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H P   W O R L D   N E W S

Jan 09, 2004


1. EDITORIAL: Drinking the CCI Kool-Aid
2. TRAINING: Solutions Symposium Call for Papers
3. ADVOCACY: HP Employees Recognized for Commitment to Customers
4. RESOURCES: New Itanium Portal
5. PUBLICATIONS & CONTENT: Inside HP, HP World Magazine and Much More 
6. HP NEWS HEADLINES


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1. EDITORIAL

Drinking the CCI Kool-Aid

Unless you've been away from the planet, you know that Hewlett-Packard 
and its key 
competitors have been loudly banging the "consolidation" drum. So while 
everyone is 
talking about storage and server consolidation, we must address the 
elephant in the 
living room: all those far-flung and conspicuously unconsolidated 
personal computers. 

The good news for HP is that the company offers the best solution to 
the enormous 
problem of unconsolidated PCs. Called the Consolidated Client 
Infrastructure (CCI), 
the new offering is probably the most groundbreaking product to come 
out of HP in 
the past year. 

The potentially bad news is that it's not clear that HP understands 
what a strategically 
valuable concept CCI is. 

Go here to read more. 

http://www.interex.org/hpwnews/content/hpwn1.9.04.html

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3. ADVOCACY

40 HP employees recognized for outstanding commitment 
to customers

Approximately 40 HP employees were recognized by the User Groups 
last month for their outstanding commitment to customer service. 

Each year Interex and the  HP User Group communities come together to 
sponsor the Worldwide Survey of HP Customers.  This survey measures 
customer satisfaction and the quality of customer relationships with 
HP. 
The survey is then used as a vehicle for advocating to HP on behalf of 
customers around the world. In 2003, 4,100 customers participated. 
(see www.hpcustomersurvey.org for results).

In this survey, customers have the opportunity to give open-ended 
comments about their experiences with HP. The user groups  received  
hundreds of direct comments about HP employees and selected  
employees who, through their actions, delivered an exceptional 
experience with HP.

The 2004 Worldwide Survey of HP Customers will go live on the user 
group Web sites on Feb. 1, 2004. See www.hpcustomersurvey.org  
for more information.

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4. RESOURCES

New Itanium Portal

Interex, in conjunction with the HP users groups, recently launched 
hpitanium.org, a platform neutral Itanium portal. The site pulls 
together 
Itanium information from HP and the HP user groups all in 
one place. 

See www.hpitanium.org for your one stop Itanium resource.

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6. News Feed

HP Announces 'Digital Entertainment' Strategy; Will Resell Apple iPods
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040108/85851_1.html

Court Annuls Tender HP Won to Make Smart ID Cards in Israel
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=378641&contrassID=1&subContrassID=4&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y

Wall Street To Carly: Prove It!
http://infobrix.yellowbrix.com/pages/infobrix/Story.nsp?story_id=45341170

HP ProLiant Servers First to Break $2 Transaction per Minute
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2004/040107a.html

Oracle Database 10g on HP Integrity Superdome Server Sets Benchmark 
Record
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-07-2004/0002085107&EDATE=

HP to Recover $2.3 Million in Damages
http://www.channelinfo.net/cgi/news/news.cgi?db=newstest&uid=&ID=7319&DATE=&KEYWORDS=&HEADLINE=&text=&keyword=&sb=---&so=ascend&view_records=View+Records&nh=1&mh=1

European Distributor Magirus Embraces Itanium
http://www.stockhouse.com/news/news.asp?newsid=2088227&tick=

MySQL Releases Port for HP-UX
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php?story=20040106103230283

HP Expands SMB Offering with New Color LaserJet Printers 
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2004/040106a.html

HP Recognizes XIUS As Innovative Asian Company
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040106005524&newsLang=en

Gartner: Unified Sales Force Will Improve HP's Focus on Enterprises
http://www3.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=119067

Data Return Certified by Microsoft and HP
http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/dat121803.cfm

HP Keen on Taiwan as LCD Source
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2004/01/06/2003086580

HP Opens SAP Competency Center in Middle East
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=11§ion=0&article=37624&d=6&m=1&y=2004

HP Will Add 2.5-in. Drives to ProLiant Line
http://infobrix.yellowbrix.com/pages/infobrix/Story.nsp?story_id=45329076

HP Experiments With Notebook Insurance In Singapore
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/mobile/0,39020360,39118826,00.htm

HP In Deal With Ping Identity
http://www.ciol.com/content/news/2003/103122906.asp

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