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HP Cyber Monday Sale Underway on Sunday

Michael Santo — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:44:34 -0600

Hewlett-Packard, or HP, has announced that the HP Cyber Monday sale is on now. HP, which is the largest PC maker in the world, has sales in many different product categories, with up to 60 percent in savings.

Eyeing Networking, HP Buys 3Com For $2.7 Billion

Michael Santo — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:01:28 -0600

Hewlett-Packard has agreed to acquire networking giant and former high flyer 3Com in a deal worth $2.7 billion. HP (HPQ) is down .45 to $49.55 in after-hours trading; 3COM (COMS) is up $1.97 or nearly 35% to $7.66.

Microsoft and HP Extend Private-Label Hosting Opportunities to Value-Added Resellers

harminka — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:27:21 -0600

Microsoft Corp. and HP today announced a joint initiative that will enable value-added resellers (VARs) to benefit from a software-plus-services business model by providing new revenue streams and helping them become strategic advisors to their clients.

Compaq Presario CQ50-139WM, $298 at Wal-Mart

Michael Santo — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:23:07 -0600

Wal-Mart's been advertising this Saturday Special for a few days, and the special is limited to today, November 8th, while supplies last. The deal sounds attractive, a Compaq Presario CQ50-139WM laptop, 15.4" screen, 160 GB HD, 2 GB RAM for $298. However, nowhere can I find detailed specs on the laptop, which annoys me.

HP Improves Productivity, Lowers Cost of Virtual Infrastructures with New Storage Platform

harminka — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:01:06 -0600

HP announced a software and hardware storage virtualization solution that enables enterprises to improve productivity, simplify operations and achieve lower total cost of ownership for their storage-area network (SAN) environments.

HP Gets More (Net)Bookish with the Mini 1000

Michael Santo — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:30:31 -0500

You'll recall HP unveiled the 2133 Mini-Note PC in April, and they've apparently been pleased --- despite the influx of others to the netbook party --- with the results. On Wednesday they unveiled a new line of netbooks.

HP Unveils Renewable Energy Research Initiatives

harminka — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:45:48 -0500

HP today unveiled renewable energy initiatives in its facilities, research and products to support a new goal to double the company’s global purchases of renewable power from under 4 percent in 2008 to 8 percent by 2012.

ConvaTec Selects EDS, an HP Company, to Manage IT Environment

harminka — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:27:01 -0500

EDS, an HP company, and global medical device company ConvaTec today announced they have signed a $95 million information technology (IT) services agreement.

Apple's U.S. PC Market Share Nears Double-Digits

Michael Santo — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:51:28 -0500

According to Gartner Inc.'s preliminary Q3 report on worldwide PC shipments, Apple's U.S. market share has nearly reached double-digits, at 9.5%, up from 7.7% last year (a 29.4% increase). Meanwhile, worldwide shipments reached 80.6 million units in the quarter, a 15% increase from last year.

EDS Signs Agreement with Posten to Manage Computing Environment

harminka — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:01:42 -0500

EDS, an HP company, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Posten, one of the Nordic region’s largest messaging and logistics operators, to host the company’s end-user computing environment. The contract will begin in July 2009. Financial terms were not disclosed.

HP Earns Broader Certification for U.S. EPA SmartWay Program

harminka — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:41:43 -0500

HP today announced it has qualified all business PC, printing and server products shipped throughout the United States and Canada for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWay logo labeling program that aims to reduce the fuel consumption, greenhouse gases and other air emissions of surface transportation carriers.

HP, Intel and Yahoo! Create Global Cloud Computing Research Test Bed

harminka — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0500

HP, Intel Corporation and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) today announced the creation of a global, multi-data center, open source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing research and education.