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- CIOs need an efficiency mastery lifeline, say HP Software Universe keynote speakers
- The big question facing HP now is how they make that disruption work for them more than it works against them. Today, in keynote presentations at the opening of the HP Software Universe conference at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas, part of the answer become clearer. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., Speaker, Mark Hurd, Tools & Techniques, Data Centers, Research & Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations, Investment, Finance, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- HP's Hurd: U.S. demand 'spotty'; Data center, app consolidation continues
- HP CEO Mark Hurd was inevitably asked about the U.S. economy during the company's earnings conference call and the message was clear: It's hard to chart tech spending right now. HP reported a strong second quarter due to sales abroad, but analysts spent a good chunk of...
- Tags: U.S., Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Consolidation, Mark Hurd, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- Will EDS deal make HP Microsoft's IBM?
- With the completion of its deal to buy EDS for $13.9 billion, Hewlett-Packard is about to become just as key to Microsoft's fate as IBM is to the fate of open source. How will Microsoft react? While Sun, Red Hat and a host of...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Microsoft Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., IBM Corp., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- HP's to-do list following EDS acquisition
- We now know that HP is acquiring EDS in what appears to be an agreed bid that values EDS at $13.9 billion. Larry Dignan has the main analysis but it leaves open a series of testing questions for HP CEO Mark Hurd. As Larry points out: Overall, Wall Street...
- Tags: Acquisition, Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Mergers & Acquisitions, Outsourcing, Corporate Law, Asset Management, Construction, It Services, It Operations, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Operational Planning, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Can Hurd run EDS better?
- Updated: Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd said Tuesday he plans to use a familiar playbook to integrate Electronic Data Systems: Leverage scale, squeeze costs -- and underpromise and overdeliver. "We're running the playbook we know how to run very well," said Hurd, on a conference call with analysts....
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Earnings, IBM Corp., Non-GAAP Earning, GAAP, Financial Accounting, Construction, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- The secret of IT transformation: It's all about the CEO stupid
- One of the big takeaways from Hewlett-Packard's analyst meeting will be that the company's information technology overhaul serves multiple purposes. To wit: HP's IT consolidation is designed to save money; The teams are that are carrying out the consolidation are being trailed by...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Mark Hurd, CEO, Data Centers, Strategy, Team Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-11
- HP's Hurd: Digital content will force enterprise IT overhaul
- Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd said Tuesday that the company plans to cut costs more while retooling investments to focus on digital content and software as a percentage of revenue growth. Hurd added that demand for digital content will force enterprises to overhaul technology infrastructure. First, the cost issue. Hurd...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Mark Hurd, Digital Content, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-11
- HP's Mark Hurd: Thoughts on consolidation
- HP's Mark Hurd: Thoughts on consolidationGeez! I thought he was ...ME!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com
- Tags: Mark Hurd, consolidation, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
- HP's Mark Hurd: Thoughts on consolidation
- During his keynote at Oracle OpenWorld, HP CEO Mark Hurd gave his views on market consolidation. It's an appropriate setting given Oracle has made 41 acquisitions in 45 months totalling. HP is no slouch at acquisitions in its post-Compaq era, with more than 20 in the last few years, including...
- Tags: Acquisition, Hewlett-Packard Co., Consolidation, Mark Hurd, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- HP's Mark Hurd: More content is fantastic for us
- HP CEO Mark Hurd took a turn at Oracle OpenWorld, responding to a series of video questions from attendees. The engaging Hurd was ready for softballs, including whether one should buy a Dell or HP PC and whether he beats Oracle CEO Larry Ellison at tennis. ...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Workforce, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- How to turnaround a big company
- Is Marc Andreessen angling to be a management consultant?Sure looks that way. He posted a guide to turning around big companies and touches on the formula that newly minted CEOs like Jerry Yang should note. The list is comical yet true and the links out to other sites are also...
- Tags: IT Management, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-21
- HP lays out component pricing landscape
- Much of Hewlett-Packard's earnings were a done deal due to the company's preannouncement, but there were a host of little nuggets from the conference call that are notable. For starters, HP CEO Mark Hurd gave his outlook on component pricing, which can be a window to PC pricing, and addressed...
- Tags: Dell, Hardware Infrastructure, Hewlett-Packard
- Blog posts 2007-05-17
- HP Health & Life Sciences Symposium - Mark Hurd Presentation: 2007
- The presenter of this webcast opens the HP Health and Life Science Symposium III, HP's unique thought leadership forum, and expands on the 'Improving Health by Creating Agility' theme.
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Leadership, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Management
- Webcasts 2007-01-01
- Mark Hurd on HP Integrity Momentum: Common Vision for IT Infrastructure
- This webcast explains how using a standards-based architecture with the capabilities of a mainframe produces better return on investments and helps to make better business decisions.
- Tags: HP Integrity, IT Infrastructure, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Mark Hurd, Vision, Roi/Tco, Mainframes, Quality, Strategy, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Servers, Hardware, Business Operations, Management
- Webcasts 2007-01-01
- AMD in the Enterprise: Mark Hurd, HP President & CEO
- The attendee of this webcast will learn about the importance of standardizing and automating the data center to lower costs, improve use, assure availability and manage everything with fewer people.
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Digital Media, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2007-01-01
- Can Jobs remain unscathed by Apple options probe?
- Can Jobs remain unscathed by Apple options probe?it served it's purposethey got the cash they needed at a time they needed it, and now with Apple doing well, they pay the fine "and be done with it"Until there is an indictment ...... this amounts to nothing more then idle speculation....
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Investment, Regulations, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Steve Jobs, Mark Hurd, job
- Discussion threads 2006-12-27
- Selling HP's ongoing reinvention
- On his way to becoming the next Lou Gerstner, the no-nonsense, conductor of IBMs turnaround in the 1990s, HP CEO Mark Hurd was busy setting Wall Street expectations. And unlike his predecessors--Carly Fiorina and Lew Platt--there would be no overpromising and underdelivering. Hurd was extremely prepared and on message at...
- Tags: Mark Hurd, Hewlett-Packard Co., Hewlett-Packard, Utility computing, Datacenter, Hardware Infrastructure, Software Infrastructure, IT Management, General
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
- HP goes on an IT infrastructure diet
- Hewlett-Packard CIO Randy Mott plans to cut the companys global data centers from 85 to 6, collapse more than 762 data marts to 1 enterprise data warehouse and whittle the companys application portfolio from 3,500 to 5,000 to 1,500. The goal: Provide data to help HP become more...
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, Databases, information technology, IT infrastructure, Hewlett-Packard Co., Mott, Mark Hurd, data center
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
- HP's Hurd: We have more work to do
- Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd said the company has more cost cutting to do and is using data to become more efficient. "We have a lot more work to be done at HP," said Hurd, speaking at the companys analyst conference in New York City. When looking at...
- Tags: Mark Hurd, Hewlett-Packard Co., Hardware Infrastructure, Software Infrastructure, IT Management, General
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
- HP's Vista crystal ball fuzzy and other takeaways
- One of the overlooked takeaways from the Hewlett-Packard earnings call last night was the companys outlook on Vista demand. Given that the company is the largest PC maker out there analysts were hoping to get more color about what Microsofts latest OS will mean for demand. ...
- Tags: General, Software Infrastructure, Hardware Infrastructure, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Blog posts 2006-11-17
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