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  • Paperless offices 'a fallacy': HP exec

    The dream of every environmentally-conscious organisation - the paperless office - has been "somewhat of a fallacy" according to Bruce Dahlgren, HP'ssenior vice president of managed enterprise solutions, imaging and printing group.

  • HP buy of Palm confirms sale rumours

    Hewlett-Packard has announced it plans to buy struggling phone maker Palm for US$1.2 billion (NZ$1.67 billion).
    The announcement, which came just after the US stock market closed on Wednesday, follows recent rumours of a number of suitors, including Lenovo and HTC, vying to buy the iconic brand.
    Palm last year released a new operating system, WebOS, that now runs on two phone models. But amid tough competition from Apple's iPhone and Google's Android phones, Palm struggled to sell the phones. During its last earnings call, Palm said that it had a large inventory of phones that hadn't yet sold and so future earnings would be lower than expected.
    "Palm's innovative operating system provides an ideal platform to expand HP's mobility strategy and create a unique HP experience spanning multiple mobile connected devices," said Todd Bradley, executive vice president of HP's Personal Systems Group, in a statement. He added that HP intends to use the Palm technology in an effort to become a leader in the mobile device business.
    Palm chairman and CEO Jon Rubinstein called the deal a "vote of confidence in Palm's technological leadership".
    HP said that Rubinstein is expected to remain with the combined company.
    The deal is expected to close by July 31.

  • HP takes on Apple's iPad with Slate tablet

    Hewlett-Packard this week started leaking information about its upcomping tablet computer, apparently hoping to take advantage of the hype and buzz surrounding Saturday's release Apple's iPad tablet computer.

  • BoP Polytech reboots IT infrastructure

    Bay of Plenty Polytechnic has ditched an EMC storage area network (SAN) and Cisco network switch in favour of Hewlett-Packard systems, as part of a major overhaul of its IT infrastructure.

  • Canterbury Uni boosts network to 10Gbit/s

    Juniper Networks is overhauling the University of Canterbury’s network deploying a 10 Gbit/s Ethernet network to provide students high-speed access to video, voice, business and web applications.

  • Touch tech boosts AJ Hackett experience

    World-famous tourism operator AJ Hackett Bungy has deployed a cutting edge touchscreen system, linked by a fibre optic and wireless network, to boost its adventure tourism business.

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