Year: 2010

  • Adoption of Private Clouds Accelerating: Survey

    Nathan Eddy

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    Adoption of cloud computing is much broader than previous research suggests, according to the results of a new Harris Interactive survey of more than 200 IT leaders at enterprise organizations. The study, sponsored by Novell, also shows that the momentum behind developing private cloud infrastructures is accelerating. More than three-fourths (77 percent) of the respondents… Read more

  • Former GE CEO Welch Slams HP Board

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Jack Welch, former GE CEO, called HP’s board “dysfunctional” and criticized it for its handling of Mark Hurd’s resignation and Leo Apotheker’s appointment as CEO. Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch is the latest executive to take shots at Hewlett-Packard’s board for its handling of the issue involving former CEO Mark Hurd and the subsequent… Read more

  • Lindsey Lohan + Twitter

    Lindsey Lohan + Twitter

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Lindsey Lohan + Twitter The Schtick: An awareness campaign to "Just say ‘No’ to drinking and tweeting." Lady Gaga + Dell The Schtick: Male, female. She doesn’t know. Channel player, not a channel player. We don’t know either-but you still love us, amirite? Russell Crowe + Apple The Schtick: Crowe teams up with Apple to… Read more

  • Motorola, Verizon Partner on Android Smartphone for Business Users

    Channel Insider Staff

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    (Reuters) – Motorola Inc said on Tuesday Verizon Wireless would sell the Droid Pro, the mobile phone maker’s first device for business customers based on Google Inc’s popular Android operating system. Boasting push email with corporate-level security among the phone’s features, Motorola is aiming squarely at the market dominated by Research In Motion’s Blackberry, which… Read more

  • Skype Taps Cisco Exec as New CEO

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Oct 4 (Reuters) – Internet telephony provider Skype said on Monday that Tony Bates, a senior executive of Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) would become the top executive at Skype, which is planning an initial public offering. Skype, which is partly owned by eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), said that the company’s Chief Financial Officer Adrian Dillon would… Read more

  • Oracle’s Ellison Criticizes HP for Hiring Ex-SAP CEO

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Oct 4 (Reuters) – Oracle Corp (NASDAQ: ORCL) chief executive Larry Ellison chided Hewlett-Packard’s board for hiring Leo Apotheker, who was at the helm of SAP AG when the German software company "confessed" to stealing Oracle’s intellectual property. Apotheker was picked to replace Mark Hurd as chief executive of HP after the latter was forced… Read more