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- HP sees Q4 gains from EDS acquisition
- Hewlett Packard reported a net profit of $2.11 billion, or 84 cents per share, on revenue of $33.6 billion for its fourth quarter. Statement The results and an outlook for 2009 matched the preliminary figures the company release on Nov. 18. The preliminary report had topped Wall Street expectations...
- Tags: Revenue, Acquisition, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Why IT mergers fail
- Why IT mergers faileds hp lay offsTry employing writers that can count.24600 lay offs 50% will be in the USA so 12300 out 47,000 is ~25%.SidetrackThe gain from a Hurd/Fiorina style merger is easy to comprehend, Murph. Combine two companies and lay off a slew of people. All...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, information technology, Hewlett-Packard Co., merger, Electronic Data Systems Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Why IT mergers fail
- Why do so many IT mergers fail? Because the people pushing them understand money management; not technology, not people, and not technology markets. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Layoff, Hewlett-Packard Co., Merger, Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Joe, Mergers & Acquisitions, Workforce Management, Investment, Finance, Human Resources, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Amid financial sector turmoil, combined HP-EDS solutions uniquely span public-private divide
- The timing of Wall Street facing some of its darker days comes as HP and the newly acquired EDS unit are combining forces in unique ways. Between them, EDS and HP have been servicing the financial and government sectors for decades. Combined, HP and EDS are uniquely positioned to assist...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Financial, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Podcasts, Financial Accounting, Internet, Finance, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Ax Falling At EDS - HP
- 24,600 Folks to Get Their Papers When HP acquired EDS, you had to wonder whether they did it for the talented employees, the EDS data centers, the customer base or the outsourcing contracts. Mark Hurd's move this week pretty much says it wasn't for the...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Professional Development, Data Centers, Career, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-09-21
- HP to cut nearly 25,000 jobs as part of EDS integration
- HP to cut nearly 25,000 jobs as part of EDS integrationbest move so farThis is how we are going to keep America competitive and eliminate the pork that goes to useless employees rather than the stockholders.You missed the restocking part ...About half of the positions will be re-filled, just not...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Recruitment & Selection, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., computer, job
- Discussion threads 2008-09-15
- HP to cut nearly 25,000 jobs as part of EDS integration
- Hewlett-Packard is releasing details of its plans to integrate EDS into growth strategy, including a restructuring plan for the EDS business group that will reduce the workforce by almost 25,000 employees - half of which are in the U.S. - over the next three years. From HP's release: The...
- Tags: Job, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Integration, Workforce, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- HP vs. IBM: The looming IT services war
- HP and IBM want your services business and the jockeying for position has already begun. Later today, HP holds its analyst meeting where CEO Mark Hurd will provide a new financial outlook including the EDS purchase, which just closed, and outline the company's enterprise plan. In a...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Analyst, Mark Hurd, Electronic Data Systems Corp., IBM Corp., Shope, Human Capital, It Services, Outsourcing, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- Startups: Where's the business technology?
- This week brought a bevy of product and company launches courtesy of the DemoFall and TechCrunch 50 conferences and a lot of it looked fun. The problem: You may never hear of some of these companies again. What's a business technology manager to do? Admittedly the question...
- Tags: Business Technology, Opsware Inc., Start-up, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Web 2.0, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- Now that the HP-EDS deal has been consummated
- Now that the HP-EDS deal has been consummatedHP-EDSI am sure all of the customer service jobs will go to India. How many of the rest of the jobs will follow?
- Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Now that the HP-EDS deal has been consummated
- The Irregulars draws its 'crew' from a wide and varied group of technology interests. One is Charlie Bess, an EDS Fellow. These are the brightest of the brightest among EDS thinkers and we are honored to have Charlie's insights. Now that the HP-EDS deal has been consummated, Charlie felt free...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Outsourcing, Investment, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Magna Charta: Welcome Back, Ross Perot
- So, EDS is gone again, subsumed by HP. But, lo and behold, H. Ross Perot is back, just in time for the presidential elections. Now, you can view his slides about the dangers of the federal deficit and debt online, any time you want. Or, hear him posit...
- Tags: Ross Perot, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- HP closes EDS purchase; Outlines services exec line-up
- HP on Tuesday said it completed its $13.9 billion acquisition of EDS and announced its management team for its services unit. With the EDS purchase, HP's services business will have annual revenue of more than $38 billion and 210,000 employees. Now the integration begins. HP CEO Mark...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Senior Vice President, Outsourcing, Data Centers, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Are we ready to declare the "time of death" for the enterprise data center?
- Are we ready to declare the "time of death" for the enterprise data center?CheapHow is cloud computing cheaper for huge corporations?No enterprises are using...the cloud for things like this. Only individuals and small companies that don't want to pay for there own internal IT.In fact, bloggers are the only people...
- Tags: cloud computing, Financial Planning, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Technologists, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Global IT Firm Poised to Enhance Security, Cut Costs With Operating System Upgrade
- EDS is a global supplier of information technology and business process outsourcing services that supports more than 3 million Windows-based devices. The company decided to deploy Windows Vista Enterprise starting with a pilot deployment for 1,000 users. EDS plans to continue its rollout to approximately 130,000 users over the next...
- Tags: Security, BPO, Information Technology, Operating System, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Microsoft Windows, Outsourcing, Operational Planning, It Services, Strategy, It Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management
- Case studies 2008-08-19
- News to know: Apple patch; IBM; PC upgrades; EDS; Yahoo
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Apple finally ships DNS flaw fix, patches 16 other Mac OS X holes Nate McFeters: Black Hat talk on Apple encryption flaw pulled Black Hat Sneak Preview Larry Dignan: IBM plans building spree: To build $360M...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, PC, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Electronic Data Systems Corp., IBM Corp., FireWire, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- EDS shareholders approve HP deal; EDS shoots down layoff rumors
- EDS shareholders approve HP deal; EDS shoots down layoff rumorsPlease!!!!When was the last time HP acquired or merged with a major company in which they didnt lay off employees? May as well start passing out the canes and top hats to management as they attempt to lull employees into a...
- Tags: Workforce management, Electronic Data Systems Corp., EDS shareholder, layoff rumor, layoff, Hewlett-Packard Co., shareholder
- Discussion threads 2008-07-31
- EDS shareholders approve HP deal; EDS shoots down layoff rumors
- Updated throughout: EDS said Thursday that shareholders have approved the HP acquisition of the IT services company. Internally, rumors about impending layoffs at EDS are surfacing, but a company spokesman called the rumors "completely factually incorrect." According to a statement, 98.8 percent of EDS common stock was...
- Tags: Shareholder, Layoff, Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Workforce Management, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Data 7 Embroidery Design Suite (zip)
- The Data 7 EDS has: Scanning Import pictures from your hard disc, scanner and even Web cam. Load them in to the Data 7 EDS and digitize over the top manually; Manual Digitizing Digitize over images or on a blank canvas; Monogramming a wide variety of fonts enabling you to...
- Tags: Electronic Data Systems Corp., Data 7 Consultancy, Scanners, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2008-06-26
- HP has its sights set on swift yet cost-reduction-intense data center transformation projects
- HP now has the number one revenue share of servers spend worldwide, recently beating IBM in that role, said Livermore. One out of every three servers delivered around the world is an HP server, she said. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
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