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HP-Compaq: Merging Is The Easy Part
News Relentless price pressures, slowing PC sales, a sour economy, and the difficulty of merging two overlapping corporate bureaucracies that have been trying to shed employees during the past few months are just some of the problems facing Carly...
[September 4, 2001, 9:30]
HP-Compaq: Both PC Brands Will Stay
News Hewlett-Packard will maintain the consumer PC lines from both Compaq Computer and HP for now, an unexpected twist in a merger that in general will lead to fewer product lines. HP will continue to sell both the HP Pavilion and Compaq Presario...
[May 7, 2002, 17:31]
HP-Compaq Deal Not Likely To Scare Dell
News See full coverage at: "HP-Compaq: What happens now? Although the combined company will command a whopping 81 percent of the US retail PC market, the merger won't erase the problems that drove HP and Compaq to combine--namely, that Dell can make PCs...
[September 5, 2001, 9:39]
HP-Compaq: What Happens Now?
News Kewney's World: the HP-Compaq merger Weds 5th Sept Fears that the loss of Compaq's business as a result of the merger with HP will cost Lexmark dear are unfounded, say some analysts Summer fling turns into deal for HP, Compaq
[September 4, 2001, 12:50]
HP-Compaq Merger Hits Home Stretch
News HP declares victory in Compaq merger Tue 19 Mar: Shareholders vote on the HP-Compaq merger on Tuesday, while cloak-and-dagger tactics have been instituted to protect thousands of already-filed proxy votes
[March 18, 2002, 17:35]
HP-Compaq Merger Gets ISS Approval
News Topping his list of concerns is that HP would become too exposed to Compaq's low-margin PC business, but he has also touched on subjects such as executive pay. We believe ISS has missed the point -- we believe that the HP-Compaq merger will destroy...
[March 6, 2002, 10:19]
HP-Compaq Report Could Be The Deciding Factor
News Most recently, Walter Hewlett, who is a company director, released minutes from a board meeting to back up his claims that HP chief executive Carly Fiorina and Compaq chief executive Michael Capellas could get as much as $115m from a proposed...
[March 4, 2002, 6:31]
HP-Compaq Merger May Complicate Microsoft Relations
News Microsoft and the new HP will undoubtedly work on a number of new projects, but the relationship, at least initially, may not be as cozy as it was with Compaq. See full coverage: "HP-Compaq: What happens now?
[September 5, 2001, 12:41]
HP Compaq Tablet PCs Transform College Classes In Pilot Study
White Papers The University provided truly mobile PC technology with small, light HP Compaq Tablet PCs and powerful wireless access. The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819, sustains the ideal of developing, through education, leaders...
[March 2, 2006, 23:00]
HP-Compaq Merger Means More Job Cuts
News See full coverage: "HP-Compaq: What happens now? HP and Compaq are not the only PC makers to wield the axe this year. The new 10 percent cut for the staff of the combined HP-Compaq will not come until after the deal is approved sometime next year.
[September 5, 2001, 14:41]
HP-Compaq Would Be European Titan
News Globally, Dell passed Compaq as the largest PC maker in the first quarter of this year, and even combined, HP and Compaq will still not match Dell in PC sales. Both HP and Compaq have been losing worldwide PC market share and revenues in recent...
[September 4, 2001, 14:53]
Comdex 2001: Compaq, HP To Build Low-power Intel Servers
News Compaq's "QuickBlade" and HP's "PowerBar" are among the models that will use the chip, executives said. HP, Compaq, Dell Computer and IBM all are working on bladed server designs. Compaq Computer and Hewlett-Packard will be among the mainstream...
[November 13, 2001, 15:13]
HP Downplays Compaq Brand
News A year after completing its acquisition of Compaq Computer, HP is downplaying the Compaq name in its business products, arguing it is easier to sell one brand to corporate customers. The move represents a significant shift for HP, which had kept...
[June 17, 2003, 7:55]
HP, Compaq Set Dates For Merger Vote
News Hewlett-Packard and Compaq shareholders will vote on the proposed merger of their companies next month. Hewlett-Packard has set a date of Tuesday 19 March for its shareholders to vote and Compaq has chosen Wednesday 20 March.
[February 6, 2002, 10:17]
HP, Compaq: What's In A Name?
News The name on the chassis will be Hewlett-Packard, but many of the computers coming from HP in the future will likely bear Compaq Computer bloodlines -- if the merger goes through, that is. Assuming shareholders approve the acquisition of Compaq, it...
[March 11, 2002, 8:59]
Summer Fling Turns Into Deal For HP, Compaq
News See full coverage: "HP-Compaq: What happens now? From that innocuous phone call, HP chief executive Carly Fiorina and Compaq chief executive Michael Capellas mapped out integration plans with teams from both companies and recruited outside...
[September 5, 2001, 14:46]
Compaq Copies HP Pricing Plan
News Compaq has come up with its own variant of a Hewlett-Packard plan that allows companies to pay for computer systems based not on the systems' power but on how much they're used. Compaq announced a plan Tuesday that will let customers pay for...
[July 18, 2001, 13:48]
HP, Compaq Detail Fate Of Integration Team
News HP and Compaq created the integration team, or "clean room," as a way to get a head start once the merger closes. Employees who are developing Hewlett-Packard and Compaq's post-merger plans will not lose their jobs if the deal collapses, according...
[December 21, 2001, 13:04]
Hackers Attack HP, Compaq And Others
News Wednesday morning, the affected HP and Compaq sites still carried a message from the hackers: "Admin, You just got Sm0ked. Late Wednesday, Attrition.org, an independent organization that records hacking incidents, reported that Sm0ked Crew had...
[February 16, 2001, 9:07]
Wall Street: HP Plus Compaq May Not Add Up
News And the deal does nothing to address other problems that have plagued the two companies over the past few years, including HP's "underinvestment in technology in the mid-1990s and its lack of focus, and Compaq's execution challenges and cost...
[September 5, 2001, 12:49]
