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Profile—Charles King, Pund-IT® president and principal analyst
Charles King- President Pund-IT®
Charles King is one of the most frequently quoted IT industry analysts in the business, whose comments and insights are regularly featured in national media outlets (Wall Street Journal, CIO Journal, USA Today, Reuters, Business Week, San Jose Mercury News and Silicon Valley Business Times) and on IT industry-centric news sites (eWeek, Computerworld, ECT News, IDG and TechTarget).
Since founding Pund-IT® in December 2004, Charles has published regular commentaries in his analyst newsletter, Pund-IT® Weekly Review. Along with his own work, the Weekly Review features reports by guest independent industry analysts covering everything from emerging mobile consumer devices to enterprise data center technologies. The Weekly Review enjoys a strong following among IT executive leaders marketing and communications professionals and technology journalists.
As a business computing industry generalist, Charles believes firmly in the power of traditional and emerging information channels to deliver key messages and insights. For over two decades, he has focused on business technology evolution and interpreting the effects these changes will have on vendors, their customers and partners, and the greater IT marketplace.
Pund-IT® and Charles King are represented by business agent Fred Abbott at Valley View Ventures – phone: 978-254-1639, email: fhabbott@valleyviewventures.com
Recent Reports
Pund-IT Spotlight Interview: Stephen Leonard, GM of IBM’s Cognitive Systems
By Charles King, Pund-IT® February 26, 2020 There is no single path that business executives travel. The best managers have significant talent that is then honed to a fine edge by training, experience and a willingness to take up new... Continue reading →
Dell Technologies and Hark Systems – Highlighting the Value of Strategic Partnerships
By Charles King, Pund-IT® OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturing) is one of the most commonly used acronyms in the tech industry and can be found applied across a huge range of business and consumer solutions. Why is that the case?... Continue reading →
IBM Storage: Making Simple Easy
By Charles King, Pund-IT® February 12, 2020 “Easy” or “simple” products have been mainstays in the tech industry since the launch of commercial personal computers (PCs) in the 1980s. However, while they share similarities, the... Continue reading →
IBM’s Leadership Succession Strategy: Rometty to Krishna and Whitehurst
By Charles King, Pund-IT® February 5, 2020 Executive succession is a commonplace business process that reflects elemental truths: market dynamics change, organizations evolve, social, political and economic factors shift. So do people.... Continue reading →