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Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 12 at 3:02 pm PT
Search giant Google said today it had appointed Diane B. Greene to its board of directors. Greene, 56, is a co-founder of VMWare and took that company public in 2007. She was its CEO and president for 10 years ending 2008, and was executive vice president at EMC, which partially owns VMWare. She also sits on the board of Intuit.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 12 at 6:00 am PT
The e-commerce giant has joined a growing list of companies willing to brave the rain in order to gain access to a deep pool of technology engineers in Seattle.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on October 17, 2011 at 6:40 am PT
The reunited Data Domain gang is tuning up for an IPO with ServiceNow, a fast-growing, cloud-based help-desk play.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on August 25, 2011 at 7:45 am PT
The long search for a CEO at chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices has ended just as suddenly as it began.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on August 23, 2011 at 5:35 am PT
The summer that flash memory began to transform the data center continues as Pure Storage unleashes an all-flash storage array.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on July 12, 2011 at 7:59 am PT
Intel has named two new co-presidents at its newly acquired McAfee security software subsidiary. The bigger news is that president Dave DeWalt is leaving.
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John Paczkowski in News on July 11, 2011 at 4:28 pm PT
It’s official. Judges in the United States and Canada today
approved the $4.5 billion sale of Nortel’s wireless technology patents to a consortium led by Microsoft and Apple. When the transaction closes in about a month, some 6,000 wireless patents will be transferred over to Rockstar Bidco, an alliance that also includes Research In Motion, Sony, Ericsson AB and EMC.
Ina Fried in News on June 30, 2011 at 10:48 pm PT
The networking company, which is currently in bankruptcy proceedings, said late Thursday that it will receive $4.5 billion from a consortium of tech companies made up of Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Research In Motion and Sony.
The patent collection includes some 6,000 patents including key patents in the areas of wireless and networking.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on June 22, 2011 at 10:50 am PT
Founded by two Xensource veterans, security start-up Bromium aims to protect all those smartphones and tablets that people buy and expect to be able to use at the office. Investments from Andreessen Horowitz, Ignition Partners and Lightspeed Ventures suggest it may be on to something.
