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- HP to jump into smartphones. Why?
- HP to jump into smartphones. Why?Been in the smartphone market for a couple yearsActually, HP has been making Windows Mobile Smartphones for a couple of years now with their iPAQ 6000, 500 and 900 series. The 500 series was actually a device that looked more like a phone than a...
- Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Compaq iPAQ, smart phone, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- BriefingsDirect Insights analysts examine HP-Oracle Exadata, 'extreme' BI, virtualization and cloud computing
- BriefingsDirect Insights analysts examine HP-Oracle Exadata, 'extreme' BI, virtualization and cloud computingSun already HAS a DW ApplianceDana,Actually, Sun already has a data warehousing appliance: the Sun Data Warehouse Appliance, as it's named, based on Greenplum and Sun's Thumper. It's been quite successful, with several large commercial deployments and some...
- Tags: Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Sun Microsystems Inc., BriefingsDirect Insights, Exadata, cloud computing, virtualization, business intelligence, Oracle Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- HP to jump into smartphones. Why?
- Hewlett Packard is jumping deeper into the crowded smartphone market, announcing plans for an iPaq smartphone that will be marketed toward consumers to be released first in Europe before the end of the year and later worldwide, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. In...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- News to know: HP's Smartphone; Obama's iPhone app; Skype in China; Data breach bill
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: WSJ: H-P plans to unveil smartphone Jason D. O'Grady: Obama campaign unleashes iPhone app Track the Presidential election polls with...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., Skype Technologies S.A., Apple Inc., Smartphone, Obama, Smart Phones, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, RSS, Financial Accounting, Open Source, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- BriefingsDirect Insights analysts examine HP-Oracle Exadata, 'extreme' BI, virtualization and cloud computing
- I think that Oracle is going to have a cloud offering, IBM is going to have a cloud offering, Sun is going to have a cloud offering, and it's going to be the big talk in the big industry over the next two or three years. I think they are...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Cloud Computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Oracle Corp., Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- HP Acquires LeftHand Networks, Virtualized iSCSI Storage Vendor
- Today, HP announced the intention to acquire iSCSI storage vendor LeftHand Networks for $360 Million in cash. LeftHand makes virtualized storage array software that can turn just about any server, PC or subset of disks on a device into a full featured IP based SAN array with features like space...
- Tags: LeftHand Networks, iSCSI, Hewlett-Packard Co., Storage Company, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Servers, Hardware, Andrew Reichman
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- HP's first 13.3-inch Pavilion vs. the competition
- HP's first 13.3-inch Pavilion vs. the competitionMistaken post!oops! I had missed a part of your comparison. But, you might want to compare weights.I'm not sure what it weighs.The entry model is listed as 4.21 lbs with the six cell battery. The Best Buy special is listed as 8.1...
- Tags: Desktops, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- HP's first 13.3-inch Pavilion vs. the competition
- HP is shipping its first laptop with a 13.3-inch widescreen display. The HP Pavilion dv3500t series is already available on HP's site starting at $1,000, and a slightly higher-end configuration, the dv3520nr, is available for pre-order at Best Buy for $1,200. Other sites have reported that this model will be...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion, Dv3520nr, DVD, Desktops, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- HP puts $360 million on LeftHand to say OS is no matter
- HP puts $360 million on LeftHand to say OS is no matterWow .. we litterally just inked a deal with them.Still awaiting equipment. This would be the second technology vendor we use they bought out.Based on what happened with neoware, i am not sure i am going to like...
- Tags: LeftHand, Hewlett-Packard Co., operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- HP puts $360 million on LeftHand to say OS is no matter
- The deal is good for LeftHand because many of its current needs have been for sales management positions. HP closes that gap. And with money tight its customers need not fear that their storage vendor will get hit by a bank note call. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Operating System, LeftHand, Linux, Sales Strategy, Embedded Linux, Operating Systems, Storage, Open Source, Software, Sales, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Mea culpa. HP has pledged mercury-free notebooks, too
- Mea culpa. HP has pledged mercury-free notebooks, tooWhy?We have all been told repeatedly that mercury is no longer harmful and that it is our duty to embrace mercury in CF bulbs to save the planet.HP should simply quote environmentalist statements regarding mercury in CF bulbs and tell you they will...
- Tags: Notebooks, mercury, Mea Culpa, Hewlett-Packard Co., notebook
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- HP eyes midmarket; Buys LeftHand Networks
- HP on Wednesday said it will acquire storage company LeftHand Networks for $360 million. LeftHand provides storage area network systems and virtualization for midmarket companies. With the purchase, HP becomes the latest large technology vendor to aim for midsized companies. LeftHand's products allow midsized companies to manage...
- Tags: LeftHand Networks, Hewlett-Packard Co., Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Mea culpa. HP has pledged mercury-free notebooks, too
- Something tells me that I MUST have blogged about this before, but it deserves a reminder, since I just mentioned Dell's intentions, which technically came later than Hewlett-Packard's. In any event, the goodly PR folks at HP remind me they, too, have pledged mercury-free notebooks. Their company's...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Public Relations, Notebooks, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Oracle and HP explain history, role and future for new Exadata Server and Database Machine
- Oracle Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison caught the Oracle OpenWorld conference audience by surprise the day before by rolling out the Exadata line of two hardware-software configurations. The integrated servers re-architect the relationship between Oracle's 11g database and high-performance storage. Exadata, in essence, gives new meaning to "attached" storage for...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Industry Standard, High-performance, Storage, Leadership, Databases, Hardware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Greenplum pushes envelope with MapReduce and parallelism enhancements to its extreme-scale data offering
- It seems that data infrastructure vendors are rushing to the realization that older database architectures have hit a wall in terms of scale and performance. The general solution favors exploiting parallelism to the hilt and aligning database and logic functions in close proximity, while also exploiting MapReduce approaches to provide...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Performance, Analytics, Greenplum, MapReduce, Database 3.2, Storage, Databases, Financial Planning, Performance Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- How HP's layoffs will impact IT
- How HP's layoffs will impact ITSo...Anyone have an intake on this? I would so would side for HP, but IBM is good too.
- Tags: Workforce management, Hewlett-Packard Co., layoff, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-09-27
- HP w2408h True Color Widescreen
- The $460 HP w2408h True Color Widescreen is a moderately priced 24-inch monitor with performance nearly comparable to our top-tier 24-incher, the $689 Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP. Still, this monitor lacks a few of the features that would let it compete mano a mano with its top-end counterparts. Although we saw...
- Tags: Games, Performance management, Monitors & displays, Network technology, screen-height, display, True Color Widescreen, Hewlett-Packard Co., OSD, game, performance, neck, monitor, cable
- Product reviews 2008-09-26
- HP takes leadership stand on emissions reporting across supply chain
- Talk about full (well, almost-full) disclosure: As it promised in its 2007 Global Corporate Citizenship Report, tech giant Hewlett-Packard is reporting carbon emissions data not just for its own operations for those of its largest suppliers. The data represents about 80 percent of the company's "first-tier manufacturing expenditures." (Whatever...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Leadership, Hewlett-Packard Co., Carbon Dioxide, Supplier, Channel Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- Interview: From OpenWorld, HP's John Santaferraro on latest BI Modernization strategies
- Now that the optimized hardware and software are available to produce the means to analyze and query huge data sets in near real-time, the focus moves to how to best leverage these capabilities. Soon, business executives will have among the most powerful IT tools ever developed at their disposal to...
- Tags: Strategy, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Business Intelligence, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- Dell Studio Desktop
- With its new Studio Desktop, Dell finally brings its mainstream desktop line into the 64-bit era. The glossy black midtower PC presents little in the way of innovative design, but by offering the 64-bit version of Windows Vista, Dell now competes on even footing with HP, Gateway, and other vendors...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Network technology, Microsoft Windows, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Studio Desktop, Dell Studio, 64-bit, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows Vista, wireless, desktop
- Product reviews 2008-09-24
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