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HP Talks Future of PSG, Names New Channel Chief
HP has named a new channel chief to replace the recently promoted Stephen DiFranco and is moving to transition HP’s direct SMB sales efforts into a demand generation program for HP channel partners. Mike Parrottino will move into the job of leading U.S. PSG Channel Sales, effective immediately, Stephen DiFranco, senior vice president and general…
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Why Oracle Should Acquire HP
Why Oracle Should Acquire HP Silicon Valley’s MaverickOracle CEO Larry Ellison is "unpredictable and buying HP and creating the largest tech company in the world would be a crowning jewel for the ‘maverick’ in Silicon Valley." No Title Familiar FacesFormer HP CEO and current Oracle co-president Mark Hurd understands HP’s business, staff and culture better…
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Cisco Systems CEO Attacks Competition at Analysts’ Day Event
Cisco Systems, which for years owned more than 50 percent of the Internet networking gear market but has lost some 10 percent of that market share in the last few years, never had to position itself as aggressive in the marketplace because it was usually in a comfortable first-place position. Today, the company still is…
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Intel Announces Google Partnership, Ultrabook Details at IDF
SAN FRANCISCO–Intel executives are continuing to push their mobile computing efforts on multiple fronts, including with a newly announced partnership with Google to optimize the Android operating system for the chip maker’s Atom processor platform. In his opening keynote Sept. 13 at the first day of the Intel Developer Forum, Intel President and CEO Paul…
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HP, Autonomy Acquisition: Is it Too Late Get Out?
HP’s (NYSE:HPQ) announcements last month took industry players and its own shareholders by surprise, with many questioning the wisdom of HP’s plans to dump its tablet computer, buy Autonomy and potentially get rid of its PC business, too. The concerns have led some to wonder if it’s possible for HP to get out of the…
