It’s official: one of HP’s longest-serving executives will retire in a corporate shakeup that will merge two historically important divisions that have fallen on hard times amid a shift to mobile technology. HP hopes the move will help it save money as it tries to rebound. Read More »
Now that AMD has confirmed its purchase of low-power server maker SeaMicro, I bet its next move will be an announcement around licensing the ARM architecture. That’s right: AMD will do a deal with the company that provides the architecture for chips inside your cell phone. Read More »
You sort of knew this was coming: Reuters reports that Hewlett-Packard is looking to unload webOS, the mobile operating system it got when it bought Palm last year, for hundreds of millions of dollars, and far below the $1.2 billion it paid just 18 months ago. Read More »
The end is reportedly nigh for webOS. According to a report by the Guardian, HP is set to kill off its webOS mobile operating system, affecting some 500 jobs, after receiving apparently no interest in the OS it bought from Palm for $1.2 billion. Read More »
Sorry Dell, Lenovo and Acer: HP’s not abandoning the PC business after all. The world’s largest maker of PCs announced moments ago that after thinking long and hard about it, they’re going to keep on making computers after all. Read More »
Virginia Rometty may be the new face of IBM when she takes the helm as CEO in January, but she is expected to keep pushing her predecessor’s vision of cloud-computing related services — hard. It is these services, increasingly, that drive IBM’s global business. Read More »
If Amazon ends up buying the WebOS business from Hewlett-Packard, it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. HP killed its TouchPad device, said it was seeking options for the operating system, and former WebOS poohbah Jon Rubinstein sits on Amazon’s board. Read More »
Autonomy’s impending acquisition by Hewlett-Packard is nearly done. The controversial $10.3 billion deal was cleared by regulators in the U.S. and Australia on Thursday, according to reports. Autonomy shareholders still have until Monday morning 10:00 a.m. U.K time to weigh in. Read More »
The WebOS technology is now up for sale, and its future is uncertain to say the least. But there are still a few good lessons that can be learned from WebOS’ journey, says Michael Abbott, the former Palm executive who led the development of WebOS. Read More »
There are a lot of naysayers when it comes to the appointment of Meg Whitman as the new chief executive of the beleaguered technology giant, Hewlett-Packard. Scott McNealy, the co-founder and ex-CEO of Sun Microsystems, isn’t one of them. Read More »
Hewlett-Packard canned CEO Leo Apotheker because of miscommunications and lack of teamwork, not because of his grand enterprise software-and-cloud strategy for the IT giant, said Ray Lane, newly minted executive board chairman for HP. Both he and new CEO Meg Whitman back Apotheker’s strategy. For now. Read More »
Over the past year, HP’s board has led the company through more than a few stumbles. The company’s next CEO will not only have to bring back the innovation of “the HP way” but will also have to wrangle the board back in shape. Read More »
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We want information, and we want it now, so technologists are racing to keep up. From a stealthy startup in New Mexico getting funded to Infinera providing gear that could download Netflix’s entire library in 5 seconds, the secret for our need for speed is light. Read More »
HP’s decision to kill off its nascent tablet effort was stunning, but at least it seemed decisive. But now the company is muddying the waters by suggesting that the fate of the TouchPad isn’t sealed. HP’s Todd Bradley said the company could still resurrect the device. Read More »
So, that personal computer business that HP doesn’t want anymore? The one with the largest market share in the world? Samsung isn’t interested either. The company attempted to put an end to rumors it was considering taking over HP’s laptop and desktop unit on its blog. Read More »
Todd Bradley, EVP of the personal systems group at Hewlett-Packard talks to Bloomberg TV about the future of HP’s PC business that brings in more than $40 billion a year. He also makes no bones about his desire to keep running it. Read More »
It was shocking enough to learn last week that HP wants out of the PC business. But it was somewhat surprising HP told investors before finding a buyer. The likely reason? There’s really no one in a position to take it off their hands. Read More »
Former Nokia executive Ari Jaaski has opened up to a Finnish newspaper about the frustrations that led him to quit last year — but since he jumped ship for greener pastures at Palm, he simply seems to have traded the frying pan for the fire. Read More »
For nearly 30 years, personal computers as we’ve known them have been the drivers of the technology engine, from Intel to Microsoft to Dell to HP. But the rise of mobile computing is upending the technology business and redefining the PC and how we use it. Read More »
Just months after introducing what looked to be one of the most promising challengers to the iPad, Hewlett-Packard said it is getting out of the webOS business and discontinuing its Touchpad and webOS phones. The company is now looking to “optimize” the value of webOS. Read More »
Hewlett-Packard searching for a new role for itself in the post PC world is looking to sell its PC hardware business, according to Bloomberg. The company is also looking to buy enterprise search giant, Autonomy for $10 billion. Read More »
After a century of making tabulation machines IBM has come up with a new chip that marries our brain’s architecture with silicon guts. The goal is to create a new style of computing aimed at making sense of big data without consuming a lot of power. Read More »
At the IEEE Technology Time Machine Symposium last week I heard the world’s leading academics, engineers, executives, and government officials project what the world will look like in 2020. The future brings technology together for everything from enhancing the human experience to improving environmental sustainability. … Read More »
At the IEEE Technology Time Machine Symposium last week I listened to the world’s leading academics, engineers, executives, and government officials project what the world will look like in 2020. The future brings technology together for everything from enhancing the human experience to improving environmental sustainability. … Read More »
Gaming service WildTangent is opening a rental service later this year that will allow Android users to rent games and apply their fees toward purchases. It could be another tool for developers to unlock dollars from games on the Android platform. Read More »
The global economy continues to face uncertainty, but despite this, many technology companies have cash on hand and are opting to spend it on mergers and acquisitions. Here we examine some likely strategies from five different companies: IBM, Oracle, HP, Cisco and Hewlett-Packard. Read More »
The White House today announced The Startup America Partnership, an effort to boost innovation and entrepreneurship in the U.S. through a private program that encourages companies to offer mentorship and resources, but looks like an opportunity to get press with low returns for startups. Read More »
After buying Palm back in July, Hewlett-Packard is now finally poised to unveil what looks to be an array of webOS-powered devices. The company has invited the tech press to a Feb. 9 event in San Francisco to talk about the future of webOS. Read More »
Fundamental changes in networking and computing are leading to new business models, new services and shifts in corporate and consumer behavior. It’s also leading to a lot of M&A activity as companies jockey for position before the ongoing technology shift settles into the new status quo. Read More »
It’s been about three months since HP finalized its $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm and there’s obviously some digesting and transitioning going on. But the growing question is: when are we going to see some new webOS handset hardware from HP and Palm? Read More »
Hewlett-Packard has resolved its lawsuit against its former CEO Mark Hurd, which arose after Hurd joined HP’s sometimes collaborator and sometimes rival Oracle. According to a joint statement today from both companies, HP and Hurd have settled. Read More »
When it comes to ousted HP CEO Mark Hurd joining Oracle and HP’s subsequent lawsuit, Om speculates that this is a Machiavellian plot cooked up by Hurd and Larry Ellison to distract HP from business as usual, and settles in to watch the show. Read More »
Ever since HP bought Palm in April, many have wondered where the company would take webOS, the innovative mobile platform used on the Palm Pre and Pixi handsets. Today Palm offers a glimpse, sharing several new features you can expect to see in webOS 2.0 devices. Read More »
Hewlett-Packard said today that Chairman, CEO and President Mark Hurd has resigned his positions following an inquiry over a sexual harassment claim. HP’s press release led with the scandal, but also noted that the computing company has raised is revenue expectations for the year. Read More »
HP is reportedly shelving plans to deliver an Android tablet this year, which makes sense. By purchasing Palm, HP can emulate Apple by controlling tablet hardware and software. But more importantly — Android isn’t ready to power a successful tablet, not from HP or anyone else. Read More »
Printing to a remote device from a handset or laptop can be a challenge if you can’t locate a web-connected printer. As is often the case, the simplest solution the best and HP thinks it has it — new printers with dedicated, simple email addresses. Read More »
Hewlett-Packard said today that it would cut 9,000 jobs and take a $1 billion restructuring charge spread out through Oct. 2013 as it seeks to automate its data centers so it can deliver enterprise business services, which I read as HP’s transition to delivering cloud computing. Read More »
By Derrick Harris
May. 30, 2010, 8:00am PT
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If you’ve been following the data center hardware space for the past year, you might be under the impression that integrated stacks are the future of IT. But it doesn’t look like customers are buying into the promise of having just one throat to choke. Read More »
Mobile computer sales in the first quarter of 2010 grew 43 percent over the same quarter in 2009, but two of the top five vendors enjoyed even higher growth rates. It’s no coincidence that these were also the first two that jumped into the netbook market. Read More »
Give Hewlett-Packard 10,000 cows, and the computer company will give you the means to power a data center. HP today presented research from its HP Labs division showing how a data center that needs 1 megawatt of generation capacity can power its servers using cow poop. Read More »
The dust has settled from yesterday’s planned HP acquisition of Palm for $1.2 billion, and by most accounts, the deal is a win-win — unless you’re looking at Microsoft’s or Intel’s point of view, as both companies come out a big loser in this deal. Read More »
With HP’s $1.2 billion planned acquisition of Palm, the computer giant hopes to turn Palm’s webOS operating system into a platform to rival Apple’s mobile computing franchise. An HP executive explained that he believes Apple and webOS will be the two operating systems that will win. Read More »
HP has agreed to purchase Palm for $5.70/share, or roughly $1.2 billion. The deal, which adds Palm’s patent portfolio and the webOS operating system to HP’s coffers, could subsequently give webOS a new lease on life for current and future smartphones, if not other mobile devices. Read More »
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