The technology giant has been lookingugg outlet the hardest inside its own ranks for its next chief executive according to recent reports, which is not a surprise, given the company's recent history with the last two external hires. See column on HP CEO search challenges. "PCs are not strategic," said Miscioscia. Enderle also notes that Bradley may be seen as too associated with the Hurd era, where he is credited with turning around the once- struggling PC business. But Bradley is also who many employees are betting on. This time around, H-P /quotes/comstock/13*!hpq/quotes/nls/hpq (HPQ 39.39, +0.25, +0.64%) is probably looking more for men ugg boots a stabilizing force, and an executive who can lead the company in the corporate computing and services business, where it is looking for much of its future growth. Recent CEO Mark Hurd did a lot of the dirty work, getting H-P in fighting shape, after its purchase of Compaq. "Now that Mark has really got the company back discount ugg boots on sale on track, they don't need a turnaround expert," said Louis Miscioscia, a Collins Stewart analyst. "They need someone to follow the plan."And if one looks at H-P's recent acquisition flurry, a big part of the company's strategic plan for new growth is the corporate data center. In the last month, H-P has purchased four companies in software, security, storage, all of which were highlighted in kid's ugg boots executive vice president Ann Livermore's keynote at Oracle Open World on Sunday night. Livermore heads up H-P's corporate computing business and is viewed as one of the company's possible internal candidates for CEO. Livermore has been passed over twice for the job. Some are now wondering if the third time is the charm, or if she doesn't have what it takes for thekids ugg boots job. Her folksy but serviceable presentation on H-P at Oracle Corp.'s /quotes/comstock/15*! orcl/quotes/nls/orcl (ORCL 27.49, +0.01, +0.04%) big customer conference was emblematic of her reputation in the industry, where she is liked by customers, but not seen as an inspirational leader. She didn't have any fun on stage, nor did her colleague Dave Donatelli, amid the soap opera between H-P and Oracle, which now employs Hurd as co-president. H-P sued Hurd for going to Oracle, both a partner and a rival. The companies settled on Monday. See H-P settlement news here. "I don't see her on that short list," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group. Another name cheap ugg boots sale bandied about is Todd Bradley, executive vice president in charge of H-P's personal systems business. Bradley also has some experience as a CEO, running Palm in one of its former iterations, before it was acquired earlier this year by H-P. Read Wall Street Journal story about H-P's CEO search. If one is to look at H-P's strategic thinkingwomen ugg shoes about where its future growth is going to come from then Donatelli, who joined H-P from EMC Corp. /quotes/comstock/13*!emc/quotes/nls/emc (EMC 20.81, +0.24, +1.17%) and is in charge of servers, storage and networking, is a possibility. He is also believed to be a candidate, but he reports to Livermore, so he may not be seen as a real contender this time aroundWill the board take into account the apparent state of discontent among many H-P employees, based on some recent polls, bothwomen's ugg shoes internal and external? It's hard to say, but if employees matter, the board may choose an executive who is a known quantity to everyone. H-P could still surprise with an outsider, but so far, the names floated by executive recruiters and analysts don't appear to have gotten much traction.SA