Dell Technologies’ acquisition of EMC was textbook, due largely to Dell’s IBM-sourced superior acquisition process, but Dell’s acquisitions before EMC had all been smaller companies that largely left Dell intact. EMC was much larger, and, over time, the PC part […]
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While PC demand is increasing this quarter, the problem with this segment is a general lack of product marketing. Early in the creation of the PC market, the component and software vendors (mostly Microsoft) came up with the concept of
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Back when IBM mainframes and midrange computers were king, we had terminals. Like the TVs of the time, they had CRTs that needed to warm up, but the terminal was comparatively easy to use. It was more like a TV
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I’m at HP Amplify this week where HP prepares its partner sales channel for the coming year. I’ve long known that HP was ahead of its peers in enterprise-grade and printer security and in its partner program, but this was
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HP is a fun company to work with because it often feels like the executives are family in that they enjoy each other’s company, tend to operate strategically and continue to impress with a strong focus on security and innovation.
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HP issues a threat report quarterly (this month’s came with a video), and this quarter’s report suggests that things are getting worse with regard to attacks and related monetary damage. While this report mostly focuses on attacks on PCs and
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HP is unique in the market in that it has taken its security function, branded it, and effectively created a focused company called HP Wolf Security. HP Wolf Security issues a regular report about the technologies hackers are using to
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This month, HP held its first “Imagine” event, which did a really nice job of positioning innovative products against difficult-to-solve problems. One of those problems is the high speed at which technological advancements are coming and the amount of electronic
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I had a lot of hope for the Apple/IBM partnership. That hope was qualified, though, because Apple doesn’t work well with others and has historically not only hated IBM but the IT folks IBM sells to. Cisco also partnered with
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I had a chance to chat with HP’s current CEO, Enrique Lores. The company had a tough quarter last quarter but still showed one of the strongest financial outlooks of any of the vendors I cover. HP’s ability to execute
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