HP and Dell's industry visions have never been more different

Doug Woodburn
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Partners must choose about which message - broad and powerful, or lean and focused - fits best with their own strategy, argues Doug Woodburn

"They are very different strategies and only one will be right. We think that will be us." Those were the words of HPE EMEA channel boss GillesThiebaut as he responded to arch-rival Dell's attem...

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