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	William Swainson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Swainson was born in St. Mary Newington, London.
		Swainson travelled in Brazil from 1816 to 1818, returning to England with a collection of over 20,000 insects, 1,200 species of plants, drawings of 120 species of fish, and about 760 bird skins.
		Swainson continued with his writing, the most influential of which was the second volume of Fauna Boreali-Americana (1831) which he co-authored with John Richardson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Swainson (312 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (John B-John C) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		John Bright became a leading spirit in the Anti-Corn-Law League and in 1843 was elected to Parliament to represent Durham, where upon he distinguished himself as an advocate of free trade and reform.
		John Burnet was a Scottish engraver and painter.
		John Cotton was a Puritan clergyman, known as the Patriarch of New England.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /C7DA.HTM (2409 words)

	Horton Journal of Canadian History
		Sir John A. Macdonald was one of Canada’s founding fathers.
		While he was leader of the country he faced his own share of political obstacles, including Confederation, the Metis rebellion and threats of an American he is among the greatest leaders Canada has ever seen and played a significant part in the forming of Canada as a country.
		John Alexander Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland on January 11, 1815.
	www.angelfire.com /ns/hjch/atwell.htm (1899 words)

	Lista Articoli compresi tra Vulcani del PanamÃ¡ e William John Swainson: Tutte le informazioni su Lista Articoli ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Lista Articoli compresi tra Vulcani del PanamÃ¡ e William John Swainson: Tutte le informazioni su Lista Articoli compresi tra Vulcani del PanamÃ¡ e William John Swainson su Encyclopedia.it
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		William Swainson William John Swainson (8 ottobre 1789 â“ 6 dicembre 1855) ornitologo ed artista inglese.
	www.encyclopedia.it /Mappe/lista_articoli_2_286.html (1829 words)

	Last Exclusive JDJ Interview With "IBM's" John A. Swainson, Now CA's Newly Appointed CEO @ education.sys-con.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This exclusive interview with John A. Swainson was conducted by JDJ publisher Jeremy Geelan and originally published in the print edition of JDJ's May 2004 issue.
		Swainson: Let's start by defining "on demand." First, on demand reflects what our customers are doing with their businesses - streamlining their business processes to make them more flexible and adaptive to new markets and opportunities.
		Swainson: Integration is a must, but the integration priorities of customers are unique depending on the size of the business, the industry they compete in, the customer's long-term goals, and the customer's technology capability.
	education.sys-con.com /read/47185.htm (2019 words)

	GRIDtoday: CA Names John Swainson President, CEO-Elect
		Computer Associates International Inc announced that John Swainson, a 26-year industry and IBM veteran, has been named as president and CEO-elect and elected to CA's board of directors, expanding it to 10 members.
		Swainson's appointment as president, CEO-elect and Board member was unanimously approved by CA's Board of Directors.
		Swainson joined IBM in 1978 and served in a variety of sales, marketing and product development positions.
	www.gridtoday.com /04/1129/104356.html (799 words)

	CA CEO-to-be begins revamp - Computerworld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Swainson, named CA's CEO-to-be in November after a long career at IBM, is currently exploring CA while the company formally remains under the leadership of interim CEO Ken Cron.
		Swainson announced Artzt's and Barrenechea's new positions in an e-mail memo sent to CA employees on Friday.
		Swainson cast the changes as part of an organizational revamp that will move CA from a brand-based organizational structure to a more traditional business-unit structure.
	www.computerworld.com /printthis/2005/0,4814,99220,00.html (506 words)

	Computer Associates Executive Bios John Swainson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		John Swainson is president and chief executive officer of CA and serves on the company’s Board of Directors.
		John’s mission at CA is to strengthen the company’s core strength in systems and security management and consolidate its leadership position in enterprise management.
		John was a member of the IBM Worldwide Management Council, IBM’s Strategy Team and Senior Leadership Team and on the Board of Governors for the IBM Academy of Technology.
	www.ca.com /press/bios/swainson_bio.htm (272 words)

	CA Chief: Innovate, Cooperate
		Swainson cited on-demand computing as another area that could benefit from a more coordinated approach from leading IT vendors.
		Swainson, who spent 26 years at IBM, including a stint as head of its middleware division, expects a "fairly close relationship" with his former employer, although he conceded that "not everyone there is in love with me anymore."
		Swainson also reiterated that CA is looking to grow by acquiring attractive technologies, pointing out that the company has "not been shy" about making strategic buys in the past.
	www.internetnews.com /ent-news/print.php/3483521 (297 words)

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		Swainson took his own risky step into the counterculture of the software industry last week when he was named to become the next CEO of Computer Associates.
		Until last week, Swainson was VP of IBM's worldwide software sales organization, and, before that, general manager of the company's application and integration middleware division, which launched the industry-leading WebSphere application-server line.
		Swainson's goal is to transform the company's culture from what he describes as a "founder-owned business to one of a more modern publicly owned corporation."
	www.wallstreetandtech.com /printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=54200637 (748 words)

	CA officially taps Swainson for CEO job delays CA World - Computerworld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Swainson was picked by the CA board in a unanimous vote yesterday.
		Swainson, 50, has most recently been vice president for IBM's worldwide sales force and worked with the IBM team that developed and launched the WebSphere family of middleware products.
		Cron and Swainson both noted yesterday's announcement that CA World would be postponed, with Swainson suggesting that even the name might not be used.
	www.computerworld.com /printthis/2004/0,4814,97798,00.html (670 words)

	CA makes Swainson's CEO job official \| InfoWorld \| News \| 2005-02-09 \| By Nancy Weil, IDG News Service
		Swainson was hired by CA in November 2004 after spending 26 years at IBM ( Profile, Products, Articles), and will take over at CA from Kenneth Cron, who has served as interim CEO since April of last year.
		Swainson, 50, already has made changes at CA, which is based in Islandia, New York, and coming out of a turbulent period.
		Swainson has "quickly displayed an impressive knowledge" of CA and its products "and his industry background is a tremendous asset," company Chairman Lewis Ranieri said in a statement announcing that Swainson has officially been named president and CEO.
	www.infoworld.com /article/05/02/09/HNswainsonceo_1.html (1068 words)

	ABC News: Computer Associates Names Swainson Its CEO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		John Swainson, who has worked for rival International Business Machines Corp., for 26 years, was named chief executive and president Tuesday and will sit on the company's board.
		During the transition period, Swainson will be working on the company's strategy while Cron and Clarke run the business, Swainson said.
		Swainson, 50, is a Canadian native whose most recent responsibility at IBM has been worldwide software sales.
	abcnews.go.com /Business/wireStory?id=276204&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (574 words)

	Database Pipeline \| Computer Associates' Next CEO Gets To Work
		Until this week, Swainson was VP of IBM's worldwide sales organization, and, before that, general manager of IBM Software's Application and Integration Middleware division, which develops the WebSphere line.
		Swainson plans to keep CA on its current product track, emphasizing systems-management, storage-management, security, and application-life-cycle management software, or what the company refers to as enterprise infrastructure management.
		Swainson has already begun contacting some of CA's largest customers to introduce himself, and he's planning to attend a customer event in Washington in mid-December.
	databasepipeline.com /news/54200825 (747 words)

	CNETAsia : Printer Friendly - CA taps ex-IBM exec as its next chief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Swainson, who was also named president and elected to the board, is a 26-year veteran of IBM, where he guided the buildup of the company's WebSphere middleware product line.
		Swainson said that the recent acquisition of Netegrity, which is expected to close soon, gives CA a major boost in application security and that the company will continue to develop tools that work with a wide range of products.
		The appointment of Swainson, who is 50, marks a significant milestone in CA's effort to turn itself around after a tumultuous year.
	asia.cnet.com /news/software/printfriendly.htm?AT=39202444-39037051t-39000001c (731 words)

	CA CEO avoiding IBM platform competition - Computer Business Review
		Swainson, who helped build IBM's famous WebSphere brand, said he expects to grow CA's infrastructure management business both internationally and in newer, "niche" markets, through acquisition and internal product development.
		Swainson indicated his focus is around CA's core strengths of security, systems and storage management, rather than application servers, development, portals or integration software, where he spent much of his at time at IBM building WebSphere.
		CA hopes Swainson's appointment will help take the company a further step away from the recent painful era in which it has been dogged by scandal and undergone investigation over accounting practices, by demonstrating renewed stability at the top.
	www.cbronline.com /article_news.asp?guid=CA3A5D7E-B097-4890-BCD5-03C0AF33AA2B (417 words)

	Rebuilding Computer Associates: ZDNet Australia: Insight: Software
		After working at IBM for 26 years, Swainson last November was appointed president and CEO of Computer Associates International, a 29-year-old company in need of an image makeover.
		Finally, Swainson and his team have set out some fairly ambitious financial goals for CA in the coming year, including double-digit growth in some areas.
		Swainson, who officially assumed responsibility earlier this month, spoke to CNET News.com about CA's past and directing the company's future.
	www.zdnet.com.au /insight/software/0,39023769,39182698,00.htm (853 words)

	ComputerUser.com News: IBM's Swainson: WebSphere and Beyond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		John Swainson talks about Version 5.0 of the WebSphere application server, where it puts IBM competitively and what's to come in the app server software space.
		John Swainson is general manager of IBM's Application Integration Middleware division, and is also known as a pioneer of the WebSphere application server.
		SWAINSON: More customers today are trying to worry about how they integrate the last 30 or 40 years of building applications than they are necessarily worrying about how to build the next generation of applications.
	www.computeruser.com /news/02/12/11/news1.html (2701 words)

	CAs Swainson indicates products and acquisition strategy - Computer Business Review
		Computer Associates International Inc incoming chief John Swainson has shuffled two senior CA team members in his first indication of corporate direction.
		Swainson, named in November as president and CEO-elect, has named executive vice president in charge of eTrust Russ Artz as executive vice president of products.
		Swainson told employees in his e-mail: "We will be accelerating CA's evolution from a brand unit structure to a business unit structure.
	www.cbronline.com /article_news.asp?guid=DFD35D0C-9ACF-452E-8B4E-E20A6EFA3B2F (322 words)

	CRN \| Breaking News \| CA's New CEO Knows What He Needs To Do
		SWAINSON: The opportunity to lead one of the leading software businesses in the world was what attracted me. I'd been the No. 2 guy at IBM Software for years and done a lot of different jobs there.
		SWAINSON: In the old days, you knew exactly which application touched which database and the system management task was easier because the relationships were fixed.
		SWAINSON: I think we're in a position to have much better relationships with the different platform providers than IBM is ever going to have.
	www.itutilitypipeline.com /news/55301556 (2414 words)

	CRN \| Breaking News \| CRN Interview: CA Board Member Ken Cron
		When you really draw a whole picture what you see is a whole new management team is in place and then you top that off with the announcement that John &#91;Swainson]; is now the leader of this team as CEO then you see that that the company is poised for success.
		John Swainson in his years at IBM has been a tremendous supporter and grower of the channel.
		But in addition to that over the last couple of months I have got an opportunity to work closely with John and see that he has both strategic and tactical strengths and he is able to really paint a vision for the company and that vision is what is going to carry the company forward.
	www.crn.com /showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=5GFV5MAXMXWF2QSNDBGCKH0CJUMEKJVN?articleID=59302437 (1417 words)

	Intel Brokerage Downgrade Pressures Chip, Tech Stocks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		COMPUTER Associates has appointed IBM veteran John Swainson to lead the business software company which has been embroiled in an accounting scandal.
		John Swainson, who has worked for rival IBM for 26 years, was named chief executive and president and wil
		John Swainson, who has worked for rival IBM for 26 years, was named chief executive and president and will sit on the company's board.
	www.webprowire.com /summaries/920753.html (223 words)

	CA taps IBM vet Swainson for CEO - Services - www.itnews.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Swainson is a 26 year veteran of IBM and is widely recognised as being responsible for the success of the vendor's WebSphere products.
		Swainson's first order of business will be responsibility for charting CA's software strategy and the corresponding development of the products to fulfill the vision, according to Ranieri.
		Swainson has a reputation for being an aggressive businessman with an original style.
	www.itnews.com.au /newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=17086 (551 words)

	Swainson Takes CA Helm
		CA selected Swainson, a 26-year IBM veteran, in November to fill the role temporarily held by Kenneth Cron.
		"Ken [Cron] and John &#91;Swainson]; have worked extremely well together over the past two-and-a-half months, and I couldn't be more pleased with their performances," he said in a statement.
		Swainson's official recognition as CEO closes a turbulent chapter in CA's history.
	www.internetnews.com /bus-news/print.php/3481956 (355 words)

	Stukes_to_Symson.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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	www.btinternet.com /~grigg/Stukes_to_Symson.htm (6536 words)

	Computer Associates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In April, 2004, in the face of a well publicized accounting scandal, Kumar stepped down as CEO, and in May, Ken Cron was nominated interim CEO.
		Finally, in November, 2004 the company named IBM executive John Swainson CEO Elect.
		In that same year, the company began to opensource their Ingres database product, touting it to be more powerful than MySQL and PostgreSQL.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Computer_Associates (508 words)

	Rebuilding CA\'s bridges - ZDNet UK Insight
		John Swainson has taken on the challenge of his career.
		After working at IBM for 26 years, last November Swainson was appointed president and CEO of Computer Associates, a 29-year-old company in need of an image makeover.
		Swainson, who officially assumed responsibility earlier this month, spoke to ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com about CA's past and directing the company's future.
	insight.zdnet.co.uk /business/0,39020481,39189033,00.htm (550 words)

	John Swainson: IBM's GM of application integration middleware maps out Big Blue's approach to advance e-business
		Swainson: We're now starting to see the emergence of what I call the second generation in e-business, which is the creation of markets around companies participating in this electronic environment.
		Swainson: To me it means that you're going to have to create your applications in such a way that they are easily modified, which means they become much more modular.
		Swainson: We see EAI as an extension of the framework for e-business.
	www.infoworld.com /articles/hn/xml/99/12/29/991229hnhotswainson.html (1805 words)

	CA's New Boss: "He's Going To Have His Hands Full"
		Swainson has plenty of that: In 26 years at IBM he held a wide variety of such jobs, most recently running the software division's sales operations.
		Swainson will be under pressure to change that -- while also rebuilding credibility with investors and customers wearied by years of accounting scandals.
		Swainson plans on spotting opportunities to fill in gaps in CA's product offerings, either by developing technologies internally or making strategic acquisitions -- like the outfit's recent purchase of Web security specialist Netegrity Inc. ( NETE) for $430 million.
	www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/04_49/b3911046_mz011.htm (975 words)

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