Month: September 2006

HP Execs Testify Before Congress

WASHINGTON—Throughout the monthlong controversy that has engulfed Hewlett-Packard over its investigation into news leaks, company executives have at once sounded contrite and dismayed at what

Pedals to the Metal

Get big fast: That was a mantra of late—and not-always-so-great—1990s Web mania. Growing quickly then meant hiring lots of people and burning through scads of

Baseline’s Look Ahead, Week of Oct. 2

Oct. 10: Microsoft will end support for Windows XP SP1 and SP1a. For more information, visit http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifean19. CONFERENCES THE WEEK of OCT. 2 Oct. 4-6:

SAP Replaces CIO

SAP on Thursday announced that it has hired Uwe Herold as its new chief information officer. He replaces Carol Wilson, who had been SAP’s global

Is Red Hat in Trouble?

Red Hat’s total revenue for its fiscal 2007 second quarter may have grown, but when the second-quarter profit slipped 34 percent because of stock compensation

Study: SarbOx Software Not Taking Hold

About 70% of finance and technology executives said their companies still aren’t using a third-party software tool to help meet the financial control requirements mandated

Greenspan: Dump SarbOx

BOSTON—The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is doing more harm than good and must be overhauled, Alan Greenspan told a technology audience here. “One good thing: Sarbox requires