Computer Industry Report articles from June 1999

Computer Industry Report archives from June 1999

Hewlett-Packard tackles the future.
June 9, 1999... To take a phrase from the auto industry, this is not your father's HP. The stalwart of Silicon Valley has done some deep group thinking, perhaps thanks to management consultants, and devised a vision in which it can capitalize on its strengths...

Rules of the game change.(Financial Accounting Standards Board's rules on acquisitions)
June 9, 1999... Imagine watching a contest in which one team plays by the rules of rugby and the other team plays by the rules of touch football. To compound the chaos, the rules of touch football have been tightened. Can the touch football team compete? How...

Small business isn't small potatoes.(as customers of large information technology suppliers)
June 30, 1999... Why are very large companies, such as IBM, devoting time and effort to court small businesses? Small businesses in the United States have attractive demographic characteristics and represent a sizable share of various IT markets. In addition,...

The new IBM: a look under the hood.(plans for e-business)
June 30, 1999... IBM has definitely changed some of the fundamental ways it thinks about things. Big Blue now not only preaches but practices heterogeneity, and it also is willing to license nearly any technological jewel. These two factors may give IBM an...

Bandwidth battle.(pressure on content providers and cable companies to offer more bandwidth)
June 30, 1999... Until the next generation of the Internet arrives, there is an increasing recognition by content providers as well as delivery mechanisms such as ISPs that since bandwidth is very desirable, it is worth fighting for. The U.S. District...