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Seen that? – HP outlines long-term strategy
HP outlines long-term strategy On Storage
HP outlines long-term strategy | CNET News.com: According to the source, HP is considering making more acquisitions in the infrastructure software arena. Those acquisitions would include security software companies, storage software makers and software companies that serve the blade server market. The acquisitions would dovetail with HP's growth plans for its Technology Systems Group, which has already bought companies such as AppIQ for storage management. Watch this space folks, looks to be some [...] Read More
What is on a CIO’s mind? On Storage
Hu Yoshida's Blog: What is on a CIO's mind?: While the easy (cheap?) answer is "Golf, expensive scotch, and a new BMW 7 series" I think we all know that that's probably not really accurate. Hu was recently at a 'CIO Panel' and came away with some insight into what CIOs are thinking. Hopefully this will provide a bit of insight for you, to help you understand what's going on underneath that [...] Read More
The little IT guy pays the bills that kill On Storage
SMBs: The little IT guy pays the bills that kill: It seems the big data center players are competing on price more than ever. Will that continue, and how do I best take advantage of this? Steve answers (in part – to see the full answer, click through to the full article): "…the people who really pay the price, per se, are the little guys. The big guys get to squeeze margins out [...] Read More
Short-term CFOs, short-term strategy Sox First
Just this year, I have blogged on the high turnover of chief financial officers here, here and here.Companies pay a price for this, in more ways than one.A recent survey conducted by Duke University and CFO magazine, and published by CFO.com, reveals that nine out of 10 (87.6 percent) finance chiefs report that companies have shortened the payoff horizons of their investment decisions. That's to coincide with the shorter tenure [...] Read More
Strategic blinders Sox First
The crisis is the result of Orthodox business strategy.That's the view put forward by strategic adviser Umair Haque in his entry on the Harvard Business Review blog site, titled Saving Strategy From the Strategists. Orthodox strategy, for example, teaches us to allocate costs and benefits regardless of the preferences of others. The result: everyone shifting and hiding true costs. As he points out, it doesn't work in a hyper-connected economy. [...] Read More