Corporate Issues

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the country's telecommunications regulator, has refuted media reports that it is not adhering to national guidelines on hiring practices.  read more »

The direct sales model that helped Dell conquer the PC industry over the last decade wound up eating into its profit margins and competitiveness, but it now has a plan to reshape its supply chain and manufacturing operations to meet changing market needs, a Dell executive said Wednesday.  read more »

From the Jul 26, 1999 Sound Off ColumnLast Friday, everyone who read the New York Times business section discovered how little faith the world has in the ability of a CIO to lead a large corporation. The reaction, in the Times and other major newspapers, to Compaq's appointment of Michael Capellas as its new CEO, was anything but encouraging. Analysts, the papers reported, were "skeptical" and "disappointed." They bemoaned Capellas's "lack of star power," and they speculated that with Compaq's executive turmoil, declining market position, and Chairman Ben Rosen's reputation for back-seat driving, the board couldn't find anyone else for the job. Desperate, reporters suggested, Rosen turned to a CIO. Even Wall Street offered up a lackluster reception to the news with a one dollar dip in Compaq stock. Are the analysts right? Is a CIO the  read more »

"Ryno" is a 50-something ex-sysadmin, by his own account "burned out and living on disability" in rural Australia.  read more »

Venture capitalists have showered open source companies with cash so far this year, marking a record high of US$203.75 million in funding for vendors developing flexible, low-cost wares.  read more »