HP'S E-speak Software Nominated for Computerworld Smithsonian Award; E-speak Recognized for Leading the Next Evolution of the Internet.High-tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2000 Hewlett-Packard Company today announced that its e-business technology, e-speak, has been nominated nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. for the Computerworld Smithsonian Award The Computerworld Smithsonian Award is given out annually to individuals who have used technology to produce beneficial changes for society. Nominees are proposed by a group of 100 CEOs of information technology companies. The award has been given since 1989. , which recognizes innovative technologies. As a nominee, e-speak will become part of the Permanent Research Collection on Information Technology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History The National Museum of American History is a museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution and located in Washington, D.C., on the National Mall. It opened in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology and adopted its current name in 1980. on Monday, April 3. E-speak, which was nominated for the award by Ernst & Young, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , is HP's software platform for simplifying business on the Internet. With e-speak, people can use the Web to complete tasks, solve problems and conduct transactions automatically, with little human intervention. E-speak is one of several innovative technology applications entered in the Smithsonian Collection. "The primary source material submitted by HP will enrich the National Museum of American History's growing collection on the history of information technology and contribute significantly to the museum's ongoing efforts to chronicle the Information Age," said Spencer R. Crew, director of the National Museum of American History. E-speak was developed in HP Labs to facilitate the delivery of electronic services, or e-services, on the Internet. The technology helps people find and use services online and also helps those e-services find and negotiate with each other. E-services based on e-speak can monitor their own delivery and take care of many tasks people usually would have to complete themselves. For example, a travel e-service could coordinate all the changes that would need to occur if a flight was delayed -- car-rental agencies and hotels could be notified automatically and reservations adjusted accordingly so that the traveler himself would not need to change arrangements with each vendor. "E-speak is making a significant impact on the way people think about doing business, by challenging the status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. and using the Internet to its full potential," said Rajiv Gupta Rajiv Gupta is a software pioneer in web services. He was co-inventor and general manager of Hewlett Packard's E-speak project in 1999, and was one of the developers of the IA-64 architecture. , general manager of HP's E-speak Operation. "The Computerworld Smithsonian Program's decision to include e-speak in its collection of innovations shaping Chapter 2 of the Internet illustrates the value of this technology and the importance of HP's e-services initiative. We are thrilled and honored that e-speak is a nominee for the Computerworld Smithsonian Award and that it will be a part of this prestigious collection of technologies." A case study on e-speak will be included in the Computerworld Smithsonian Collection and will be available April 3 at the official Internet site of the Computerworld Smithsonian Program at http://innovate.si.edu. The recipient of the Computerworld Smithsonian Award will be announced Monday, June 5, in Washington, D.C. About The Computerworld Smithsonian Program Each year, the Computerworld Smithsonian Chairmen's Committee nominates individuals who use information technology to improve society for the inclusion in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History's IT Innovative Collection. Founded in 1988, the Computerworld Smithsonian Program searches for and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated vision and leadership as they strive to use information technology in innovative ways across ten categories: Business and Related Services; Education and Academia; Environment, Energy and Agriculture; Finance, Insurance and Real Estate; Government and Non-Profit Organizations A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. ; Manufacturing; Media, Arts and Entertainment; Medicine; Science; and Transportation. About HP Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services for business and home -- is focused on capitalizing on the opportunities of the Internet and the proliferation proliferation /pro·lif·er·a·tion/ (pro-lif?er-a´shun) the reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.prolif´erativeprolif´erous pro·lif·er·a·tion n. of electronic services. HP plans to spin off Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. and distribute its shares to HP shareowners by mid-calendar year 2000. Agilent consists of HP's test and measurement, semiconductor products, chemical analysis and healthcare solutions businesses, and has leading positions in multiple market segments. HP has 85,400 employees worldwide and had total revenue from continuing operations continuing operations Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the of $42.4 billion in its 1999 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. |
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