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June 17, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM U.S./ET (GMT-4)
Larry Bonfante, CIO of the U.S. Tennis Association, will discuss the skills and approaches that your rising IT leaders must learn to be effective in an executive capacity.
How to Handle Your New CEO: Managing Turnover at the Top
June 18, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM U.S./Eastern (GMT-4)
Turbulent times have increased turnover at the top. Find out what Council CIOs have done to "break in" new CEOs—build relationships, set expectations, educate on the role of IT.
Mid-Market CIO Panel: Tips and Techniques for Improving Vendor Relationships
July 15, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM U.S./Eastern (GMT-4)
We'll highlight relationship priorities and best practices identified in a Council study, and we'll interact with a CIO panel on the approaches they've used to improve strategic vendor partnerships.
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January 20, 2006 — CIO —
Today, a Hewlett-Packard source that requested anonymity squashed recent rumors about a possible acquisition of Computer Science Corp. (CSC), CNET reports.
CSC, an IT consultancy, has been named as a potential acquisition target by The Blackstone Group, and HP allegedly showed interest in purchasing a minority stake in the in CSC, according to various media reports released in early January.
"CSC has occasionally come up from time to time as a potential acquisition, but it’s nothing that we ever seriously pursued and nothing we were in talks with recently," the anonymous source said, according to CNET.
HP is no fresh fish in the acquisition game. In 2001, the company was in talks with PricewaterhouseCoopers to acquire the firm for $18 billion in cash and stock, but the deal fell through due to disagreements concerning the pricing structure and the partnership in general. Two years later, PricewaterhouseCoopers sold its consulting division to HP’s biggest rival, IBM.
In the past, both HP and CSC have declined comment on a potential acquisition.
--Al Sacco