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By Phil Morettini 3 Comments

Is HP acquiring Palm a good idea?

To answer the question posed in the title, it definitely is if you’re Palm! A long time player and sometime innovator in the mobile device marketplace, Palm was rapidly losing steam, market share and relevancy in the hyper-competitive Smartphone market. The company had staked its future on its new WebOS software platform and the recently […]

Filed Under: Business Models, Corporate Strategy, hardware, Mergers & Acquisitions, Retail Tagged With: acquisitions, business model, growth, hardware, Hewlett Packard, high tech, HP, M&A, management, market, Palm, Palm Pre, Phil Morettini, PJM Consulting, product, sales, SmartPhone, software, strategy, tech, technology, WebOS

By Phil Morettini 2 Comments

Oracle is buying Sun?

Breaking News…. Oracle buys Sun!? What’s wrong with this picture? What’s surprising is that a very large software company is buying a very large hardware company. You often see a hardware company buying a software company, but I can’t really think of a deal that’s gone the other way around. Certainly not at this level. […]

Filed Under: Business Development, Corporate Strategy, hardware, Mergers & Acquisitions, Software/Product Development Tagged With: acquisition, computer, consumer software, hardware, java, mergers, MYSQL, network computer, Oracle, solaris, Sun Microsystems, system integration

By Phil Morettini 1 Comment

Strategies for a Technology Market Slowdown

Is the world economy slowing down? What are the implications for technology companies? Recently, technology stocks (along with the stock market in general) have tanked. There is a credit crunch that shows no signs of abating, and inflation is rearing its ugly head in some markets, and political gridlock seems to be the order of […]

Filed Under: Business Development, Corporate Strategy, Financing, General Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Software/Product Development, Startup/Early Stage Tagged With: economy, expenses, financial, growth, high tech, management, market, planning, Private Equity, recession, slowdown, software, tech, VC

By Phil Morettini 2 Comments

Is It Time to Sell Your Hardware or Software Company?

Cashing out! This is the point that most, if not all, technology entrepreneurs aspire to reach. They dream of their exit strategy: selling their company and laying on a beach somewhere. A colorful drink with the requisite tiny umbrella cooling in their hand. There are a few of you out there that have NO exit […]

Filed Under: Corporate Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions Tagged With: acquisitions, consulting, divestiture, exit, exit strategy, growth, hardware, high tech, information technology, IT, liquidity, management, market, mergers, SaaS, selling, software, strategy, tech, technology

By Phil Morettini 3 Comments

Strategic Acquisitions for Software and Technology Companies

Acquiring new products or whole companies is a popular activity for many growth and market-share-oriented companies. Financial or strategic acquisitions – are they good ideas? As I say probably all too often–it depends. I get involved in company or product acquisitions frequently in my consulting practice. I have also led and integrated acquisitions myself from […]

Filed Under: Business Development, Business Models, Corporate Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions Tagged With: acquisitions, consultant, cultural fit, diversification, financial acquisition, hardware, high tech, integration, M&A, mergers, software, strategic acquisition, strategy, tech, technology

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