Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple's CEO on Wednesday and Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook was named as his replacement. Jobs will remain with the company as chairman of the board.
Steve Jobs took his customary $1 salary in Apple's 2010 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 25, according to documents filed today with the SEC. Tim Cook, Apple’s COO, took home $59.1 million.
Apple CEO Tim Cook met with a top Chinese official on Tuesday, who called on foreign companies to pay more attention to the care of their workers in the country, according to state-run media.
Earlier this month, Apple CEO Tim Cook told the audience at the AllThingsD D10 Conference that Apple likes to "put all of our wood behind a few arrows." At Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco this week, Cook stayed true to his word.
Tim Vander Kooi has gone to Microsoft's TechEd North America many times since the late 1990s, but he's never been as enthused as he is this year about attending the conference, the company's most important event for IT professionals and developers.
Apple became one of the world's most successful technology companies under Steve Jobs, and it remains to be seen whether new leader Tim Cook can sustain the company's market dominance and magic.
When the economy goes south, companies get desperate for business. Many resort to layoffs to boost their bottom lines. Some companies, like Fannie Mae, go so far as to cook their books. Yet others opt to steal their competitor's intellectual property to gain a competitive advantage, says Michael Kump, a partner who specializes in intellectual property, antitrust and trade practices law at Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert.
It's the busy time of year for Allrecipes.com, which gets 700 million visitors annually, and to accommodate the surge of recipe-seekers, it's necessary to cook up some serious network changes in the data center.
Apple CEO Tim Cook received compensation totalling US$4.17 million in 2012, down 98.9 percent on last year -- although his 2011 compensation of $378 million consisted mostly of a one-off stock grant, worth $376.2 million at the time.
After reading our newsletter on hosted vs. premises-based IP contact centers, Tim Kraskey, VP of marketing and business development at Spanlink, wrote in. He oversees product management, marketing communications and business development for unified communications and contact center products.
As I mentioned in previous columns, there’s a new set of draft documents from the Computer Security Resource Center of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In addition, SP 800-86, “Guide to Integrating Forensic Techniques into Incident Response” by Karen Kent, Suzanne Chevalier, Tim Grance and Hung Dang has reached final-version stage. The PDF file is available for download.
Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized to Chinese consumers over concerns about its warranty policies after government-run media attacked the company for its customer service.
Apple CEO Tim Cook's overboard apology to China about the company's alleged disregard of customer service highlights an East-West cultural clash about how to do business.
Apple CEO Tim Cook admitted today that the company's controversial new Maps application on iOS "fell short" of Apple's commitment to the "best experience possible" for users.
Invoking the success of Apple's game-changing iPhone and iPad, CEO Tim Cook has hinted that Apple will introduce "exciting new product categories" starting this fall and through the end of 2014.
Apple and Samsung Electronics just don't seem to be able to get along. Apple under Tim Cook has become choosier about picking its fights, but the company shows no signs of wanting to settle with Samsung as they continue to battle over smartphone and tablet buyers.
Apple CEO Tim Cook was a man on the move this week - at the State of the Union Address and at a Goldman Sachs tech conference - touting Apple's new push for affordability.
VoIP is susceptible to the same types of attacks that threaten other network applications, but there are some potential new ones that focus directly on VoIP. David Endler, chairman and founder of the VOIP Security Alliance as well as director of security research for TippingPoint spoke with Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene about VoIP security issues and what you can do to protect your assets.
I was in San Diego last week for the Tim O'Reilly's Emerging Technology conference (a.k.a. "eTech"). There wasn't a lot specific to identity management at the show this year, but Dick Hardt, founder and CEO of Sxip Identity was there with what could be called "presentation 2.0".
Tim Greene is taking a short break from the VPN newsletter - he'll be back soon. In place of his regular column, we bring you a breaking news story from NetworkWorld.com.