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Amy Cravens
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) is the world’s largest technologies company, with operations in nearly every country and annual sales of $188 billion (2008).  HP holds a dominant position in PC sales, which it stole from Dell in 2006, with nearly 20 percent worldwide market share for the third quarter of 2009 (up from 18.4 percent for the same period in 2008).  HP also ranks second worldwide in networking gear.
HP, while a engineering giant, has proven itself to still be fairly agile.
The technology giant,Windows 7 Ultimate 64 HP Enterprise Veep’s Depar, however,Office 2010 Sale, does not appear to be content with this No. 2 status,Office Standard Key, and in November 2009 it announced plans to purchase 3Com for $2.7 billion.  The deal will augment HP’s existing Pro Curve networking line with 3Com’s router and switching gear.  In a move aimed directly at improving competitive footing against Cisco’s unified computing systems, it is curious that HP did not choose to acquire an existing partner in the networking space, such as Brocade and Juniper, to round out its Pro Curve line.
Hewlett-Packard has also recently made news with an announced partnership with Microsoft to promote cloud computing.  The cloud is seen as the next-generation computing model that utilizes remote servers for data storage and management,Office Ultimate 2007, allowing client-side devices to use smaller and more efficient chips that consume less energy than standard computers. The two companies have indicated that they will invest $250 million over the next three years to link Microsoft software with HP gear and sell it as one. The two have committed to what they call the infrastructure-to-application model with an eye to establishing both companies as big players in cloud computing. As with the 3Com acquisition, the HP-Microsoft partnership squarely targets Cisco and its alliance with VMware.
HP, while a technology giant, has proven itself to still be fairly agile.  As expressed in the partnerships discussed, HP continues to seek out opportunities to improve upon product lines and to expand into new arenas.  HP further evidenced its commitment to embracing technology as well as societal trends in its January 2010 announcement that it will introduce a range of environmentally friendly desktop and notebook PCs and displays.  By keeping its finger on the pulse of consumer demand and technological innovation, HP is proving that despite its old age (85 years old in 2010),Office 2010 Product Key, it can compete with younger, more agile companies.