HP's PC Business Caps Calendar 1998 With Record PC Shipments, Strong Gains in Key Markets.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)--Jan. 29, 1999-- Forms New PC Organizations to Sharpen Focus On Operational Efficiency and Customer Satisfaction Hewlett-Packard Company, the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, today said that, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. preliminary fourth quarter and calendar 1998 reports from IDC and DataQuest, it had record PC shipments in 1998, led by strong year-over-year gains in its desktop PC, mobile PC and PC server product lines. The company also announced that it has restructured its PC operations to accelerate operational efficiencies and to sharpen its focus on customer satisfaction of business and home/consumer users in the coming year. The reports said that total HP PC shipments during calendar 1998 exceeded 5.7 million units, up from approximately 4.45 million units in the previous year. HP Pavilion HP Pavilion may refer to:
To enhance customers' purchase and ownership experience of HP PCs and services, HP also announced that it has aligned its broad array of solutions for business and home/consumer customers under two, newly created organizations -- the Business PC Organization (BPCO BPCO Bronchopneumopathie Chronique Obstructive BPCO Broncopneumopatia Cronica Ostruttiva ) and the Home Products Organization (HPO HPO 1. hyperbaric (high-pressure) oxygenation. 2. hypertrophic pulmonary osteodystrophy. ). BPCO consolidates HP's client-PC, network-server and networking-hardware solutions and services for enterprise and commercial customers. It has responsibility for managing and marketing the HP Vectra, Brio (Brio Technology, Palo Alto, CA, www.brio.com) A software company founded in 1989 and acquired by Hyperion Solutions Corporation in 2003 that specialized in enterprise analysis and reporting programs that run on several platforms. and Thin-client business PC lines, HP Kayak kayak (kī`ăk), Eskimo canoe, originally made of sealskin stretched over a framework of whalebone or driftwood. It is completely covered except for the opening in which the paddler sits. Personal Workstations Same as personal computer or workstation. , OmniBook Notebook PCs, NetServer PC servers and ProCurve networking products. A new, global advertising campaign is slated to be launched during the next two months to reinforce a single, customer-focused brand message for the entire array of HP PC solutions offered to business customers by the new organization. Webb McKinney, who formerly headed Home Products Division (HPD HPD Honolulu Police Department (Honolulu County, Island of Oahu) HPD Housing Preservation and Development HPD Housing Preservation and Development (New York City Department) ), is now HP vice president and general manager of BPCO. McKinney brings a wealth of experience and expertise to this business-focused organization, having played an integral role in developing the first HP Vectra corporate desktop PC line and in pioneering HP's entry into the home PC market in 1995. The new Home Products Organization (HPO) initially will include the fast-growing HP Pavilion home PC family and the HP Jornada line of mobile-computing products. HPO also has the charter to develop emerging consumer-focused computing solutions, and to expand international markets for the home PC family. Jacques Clay, who formerly headed the Extended Desktop Business Unit, will lead HPO. Clay led HP's rapid ascent to the first tier of business-PC vendors during the past five years and brings a strong track record of achievements in operational excellence and product development to his new post. "The increasing size and scope of our PC business requires an organizational structure  This article has no lead section.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, one should be written. that simplifies and enhances our interaction with customers," said Duane E. Zitzner, HP vice president and general manager of the Personal Systems Group. "These new, focused organizations are the first step in a broad initiative to heighten height·en v. height·ened, height·en·ing, height·ens v.tr. 1. To raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify. 2. To make high or higher; raise. v.intr. our attention on customer satisfaction in the coming year, and we're very fortunate to have two talented and highly experienced individuals to lead this effort." Both McKinney and Clay will report to Zitzner in the new organization. About HP Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 124,600 employees and had revenue of $47.1 billion in its 1998 fiscal year. Information about HP, its products and the company's Year 2000 program can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. (1) Based on preliminary calendar Q4 and calendar 1998 PC shipment reports compiled by International Data Corporation and DataQuest. Note to Editors: Microsoft is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. Windows is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. |
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