Posts tagged “People”
Red Hat, Raleigh to discuss shared future
Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst and Nancy McFarlane, the new mayor of Raleigh, will talk to the media Friday about the "mutually beneficial future" of the capital city and the world's leading provider of open-source software.
Steve Jobs to receive Grammy for innovations
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is receiving a posthumous Grammy for his technological innovations in the arts.
Red Hat credits worldwide execution with Q3 profit
Red Hat's Jim Whitehurst says a down economy helps the company sell its solutions to companies looking for efficiencies.
Hagan, Dalton and others highlight state's STEM efforts
U.S. Senator Kay Hagan, Lt. Governor Walter Dalton, and other North Carolina officials promote the state's successes in improving STEM education to more than 200 national leaders on Thursday.
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STEM efforts pay off for NC State professor
Dr. Bob Beichner is one of this year's prestigious Harold McGraw Prize recipients for his work in the SCALE-UP project adopted by more than 100 universities nationwide and now moving into high schools.
Extreme Networks makes RTP its engineering HQ
Industry veteran Gavin Cato, named as the company's vice president of engineering, will be based in the Durham office, the first VP-level executive Extreme has had in the Triangle.
Battelle's former STEM education lead joins TIES
Rich Rosen, a national leader in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education efforts, recently was named as Practice Leader for STEM Education Systems Design at the Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM.
Tech mogul pays bright minds not to go to college
These teenagers and 20-year-olds are getting $100,000 each to chase their entrepreneurial dreams for the next two years.
Lenovo to add 50 jobs, contracts with support firm for 250 more
The world's No. 4 PC maker says it is adding personnel to support its growing global business. Affiliated Computer Services will provide customer support.
Lenovo's new covertible tablet
Public School Forum honors Erskine Bowles, Sam Houston
The Public School Forum of North Carolina announced this week that former UNC president Erskine Bowles and North Carolina SMT Center president and CEO Sam Houston are this year's recipients of the Dr. Jay Robinson Leadership Awards.
Duke professor receives top scientific honor
Duke professor of pediatrics and immunology has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences - one of the highest honors for a scientist or engineer in the U.S.
Triangle IBMer receives company's top technical award
Steve Hunter, chief architect for next-generation computing systems, was named an IBM Fellow on Wednesday. Seven other IBMers from around the world also received Big Blue's highest technical award.
PeopleMatter raises $7.2 million in VC funding
Leading talent management provider for the service industry seizes new opportunities to accelerate growth and fuel active product pipeline with second round funding led by Noro-Moseley Partners.
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Investors beginning to lose faith in Microsoft?
The main reason for the anxiety: Revenue in the division that includes Microsoft's foundation, the Windows operating system, declined from the same time last year for the second-straight quarter. The slide stems from consumers buying fewer personal computers that run the company's software.
Red Hat's CEO touts 'tremendous quarter'
In his own words: Jim Whitehurst provides a glowing report about the Linux software developer and services provider's performance in a quarter that beat Wall Street expectations.
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