Setting the Record Straight: the After-life of an Article. Oracle, HP, SAP, Journalism, Conflict of Interest–You Name it.
This is just a quick Editorial note to draw attention to the very significant piece Josh Greenbaum published last Saturday. You may have missed it – who reads blogs on a weekend? But the post had significant after-life, including an Editorial correction appended to the original New York Time article that started it all. Worth [...]
On HP hiring Leo Apotheker as its new CEO, and the Ray Lane Manoeuvre
I am certainly not the first to comment on HP’s decision to hire Leo Apotheker as its new CEO, and nor will I be the last (our other coverage here) So what perspective can I bring that others might have missed? If nothing else I have met the guy, and I like him – he [...]
Léo Apotheker’s Ascension
Well there was a lot of jaw droppin over the announcement that Léo Apotheker is HP’s new CEO and that Ray Lane is joining the Board. Here’s all the analysis worth reading. It’s just that, well, hmmmm. I’m a Léo…
HP Hires Apotheker as CEO, not sure what else to say about that.
My mom always said, "if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all." I spent the last day and a half debating whether to write about this story at all. I mean Wall Street said plenty as the…
SAHP? Stranger things have happened
With Leo Apotheker taking the helm at HP, all sorts of questions arise as to why they hired a software guy, who wasn’t exactly a wild success when he was top dog at SAP. Leo is the man you’d want if you are planning to acquire SAP. He knows the compa…
News Analysis: New HP Leadership Indicates Interest In Enterprise Software
Two Seasoned Software Veterans Join Hewlett-Packard On September 30th, 2010, Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced two significant changes in its leadership structure. Former SAP CEO Léo Apotheker was named as CEO; and Kleiner Perkins partner and former Oracle COO, Ray Lane was named as non-executive Chairman. These two appointments signal a seriousness to shake things up for [...]
HP Joins the Enterprise Software Market: Léo Apotheker Becomes CEO
It looks like HP really wants to be a player in the enterprise software market after all, and avoid the fate of Sun and others before it. The appointment of Léo Apotheker to the top spot fills a desperate void in HP’s strategy that may really signal the turn-around of a once great company into [...]
CEO Musical Chairs
<quick rant, not qualified analysis, don’t read much into it> So Leo Apotheker got HP. Or did HP get Leo? Either way, the former SAP CEO has just been named as the future savior of HP. Great pick. HP’s troops have never been more demoralized, and Leo has a lot of experience with demoralized troops. [...]
The New Polymaths Leo and Ray at HP
Couple of years I would have been shocked at the announcements of today, today it merely deserved a tweet of a “wow” but little additional surprise. You see I already profiled Ray Lane in my book for having made the transition from infotech at Oracle to cleantech at Kleiner Perkins “The discovery process has made [...]
