HP to acquire Bristol Technology
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HP said today it plans to buy business process monitoring specialist Bristol Technology to improve its presence in the BTO market.
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Blog: The Web application security company is to become part of HP?s Technology Solutions Group
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Hewlett-Packard Co. on Friday announced that it has completed itsÂ $293 million acquisition of UK-based IT services company Synstar PLC.
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Hewlett-Packard on Monday agreed to acquire a Middle East systems integrator with the aim to expand its services presence in the region.The acquisition of Atos Origin Middle East, in Manama, Bahrain, will boost HP&#39;s services presence in the region&#39;s public sector and oil and gas segments, an HP spokeswoman said. It also enhances HP&#39;s services capabilities in the consulting and integration of SAP projects in the Middle East.Since AOME is privately held, financial information hasn&#39;t been released, the HP spokeswoman said. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of November.AOME is not related to Atos Origin, another systems integration company based in France, the HP spokeswoman said.AOME has 450 employees with a presence in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Libya, and Qatar. The employees will be integrated into HP&#39;s Middle East and Africa subregion services business, said Anette Nachbar, an HP spokeswoman, in an e-mail statement.With the acquisition, HP will get access to a large AOME customer base that includes oil giant Saudi Arabian Oil and telecom giant Saudi Telecom, Nachbar said. Services offered by AOME include enterprise resource planning, business intelligence, enterprise content management, and supply chain management.The acquisition will also boost HP&#39;s ability to offer consistent customer experience for SAP installations worldwide, Nachbar said.&quot;SAP-related services are a core element of HP Services&#39; consulting and integration capabilities and growth strategy, and we are focused on growing that business,&quot; Nachbar said.HP and SAP already have a deep relationship at business, research and development, and engineering levels dating back 18 years. Earlier this year HP announced services for large customers moving to new installations supporting SAP&#39;s Enterprise SOA approach to IT.
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The model behind SAP's SOA The close relationship between HP and SAP, which led to the joint announcement of the latter's Enterprise SOA effort, has spawned a new applications development and deployment lifecycle model from HP's Bristol Labs â where much of the development work for SAP was carried out.â¦
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Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to buy Web application security specialist SPI Dynamics Inc., just two weeks after IBM Corp. announced plans to buy SPI&#39;s rival Watchfire Corp.
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(InfoWorld) - It's been a busy Monday for Hewlett-Packard as the company announced not one, but two proposed purchases. Somewhat overshadowed by theÂ $1.6 billion HP is forking overÂ toÂ acquire datacenter automation specialist Opsware,Â is the $241 million the vendor is offering for Neoware. Publicly traded Neoware provides Linux- and Windows-based thin-client computing devices as well as thin-client and virtualization software. HP's keen to use Neoware to expand its existing thin-client business. "Our objective is to become the preferred brand of thin clients and software for virtualized client computing," said Kevin Frost, vice president of business desktops with HP's personal systems group, in a release. HP's offer values Neoware at $16.25 per share. Neoware's shares ended trading Friday at $15.24 and by midday Monday were trading up 3.7 percent at $15.81. Subject to shareholder approval, the acquisition is set to close in the fourth quarter of calendar 2007. On becoming part of HP, Neoware will be incorporated into the vendor's business desktop unit of its personal systems group. Neoware's partners include ClearCube Technology, IBM, Microsoft, and VMware. Publicly traded Neoware has its headquarters in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania as well as offices in Europe and Asia. Â
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CHICAGO - Motorola Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. on Monday said they agreed to an expanded deal to help mobile telephone service providers use Linux-based computers to run their core network systems.
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With the ink barely dry on IBM's Watchfire offer, HP has evened the stakes by announcing its intent to buy rival SPI Dynamics for an undisclosed sum. In so doing, HP plans to acquire a company with which its own Mercury acquisition has had extensive experience.
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Chinese-American businessman John Hui has bought computer maker Packard Bell, the third-biggest manufacturer of PCs in Europe, Packard Bell announced.
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Electronics firm will support HP's rewritable DVD technology and separately partner with Microsoft on digital rights management.
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Hewlett-Packard Co., a leading maker of personal computers and printers, has agreed to pay &#36;141 million to settle patent disputes with software maker Intergraph Corp., both companies announced Friday.
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Hewlett-Packard has agreed to buy Web application security specialist SPI Dynamics.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to buy data center automation software vendor Opsware Inc. for about US$1.6 billion.
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Hewlett-Packard announced Friday that it is combining its Imaging and Printing Group and Personal Systems Group. HP (NYSE: HPQ) said the reorganization would "accelerate profitable growth, leverage the power of its portfolio and strengthen its market position."
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PC maker plans to acquire Bristol Technology, a maker of software for monitoring complex business transactions.
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Providing its answer to CA Inc's Wily, Hewlett-Packard Co has announced its intention to buy Bristol Technology Inc, a provider of tools that dissect transaction performance.