The Dell brand is one of the most recognizable in technology. It was born a hardware company in 1984 and deservedly rocketed to fame, but it has always been about the hardware. In 2009, its big Perot Systems acquisition marked the first real departure...

Microsoft. In 2003, a judgment was granted for $521 million. Before an appeal was heard, Microsoft settled for an estimated $120 million, of which the University got $30 million. Eolas then sued more than a dozen other defendants in 2009. Most settled. ...

Of course, by early 2004, WilmerHale’s investigation of Nortel’s books was in full swing. Hubbard introduced a list of 14 items of particular interest to Wilmer — these include the accounting treatments for entries such as U.S. fringe benefits, Arris,...

The tech companies in the case asked to transfer the case to California, but Judge Leonard Davis, who is overseeing the case, refused to allow it. After all, Davis reasoned (PDF), Eolas picked six defendant companies that were based in Texas, including...

She joined MedSynergies after a long career at Electronic Data Systems (EDS). Dye came to MedSynergies in 2011 as senior vice president of account management, after more than 20 years at Perot Systems and Dell in the health care sector. He will lead a...

Swainson will take up his role as president of the Software Group on 5 March and will report to Michael Dell. Over the past few years Dell has acquired software companies like Boomi , SecureWorks , and Perot Systems. The software group will help the...