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- HP Software: Talking strategy; Looking to grow; Gunning for Teradata
- Hewlett-Packard's software unit is tiny relative to the company's overall revenue, but it is being counted on to fuel future growth. The plan: Expand into the data warehouse market occupied by the likes of Teradata, focus on performance and project management and continue to automate data centers. ...
- Tags: Software, Strategy, Teradata, Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Software Unit, Data Centers, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- HP bets on software as a strategy
- Robin Purohit runs Hewlett-Packard's $3 billion software business, the most profitable group within the company, and its most strategic. As 2009 IT budgets continue to be slashed, HP's software group is becoming the point of the spear for the entire company, potentially driving hardware and services sales as...
- Tags: Business Technology Optimization, Software, Business Technology, Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Software Business, Data Centers, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-04-12
- HP's SaaS PPM solution
- HP's SaaS PPM solutionHP SaaS / cloud claims are usually a stretchI'd imagine HP has acquired a true SaaS technology somewhere along the way, but they are notorious for trying to pass off legacy client / server software via an ASP model as SaaS. It is not easy to comprehend...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), INTERNET, Managed hosting, cloud computing, Servers, software-as-a-service, Service-now.com, SaaS PPM, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-05
- HP's SaaS PPM solution
- A Relevant and Robust Offering for today's IT organizations I had a chance to speak with Marc Olesen â€" VP SaaS for HP Software and Solutions recently. We discussed HP’s offerings in the Project Portfolio Management PPM and IT Management spaces. Background: HP’s software...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Solution, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Project Portfolio Management, Project Portfolio Management Buyer, Project Management, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, It Operations, It service Management, Emerging Technologies, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-01-05
- KAUST to house fastest supercomputer in Middle East
- Thanks to one of my tipsters, I was informed the other day that KAUST, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, have teamed up with IBM to build the fastest and most powerful supercomputer in the Middle East. KAUST is one of the most modern, dedicated...
- Tags: Supercomputer, University, Middle East, Supercomputing, KAUST, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- What are you using for a helpdesk application?
- What are you using for a helpdesk application?What are you using for a helpdesk application?We use an application called Wonderdesk. It is web based, its not too bad, but the search feature for old helpdesk tickets kind of sucks in that it won't display all the search queries or you...
- Tags: Call centers, help desk, helpdesk application
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- HP's bid for EDS: Opportunity costs loom
- The debate around Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Electronic Data Systems follows three primary questions. Is the EDS acquisition another Compaq--a deal that will take years to pay off? Is EDS the right acquisition for HP? Are there other places where HP should spend its money? HP on Tuesday...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Dennis, Tools & Techniques, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- The physics of flocking in 3-D
- You might think that bird watchers are only amateurs armed with binoculars. But biologists have also been studying flocks of birds for a long time. And now, they're helped by physicists, according to this New Scientist article about how European researchers are capturing flocks in 3-D. With a couple of...
- Tags: 3D, Animal, Physicist, Handbook, Analysis, STARFLAG, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- What One Laptop Per Child lacks
- An entrepreneur. (Read to the end for the story of this picture.) Nicholas Negroponte is a brilliant man, a futurist of high rank, an idealist, and an all-around nice guy. He is not an entrepreneur. Neither, for that matter, is Walter...
- Tags: Entrepreneur, One Laptop Per Child Project, Tycho, Entrepreneurship, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Using arsenic to detect cancers?
- An international team led by Texan researchers is using arsenic as a powerful tumor imaging agent. In fact, they are using a drug called bavituximab, 'an antibody that homes in on a specific molecular target on the blood vessels that feed tumors.' By linking this drug to very small doses...
- Tags: Rat, Combination, Technique, Imaging, Blood Vessel, Document Management, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- U.S. government may decide fate of iconic species
- This photo courtesy and copyright: IFAW. This is about polar bears and their survival. For the folks who may ask, what's this got to do with ZDnet and green tech, let me repeat an answer I gave recently to an emailer when I blogged...
- Tags: Green Technology, Bear, U.S. Government, Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- KBC Utilizes HP Software's Open Architecture to Streamline Merger - Achieves Avoidance of 78 FTEs and 456% ROI
- Having fully integrated IT was a top priority for the new KBC organization. After the 1998 merger, the company had to consolidate three separate IT organizations, integrating a myriad of management suites that made up its combined ICT Information and Communications Technology infrastructure. KBC embarked on a detailed analysis of...
- Tags: Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., Merger, Streamline, ROI, KBC, Service Level Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Change Management, It Services, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, It Operations, It service Management, Investment, Finance, Management
- Case studies 2007-11-27
- HP debuts Automated Operations 1.0
- In its post $1.6 billion Opsware acquisition reverie, HP is talking about a new way to do IT operations, and competing with IBM, BMC and CA. The company introduced Automated Operations 1.0 today, which integrates products from HP OpenView, Peregrine, Mercury and Opsware. HP is eschewing the...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Utility Computing, It Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-11-26
- HP's expanding software portfolio
- Since Mark Hurd took over the reigns of HP on March 29, 2005, the company has been leaning into software, mostly through acquisition. With the last 24 months, HP’s software group has made six acquisitions, totally nearly $7 billion. It's not acquisition at Oracle scale, but it's a big shift...
- Tags: IT Management, Hewlett-Packard, Hardware Infrastructure, General, Datacenter
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- HP takes out Opsware for $1.6 billion
- Hewlett-Packard beefed up its data center software business with a $1.6 billion acquisition of Opsware. Opsware makes automation software that puts many data center operations on autopilot. HP, looking to become a big player in the area, said it is paying $14.25 a share for Opsware, which closed Friday at...
- Tags: Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Hewlett-Packard, Hardware Infrastructure, General, Datacenter
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- HP vs. Compaq: the 100,000 foot financial view
- HP vs. Compaq: the 100,000 foot financial viewCarly's FollyWe all knew this at the time - everyone except Carly and her cronies. She wanted to grab Compaq's customers, and in the end she did. HP now outsells Dell on both x86 clients and servers. So in an era where PC...
- Tags: Sales strategy, UNIX, Operating systems, Sales force management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Servers, financial, HP Now, Hewlett-Packard Co., Compaq Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-05
- Infineon a big winner in iPhone teardown
- EE Times commissioned Semiconductor Insights to tear down the iPhone and dissect its innards. The key takeaways: Infineon is the chip of choice; there are many shared iPod parts that made design easier; and Apple brands a bunch of components to hide the names.The report notes the following:The first thing...
- Tags: Personal Technology, Mobile, iPhone, Hardware Infrastructure, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- Enterprise search marketing $1 billion opportunity: SEM Director CEO interview
- Is search engine marketing SEM mission critical to the enterprise?Russ Mann, CEO of SEM Director, asserts it is “the newest critical core competency that the Fortune 500 needs to build in-house.”Mann is convening Fortune 500 and Global 2000 leaders for a two-day enterprise summit in La Jolla later this month...
- Tags: Business Models, Advertising, Search, Enterprise, Venture Capital, VC, Internet Data, Marketing, ROI, Metrics, search engine, search engine marketing
- Blog posts 2007-01-11
- HP's technology investment strategy
- Following CEO Mark Hurd and newly retired CFO Bob Wayman, HP CTO Shane Robison discussed the companys $3.6 billion annual R&D technology investment before the crowd of securities analysts this morning in New York City. In keeping with the Hurd era of accountability and management by metrics, Robison was quick...
- Tags: technology investment, Hewlett-Packard Co., Hewlett-Packard, Utility computing, Hardware Infrastructure, Software Infrastructure, IT Management, General
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
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