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Monday, May 11, 2015

Who knocked Larry Ellison off his perch as highest paid tech CEO?

Tech's highest paid CEOs | Billions of reasons to listen to these Unicorn startup founders

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Inside CEO paychecks: Who knocked Larry Ellison off his perch as highest paid tech CEO?
There's a new player at the top of our CEO pay tally, and his $85.8 million pay package far exceeds the $67.3 million Oracle paid Larry Ellison -- who often ranked the highest-paid tech CEO. In the middle of the pack of 50 tech CEOs, median pay was $11.5 million last year. At the low end, just two tech CEOs opted for token $1 salaries. Read More


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Tech's highest paid CEOs
The median pay for CEOs at 50 tech companies was $11.5 million in 2014, according to Network World's analysis of compensation packages. (Insider Story) Read More

Billions of reasons to listen to these Unicorn startup founders
Unicorns are all the rage these days, and we're not talking about the ones in fantasy stories or on your kids' bedspreads. The unicorns that people are agog over are private companies with valuations of $1 billion or more, such as co-working office space provider WeWork and data virtualization company Actifio. Read More

The five coolest projects at AT&T Labs
These days, researchers at AT&T Labs are focusing on cars, smart homes, wearables and health apps, judging by projects showcased at the company's Research Day. Read More


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Read this white paper by Kevin Craine to discover how mobile capture can improve the effectiveness of your organization's processes. Discover the top 10 questions to ask before you make your investment in mobile capture. Learn More

IBM's flexible Power servers can take on cloud, databases
IBM is building slimmer versions of its Power hardware—used by its Watson supercomputer—to run complex database applications as well as simpler Web-based ones. Read More

A (micro) drone of your own
I've tested all sorts of quadcopters but the SKEYE Nano Drone is the smallest and most affordable smart drone so far. Read More

There will not be a Windows 11
Microsoft this past October introduced Windows 10 to the world, curiously skipping Windows 9 in the process. Now comes word from Microsoft itself that Windows 10, slated to launch later this year, will represent the last time Microsoft launches a new Windows OS. Read More


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Cross Microsoft off the list of potential Salesforce suitors -- and maybe everyone
Rumors of a potential Salesforce acquisition have been flying for over a week now, including the recent suggestion that Microsoft was a likely contender. According to a new report, however, it now looks like that's not the case. Read More

All eyes on Android at Google I/O
While Google is known for a multitude of technologies, including search and cloud services, it's the Android mobile development platform that will take center stage at the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco the last week in May. Read More


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