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• HP dumps EDS brand

  Hewlett-Packard has flagged plans to dump the well-known EDS brand following its acquisition of the company last year.

• HP picks up AJ Lucas work

  Hewlett-Packard and its partner Astron Technology have picked up a multimillion-dollar deal to continue a services and products relationship with engineering and construction firm AJ Lucas.

• EDS still hiring in Burwood

  EDS Australia is currently advertising for a number of positions at facilities around the nation, including its Burwood, Sydney office, from which it only this week culled a number of staff.

• HP exec to lead EDS Australia

  One of HP's executives has been appointed to lead the Australia and New Zealand division of its new subsidiary, IT outsourcing giant EDS, with the group's acting managing director Neil Emerson being shunted aside in the process.

• Caspari needs to come clean

  The first task on new EDS Australia and New Zealand vice president David Caspari's plate should be to come clean on exactly what the local consequences of HP's acquisition of the Texan IT outsourcing giant will be.

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  The $5 budget challenge

  The ever-decreasing cost of storage might look like a useful development for the cash-strapped IT manager, but in fact the falling bucks per gigabyte figure can carry a hidden sting in the tail.

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• HP has no respect for EDS

  Hewlett-Packard's contemptuous termination of the 47-year-old EDS brand in a five-paragraph statement filled with marketing hogwash today is a colossal mistake and one the company will live to regret.

• Cutthroat IT services market stayed bloodless

  Australia's IT services market has come through its relatively mild financial crisis relatively unscathed, and certainly in much better shape than it could have ever anticipated.

• Four mid-range servers compared

  What's the best mid-range server on the market? We put machines from Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Lenovo through their paces in our labs.

• Australia's ICT industry is panicking

  The leaders of Australia's ICT industry are currently in a state of panic over the debatable prospect of an economic downturn in the sector and are going too far with cutting jobs.

• Case study: Western Power quality tool

  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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  How HP layoffs will impact IT

  ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das and senior editor Sam Diaz talk about the recent announcement that Hewlett-Packard will be reducing its workforce by nearly 25,000 due to its integration with EDS. They also discuss how HP is competing with IBM for more IT services market share.

Reviews (223)

• HP ProBook 4310s

  If you find that the price is right and you are only planning on doing menial tasks, you could do a lot worse than the HP ProBook.

• Six SAN shoot-out

  Managing data storage is just as much of a task (or greater) as managing the servers themselves. It makes sense to centralise management in larger organisations wherever possible. Enter the storage area network (SAN).

• HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless

  The HP Officejet Pro 8500 wireless makes a convincing inkjet argument for offices with a high volume of prints. With a function touchscreen, multiple networking options and an astoundingly fast print speed, it makes perfect sense to give this workhorse an Editors' Choice award.

• HP Officejet 6000

  We like the simplicity of the HP Officejet 6000 single-function inkjet printer, but its lack of an LCD screen takes some getting used to. Nevertheless, it performed well and earns our recommendation as a great single-function printer.

• HP Compaq t5730w Thin Client

  Designed for use with server-based desktops such as Terminal Services, Citrix and VMware View, HP's t5730w is an excellent mid-range device suitable for most office applications.

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