On Aug. 16, Dell announced an agreement to acquire 3PAR Inc. in a $1.15 billion deal. A week later, HP says it has submitted a proposal to buy 3PAR for $1.6 billion.
Hewlett Packard Corp. is taking another step into the services arena by buying Fortify Software, a privately held software security assurance company in San Mateo, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Harris Corp. has hired Murray Sewell II as its vice president of business development for the company’s intelligence and civilian clients of its information technology services business.
HP Enterprise Services will furnish the Air Force with a new command and control system capable of boosting its cyber defense capabilities under a new contract.
Hewlett-Packard Co. will spend $1 billion to automate data centers and other company functions of its Enterprise Services business, a move analysts say will affect some 9,000 employees between now and about 2013.
After merging with EDS last year to become a single, new entity, the company has its fingers in myriad pies and is looking to hire the best and brightest to help.
Hewlett-Packard Corp. will help the Homeland Security Department speed internal processing of immigration status under a $41.6 million DHS Eagle contract.
Larry Irving, Hewlett Packard’s new vice president of global government affairs, says his travels to HP facilities around the world have given him a perspective on the leading government information technology issues of the day -- especially cybersecurity.
Hewlett-Packard Corp. has signed a three-year, $123 million technology services agreement extension with California’s Welfare Client Data Systems consortium to enhance services to the state’s welfare clients.
HP Enterprise Services has established a new practice to assist current and future defense clients and appointed a former top DOD official to run the business.
Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard disclosed a $250 million, three-year partnership to develop and market next-generation data center technology and application infrastructure that combines virtualization, system management and cloud computing.
Dell's purchase of Perot Systems announced in September is part of a continuing realignment of the information technology industry, according to analysts.
