Active Stocks

Thu Nov 13 2025 10:34:58

Tata Steel share price
182.15 1.96%

Eternal share price
304.30 -1.49%

Tata Motors Passenger Vhcls share price
401.00 -0.32%

Bajaj Finance share price
1,011.45 -0.04%

ICICI Bank share price
1,385.90 1.98%

Business News > Mint Authors > Brian Womack

Brian Womack

ARTICLES BY BRIAN WOMACK

CEO Meg Whitman has been jettisoning divisions since 2015, including personal computers, printers, business services and key software units. Photo: Bloomberg

Hewlett Packard Enterprise said to plan about 5,000 job cuts

1 min read . 22 Sept 2017

In the last 12 months, shares of HP Inc. have surged 29%, while the HP Enterprise stock has risen about 5.3%. Photo: Reuters

HP Inc surprises after split, outshining Meg Whitman’s services giant

5 min read . 22 Aug 2017

Once a key tool for accessing dynamic internet content, Adobe’s Flash has come under growing scrutiny. Photo: Reuters

Adobe Flash updates, distribution to stop after 2020

1 min read . 25 Jul 2017

In September, investors got a surprise when Yahoo said the personal information from at least 500 million user accounts was stolen in 2014. Photo: AP

Yahoo shows some progress in last stretch as standalone company

2 min read . 19 Apr 2017

Unlike IDC, Gartner reported a decline of 2.4% for first-quarter global shipments of personal computers. Photo: Bloomberg

PC shipments rise slightly in struggling market: IDC report

1 min read . 12 Apr 2017

Cohesity is targeting the ‘secondary’ part of the storage industry that takes care of data that needs to be available for projects that might include analytics.

Storage startup Cohesity Inc. said to attract valuation of over $500 million

1 min read . 04 Apr 2017

Yahoo agreed to the sale of the company’s core internet assets last year after a turnaround effort fizzled. Photo: Bloomberg

Verizon suggested price cut of up to $925 million for Yahoo deal

2 min read . 14 Mar 2017

Hewlett Packard Enterprise said it will assume, or pay out, about $200 million of Nimble’s unvested equity awards at the closing of the deal. Photo: Reuters

Hewlett Packard to buy Nimble Storage for $1 billion

3 min read . 08 Mar 2017

In late 2014, senior executives were aware that a state-sponsored actor had accessed certain user accounts by exploiting the company’s account management tool, says Yahoo. Photo: Bloomberg

Yahoo chief counsel exits after hack probe finds inaction

3 min read . 02 Mar 2017

For CEO Marissa Mayer, the new hacks could weaken Yahoo’s reputation with users who have been using its services for years and further tarnish its credibility ahead of the Verizon deal. Photo: Reuters

Yahoo says second hack affected more than 1 billion user accounts in 2013

3 min read . 15 Dec 2016

Oracle is moving forward with home-grown tools, and in September unveiled a new plan for its own services for infrastructure, the core computing feature that lets developers easily build applications or work with databases. Photo: Reuters

Oracle widens cloud investments to battle bigger Amazon threat

6 min read . 08 Nov 2016

Oracle is counting on NetSuite to help the company’s shift to cloud-based services and better compete with rivals such as Salesforce.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Photo: Reuters

Oracle gets NetSuite shareholders approval to clinch $9 billion deal

3 min read . 06 Nov 2016

Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, has faced antitrust scrutiny around the world in the past. Photo: Reuters

Salesforce to urge regulators to scrutinize Microsoft-LinkedIn deal

5 min read . 30 Sept 2016

The Yahoo data leak as well as the other notable exposures, opens the door to significant opportunities for cyber-espionage and targeted attacks to occur. Photo: Bloomberg

Yahoo hacked by cybercriminals, not state sponsor: security firm InfoArmor

1 min read . 29 Sept 2016

Twitter is still attractive because of its data, user base and influence in politics, culture and the media. Photo: Reuters

Twitter said to work with Goldman amid informal sale talks

3 min read . 24 Sept 2016

Verizon Communications Inc., has agreed to buy Yahoo’s web assets for $4.83 billion. Photo: AP

Yahoo tipped off to hack by report of data dump on dark web

5 min read . 24 Sept 2016

Verizon will pay cash in a deal that includes Yahoo real estate, but excludes some intellectual property, which will be sold separately. Photo: Reuters

Verizon buys Yahoo web assets for $4.8 billion

6 min read . 26 Jul 2016

CEO Meg Whitman has been pushing the company to reduce its size and become nimbler to help it better take on rivals such as Dell Inc. and navigate the changing demands of corporate customers. Photo: AFP

Hewlett Packard Enterprise said to consider selling software assets

1 min read . 10 Jul 2016

The decision is the second trial defeat for Oracle and its executive chairman and CTO Larry Ellison in about a month after the company lost a $9 billion verdict to Google while trying to stake a claim to Google’s Android phone business. Photo: Bloomberg

Oracle loses $3 billion verdict for ditching HP Itanium chip

2 min read . 02 Jul 2016

Flags fly behind a Yahoo! sign at the company’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Photo: Erin Lubin/Bloomberg

Yahoo offering more than 3,000 patents amid strategic reviews

1 min read . 08 Jun 2016