Acer the world’s third biggest PC Vendor?
- posted by Michael Walsh on April 19th, 2007


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Now here’s something to celebrate.
Just read this news flash over at MLive.com that puts Acer AHEAD of Lenovo for the first time.
The title and focus of the article is about HP’s 4 point lead over Dell but the real news (for me anyway) happens a little further down:
Under IDC’s measure, China’s Lenovo Group Ltd. tied [...]
Dell buys Acer buys Dell buys Acer buys….???
- posted by Michael Walsh on March 12th, 2007


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Last week alarm bells were ringing across the globe after a leading Wall Street analyst suggested that Dell might buy Acer.
This week it’s a little different.
Over at The Inquirer word is Acer’s about to buy another PC company, going so far as to write: Acer told the Wall Street Journal that it wants to buy [...]
Good idea kicks up a Storm
- posted by Michael Walsh on February 28th, 2007


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In a case of “credit where credit is due”, I gotta hand it to the guys at Dell for bringing the world IdeaStorm.
Without going over the where’s and the why’s, and leaving aside the how’s and who’s for a minute, have you seen the what’s?
If anyone’s unfamiliar with IdeaStorm, it takes the Web 2.0 voting [...]
All change at Dell could help the rest of us
- posted by Michael Walsh on February 1st, 2007


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There have been some pretty unsavoury reports over the departure of Kevin Rollins from Dell. A typical article, like this one over on Yahoo! News, focuses more on the recent “fall from grace” of Dell than on any strategic decision or personal motivations for the change, almost attributing the entire blame for Dell’s less-than-first-class [...]
Debate on Corporate Blogs
- posted by Michael Walsh on January 5th, 2007


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I always wanted this blog to stay away from corporate issues but every now and then something blips on the radar that can’t be ignored. Bear with me for a minute.
If anyone has been watching, there have been some healthy (for want of a better word) exchanges of opinions going on between several key IT [...]