Tagged: Appointment & News
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IBM appoints chief privacy officer News
16.10.2012 Tech giant IBM has appointed Christina Peters as its chief privacy officer to guide and oversee the company’s global information policy and practices that affect more than... -
Yahoo! nabs Google executive as its COO News
16.10.2012 Internet giant Yahoo! has hired vice-president of Google's worldwide Partner Business Solutions group Henrique de Castro as its chief operating officer. -
EMC names new chief technology officer News
02.10.2012 Storage hardware solutions provider EMC has appointed a 20-year veteran of the IT industry as its new chief technology officer. John Roese will report to Jeremy Burton,... -
Yahoo! names Ken Goldman as new CFO News
26.09.2012 An executive named as one of 'America's 15 Most Connected Capitalists' by Forbes magazine has been appointed internet giant Yahoo! Inc’s new CFO. Ken Goldman takes on the role... -
BT names Luis Alvarez CEO, BT Global Services News
17.09.2012 Telecoms company BT has appointed its president of BT Global Services Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America Luis Alvarez as CEO, BT Global Services, effective 1 October. -
Sophos appoints Kris Hagerman as new CEO News
04.09.2012 Kris Hagerman begins a new role today, as chief executive officer of security firm Sophos. He also joins the company's board. -
HP appoints new senior vice-president and global CIO News
02.08.2012 Technology giant HP has a new senior vice-president and global chief information officer - Ramón F Baez, who will take up the post on 20 August. -
Symantec fires president and CEO Enrique Salem prior to reporting financial results News
26.07.2012 It has already been an eventful week at security software maker Symantec. The company’s board of directors fired its president and CEO Enrique Salem and replaced him with Steve... -
Former failed Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson lands new CEO job News
23.07.2012 Scott Thompson, Yahoo!’s former CEO who resigned from that job a week after allegations emerged that he had added a fake computer science degree to his official biography, has... -
VMware appoints Pat Gelsinger new CEO News
19.07.2012 Virtualisation software provider VMware has appointed EMC’s information infrastructure products president and COO Pat Gelsinger chief executive officer, effective 1 September.... -
Sony appoints Kazuo Hirai as president and CEO News
27.06.2012 Electronics giant Sony has appointed the former head of its games division Kazuo Hirai as president and chief executive officer in an effort to bring the company back to... -
Yahoo! appoints new VP and chief revenue officer News
18.06.2012 Digital media giant Yahoo! has hired a former Google staffer as its new executive vice-president and chief revenue officer. Michael Barrett will take on the job in early July. -
Samsung Electronics names Kwon Oh-hyun as CEO News
08.06.2012 Samsung Electronics has named the head of the firm's display and chip business Kwon Oh-hyun as a new chief executive officer, after his division pulled the company out of an... -
HP appoints George Kadifa to lead Software business News
30.05.2012 Computer maker HP has appointed George Kadifa as executive vice-president of the company’s Software business, a role he takes over from Bill Veghte, who has been named HP’s... -
RIM appoints new COO and CMO News
08.05.2012 BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has hired Kristian Tear as chief operating officer and Frank Boulben as chief marketing officer as it focuses on expanding its global... -
David Marcus named president of PayPal News
29.03.2012 PayPal executive David Marcus will be taking the helm of the online payments provider as president effective 2 April, PayPal owner eBay Inc has announced. -
Enterprise Ireland appoints new start-up ambassador News
15.02.2012 Irish entrepreneur Paul Kenny will be helping to encourage overseas entrepreneurs to locate start-up businesses in Ireland as Enterprise Ireland's new Start-up Ambassador for... -
Microsoft appoints new corporate VP of Worldwide Public Sector News
09.02.2012 Laura K Ipsen is joining software giant Microsoft as corporate vice-president of its Worldwide Public Sector organisation. -
Dell names new software group president News
03.02.2012 Computer company Dell has appointed John Swainson as its president, software group, effective 5 March 2012. -
Sony appoints Kazuo Hirai as president and CEO News
01.02.2012 Consumer electronics giant Sony has appointed a new president and CEO, Kazuo Hirai. Hirai takes the helm on 1 April, and current chairman, CEO and president Sir Howard Stringer...