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    Hewlett-Packard has opened its wallet once again to build its software business making a bid for vendors Opsware and Neoware.

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    IT services firm ASG Group has acquired ASX-listed Oracle database firm AD-B Group for $3 million, claiming it gives the company an in-road to lucrative defence contracts.

  • HP ProCurve buys Colubris

    HP ProCurve has made its first acquisition with the purchase of wireless-networking provider Colubris Networks for an undisclosed sum, HP announced on Monday in the UK.

  • Hewlett-Packard seals EDS deal

    Hewlett-Packard completed on Tuesday in the US its mega-acquisition of computer services giant EDS.

  • HP/EDS preps for Aussie restructure

    Hewlett-Packard and EDS are expected to shortly detail which executives will lead their now combined Australian operation following HP's $13.9 billion acquisition of the Texan IT outsourcing giant over the past several months.

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    Despite having a quality management product on the books at Western Power, no one was using it, causing the energy company to have problems with software development quality.

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    Hewlett-Packard executives are mulling plans to improve over the next 18 months the technology the company uses to manage its direct sales, while it continues with commercial printing efforts and acquisitions of software companies.

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    The move to Itanium has meant a rocky road for Hewlett-Packard's high-end server group. But the man leading the company's transition to the Intel chip believes the worst potholes are in the rear-view mirror.

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    Shouldered aside by recent entrants into the smartphone and mobile e-mail market, HP sees a tougher focus on business users, enterprise markets and device management as keys to regaining its leadership.

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    The Compaq name is getting pushed further aside in the no-longer-so-new Hewlett-Packard.

  • HP finds a thrilla in Mozilla

    Hewlett-Packard will sidestep a Netscape-branded browser for its open-source original, a move the company calls a vote of confidence for the open-source model.

  • HP-Compaq: One company, two brands? Forget it!

    Major computer retailers who offer both Compaq Presarios and Hewlett-Packard Pavilion desktops should drop one line or the other.

  • HP and Compaq: A train wreck in slow motion?

    ACQUISITIONS: Hewlett-Packard and Compaq today announced a multi-billion dollar stock-swap deal that'll meld the two companies into one. A good move? I think not. Here's why.

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