A Hewlett-Packard business unit has signed a $147 million deal to help the Delaware Health and Social Services Department implement a new system for managing the state’s Medicaid enrollment applications and claims. HP Enterprise Services will deploy an interChange Medicaid management information system and continue serving as the fiscal agent for the Delaware’s health agency under […] More

Mark Hawkins, former chief financial officer and executive vice president of Autodesk, will serve as chief financial officer salesforce.com starting August 1 and report to Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO. Salesforce.com said Monday that outgoing CFO Graham Smith will stay on as a full-time adviser to assist in the transition until his retirement on March 31 next year. “We are thrilled […] More

A consortium of Atos, Accenture and Hewlett-Packard will maintain Europe’s public security information system under a framework contract with the European Agency for Large-Scale IT Systems. Consortium lead Atos will work to define requirements and validate software for the Schengen Information System II, Accenture said Friday. Accenture is responsible for extending SIS’ system performance, as […] More

Hewlett-Packard conducts service delivery reviews to gain new technological ideas and use these to improve customer experience, Washington Technology reported Wednesday. Nick Wakeman writes that Marilyn Crouther, senior vice president and general manager for public sector at HP Enterprise Services, has said the current business landscape pushes HP to collaborate with clients on balancing cost […] More

Hewlett-Packard announced today it is extending its data protection from data center to cloud with encryption innovations its new Atalla solutions that will work to help safe-guard data throughout its entire life-cycle. “As organizations embrace the New Style of IT, protecting sensitive information as it moves within and outside the enterprise becomes more critical than […] More

Hewlett-Packard announced the introduction of two supercomputer servers that will enable them to compete with IBM and Cray in the high-end of the market, CDR Info reported yesterday. The two new systems, HP Apollo 6000 and HP Apollo 8000, are utilizing high-performance computing technology that allows HP to create technology breakthroughs and expand the tech […] More

AT&T has moved to grow its cloud ecosystem with the addition of Hewlett-Packard’s cloud services offerings. Clients of AT&T will gain access to HP’s Helion cloud portfolio through AT&T NetBond by using virtual private networks, AT&T said Monday. Andy Geisse, CEO of AT&T Business Solutions, said the company intends to meet customer demand for security […] More

Kim Stevenson, corporate vice president and chief information officer of Intel, has been appointed to the board of directors at enterprise data management firm Cloudera. “Kim’s experience and strategic role as CIO of Intel are particularly valuable as she represents the voice of the customer and has a deep understanding of how data and insight can transform […] More

Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new private cloud technology offering for high-security government customers, FCW reported Tuesday. Adam Mazmanian writes the Helion managed private cloud is designed to host sensitive data under the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Level 5 authorization. Jeff Bergeron, vice president and chief technology officer for HP’s U.S. public sector, told FCW the new […] More

Hewlett-Packard plans to invest more than $1 billion in cloud computing technologies over the next two years, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Spencer Ante writes HP will hire developers and consultants to develop cloud systems and increase the company’s data centers to 20 over the next 18 months through the investment. Meg Whitman, CEO of […] More

Tony Prophet, formerly a group lead at Hewlett-Packard, has joined Microsoft as corporate vice president of Windows Marketing, Geek Wire reported Thursday.  Todd Bishop writes that Prophet will start his new position in May and will be responsible for Windows Marketing’s ecosystem and assisting clients in using Windows. Prophet led HP’s printing and personal systems group in his […] More

Hewlett-Packard has released an enterprise-class storage disk array that is designed to help customers consolidate storage, make data available and recover from disasters. HP XP7 Storage is built to consolidate up to 4.5 petabytes of data in a single array, deliver up to 3 million I/O per second, support different media choices and use multiarray virtualization to protect data, the […] More