Can HP survive missteps?

Turning around an aircraft carrier while undergoing refitting is not easy-- Cassidy: Will Hewlett-Packard survive its missteps? - SiliconValley.com: " . . . announcing it was eventually getting out of the PC business, which killed sales; and then not getting out of the PC business, which caused confusion; buying software company Autonomy for way more than it was worth . . ."I think HP is here to stay," said Trip Chowdhry, of Global Equity Research, "but it will be very different from what people think it to be." Chowdhry says the company will need to move quickly to adjust to a technology landscape in which the cloud is the center of the tech experience for the nation's workers. Big internal corporate networks with servers, routers and other hardware that Hewlett-Packard sells are becoming a thing of the past.Of course, CEO Meg Whitman has said repeatedly that she is pushing for a bigger presence in cloud computing and emphasizing opportunities the company can seize in security and big data. She's also said shareholders and others need to be patient; that it's going to take time to turn HP around. . . ."

Interop Cloud Experts Debate SDN's Future
InformationWeek
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Telegraph.co.uk
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Cloud Computing 2.0 Provider Demonstrates Value for SaaS Companies
Tophosts
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The Art Of Reinvention: SAP Puts Its Weight Behind A Better, Faster And ...
Forbes
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Cloud computing is the new normal
V3.co.uk
Cloud computing has been around for quite a few years now, so isn't it about time we accepted that the cloud is simply part of the way IT is delivered these days, rather than some exotic and dangerous cutting-edge technology? The very name 'cloud ...

V3.co.uk

More small businesses are adopting cloud computing in Ireland - Microsoft ...
Siliconrepublic.com
More organisations across Ireland are implementing cloud computing, in particular, companies with five to 50 employees, the second annual Microsoft/Amárach CloudIndex reveals. Fifty-three per cent of organisations with five to 50 staff members are now ...

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Skali sees more firms embracing cloud computing - The Star Online
The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: Integrated e-Government and e-business firm Skali Group Malaysia expects 2013 to be a pivotal year for cloud computing as more organisations now realise the agility and lower operating costs that the service offers. Last year, the firm's ...

Cloud services first: A next-generation
Delimiter
analysis We believe it is time for governments to elevate their policy thinking aboutcloud services to confront their ICT strategy conundrum. They must address increasing fiscal constraints and disappointment with existing approaches to boosting ICT ...

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Dell and OnApp cooperate on pretested cloud packages
ITworld.com
... to launch cloud services. By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Service | Cloud Computing. May 09 ...The packages provide all that's needed to roll out a virtual infrastructure for public and private cloud services, the companies said. They combine a fully ...

The logic of rendering movies in the cloud
Sydney Morning Herald
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