- Mon Oct 4 2004 WebMethods names new CEO, chairman
The company promotes from within--Chief Operating Officer David Mitchell is appointed CEO.
- Thu May 4 2000 Case to be chairman of merged AOL Time Warner
As expected, AOL chief Steve Case is named chairman of the proposed media giant, and Time Warner chief executive Gerald Levin will become CEO.
- Mon Feb 2 1998 Short Take: Cad.Lab appoints Costello chairman and managing director
Cad.Lab an Italian supplier of computer-aided design (CAD) technology, has announced the appointment of Joseph B. Costello to the position of managing director and chairman of the board. Costello most recently served as vice chairman of educational software company Knowledge Universe, which is partly owned by former junk-bond king Michael Milken. A 13-year veteran of Cadence Design Systems before his brief stint at Knowledge, Costello will be responsible for strategy development, globalization, and building sales and marketing infrastructure at Cad.Lab.
- Thu Oct 12 2000 Intel chairman: Net companies must become self-sufficient
Andy Grove, speaking on a panel at Intel's eXchange conference, says companies, especially Internet start-ups, are going to have to become financially self-sufficient to survive.
- Mon Oct 23 2000 TurboLinux chairman leaves for storage start-up
Cliff Miller steps down to become chief executive of Mountain View Data, a company that will sell storage services on the open-source InterMezzo file storage software.
- Mon Apr 7 2008 Carriers keeping hands on the reins
For all their talk about opening up their networks, phone companies still plan to maintain a good deal of control.
- Mon Jan 12 1998 Short Take: Adobe Systems names executive VP
Adobe Systems has named Fred Snow executive vice president, worldwide field operations, a newly created position reporting directly to Adobe chairman and president Dr. Charles Geschke. Snow also has been named to Adobe's executive committee, the leadership group responsible for overseeing the performance, strategies and policies of the company. Most recently, Snow was chairman and CEO of Kenwood Management Group, a Silicon Valley-based consulting firm.
- Mon May 3 2004 Siebel Systems boss relinquishes CEO post
In a move that surprises some but was a year in planning, Tom Siebel will turn over the reins to a top IBM executive, while retaining the title of chairman.
- Mon Feb 2 1998 Short Take: Cisco Systems names new board members
Cisco Systems has announced the appointment of Mary Cirillo, an executive vice president of Bankers Trust, and James C. Morgan, chairman and chief executive officer of Applied Materials, to its board of directors. The new appointments raise the total number of Cisco's board members to 11.
- Wed Dec 9 1998 Nortel to buy Cambrian Systems
Nortel moves to acquire Cambrian Systems for $300 million in cash, hoping to bank on a technology that speeds the flow of network traffic.



