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Cyber-Attack Fears, Data Demand Boost Symantec’s Q2 Results
Fear of cyber-threats and ongoing demand for digital information boosted Symantec’s second-quarter performance as enterprises and consumers continued to buy its security and backup products, the company said. The company reported fiscal second-quarter revenue of $1.68 billion, a 14 percent increase from last year’s revenue of $1.48 billion. Symantec’s net income was $182 million, or…
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Symantec Hones SMB Specialization for Security, Backup
Symantec announced today that it’ll beef up its SMB Specialization for partners with new security and backup tracks to give them even more firepower to go after the critical small business segment of the security market. Symantec’s new changes give SMB-focused partners the opportunity to earn exclusive financial benefits by focusing on either the security…
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Incoming IBM CEO Virginia Rometty 10 Career Facts
Incoming IBM CEO Virginia Rometty 10 Career Facts Rometty currently works as senior vice president and group executive of IBM Sales, Marketing and Strategy, a role that has had her directly accountable to Palmisano for IBM’s $99 billion in revenue. No Title Rometty has hardly flown under the radar prior to the announcement–she’s made Fortune…
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IBM Names Virginia Rometty as New CEO
Virginia Rometty, IBM’s senior vice president and global sales leader, is slated to become the company’s next CEO and president, succeeding longtime leader Samuel Palmisano, who is retiring at the end of the year. As the new CEO, Rometty not only takes over one of the world’s largest and most important tech companies, but she…
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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…
