https://www.scmp.com/rss/57661/feed Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) is an American multinational information technology corporation that provides products, technologies, software, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Julie Zhang Julie Zhang Nanyang Biologics, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence drug discovery start-up, plans to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange in the first quarter of 2026 via a merger with a US-listed special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC), as US President Donald Trump vowed to impose hefty tariffs on pharmaceutical imports. “The US administration wants intellectual property owners to manufacture in the US, including drugs,” founder Roland Ong said on Monday. Nanyang Biologic’s latest initiative reflects... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3328844/singapores-nanyang-biologics-list-nasdaq-amid-trumps-tariffs-pharma-imports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3328844/singapores-nanyang-biologics-list-nasdaq-amid-trumps-tariffs-pharma-imports?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:30:11 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng A unit of Taiwanese consumer electronics giant Asus is developing a supercomputer, powered by Nvidia chips, that is expected to boost the island’s computing capacity by at least 50 per cent, according to a senior executive. That infrastructure, a collaboration between Taiwan AI Cloud and the island’s National Centre for High-Performance Computing, is expected to launch its initial phase with a capacity of 80 petaflops in December, said Peter Wu, CEO of Asus Cloud and Taiwan AI Cloud, in an... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3322882/taiwanese-laptop-maker-asus-subsidiary-builds-supercomputer-boost-islands-capacity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3322882/taiwanese-laptop-maker-asus-subsidiary-builds-supercomputer-boost-islands-capacity?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Aug 2025 03:00:15 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo Genocides committed or sponsored by the West have often been a highly profitable business. Whether it was against the native American population in the United States throughout much of the 19th century, the colonisation of the Congo by King Leopold II of Belgium, or the Nazi Holocaust, many individuals and companies have profited greatly from humanity’s worst crimes – through direct participation or by providing services and support. A new report by Francesca Albanese, the courageous UN special... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3317502/its-time-business-stop-profiting-israels-economy-genocide?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3317502/its-time-business-stop-profiting-israels-economy-genocide?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Jul 2025 01:00:11 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg US President Donald Trump is poised to meet next week with leaders of some of the country’s largest technology companies, which are facing the prospect of import tariffs and stricter export rules that could upend their businesses. A group that includes the chief executives of HP, Intel, IBM and Qualcomm has discussed meeting with the administration on Monday, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified because the plans are not public. HP confirmed that the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3301300/trump-set-meet-us-tech-leaders-next-week-amid-new-tariffs-stricter-export-rules?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3301300/trump-set-meet-us-tech-leaders-next-week-amid-new-tariffs-stricter-export-rules?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:37:15 +0000 Singapore is investigating whether Dell and Super Micro servers shipped to Malaysia housed Nvidia chips barred from China – highlighting the role of middlemen in funnelling high-end semiconductors. The Southeast Asian nation’s law minister on Monday outlined specifics of the investigation after local media reported police arrested several people for their alleged roles in procuring and shipping Nvidia chips in violation of US sanctions. They stand accused of misleading server suppliers of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3300920/singapore-scrutinises-exports-malaysia-china-banned-nvidia-chips?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3300920/singapore-scrutinises-exports-malaysia-china-banned-nvidia-chips?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:18:50 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Dell Technologies and HP reported quarterly financial results that suggest a long-awaited recovery of the personal computer (PC) market is stalling. The shares of each company dropped in extended trading. Revenue generated by Dell’s PC business declined 1 per cent to US$12.1 billion in its fiscal third quarter, falling short of estimates. While sales in HP’s PC unit rose 2 per cent to US$9.59 billion in the similar three-month period, which also missed the average estimate of analysts. “The PC... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3288325/dell-hp-post-disappointing-quarterly-sales-global-pc-market-recovery-stalls?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3288325/dell-hp-post-disappointing-quarterly-sales-global-pc-market-recovery-stalls?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Nov 2024 06:54:36 +0000 Mike Lynch’s widow Angela Bacares may still be liable to pay up to US$4 billion in damages to Hewlett Packard (HPE), even after her husband and daughter tragically died in a shocking Sicily yacht sinking last month, according to The Guardian. HPE has said it will not be dropping the fraud claims that were made against Lynch, and plans to pursue damages of up to US$4 billion from his estate. Per The Guardian, the IT company won a civil lawsuit against Mike Lynch in 2022 after accusing him and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3277484/who-britains-bill-gates-mike-lynchs-widow-angela-bacares?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3277484/who-britains-bill-gates-mike-lynchs-widow-angela-bacares?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Sep 2024 21:00:15 +0000 The wife of missing UK billionaire Mike Lynch has described how the superyacht they were travelling on tilted before sinking, and reportedly had to walk on broken glass to escape it. Speaking to Italy’s La Repubblica, Angela Bacares said that she and her husband were woken up at 4am (local time) on Monday when the yacht, the Bayesian, “tilted”. The 57-year-old told the publication that they initially weren’t worried, and she got out of bed to see what was happening. Glass then shattered, causing... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3275257/mike-lynchs-wife-walked-broken-glass-escape-sinking-superyacht-bayesian-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3275257/mike-lynchs-wife-walked-broken-glass-escape-sinking-superyacht-bayesian-report?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Aug 2024 01:16:17 +0000 Stephen Chamberlain, Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in the US fraud trial over the sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard, was critically injured in a road accident on Saturday, days before Lynch went missing off the coast of Sicily, Italy a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Chamberlain, Autonomy’s former vice-president of finance alongside chief executive Lynch, was hit by a car in Cambridgeshire, Britain on Saturday morning and was placed on life support, the person said. Lynch was one of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3275098/mike-lynchs-co-defendant-us-fraud-trial-critically-injured-uk-road-accident?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3275098/mike-lynchs-co-defendant-us-fraud-trial-critically-injured-uk-road-accident?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:45:46 +0000 One man died and six people were missing, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter, after a luxury yacht was struck by an unexpectedly violent storm and sank off Sicily early on Monday. The British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-metre-long (184-ft) sailing boat, was carrying 22 people and was anchored just off shore near the port of Porticello when it was hit by ferocious weather, the Italian coastguard said in a statement. Eyewitnesses said the yacht vanished quickly beneath the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3275088/1-dead-6-missing-including-uk-tech-entrepreneur-mike-lynch-after-yacht-sinks-sicily?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3275088/1-dead-6-missing-including-uk-tech-entrepreneur-mike-lynch-after-yacht-sinks-sicily?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:47:50 +0000 United States-based personal computer giant HP said it remains committed to its operations in China after denying a report that it was shifting more production outside the world’s second-largest economy, which sparked fresh scrutiny of the mainland’s manufacturing supply chain. HP – the world’s second-largest PC vendor behind Lenovo Group, according to research firm IDC – told Chinese tabloid The Global Times that Nikkei Asia’s report on Wednesday about the company’s “most aggressive shift of... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3273757/chinas-supply-chain-under-scrutiny-amid-report-hp-shifting-more-pc-production-overseas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3273757/chinas-supply-chain-under-scrutiny-amid-report-hp-shifting-more-pc-production-overseas?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Aug 2024 13:00:13 +0000 India will provide subsidies to some of the world’s biggest tech hardware companies, including Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group and computer giant Lenovo Group, under a scheme to boost domestic manufacturing and strengthen the South Asian country’s bid to become a major hub in the global electronics supply chain. New Delhi has approved applications for subsidies of 27 companies, which also include Dell, HP and AsusTek Computer, under the country’s Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme... https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3242209/india-confirms-subsidies-apple-supplier-foxconn-lenovo-and-25-other-tech-hardware-firms-bolstering?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3242209/india-confirms-subsidies-apple-supplier-foxconn-lenovo-and-25-other-tech-hardware-firms-bolstering?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Nov 2023 14:30:11 +0000 Some of the world’s biggest tech companies, including Dell Technologies, HP and Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group, have applied for state aid to manufacture laptops in India. Indian Premier Narendra Modi’s US$2.1 billion financial incentive plan – a bid to boost local production of technology hardware such as laptops, personal computers, tablets and servers – has received an overwhelming industry response, Tech Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Wednesday. Under the plan, companies are... https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3232898/dell-hp-and-apple-supplier-foxconn-apply-make-laptops-india-under-us21-billion-incentive-plan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3232898/dell-hp-and-apple-supplier-foxconn-apply-make-laptops-india-under-us21-billion-incentive-plan?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Aug 2023 03:03:33 +0000 Lenovo Group Ltd’s profit fell for the first time in almost three years on waning demand for personal computers, forcing it to warn of job cuts ahead. Net income fell for the first time since 2020, after revenue dropped a bigger-than-expected 24 per cent to US$15.3 billion in the final quarter of last year, according to a company statement. Analysts had expected sales of US$16.4 billion on average. The world’s largest maker of personal computers has been struggling with a tumble in global demand... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3210561/worlds-top-pc-maker-lenovo-warns-job-cuts-after-24-cent-fall-revenue-fourth-quarter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3210561/worlds-top-pc-maker-lenovo-warns-job-cuts-after-24-cent-fall-revenue-fourth-quarter?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Feb 2023 07:51:54 +0000 A major US-China joint venture in IT equipment, an example of close technology cooperation between the two countries over the last two decades, is coming to an end in another sign of further decoupling between the world’s two largest economies. H3C, currently a joint venture between Texas-based Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Beijing-based Tsinghua Unigroup, will become 100 per cent controlled by the Chinese owner which plans to acquire a 49 per cent stake from its US partner, according to... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3205579/us-china-partnership-key-it-equipment-joint-venture-draws-end-after-two-decades-hewlett-packard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3205579/us-china-partnership-key-it-equipment-joint-venture-draws-end-after-two-decades-hewlett-packard?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Jan 2023 15:00:17 +0000 Lenovo Group, the world’s largest personal computer maker, maintained its market leader position globally and at home in the third quarter despite a cancelled blockbuster IPO in Shanghai and a debt controversy. The Beijing-based company came ahead of competitors HP, Dell and Apple in the three months ended September 30, having shipped 20.2 million desktops, notebooks and workstations worldwide – a 4.6 per cent increase from a year earlier, according to research firm Canalys. In a separate report... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3157924/lenovo-retains-lead-global-pc-market-after-surprise-withdrawal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3157924/lenovo-retains-lead-global-pc-market-after-surprise-withdrawal?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Nov 2021 15:00:24 +0000 Dell Technologies Inc and HP Inc reported earnings buoyed by a resurgent personal computer demand they projected will continue even as people return to offices and schools when the coronavirus pandemic is under control. The US companies, two of the world’s top three PC makers, reported sales and profit in the three-months ending in January that topped analysts’ estimates. The overall market, which grew for the first time in almost a decade in 2020, will expand again this year helped by demand... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3123198/dell-and-hp-see-continued-pc-demand-after-return-school-and-work?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3123198/dell-and-hp-see-continued-pc-demand-after-return-school-and-work?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Feb 2021 01:45:26 +0000 As a new or young entrepreneur with big ideas and perhaps little money to spend, a proper office space is often out of the question in the early stages of building a business.  Knowing that, it’s no surprise that childhood bedrooms, home garages, dark basements, and college dorm rooms are where some of today’s most successful companies were born. Here’s where 14 big-name businesses got their start in life. Who is China’s vape and e-cigarette billionaire Kate Wang? Amazon began as an online book... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3121855/facebook-amazon-and-12-more-companies-born-garage?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3121855/facebook-amazon-and-12-more-companies-born-garage?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Feb 2021 04:20:30 +0000 Five years ago Alex Cho was running the commercial PC business group at US tech giant HP – but some of his friends worried he was in the wrong job. “I got an email from someone saying, ‘Hey, the PC is dead. What are you doing in the PC business?’,” recalled Cho, who has since been promoted to president of HP’s Personal Systems group, which covers all PCs, including laptops, accessories, services and software. To some extent, his friends were right. The global PC market, which includes laptops,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/gear/article/3109765/hp-covid-19-work-home-trend-breathes-new-life-laggard-pc-market?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/gear/article/3109765/hp-covid-19-work-home-trend-breathes-new-life-laggard-pc-market?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Nov 2020 22:30:07 +0000 Demand for personal computers (PC) surged in the March quarter as millions of people worked from home amid the coronavirus outbreak but shipments fell due to supply chain disruptions, a new report showed. Global personal computer shipments including desktops, notebooks, and workstations declined 8% year on year to 53.7 million units in the first three months of the year mainly due to supply constraints, according to a report published on Saturday by research firm Canalys. It was the biggest... https://www.scmp.com/tech/pc-makers-struggle-keep-surging-demand-during-coronavirus/article/3079616?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/pc-makers-struggle-keep-surging-demand-during-coronavirus/article/3079616?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Apr 2020 05:12:42 +0000 The United States has formally requested the extradition of Michael Lynch, the British tech billionaire who sold his company to Hewlett Packard (HP) in an ill-fated US$11.1 billion deal, to face charges including securities fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy. The US embassy in London submitted the extradition request on November 21 for Lynch to stand trial in the United States, according to a court filing dated December 1. Lynch, once hailed as Britain’s answer to Bill Gates, is currently battling... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3040140/united-states-asks-uk-extradite-tech-billionaire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3040140/united-states-asks-uk-extradite-tech-billionaire?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Dec 2019 19:12:13 +0000 Hackers working on behalf of Chinese intelligence breached the network of Norwegian software firm Visma to steal secrets from its clients, cybersecurity researchers said, in what a company executive described as a potentially catastrophic attack. The attack was part of what Western countries said in December was a global hacking campaign by China’s Ministry of State Security to steal intellectual property and corporate secrets, according to investigators at cybersecurity firm Recorded... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2185218/chinese-intelligence-hacked-norwegian-software-firm-visma-steal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2185218/chinese-intelligence-hacked-norwegian-software-firm-visma-steal?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Feb 2019 17:03:34 +0000 HP on Thursday announced a recall of batteries in some of its notebook and mobile workstation computers due to the risk they could burst into flames. “These batteries have the potential to overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to customers,” the US computer maker said at a website with details of the voluntary recall. “Many of these batteries are internal to the system, which means they are not customer replaceable.” The list of machines with the potentially problematic lithium-ion batteries... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/2126923/hp-issues-worldwide-recall-computer-batteries-over-fire-risk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/2126923/hp-issues-worldwide-recall-computer-batteries-over-fire-risk?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jan 2018 01:15:37 +0000 Hewlett Packard Enterprise has won another huge victory over Oracle and just over US$3 billion in damages. The two were back in court to determine what damages, if any, Oracle owed over its decision some years ago to stop making software for HPE's high-performance servers built on Intel's Itanium chip. After Oracle bought Sun Microsystems and started building its own servers, it announced that it would not be making its database software for Itanium. HP sued Oracle for breach of contract a few... https://www.scmp.com/tech/leaders-founders/article/1983875/hewlett-packard-enterprise-wins-us3-billion-lawsuit-against?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/leaders-founders/article/1983875/hewlett-packard-enterprise-wins-us3-billion-lawsuit-against?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Jul 2016 01:30:30 +0000 Jean-Louis Gassée, a former Apple executive and a columnist for the tech and business blog Monday Note, has an unusual piece of advice that he likes to give to the start-up founders and entrepreneurs that he occasionally advises: When you're pitching a VC, pay attention to their stomach. No, not to decide whether or not you should ask for their workout tips. But because if you do, you will notice the subtle shifts in their muscles and posture that indicate when they want to say something. That's... https://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/1978391/tech-vet-tells-founders-pay-attention-vcs-stomachs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/1978391/tech-vet-tells-founders-pay-attention-vcs-stomachs?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Jun 2016 02:45:00 +0000 Faced with a worldwide weakness in PC and printer demand, international vendor HP is betting on Asian markets to drive its growth. “You are going to find a significant portion of that [growth opportunity] in Asia,” said Richard Bailey, president for Asia-Pacific and Japan at HP. “HP as a company is much more focused on countries outside of US,” said Anneliese Olson, vice-president of the computing category for the region. HP, the PC and printer business of the now-split Hewlett-Packard, has seen... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/1935270/hp-looks-asia-drive-growth-pc-printer-demand-weakens-worldwide?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/1935270/hp-looks-asia-drive-growth-pc-printer-demand-weakens-worldwide?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Apr 2016 11:03:26 +0000 Hewlett-Packard chief executive Meg Whitman appeared to be banking on growth markets like 3D printing and a trickle back in PC sales when she announced a spin-off for the company’s computer and printing business. But some on Wall Street are sceptical. Investors and analysts generally gave a thumbs up on the move to separate HP’s computer and printing business from its corporate hardware and services operations. Yet some questioned the plan, announced on Monday, expressing doubt over whether the... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1611284/hewlett-packard-has-win-over-sceptics-company-split?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1611284/hewlett-packard-has-win-over-sceptics-company-split?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Oct 2014 03:10:32 +0000 Hewlett-Packard plans to split into two companies, becoming the latest technology company to seek a new structure in order to remain competitive. The move will see the loss of 5,000 jobs, bringing to 55,000 the cuts under a multiyear restructuring plan. Chief executive Meg Whitman would lead a new company focusing on corporate hardware and services, while Dion Weisler, the vice-president in charge of HP's personal computer and printer operations, would head that business, HP said yesterday. By... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1611106/hewlett-packard-split-two-companies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1611106/hewlett-packard-split-two-companies?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:26:21 +0000 A US judge has ordered computer giant Hewlett-Packard to pay US$58.8 million for bribing Moscow government officials to win huge contract with Russia's prosecutor general's office. Judge Lowell Jensen on Thursday hit HP with the fine after the company pleaded guilty to violating anti-bribery and accounting provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the United States Department of Justice said. According to a negotiated plea bargain, executives in an HP Russia subsidiary created a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1591217/hewlett-packard-pays-us588m-bribing-russian-officials?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1591217/hewlett-packard-pays-us588m-bribing-russian-officials?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:15:15 +0000 Hewlett-Packard is back in the market for acquisitions of up to US$1.5 billion, Chief Executive Meg Whitman said in a televised interview, aiming for smaller deals after a flurry of outsized purchases in past years. Whitman, speaking a day after she switched out the chief of the company’s Enterprise group and said HP’s second-largest unit had fallen down on sales and product execution, told business channel CNBC the company could also do deals in the US$100 million to US$300 million range. “We... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1298770/hp-boss-prowl-acquisitions-us15b?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1298770/hp-boss-prowl-acquisitions-us15b?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Aug 2013 00:45:45 +0000 The roadblocks to Hewlett-Packard's turnaround are mounting. Meg Whitman, hired as chief executive almost two years ago to revive the storied Silicon Valley computer maker, had said revenue would rise next year as sales of personal computers stabilised. She scrapped that prediction on Wednesday. PC shipments are slumping for longer than Whitman had foreseen, there is weak demand for enterprise hardware and services, and Dell and other competitors are siphoning away sales with aggressive pricing.... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1298529/hp-shuffles-top-ranks-dashes-2014-growth-hopes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1298529/hp-shuffles-top-ranks-dashes-2014-growth-hopes?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Aug 2013 02:37:35 +0000 Hewlett-Packard chief executive Meg Whitman is reorganising the personal computer business, replacing long-time head Todd Bradley with one of his deputies as she strives to overcome a worsening global industry slump. Bradley is becoming executive vice-president for strategic growth, charged with expanding in China and forming alliances with start-ups around the world. Dion Weisler, hired by Bradley last year from Lenovo to lead personal computers and printing in Asia, is assuming global... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1264157/hewlett-packard-names-exec-focus-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1264157/hewlett-packard-names-exec-focus-china?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:00:05 +0000 Hewlett-Packard's slump is deepening as the world's largest personal computer maker scrambles to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices. The latest evidence of Hewlett-Packard's continuing fall came in a quarterly earnings report released on Wednesday. The results included the seventh consecutive decline in HP's quarterly revenue compared with the same period the previous year. HP's 10 per cent decrease in revenue during the three months ending in April was... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1244386/hps-earnings-fall-seventh-straight-quarter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1244386/hps-earnings-fall-seventh-straight-quarter?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest computer maker, has tightened hiring rules for Chinese suppliers two weeks after Apple said an employment agent on the mainland forged documents on behalf of underage workers. Working hours for students must be lower than the legal limit and the total number of student workers must also be limited, HP said yesterday. Suppliers must comply with the guidelines immediately, said the maker of Envy laptops and other peripherals. The effort to improve working... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1148174/hewlett-packard-tightens-hiring-rules-china-suppliers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1148174/hewlett-packard-tightens-hiring-rules-china-suppliers?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Lenovo remained the world's fastest-growing supplier of personal computers last year, but was edged out by rival Hewlett-Packard as global market leader. The mainland technology giant continued to outpace its industry rivals by boosting personal computer shipments 8.2 per cent in the fourth quarter and 19.2 per cent for the full year, according to preliminary estimates by market research firm IDC. The sales slump worsened in the past quarter, as shipments during the Christmas holiday season... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1125887/lenovo-pc-sales-growth-best-loses-top-market-ranking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1125887/lenovo-pc-sales-growth-best-loses-top-market-ranking?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Hewlett-Packard said it is evaluating the disposal of businesses that do not meet goals more than a year after chief executive Meg Whitman said she did not plan to spin off the personal-computer division. "We also continue to evaluate the potential disposition of assets and businesses that may no longer help us meet our objectives," HP said in a filing last month with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. That language was not included in the document a year earlier. Chief executive since... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1117799/hewlett-packard-weighs-disposal-businesses-dont-meet-goals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1117799/hewlett-packard-weighs-disposal-businesses-dont-meet-goals?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Hewlett-Packard’s directors and auditors were sued by shareholders in federal court in San Jose, California, over alleged misstatements related to the company’s purchase of Autonomy Corporation. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday on behalf of the company, also names Mike Lynch, founder of the British software maker Hewlett- Packard bought last year. Deloitte and KPMG were named as defendants, along with chief executive Meg Whitman and former Hewlett-Packard officers and directors including and... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1092856/hp-board-and-auditors-sued-investors-over-autonomy-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1092856/hp-board-and-auditors-sued-investors-over-autonomy-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:21:22 +0000 Mike Lynch, who founded the British software company accused by Hewlett-Packard of falsifying finances, said that while he might have used some of the contested accounting and sales methods, they were all legal. One claim levelled by HP is that Autonomy mischaracterised some revenue from unprofitable hardware and improperly included it as "licence revenue". HP said this week it recorded an US$8.8 billion write-down related to last year's purchase of Autonomy and that more than US$5 billion of... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1089441/autonomy-founder-says-its-sales-practices-were-legal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1089441/autonomy-founder-says-its-sales-practices-were-legal?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Hewlett-Packard stunned Wall Street by alleging a massive accounting scandal at its British software unit Autonomy and taking an US$8.8 billion writedown, the latest in a string of reversals that renewed questions about the competence of the storied company’s board and senior managers. HP said on Tuesday it discovered “serious accounting improprieties” and “a willful effort by Autonomy to mislead shareholders,” after a whistleblower came forward following the May ouster of former Autonomy Chief... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1087398/hp-accuses-autonomy-wrongdoing-takes-us88b-charge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1087398/hp-accuses-autonomy-wrongdoing-takes-us88b-charge?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:23:35 +0000 Lenovo overtook Hewlett-Packard in the third quarter to become the world's largest supplier of personal computers, defying a worsening slump in the industry. Preliminary estimates released by market research firm Gartner yesterday showed Lenovo seized a 15.7 per cent global market share on personal computer shipments of 13.77 million units last quarter, which edged out HP's 15.5 per cent share at 13.55 million units. That was a record in terms of market share and quarterly shipment volume for... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1058972/lenovo-unseats-hp-worlds-top-pc-supplier?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1058972/lenovo-unseats-hp-worlds-top-pc-supplier?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Cisco Systems chief executive officer John Chambers has identified some of the senior managers who he and the board are considering as possible successors when he retires, a move that could come in two to four years. He said this week there were as many as 10 candidates and directors reviewed the list quarterly. They include Gary Moore, chief operating officer; Robert Lloyd, executive vice-president of worldwide operations; Chuck Robbins, senior vice-president of the Americas; and Edzard... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1049746/cisco-chief-john-chambers-lists-possible-successors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1049746/cisco-chief-john-chambers-lists-possible-successors?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Plans by Hewlett-Packard to spin off or sell its personal computer business may clear the way for Lenovo Group and other major Asian players to boost their global market share, analysts said. HP, the world's largest information-technology company, yesterday announced it was exploring strategic options to shed its Personal Systems Group (PSG), the biggest global supplier of personal computers. In a conference call with analysts, HP chief executive Leo Apotheker said this process was expected to... https://www.scmp.com/article/976659/hp-sell-could-bring-personal-gain-lenovo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/976659/hp-sell-could-bring-personal-gain-lenovo?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:00:00 +0000 In case you still print things out on paper instead of just sharing them on your Facebook page, HP's Photosmart B110 will not only do it with speed but without cumbersome cables. The B110 is among those printers that now come with a built-in wireless capability, so you can link to it through a home wireless network and print from your computer from anywhere in the room. This means no more messy wires, but the real benefit is that it can now connect to many of your wireless-enabled devices,... https://www.scmp.com/article/971033/hp-photosmart-b110?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/971033/hp-photosmart-b110?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:00:00 +0000 The government is suing for HK$120 million a company responsible for establishing a data system for the Social Welfare Department. In a writ in the Court of First Instance, the secretary for justice alleged that HP Enterprise Services had failed to remedy a breach of a US$5.6 million contract in 2004 to set up the system by November 2005. In 2006, the government rejected the company's request for a 15-month postponement. https://www.scmp.com/article/965219/government-sues-it-firm-over-data-system?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/965219/government-sues-it-firm-over-data-system?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:00:00 +0000 How do you help experienced employees stay in the workforce? Hewlett-Packard seeks to encourage diversity of age, gender and race in the workplace. We respect each individual and encourage employees to have a good balance between work and life. Some of our experienced staff need to balance family and work. One staff member requested some days off each week after returning from maternity leave. We welcomed her request. We encourage flexible working arrangements and said she could continue... https://www.scmp.com/article/696283/hr-voices?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/696283/hr-voices?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +0000 Hewlett-Packard of the United States, the world's largest personal computer supplier, is expanding its manufacturing operations on the mainland with a new factory in Chongqing. The planned 20,000 square metre facility will start production of desktop and laptop computers for the domestic market early in 2010. It is expected to help spur information technology development in the country's poorer western region and bolster HP's efforts to generate growth in emerging markets amid the growing... https://www.scmp.com/article/655864/hp-pushes-growth-mainland-plans-chongqing-factory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/655864/hp-pushes-growth-mainland-plans-chongqing-factory?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Systems in mainland businesses among world's top 500 Despite a limited number of supercomputers made by local firms, adoption of these high-performance systems is moving beyond the academe and into fast-growing commercial industries, experts say. Gaming, banking, electronics manufacturing, transport and logistics, and utilities are regarded as some of the key sectors that use supercomputers in the mainland. The latest global Top 500 supercomputers survey published last month lists the... https://www.scmp.com/article/599104/fast-growing-sectors-gear-supercomputers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/599104/fast-growing-sectors-gear-supercomputers?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:00:00 +0000 The company takes a forward-looking approach, with plans to double its workforce in the next five years After years of development as the world's leading manufacturing base, mainland China is rapidly maturing into a formidable market of its own with long-term potential. To capture the business opportunities, foreign investors are broadening the scope of their China operations beyond mere manufacturing, thereby increasing the need for manpower and creating career opportunities for mainland... https://www.scmp.com/article/596028/agilent-thinking-big?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/596028/agilent-thinking-big?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Chief says putting company back on track will take time but plans new approaches so as to regain market share from rivals Dell shares fell in early trading after the world's second-largest personal-computer maker posted profit and sales that missed analysts' already reduced estimates during the holiday shopping season. The stock fell as much as 3 per cent to US$22.34 but rebounded by mid-morning. Fourth-quarter sales were US$14.4 billion and profit was 26 US cents a share before some costs... https://www.scmp.com/article/583538/dells-profit-and-sales-miss-estimates?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/583538/dells-profit-and-sales-miss-estimates?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:00:00 +0000 China is the main battlefield in the Asia-Pacific region for multinational computer vendors, which spent more than US$724 million in the country to promote their latest models in the 12 months to September, according to a survey. Computer brands such as Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba spent a combined 21 per cent more in China in the 12 months than in the same period a year earlier, according to a Nielsen Media Research survey. The country accounted for 60 per cent of the US$1.22... https://www.scmp.com/article/576682/pc-vendors-raise-advertising-spending-mainland?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/576682/pc-vendors-raise-advertising-spending-mainland?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:00:00 +0000