Good news for some: HP is now trying to rectify a situation in which the company was forcing a few hundred of its employees to take new jobs with giant pay cuts, or be let go with no layoff severance. Specifically, HP is renegotiating the […]
HP is now trying to rescue some employees involved in its unusual layoff
New Managed Print Services Procurement Contract Vehicle Announced
The Department of General Services has recently adopted the New Mexico WSCA contract for Managed Print Services. MPS is a relatively new procurement strategy at least for government which changes the traditional way an organization procures printers and related items. This state contract allows for […]
Now, DMV Reportedly Halts Major $210 Million IT Project…
The California Technology Agency’s IT Project Tracking web site has for several consecutive months posted ominous project status reports, replete with bright red warning signs indicating serious implementation problems on the DMV’s IT Modernization Project. Today the DMV announced that it was apparently halting its […]
Asking the Important Questions: Can CEO Meg Whitman save Hewlett-Packard?
Interesting article by Chris O’Brien in LATimes about the former gubernatorial candidate: The former gubernatorial candidate is struggling to revive the troubled tech giant, a process that could take years… It sometimes seems as if just about everything that could go wrong at HP has gone […]
Budget Task Force Union Representatives Double List of IT and Other Service Contracts for Cancellation: Now at $2 Billion
As Techwire.Net reported last week: A task force created by a budget-related agreement with SEIU Local 1000 to review IT vendor and other private-sector contracts with state agencies has met and started the process to determine which potentially should be cancelled or renegotiated… It’s a […]
HP slams ‘sensational’ reports about LaserJet printer hack vulnerability
According to a story at PhysOrg.com Columbia University researchers have demonstrated how hackers can use printers not only to infect computer systems and steal information but to set printers on fire. HP’s reaction: Today there has been sensational and inaccurate reporting regarding a potential security […]
Western Blue/NWN bidding Samsung virtually sweeps the board on new State printer contract award; Xerox protests
State of California Department of General Services this week announced their long anticipated award of the new statewide printer/copier contract. The new procurement involved 19 separate categories for printers, copiers and so-called multi-function devices. There were 18 awards made and Western Blue/NWN bidding Samsung devices […]
Heard the one about HP and Apple?
Heard a clever line being passed around concerning HP’s decision to abandon the HP TouchPad Tablets, and the resulting fire sale where 16GB tablet could be had for under $100. All supplies were quickly snapped up, engendering this little gem: HP now knows what it’s […]
Big News from Palo Alto; HP selling PC business to Samsung?
Interesting to see what impact this may have on State of California’s Strategic Sourcing printing procurement currently in its final stages. And it would be ironic to see HP finally closing door on the Compaq buy out a decade ago. The Samsung gambit reported last […]
HP CEO Mark Hurd Resigns Over Inappropriate Conduct Charges
Just a few hours ago, HP’s CFO and Interim CEO Cathie Lesjak announced that CEO Mark Hurd had been forced to resign due to inappropriate conduct. According to Lesjak, an internal investigation determined that “Mark had failed to disclose a close personal relationship he had […]