It's not just you. It really is getting harder to outpace the other guys. Since the mid-1990s, competition in the U.S. economy has accelerated to unprecedented levels. The engine behind this hypercompetition: IT. Thanks to powerful...
Even by the standards of Delaware, corporate home to many top- shelf mega-companies, the SemGroup LP bankruptcy is a huge legal undertaking, attorneys said Thursday. One attorney told Oklahoma Bar Association members Thursday that filings in the case, filed July 22, have already topped 2,292, and that...
What used to be software mogul John McAfee's 290-acre Woodland Park estate, complete with a 19-bedroom, 10,600-square-foot main home, three guesthouses, four trout ponds and nine cabins, is going under the gavel once more. Chicago commodities trader Jeffrey Patrick Wu bought the estate from McAfee in a...
The AIIM Market Intelligence group has assembled anadvisory panel consisting of some of the industry's foremost thinkers onEnterprise 2.0. The panel is a veritable "Who's who" consisting of: Andrew McAfee , HarvardBusiness School professor credited with coining the term Enterprise 2.0 in2006; David Weinberger , Fellow...
OAKLAND -- Lane Kiffin has already earned a reputation for being meticulous, so much so the first-year Raiders coach admitted the other day, ``Some people think I do too many walkthroughs.'' It stems from Kiffin's wish to predetermine the outcome as much as possible, anticipating all the...
PHOENIX -- Barry Zito knows he has to be mistake-free when he makes his next start Saturday at AT&T Park. He'll be facing A's right-hander Dan Haren, whose 1.70 ERA is the best among all major- league starters. "Yeah, but I have to be on my...
OAKLAND -- If the Oakland Raiders never see Jarrad and Jared again it will be too soon. But they probably will. It was bad enough that Jarrad Page and Jared Allen played key roles in the Kansas City Chiefs' 20-9 win Saturday night, but they also...
OAKLAND -- He should be able to read defenses and teammates, throw short and deep. He should have a knack for escaping trouble, inspiring his unit and, above all, finding ways to win. These are seven characteristics of truly great quarterbacking, and we've seen only one...
OAKLAND -- Any doubt about which direction the Raiders are leaning in the NFL draft in April manifested itself in a move coach Art Shell made early in the fourth quarter against the St. Louis Rams on Sunday. Shell benched a healthy Aaron Brooks and inserted...
PLEASANTON -- Rob Andrews and Austin Day grew up playing football in Pleasanton, beginning in the Pleasanton Junior Football League. But they were never on the same team until high school. The two teamed up on Foothill High's freshman team, where they were no longer rivals....
OAKLAND -- Marques Tuiasosopo is seen as a quarterback biding his time until he gets to a team more suited to his skills. Justin Fargas spent the week trying to convince people he would actually be ready seven days after having his shoulder popped back into...
The boardroom fall-out from America's stock options scandal widened yesterday, as another three senior technology company executives lost their jobs. McAfee, the anti-virus software company, fired its president and said its chief executive would retire after finding evidence that share options were backdated to improperly inflate...
Esther Dyson and Andrew McAfee will lead conference sessions along with 100 other speakers SAN FRANCISCO -- IT|Redux has announced the keynote speakers for the first Office 2.0 Conference. Esther Dyson, editor at large at CNET and Andrew McAfee, associate professor at Harvard Business School will address the...
CHEVY CHASE, Md. -- JackBe, the premier provider of Rich Enterprise Application REA products and services that leverage the strengths of Ajax and SOA, will participate as a Platinum Sponsor in ExecutiveBiz's New New Internet Conference. Taking place on Sept. 20, 2006 in Tyson's Corner, VA, this is the only...
OAKLAND -- Is Aaron Brooks out as starting quarterback of the Oakland Raiders? And if he is, will it matter? The worst fears of Raiders fans were realized in a 27-0 loss to the San Diego Chargers Monday night at McAfee Coliseum....
OAKLAND -- Is Aaron Brooks out as starting quarterback of the Oakland Raiders? And if he is, will it matter? The worst fears of Raiders fans were realized in a 27-0 loss to the San Diego Chargers Monday night at McAfee Coliseum....
SAN FRANCISCO -- He is a 41-year-old outfielder. He is two home runs from a major milestone. But Steve Finley isn't pressing in the slightest. With another crowd begging to see Barry Bonds make history Thursday afternoon, the Giants' other aged outfielder...
OAKLAND -- Frank Thomas looks at the A's, and he sees shades of last year's World Series champion White Sox. Both clubs have a solid and deep rotation, an electric closer and an adequate lineup. "The same exact type of team," Thomas said. ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- LogLogic, the log management and intelligence leader, today announced that Andrew Lark, and Tony Chang have joined the company as chief marketing officer and vice president, engineering respectively. Lark was formerly vice president of global marketing and communications at Sun Microsystems. Chang held executive positions at...
OAKLAND -- In case you've forgotten Aaron Small, and there's a good possibility of that, he pitched for the A's from 1996-98. He was a high school teammate of Jason and Jeremy Giambi at South Hills High School in West Covina. And he led the 1997...
