Year: 2005

  • HP Announces Massive Job Cuts

    HP Announces Massive Job Cuts

    John G. Spooner

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    Hewlett-Packard Co. will lay off nearly 10 percent of its staff in a restructuring plan designed to increase its ability to compete in the computer market and boost profitability. The Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant on Tuesday announced the plan, which includes cutting 14,500 positions from is global work force of 150,000, and reorganizing its… Read more

  • Tougher Decisions Lie Ahead for HP

    Tougher Decisions Lie Ahead for HP

    Eric Lundquist

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    In his conference call Tuesday outlining the 14,500 employee cutbacks and the restructuring of Hewlett-Packard into three main groups, recently installed CEO Mark Hurd indicated that he will be intent on finding new efficiencies at HP in existing market segments rather than pulling back or dropping out of any of the company’s broad market offerings.… Read more

  • HP Restructuring Looks Ahead to Compete

    HP Restructuring Looks Ahead to Compete

    John G. Spooner

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    Hewlett-Packard says that by making cuts now, it’s investing in its future. But some analysts are still waiting for the other shoe to drop. The Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant, as expected on Tuesday, enacted a major restructuring plan it says will get its finances in order and ultimately make it more competitive in the… Read more

  • SMB Data Replication Box Aims to Replace Tape

    Lisa Vaas

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    Lasso Logic plans to ship a gadget Monday it says will help small and midsize businesses free themselves from the snarl of cumbersome tape systems they use to back up data. The gadget works in tandem with Lasso Logic’s storage facilities to give customers managed off-site storage and backup of all their data. Out in… Read more

  • In the Server Room, Cooling Is a Hot Topic

    In the Server Room, Cooling Is a Hot Topic

    Jeffrey Burt

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    Vendors are looking to both hardware and software to help customers handle growing problems with heat in data centers. The focus comes at a time when the promise of greater compute power is being thwarted by the increased heat generated by faster processors and denser form factors. System makers say new features in their servers… Read more

  • High-Level System Models Reduce Errors

    Peter Coffee

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    At the apogee of software challenges are the rigorous demands of robotic deep-space missions. NASA’s July 4 success in hitting a bullet with a bullet—specifically, hitting a comet nucleus with a probe about the size of a coffee table at a relative speed of 23,000 mph—updates the archive of these high-profile tests. Ironically, such missions… Read more