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• HP says Whitman's politics are her own

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 31 May, 2012 10:27

  Since taking over HP last year, CEO Meg Whitman has continued to help Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. That stance may carry risks ranging from public perception of the company to closer scrutiny by the government.

• yARN: Are we in for a fresh wave of interest in virtual desktops?

  By Stephen Withers | 30 May, 2012 08:45

  The traditional reason for considering virtual desktops in place of conventional PCs has been TCO, with much of the saving coming from the ongoing management and administration benefits. But those savings largely accrued because of the difficulty of managing large numbers of PCs, so small businesses couldn’t really benefit unless they went down the DaaS (desktop as a service) route.

• Ovum: HP restructure necessary, but where is Whitman leading the company?

  By Nermin Bajric | 25 May, 2012 11:30

  HP’s recent restructuring, which saw it slash 27,000 jobs which presents eight per cent of its workforce, is a necessary move in order for the company to restore both customer and market confidence after a rocky two years, according to Ovum principal analyst, John Madden.

• HP poised to cut up to 30,000 jobs

  By AAP | 18 May, 2012 09:13

  Hewlett-Packard is reportedly poised to eliminate up to 30,000 jobs to help offset dwindling demand for personal computers as more people connect to the Internet on smartphones and tablets.

• Why Ultrabook laptops aren't just MacBook Air clones

  By Melanie Pinola | 18 May, 2012 06:04

  Ultrabooks are sleek, super-thin laptops that often feature a silver, wedge or tapering design--yes, just like the Apple MacBook Air.

• Juniper to license Radware tech for data center?

  By Jim Duffy | 17 May, 2012 05:44

  Juniper Networks is negotiating a deal with Radware to license application delivery controller technology from the company, according to investment firm Oppenheimer & Co.

• EXCLUSIVE: HP PPS A/NZ channel to wait a little longer

  By Nermin Bajric | 16 May, 2012 11:04

  The A/NZ channel will have to wait a little longer to reap the benefits of HP's new printing and personal systems (PPS) organisation, according to newly-appointed HP PPS A/NZ vice-president and general manager, Robert Mesaros.

• HP Labs to blend digital and physical worlds

  By Nermin Bajric | 16 May, 2012 10:16

  HP’s central research unit, HP Labs, has revealed that its future direction is focused on morphing the digital and physical worlds with innovations that have enhanced environmental interaction capabilities, evolved storage, and are Cloud-powered.

• HP touts Windows 8 tablet this year

  By Christina DesMarais | 13 May, 2012 06:33

  Apple, Asus, and Samsung, look out -- HP is again jumping into the tablet fray.

• From packet inspectors to WAN optimizers, network add-ons are all the rage

  By Jon Gold | 12 May, 2012 06:33

  These days, it seems like a dozen new network "extras" - including traffic monitors, packet inspection technologies and management products, to name just a few - are launched every week, all advertising large-scale gains in performance, security and ease of use.

• EXCLUSIVE: HP fills key leadership role for new organisation with Mesaros

  By Nermin Bajric | 10 May, 2012 20:21

  HP’s Robert Mesaros is returning home to Australia as A/NZ vice-president and general manager for the vendor’s new organisation, Printing and Personal Systems (PPS) group.

• C keeps its lead over Java, but index's accuracy is questioned

  By Paul Krill | 11 May, 2012 03:25

  The C language, which displaced Java as the most popular language in the Tiobe Programming Community monthly assessment in April, has maintained its number 1 spot in the May report released this week. But a high-profile member of the PHP community is questioning the accuracy of the index itself.

• HP has all the ingredients for software defined networking, almost

  By Jim Duffy | 11 May, 2012 02:52

  LAS VEGAS -- HP says it has all of the necessary orchestration tools for its software defined networking strategy - the big question is, will it build its own controller?

• VMware: Virtualise the rest of the datacentre

  By Brandon Butler | 11 May, 2012 02:52

  The server has been virtualised, now it's time for the rest of the datacentre - including the network - to catch up. That's the message form VMware at this year's Interop, as the company seeks to ensure it remains a major enterprise IT player while the software-defined networking trend continues to gain momentum.

• HP Global Influencer Summit 2012: Transforming with the consumerisation of IT (+ slideshow)

  By Nermin Bajric | 10 May, 2012 11:18

  HP is focusing squarely on the consumerisation of IT at its Global Influencer Summit 2012 in Shanghai, China.