A vendor disappears without a trace of explanation

November 06, 2012

Thin-client maker Pano Logic, headed by former Wyse CEO John Kish, has gone out of business...without so much as a public word to the customers it has left high and dry, or anyone else who might be wondering why. In fact, the closure was so abrupt and stealthy that last week on Buzzblog I felt obligated to couch my post with the phrase "apparently has gone out of business," although the circumstantial evidence was probably enough to forgo that formality. The company's previously active Twitter account had issued its last tweet Oct. 22. Pano Logic made thin clients like this box, shown at a brewing company. The same went for Pano Logic's Facebook page, where anxious customers were leaving messages like: "Why has the management and investor sections of your website been removed?" And: "What is your post-bankruptcy plan for support and parts?" To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Link: http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2012/110512-buzz-263902.html