IBM, HP and Cisco have all made it onto the list of environmentally-friendly IT leaders. The “Summary report: Low carbon and Environmental Leadership in the ICT Industry by Gartner and WWF, 2010” study identifies the top 10 IT companies in terms of all-around greener performance. The top all-around performers include IBM,  Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco Systems, […] More

The market is getting is tougher. But that doesn’t mean the opportunities don’t abound. Who better to ask about those opportunities than business development leaders, in relatively new roles, tapped with bringing new direction “” and new gains “” to their companies? Recently ExecutiveBiz spoke to some of the area’s top business development leaders. They […] More

Sean Mullen has something to prove. “We're here to prove that IT is an enabler that can reduce cost and increase mission effectiveness , not just an additional cost that DoD customers never see a return on,“ says Mullen. These days, Mullen is busy offering that proof, as vice president of DoD sales for Hewlett-Packard […] More

Leo Apotheker, former CEO of tech company SAP, will be the new president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Apotheker spent 19 years with German company SAP, the last two years as its chief executive. During the period from 2004 to 2009, he helped lead the company to 18 consecutive quarters of growth in software revenue. HP […] More

HP has signed a definitive agreement to buy security software firm ArcSight, for $43.50 per share, or an enterprise value of $1.5 billion. Combined, HP and ArcSight will deliver: A comprehensive view of all events across IT operations, security and compliance Deeper context: The ability to detect threats and risks by correlating both activity and […] More

Hewlett-Packard Co. has announced plans to purchase Fortify Software, a cybersecurity firm. The purchase is designed to provide HP with an enhanced cybersecurity capability. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Fortify, a privately held company, is based in San Mateo, Calif. The company works with companies to identify and patch security flaws in […] More

Phillip J. Bond is president and CEO of TechAmerica, a position he has held since 2008 when he partnered with Christopher W. Hansen to form the company. Bond is also president of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance, a network of industry associations representing 70 high-tech trade groups worldwide. Between 2006 and 2008, Bond’s […] More

Over the past 12-18 months, Cloud computing has been increasingly shifted from the ether to ground level and become a powerful – yet practical – computing alternative for organizations across all sectors. And while much of the cloud computing buzz to date has revolved around Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Hewlett-Packard’s announced $13.9 billion acquisition of EDS (headquartered […] More