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RSS compaq in newsHP close to buying EDS for $12bn
News IBM acquired PWC for $3.5bn two years later, while HP took a dramatically different strategy and acquired PC maker Compaq. The Wall Street Journal initially reported the two have been in talks for HP to buy EDS for $12bn to $13bn, citing unnamed... [13 May 2008]
AMD chips into business market
News Yesterday HP introduced the Compaq dc5850 business PC, with the manufacturer's vice president and general manager, Alan Reed, claiming Business Class would satisfy corporate customers' desire for image stability. [29 Apr 2008]
Top five takeovers that shook the tech world
News HP and Compaq, $25bn, 2001: When tech services and hardware group HP bought PC maker Compaq, the move was hailed as the biggest takeover in the history of the sector. Microsoft last week launched a hostile $44.6bn takeover bid to buy web giant Yahoo! [04 Feb 2008]
HP, Dell, Apple... How happy are PC buyers?
News Hewlett-Packard's HP brand showed a one per cent improvement in a year, while its Compaq label is still rated the worst. Among PC vendors, Apple still leads the pack with a score of 79, and Compaq comes in at 73. [14 Aug 2007]
HP laptops ride latest Intel mobile wave
News The company, which historically spans well-engineered - though at times less glamorous - HP-badged models as well as Compaq PCs, given a logo spruce up this week (see photo below), is again number one in PC laptop sales worldwide, according to the... [10 May 2007]
Orange boss Ahuja steps down
News Pre-merger, Swantee worked for Compaq doing enterprise storage and product business management roles. The head of Orange, Sanjiv Ahuja, has stepped down as CEO of the mobile operator. The announcement was made as part of the latest set of quarterly... [27 Apr 2007]
Give IT managers incentive to go green, says HP
News The energy-efficient machines introduced by HP are the HP Compaq dx2250 and dx2300 desktops. HP is getting behind all things sustainable and green, including the idea that IT managers should be given budget incentives to improve IT efficiency. [02 Apr 2007]
HP means business with energy efficient PCs
News Three new HP Compaq PCs can be configured to meet that goal, according to the company. HP has released desktop PCs that will meet new energy ratings from the US Environmental Protection Agency. The agency's Energy Star 4.0 regulations, which go... [13 Mar 2007]
Businesses reluctant to ditch ageing legacy systems
News Can you beat silicon reader Kevin Hill who emailed to boast about a Compaq Contura Aero from 1994 still happily running Windows 3.11 on a 486 processor with 4MB of RAM and a 240MB hard drive? More than two-thirds of UK organisations admit they are... [05 Jan 2007]
Microsoft trumpets software 'Olympics'
News The first-place prize is a project development package, an HP Compaq nc2400 business laptop and the trip to the worldwide finals in Korea. Microsoft's competition to find the best student software designers around the world is now open, with $170... [23 Nov 2006]
Fiorina keeps mum on HP's Dunn
News Fiorina led HP through one of the largest mergers in the history of high tech, the takeover of Compaq Computer, and ended up losing her job there because of the combined company's struggles to keep pace with rivals. [18 Sep 2006]
HP to shrink its office space
News We're an amalgamation of four companies over the years," he said - referring to HP's major purchases of Compaq, Digital Equipment and Tandem. HP plans to consolidate its sprawling real estate holdings into more densely packed locations as part of... [07 Jul 2006]
HP creates iPaq division
News HP has continued to develop the iPaqs it inherited as part of the Compaq acquisition as the market for traditional personal digital assistants has declined. HP has given its iPaq handhelds their own business unit, announcing plans on Sunday to... [13 Feb 2006]
Apple pricing 'blunder' caught on camera
News In 2003 Amazon.co.uk refused to honour a mistake on its site which saw Compaq handheld computers advertised at £7.32. Apple appears to have become the latest firm to offer goods online at the wrong price and subsequently refuse to honour the sales. [04 Jan 2006]
Unisys backs "mature Linux"
News Blackmore moved on to Compaq and then joined HP in the merger of those two companies, before returning to Unisys. Open source is now "a mature technology" and the right cost-effective option for many companies, said Peter Blackmore, president of... [04 Nov 2005]
