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Week in review: Heat returns to Yahoo

June 27, 2008 Billionaire activist investor wants to show the door to Yahoo's CEO, while Bill Gates walks away from day-to-day work at Microsoft. Also: A Facebook face-off. TAGS: Bill Gates, Yahoo! Inc., Jerry Yang, Week in review, shareholder, CEO, president, Microsoft Corp., acquisition, chairman

Yahoo's Jerry Yang is no Bill Gates

February 16, 2008 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says loyalists who want to give Yahoo's CEO one more chance are living in the past. TAGS: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Terry Semel, Bill Gates, shareholder, CEO, acquisition, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Still no cure for what ails Yahoo

July 18, 2007 Executives offer promises but no real plan to turn company around in the face of search titan Google. TAGS: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., RBC Capital Markets, Facebook, Google Inc., acquisition, president, CEO

Mike Volpi's trek from Cisco to Joost

June 6, 2007 Once considered the heir apparent to the CEO spot at Cisco, Volpi talks about what attracted him to the top spot at video start-up Joost. TAGS: Mike Volpi, Cisco Systems Inc., Scientific-Atlanta Inc., Skype, founder, acquisition, CEO, video

JBoss CEO: Buyout talk got 'out of hand'

April 3, 2006 Even as JBoss weighs acquisition offers, its CEO bemoans some of the "nonsense" regarding Oracle acquisition rumors. TAGS: JBoss, Oracle Corp., buyout, middleware, discussion, acquisition, equity, Java, CEO, open source

Oracle adds security firm to shopping basket

March 28, 2005 On acquisition tear, company scoops up 100-person software company specializing in computer user authentication. TAGS: Oblix Inc., Oracle Corp., acquisition, Web service, software company, security, CEO

Ellison talks about the acquisition

December 14, 2004 Excerpts from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's press conference announcing an agreement to acquire PeopleSoft. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., PeopleSoft 8, Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, acquisition, merger, agreement, CEO

Siebel buys firm focused on e-billing technology

December 17, 2004 The $115 million deal for Edocs is a bid to heat up tepid demand for CRM software. TAGS: electronic billing, Siebel Systems Inc., CRM software, acquisition, health care, CRM, health, CEO

Five steps to a Yahoo turnaround

June 20, 2007 Social media, video, efficiency and someone calling the shots on technology should be on the top of the to-do list for new CEO Jerry Yang.Photos: Boomerang bosses TAGS: Jerry Yang, social media, Facebook, Yahoo! Inc., Terry Semel, social networking, Google Inc., YouTube, acquisition, CEO, video, photograph

Seeking focus, CA will mothball some products

February 16, 2005 Instead of trying to maintain a portfolio of 1,000 products, firm will focus on 300 or 400 in security, systems management. TAGS: Computer Associates International Inc., systems management, acquisition, COO, conference, CEO, security, database

Symantec: No end in sight for acquisitions

October 31, 2005 No plans to get into identity management but more megadeals on the horizon, a top executive at the security giant says. TAGS: Symantec Corp., VERITAS Software Corp., acquisition, security, CEO

Ellison looks to double Oracle revenue

September 22, 2005 CEO wants to grow company from a nearly $15 billion concern to a $30 billion titan--while maintaining a 40 percent operating margin. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., acquisition, Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Open World, margin, PeopleSoft Inc., business intelligence, BEA Systems Inc., CRM, on-demand, San Francisco, database, CEO

Sun completes StorageTek acquisition

September 1, 2005 Some analysts frown on deal, saying Sun has blundered with buyouts before. But CEO says buy provides major sales force for storage products. TAGS: StorageTek, Sun Microsystems Inc., information lifecycle management, EMC Corp., data management, sales force, acquisition, CEO

Keeping up with the (Dow) Joneses

May 7, 2007 Rumblings of a Microsoft-Yahoo deal may not have panned out, but in the merger world, the pursuers and pursued are still out in force. TAGS: Dow Chemical Co., Internet portal, takeover, acquisition, merger, Larry Ellison, media, theory, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., CEO, Microsoft Corp.

SAP expects strong growth, acquisitions

November 17, 2003 The software maker's chief executive says it will grow faster than the market for enterprise software, and he hints at future acquisition plans. TAGS: Henning Kagermann, SAP AG, enterprise software, acquisition, outsourcing, supply chain, AMR Research, merger, operation, information technology, CEO, software company

MySQL hits $50 million revenue, plans IPO

April 25, 2007 Open-source database maker hopes going public will raise funds for acquisitions, CEO Marten Mickos says. TAGS: MySQL, IPO, Ingres, Oracle Corp., open source, database, telecommunications, acquisition, CEO

U.K. cable company taps Comcast for new CEO

December 16, 2005 Amid merger talks with Virgin Mobile, NTL grabs Stephen Burch for his experience in acquiring AT&T Broadband. TAGS: NTL Inc., Virgin Mobile, Comcast Corp., AT&T Broadband, cable company, U.K., acquisition, merger, CEO

Kodak buys into digital printing

March 8, 2004 With a pair of acquisitions, the photography icon hopes to cash in on growth in commercial printing. But per-share payback won't come soon. TAGS: Eastman Kodak Co., printing, German company, acquisition, payment, CEO

Video site buying spree in the offing?

October 10, 2006 Some observers wonder if more deals will follow Google's acquisition of YouTube. TAGS: YouTube, Internet video, Web company, acquisition, Google Inc., value, investor, Skype, Yahoo! Inc., video, CEO, Sony Corp.

Seagate's mission--'digitizing your lifestyle'

May 8, 2006 For CEO William Watkins, the next decade is all about moving content from home to car to handheld. TAGS: Seagate Technology, lifestyle, Maxtor, handheld, car, CEO, acquisition, hard drive, PC
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