Mercury
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Software is HP's 'fastest growing' unit
News IT giant's software arm is worth US$3 billion in 2008, compared to US$1 billion in 2005, but HP remains cautious on cloud strategy, say company execs.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Utility computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Cloud Computing, Vienna, business technology, business technology optimization, Quality Center 10.0, UCMDB 8.0
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
O2 Xda Orbit
Reviews The Xda Orbit 2 combines a strong set of features with good battery life. The HTC TouchFLO system may not suit everyone, but if you disapprove, you can simply ignore it.
Start-up looks to extend battery life
News ZPower promising 40 percent longer battery life with its silver-zinc battery, which will make its debut with a large laptop manufacturer next year.
Tags: Components, Battery, lithium-ion, financial, disk, technique, Components, ZPower, Mercury, Battery Life
Navigating Intel's new 'road rules'
News As part of a landmark settlement, chipmaker agreed to change how it competes with AMD, while admitting no wrongdoing. So what's going to change?
Tags: Components, Antitrust, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PC Company, Chip, Settlement, payment, financial, marketing
IT must be more accountable, says Mercury
News Organizations are spending too much energy deploying and maintaining their software, says a senior executive from the management software vendor.
Tags: IT Governance
Dose of Mercury leaves HP's vision blurry
News Three months after closing "the industry's biggest acquisition this year", HP still hasn't mapped out a view for its software future.
Tags: Business applications, Acquisitions, Merger integration teams
HP to acquire mobile-software firm
News Bitfone, which makes software that helps companies keep tabs on wireless devices, has agreed to become part of Hewlett-Packard.
Tags: Acquisitions, ROI, IT strategy
Mercury whips Japan back into shape
News After seven years of operations in the country, the software company's Japan office is finally on the growth path.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Business models
HP snaps up Mercury Interactive
News Acquisition of Mercury Interactive will lend a big boost to the size of the tech giant's software business.
Tags: Business applications, Acquisitions, Leadership
Mercury, Wipro team on software testing centers
News Mercury Interactive has partnered with Indian IT services giant Wipro Technologies to set up two software testing centers in India.
Tags: Business applications
HP closes Mercury deal
News Mercury's management software added to the HP portfolio, while IBM launches promotion to win over HP clients.
Mercury tools aim for IT data compliance
Insight New applications and hosted services to help IT departments comply with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations.
Tags: IT Management, Software
HP aims to better manage business services
News Hewlett-Packard beefs up its business software and consulting services to capitalize on service-oriented architecture spending.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Services
Mercury to acquire application-mapping start-up
News Management software company Mercury Interactive snaps up Appilog to acquire its "application mapping" technology, designed to more quickly pinpoint problems in corporate data centers.
Tags: Data centers
