The HP-Cisco Alliance In early 1997‚ the first HP-Cisco alliance was first formed. HP was Cisco’s first publicly announced strategic alliance partner. The agreement between the two companies focused on technology collaboration‚ product integration‚ professional services‚ and customer support. The first contract lasted until February of 2002‚ when both HP and Cisco decided to further formalize and expand their alliance by signing a new contract. Shortly afterwards in March of 2002‚ HP merged
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The HP – Cisco Alliance Hewlett-Packard (HP) was founded in 1939 from William Hewlett & David Packard with $538. It is an american mulitnational information technology corporation‚ which is headquartered in Palo Alto and provides hardware‚ software and services for that. Their built their first product‚ an audio-frequency oscillator in a garage‚ now this garage is known as the birthplace of Silicon Valley. One of their first cumstomers were the Walt Disney Studios. In 1999 HP was divided into
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HP DESKJET 1. HP is in an inventory crisis. What should it do? Qualitatively evaluate the options given in case A: (a) Build a new European factory‚ (b) Utilize air shipments for Europe (c) Do better forecasting (d) Reduce customer service by lowering fill rate (e) Keep more inventory. a) HP has 3 distribution centers. Those of Europe and Asia Pacific Distribution Centers are in an inventory crisis. Especially crisis is becoming deeper in European Distribution Center. Is it a solution
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1. Discuss the three most serious problems you have identified in the case. Defend why you think they are the most serious. The most serious problems I identified in the case would be the lack of management‚ the structure of management and the reward system. Carly Fiorina’s strategic vision had been underutilized‚ vague and no one knew if the vision was being executed. Employees within the company could not follow the company’s vision and no motivation followed with the employees. With the
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20 “If Only HP Knew What HP Knows . . .” Thomas H. Davenport Innovation in Action About the author: Tom Davenport‚ professor of Information Management at the University of Texas‚ Austin‚ is best known for his research on how organizations bring about major innovations in their work processes. His 1993 book‚ Process Innovation: Reengineering Work through Information Technology‚ was the first book to describe what has become known as “business reengineering.” More recently‚ Davenport’s
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manufacturing. There is low investment for independent stores. Decreasing profitability indicates that there is a threat of new entrants Threat of Substitutes: Threat of substitute products is low. HP believes in standards-based technology‚ which represents the opportunity to decide in the item of much preferance. HP tries to eliminate barriers by continuous updating processes and presenting new products to remain in the top of the industry. The Power of Buyers: Bargaining power of buyers is high. Consumers
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LIST OF TOPICS S. No. | TOPIC | 1 | Executive Summary | 2 | The IT Industry Profile | 3 | Introduction to the Company Profile – HP and Compaq | 4 | Pre-Merger stats for HP and Compaq | 5 | Relative Performance of HP and Compaq | 6 | HP-Compaq Merger | 7 | Objectives of the Merger | 8 | Expectations from the Merger of HP and Compaq | 9 | Key Points that encouraged the Merger Decision | 10 | Advantages of Merger and Opposition to the Merger | 11 | Considerations
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organization to achieve their organizational goal. Where‚ SHRM bridges the gap between employees and firm. It involves better management of employment relationship of all the employees in an organization to donate best towards the organizations objective. In HP HR people are able to develop strong working relationships with management in which HR have great role in the process of decision making. In this 21st centuary‚ we can see many of the organisations facing human resources issues and these issues have
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University November 6‚ 2011 Hewlett- Packard Company‚ referred to as HP‚ is an American multinational information technology company. Its headquarters is based in California USA. The company was founded in 1939 built in a Palo Alto garage by Bill Hewlett and David Packard and is now one of the world’s largest information technology companies operating worldwide in almost every country. It has 87‚000 employees in 120 countries. HP specializes in developing‚ manufacturing computing‚ data storage‚ and
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HP 1.What was the problem or problems facing HP’s board of directors? The main problem was how the board of directors dealt with finding the source the leaking of information. The board chairman lead a private investigations using pretexting methods to investigate other board members to find the source of the leaking. Pretexting in the form of calling phone companies‚ pretending to be someone else and requesting private information on their account. This method of investigation was highly intrusive
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