Comments on: You Can’t Fight What You Are

By: tecosystems » Mobile is the New Desktop: The HP/Palm Q&A

tecosystems » Mobile is the New Desktop: The HP/Palm Q&A — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:15:49 +0000

[...] the consumer world, and vice versa: there are very, very few vendors that sell to both groups well (coverage). HP does happen to be one of those, selling heavily to the enterprise but extracting signficant [...]

By: tecosystems » Doing It Better

tecosystems » Doing It Better — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:32:55 +0000

[...] than that. The culture that’s at fault is, largely, a product of the vendor’s DNA. And the DNA, in turn, is a function of the incentives [...]

By: Mike Dolan

Mike Dolan — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:34:31 +0000

Interestingly you mentioned Cisco and HP as two companies doing it. I’d actually counter that with the point that both of them are doing it via acquisitions they made. So organically their DNA was not wired to a consumer mindset, but through acquisition they were able to find new DNA and evolve.

It’s tough – look at all the market opportunity IBM has created with its technology only to pass on it and focus on enabling other companies to innovate with our tech into consumer markets. It’s a strategic decision that can consume a lot of resources for no gain if done without the right execution.

By: People Over Process » New platforms, new networks – The Internet of Things starts to become real

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:47:02 +0000

[...] This is little wonder, as these companies are solidly pinned down by he shackles of success: servicing traditional IT departments. Many are in the process changing, but are not ready to deliver right [...]

By: Ric

Ric — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:41:36 +0000

“enterprise vendors would benefit from consumer volume, and consumer vendors would like to tap enterprise margins” … both are likely to be disappointed; consumer volume doesn’t come with enterprise prices and margins. The respective DNAs are nourished by the volumes/margins they currently enjoy

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:28:01 +0000

Is the Xbox actually profitable? If your gains from your profitable years don’t outweigh your losses in the other years then you’ve still got negative ROI.

I don’t know the figures myself and it seems a difficult question to answer from a quick Google but I do regularly see claims that don’t add up and I’ve seen some comments from Microsoft employees in their phone division that were a bit peeved at the celebration of the Xbox “success” as compared with their own efforts.