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Peter Burrows

ARTICLES BY PETER BURROWS

Last year, Apple and IBM set aside a three-decade-old rivalry to create business software for iPhone and iPad users, seeking to cater to an increasingly mobile workforce. Photo: Bloomberg

Apple teams up with Cisco, expanding corporate-sales push

2 min read . 01 Sept 2015

A file photo of Cisco’s chief technology and strategy officer Padmasree Warrior. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Padmasree Warrior to leave Cisco: report

1 min read . 02 Jun 2015

John Chambers, 65, had said he would step down as CEO by the end of the fiscal year that ends in July 2016. Photo: Reuters

Cisco appoints veteran Robbins to succeed Chambers as CEO

1 min read . 05 May 2015

Apple is seeking to fuel even more iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sales after selling 74.5 million units in the last three months of 2014, up 46% from a year earlier. Photo: Bloomberg

Apple said to start first trade-in programme for Android phones

1 min read . 19 Mar 2015

Revenue is also on track to match or exceed estimates in the period ending in April, Cisco said. Photo: AFP

Cisco soars after quarterly revenue tops analysts’ estimates

2 min read . 14 Feb 2015

The shares of San Jose, California-based Cisco rose as much as 5.8% in extended trading, after declining 2% to $26.93 at the close in New York. Photo: AFP

Cisco revenue tops estimates as new products fuel recovery

2 min read . 12 Feb 2015

Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft. Photo: Bloomberg

What the women in the room say about Microsoft CEO’s weird advice

3 min read . 13 Oct 2014

The firm said in August it would eliminate 6,000 jobs and forecast little to no sales growth, as Chambers struggles to remake Cisco before leaving it in the hands of a successor. Photo:

Cisco cuts John Chambers’s pay after missing sales, profit targets

1 min read . 01 Oct 2014

Sales of the iPad have declined for the past two quarters after soaring from $5 billion when the product was introduced in 2010 to $30 billion in 2012. Photo: Bloomberg

Apple said to add gold option to iPad in effort to boost sales

1 min read . 01 Oct 2014

Apple may also be trying to manage expectations for the new device, signalling that it’s more of an accessory instead of a category that stands by itself. Photo: AFP

Apple bets iPhone magic will spill over to wearable gadgets

2 min read . 29 Aug 2014

Since Maria Klawe became president of Harvey Mudd College in 2006, the 800-student liberal arts college has made tangible progress creating a blueprint for encouraging women to become computer scientists.

The hottest ticket in tech for companies struggling with gender gap

7 min read . 07 Aug 2014

Apple is developing new iPhone designs including bigger screens with curved glass and enhanced sensors that can detect different levels of pressure. Photo: Bloomberg

Apple’s larger iPhones said to start production in July

2 min read . 24 Jun 2014

Women make up 30% of employees, while 91% of workers are either white or Asian, Google said on Wednesday in a blog post, which provided the first detailed look at the company’s staffing. Photo: Bloomberg

Google says women make up just 30% of its workforce

1 min read . 29 May 2014

With Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android dominating in mobile, Microsoft risks having Office locked out of most handheld devices. Photo:

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella unveils Office for iPad

2 min read . 28 Mar 2014

Hans Vestberg, 48, is in the running alongside other candidates, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the process is private. Photo: Reuters

Microsoft CEO candidate list said to include Ericsson’s Hans Vestberg

3 min read . 16 Jan 2014

Snapchat saw data for 4.6 million of its users exposed on the Internet on 31 December, just weeks after a Target breach revealed 40 million credit and debit cards for the retailer’s consumers. Photo: AFP

Snapchat, Skype breaches show holiday season vulnerability

2 min read . 03 Jan 2014

Tim Cook’s pledge to domesticate some production followed years of criticism from labour advocates about conditions at contractors’ facilities in China, where most of Apple’s products are built. Photo: Bloomberg

Apple CEO Tim Cook kicks off ‘made in USA’ push with $2,999 Mac Pro

5 min read . 19 Dec 2013

The holding, as of 30 September, is part of Icahn’s drive to get Apple to deploy more of its cash to return value to shareholders. Photo: Bloomberg

Carl Icahn reports holdings in Apple

1 min read . 15 Nov 2013

Microsoft became the world’s largest software provider under Ballmer and co-founder Bill Gates by making Windows-based PCs running Office applications an industry standard. Photo: Bloomberg

Microsoft CEO candidate Stephen Elop said to mull move away from Windows

4 min read . 08 Nov 2013

Shareholders approved Dell’s buyout in September and the stock was delisted on 30 October. Photo: Bloomberg

Dell board, executives receive combined $59 million after buyout

1 min read . 02 Nov 2013