News tagged with hp
HP tabs software exec as chief operating officer
(AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. has promoted Bill Veghte to chief operating officer, the latest expansion of his responsibilities since the slumping technology company hired Meg Whitman as its CEO eight months ago.
May 30, 2012 |
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HP's missteps culminate in loss of 27,000 jobs (Update)
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman has quantified the painful price that must be paid for the missteps of her predecessors as she tries to turn around the Silicon Valley pioneer. The bungling will wipe ...
May 23, 2012 |
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Reports: HP poised to eliminate up to 30,000 jobs
(AP) -- Published reports say Hewlett-Packard is poised to eliminate up to 30,000 jobs to help offset dwindling demand for personal computers as more people connect to the Internet on smartphones and tablets.
May 17, 2012 |
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IBM, HP allegedly implicated in Poland graft scandal: report
Global IT giants IBM and Hewlett-Packard have allegedly been implicated in a corruption scandal over a technology upgrade in Poland's public administration, the Rzeczpospolita daily reported Thursday.
May 17, 2012 |
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HP research identifies new era of security risk, shifting vulnerability landscape
HP today published the 2011 Top Cyber Security Risks Report, which identifies the growing sophistication and severity of security attacks and the resulting risks.
Apr 24, 2012 |
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HP shows recovery following PC flip-flop fallout
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is showing signs of recovery as it strengthened its position as the world's largest maker of personal computers and gained back some of the business it had lost while weighing ...
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Hewlett Packard Romania hit by anti-trust probe
The Romanian unit of US computer giant Hewlett Packard is under investigation for possible abuse of its dominant market position, the Romanian anti-trust watchdog said on Wednesday.
Mar 21, 2012 |
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HP combines printer, PC units in turnaround effort
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is combining its printer and PC divisions as it tries to overcome dragging profits, growing competition and the absence of a focused identity.
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Reports: HP to combine printer, PC divisions
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is combining its printing and PC units to save money, according to published reports.
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Green 'Oakley Cluster' to double OSC computing power
Researchers using Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) resources can now conduct even more innovative academic and industrial research by accessing Ohio's newest energy-efficient, GPU-accelerated supercomputer ...
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Tough times for HP ahead; will investors wait?
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to spend years turning itself around as it addresses internal problems and battles broader threats from smartphones and tablet computers.
Feb 23, 2012 |
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HP plans workplace tablet by year's end: Whitman
Hewlett-Packard will take another shot at Apple's iPad with the release late this year of a tablet computer geared for work instead of play, chief executive Meg Whitman said Thursday.
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Feb 23, 2012 |
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HP has open-source vision for 'orphan' webOS
The future of webOS - the innovative mobile software that three successive CEOs at Hewlett-Packard have struggled to make into a profitable product - may lie somewhere in the windowless rooms of a Stanford Medical School ...
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves HP
Former Palm chief executive Jon Rubinstein has left Hewlett-Packard, less than two years after Palm was acquired by the computer giant.
Jan 28, 2012 |
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HP to make webOS software public by September
Hewlett-Packard said Wednesday it will make its webOS mobile operating system available to the open source community by September.
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly referred to as HP, is a technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. HP has its United States offices at the former old Compaq Campus in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, Latin America offices in Miami-Dade County, Florida, U.S., Europe offices in Geneva, and Asia-Pacific offices in Singapore. HP is the largest technology company in the world and operates in nearly every country. HP specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, storage, and networking hardware, software and services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise servers, related storage devices, as well as a diverse range of printers and other imaging products. Other product lines, including electronic test equipment and systems, medical electronic equipment, solid state components and instrumentation for chemical analysis were spun off as Agilent Technologies in 1999.
HP markets its products to households, small to medium size businesses and enterprises both directly, via online distribution, consumer-electronics and office-supply retailers, software partners and major technology vendors.
HP posted US $91.7 billion in annual revenue in 2006 compared to US$91.4 billion for IBM, making it the world's largest technology vendor in terms of sales. In 2007 the revenue was $104 billion, making HP the first IT company in history to report revenues exceeding $100 billion. HP acquired EDS in 2008 to fill the gap in its technology services portfolio. With HP-EDS combined revenues of US$ 118.4 Billion in 2008 and a Fortune 500 ranking of 9 in 2009, HP retained its worlds largest technology company postion.
HP is the largest worldwide seller of personal computers, surpassing rival Dell, according to market research firms Gartner and IDC reported in January 2008; the gap between HP and Dell widened substantially at the end of 2007, with HP taking a near 3.9% market share lead. HP is also the 5th largest software company in the world. In 2008 HP retained its global leadership position in inkjet, laser, large format and multifuction printers market. Also HP become #2 globally in IT services as reported by IDC & Gartner. It is one of the only American PC-focused computer companies publicly traded under the NYSE.
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