Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 28, 2011 at 5:30 am PT
Lexmark may be significantly smaller by revenue than its biggest rival, but it is still able to win business away from its larger rivals — and keep those customers.
John M. Leger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 17, 2011 at 1:10 pm PT
If you think start-ups have a monopoly on innovation, think again. Some of the world’s biggest companies are among the winners of The Wall Street Journal’s Technology Innovation Awards this year.
Kara Swisher in Media on September 29, 2011 at 12:48 pm PT
It’s a tough life at the top, especially of a list.
Kara Swisher in News on March 8, 2011 at 6:30 am PT
Yesterday, the Obama administration dribbled out the news that it was going to nominate current Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as the next ambassador to China.
The move leaves open a post that could get a true turbocharge if it were filled by an exec from the fast-growing and innovative digital arena.
Here are BoomTown’s nominations.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 17, 2011 at 7:45 am PT
Having licked the puny humans on TV games shows, the Watson supercomputer, or at least one like it, will be put to work on ways to help doctors make better decisions.
Dana Mattioli, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 1, 2011 at 3:10 pm PT
After delaying technology purchases and upgrades during the downturn, businesses started spending strongly again in the fourth quarter, lifting profits at tech suppliers including EMC Corp., SAP AG, International Business Machines Corp., and Xerox Corp.
News Byte
Voices in News on January 11, 2011 at 1:11 pm PT
Xerox’s storied Palo Alto Research Center announced today that
Steve Hoover is taking over as CEO, replacing the retired Mark Bernstein. Hoover has held a variety of research, development, and engineering positions at Xerox since 1994, most recently as VP of the software and electronics development group. Hoover starts work Feb. 1.
Roger Cheng, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 7, 2011 at 2:58 pm PT
The U.S. needs to fix its primary education system, encourage talented immigrants and cut business taxes if it wants to maintain it lead in innovation, several top tech executives said Friday.
Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Xerox Corp. Chief Executive Ursula Burns gave the K-12 school system a “D-minus” and said fixing it is a priority.
Avery Johnson, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 16, 2010 at 5:00 am PT
Health-technology companies are hoping that the new state insurance “exchanges” required by the federal health-care overhaul will offer them big new growth opportunities.
