Interviews

• Hitachi GST CEO claims hard drive future hangs in Cloud

  By Lucas Mearian | 02 September, 2011 07:16

  In March, Western Digital agreed to buy Hitachi Global Storage Technologies> (HGST), the disk drive subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., in a stock and cash transaction valued at $US4.3 billion. HGST CEO Steve Milligan will join WD as president at the closing of the deal, expected in the fourth quarter.

• IBM's Steve Mills talks Oracle, Watson's future

  By Chris Kanaracus | 23 June, 2011 02:28

  IBM's Steve Mills has long been known for his leadership of the company's software division, but last year he added hardware and systems to his responsibilities as well. That move put Mills in charge of 100,000 employees and products that generate US$40 billion in revenue for IBM, according to its website.

• Contract attorney offers tips in case of IBM-Sun merger

  By Don Tennant | 26 March, 2009 07:50

  Diana McKenzie, head of the information technology practice at Chicago law firm Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, has specialized in IT contract law since 1987. On Monday, she spoke with Computerworld about what customers of IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc. need to know about contract law as IBM pursues its reported US$6.5 billion bid to acquire Sun.

• IBM: Leading the sustainability push

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 09 December, 2008 08:00

  Big companies carry big responsibilities in leading the green push in IT. And that responsibility is something IBM takes very seriously.