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• Downer contracts HP for IT overhaul

  Engineering services company Downer EDI (ASX:DOW) has contracted Hewlett-Packard to overhaul its IT infrastructure.

• A wrap-up of HP’s business strategy overhaul

  Following the announcement that HP will kill off its TouchPad tablet, smartphones and may spinoff its PC business, Computerworld Australia has compiled a round up of the latest news.

• New multi-vendor management solution

  As more enterprises turn to multi-sourcing as a way to drive down IT costs, minimise delivery risk and increase efficiency, HP Enterprise Services has unveiled a service that aims to facilitate enterprise control of multi-vendor service environments.

• In pictures: CIOs discuss print services in the mobile enterprise

  CIOs discuss print services in the mobile enterprise at the CIO Summit 2011 in Sydney

• HP webOS TouchPad coming to Harvey Norman August 15

  HP has announced the local availability of its new webOS-powered TouchPad tablet PC with Harvey Norman set to offer the device from August 15 starting at $599.
  

• Minerals and Metal Group mines hybrid Cloud

  Chinese-owned mining company, Minerals and Metals Group (MMG), has implemented Hewlett Packard's (HP) hybrid Cloud to overhaul its IT infrastructure as the company prepares for expansion into mineral rich countries over the next three years.

• HP spruiks Government Cloud services

  Hewlett Packard (HP) Australia is gunning for public sector data in a big way with the launch of its Government Secure Cloud Services.

• Kerry O'Brien talks about the internet and media

  Video and transcript

• CIO networking night - Slideshow 3

  HP treats CIOs to an evening on Fort Denison

• CIO networking night - Slideshow 2

  HP treats CIOs to an evening on Fort Denison

• Cloud Security Alliance to create Australia-NZ chapter

  Australia will host a local chapter of the international Cloud Security Alliance to provide a Australia/New Zealand voice to the global Cloud secuity advocacy group.
  

• CIO networking night

  HP treats CIOs to an evening on Fort Denison

• Apple ousts Google as top tech brand

  Apple is the most valuable brand in the world, beating out former top brand Google. The house that Jobs built is so highly valued that it is worth more than Microsoft and Coca-Cola combined, according to the 2011 BrandZ Top 100.

• Dell Australia confirms data and solution centre plans

  Global hardware vendor Dell has confirmed reports revealed in March that it is building a data centre and solutions centre in Australia.

• iPad comments from HP, Dell sound like sour grapes

  I love a good flame war between rival tech companies, but two recent attacks on Apple's iPad by HP and Dell executives failed to stir my emotions, except one: sympathy.