Walter Hewlett has outlined his alternative to the HP-Compaq merger in a proposal that would see the company - co-founded by his father - focus on printing, scale back on personal computers and replace CEO Carly Fiorina.
GP2GP software enables patients' records to be electronically transferred securely from one practice to another - replacing the laborious process of printing, posting and retyping during each manual transfer.silicon.com Public Sector
High-end printing and imaging for large and mid-sized companies also offer strong growth potential, Hurd noted, even though HP has been historically identified with the consumer printer market. For HP, printing and imaging have been cash cows...
Printing is clearly HP's strength, but Gall said the PC maker would have to radically transform itself to build a company centred around printers. You'd have to jettison a bunch of businesses that have nothing to do with printing," Gall said.
The move will maintain the company's position as the number one provider in what Lexmark describes as the appliance printing market. The announcement came at Lexmark's fourth annual 2020 Vision On Print conference, held in Boston, Mass.
Consolidation - and cutting costs - is still king, a view also echoed by Hewlett Packard with its new multi-function high-end printing products and strategy. Bill Gates merely revisited his 'digital decade' vision of the previous year and hinted...