HP disclosed its employment agreement with new president and CEO Leo Apotheker in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. Among the highlights are a US$4 million signing bonus and $4.6 million in relocation benefits for Apotheker, who is set to take the company reins on November 1.
Businesses are generally confident about the resilience of their IT systems – until disaster strikes and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/092809-smbs-need-help-with-disaster.html">disruptions ensue</a>.
CA Technologies has announced plans to buy Hyperformix, which makes capacity management software for physical, virtual and cloud IT infrastructures. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
IBM is acquiring OpenPages, a privately-held company that makes software designed to help companies simplify risk management and corporate compliance activities. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Cisco CEO John Chambers received compensation valued at $18.9 million in fiscal 2010, according to documents filed Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. His total package is up 33% from 2009, when he received compensation valued at $14.2 million.
Would you change your digital persona if you were job hunting and knew hiring managers might check out your social media activity? IT pros are split on the issue.
RF Code today announced a new system that uses a combination of radio frequency identification (RFID) and infrared technology to keep tabs on the location of individual IT assets, right down to the rack level.
Workers who can’t browse certain Web sites or access particular networks at the office are voicing their complaints, senior IT leaders say.
HP has acquired Stratavia, which makes <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/100307-stratavia-data-center-automation.html">database and application automation software</a>, for an undisclosed amount, the companies announced today.
The proliferation of virtualization technologies is putting pressure on IT teams to start automating more processes. With little room in the budget for new products, it's critical that companies prioritize their investments.
Sam Palmisano, chairman and CEO of IBM, was awarded a compensation package valued at $21.2 million in 2009, according to documents filed today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Millions of servers around the world are doing little more than wasting energy, according to a new study.
Bruce Schneier shared his ideas about the psychology of security, and the need for thinking sensibly about security, in his hometown late last month nwhen he gave a lecture at the Weisman Art Museum on the campus of the University of Minnesota.
Windows Vista has users buzzing about network performance improvements, but industry watchers caution that the new operating system is no WAN-optimisation panacea.
Chris Finucane recently received an unsolicited email from a user who wanted to know why his files were suddenly flying over the WAN. The question — which came from someone who often complained about network sluggishness — surprised Finucane. “If users notice the difference without you asking, you know you have something good,” says Finucane, who is CTO for the Office of Inspector General for the US Department of Health.