Business Development/management
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Insight newsmaker Astute young businessman Ian Lim believes helping video bloggers become stars will also rake in money for a site he's founded.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Business development/management, TV, micropayment, Video, Singapore, Platform, blogging, revenue
Is it time for (a leadership) change at Microsoft?
Insight commentary If Redmond can’t find new ways of thinking, demonstrate initiative and imagination, or show some hunger and verve, then perhaps its current batch of leaders are no longer fit for purpose.
Tags: Business development/management, Leadership, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, bank, shareholder, strategy
Ten steps to successful IT
Insight perspective We all want to run successful IT departments but how do we do it? An industry observer offers some advice.
Tags: Business development/management, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT training, Web 2.0, Conference, Supplier, performance, vision, industry
Is your business run by chance?
Insight perspective The discipline you apply to managing your business' underlying processes can make all the difference, especially when times get tough, says analyst.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Business development/management, Business structures, Process, Organization, Supplier, Quocirca, Clive Longbottom, Environment
Oracle's hardware gambit: Not so crazy
Insight commentary Larry Ellison is finally in the hardware business. Maybe the second time's a charm.
Tags: Hardware, Business development/management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Database, data warehouse, software, Oracle Corp., Wintel, Earth, database software
Microsoft's Muglia talks Windows Azure
Insight newsmaker Microsoft server and tools boss Bob Muglia, who was recently promoted, shares the "ton" of things to do to ready hosted versions of its server products.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Leadership, Software engineering/development, Business development/management, Web services, Microsoft Corp., password management, Environment, Server, server software
Morgan Stanley exec is new Google CIO
News Ben Fried, who oversaw core computing operations for the financial service firm, will become Google's next CIO, CNET News.com has learned.
Tags: Leadership, Growth strategies and tools, Business development/management, Google Inc., EMI Group Plc., Morgan Stanley, CIO, software, job, managing director
China bumps US from No. 1 ranking on number of Internet users
News More Chinese are now surfing the Net than even Americans, according to figures from China's government. But ComScore says otherwise.
Tags: Internet, Business development/management, Internet User, ComScore Networks Inc., billing, Internet Cafe, China, U.S., blog, agency
Finet Group breaks into Chinese Internet games sector
News Chinese financial publisher Finest Group launches its own online game company, China Game, as a sign of commitment to invest in the gaming industry of China.
Tags: Digital media, Games, Business development/management, Web sites, Dr., Online Game, chairman, financial, China, Beijing
Google addresses antitrust issue on Yahoo ad deal
News Microsoft is concerned an ad deal between Google and Yahoo would extend Google's search-ad dominance. Google execs say people should look at the bigger ad market.
Tags: Internet advertising, Business development/management, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Advertiser, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Larry Page, Advertisement
Carl Icahn will launch proxy fight against Yahoo
News Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is reportedly planning a move that could ultimately kick out Yahoo's entire board.
Tags: Business development/management, Business structures, Investments, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Stock, Carl Icahn, shareholder, Internet, blog
Yahoo responds to Icahn
News The Internet company says that Icahn's take "reflects a significant misunderstanding of the facts about the Microsoft proposal". It goes on (and on) from there.
Tags: Business development/management, Business structures, Investor relations, Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, Environment, monetization, financial
Yahoo tries to conceal lawsuit documents
News Suing shareholders and Yahoo disagree about whether information on the company's employee severance plan should be public.
Tags: Business development/management, Business structures, Business Strategies & Functions, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Associated Press, activist investor, top executive, Jerry Yang, shareholder
Facebook exec downplays Google row
News The social network's product marketing chief calls the tussle a "tempest in a teapot" and hopes the problems can be quickly resolved.
Tags: Privacy, Business development/management, Google Inc., Search Engine, Terms Of Service, social networking, product marketing, Facebook, network, knowledge
Google carves an Android path through open source world
News Company is committed to many open source tenets with its Android mobile phone software--but it's willing to step on a few open source toes, too.
Tags: Open source, Mobile platforms/communications, Business development/management, Innovation, Google Inc., Android, GPL, Wind River Systems Inc., phone, software
