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  • Symantec CEO to Retire Insider Named as Successor

    John Thompson, Symantec’s chief executive officer for the last seven years, announced his plans to retire early next year. According to a press release issued by the company, Thompson will turn over the CEO post to Enrique Salem, the current chief operating officer, effective April 9, 2009. Thompson will retain his position as chairman of…

  • Chipmaker Spansion Sues Samsung for Infringement

    WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Flash memory maker Spansion (SPSN.O) has filed two lawsuits against Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), accusing the electronics manufacturer of infringing its patents, Spansion said on Monday. Spansion said it filed one lawsuit with the International Trade Commission and the second with the U.S. District Court in Delaware. A draft copy of…

  • DO NOT PUBLISH — BROKEN

    IT decision makers at U.S. corporations believe 2009 company performance will be better than 2008.   That’s according to new forecasting trend information gleaned from the most recent CDW IT Monitor poll of more than 1,000 IT decision makers.   Now a year into its CDW IT Monitor survey of IT decision maker sentiment, the…

  • 5 Ways to Capture More MDF

    With the swipe of a pen last week, American Express suddenly transformed itself from a credit card holding company to a bank, making itself eligible for about $25 billion of that federal bailout fund. I am sure all of us thought about how to become a financial institution to claim our share of Washington’s $700…

  • Getting Closer to Customers with BI

    What is going to carry the tech community through this recession? Will it be better and more innovative products?   Will it be managed and hosted services?   Or will it be something more intangible, such as customer relationships and satisfaction?   The answer is a little of all three. The one that stands out,…

  • Citrix Online, Cisco Differ on Telepresence Future

    Cisco Systems’ CEO John Chambers predicts that consumer versions of his company’s high-definition telepresence systems will hit the home/consumer market within a year. "What you’re going to see is, over the next 12 to 15 months … high-definition capabilities for TelePresence into the home," Chambers told reporters last week. Chambers reported he has one of…

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