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Ownership hampers virtualization adoption
News Virtualization's biggest barrier stems from confusion over who is responsible for software when it is "separated" from hardware, says Citrix top executive.
Tags: Virtualization, App servers, Database, Hypervisor, performance, software, database software, top executive, barrier, talent
HDS: Archaic storage needs a facelift
News Technology goes as far back as 20 years; fundamental changes are needed to manage new storage demands, says CTO of Hitachi Data Systems.
Tags: Storage, Virtualization, Hitachi Ltd., EMC Corp., Storage, Japan, software, top executive, China, information technology
Developers are Nokia's path to emerging markets
News Mobile maker is placing renewed focus on app creators, in hope that developer-centric strategy will drive its push into Asia's emerging markets, say top execs.
Tags: Mobile applications, Symbian, Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Phone, cell phone, mobile, Mobile applications, Asia, India
SAP: Days of the database are numbered
News Demand for cloud computing and faster access to data will lead to a future where companies don't need a database, says top SAP executive.
Tags: Databases, Cloud computing, Data Management, Database, SAP AG, Berlin, Vienna, Cloud computing, data management, top executive
CURE for a telco’s tumultuous history
Blogs Right from the start, something was already amiss with U Mobile and so I was not surprised when the company, now renamed...
Microsoft's data center chief headed to Cisco
News Debra Chrapaty, one of a relative handful of women in Microsoft's top technology ranks, is headed to Cisco, Microsoft confirmed.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Cisco Systems Inc., chief technology officer, financial analyst, top executive, data center, leadership, collaboration, women
Top Google execs: US$1 salary, no bonus, no options
News Maybe there is such a thing as enough money. Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin, and Larry Page got no salary, bonus, stock grants, or stock options in 2008.
Tags: Stock options and grants, Sergey Brin, Google Inc., stock compensation, Compensation, stock grant, Stock, Larry Page, Stock options and grants, Salary
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
Samsung chairman steps down
News Lee Kun-Hee, who led Samsung for 20 years, is giving up his position at the company amid tax fraud accusations, according to Reuters.
Tags: Organizational structure, Audits, Business ethics, Security, Stock, aide, chairman, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., News.com, top executive
Alcatel-Lucent taps new chairman, CEO
News Former aerospace executive Philippe Camus, and Ben Verwaayen, former head of BT Group, will take top spots at the troubled company, The Wall Street Journal says.
Tags: Executive recruiting, Human resources, Alcatel, Telecommunications, aerospace, chairman, BT Group Plc., top executive, shareholder, Lucent Technologies Inc.
Microsoft: Windows 7 on track
News Windows business head Bill Veghte says new operating system is still scheduled to ship within three years of Vista's January 2008 debut.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Windows Vista, Software, Business applications, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, trade show, focus group
Microsoft announces Azure pricing, details
News At its partner conference in New Orleans, the software maker announces several pricing options for its cloud computing service.
Tags: Cloud computing, Conference, Database, Storage, software company, Amazon Web Services, Cloud computing, Amazon.com Inc., network, pricing strategy
Motorola announces further job cuts
News Struggling handset maker plans to cut another 4,000 jobs and warns that weaker-than-expected handset sales would lead to a fourth-quarter loss.
Tags: Layoffs, Forecasting, Earning reports/forecasts, Qualcomm Inc., Mobile, Motorola Inc., Mobile Device, Sales, Forecasting, phone
Thank God for Pacman
Blogs The recent year-end list released by search behemoth Google seems to validate a trend that has been proven over time--th...
E-medical record must be about business
News update Countries should manage deployment of electronic medical record systems like business projects, or risk having such plans being placed as low priority.
Tags: IT project management, Network administration/implementation, Database management, Databases, Conference, European Union, healthcare industry, patient medical record, Singapore, electronic health record
