Redmond Based software giant has always been spearheaded by its former CEO Bill Gates; he was also the Chief software Architect at the company. But after his departure, his successor Ray Ozzie took the charge as the Chief software architect.
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Ray Ozzie Microsoft Software Division Head to Depart Posted By : exsmith
January 7th, 2011 |
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Global Growth Out of the Trough
November 29th, 2010 |
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In this Deeper Thinking series interview, Joe Maglitta, VP President and Editorial Director for Ziff Davis Enterprise, speaks with Ed Rapp, CFO of Caterpillar Inc. about how the industrial giant is forging ahead to offset an 80% drop in U.S. business in 2009. Key strategies include expansion into growing economies, notably China, expanding their physical infrastructures, ongoing contingency planning, and knowing when to “batten down the hatches and pull the trigger.”Shaped by four previous recessions, Rapp says its crucial for companies to know when to “batten down the hatches and pull the trigger.”He also discusses the crucial role of IT in growth, the technology-enabled worksite, reducing emissions, and what makes for an effective CIO. In addition to serving as CFO, Rapp also has responsibility for the Peoria, Ill.s companys Global Information Services Division, Human Services Division, Financial Services Division and several others. $59-billion Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines.
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OUE’s 3Q net profit soars to $127.1m
November 10th, 2010 |
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Mainboard-listed Overseas Union Enterprise says net profit surged 16 times to $127.1 million for the three months ended 30 Sept 2010 (3Q2010), up from $7.5 million in the corresponding period last year (3Q 2009).
The robust performance came on the back of a 52.9% rise in the group 3Q 2010 revenue to $51.2 million, driven by improved contributions from the Hospitality division and Retail division, Mandarin Gallery.
Hitachi Planning IPO for Its Storage Division
November 5th, 2010 |
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Hitachi said that it is preparing to list the shares of its U.S.-based hard disk-drive unit, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, on either the NYSE or the Nasdaq. No date yet. – Hitachi, the vast Japanese conglomerate buoyed by an improved
fiscal Q2 2010 report after several quarters of massive losses, said
this week that it wants to break out its storage division into its own
entity and set up an initial public offering.
The Japan-based multinational, ranked in the w…
LMA International N.V. – Corporate moves
October 28th, 2010 |
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Christopher Lee has been appointed GM, international division wef Sept 13
Work experience: CEO, Inion Oy, United Kingdom; president, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson
HP Fattens Palm Division with Nokia, Samsung Executives
October 16th, 2010 |
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HP has reportedly beefed up its Palm WebOS team with a MeeGo executive from Nokia and an R&D executive from Samsung. Even internal HP staff are now focused on WebOS. – As Hewlett-Packard prepares to
launch the first new smartphones under the Palm brand since it purchased
the WebOS maker, it’s apparently also beefing up its Palm staff with key
executives from some of its rivals.
Ari Jaaksi, who resigned earlier this month from Nokia citing quot;personal
reas…
HP Print Division Expects Slightly Better 2011 than 2010
September 29th, 2010 |
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HP’s Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) is a $29 billion annual revenue business with margins in the 16 to 17 percent area that expects to grow 3 to 4 percent in 2011. – Hewlett-Packard’s top printing and imaging executive told analysts Sept. 28
that the IT giant’s franchise in that sector expects to report flat to 2
percent growth in 2010 and that he believes his division will improve to
between 3 percent and 4 percent growth in 2011.
HP’s Imaging and Printin…
Toshiba 4G WiMax-Ready Laptops Introduced
September 23rd, 2010 |
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The company’s Satellite notebooks boast 4G WiMax wireless connectivity; a 3D capable model is also offered. – Toshibas Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba
America Information Systems, rolled out a range of 4G WiMax-ready
laptops, designed to give consumers broader wireless coverage. WiMax, a
telecommunications protocol that provides fixed and mobile Internet
access, is currently available i…
IBM Research Division Tackles Analytics, IT Services, Health Care
September 9th, 2010 |
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At its upstate New York facility, IBM researchers are tackling a number of issues that range from business analytics and IT services to health care. – YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. quot;Watson quot;
isnt brushing up on any trivia today.
Watson, now maybe the worlds most well-known supercomputer (with its own
New York Times Magazine profile to prove it), is half hidden behind a black
curtain and stationed in the mock quot;Jeopardy quot; studio that …
APC Starts Division to Make Data Center Controls
July 27th, 2010 |
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American Power Conversion announces the formation of a specialized software business unit to focus on control of all aspects of the data center. – IT physical infrastructure companies, the folks who make precision power and
cooling equipment, uninterruptible power supplies, and energy management
software, are starting to make moves into the data center management software
sector.
Emerson Network Power
has quietly begun providing system ma…
Excel Basic Maths – Multiplication and Division Posted By : james p
June 17th, 2010 |
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How to Multiply and Divide in excel
SBI Offshore raises $3.2m to fund expansion of contract engineering division
May 22nd, 2010 |
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SBI Offshore Limited says it placed out 11 million new shares at 29 cents each to raise net proceeds of $3.17 million on May 21.Part of the placement proceeds will be used to expand its facility in its Jiangyin facility in Jiangsu province.
SBI Offshore says the new shares were placed to corporate and high net worth investors, enlarging the group’s share capital base to 121.7 million ordinary shares from 110.7 million.
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Microsoft Reports Strong Windows 7 Sales, Revenue Growth
April 23rd, 2010 |
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Microsoft reported an uptick in revenues during its third-quarter earnings call on April 22, with its Windows division buoyed by strong sales of the Windows 7 operating system. Year-over-year revenue also climbed for its Server and Tools, Online Services Division, and Entertainment and Devices Division. Although Microsofts business division revenues were slightly down year-over-year, Microsoft executives indicated that they were seeing the beginnings of increased business spending in areas such as desktops and cloud-computing services.
– Microsoft reported positive news during its fiscal 2010 third-quarter
earnings call on April 22, with revenues climbing 6 percent year-over-year to $14.50
billion. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share also rose
by double-digit percentages, which the company seemed to attrib…
Siemens Plans 4,200 Layoffs from IT Division
March 19th, 2010 |
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Reportedly preparing to spin off its IT division in the fall of 2010, tech giant Siemens is downsizing 2,000 jobs in Germany and plans to eliminate another 2,200 technology jobs globally by 2011.
– Engineering and industrial-technology conglomerate Siemens
announced March 18 it will lay off 4,200 employees in the IT division, in what
some news sources are claiming is preparation for an IT division spinoff. Siemens
said it plans to invest $500 million euros in SIS, its IT solutions and
serv…
Midas Holdings posts 15% rise in FY09 net profit to $37.5m
February 26th, 2010 |
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Midas Holdings, the manufacturer of aluminium alloy extrusion products for China’s railway sector, announced a 14.9% rise in net profit to $37.5 million for the financial year ended December 31, 2009 (FY2009).
Revenue from continuing operations, namely the Aluminium Alloy Division and the Polyethylene Pipe Division, increased 8.6% to $150 million for the year. The group had ceased the trading operations of its Agency & Procurement Division in March 2009 to focus on its core business.
“Cantonal division of Kosovo is solutionâ€
February 16th, 2010 |
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The Modern Peace and Conflict Studies founder Johan Galtung said that “Serbia, Kosovo and Albania will form a confederation”. According to the 79-year-old Norwegian mathematician, sociologists and international mediator in some 40 conflicts around the world, such a scenario will come to pass in the next 50 years, writes Belgrade daily Politika.
Boustead’s energy engineering division secures $68m in latest oil & gas contracts
January 5th, 2010 |
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Boustead Singapore says its energy-related engineering division has secured $68 million in contracts from the oil & gas industries globally.
The contracts involve the design, engineering and construction of key process equipment for oil refineries, petrochemical and gas processing plants in Australia, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom.
Microsoft Creates New Cloud Division
December 8th, 2009 |
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Microsoft forms a group that will focus on cloud computing and moving the lessons learned in the cloud into Microsoft’s server products and vice versa.
– Microsoft has announced the formation of a new group focusing on cloud
computing and moving the lessons learned in the cloud into Microsoft’s server
products and vice versa.
In a Dec. 8 post on the company’s Windows
Azure team blog, Microsoft announced quot;a new organization within the
Server…
HLH Group posts net loss of $2.9m in 1H
August 7th, 2009 |
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Mainboard-listed HLH Group, agri-business owner and property developer, reported a 50.8% drop in turnover to $5.5 million and a net loss of $2.9 million in its latest 1H2009 results.
Group turnover fell owing to the lower contributions from both its Agriculture Division and Property Division.
Football Season Preview
August 4th, 2009 |
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Last season in the AFC East, the unexpected, well, didn’t happen. No one beat out the New England Patriots to break the red, white, and blue stranglehold on the title. The New York Jets and Buffalo Bills showed major improvement over their performances of the previous season, and the Miami Dolphins were, well, the Miami [...]