Management
Facebook Shakes Up Management
Facebook named new leaders for some of its main divisions, including the core social network, WhatsApp and Messenger, in the biggest management reshuffling since the company’s founding, according to Bloomberg.
Marco Lammer Is a New Head of Bosch Connected Devices and Solutions
Marco Lammer became the new General Manager for Bosch Connected Devices and Solutions.
Siemens Sets Benchmark in Ownership Culture
80 percent of all Siemens employees worldwide are now also shareholders of the company. In total, around 300,000 of the company's 377,000 employees worldwide hold Siemens shares.
Thomas Arnolder Proposed as a New CEO of A1 Telekom Austria Group
The A1 Telekom Austria Group announced that Thomas Arnoldner (40) will be nominated as new CEO by the two main shareholders, América Móvil and Österreichische Bundes-und Industriebeteiligungen (ÖBIB).
Ericsson Makes Changes to Executive Team
Ericsson announced changes to the group structure and its Executive Team. A Business Area Emerging Business is created to increase focus on innovation and new business development, with initial focus on IoT and within distributed cloud solutions.
New Head of Gideon Brothers’ Autonomous Technologies Division
Gideon Brothers announced that Josip Ćesić will lead the company’s Autonomous Technologies Division.
Texas Instruments CEO Templeton to Step Down; Crutcher Promoted
Texas Instruments said Rich Templeton is stepping down as president and chief executive officer after more than 13 years at the helm, according to Bloomberg.
Infosys Names Salil S Parekh as CEO
Indian software-outsourcing giant Infosys named outsider Salil S Parekh as CEO, ending the company’s search for a new leader after previous head Vishal Sikka quit following criticism from a group of founders, according to Bloomberg.
Bosch IT Head Elmar Pritsch Named CIO of the Year
The outstanding efforts of Bosch IT head Elmar Pritsch and his team have not gone unnoticed. The trade journals CIO and Computerwoche named the 48-year-old executive “CIO of the year” in the large company category at its gala in Munich.
HP Enterprise CEO Whitman to Step Down
Hewlett Packard Enterprise said Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman is stepping down after six years leading the company, according to Bloomberg.
Samsung Electronics CEO Steps Down
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman and CEO Kwon Oh-hyun is stepping down after more than three decades at the company, saying that he’s making way for new leadership amid a corruption trial surrounding the de facto chief, according to Bloomberg.
Repsly Appoints Ivana Smoljan as VP of Engineering
Repsly, a SaaS company, announced the addition of Ivana Smoljan Dobranovic to the firm’s leadership team. She joins Repsly to head the company’s engineering team based in Zagreb, Croatia.
Adel Al-Saleh to Become DT Board Member and CEO of T-Systems
Adel B. Al-Saleh (53) will become new Member of the Board of Management at Deutsche Telekom and CEO of T-Systems on January 1, 2018. Adel succeeds Reinhard Clemens, who will, as was already announced, leave DT.
Sony Appoints New Head of PlayStation Division
Sony promoted John Kodera as the new head of PlayStation, the electronic giant’s most important division and largest growth driver, according to Bloomberg.
Felkel: Formal Education is no Longer Sufficient for Employee Development
HT Management Board member Marija Felkel emphasizes the need for constant investing in knowledge and education, and the strongest domestic telecom operator is constantly doing it. She notes that development programs derive from the needs of the business realized through the HT Academy, Technical, and Marketing, enable our employees to inspect the latest trends and achievements in these segments.
Ericsson Announces Changes to Executive Team
Ericsson has appointed Niklas Heuveldop to be Head of Market Area North America, effective September 12, 2017. In addition to his current role as Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Technology & Emerging Business, he has also been Acting Head of Market Area North America since May 2017. He will now, on a permanent basis, lead the organization of approximately 11,500 employees in serving Ericsson’s customers in the United States and Canada with industry-leading technology and services.
Alphabet Finishes Reorganization With New XXVI Company
Alphabet Inc. is forming a new holding company designed to finalize its evolution from Google, the web search giant, into a corporate parent with distinct arms that protects individual businesses in far-flung fields like health care and self-driving cars, according to Bloomberg.
IFA And NAPCO Media Enter Partnership
IFA, the world’s largest consumer electronics show, and NAPCO Media have entered a partnership that will offer consumer electronics and home appliances brands platform to connect with retailers.
AZOP is Rapidly Preparing for the Implementation of the GDPR Regulation
We continue with our big topic of GDPR regulations, and the answers to this topic were given by the Director of the Data Protection Agency Anto Rajkovača. According to him, AZOP will get some new powers as well, and the Agency continuously undertakes a series of measures and actions focused on organizational and personnel staffing and on providing sufficient resources to be ready to carry out all its tasks.
Apple Hires Sony's 'Breaking Bad' Team as TV Push Gains Momentum
Apple hired two former Sony television executives who oversaw the development of acclaimed shows like “Breaking Bad” and “The Crown,” further evidence that the technology giant is getting serious about producing its own video programming, according to Bloomberg.
Gartner: AI Could Turn Some Skilled Practices Into Utilities
CIOs have a major role to play in preparing businesses for the impact that artificial intelligence (AI) will have on business strategy and human employment, according to Gartner. They predicts that by 2022, smart machines and robots may replace highly trained professionals in tasks within medicine, law and IT.
5% of Large Companies Prepared for the New Digital Business
Dell EMC announced the results of a new study conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). The study revealed that a majority of senior IT leaders and decision-making managers of large companies surveyed around the world indicate their organizations have yet to fully embrace the aspects of IT Transformation needed to remain competitive.
Google Denies Pay Disparity Allegations
Google denied Department of Labor allegations that an in-progress investigation suggests “systemic compensation disparities against women” at the internet giant, according to Bloomberg.
Toshiba Said to Put Chip Sale Process Temporarily on Hold
Toshiba temporarily canceled all meetings and decisions related to the sale of its memory chip business to address concerns raised by an industry partner Western Digital, according to Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter.
Ericsson Sees Up to $1.7 Billion in Costs as Revamp Begins
Ericsson will book as much as 15 billion kronor ($1.7 billion) in extra costs in the first quarter as new CEO Borje Ekholm cuts back the wireless network maker after four straight quarters of declining revenue, according to Bloomberg.
Traditional Companies Embrace Digitalisation With MWCapital
Mobile World Capital Barcelona (MWCapital) have gathered more than 130 companies from traditional industry sectors through its GoingDigital programme between 27 February and 1 March within the framework of GSMA Mobile World Congress and 4YFN.
Healthcare CEOs Concerned About Cyber Threats
Most healthcare CEOs believe it’s harder for businesses to gain and keep trust in the digital world, citing cyber threats as a growing concern and breaches in data security and ethics as the number one risk to stakeholders’ trust.
Tata Communications Launched Digital Transformation Roadmap
Tata Communications Transformation Services Limited (TCTSL) has launched the digital transformation roadmap at Mobile World Congress. The idea behind that report is to enable Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to derisk their transformation journey.
Architect of Amazon Prime Video Tapped as New CEO of BAMTech
Michael Paull, a digital media executive from Amazon, has been hired to lead BAMTech, the $3 billion video-streaming company on which Walt Disney has bet its digital future, according to Bloomberg.
U.K. Startups Eye Move to the Continent
British technology startups are beginning to stress out over Brexit, according to Bloomberg. Initially confident their industry wouldn’t be harmed by Britain’s break from the European Union, U.K. tech entrepreneurs are now girding for a bevy of challenges.