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IBM, Apple: Stark Contrasts in CEO Succession
IBM and Apple, both hugely successful companies that are undergoing a change in top leadership, are a study in contrasts when looking at their CEOs and how they re replacing them, according to analysts. Apple for more than a decade was led by the charismatic Steve Jobs, who co-founded the company in the 1970s, was…
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IBM’s Rometty to Take Big Blue Into Next 100 Years as New CEO
Virginia “Ginni” Rometty taking the helm of IBM is no surprise. IBM held out that there were three to four front runners for the position, but Rometty was the clear leader. In fact, at IBM’s recent THINK Forum in New York, Sam Palmisano, IBM’s outgoing president and CEO, practically thrust Rometty on the scene as…
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Managed IT Services Users Benefit From Cost Savings: ComptTIA
Organizations that rely on managed services providers for some or all of their information technology needs are reaping significant annual costs savings, according to a study published today by CompTIA, a nonprofit association for the IT industry. The Trends in Managed Services study revealed that among current users of managed services, 46 percent of firms…
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HP PSG Decision Coming Soon: DiFranco
Despite uncertainty surrounding the future path of HP’s Personal Systems Group, channel sales grew in the most recent quarter and solution providers will continue to play a key role in HP’s ongoing success, no matter what the company ultimately decides to do with PSG, a top executive told attendees at Synnex’s recent partner conference. “The…
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Mastering Mobile Device Management
The inclination among employees to bring personal mobile devices into the workplace is creating serious challenges for companies that have to protect their networks against unauthorized use. IT managers often don’t even know what or how many devices are tapping their networks, and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out how dangerous that is.…
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Top Tales of IT Terror
Top Tales of IT Terror It Came From the DeepThe data recovery experts at Kroll Ontrack once received a laptop that had been absolutely soaked in saltwater. The story goes that the guy who owned the notebook had brought it with him on vacation so he could catch up on email on the beach. At…
