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 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 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
August 4, 2011 3:07 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Android,
Barbara Darrow,
cloud computing,
converged infrastructure,
GreenPages,
HP,
iPad,
iPhone,
iPhone5,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologiesPORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Unsurprisingly, cloud was top of mind at this week's GreenPages Solutions Summit 2011.
About a hundred or so GreenPages customers--IT professionals from organizations ranging from area hospitals to Liberty Mutual Insurance and Stratus Computer -- came to hear GreenPages'...
August 3, 2011 9:31 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Pete Koliopoulis,
the VCE Company,
VCEPete Koliopoulos, who shepherded The VCE Co. through some early rough waters around its channel game plan, left the company and joined Arrow as VP of marketing for Arrow ECS, according to his
July 29, 2011 12:43 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Adrian Jones,
Barbara Darrow,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Larry Ellison,
Leo Apotheker,
Mark Hurd,
Oracle,
Ray LaneOracle is demanding that Hewlett-Packard drop its trade-secret-theft suit against Adrian Jones.
Jones, a former channel chief and sales...
July 26, 2011 6:08 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Bob Muglia,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Juniper Networks,
Kevin Johnson,
MicrosoftBob Muglia, the respected exec who led Microsoft's gigantic server and tools business as well as Azure, has surfaced. At Juniper Networks.
