Chris Williams

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Editor-in-Chief at The Register

Journalist @TheRegister. Ex-Twitter mDAU

Articles

Why Middle Managers Struggle-And How to Set Them Up for Success

1 week ago | peoplemanagingpeople.com | Chris Williams |David Rice

Why Middle Managers Struggle—And How to Set Them Up for Success The shift from managing individual contributors to overseeing other managers is one of the toughest transitions in leadership. Chris Williams, former Microsoft HR VP, explores why this change is so challenging and how organizations can better support these key leaders.
After 50 years, CHICAGO still razzles and dazzles on its visit to Cardiff

1 week ago | buzzmag.co.uk | Chris Williams

Chicago – that perennial favourite, cousin to Cabaret and one of Kander and Ebb’s hit musicals – is bringing razzle-dazzle to the Wales Millennium Centre this week. A strong hit in its 1970s run, Chicago became a phenomenon during its late-90s Broadway and West End revivals. Based on a 1920s play which was itself based on real life events, we follow two “merry murderesses” – rivals Velma Kelly and Roxy Hart – as they court celebrity while trying to avoid the hangman’s knot.
Broadway and West End smash musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN visits Cardiff, fuelled by fine performances

2 weeks ago | buzzmag.co.uk | Chris Williams

A suicide and some lies, a broken arm and Waving Through A Window: that’s more or less all this reviewer knew, going into the first UK and Ireland tour of this hit Broadway and West End phenomenon. An unusually experience, going into a musical quite this cold, but there’s more to Dear Evan Hansen than its main premise. Not your razzle-dazzle type musical, DEH deals with teenage depression and suicide.
Are AFAs right for VDI? – Blocks and Files

3 weeks ago | blocksandfiles.com | Chris Williams

Partner Content In any VDI deployment, storage is crucial for success and user experience. It ensures performance and responsiveness while supporting scalability and reliability. Storage bottlenecks can undermine the best VDI strategies, especially during peak times like boot storms and login surges. Consequently, storage choices are central to VDI design discussions, with organizations typically selecting between a traditional virtual SAN (vSAN) or an external all-flash array (AFA).
Choose Nutanix, Dell for Agile, scalable IT

3 weeks ago | theregister.com | Chris Williams

Webinar Today’s IT teams face a balancing act: Supporting current workloads while preparing for tomorrow’s demands. Outdated infrastructure and fragmented solutions can’t keep up. Join Varun Chhabra (Dell Technologies) and Lee Caswell (Nutanix) on April 30 for a fast-paced, 30-minute event on building agility into your infrastructure. Learn how the Dell PowerFlex platform — now the first external storage fully integrated with Nutanix Cloud Platform — empowers your team to move faster and smarter.
An ex-Microsoft VP of HR explains 3 things you can do to stay on your boss's radar and off the layoff list

1 month ago | businessinsider.com | Chris Williams

Careers Chris Williams, ex-Microsoft VP of HR, wrote that being visible helps avoid uncomfortable inquiries like DOGE's "five bullet points" requested email. sakchai vongsasiripat/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Chris Williams is an ex-VP of HR at Microsoft and has over 40 years of executive experience.
Intel board announces new CEO

2 months ago | theregister.com | Chris Williams

Breaking The board of Intel has named semiconductor industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as the x86 giant's new CEO. Tan, who among other things successfully steered electronics design giant Cadence, will replace interim co-CEOs David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus. Zinsner will be executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Johnston Holthaus will be CEO of Intel Products.
Venting on social media about your job can be good, but be very, very careful

2 months ago | businessinsider.com | Chris Williams

Careers Pakin Jarerndee/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . As massive layoffs increase across industries, people are taking to LinkedIn to vent. Chris Williams, ex-VP of HR at Microsoft with over 40 years of executive experience, weighed in. He said a carefully constructed rant could actually attract new employers.
How to avoid being labeled an 'underperformer,' according to the ex-VP of HR at Microsoft

2 months ago | businessinsider.com | Chris Williams

Careers Network beyond your team to avoid being labeled an underperformer, the former VP of HR at Microsoft writes. RichVintage/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Chris Williams is a former VP of HR at Microsoft with more than 40 years of experience.
US govt sued over HR email server privacy, security fears

Jan 28, 2025 | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn |Chris Williams |Iain Thomson

Two anonymous US government employees have sued Uncle Sam's HR department – the Office of Personnel Management – claiming the Trump administration's rapid roll out of a new federal email system broke the law. The pair's complaint [PDF], filed Monday in a Washington DC district court, claims an effort to establish a single email address through which the OPM can communicate directly with all civilian federal employees – presumably to facilitate firing them – violated the E-Government Act of 2002.