10 Epic Tech Failures of All Time | CIO Insight

10 Epic Tech Failures of All Time

Written By
Don Reisinger
Don Reisinger
Nov 8, 2011
1 minute read

GatewayThere was a time when many believed that Gateway would be the biggest and most popular PC maker in the world. But soon after the company tried its luck with retail stores, and then quickly discovered that it didn’t have the right enterprise strategy in place, it started to die. Gateway lives on today in name only. But the vast majority of PC buyers out there have no desire to buy its products.

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