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The Unsung IBM
As CEO Tim Cook shakes up the Apple management team and struggles to keep Apple at the top of the hyper-competitive electronics heap, I am reminded of the last time Apple saw such a fundamental challenge to its mojo. It … Continue reading
What Should HP Do?
The news out of Palo Alto isn’t good. Now, that won’t exactly come as a shock to most observers, as HP has been flat for some time. But CEO Meg Whitman yesterday acknowledged that the pain will intensify before the … Continue reading
H-P Bets on the Cloud
Hewlett-Packard designed and built its first computer in 1966. Has it designed and built its last? Various Wall Street sources are reporting today that the world’s second largest electronics company will spin off its PC unit in order to concentrate … Continue reading
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Tagged cloud computing, Compaq, Digital Equipment Corp., H-P, IBM, servers
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Handing Over the Reins
Great article in this week’s Newsweek by Yale dean Dr. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld recapping the struggle a technology innovator has in ensuring his or her vision lives on after he/she leaves the scene. Key quote: How do you maintain the DNA … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Digital Equipment Corp., IBM, Jeffery Sonnenfeld, management succession, Polaroid
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Focus? Who Needs It?
From Jim Collins to Michael Porter, the latest generation of management gurus argued companies must focus on core competencies and shed all other activities. Just what makes a “core competency,” however, is always in flux. And as electronics companies see … Continue reading
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Tagged cellphones, electronics manufacturing services, hand-held electronics, IBM, PCs
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Blue Sun
IBM’s potential merger with Sun is hardly a done deal, and reporters at The Wall Street Journal and elsewhere now think the deal may be off. (For the record, neither OEM has yet commented on the deal.) Which, for EMS … Continue reading
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Tagged Benchmark Electronics, Celestica, electronics manufacturing services, EMS, Flextronics, IBM, Jabil, Sun Microsystems
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