As the Times notes, Dunn rose from a secretary to run the investment firm Barclays Global, and then to serve as chairwoman at HP, only to be forced out at HP for her role in a scandal in which the company spied on reporters and others in an attempt to stop boardroom leaks.
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Competitors such as HP are only now now starting to catch up to what Apple can do, in terms of features and price.
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Five companies including HP ultimately got to the point of making offers, but only HP is publicly named in the filing -- the other suitors are referred to as Companies A, B, C, and D.
The sales-minded executive Tuesday announced he was dissolving an HP group responsible for sales to small- and medium-sized businesses to give HP's salespeople more direct customer contact, and stressed that HP would work only with partners that made it a point to champion HP products.
Of all the hardware OEMs, only HP went into Itanium with both feet.
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About 70% of all electric motors are rated between 1 hp and 200 hp, yet only about 15% meet NEMA standards.
With all of these components, HP becomes the only firm that can supply end to end enterprise IT, including hardware and software, either on premises or under the Infrastructure as a Service model.
Overseas, WiFi and 3G versions of Opal will be sold by several carriers and HP in the UK, Germany, and France, while a WiFi only version will be in Italy and Spain, only through HP.
Fiorina is pushing HP as "the only system business" among the big IT players.
The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services.
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Although it only has 15 hp more than the gasoline 6.2-liter V8 also offered in the F-350, it has almost double the torque, at an impressive 800 lb.
Even Platt, 58, who was only the fourth chief HP ever had, admits to some awkwardness.
Dell depends on selling personal computers for the majority of its revenue, while desktops contribute only a quarter of HP's sales.
In E-mode, only the 114-hp rear electric motor propels the vehicle and the TDI engine is shut off and decoupled from the drivetrain.
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While the EDS acquisition cemented HP's spot in the top tier of information technology services firms, trailing only IBM, analysts had anticipated big cuts as HP integrated EDS' offerings with its own services arm.
Xerox isn't the only player selling supplies for HP laser printers, but it has better name recognition than Lexmark or Laser Quest Services.
In the 1980s, IBM was king, then Compaq took the crown through the late 1990s, then Dell held the position from 2001 through 2006, only to be supplanted by HP, which is now in turn being replaced by Lenovo.
Hurd soon learned that some of HP's most powerful execs had controlled only 30% of their budgets.
HP, two leading computer makers, is only the beginning of consolidation in hardware.
About the only difference between Haas Pavilion and HP Pavilion turned out to be 50 miles, two letters and one monumental stage in the NCAA tournament.
The old garage has been expropriated by Fiorina not only as the new symbol of HP, but also apparently to give her the entrepreneurial spurs earned by Bill and Dave in the course of a half-century.
With respect to the company's divisions, personal systems, printing, enterprise, services and software have each taken a hit from the previous year, with HP's financial services segment being the only unit to show growth (despite the fact that financing volume is also down).
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Printing from the Palm was an option only with an expensive Bluetooth-enabled HP printer I didn't happen to have.
The cartridges aren't the only wedge Xerox seeks to drive into HP's turf.
So far researchers at Columbia University have only managed to exploit the hole on HP printers, but it's possible (if not likely) that others are also affected.
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Whitworth, after all, only holds about a 1% stake in HP.
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On licensing WebOS to partners: Apotheker says there is no reason to think that the only hardware that can use it will come from HP.
Only a few days ago, powerhouse tech company HP threw in the towel, withdrawing from the mobility business and discontinuing its TouchPad tablet, launched less than 3 months ago.
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Toshiba, Apple, HP, and Nokia implemented policies to require their suppliers to use only audited, conflict-free smelters, once enough are available.
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Palm was most interested in HP and Companies A and B, while C and D initially only wanted to acquire Palm's patents.
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