Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 25, 2012 at 2:43 pm PT
“Madame Chairman” has a nice ring to it.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 2, 2012 at 9:33 am PT
Palmisano will be remembered as the man who sold IBM’s PC division to China’s Lenovo. Seven years later, it seems to have been a good trade for both parties.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 30, 2011 at 1:10 pm PT
After running HP for 11 months, former CEO Léo Apotheker got several million dollars in severance benefits. Exactly how much is hard to determine. For that, HP has won a unique and dubious award.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on October 25, 2011 at 1:29 pm PT
Big Blue has a new boss who will take over on New Year’s Day.
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Arik Hesseldahl in News on October 4, 2011 at 4:45 am PT
IBM bought 15 companies last year, yet has only bought three this year. Could it be on the verge of a new wave of dealmaking? A senior Big Blue exec signals that it just might.
John Paczkowski in News on March 14, 2011 at 11:59 am PT
IBM won’t be making scoffing noises from the back of the room at Hewlett-Packard’s big strategy meeting in San Francisco today, but that isn’t stopping the company’s execs from blowing a few raspberries in the media.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 15, 2011 at 5:16 pm PT
Spoiler warning! When we last left our human heroes, one of them had drawn even while another was far behind the supercomputer Watson in a match of the uniquely human game of “Jeopardy.” The computer was winning raves for holding its own against the game’s best human players. That would soon change with a surprising twist at the very end.
John Paczkowski in News on August 6, 2010 at 4:21 pm PT
Now that Mark Hurd has resigned as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, to whom will the company look to replace him? If HP’s directors are smart, they’ll give Apple’s Tim Cook a call, but realistically who are they likely to consider?
John Paczkowski in News on July 19, 2010 at 1:25 pm PT
Has IBM benefited from the overall uptick in corporate spending? Obviously. Posting second-quarter results after the market’s close Monday, the company reported earnings per share of $2.61, besting estimates, though revenue fell a bit short of forecasts.