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Business Definition for: HP
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Wiktionary Definition for: HP
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- '''Hewlett-Packard''' (Corporation)
- horse power
- '''Health Points''' (In Role Playing Games)
Additional Resources
- HP Goes Multitouch Crazy With TouchSmart All-In-Ones and Tx2 Updates [Hp]
- Copy this whole post to another site HP was ahead of the touch game even before Windows 7's finger friendliness, so it makes sense that the crazy computer maker decided to take after fluffy bunnies and breed lots of touch PCs. In time for Windows 7's launch, HP will release...
- News items 2009-10-12
- HP to Buy 3Com for $2.7 Billion
- HP is looking to grow its ProCurve networking business by buying 3Com for $2.7 billion, putting it in better position to compete with Cisco. The deal, which is expected to close in the first half of 2010, will give HP a greater networking presence in the enterprise, stronger network security...
- News items 2009-11-11
- Combined HP and 3Com Will Be Credible Threat to Cisco
- Even as it was building up its ProCurve networking business, HP was still missing the core data center switch that would enable it to compete more closely with Cisco. HP?s $2.7 billion deal for 3Com will help close that hole, plus give it greater network security technology through 3Com subsidiary...
- News items 2009-11-15
- HP's Hurd: Cloud computing has its limits (especially when you face 1,000 attacks a day)
- HP CEO Mark Hurd is big on cloud computing, but acknowledges its limits. For instance, HP "wouldn't put anything material in nature outside the firewall." The message: The cloud has its place, but there's a vast difference between private and public computing. Hurd's talk, a Q&A with Gartner analysts David...
- News items 2009-10-20
- HP offers slew of products and services to bring cost savings and better performance to virtual desktops
- Hewlett-Packard HP this week unleashed a barrage of products aimed at delivering affordable and simple computing experiences to the desktop. These include thin-client and desktop virtualization solutions, as well as a multi-seat offering that can double computing seats. At the same time, the company targeted the need for data security...
- News items 2009-11-18
- Services, Cost Cutting Deliver Solid Quarter for HP
- Services delivered a solid quarter for HP, generating $8.9 billion in revenue. HP CEO Mark Hurd said the integration of EDS into the company was ahead of schedule, and that HP was able to cut 19,000 jobs in the wake of the EDS purchase in 2008, which helped save on...
- News items 2009-11-24
- HP's third quarter propped up by EDS buyout
- Hewlett-Packard reported a 2 percent drop in revenue for the July quarter, which was better than expected, and said its business is stabilizing. Net earnings for the quarter, the third of HP's fiscal year, were US$1.6 billion, or $0.67 per share, down from $2.0 billion, or $0.80 per share, in...
- News items 2009-08-19
- HP Acquires Networking Giant 3Com for $2.7 Billion
- Technology powerhouse Hewlett Packard HP has just announced that it has struck a deal to acquire 3Com, one of the world's leading networking hardware and software companies, for a giant $2.7 billion price tag. The deal, if it goes through, will bring HP into direct competition...
- News items 2009-11-11
- HP Offers Hardware, Software Solutions for SMBs
- HP is rolling out a host of hardware and software solutions, and a line of financing options, designed to give SMBs access to easy-to-manage and energy-efficient products that will help them as they take advantage of the economic recovery. Key among these are new SMB-targeted PCs, servers and storage devices,...
- News items 2009-11-10
- HP to Buy 3Com For $3.1 Billion
- By Ritsuko Ando and Gabriel MadwayNEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co HPQ is making a move into the network equipment market by striking a $3.1 billion deal for 3Com Corp COMS, in a major challenge to Cisco Systems Inc CSCO.The deal is the latest sign that technology giants from...
- News items 2009-11-11
- HP to Buy 3Com For £1.9 Billion
- By Ritsuko Ando and Gabriel MadwayNEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters UK) - Hewlett-Packard Co HPQ is making a move into the network equipment market by striking a $3.1 billion (1.9 billion pound) deal for 3Com Corp COMS, in a major challenge to Cisco Systems Inc CSCO.The deal is the latest sign...
- News items 2009-11-11
- HP to Buy 3Com For ���£1.9 Billion
- By Ritsuko Ando and Gabriel Madway NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters UK) - Hewlett-Packard Co HPQ is making a move into the network equipment market by striking a $3.1 billion (1.9 billion pound) deal for 3Com Corp COMS, in a major challenge to Cisco Systems Inc CSCO. The deal is the...
- News items 2009-11-11
- HP Seen Looking For Deals After 3Com
- By Gabriel MadwaySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters UK) - Hewlett-Packard Co's HPQ $3.1 billion (1.9 billion pound) play for 3Com Corp COMS will help the technology giant expand its product portfolio amid rapid industry consolidation -- and few think HP is done shopping.HP's deal for 3Com should allow it to better compete...
- News items 2009-11-12
- HP Triples Stock Buyback Plan, Profit Up 14 Percent
- By Gabriel MadwaySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co HPQ tripled the size of its share repurchase program to $12 billion as China sales and better profit margins on its services boosted quarterly earnings.The fiscal fourth-quarter results released on Monday were in line with preliminary figures that HP gave two weeks...
- News items 2009-11-23
- HP Triples Stock Buyback Plan
- By Gabriel MadwaySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters UK) - Hewlett-Packard Co HPQ tripled the size of its share repurchase programme to $12 billion (7.2 billion pounds) as China sales and better profit margins on its services boosted quarterly earnings.The fiscal fourth-quarter results released on Monday were in line with preliminary figures that...
- News items 2009-11-23
- HP Triples Stock Buyback Plan
- By Gabriel Madway SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters UK) - Hewlett-Packard Co HPQ tripled the size of its share repurchase programme to $12 billion (7.2 billion pounds) as China sales and better profit margins on its services boosted quarterly earnings. The fiscal fourth-quarter results released on Monday were in line with preliminary...
- News items 2009-11-23
- HP CEO Hurd: Business is Stabilizing
- Even as HP saw quarterly revenue and earnings fall, HP CEO Mark Hurd said that business seems to be stabilizing, particularly in the United States. For example, while revenue in its PC business was down, unit shipments increase 2 percent. HP also gained share in PCs and servers. Hurd said...
- News items 2009-08-18
- Services, Cost Cutting Delivers Solid Quarter for HP
- Hewlett-Packard reported solid quarterly numbers on the strength of its services business and it cost-control efforts, including the elimination of 19,000 jobs in the wake of merging EDS into the company. HP Nov. 23 said revenue for its fiscal year fourth quarter 2009 came in at $30.8 billion, down 8...
- News items 2009-11-23
- HP Lagging In Innovation Race
- HP's quarterly earnings report seemed to catch observers off-balance, as illustrated by the divergent coverage given by the Financial Times and BusinessWeek, both of which know their way around an earnings report. The FT chose to accentuate the positive, noting that HP beat earnings projections, while BW harped on CEO...
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
- HP's Hurd: 'Business is stabilizing'
- Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd said Tuesday that "business is stabilizing" and the company will be an early beneficiary of an economic turnaround. The company also raised its fourth quarter earnings target. As expected, HP's quarter was a mixed bag. The company delivered better than expected non-GAAP results, but some units...
- News items 2009-08-18
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