Gateway, Inc.

The Basic Gateway Story

Gateway, Inc.

• Gateway Profile (Hoovers Online)
  
• Gateway Web Page
  
• Weitzen Out, Gateway Founder Waitt Back in as CEO
  
• Ted Waitt and Steve Jobs Separated at Birth? Not!
  
• How Ted Waitt Regained Control of Gateway
  
• Forbes Faces: Ted Waitt
  
• Gateway Questions Store Plans, Focuses on Direct Sales
  
• Gateway Founder Waitt Expected to Drop CEO Role
  

The PC Segment (PC Industry) of the Computer Industry

• Dell Computer Corp. Web page
  
• Computer Industry - Personal Computers
  
• Compaq web page
  
• IBM PC web page
  
• Apple web page
  
• Slowing PC Sales Prompt Diverse Strategies
  
• Dell Founder Predicts Industry Shakeout
  
• When Worlds Collide: The Convergence of PCs and Consumer Devices
  
• Kirkpatrick, David, "In PCs, If You're Not a Top Player, You're No Player At All, Fortune, Nov 10, 1997 page 110.
• Kirkpatrick, David, "Old PC Dogs Try New Tricks, Fortune, July 6, 1998 page 186-187.
• Shaw, Russell, "The Best of the Best," Advertising Age's Business Marketing, Nov 1997, page 15.
• Carbone, James, "Build-to-order Model Changes the PC Industry," Purchasing, Oct 23, 1997, page 68.
• Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry
  
• Death of the PC?
  
• PC Sales Fall in the US
  
• Dell Takes PC Spot in Worldwide Sales
  
• Serwer, Andrew E., "Michael Dell Turns the PC World Inside Out," Fortune,Sept. 8, 1997, pages 76-86.
  
• Kirkpatrick, David, "Now Everyone in PCs Wants to be Like Mike," Fortune,Sept. 8, 1997 pages 91-92.
  
• Michael Dell's Plan for the Rest of the Decade, Fortune, June 9, 1997, page 138.
  
• McWilliams, Gary, "Whirlwind on the Web," Business Week,Apr 7, 1997, pages 132-136.

Gateway and Information Systems Use

• Gateway Appoints James Pollard Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
  
• Learn from the Past, Prepare for the Future
  
• Gateway Standardizes on Siebel eBusiness Applications
  

Key People at Gateway

• Theodore (Ted) Waitt, Chairman and CEO (founder)
  
• James Pollard, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
  

Tips on Doing a Paper on Gateway

• Recognize from the start that there is a great deal of information available on Gateway and the PC Industry. The Internet web pages are loaded with articles about this the PC industry.
• Be sure to position Gatewau with its PC emphasis within the the Computer Industry since there is definite competition across the industry segments.
• Address the convergence of PCs and consumer electronic devices relative to the competitive environment.

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