With a bad pun — “catalyst for change” — Hewlett Packard (HPQ) today offered to take 20% off of various models of networking equipment when you trade in your Cisco Systems (CSCO) equipment.
The company says its own data suggests there is $9 billion of Cisco equipment headed for end of [...]

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Shares of networking and security technology vendor Radware (RDWR) have shot up $8.93, or almost 33%, to $28.75, after the Israeli business publication Globes reported the company, which is based in Tel Aviv, is “in talks to be sold to either Hewlett Packard (HPQ) or IBM (IBM)” for an expected [...]

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In a clear demonstration that the Oracle (ORCL) board sees the world a lot differently than the Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) board, Oracle on Monday announced that it has named former HP CEO Mark Hurd as president. (Or more precisely, co-president, since Safra Catz, who also has the title of president, remains [...]

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Still waiting for details on this, but the Wall Street Journal is reporting that according to “sources,” Hewlett Packard (HPQ) has raised its bid for 3Par (PAR) to $33 a share. That’s a little surprising: the Street has been awaiting a response from Dell (DELL) to HP’s last offer of [...]

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Dell (DELL) is not giving up on bidding for 3Par (PAR) despite losing the latest round to Hewlett Packard (HPQ), writes the New York Post’s Josh Kosman this morning, and will likely make a new bid, citing an anonymous source “close to the situation.”
Dell may seek to “change the rules,” [...]

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