Last week, at the HP Summit 2011 in San Francisco, the tech industry waited with bated breath for HP CEO Leo Apotheker’s first presentation as CEO. Surely, the theory went, he would make a startling pronouncement describing a twist in the company’s strategy — say, a greater focus on developing its own integrated software stack, as opposed to its current strategy of relying on partners. But no. Instead, Apotheker focused on< cloud computing, Internet-connected hardware, and a plan to embed webOS in PCs, printers, tablets and smartphones, along with plans to develop certain new applications such as business analytics and security.
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Waiting for HP's Other Shoe to Drop
Posted by: Erika Morphy March 22, 2011 05:00 AMLast week, at the HP Summit 2011 in San Francisco, the tech industry waited with bated breath for HP CEO Leo Apotheker’s first presentation as CEO. Surely, the theory went, he would make a startling pronouncement describing a twist in the company’s strategy — say, a greater focus on developing its own integrated software stack, as opposed to its current strategy of relying on partners. But no. Instead, Apotheker focused on< cloud computing, Internet-connected hardware, and a plan to embed webOS in PCs, printers, tablets and smartphones, along with plans to develop certain new applications such as business analytics and security.