I generally agree with your statements. However, it's going to take a few more quarters of more sensible looking action to allow most people to conclude that they have *now* attained (or regained) some direction.
One key part of direction is communication, and HP could have done much to mitigate the manner in which today's announcement was received. Only time will tell, but they have much territory to recover in the "trust" and "apparent competence of leadership" department. * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > There are parts of HP that are profitable. There are parts that are not. > Getting out of the latter is a good idea if they can’t fixed or aren’t core. > **** > > ** ** > > Software is one of the profitable and growing areas for HP. Data Centre is > another area HP is trying to be an end-to-end provider for (we bought 3PAR, > 3COM, Tipping Point, Arcsight etc.)**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, 19 August 2011 5:06 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: [OT] The infection continues to spread (HP)**** > > ** ** > > It is most certainly about lacking direction... > **** > > *ASB***** > > *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker***** > > *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market…***** > > > > **** > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote:** > ** > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Mike Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > > HP is discontinuing their WebOS operations and going to spin off their PC > > Unit. I'd say they are having some issues.**** > > Yah, I heard that this morning. I wonder what "personal computer" > > means in this context. Do they just mean home and consumer laptops, > or also the business desktop/laptop machines, or everything smaller > than a refrigerator, or anything with an x86...? > > I also find it telling that in the same breath, they're talking more > acquisitions. I realize this is a simplistic view, but it strikes me > as lacking direction.**** > > > ** > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
