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Rob Enderle

February 2009

February 27, 2009

HP Example: Choosing a Vendor and Saving the U.S. Through Leadership

A few weeks ago I was struck by Congress pummeling U.S. auto industry CEOs over their use of private jets to get to the meeting. One congressman even asked if they would sell their planes on the ... More >

February 23, 2009

Cisco, EMC and VMware: Cloud Computing Could Bring Strange Bedfellows

I started out this morning reading a post on the rumor that Cisco is entering the server business and asking the question whether you'd want a plumber to build your house.   Having spent a b... More >

February 18, 2009

Barcelona Mobile World Conference: Birth of the Century-Defining Product?

It is fascinating how, as the technology industry matures, it goes through repeating phases.   First there is the babble of multiple platforms until one emerges dominant. Then the dominant vendo... More >

February 16, 2009

Questioning Microsoft's Retail Strategy

I woke up this morning to an article in on Forbes.com asking whether Steve Ballmer is insane, based on a news release from Microsoft. The news is the hiring of David Porter from DreamWorks to lea... More >

February 12, 2009

The Impact on Tech of Ineffective U.S. Stimulus Package

I had to provide an overview of the impact on the tech market the package that seems very long on ineffective spending and short on actual stimulus. With CEOs slipping out the economic U.S. nationa... More >

February 9, 2009

AMD Dragon vs. NVIDIA ION: Making and Breaking Technology Bundles

This week, AMD launched its Dragon Platform. It brings back the concept of a technology bundle as the company moves against a much larger and entrenched vendor in its space. NVIDIA continues to pus... More >

February 5, 2009

Lenovo Changes at the Top

The current economic conditions will be forcing a lot of companies in all segments to rethink how they are doing things and address some painful realities that they may have been putting off. Lenovo ... More >

February 4, 2009

President Obama Showcases Why Faster Isn't Better

I know a lot of executives who seem to think that, when in doubt, doing something is better than doing nothing. They seem to use this as an excuse for making what otherwise would be avoidable mistake... More >

February 3, 2009

Is IBM's System Z the Back-Office Equivalent of a Mac?

The Mac and System Z come from concepts and beliefs that were largely dominant in the 80s, which were then displaced by Windows PCs for the Macs, and UNIX and then Linux-based platforms for Syste... More >