Mark Hurd
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If you're IBM (and maybe HP), ain't life grand?
Insight commentary A counter-intuitive start to tech earnings season and this much is clear: the companies with high-margin businesses will pass through the storm a lot easier.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Budgeting/cost control, Leadership, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Samuel J. Palmisano, Computer, Lou Gerstner, Hardware
HP intensifies the mainframe battle
News It claims success in convincing mainframe customers to migrate, but analysts say low pricing strategies and new functions will help ensure platform's survival.
Tags: Mainframes, Server consolidation, Server platforms, Mainframe, Hewlett-Packard Co., Asia-Pacific, Japan, Environment, Server, business intelligence
How will HP weather the storm?
News The PC makers' broad portfolio of products and services should mean a ray of sunshine for an otherwise gloomy PC market.
Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Sales/revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., Acer Inc., PC Company, Sales, Notebook, Financial Climate, PC Business
Netscape, Ning founder joins HP board
News Founder of Netscape, Ning and the Andreessen Horowitz VC firm was appointed to Hewlett-Packard's board of directors, effective immediately.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Hewlett-Packard Co., Marc Andreessen, social networking, Mark Hurd, entrepreneurial, Netscape Communications Corp., board
HP expects to outpace market in 2010
News Computing giant is bullish about the coming year, with CEO Mark Hurd declaring that he expects "strong, let me say it one more time, strong growth" in printing.
Tags: Personal Computers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Growth, non-GAAP, GAAP, competitive advantage, earnings per share, printing, Mark Hurd, analyst
HP plans electronic whiteboarding tool
News Hewlett-Packard PC-to-PC conferencing solution will allow people to video conference and write on their screens, according to CEO Mark Hurd.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Video, Hewlett-Packard Co., Conference, Video Conferencing, Tool, collaboration tool, Mark Hurd, CEO, collaboration
HP quarterly profit dips 19 percent
News Sales at the computer maker were down for the third quarter in every category, except the services division.
Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Hewlett-Packard Co., Quarter, Europe, Sales, earnings per share, printing, Mark Hurd, quarterly profit
HP aims for networking cloud with 3Com buy
News Hewlett-Packard says it plans to acquire maker of network switching and routing products in a deal valued at US$2.7 billion.
Tags: Networking technology, Hewlett-Packard Co., network, 3Com Corp., Networking technology
Investors grill HP's Hurd on bonuses, competition
News Hewlett-Packard CEO's executive pay and competition from IBM, Cisco and Apple dominate investors' concerns at annual shareholders meeting.
Tags: Personal Computers, Blade servers, Servers, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco Systems Inc., Investor, Compensation, Server, Mark Hurd
HP earnings drop 17 percent
News Hewlett-Packard's revenue is down across most main business units.
Tags: Personal Computers, Servers, Earning reports/forecasts, Hewlett-Packard Co., Quarter, Electronic Data Systems Corp., quarterly revenue, Earnings, Mark Hurd, revenue
HP's sales up 19 percent, earnings down slightly
News The world's largest PC maker remains confident, but cites continued challenges for the industry ahead.
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Sales, Environment, Earnings, printer, Mark Hurd, CEO, revenue, industry
HP earnings dip nearly 10 percent
News PC maker records 1 percent uptick in revenue, but sees revenue decline across its business units with the exception of the EDS business acquired last year.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Components, Desktops, Servers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Notebook, Earnings, Hardware, Mark Hurd, recession
Networks vs. servers: The truce has ended
Techguide Recent activity by HP and Cisco suggests the truce between networking vendors and server vendors, has ended. See why, and how it could benefit IT.
Tags: Servers, Virtualization, Data Management, Data centers, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., HP ProCurve, Cisco Systems Inc., Jason Hiner, Server
HP sees fourth-quarter sales boost
News Revenues of the PC maker hit US$33.6 billion, with adjusted earnings of US$1.03 per share.
Tags: Personal Computers, Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Sales, earnings per share, Earnings, Mark Hurd, amortization
Report: HP mulls merging printer, PC units
News Tech giant is reportedly considering reuniting the units, which were combined and then separated in 2005 under two different chief executives.
Tags: Personal Computers, Peripherals, Printer, Computer, Mark Hurd, CEO, Personal Computers, Peripherals, Wall Street Journal, Hewlett-Packard Co.
