though Corel's original Linux champion, former chief executive Michael Cowpland, resigned from the company in August.
[December 15, 2000, 10:21]
The Week In Review
News It was also the week that Corel CEO Michael Cowpland blew into town. In an interview with PCDN Cowpland said Corel has shelved plans for a handheld but will push hard on its VNC video-enabled network computer and on anything with the word 'Java' in...
[December 6, 1996, 16:48]
The Day Ahead: Will Corel/Inprise Become A Real Linux Powerhouse?
News Corel CEO Michael Cowpland reiterated that Corel's Linux revenue was $3m in the fourth quarter, more than half of Red Hat's December quarter sales. The guidance is typical of Cowpland -- overpromise and underdeliver.
[February 8, 2000, 12:01]
Corel Issues Profits Warning
News Corel president and chief executive Dr Michael Cowpland said in a prepared statement that "Over the last three quarters we have been repositioning the company from its retail focus to an expanded concentration on the corporate marketplace.
[September 12, 1997, 10:00]
Corel Chief Dismisses Crusoe
News Canadian software giant Corel has already dismissed the idea of developing software for the Crusoe family of microprocessors, according to president and CEO Michael Cowpland. The new chip, designed by Californian start-up Transmeta, is going to...
[February 25, 2000, 6:30]
The Day Ahead: A Few Suggestions For Corel's Board
News This columnist would like to congratulate Corel on chief executive Michael Cowpland's resignation. In fact, it was time for Cowpland to go a few years ago, but why nitpick. Cowpland's stamp is all over this puppy.
[August 16, 2000, 12:16]
Corel Profits Head South
News Following the reductions in the quarter, we are extremely comfortable with the amount of inventory currently in the distribution channel," said CEO Michael Cowpland in a release. The numbers represent a stark reversal of the year-earlier quarter...
[December 18, 1997, 14:58]
Corel Signs 'Perfect' Agreement
News The sheer scale of PC Chips' reach makes this Corel's largest OEM opportunity to date, and one that will be hard to surpass," Corel CEO Michael Cowpland said in a release. The Canadian software company's agreement with PC Chips Group calls for a...
[March 31, 1999, 7:24]
Corel Posts Another Big Loss
News While the results for the fiscal 1997 year are disappointing, the Company remains strong and well positioned for a successful 1998," said CEO Michael Cowpland said in a release. The Ottawa, Canada company said the difference can be traced to a...
[January 20, 1998, 16:45]
Analysis: Who Will Buy My Netscape?
News If the Canadians were to try to bring their retail nous to Netscape it would be Michael Cowpland's bravest (and arguably most foolhardy) stunt yet.long shot. Mega-mergers such as the Compaq-Digital announcement nearly always lead to fervid minds...
[February 5, 1998, 11:45]
Microsoft Bails Out Rival Corel
News Corel's alliance with a former rival -- the company got burned in 1997 after it bought WordPerfect and pitted it against Microsoft's Word software, a fight that left Corel bloodied and battered -- comes during a troubled year for the company and...
[October 3, 2000, 8:15]
