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Harry You’s Integration Challenge
Harry You, 10 weeks at the helm of BearingPoint Inc., must hope the company’s recently troubled past isn’t a prologue. The integrator’s difficulties started last November, when the company announced a $92.9 million accounting error. BearingPoint corrected the glitch, but the problem pointed to broader issues with the company’s financial systems. That was a bit…
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With Partners Like Microsoft, Who Needs Enemies?
Come on, can’t anyone just call a betrayal a betrayal? Take, for example, Microsoft’s plans to continue to expand its specialized, vertical-solutions direct sales force. Simon Witts, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s enterprise and partner group, said that this won’t cause any business conflict with its partners. Mind you, Witts said that Microsoft is moving…
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Bearing Point CFO Resigns
BearingPoint, which has been rebuilding its management team since the departure of senior managers last November, now finds itself with another role to fill. Joseph Corbett on Tuesday resigned from his post as chief financial officer, which he had held since January. Corbett’s departure “was through mutual agreement,” according to a company statement. He will…
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Outsourcers Should Hope for Best, Plan for Worst
At a time when outsourcing deals draw comparisons to failed marriages, perhaps it’s not surprising that one consultant recommends that parties moving toward a contract pursue a prenuptial agreement. Jeff Kaplan, senior consultant with the Cutter Consortium, said end-user companies should evaluate how they would be able to take back their IT operations—or other outsourced…
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Wireless a Strategic Play for Distributor D&H
Until recently, wireless products were either consumer-focused home networking devices or complex enterprise-level technology that carried a hefty price tag. There were few products explicitly designed for SMBs (small and midsize businesses) that couldn’t afford enterprise wireless technology or effectively apply consumer devices to their business needs. But as wireless equipment makers join other IT…
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Ingram Micro Shuffles Executives; Three Leave
Distributor Ingram Micro Inc. is consolidating its U.S. and Canadian executive teams into a single, North America management infrastructure. As a result of the reorganization, three executives are leaving the Santa Ana, Calif.-based company, the world’s largest IT products distributor, and several others are being reassigned. In the process, the company is establishing its first…
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