"personnel" news, interviews, and features

News about personnel

• Apple, Intel cite gains in hiring women and minorities

  Since January, Apple said nearly half of its US hires were women, African-American, Hispanic or Native American

• Lawmakers headed to Silicon Valley to push tech companies on diversity

  Recent data released by tech companies show low representation in their workforce for women, Hispanics and blacks

• Cisco's pay package for CEO Robbins is a sweet deal

  The incoming chief could bring in more than $16 million in his first year

• Reddit chief Ellen Pao resigns amid vitriol, protests

  Pao leaves after the company's firing of a key employee sparked a user revolt

• OPM director resigns after unprecedented data breach

  Katherine Archuleta stands down a day after scale of the massive breach was made clear

• Uber argues in court that drivers want independence, flexibility

  The ride-hailing company received support from over 400 drivers and a law professor

Interviews about personnel

• Cloud provider FireHost's security chief brings lessons from the front lines

  Chief Security Officer Jeff Schilling ran security at the US Army and Department of Defense

• NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson talks growth, strategy and life with Oracle

  NetSuite has tripled its number of developers in recent years, according to Nelson

• Dell Software CIO says BYOD is not about devices

  How Dell handles BYOD in its corporate network

• Steve Jobs interview: One-on-one in 1995

  A rare look at Jobs after his first string of innovations but before he returned to Apple.

Features about personnel

• Oracle's Larry Ellison downshifts, but leadership remains the same

  The same three leaders at Oracle carry on, though their roles change

• Top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants

  Bitcoin and tech IPOs were also hot stories this year

• As the digital revolution kills jobs, social unrest will rise

  Gartner offers up 10 strategic predictions for the next 10 years

• Why Microsoft's next CEO will fail

  Forced rankings tend to pit employees against each other

• Intel may look to outrun foundry competitors with new CEO Krzanich

  Intel could move in the direction of becoming a full-fledged foundry, but will not make products for competitors

• Questions SAP should answer during its Q4 earnings call

  SAP's HANA, the cloud, changing sales culture and product mix will all be up for discussion