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• Meg Whitman to step down as HPE chief

  HPE CEO, Meg Whitman, will step down early next year, with president, Antonio Neri, set to take up the reins.

• HPE’s software “woes” continue amid US$612M quarterly loss

  ​Ongoing declines in HPE's software business have contributed to the company’s latest quarterly loss, according to analysts.

• ​HP Enterprise offloads its services business

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) will merge its services division with CSC, in a deal worth around $8.5 billion to HPE shareholders.
  

• Hewlett-Packard close to settling shareholder lawsuit over Autonomy

  Hewlett-Packard is in "serious" talks about settling a lawsuit brought by shareholders over its troubled acquisition of infrastructure software vendor Autonomy.

• Ex-Autonomy chief Lynch slams HP, CEO Whitman ahead of shareholder meeting

  Hewlett-Packard's November 2012 decision to write off billions of dollars in connection with the acquisition of infrastructure software vendor Autonomy continues to dog the company as it prepares to face shareholders at an annual meeting Wednesday.

• HP Sets Standard for 2014 IT Analyst Presentations

  HP was the first IT vendor out of the gate with its analyst-only event. CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle was there to grade HP on five metrics and see how the company stacks up to IBM, EMC and Dell -- all of which know a thing or two about successful industry analyst events.

• Judge rules HP, Whitman must defend shareholder suit over Autonomy acquisition

  A judge has ruled that Hewlett-Packard and its CEO, Meg Whitman, must mount a defense against a shareholder class action lawsuit claiming that Whitman and HP made misleading statements about the acquisition of Autonomy.

• Salesforce.com and HP to offer 'Superpod' for large enterprises

  Customers of Salesforce.com who want their own dedicated infrastructure within the vendor's cloud will now be able to get one through a partnership with Hewlett-Packard.

• Top 10 tech stories of 2012: a busted IPO, spotlight on workers, titans in transition

  Change in any industry involves conflict. Evolution and revolution in tech this year took place not only in the marketplace but also in the courtroom, the factory, and on the Web. Here are the top news stories of 2012 as selected by the editors of the IDG News Service.

• US accuses eBay of illegal no-hiring deal with Intuit

  The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit accusing eBay of entering into a "handshake" agreement to not recruit or hire employees of software maker Intuit.

• Tech stories of 2011: Jobs, Android and Anonymous rank in top 10

  In 2011, the increasingly mobile and socially networked world of technology became more intertwined than ever with politics and the law. Patent wars shaped competition in tablets and smartphones, hacktivists attacked a widening array of political and corporate targets, repressive regimes unplugged citizens from the Internet, and the U.S. government moved to block the giant merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA. With the passing of Steve Jobs, the world lost a technology icon who redefined the computer, entertainment and consumer electronics industries. These are the IDG News Service's picks for the top 10 technology stories of the year:

• Former HP CEO Apotheker to get more than $US9.6 million

  Outgoing Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker will get a severance payment of US$7.2 million, plus a $2.4 million performance bonus and additional stock benefits, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.