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Five Questions for Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 9 at 7:01 pm PT

Leaner and meaner isn’t always enough. After a company-wide restructuring, growing profits is proving tougher than Cisco CEO John Chambers expected. You know, it don’t come easy.

Somebody’s Finally Interested in Buying Brocade

John Paczkowski in News on January 9 at 1:25 pm PT

Looks like Brocade is back in play. Finally.

Could Security Be HP’s Unexpected Strength?

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 19, 2011 at 6:44 am PT

Could security be the business that helps turn HP around? One analyst thinks so.

History Repeats Itself at Hewlett-Packard webOS Unit

Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 6, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

Leaked internal memos elucidate Hewlett-Packard’s plans for the future — such as it is — for the different pieces of its webOS business.

HP Networking Head: "People Are Tired of Paying for Cisco"

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 22, 2010 at 6:00 am PT

Marius Haas doesn’t do small jobs. During his five-year stint as head of corporate strategy for Hewlett-Packard, he was the one who oversaw the massive acquisition of IT services firm EDS in 2008. Now as head of HP Networking he has a job that is no less daunting: Wrestling with Cisco Systems.

HP’s Own CEO Candidates Unlikely to Seek Freedom After Passover

John Paczkowski in News on October 1, 2010 at 9:43 am PT

Hewlett-Packard’s decision to name Léo Apotheker as its new CEO hasn’t gone over particularly well with investors, who dragged the company’s stock into the mud this morning. At $40.50, HP shares are down 3.76 percent as I write this. So how is it going over internally, particularly with those execs who’d been internal candidates for the job?

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H-P to Brandish Its Technology Credentials

Suzanne Vranica and Justin Scheck, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 11, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

In need of an image makeover after an aggressive acquisition spree, Hewlett-Packard is launching its first corporate advertising campaign in more than five years. The company, which consumers know primarily for its printers, says it is seeking to recast itself as a broader technology concern with a campaign featuring, among others, rapper Dr. Dre and stand-up comedian Rhys Darby, star of the HBO series “Flight of the Conchords.”

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Cisco Ends Reseller Agreement with H-P

Ben Worthen, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 19, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Cisco Systems on Thursday said it was dropping H-P from its reseller program, capping off a year in which the two tech giants have increasingly encroached on one another’s turf. The change, which will take effect April 30, means that H-P will no longer have access to information like Cisco’s product roadmaps, which help partners make long-term plans for how to position Cisco gear.

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VC-Backed Companies Could Be Next On H-P's Shopping List

Scott Denne, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 12, 2009 at 4:58 pm PT

When Hewlett-Packard Co. announced the $2.7 billion purchase of 3Com Corp., it let the world know that H-P intends to compete fully with Cisco Systems Inc. in the corporate data center. With its strength in Ethernet, 3Com gives HP a major piece of the pie, but it still needs a few more slices if it wants to be a one-stop-shop for data centers.