• DocumentCode
    1032069
  • Title

    HP means high-powered: FutureBusiness, side A

  • Author

    Lewis, Ted

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Postgraduate Sch., Monterey, CA, USA
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    11/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    6
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    The author continues the Info Age series with an example or two of companies that have made the grade in the toughest Info Age FutureBusiness of all-the commodity-driven computer business. I claim that corporate survival depends on how well a company executes one or more basic Info Age principles. I look at the so-called box builders-the manufacturers who create platforms for doing FutureBusiness, considering Digital Equipment, IBM, Sun, Compaq, and HP
  • Keywords
    Compaq computers; DEC computers; DP industry; Hewlett Packard computers; IBM computers; Compaq; Digital Equipment; FutureBusiness; HP; IBM; Sun; box builders; commodity-driven computer business; corporate survival; Business; Companies; Computer industry; Flexible manufacturing systems; Information technology; Manufacturing; Marketing and sales; Personal communication networks; Power generation economics; Printers; Sun; Turning; Workstations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/2.471166
  • Filename
    471166