Microsoft appoints new public sector head
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Microsoft Corp. has appointed a new leader for its Worldwide Public Sector group, which plays a key role in its efforts to counter competition from open source software in government and education markets.
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England&#39;s Football Association appointed television boss Brian Barwick as its new chief executive late Thursday, three months after a sex scandal forced out his predecessor.
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Washington, Dec 14 (PTI) US President George W Bush has nominated Micheal Leavitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, to be the new Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Peter Hain has been confirmed as the new secretary of state for work and pensions.
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The Homeland Security Department picked an industry information security specialist Monday as its cybersecurity chief, filling a job that has had no permanent director for a year.
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Microsoft has tapped a former executive at Walt Disney to fill its CIO position, a move that shows the company continuing to fill top executive positions from outside the company.
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President Bush yesterday tapped Mike Leavitt, chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, to be his next secretary of health and human services
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Michael Leavitt, administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, was nominated by President George W. Bush to head the US Department of Health and Human Services in the president&#39;s second term.
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Technologist takes reins Microsoft has drafted R&amp;D chief Satya Nadella to take over from Doug Burgham as head of the company's growing Business Solutions unitâ¦
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BANGALORE, INDIA -- Microsoft Corp. is hiring hundreds of new staff for its operations in Hyderabad over the next 12 months, the company's chief executive officer, Steve Ballmer told reporters Monday in Bangalore, India.
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Those who have worked for Stephen Elop, the new head of Microsoft Corp.'s Business Division, see him as a no-nonsense, hardworking sales executive. At Macromedia, he was known as 'The General.'
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The head of Microsoft&#39;s mobile phone group is jumping ship, moving to U.K. mobile operator Vodafone Group to run its Internet services.Pieter Knook will join Vodafone on March 10, where he will lead a new unit delivering consumer Internet services, Vodafone said Thursday.Vodafone&#39;s announcement comes in the wake of press reports that Microsoft will reshuffle its executive team later Thursday.Knook&#39;s replacement as head of Microsoft&#39;s mobile communications business is likely to be Andrew Lees, currently with the company&#39;s server and tools group, according to a report on the Web site of The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday night, which cited a person familiar with the situation. Both Knook and Lees are Microsoft veterans, working with the company since 1990.Microsoft announced another change in its mobile business on Wednesday, with the acquisition of mobile device maker Danger, marking its first move into the manufacture of mobile phones. Until now, it has left the hardware to other companies, licensing its mobile operating system to them.There will be other staff changes at Microsoft, with three other vice presidents expected to leave in the coming months, the WSJ report said. It named Michael Sievert, currently in charge of Windows marketing, and Steve Berkowitz, a manager of the company&#39;s online business, as among those who will leave.Vodafone said Knook&#39;s arrival will allow it to move forward with its &quot;Mobile Plus&quot; strategy to generate new revenue streams such as mobile advertising, and integrated mobile and PC offerings.Microsoft representatives could not be immediately reached for comment.
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Microsoft this week has appointed Mogens Elsberg as the new head of its Navision enterprise applications business, in charge of leading product strategy and managing partner relationships.ADVERTISEMENTWhite paper: Solutions to Address IT Control RequirementsLearn how BMC Software Solutions address requirements such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 in this 20 page whitepaper!
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Microsoft Corp has signed a new 500m pound ($920m) contract to supply a desktop operating system and software to the UK&#39;s National Health Service, including provisions to develop a tailored interface for clinical systems.
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Microsoft on Tuesday began a free program aimed at turning local governments into "e-governments" by using computer software and the Internet to better serve citizens.
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The UK government's new head of all things electronic sets out what he hopes to achieve.
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Michael Chertoff will replace Tom Ridge, the department's first leader, who recently resigned citing personal reasons.