We recently attended VentureWire’s CloudBeat. The senior-level crowd made for great networking, and the combination of main-tent and one-on-one interviews and panels made for a lively two-day conclave of cloudy companies. With a heavy dose of Silicon Valley-think, this event was for senior business dev execs, CTOs, cloud evangelists, and CEOs of small to mid-size companies.

In a change of heart which we were already expecting (see our note: "Who Benefits from Disarray at HP?"), HP announced that it is keeping its PC business. In a funny coincidence, the official announcement takes place right before Halloween. Still, a lot of damage has been done by this jerking around to the HP brand, its reputation with customers, suppliers, distributors and investors.

New research published: "Who Benefits from the Disarray at HP?"

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HP customers, investors and business partners are beginning to feel like they are stuck in a bad remake of the movie "Groundhog Day". In the film, Bill Murray's character is stuck in time and keeps waking up to face the very same day, with the same challenges and problems.

Real recovery in HP shares is not around the corner

August 10th, 2010

The task of replacing Hewlett Packard's just-departed CEO Mark Hurd won't be easy. With revenues of $120 billion, HP is the largest IT global provider of IT hardware, software and services in the world.