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Two top executives are saying goodbye to Dell as part of the company's restructuring and realigning of business segments. Michael Cannon, president of global operations, and Mark Jarvis, chief marketing officer, will leave the company.

Cannon, who has been with Dell since February 2007 leading the company's procurement, manufacturing and supply-chain activities worldwide, will be succeeded by Jeff Clarke, head of Dell's business client product group. Cannon was responsible for improving Dell's supply chain and cost competitiveness, according to the company. He will leave at the end of January.

Jarvis is expected to leave sometime in the first quarter, the company said. He led the company's marketing transformation and revitalized its brand, according to Dell. Jarvis' exit comes after Casey Jones, vice president of marketing, left the company in November. Erin Nelson, formerly vice president of marketing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, will assume Jarvis' role.

Both executives, however, will remain consultants to the company.

Realigning

The move is just one piece of the company's plan to realign some of its businesses around three customer segments, including the large enterprise, which will be led by Steve Schuckenbrock; the public sector, which Paul Dell will lead; and small and midsize businesses, which will be headed by Steve Felice.

"In the past two years we have significantly improved our competitiveness, reengineered our supply chain, broadened our product portfolio, and introduced Dell to more people in more places than ever before," said Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer. "We have laid the foundation for the transition from a global business that's run regionally to businesses that are really globally organized."

"Customer requirements are increasingly being defined by how they use technology rather than where they use it," Dell added. "That's why we won't let ourselves be limited by geographic boundaries in solving their needs."

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LG Electronics on Tuesday announced new alliances for its Network Blu-ray Disc Players. LG is now adding CinemaNow and YouTube to its lineup.

Netflix was LG's first partner on the instant-streaming front. In fact, LG was the first manufacturer to stream movies instantly from Netflix on a Network Blu-ray Disc Player. By adding CinemaNow's library of TV shows and videos -- and YouTube's viral video community, with its growing catalog of HD offerings -- LG is priming the pump for the sale of its new Blu-ray products at next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

As millions of U.S. consumers view and download movies or TV shows through the Internet, they are demanding easier ways to access content and more home-entertainment options, according to Tim Alessi, LG's director of product development.

"From Blu-ray to instant streaming, from Netflix to CinemaNow and YouTube, LG is bridging the gap between packaged media and video-on-demand services to provide entertainment solutions for consumers' demand for content," Alessi said. "With these new alliances, LG continues its innovation leadership by allowing consumers easy access to multiple entertainment options in one device."

A Trio of Offerings

Joining forces with CinemaNow means LG Electronics can offer consumers access to more than 14,000 titles from the major movie studios, broadcast and cable television shows, more than 250 independent film titles, and music videos from all major labels. Consumers can browse the entire CinemaNow library, instantly stream content, and access and watch movies purchased from other CinemaNow-powered stores.

Meanwhile, LG's alliance with online video community YouTube makes it possible for consumers to instantly stream millions of Web videos directly from the Internet to an LG Network Blu-ray Player for viewing on their television -- without a personal computer. That means unlimited access to millions of videos on topics such as current events, instructional videos for...

LG Electronics on Tuesday announced new alliances for its Network Blu-ray Disc Players. LG is now adding CinemaNow and YouTube to its lineup.

Netflix was LG’s first partner on the instant-streaming front. In fact, LG was the first manufacturer to stream movies instantly from Netflix on a Network Blu-ray Disc Player. By adding CinemaNow’s library of TV shows and videos — and YouTube’s viral video community, with its growing catalog of HD offerings — LG is priming the pump for the sale of its new Blu-ray products at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

As millions of U.S. consumers view and download movies or TV shows through the Internet, they are demanding easier ways to access content and more home-entertainment options, according to Tim Alessi, LG’s director of product development.

“From Blu-ray to instant streaming, from Netflix to CinemaNow and YouTube, LG is bridging the gap between packaged media and video-on-demand services to provide entertainment solutions for consumers’ demand for content,” Alessi said. “With these new alliances, LG continues its innovation leadership by allowing consumers easy access to multiple entertainment options in one device.”

A Trio of Offerings

Joining forces with CinemaNow means LG Electronics can offer consumers access to more than 14,000 titles from the major movie studios, broadcast and cable television shows, more than 250 independent film titles, and music videos from all major labels. Consumers can browse the entire CinemaNow library, instantly stream content, and access and watch movies purchased from other CinemaNow-powered stores.

Meanwhile, LG’s alliance with online video community YouTube makes it possible for consumers to instantly stream millions of Web videos directly from the Internet to an LG Network Blu-ray Player for viewing on their television — without a personal computer. That means unlimited access to millions of videos on topics such as current events, instructional videos for…