Lou Gerstner
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If you're IBM (and maybe HP), ain't life grand?
Insight commentary A counter-intuitive start to tech earnings season and this much is clear: the companies with high-margin businesses will pass through the storm a lot easier.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Budgeting/cost control, Leadership, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Samuel J. Palmisano, Computer, Lou Gerstner, Hardware
IBM Japan makes bold US$82m call
News IBM Japan plans to invest 10 billion yen (US$82 million) in an Internet data center in Tokyo, a bold move in an uncertain business climate.
IBM: The 'next big thing' no longer exists
News The head of IBM's innovation division says there won't be any more disruptive technologies. Instead, people will focus on the value that arises from creation.
Tags: Product development and design, Innovation
Bartz as Yahoo CEO? New job, but strong resume
News Sure, selling software is different from selling ads. But Yahoo has more need for fresh eyes and new leadership than for media expertise.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Search, Internet advertising, Autodesk Inc., Yahoo! Inc., CAD, Carol Bartz, software, chairman
IBM to bolster services with network push
News Aiming to lengthen its services reach, IBM on Thursday said it teamed up with NetSolve to help companies manage their computer networks.
IBM's Gerstner named chair of Carlyle Group
News IBM Chairman Lou Gerstner has been named chair of private equity company The Carlyle Group, a role he'll assume shortly after leaving his Big Blue post at year's end.
IBM analysts ponder CEO swan song
News Wall Street is expecting IBM to give an upbeat presentation Thursday at its annual analyst meeting, which could be CEO Lou Gerstner's farewell announcement.
IBM chief receives US$4.5 million bonus
News IBM CEO Sam Palmisano saw his salary and bonus jump in 2002, while outgoing Chairman Lou Gerstner took home more than US$16.3 million in pay, bonus and stock grants, according to regulatory documents filed Monday.
IBM chief admits failures, sees better times ahead
News IBM chief executive Lou Gerstner yesterday recapped several of the company's recent missteps but reiterated that he expects a strong second half of the year.
Palmisano memo outlines reason for IBM sale
News Firm's CEO says PCs are too much like consumer electronics, and that Big Blue's focus lies elsewhere.
Tags: Personal Computers
IBM uses mainframe to woo Linux fans
News IBM says it will offer Linux supporters free access to one of the computing giant's powerful mainframe starting this week.
IBM to let Linux fans use mainframe--for free
News IBM says it will offer Linux supporters the next best thing starting this week: free access to one of the computing giant's powerful mainframe sytems.
IBM's Palmisano: Get into the grid
News Big Blue is ready for the challenge of 2002, the company's soon-to-be CEO says. Plans include grid computing, and more Linux. Should competitors be worried?
The coming of the anti-Fiorina
News Boring may be good, but Mark Hurd will also need lots of latitude to succeed where Carly Fiorina failed, says CNET News.com's Charles Cooper.
Is Ray Ozzie up to the task?
News The Lotus Notes inventor and driving force behind Microsoft's online services strategy has some big shoes to fill.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Leadership
