Netscape now - but for how much longer?

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Netscape Communications Corp Chief Executive Jim Barksdale is widely respected for his management abilities, but now faces significant challenges as the company's share price falls and its financial performance falters. He is acknowledged to be very skilled in personal communications, but these skills may not necessarily be appropriate in the highly competitive software industry. There is concern that he may cause Netscape to lose momentum. If it does so, then it will never be able to become competitive again.

Author: Gallivan, Joseph
Influence, Internet access software, Netscape Communications Corp., NSCP, Barksdale, James L.

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Baby-boomer in the boardroom

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Chief Executive of Autodesk software company Carol Bartz, 44, was previously in charge of sales and marketing at Sun Microsystems from 1982-1992. She discovered she had breast cancer on her second day at Autodesk, but did not mention it for five weeks. Ms Bartz created a management hierarchy and sold two businesses. Past experience of non-promotion because of her gender has led her to prioritise employment prospects for women.

Author: Reeves, Phil
Autodesk Inc., Bartz, Carol

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What Steve Ballmer sees outside his Windows

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Microsoft is very involved in peer-to-peer messaging systems, according to Chief Executive Steve Ballmer. He indicates that the firm wants to develop systems in which devices communicate with each other directly in real time.

Author: Bradbury, Danny
Software Publishers, Communications Software NEC, Microsoft Corp., Ballmer, Steve, MSFT, Telecommunications software

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