• Home
  • Blog
  • Who We Are
  • Contact
  • Sponsors
Enterprise Irregulars
Smart Thinking for the Smart Enterprise
  • Featured Posts
  • Business
  • Technology / Software
  • Trends & Concepts
  • Startup Lessons

Léo Apotheker

News Analysis: SAP’s TomorrowNow Debacle Ends With Jury Award Of $1.3B To Oracle

News Analysis: SAP’s TomorrowNow Debacle Ends With Jury Award Of $1.3B To Oracle

By R "Ray" Wang on November 23, 2010

The recently announced jury award of $1.3B to Oracle marks the end of a tumultuous public trial on intellectual property (IP) theft.  Fellow Constellation Research Board of Adviser, Dennis Howlett provided commentary on the award stating, “The jury were given the choice of making an award based upon a fair market value license or lost […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Lawsuit, Léo Apotheker, News Analysis, oracle, R “Ray” Wang;, sap, tomorrow now

Setting the Record Straight: the After-life of an Article. Oracle, HP, SAP, Journalism, Conflict of Interest–You Name it.

Setting the Record Straight: the After-life of an Article. Oracle, HP, SAP, Journalism, Conflict of Interest–You Name it.

By Zoli Erdos on October 12, 2010

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 […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged hp, Joseph Nocera, journalism, Léo Apotheker, Mark Hurd, New York Times, oracle, Ray Lane, sap

Setting the Record Straight: Oracle, SAP, TomorrowNow, and the NYT

Setting the Record Straight: Oracle, SAP, TomorrowNow, and the NYT

By Josh Greenbaum on October 9, 2010

I like Joe Nocera, and usually think he hits the nail on the head. But his Saturday column about HP’s new CEO, Léo Apotheker, and his role in the lawsuit between Oracle and Léo’s former company, SAP, over SAP’s TomorrowNow acquisition, swings and misses by a country mile. The problems in Joe’s main thesis, that […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged erp, Henning Kagermann, Hewlett-Packard, hp, IP theft, Lawsuit, Léo Apotheker, maintenance, oracle, PeopleSoft, sap, TomorrowNow | 3 Responses

On HP hiring Leo Apotheker as its new CEO, and the Ray Lane Manoeuvre

On HP hiring Leo Apotheker as its new CEO, and the Ray Lane Manoeuvre

By James Governor on October 7, 2010

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 […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Governance, Hewlett-Packard, hp, Léo Apotheker, Mark Hurd, Ray Lane, SAHP, sap, Sustainability

HP’s New CEO – Press Pass

HP’s New CEO – Press Pass

By Michael Coté on October 5, 2010

On HP hiring Léo Apotheker for CEO.

Posted in Business | Tagged enterprise software, Hewlett-Packard, hp, HP Software, Léo Apotheker, SAHP, sap

Sean Parker, Leo Apotheker and lazy journalism

Sean Parker, Leo Apotheker and lazy journalism

By Vinnie Mirchandani on October 3, 2010

The College of Cardinals was sending out dark smoke signals for weeks. But when the white smoke finally came out and the bells chimed announcing a consensus candidate, the press went “whoa!” They should have been in Rome covering the Papal Conc…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Facebook, Hewlett-Packard, Larry Ellison, Léo Apotheker, New York Times, sean parker, Wall Street Journal | 1 Response

HP and the Magnificent Madness of Big Company Shuffles

HP and the Magnificent Madness of Big Company Shuffles

By Bob Warfield on October 1, 2010

Ah, the Big Company Shuffle.  Just when an industry gets to be too boring, one of the waltzing elephants stumbles.  Will it fall?  Did it break a leg?  Or will it just shake it off and keep going? Larry Ellison is “speechless”, but of course, not really.  Insiders are either depressed and hate the Board […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Carol Bartz, enterprise software, Hewlett-Packard, HP. Oracle, Larry Ellison, Léo Apotheker, SAHP, salesforce.com, sap

Léo Apotheker's Ascension

Léo Apotheker’s Ascension

By Steve Mann on October 1, 2010

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…

Posted in Business | Tagged CA, CEO, enterprise software, Hewlett-Packard, hp, ibm, Léo Apotheker, Mark Hurd, Ray Lane, SAHP, sap

SAHP?  Stranger things have happened

SAHP? Stranger things have happened

By Phil Fersht on September 30, 2010

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…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged BPO, Current Affairs, erp, Hewlett-Packard, hp, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Léo Apotheker, Mark Hurd, Outsourcing Vendors, Ray Lane, SAHP, sap | 1 Response

News Analysis: New HP Leadership Indicates Interest In Enterprise Software

News Analysis: New HP Leadership Indicates Interest In Enterprise Software

By R "Ray" Wang on September 30, 2010

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 […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged appliance market, BPO, Cisco, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Corporate Vision, Corporate Vision And Strategy, Dell, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, enterprise software, Featured Posts, Hewlett-Packard, hp, ibm, Kleiner Perkins, Léo Apotheker, News Analysis, oracle, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, Rackspace, Ray Lane, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, SAHP, salesforce.com, sap, Software Insider Tech Ecosystem Model™, Technology / Software, vendor strategy | 2 Responses

« PreviousNext »

feed mail facebook twitter linkedin

EI Tweets

My Tweets

Popular Posts

  • Three Brain Marketing
  • How I Helped Start the Agile/Scrum Movement 20 Years Ago
  • Cybersecurity CEOs Share How Businesses Can Protect Themselves In 2022
  • The 48 Types of VP Sales. Make Deadly Sure You Hire the Right One.
  • 2021 Roundup Of AI And Machine Learning Market Forecasts Show Strong Growth
  • How The Pandemic Is Accelerating Endpoint Security's Growth
  • A Memo regarding Corporate Social Media policies
  • After 40, It’s Patch, Patch, Patch

Archives

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Authors

  • Anshu Sharma
  • Bob Warfield
  • Brian Sommer
  • Dave Kellogg
  • David Terrar
  • Denis Pombriant
  • Dion Hinchcliffe
  • Esteban Kolsky
  • Evangelos Simoudis
  • James Governor
  • Jason Corsello
  • Jason M. Lemkin
  • Louis Columbus
  • Michael Krigsman
  • Naomi Bloom
  • Paul Greenberg
  • Phil Fersht
  • R "Ray" Wang
  • Raju Vegesna
  • Ross Mayfield
  • Sameer Patel
  • Sandy Kemsley
  • Susan Scrupski
  • Thomas Otter
  • Tom Raftery
  • Vijay Vijayasankar
  • Vinnie Mirchandani
  • Zoli Erdos