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Why HP’s TouchPad Tablet Failed
Why HP’s TouchPad Tablet Strategy Failed Too Slow to MarketChannel partners at HP’s Americas Partners Conference 2011 in March were clamoring to get their hands on HP’s TouchPad tablets for their end customers that wanted a tablet that supported Flash. But customers were tired of playing the waiting game. Many opted for iPad before Touchpad’s…
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Crazy Leo Holds TouchPad Fire Sale
Hewlett-Packard’s TouchPad turned out to be a bestseller. All HP had to do was kill the tablet, which in turn sparked a global fire sale at electronics retailers. Over the weekend, Best Buy slashed the price of the 16GB TouchPad from $399 to $99, and the 32GB version from $499 to $149. (That’s on top…
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HP’s New Strategy: A Trifecta of Questionable Decisions
HP’s (NYSE:HPQ) recent strategy revelations – dumping its TouchPad tablet and smartphones and webOS, exploring the sale of its PC business, and acquiring software vendor Autonomy for $10 billion – failed to gain widespread support among analysts, stockholders or industry observers. For instance, HP’s share price declined by 20 percent on Friday, the day after…
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Dell Updates EqualLogic with Major Refresh
Dell is pushing its EqualLogic storage products into the next generation with the release of the EqualLogic PS6100 and PS4100 Series, both of were designed to provide greater capacity and better performance than the previous generation of the storage products. The PS4100 Series is an extension of the PS4000 Series and was developed with small…
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HP’s Confounding New Strategy: Partners Respond
Partners are holding their breath following HP’s (NYSE:HPQ) multiple bombshells last week — buying software vendor Autonomy for $10 billion, looking to sell off its PC business and abandoning webOS and dumping its Touchpad tablet and smartphones. While most channel experts expect the ripple effects to travel far with these moves by HP, it is…
