Forward Opportunities editorial staff brings you the most important news story of the day for September 11, 2006. Today, September 11, 2006, we have found the most important article on the Internet and we will comment on the story, line by line and/or paragraph by paragraph. While the remembrance of the Bombing of the New York Trade Center is dominating the news, Forward Opportunities is concerned about the future of the technology industry, especially as these companies effect the Internet.
Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board of directors adjourned an emergency phone conference Sunday without announcing a decision on the fate of Chairwoman Patricia C. Dunn and we think this is too much drama.
Dunn is facing calls to resign or be fired for her role in an internal investigation that may have used illegal means to spy on colleagues and journalists and is this the truth or a method for some members of the board to get rid of their Chairwomen. There has been too much drama surrounding HP the last few years and when is it going to stop.
The board was scheduled to meet again this afternoon, according to HP, a major maker of computers and printers and one of the most influential companies in the USA.
Forward Opportunities, September 11, 2006 finds Dunn, a former freelance journalist who has become one of the most powerful women in corporate America, had ordered the outside investigation of fellow board members to determine who anonymously leaked confidential company information to journalists, especially as it related to the job status of former Chief Executive Carly Fiorina.
Forward Opportunities, September 11, 2006 finds as part of their surveillance, the investigators used Social Security numbers and other personal information to impersonate HP directors and journalists. Forward Opportunities, September 11, 2006 finds that the impostors tricked AT&T and other phone companies into turning over detailed logs of home and cellular phone calls.
Although it is a common tactic among private investigators, the subterfuge, also known as "pretexting, this tests the outer-bounds procedure for California law. Forward Opportunities, September 11, 2006 finds the state attorney general has launched a criminal investigation. Board member George A. Keyworth II was identified as the source of the leak, and HP responded by barring him from seeking reelection. Another HP director, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Thomas J. Perkins, resigned from the board in May in protest of the investigators' tactics. Perkins' departure triggered a chain of events that forced HP to publicly disclose its role in the pretexting. Over the weekend, Perkins called on Dunn to resign. This is too much drama for Forward Opportunities, September 11, 2006.
Forward Opportunities, September 11, 2006 would like to see this issue resolved for the benefit of the entire community. A stable HP is good for the entire Internet community.