Last week, HP turned in a financial report that seemed to provide a strong counterpoint to the view that the world was heading into a recession, or at least that tech was going to be sacrificed to that recession. However, this took me back to IBM and what stopped its turnaround in the ’90s and whether HP could succeed where IBM failed. Microsoft is also going through major changes and faces some very similar problems with being as open as the market wants. Inside, the company is clearly torn and who wins the internal battle will dictate how sincere the firm actually is.
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Can HP Succeed Where IBM Failed?
Posted by: Rob Enderle February 25, 2008 04:00 AMLast week, HP turned in a financial report that seemed to provide a strong counterpoint to the view that the world was heading into a recession, or at least that tech was going to be sacrificed to that recession. However, this took me back to IBM and what stopped its turnaround in the ’90s and whether HP could succeed where IBM failed. Microsoft is also going through major changes and faces some very similar problems with being as open as the market wants. Inside, the company is clearly torn and who wins the internal battle will dictate how sincere the firm actually is.