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Palmisano Sheds Light On IBM's Path
News IBM chief executive Sam Palmisano told Wall Street analysts that the company needs to cut costs and become more efficient, but declined to discuss expected job cuts. We now have an equation for our PC business that we think is sustainable...
[May 17, 2002, 7:32]
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. The move had been expected, after IBM's announcement earlier this...
[October 30, 2002, 10:42]
Palmisano Takes The Reins At IBM Server Group
News IBM Global Services chief Sam Palmisano will take over as head of Big Blue's server division, replacing Robert Stephenson, who is retiring. Palmisano, 48, is widely credited with not only maintaining the prestige of IBM's services arm but...
[September 21, 1999, 16:03]
Palmisano: Big Blue Means Business
News Sam Palmisano means business about e-business. A day later, Palmisano talked with writer Joe Wilcox about the company's long-anticipated Freeway mainframe, the Shark storage system, and Big Blue's Linux initiative.
[December 18, 2000, 9:02]
IBM Names Palmisano As New Chief Executive
News Sam Palmisano will become IBM's chief executive 1 March, succeeding Lou Gerstner, the company said on Tuesday. Palmisano, currently IBM's president and chief operating officer, has been widely expected to take over for Gerstner, who has been...
[January 30, 2002, 8:59]
IBM Boss Spells Out A Better Future
News The normally taciturn Sam Palmisano, the chief executive of IBM, aligned himself this week with those who predict a backlash against large multinational companies, such as IBM itself. In what the Financial Times described as "a rare public...
[June 12, 2006, 16:45]
IBM Looks Into Its Crystal Ball
News What's on the mind of IBM's chief executive, Sam Palmisano? Palmisano, who makes few public speeches and gives almost no interviews. Probably how to make money off the growing market for sensors. IBM Research recently provided its Global Technology...
[March 29, 2006, 10:20]
IBM Boss Spells Out A Better Future
Talkback Palmisano’s comments are noteworthy for several reasons. Palmisano is recognizing that. But what’s most intriguing is Palmisano’s model for trust creation. Instead,Palmisano flatly states that the way to increase trust is through shared values.
[June 17, 2006, 19:57]
Reinventing IBM: The Evolution Of On-demand
News An IBM lifer who joined the company right out of college, Palmisano had to show that he could articulate a strategy for long-term growth. Now, Palmisano is pushing to complete IBM's transformation from primarily a hardware company to one led by...
[June 15, 2004, 11:10]
SCO: IBM Has 'failed To Comply'
News In its motion, SCO said IBM has provided "only a limited number of well-filtered documents" from chief executive Sam Palmisano and nothing from Irving Wladawsky-Berger, the executive responsible for launching IBM's push.
[July 12, 2004, 9:25]
Sun Attacks IBM's Linux Strategy
News Schwartz's memo, entitled Free advice for Sam Palmisano on IBM's desktop options, refers to a story broken earlier this year in which a leaked IBM memo appeared to show the company was committed to a wholesale internal migration to desktop Linux.
[January 22, 2004, 12:50]
IBM Tops Earnings Targets
News Palmisano noted that the company had strengthened its software offering through a number of acquisitions, and said the integration with PwC Consulting is on track. We continued to gain share in our core businesses and managed our company very well...
[January 17, 2003, 10:16]
IBM Details On-demand Picture
News IBM chairman and chief executive Sam Palmisano admitted during his keynote speech on Monday that the company has had trouble getting the rest of the industry to understand on-demand. When we first rolled it out, there was a lot of confusion around...
[March 3, 2004, 9:25]
LinuxWorld Shows Software Entering Adulthood
News The standard bearer for the new Linux reality is IBM, in particular president Sam Palmisano. A year ago, Palmisano pushed Big Blue to its current position as one of the loudest and most determined Linux advocates, with the company spreading Linux...
[January 30, 2001, 11:07]
IBM's Profits Fall
News The warning also marks a rough start for chief executive Sam Palmisano, who took over the top spot last month, replacing Lou Gerstner, who had been chief executive since 1993. Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich said in a research note that...
[April 8, 2002, 15:33]
IBM Begins Layoffs
News The layoffs come as no surprise after IBM chief executive Sam Palmisano told Wall Street analysts last week that the company needed to cut costs. Palmisano became IBM's chief executive in March. We know it," Palmisano told attendees at the company...
[May 24, 2002, 14:29]
IBM Triples Investment In India
News India and other emerging economies are an increasingly important part of IBM's global success," said Sam Palmisano, the firm's chairman and chief executive, speaking in Bangalore. Palmisano indicated that IBM plans to use some of its $6bn...
[June 6, 2006, 15:05]
IBM: Replacement Cycle Is Headed For The Scrapheap
News The technology replacement cycle -- the frenzied buying spree that the tech industry has come to count on every few years -- is being driven to the tar pits by on-demand computing, said IBM chief executive Sam Palmisano.
[May 15, 2003, 7:50]
IBM Chief Takes $20m Home
Talkback It's no comfort to the thousands of employees who have had their pensions significantly reduced so that Palmisano can exceed his forecasts.
[March 10, 2006, 19:50]
IBM's Future Lies In Grids, Says New Chief Exec
News A new era of computing based on continually active computing grids has begun, and Big Blue is positioned to take a lead in it, said IBM's Sam Palmisano. Making his first major public appearance since being appointed IBM's chief executive-to-be...
[February 21, 2002, 11:30]
