It has been 89 days since Twitter has had a full-time chief executive. That might change now that the company’s board has…
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Uncertainty is the only certainty in technology today
Last week was spent at the IBM InterConnect and Green Data Center conferences in Las Vegas and San Diego respectively. At each…
Read MoreDish Chairman Charlie Ergen takes back his old role of CEO
After pulling the strings from Dish Network’s boardroom for the last four years, Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen is once again assuming the…
Read MoreThe CMO is not replacing the CIO and here’s why
Three years ago, Gartner predicted that by 2017, the CMO (chief marketing officer) would spend more on IT than the CIO. This…
Read MoreReport: Uber raised a $1.6 billion convertible debt round
Uber clearly does not subscribe to the ‘mo money ‘mo problems theory. The company has raised another $1.6 billion dollars, this time in…
Read MoreHere’s what Facebook wants to do with 1,200 more employees
Facebook is growing its head count by as much as 14 percent according to a new Reuters report. It has 1,200 open job listings on…
Read MoreNo, you really do need a CIO…and now!
For those that follow my writing, this post may have a familiar ring to it. Unfortunately, there is a reason I’m writing…
Read MoreReddit CEO resigns and is replaced temporarily by Ellen Pao
Reddit's CEO for the past three years, Yishan Wong, is out according to a new post by Y-Combinator head Sam Altman. Altman claims the resignation is the result of a dispute between Wong and the board about new office property and the budget for it.…
Read MoreWhat does the future of Tinder hold without CEO Sean Rad at the helm?
Tinder's majority owner has ousted the company's founder because it didn't trust his ability to lead. But without the visionary behind the product, will the app stagnate?…
Read MoreThe Hesse era at Sprint was a 7-year struggle with Nextel and bad network decisions
History isn't going to judge Dan Hesse's tenure kindly, but many of the problems Hesse faced weren't of his own making. And instead of fixing Sprint's cultural flaws when he took over, SoftBank's Masayoshi Son only reinforced them.…
Read MoreSprint makes it official: Marcelo Claure will replace Dan Hesse as CEO
The Brightstar founder and CEO will take over Sprint on August 11. The leadership shakeup spells the end of the tumultuous Hesse era at Sprint, but it could be an equally hectic era for Claure.…
Read MoreCalling for a new style of leadership
Stowe Boyd, the curator for Gigaom Research’s social coverage, has some forceful words on the need for a new style of technology/digital…
Read MoreThe shadow CIO
Most sizable enterprises are experiencing the phenomenon of shadow IT, whereby non-IT departments are taking advantage of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings to bring…
Read MoreCustomer service only comes from the top
Customer expectations are rising, but companies are failing to meet them. That’s what the folks at Zendesk are reporting with their latest…
Read MoreWhere does the buck stop on technology risk?
According to two Deloitte directors writing in USA Today, the 48% of enterprise boards of directors that have a risk committee may…
Read MoreBesieged by a changing market, Intel chooses new CEO from the inside
Intel on Thursday named a new CEO and a new president. While both are internal candidates, the new president has experience that should help her face the challenges Intel has in the mobile and data center market.…
Read MoreIcera founder Stan Boland leaves Nvidia to head up U.K. wireless startup Neul
Boland founded a wireless chipmaker in 2002 and sold it to Nvidia in 2011 for $367 million. Now he's taking his expertise to white spaces startup Neul.…
Read MoreAlcatel-Lucent finds its new CEO: Ex-Vodafone Europe chief Michel Combes
Michel Combes is set to take over the reins of Alcatel-Lucent on April 1, after spending the previous four years heading up Vodafone's most important region.…
Read MoreAlcatel-Lucent confirms CEO Ben Verwaayen’s departure
After four years heading up the Franco-American giant, Verwaayen is resigning, but he will stay on board while Alcatel-Lucent finds his replacement.…
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg and the founder-as-CEO problem
Ever since Facebook stumbled with its IPO, there has been a constant drumbeat of criticism saying Mark Zuckerberg should step down as CEO -- but Silicon Valley is devoted to the idea of strong founders retaining control of their companies. Will that be Facebook's undoing?…
Read MoreMemo to T-Mobile’s future CEO: Don’t change a thing
Philipp Humm is out at T-Mobile, and we don’t know why. Whatever the reason, the move is sudden, and T-Mobile finds itself looking for a new chief executive. We have some unsolicited advice for whomever that replacement will be: Don’t mess with Humm’s work.…
Read More10 ways not to be a jerk at SXSW
"Every year at SXSW, I meet the most amazing people, and sometimes a few jerks," says Peter Corbett, CEO of iStrategyLabs. Corbett offers ten tips to help newbie CEOs avoid jerk territory and make the most of their time in nerd heaven.…
Read MoreCEOs increasingly going virtual, study finds
Forget Mad Men-era images of CEOs spending hours around conference tables. A research project reveals that while executives still spend a ton of time in meetings, modern CEOs increasingly use virtual tools to connect. What might this mean for corporate culture further down the ladder?…
Read MoreTim Cook’s vision for Apple, and its cash
At Goldman Sachs' investor conference Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave some rare color on how he views not only his own job as Steve Jobs' successor, but also his views on the company's $98 billion cash pile.…
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