CEO Mark Hurd has been the chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co since 2005. He is 49 years old. Follow Mr. Hurd and Hewlett-Packard Co in the news and blogs or share your own opinion about the company and its leadership.
One area where Hewlett-Packard Co. is expanding aggressively is computer networking, the home turf of market leader Cisco Systems Inc. Earlier this month HP announced plans to buy Cisco competitor 3Com Corp. for $2.7 billion to supplement HP's own line of networking gear. The move is part of HP's push into more profitable areas than personal computers, which supply a third of HP's revenue but only 15 percent of its operating profit, numbers that continue to shrink as PC makers cut prices and... Read Full Story
MARK HURD OF HP ISN'T RESTING ON HIS LAURELS
On the eve of a Hewlett-Packard meeting with Wall Street analysts, I talked with CEO Mark Hurd about how the company--now the largest in all of techdom--has weathered the downturn and where growth lies in the months ahead. Hurd also discussed HP's integration of tech services company EDS, which it bought last year for $13.9 billion. The man whom another business magazine recently called the most competitive chief executive on the planet drew a... Read Full Story
Printer ink has long been Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cash cow, because it's expensive and customers refill constantly. Pressure in recent quarters has raised questions about the prospects for that part of HP's business. On Tuesday, HP CEO Mark Hurd took a number of questions about the health of HP's printing supplies business, in which sales fell 13 percent in the latest quarter, ended July 31. HP maintained that demand for ink hasn't budged much, and that the revenue decline was caused by... Read Full Story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co is considering selling or shutting parts of its outsourcing business to focus on the higher-margin areas of its technology services offering, people familiar with the matter said. A year after buying Electronic Data Systems for $13 billion, HP executives are discussing the possibility of divesting parts of the outsourcing operations, especially in its business process outsourcing (BPO) arm, sources told Reuters. "The calculation is, can we get more... Read Full Story
With the personal computer business limping back to health, Hewlett-Packard Co. is a likely beneficiary. More details will emerge Tuesday afternoon when the world's No. 1 PC maker reports its fiscal third-quater earnings, for the three months ended July 13. Investors expect a lot. In the 17 quarters that CEO Mark Hurd has been at HP, the company has beat Wall Street's earnings per share estimate 15 times, and beat the revenue estimate 14 times, though there are often fears about the company... Read Full Story
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Social Media Smarts: Interview with Tac Anderson, Social Media Man of Hewlett Packard
One of the great things about the social web is the opportunity socialize offline as well as online. That is how I finally got the chance to meet Tac Anderson from HP during BlogWorldExpo.
Tac currently leads social media activities across Hewlett Packard for both internal collaboration and external marketing. Tac is also the Entrepreneur in Residence for Highway 12 Ventures, an early stage venture... Read Full Story
Hewlett-Packard will acquire 3Com for $2.7 billion to compete more effectively against Cisco Systems in the competitive computer networking market.
The deal, announced this afternoon, appears on the surface to help HP gain a position in China. This is where the action is in the computer networking market and a main reason for the acquisition. But below the surface is a story about 3Com's falling position in the Chinese market and the rise of Huawei Technologies , a player that everyone is... Read Full Story
While other big technology vendors have said they've seen demand bottom out and show signs of recovery, Hewlett-Packard Co. has stayed cautious, warning it's too soon to tell when its business will improve. HP's CEO, Mark Hurd, reinforced that outlook Thursday. He told investors and financial analysts at a meeting in New York that he's confident HP can hit its profit forecast, but he wouldn't speculate on the timing of a turnaround in tech spending. The recession has created a lot of pent-up... Read Full Story
For years now, Microsoft has been king when it comes to software on PC based computers, but Hewlett-Packard (HP) could change all that. The computer giant are giving Google the entrée that it needs to provide the go-to operating system for its new range of notebook computers.
As HP is the No. 1 PC maker, if they make a change to its preferred choice of operating system, the computer world will stand up and take notice. The news that Hewlett-Packard is looking into the possibility of using... Read Full Story
