Borland Makes Another Profit
News "We're on track with our plan, but a turnaround takes six to eight quarters to happen," said Del Yocam. The string of good news affords Yocam, who took over as Borland's top executive in December, something few of his predecessors had: breathing room.
[October 22, 1997, 12:59]
Borland Appoints New CEO
News Borland International has appointed Delbert Yocam as CEO and Chairman. Yocam was Apple's executive vice president and chief operating officer from 1986 to 1988, and president of Apple Pacific from 1988 to 1989.
[November 27, 1996, 11:46]
Borland Cuts 30 Per Cent Of Staff, Plans Web Ads
News Borland CEO Delbert Yocam is to lay off 30 per cent of staff and move more advertising to the Web in an effort to stem losses.of Borland's current 1,000 employees will be laid off this quarter as part of a $60m restructuring plan.
[February 21, 1997, 11:48]
Secret's Out - Borland Buys Visigenic
News Our acquisition of Visigenic represents the next step in our ongoing turnaround initiative," Borland CEO Del Yocam said in a release. The deal gives Borland access to Visigenic's Object Request Broker technology, which helps send messages between...
[November 18, 1997, 14:51]
Borland Bleeds More Red Ink
News CEO and chairman Delbert Yocam said the losses were "disappointing and send a clear message that the company needs to dramatically adjust its cost structure". Borland has revealed another set of ugly financials.
[January 23, 1997, 13:52]
A Year Ago: Borland Cuts 30 Per Cent Of Staff
News Yokam said he intended to put "a considerable portion of [advertising expenditure] on the Web .this is an opportunity to use the Web more proactively than we have in the past. A spokeswoman for Borland UK said no jobs are expected to be lost in the...
[February 23, 1998, 6:00]
Exclusive: Borland Announces New Name And New Strategy
News Yocam, chairman and chief executive officer of Inprise said: "We are no longer a renegade software company that tries to go it alone. Following its acquisition of software toolmaker, Visigenic on February 27, Inprise will now focus on producing...
[April 29, 1998, 16:09]
Quotes Of The Week, November 17-21
News Borland CEO Del Yocam buying back into the big league. The intelligent network mode - the idea that the network knows you - and the adoption of this technology is driven by increasing returns. The two together make our world extraordinarily dynamic...
[November 24, 1997, 11:47]
