Palm Changing Hands

Looks like Palm will change hands this week. The bidders are the usual suspects: Nokia and Motorola on the vendor side, and TPG and Silverlake on the Private Equity side. I was suprised that Dell isn’t bidding, and did some digging to see what’s going on, and found this: :: Here’s why, according to one

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Should Dell Acquire Palm?

I wrote two pieces recently discussing potential turnaround strategies for both Dell and Palm. :: The world is moving to a place where the laptop needs to become much more than just a laptop. An integrated mobile device is in the cards, that is the combo PC-Phone-Music Box. May be, even Camera. Dell needs to

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Future of CAD and PLM: Part 2

In Future of CAD and PLM : Part 1, I mainly discussed the enterprise software workflow and trends around which the reshuffling of the industry will happen, and I said that Autodesk is by far the best positioned to reap the benefits of this shuffle. In this piece, I want to discuss Hardware and OS.

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Chiat Day: Bravo!

Seldom does an Ad campaign make you really sit up and watch. TBWA \ Chiat \ Day has consistently produced campaigns on behalf of Apple, that make us do just that. I just saw the latest MAC versus PC Security ad on TV. It’s just brilliant!

Dell’s Turnaround Formula

Last night, we were at a HBS event honoring Charles Schwab for the magnificent turnaround that he has instituted since his return as the CEO of the company he had founded thirty years back. Today’s news proclaims the return of Michael Dell to the CEO spot at Dell, replacing Kevin Rollins. Interesting development, although, my

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Verizon versus Apple

Verizon had apparently passed on the opportunity to be the exclusive partner for Apple’s iPhone. This post from Macuser nails the issue: :: In case you’ve missed the impact of this whole fiasco: I’m a Verizon customer. And my contract is in effect for another year. C’mon guys: I would have totally traded up to

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iPhone and the Future

by Frank Levinson, Guest Author When I was sitting with some friends recently, we began talking about Apple’s introduction of the iPhone. We all felt that this product was one with much more promise than many we had seen in the last few years. Why? From the most straightforward view, the features in the iPhone

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eBooks Future

Harper Collins announces an investment in NewsStand this week to enhance its digital efforts. This draws attention of book lovers and passionate readers to the future of Books. Some of the more successful book projects recently have been the blockbuster Harry Potter series and the Da Vinci Code franchise, as well as the literary successes

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