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Oracle's sales force isn't usually seen as the easiest to work with, with customers bombarded by multiple account representatives from different product areas.But changes are in store, according to Oracle co-President Mark Hurd, who spoke this week in Denver at the Collaborate conference, which is put on by three Oracle user groups.Oracle's sales force is going to get...
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Hurd tells reporters in Japan that he's happy at Oracle
mercurynews.com (1 month and 24 days ago)
Blackstone Group, which is weighing an offer for Dell, is making an aggressive push to recruit Mark Hurd to be CEO of the world's No. 3 PC maker, a person familiar with the situation said Wednesday. Hurd, who is president at Oracle, is former CEO of Hewlett-Packard.
mercurynews.com (2 months ago)
(Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP , which is weighing an offer for Dell Inc , is making an aggressive push to recruit Oracle Corp President Mark Hurd to be chief executive of the world's No. 3 PC maker, a person familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
reuters.com (2 months and 1 day ago)
Blackstone is weighing an offer for Dell and considering Oracle's Hurd as CEO of Dell.
cnbc.com (2 months and 1 day ago)
Oracle co-president Mark Hurd, in response to a question, indicates zero interest in becoming Dell CEO. Blackstone Group reportedly had Hurd on its short list of prospective picks should it win the Dell deal.
gigaom.com (1 month and 23 days ago)
Wolf Richter www.testosteronepit.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Some of the crown jewels of corporate America have reported declining revenues and earnings, and have lowered their forecasts, and in doing so, have unleashed a flood of obfuscation and excuses – from Easter falling on the wrong date to lazy sales reps. So when Caterpillar reported on Monday, it was...
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The Mad Catz F.R.E.Q. 7 is well-designed, delivers excellent audio, and another slew of excessive periods from PC gaming's favorite angry kitties. Generally speaking I’ve been impressed with (and a fan...
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Blackstone reportedly reached out to Oracle co-prez Mark Hurd to gauge his interest in being Dell CEO should Blackstone's buyout bid succeed. Here are a few much more interesting options.
gigaom.com (1 month and 25 days ago)
As co-president of Oracle, Mark Hurd is tasked with selling an ever-increasing array of new software and hardware products, such as the Exadata database machine and Fusion Applications, while figuring out how to keep the company's vast installed base happy and fending off competition from the likes of SAP.Hurd spoke to IDG News Service on a variety of topics during an...
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