August 31, 2011 2:54 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Jon Rubinstein,
Microsoft,
Todd Bradley,
TouchPad
How can this wacky Hewlett-Packard saga get even nuttier? LOTS of ways. Here are a few things to ponder going forward.
1: Track Jon Rubinstein. The former Apple hardware...
August 30, 2011 6:12 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IBM,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Lenovo,
Leo Apotheker,
PCs,
Personal Systems Group,
ThinkPadsTalk about mixed messages.
First Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker says the company might spin off or sell off its huge PC business and kill off its new TouchPads. Then a cadre...
August 25, 2011 8:48 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
cloud computing,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
logical isWhat self-respecting IT services provider ISN'T trying to position itself as an expert in cloud computing? After all, pretty much everyone has their own definition of what it means. What's that old saying? There is margin in mystery?
August 25, 2011 12:24 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Apple,
Bill Gates,
IT channel products and services,
Steve Jobs[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/PEHNrqPkefI" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
Here's the thing about Steve Jobs. All that stuff about the charisma, the "reality distortion field," all the crap that PC-oriented journalists caught up in the...
August 24, 2011 1:40 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
rebate,
refund,
TouchPadHewlett-Packard will, in fact, offer full refunds to VARs for any TouchPad tablets they have in inventory. it will also "price protect" customers who bought the TouchPad at full...
August 22, 2011 4:28 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Leo Apotheker,
Mark Hurd,
Oracle,
PSG,
TouchPad,
WebOSHewlett-Packard PR would really, really like to talk to reporters about its VMworld news next week. But I'm guessing there aren't many takers given recent HP bombshells.
Last...
August 19, 2011 5:29 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
chiller,
data center,
Dell,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
IT infrastructure,
serverDell is encouraging solutions that represent its server technologies to pick up the rallying cry for its new "chiller-less" data center design philosophy.
August 18, 2011 7:37 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Autonomy,
Barbara Darrow,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Leo Apotheker,
Mark Hurd,
PCs,
PSG,
ThinkPadsIn a shocking move, Hewlett-Packard will deep-six its nascent WebOS TouchPad and phone efforts. You know, all the "hot" new products it touted at its annual