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HP Wins Bidding War for Data Storage Vendor 3PAR for $2.4B as Dell Bows Out
The bidding war for data storage vendor 3PAR is over, with HP winning the company for $2.4 billion after Dell bowed out. - (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HPQ) won the bidding war to buy data storage company 3PAR Inc (NYSE:PAR) for $2.4 billion, after rival Dell Inc (NASDAQ:DELL) bowed out from a drawn-out bidding war on Thursday. HP raised its offer by $3 to $33 per share, beating Dell's latest $32-a-share offe...

HP Lessons Hurd: 10 Things the CEO`s Departure Has Taught Us About HP
With HP formidable CEO Mark Hurd out at HP and no replacement in sight, its quickly becoming clear that the venerable company is in desperate need of direction. Although its still churning out profits for its shareholders, there is little debating that things would be better if a strong leader was back at HPs helm. Hurd made a name for himself as one of the strongest and channel-centric CEOs the company has ever had. He made a point of regularly meeting with end-user customer companies at channel partner-hosted events. And he made bold aggressive moves to keep HP in the dominant position where it is, including acquisitions of EDS, 3Com and Palm. Regardless, Hurd is gone. And so far, HP has taught the tech world quite a bit about the company since he left. Many of the lessons are negative ones that the next CEO will need to address. But they are valuable lessons nonetheless. <br /><br /> Lets take a look: - ...

HP Launches CloudStart to Track Private Clouds
HP's CloudStart platform, built on the company's Converged Infrastructure, offers an open architecture approach to deploying private cloud environments. - Technology giant HP announced the launch of CloudStart, designed as an all-in-one solution for deploying an open and private cloud environment within 30 days. Built on an HP Converged Infrastructure, CloudStart helps simplify and speed private cloud deployments. Consisting of hardware, software a...