Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block steps down Salesforce today announced that Keith Block, the company’s co-CEO, is stepping down. This leaves company founder Marc Benioff as the sole CEO and chair of the CRM juggernaut. Block’s bio h

Former Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd has passed away Mark Hurd, who until last month was one of two CEOs leading the database software giant Oracle, has passed away at age 62, one month after telling employees in a letter that he was taking a leave of

Mark Hurd, the co-CEO of Oracle, is taking a leave of absence, citing health reasons Mark Hurd, one of two CEOs leading the database software giant Oracle, is taking a leave of absence owing to health reasons, he told employees in a letter today. Oracle has not specified what HurdR

As globalization slows, new startup Globality raises $27 million to bring SMBs to world markets Global capitalism is in a bit of pickle right now. Goldman Sachs (either a vampire squid or the second-best investment bank in the world, depending on your point of view) came out with a report ear

Oracle Stock Drops 2.5% On News That Larry Ellison Has Relinquished His CEO Title Today after the bell, Oracle announced that its long-time premier Larry Ellison is no longer its CEO. Former HP CEO Mark Hurd will take over the job in partnership with Safra Catz. Catz will manage fi

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Rips "Vindictive" HP Lawsuit <img class="shot2" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/cp_1254386502_ellison-215x189.jpeg" alt="" />The dramatic battle between Mark Hurd, HP, and Oracle continues. Yesterday Oracle <

HP Confirms It Is Suing Mark Hurd For Potential Leakage Of Trade Secrets To Oracle <img class="alignright size-full wp-image-216586" title="mark-hurd-1" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/mark-hurd-1.jpeg" alt="" />It seems like only yesterday that Oracle announced

The HP/Hurd Accusations: Now With More WTF <img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Screen-shot-2010-08-08-at-10.49.33-PM.jpg">Something weird is going on over at <a HREF="http://crunchgear.com/tag/HP">HP</a>. This whole