Outgoing Sony CEO Howard Stringer says much of big losses out of his control
Sony CEO Howard Stringer, who will step down at the end of March, said Thursday that much of his company's losses were due to circumstances outside of his control and he is confident the company will get back on track.
Cisco CTO: Software integration will drive intelligent networks
Networking giant Cisco plans to make software one of the company's “core competencies”, with the aim of creating a networking operating system that is more intelligent and contextualised.
'Acquire or be acquired': CFO M&A expectations strong for mid-market tech
Chief financial officers of technology companies are looking for last year's active merger-and-acquisition scene to continue, with 75% expecting an increase in dealmaking, according to survey results from BDO USA.
The growing backlash over CEO 'Pay Ratios'
Several dozen business groups, including the American Insurance Association, Business Roundtable, National Investor Relations Institute, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently wrote Mary Schapiro, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, regarding Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act.
WikiLeaks' Assange takes appeal to UK Supreme Court
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange launched his appeal in the U.K. Supreme Court on Wednesday in his last attempt in Britain to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations.
Six trends CIOs must watch in 2012
Accenture says they are context-based services, converging data architectures, industrialised data services, social-driven IT, PaaS-enabled agility and orchestrated analytical security.
Gartner: CIOs must assess impact of Euro crisis
CIOs also need to safeguard their enterprises from the risks of government and bank default, euro break-up, counterparty bankruptcy and employee–customer distress
Cook hires first exec since taking Apple's reins from Jobs
Apple CEO Tim Cook made his first major hire yesterday since taking over the company in August, bringing in the CEO of a struggling British electronics chain to lead Apple's own retail operation.
Facebook IPO filing reveals some eye-poppers
When Facebook filed its IPO papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, some interesting facts about the company were revealed.
Rise of the career contractors
Confidence returning to the financial sector and greater desires to balance work and life, are contributing to a recent increase in the number of career contractors in the IT industry, according to recruitment firm Robert Walters.
For Sony's new CEO, a big challenge is in your living room
Sony's new CEO faces a myriad of problems -- stemming massive losses, snatching the momentum back from deep-pocketed rivals, unifying his firm's diffuse businesses across the globe -- but one of his main priorities is your living room.
The new breed of executive CIO
Where traditionally, CIOs focus on the technology within their remit, executive CIOs are realising the strategic opportunities the role offers to affect a much wider ecosystem, thanks to the omnipresence of the company IT system
NYSE COO: How to find the right people for the right job
How does one continue to invest while keeping one’s eyes focused on bringing about greater efficiencies? Peter Tierney, Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific, of NYSE Technologies, shares some insights and plans his organisation has on facing the challenges confronting the stock exchange in today’s highly competitive business environments.
2012: The year storage becomes a celebrity
While data storage has always been a necessary building block for technology, it's rarely garnered as much attention as it has in the past two years. The reason: Corporate and retail consumers are being forced to store greater amounts of data and they need to make that data more useful -- and accessible.