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HP today announced that it has appointed Tom Iannotti, currently managing director and senior vice president of Americas and Enterprise Business at HP, to lead HP Enterprise Services. Joe Eazor, who currently runs Enterprise Services, will become senior vice president of Corporate Growth Initiatives in the Office of Strategy and Technology at HP. Both changes are effective immediately.

In his new position, Iannotti will be responsible for driving growth in HP Enterprise Services, which delivers applications, business processing and outsourcing services. Iannotti previously managed services for Compaq and HP and has over 30 years of global and regional leadership experience in the Americas, Europe and Asia. He will continue to report to Ann Livermore, executive vice president of the HP Enterprise Business.

In his new capacity, Eazor will be responsible for driving HP’s ongoing growth strategy in China, India and South East Asia. He will work closely with the region and country team to expand HP’s corporate presence and strength in this geography. He will report to Shane Robison, HP executive vice president and chief strategy and technology officer.

HP’s Asia Pacific business continues to experience strong growth. In the recently reported fiscal first quarter, HP’s revenue in the Asia Pacific region rose 26 percent year over year. China also has been a bright spot for the company.

“This strategic transition enables these talented executives to draw on their significant skills and experience to drive HP’s growth across our businesses,” said Livermore. “Tom is a natural leader and is ideally suited to expand our share of the services market. Joe’s experience in driving the integration of EDS as well as his deep knowledge of Asia Pacific are ideal as HP expands its footprint in this critical geography.”

Science and technology blog TechCrunch Tablet PC development issues on the result of a dispute in Singapore start-ups Fusion Garage Friday announced that, because of production problems, the company’s JooJoo Tablet PC shipments will be delayed.

Fusion Garage at first jointly developed with the TechCrunch Tablet PC. TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington (Michael Arrington) first proposed this idea, and the product name CrunchPad. The product was originally scheduled for release November 20 last year, but as in the previous few days, a sudden rupture of bilateral cooperation. Fusion Garage announced that it would be sold separately this Tablet PC, and re-named the JooJoo.

Earlier this month, Fusion Garage’s JooJoo Tablet PC has been fully put into production, according to the original plan, the product will be shipped this month. But the company last week, found that there are some production problems, and quickly diagnose and fix. According to the latest plan, JooJoo will be shipped March 25.

It is reported that the production problems with the capacitive touch screen, sensitivity of the sensor. Fusion Garage that will provide users free of charge for all scheduled JooJoo accessories to make up for losses caused by delayed delivery.

Fusion Garage Malaysia GSL Group recently entered into an agreement which is responsible for JooJoo Tablet PC production. The Fusion Garage can be saved to virtually all production-related costs, but the need for GSL Group provides JooJoo into sales.

Fusion Garage is also due to delivery delays apologize for any inconvenience caused to the user.

Nintendo Wii is perhaps the most popular console of this generation. However, this game has an important issue for its success may be far-reaching impact. This problem is only the first party game software can be run very well on this platform.

Sony believes that the market research firm NPD Group latest on Wii games sales figures indicate Sony gaming platforms have a good prospect. Sony is responsible for the relationship between publishers, senior vice president Rob Dyer said, seeking more return on investment of third-party game developers are moving away from Nintendo’s Wii turned to Sony’s PS3.

Dyer said, publishers say that they are not prepared to use the resources in the Wii console area. In my work, we have to compete with Microsoft and Nintendo. We compete for resources. So, in my conversations with publishers, I asked them “You have the resources be used where?.” The past, the answer is, “You look at how popular Wii game console? Or how popular DS game? We should use the resources here.” They did so and realize that third-party products in Nintendo gaming platform is selling well.

Dyer said that because of these games publishers to recover these resources and these resources are used in our gaming platform. Sony will be able to provide you with exclusive content. We will invest more in this regard engineers to figure out how to maximize the use of Blu-ray technology, and from the PS3 console to get more revenue.

Dell’s failure to timely delivery of products during the holiday shopping season, but rather to provide consumers a “holiday card” (Holiday Card) to be placed under the tree, which triggered the anger of consumers.

Dell on December 17 issued a statement saying that “the growth in demand, and certain parts in the context of the entire industry out of stock,” the reason, the company is in the order delay dilemma. Dell digital media manager machaca (Lionel Menchaca) said: “We apologize for the inconvenience, especially at this time.” He said some of Dell’s products because of memory and large capacity hard disk out of stock items are affected.

However, consumers still delivered the performance of Dell’s getting worse and worse over there complaining. One consumer said: “Dell has been in the order expires two to three weeks until after the delivery. So people, if the end of the 11 orders, then the Dell promises to deliver in mid-December; but the date approached, Dell will postpone delivery of one week; week later, Dell will be delayed a week. in some unexplained reason, Dell will be to some extent forgotten how to respond to consumer e-mail, so that they clueless about what had happened. ”

Dell’s side has not yet reached for comment.

Intel blocking

Intel said the first smart phones using its chips will be available later this year, Intel hopes to occupy a place in the wireless network market, reproduce Intel Internet in this area have been tremendously popular to create a brilliant, almost chip is currently Intel Internet access to this market leader.

But analysts said that the British Hill & Knowlton, Marvell, and Qualcomm and other chip maker ARM-based design, introduced a cheaper, more energy-efficient processors, Intel and the increasingly fierce competition in each company.

Wedbush Morgan analyst Patrick Wang said: “They (Intel) does not Chupin the history of such chips. Their past lack of success in this direction, but now trying to reach encompasses this area.”

Apple’s design team and its recent acquisition of PA Semi’s chip developed A4, A4 understanding of the industry is limited to: the chip enable iPad tablet computer battery has a very long life time, speed and performance are comparable to competing products on the comparable.

Apple to conduct independent research shows that more targeted chip design concept, and perhaps more suited to the rapid development of the mobile phone market, rather than Intel’s exhaustive strategy.

However, 80% of the world’s personal computers based on Intel’s x86 chips, more powerful processors, and analysts say, Intel’s main obstacle is how to put aside the technology start all over again.

Wang said: “In a press conference held prior to Intel and Development Forum, you can see are designed to dull, the product heavy, short battery life of mobile network equipment. Makes them worried.”

Intel-based tablet notebook computer market over the past decade, has not been a big success. Apple Mac in its series of personal computers and servers using Intel chips.

The new competitive areas

With Intel since 2007 specifically for the Internet and handheld Internet devices to this wireless product design processor, a strong move into mobile device market. Intel Atom processor, available only from 2008 onwards, a strong occupation of low-cost Internet access to this market, the equipment to run the system just to run Microsoft’s Windows operating system, users can check e-mail, Internet and the preparation of documentation.

But analysts expect online sales growth will slow this, Intel hopes to electronics manufacturers to prove that its chip is a new portable electronic products the best choice.

Apple iPad is expected to trigger consumer tablet PCs and strong demand for electronic readers. IDC analyst Bob O’Donnell said, IDC expects sales of Apple iPad will reach 3 million -400 million, while the Internet is about 35 million of this amount, laptops for 165 million.

But issues such as tablet PCs and other mobile network equipment sales are expected to increase by several times in the next few years, chip manufacturers will launch a new round in the field of competition.

Apple iPad in the abandoned Intel’s products, while the majority of tablet PCs and smart mobile phone manufacturers had elected to use ARM architecture chips.

“For Intel, this implies that the calculation in the computer field, there are a lot of space does not need their x86 technology,” Auriga analyst Daniel Berenbaum said.

He indicated that the majority of smart phones and mobile device manufacturers last year’s flagship product is to look at video, listen to music, the Internet, browse pictures and other simple functions, which are not very much power, but also do not need Intel hallmark of the energy-saving, high – performance and multi-tasking technology.

IDC data show that notebook shipments this year’s Asia-Pacific region will surpass the United States and will surpass Western Europe in 2012.

IDC data show that this year’s Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) market, notebook shipments will reach 48.85 million, thus surpassing the United States market shipments, but still lower than the Western European market, 53.46 million.

However, in the next few years, notebook shipments in the Asia-Pacific market will remain at 25% or 30% As in 2011 will reach 62.55 million, close to 63.42 million in Western Europe. By 2012, is expected to go beyond Western Europe.

IDC pointed out that China and India is to promote the Asia-Pacific notebook market, the main driver of demand growth. In the notebook manufacturers, the 2009 market share of Lenovo in China, 25% to 30%, topped the list. However, in the entire Asia-Pacific market, HP ranked first.

Apple laptop battery has released for the Tablet PC “iPad”, many users are dissatisfied with their names.

Many analysts believe that Apple will have a tablet PC sounding name. However, the real product after the release, “iPad” name does make a lot of natural disappointment.

A few years ago, Fujitsu has launched, called the “iPad” products. In addition, users wishing iPad issues related to women, opened a joke.

On behalf iPad before the official announcement of the names circulating in the industry, including the ITAB, islation and iTablet well. However, analysts point out that these names even more inadequate.

iTablet syllable too many, too old islation, but itab ambiguous. Since then “Google” Chinese name, even if there are users of the Internet many things, but there is no better recommendations. An Nintendo “Wii” has also sparked controversy, but now sells well.