Month: September 2006

  • No happy ending for HP

    Could the good name and reputation of Hewlett-Packard be tarred with a similar brush to that of the likes of Enron and WorldCom? It’s looking a distinct possibility if the board room shenanigans that have ripped through the firm’s leadership…

  • IABC launches podcast series

    If you’re an IABC member, you’ll be pleased to know that there’s a new communication channel though which you can hear about plans and happenings directly from the association’s leadership. A new podcast series called Cafe2Go launched last week. See…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #170: September 7, 2006

    Content summary: New FIR interview posted; IABC begins new podcast series; new Skylook features; RIM launches multimedia Blackberry; the Hewlett-Packard boardroom soap opera gets serious; SNCR Awards deadline extended; the Adam Curry and Joseph Jaffe kerfuffle; David Phillips reports on…

  • FIR Interview – Pia de Gysser, CIO, Agria: September 5, 2006

    In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Neville enjoyed a 14-minute conversation with Pia de Gysser, CIO at Agria Insurance, an animal and crop insurer based in Stockholm, Sweden, recorded at the IBC Euroforum conference “The Web of…

  • Goings on in Sweden

    Two hours to kill as I sit here doing email and now blogging at Gate 8 in Arlanda airport, Stockholm, while I wait for my SAS flight back to Amsterdam. Yesterday, I had the real pleasure of meeting Hans Kullin…