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Rob Enderle

November 2009

November 23, 2009

How Chrome OS Could Become the Most Successful Thin Client OS

Thin client computing was a concept that one-time technology leaders Larry Ellison and Scott McNealy were convinced would take over the market. Ten years later, Oracle is long gone from this market a... More >

Chrome OS: Why It Will Fail

The Chrome OS, which basically is one of the best thin client concepts yet to hit the market, has a lot of potential. But like most efforts of its type, embedded within it are the seeds of failure. F... More >

November 19, 2009

Google and How Bad Hiring Practices Can Kill a Company

One of the annoying things I get to do is watch successful companies that should know better design in failure. I could argue that many of the problems Microsoft has faced this decade go back to bad ... More >

November 16, 2009

Gift Ideas: Two Books Every Executive Should Read Plus One for Marketers

We are starting the final countdown toward Black Friday, the huge shopping day after Thanksgiving here in the States, and I thought I would do a series on gift ideas for different groups of people.  ... More >

November 11, 2009

EMC's Secret Weapons Against HP and IBM

I’m at the EMC analyst event this week and it is filled with the typical briefings on new products and services. Much of this I can’t talk about because of the required NDA but there is an overarch... More >

November 9, 2009

Why Layoffs Should be Avoided

If I told you that you could save a third of the gas you use by cutting of one-third of your engine, you’d look at me like I was nuts. But if I said you could save a third of your employee costs by l... More >

November 4, 2009

EMC, Cisco, Dell, Oracle Shoot for Super-Company Status

Some weeks are quiet and some not so much. EMC pulled together one of the most powerful partnerships this week, from an enterprise standpoint. Dell acquired Perot Systems and became a true enterprise... More >

November 3, 2009

Ballmer and Microsoft: Credit Where Credit Is Due

Recently Steve Ballmer has been under a microscope. Dan Lyons wrote a Newsweek piece called the “Lost Decade:  Why Steve Ballmer is no Bill Gates” and he is right. Ballmer is no Bill Gates.  But th... More >

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